
Mr. Kamal Tiwari (BT/ME/1973), after his MS in Aerospace Engineering and another M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, both from Case Western Reserve University, went on to do his MD from Medical College in Ohio and is now a practicing doctor. He is the President and CEO of "Pain Management Centre" with multiple clinics in Indiana, and the President & CEO of "Southern Indiana Anesthesia Group". He is Founder and part-owner of the "Monroe Hospital" in Indiana.
Dr. Tiwari and his wife, Gloria Tiwari instituted Ram Tiwari Chair in the memory of Mr. Tiwari's father. The Chair is open to the Management Programme of the Department of Industrial Management .
Prof. B. V. Phani, Department of Industrial & Management Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, specializes in finance, innovation, and entrepreneurship. His research interests include financial intermediaries, credit risk modeling, entrepreneurial ecosystems, market microstructure, and valuation.
He is a recipient of the Embedded and Critical Systems Award, the National Stock Research Initiative Award, and the National Award for Best Technology Incubator. Prof. Phani earned his doctorate from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 2003.