Dr Karippur Nanda Kumar has over 35 years of experience as a leader and scholar-practitioner in the regional ICT industry. He was involved in developing several national ICT Master plans over two decades in Singapore and rolled out several national collaborative initiatives successfully for ICT talent development in partnership with leading industry players, associations and Institutes of Higher Learning. Dr Kumar is a Fellow of Singapore Computer Society and actively involved in applied research in areas such as ICT Policies, Change Management, Leadership, Innovation and Digital Transformation.