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Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board
Our board of advisors consists of several distinguished persons who are leaders in their fields. They bring immense experience of a variety of careers to the table. Our course content in several programs is adapted according to their suggestions to make the programs more relevant to real jobs, businesses and careers. This helps us keep our programs contemporary and attuned to the changing requirements of prospective employers. We help our students stay abreast of the changing employment scene as we are continuously developing our spectrum of program offerings. New programs are developed to cater to evolving market demands.
Dr. Pradeep Merchant
Dr. Merchant is the Site Chief of the Division of Neonatology at the Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus and the Medical Director of the Rich Little Special Care Nursery for nearly 25 years. He has dedicated his professional life to the health and well-being of mothers and their infant children. In addition, he has devoted his personal time to truly significant and highly successful volunteer efforts in the community, across the nation and around the globe. He has served the Local Health Network as a thoughtful and collaborative representative of his units and a strong leader in the development of regional and provincial health strategies. In the current challenging COVID-19 Pandemic, he continues his efforts as a leader and a front-line worker in creating the policies and procedures for the safety of mothers and babies and providing a safe and respected environment for all the healthcare workers to provide intensive medical care for the most vulnerable. Dr. Pradeep Merchant has been appointed to the prestigious Order of Canada for his lifetime of achievement and contributions on November 16, 2021. As an active member of the Board of the Ottawa Hospital Foundation, Dr. Merchant has engaged with business leaders and philanthropists to develop a modern and progressive new Civic Campus at the Ottawa Hospital. He was a founding volunteer in establishing the Indo-Canada Ottawa Business Chamber (ICOBC) in the nation’s capital. Wishing to make a global impact, Dr. Merchant joined forces with a Canadian charity and sought to help the village of Kalthana in Rajasthan, India. Dr. Merchant has engaged with business leaders and philanthropists, has arranged fund raising galas raising over two million dollars for various causes. Along with other like-minded Canadians from across the country, he founded the Canada India Centre for Excellence (CICE) in Science, Technology, Trade in Policy at the renowned Carleton University in Ottawa. As founding Chair and member of the Governing Council Board of the Canada India Centre for Excellence, Dr. Merchant played a key role in helping establish student and faculty exchanges among Canadian and Indian universities and Institutes for Technologies.
Mr. Peter Di Santo
Mr. Di Santo is a graduate from the University of Toronto in Inorganic Chemistry, graduate from Brock University in Mathematics, and graduate from Brock University College of Education. After graduation he spent a number of years as a staff accountant and auditor at Deloitte – Toronto. He was a founder and president of an OSAP designated private career college for 17 years, after which he went on to manage multiple career college campuses and corporate training institutions in the Toronto area. Peter has accumulated over 35 years’ experience in the career college sector as an owner, a manager and as a Dean. During this time his focus was on developing business processes and procedures, government compliance, developing new diploma program curriculum, and overseeing student recruitment and retention.
Dr.Shashi Kant
Prof. Shashi is the Director of Master of Science in Sustainability Management (MScSM) Program at University of Toronto. Shashi is also Professor of Forest Resource Economics and Management at the Faculty of Forestry in University of Toronto, with emphasis on economics of sustainable forest management. He has published five books and more than 100 refereed journal articles and book chapters. He is leading a Global Research Initiative called New Frontiers of Forest Economics (NEFFE).
He is editor-in-chief of a book series, Sustainability, Economics and Natural Resources, published by Springer. He is Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research and Journal of Forest Economics. He has guest edited three special volumes of Forest Policy and Economics. He is a member of the selection committee for the Soren Wibe Prize in Forest Economics.
On February 27, 2018, Dr. Shashi Kant was awarded the Order of Ontario, the province's highest honour. The Order is bequeathed by the Lieutenant Governor, and is reserved for those whose contribution has left a lasting legacy in the province, Canada, and beyond. Shashi was awarded the 2016 Life Science Award from the AI Global Media Ltd, International Publishing Group. He is also the recipient of many awards: Queen’s Award for Forestry (2008), the Scientific Achievement Award of Canadian Institute of Forestry (2007), the Scientific Achievement Award of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO) (2005), and the Ontario’s Premier Research Excellence Award (2004) for his research. He has also received International Students Excellence Award, City of Toronto, (2012). Shashi has presented many times at scientific meetings and seminars and conducted workshops all over the world on Sustainable Forest Management, Evolving Paradigms of Forest Management, Natural Resource Conservation, and many related topics.
