H K Pradhan is currently chairman of the Governing Council of ICCE. He has been Professor of Finance and Economics at XLRI, Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, and has 35 years of experience in teaching, research, and consulting. He has a master’s from the Utkal University in Odisha, an M.Phil and Ph.D. from the University of Pune, and was a Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Columbia University Business School, New York.