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Tarun Vikash hails from Patna. He is the bestselling author of The Right Guy and She Stood by Me (Hindi edition) and is currently working as a Technical Lead for a reputed IT firm.

Sripada Chandrasekhar (Chandra) combines vast practitioner experience with deep academic interests in teaching, research and scholarship. Chandra’s current research interests are focused on leadership, talent, culture and the future of work in digital economies. He teaches a range of courses covering topics such as power, influence, change, networks, personal and organizational leadership, strategic human resource
management, and future of work and careers. Chandra was a C-Suite executive with a large public, private and MNC firms and held the role of the chief human resources officer (CHRO) for more than twenty-five years. He has wide cross-border experience of leading people and building human capital strategies across continents, nationalities and cultures. Apart from teaching postgraduate and modular programmes, Chandra teaches extensively in Indian School of Business’s executive education programmes. He is also a certified executive coach and sits on the boards of both for-profit companies and NGOs.

Chandra’s recent publications include Leading Human Capital in the 2020s (Sage Publications, 2020) and working papers on talent strategies in unicorns and global development centres.

Vaibhav Purandare is the author of the acclaimed Shivaji: India’s Great Warrior King, Savarkar: The True Story of the Father of Hindutva, Hitler and India: The Untold Story of His Hatred for the Country and Its People, Sachin Tendulkar: A Definitive Biography and Bal Thackeray & the Rise of the Shiv Sena. He works as a senior journalist.

Aditya Sondhi is a senior advocate practising before the Supreme Court of India. He holds a PhD from the University of Mysore and his thesis was entitled ‘The Interface between the Army and Democracy: India and Pakistan Compared (1947-2008)’. He has previously published two books of non-fiction with Penguin (India): Unfinished Symphony and The Order of the Crest.

Aditya has been a winner at the Deccan Herald Short Story Competition, and his debut play Famagusta was shortlisted for the Sultan Padamsee Playwriting Award in 2020. He has written and spoken widely, and has a particular interest in military history, Partition and constitutionalism.

Neil is an English author with a Degree In Computer Science from University College London. His goal with this book is to help readers take their ChatGPT usage to the next level and achieve their desired outcomes. He is happy for readers to reach out to him for help, feedback or issues on Neil@retiredecadesearly.com.