The Extra Mile (PB)

ARUN TIWARI is a missile scientist turned teacher and author and widely recognized as a pupil of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India, with whom he spent 33 years right from the Missile laboratory to the Presidential team as a co-author of five books. He wrote a copious APJ Abdul Kalam: A Life after Dr Kalam s death, which is considered as the most authentic account of India s advancement in technology.

Prof. Tiwari has played a pivotal role in developing India s first indigenous coronary stent in mid 1995 as a spinoff of defence technology and since then worked tirelessly for self-reliance in socially relevant technologies. He is a founder-member of Cardiac Research & Education (CARE) Foundation, established the first link of Pan-Africa e-Network connecting Indian hospitals and university with their African counterparts, and is a Platinum Jubilee Mentor of CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology. He teaches at the University of Hyderabad as an adjunct professor. (aruntiwari(dot)com)

Dr Krishna Yedula is a founder-member of the Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC), Vice President, and Pan-India Head of Facilities and Sustainability at Virtusa Corporation, an American-based Global Information Technology services company. He spearheads the ESG initiative to create a positive environmental and socio-economic footprint for all stakeholders working closely with ASSOCHAM