Vikram Pandya is a Chartered Accountant (CA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) with a focus on AI and Identity Management. With over 17 years of extensive experience in Finance and Technology, Vikram is a recognized leader in the FinTech industry globally. He is also a researcher in Applied AI field where he has published paper on various topics including AI Assisted Dynamic Curriculum Design, Content Discovery, and Delivery.

He serves as the Director of the FinTech program at SP Jain School of Global Management, where he designed Asia’s first interactive FinTech program featuring Blockchain, API Banking, AI/ML, and IoT labs. He also heads research at Varanium NexGen, a FinTech-focused venture capital fund. He mentors various FinTech startups globally and serves on advisory committees for several state governments. He has been a visiting faculty at prestigious global institutions, sharing his expertise and insights on FinTech and emerging technologies.

Vikram has been honored with the CA Educator of the Year award by Hon. Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari and was named one of the CA Business Leaders 40 Under 40 by CNBC TV18. As a prolific author, he has penned numerous white papers, research reports, and articles on FinTech, making significant contributions to the field.

Vikram's academic and professional credentials are further enhanced by numerous certifications from prestigious institutions. He holds certifications in Fintech and Transformation in Finance from Copenhagen Business School, FinTech by Oxford Saïd Business School, Building Web 3.0 Solutions from the National University of Singapore, How Software Ate Finance from Stanford, The Future of Payment Technologies from the University of Michigan, FinTech: Foundations & Applications of Financial Technology from Wharton, AI & Prompt Engineering from Microsoft, and Generative AI for Everyone from Andrew Ng’s Deeplearning.ai For more information, visit his LinkedIn