Mr. Kundan Joshi
Mr. Joshi is the founder and CEO of TheAppLabb, a leading product innovation firm focused on strategy, design and development of mobile apps. With global offices in Toronto, New York, Hong Kong, Melbourne and India, TheAppLabb has created over 500 apps for clients ranging from leading enterprises, like Unilever, Samsung and Dell to exciting start-ups. Kundan is also the founder of 15 other companies including StartupLabb, an accelerator for tech start-ups, and InnovationLabb, an R&D lab for emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, IOT, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Blockchain. Joshi is a sought-after motivational speaker, well-known community leader, avid youth mentor, passionate start-up advisor and active advocate for new immigrants. Kundan serves as an advisor on several boards such as Centennial College, George Brown College's Digifest, among others. Joshi was recently awarded the Technology Achievement 2017 Award by Indo-Chamber of Commerce and Innovator of the Year award at Transformation Awards 2016. Kundan has a software engineering degree from Western University.
Ms. Naila Saeed
Naila Saeed is the founder and CEO of Eyes Child Care and a longtime leader in Early Childhood Education, entrepreneurship, and community service. Her journey in Canada began in 1998 when she arrived as a new immigrant with her family, determined to build a meaningful future through education, hard work, and service to others.
Naila holds a Master’s in Public Administration and has spent more than 25 years working in the childcare sector. Her career began with tutoring local students before she opened a small home daycare in 1999. What started as a personal passion for teaching and supporting children gradually grew into EYES Child Care, an organization that today operates more than 30 childcare locations across Ontario and supports families in communities throughout the province.
As EYES has grown, Naila has remained closely involved in the operational and regulatory side of childcare. Her experience includes multi-site licensing, program development, organizational leadership, workforce development, and working with government and regional partners. She has worked with the Ontario Ministry of Education, regional municipalities, Public Health and quality-assurance teams, and early-years planning groups. She has also served on the Ministry of Education’s CWELCC Advisory Group, contributing her perspective as an experienced childcare operator and advocate for accessible, high-quality early learning.
Beyond her work with EYES, community service has been an important part of Naila’s life. She has supported initiatives focused on women, newcomers, families, youth, and minority communities, while participating in non-profit organizations, advisory groups, the Chamber of Commerce, and community leadership initiatives. Her work reflects a strong belief that successful organizations should also contribute meaningfully to the communities around them.
Naila’s leadership style is practical, collaborative, and deeply people-focused. Having built an organization from a single home daycare into a large multi-location childcare provider, she brings both entrepreneurial experience and an understanding of the challenges faced by families, educators, operators, and community organizations.
Throughout her career, Naila has remained guided by the same principles which shaped her early journey: resilience, compassion, continuous learning, and a commitment to creating opportunities for others.
Mr. Yashwant Kanetkar
Mr. Kanetkar holds a BE from VJTI Mumbai in 1985 and M.Tech. from IIT Kanpur 1987. Yashavant is a well-acclaimed author of 43 Programming Languages and Computing Technology books. His book "Let Us C" is perhaps the most popular programming book. So far 13 editions of Let Us C have been published. Many of his books are published in India, USA, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Dubai and China. His books have been translated into Hindi, Gujarati, Chinese, Korean and Japanese languages. Almost all Engineering, MCA and IT students throughout India use his books not only during their graduation but also while pursuing their IT careers. His books are globally acclaimed and are recommended in many Universities of the world.
Recently IIT Kanpur honored Yashavant with Most Distinguished Alumnus award for his exemplary contribution and dedication towards IT education and for betterment of society. In recognition of his immense contribution to IT education in India, he has been awarded the Best .NET Technical Contributor and Most Valuable Professional awards by Microsoft for 5 successive years. Yashavant has spoken at and trained students at Davenport University, Michigan, USA. Yashavant’s books and Embedded System Board designed by him has been adopted for teaching students at Netherlands University. Yashavant’s Quest eLearning Videos have been adopted by University of NewYork, Tirana, Albania for teaching their students.
