Jai Mohan Pandit is the Registrar at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), a deemed-to-be university in Mumbai. He holds a doctoral degree in Management and Labour Studies with a specialization in Strategic Human Resource Management in Higher Education from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. Dr Pandit is a Fulbright Fellow. He was selected in 2017 to visit some of the best Higher Education Institutions in the United States of America, including Howard University, the University of Maryland, George Washington University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Notre Dame. The National Productivity Council also selected him for a specialized training programme in Balance Score Card in Fiji in 2007. Before joining IGIDR in 2010, he was with the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), Delhi, as Secretary, Head, Administration & Finance. Dr Pandit has also worked with the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), Delhi, as Head, Human Resource Planning & Systems for around eight years. He also worked for seven years as a Senior Academic Administrator with the Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics (CDE, DSE) at the University of Delhi. Dr Pandit is a dynamic and efficient academic administrator with extensive professional experience spanning three decades in academic and research institutions. His areas of expertise include Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM), Professional Management Systems, Governance and Academic Administration, Gender Diversity, International Collaborations and e-Governance. He has proven his leadership capabilities by adapting, envisioning and creating successful outcomes in challenging situations and diverse environments. Bino Paul is the Deputy Director/Pro Vice Chancellor of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). After a Master’s degree in Development Economics from the University of Calicut, Kerala, he pursued M Phil in Planning and Development and Ph D in Economics from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). Bino has been teaching and researching Labour Economics, Sustainability Transition, Social Network Analysis, Micro Data Analytics, and Science, Technology and Society for over two decades of his academic career. He published several scholarly papers in reputed journals like Scientific Reports (Nature), Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Science, Technology and Society, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Workplace Learning, Journal of Social Structure, European Journal of Comparative Economics, Economic and Political Weekly, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, and Indian Journal of Human Development. He has been a popular research guide. Over 15 years, he successfully guided 24 Ph D and 30 M Phil candidates. Prof Bino was the Dean of SMLS during 2015-2018. And he has been part of the governance of diverse academic bodies. He was part of the team who got the German Patent (Utility Model) for innovation in microdata curation. As an educationist, he co-founded Post Graduate and Under Graduate Analytics and Sustainability Studies programmes at TISS.
