Organization

Program Administrators

The program is led by three program administrators:

  • Alan Dennis — John T. Chambers Chair of Internet Systems, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
  • Souren Paul — Retired Professor, Northern Kentucky University; Visiting Fellow, Drexel University
  • H.R. Rao — AT&T Distinguished Professor, Department of ISCS, University of Texas at San Antonio

In the event that any administrator withdraws from the program, his/her replacement is selected by the remaining administrators. The administrators have signing authority and fiduciary responsibility for the program.

Advisory Board

The program has an Advisory Board that includes the three Administrators, plus N.R. Narayana Murthy, CBE (founder of Infosys), who serves as Chair of the Advisory Board, Dr. Harrick Vin, Chief Technology Officer of Tata Consultancy Services (founding member of IARCI) and Sujeet Sharma (AIS India Chapter Executive Committee Member). In the event that any Board member withdraws from the program, his/her replacement is selected by the remaining Board members. Board members provide overall program guidance and oversight and set operating policies. The Board meets at least once per year. Board members who are unable to attend a meeting may send a delegate.

Executive Council

The program has an Executive Council comprised of the three administrators, Rahul De (IIM Bangalore), Arpan Kar (IIT, Delhi), representatives of three to five universities, a representative from TCS (the founding member of IARCI), and one representative from each Premier member company. For a full list of executive council members please click here. In the event that any Council member withdraws from the program, his/her replacement is selected by the remaining Council members, or by the company in the case of a company representative. The Council meets at least two times per year. Council members who are unable to attend a meeting may send a delegate. The role of the Council is to select the research projects to be undertaken each year, and to set other policy matters as delegated by the Advisory Board.