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THE TEAM

Pradeep Khanna, Chapter President pradeep@thevrara.com   LinkedIn 

Pradeep Khanna, is Founder CEO of consulting company Global Mindset (GM) focused on leveraging globalisation & digitisation for Learning & Working. He has a special interest and focus on emerging technologies including VR/AR/MR, AI, WT. Pradeep has been a leader for IBM GBS Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) leveraging India, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Egypt, Romania, Brazil. He has worked on assignments for IBM, Australian Trade Commission, Optus, Westpac, Qantas, ING, Crompton Greaves and many more organisations. He has over 30 years of executive & management experience across a number of industries. He is an Adjunct Professor/Visiting Faculty at number of institutions in Australia, Singapore & India. Pradeep is a speaker at many international conferences. In 2016, Pradeep has presented in Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, New Delhi, Toronto, Sydney & Singapore. Pradeep is a member of Executive Panel of Global Consulting Companies and Open Colleges Industry Advisory Panel. He has studied MBA from AGSM (UNSW), M.Sc, Computer Science from UTS, & B Tech from IIT Delhi.

Australia Advisory Board

Tony Surtees - Mr Tony Surtees is currently Co-founder of Laava and Chairman of the Entrepreneurs’ Programme Committee for the Australian Federal Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. Tony Surtees is a hands-on investor who gets involved in helping companies scale to take full advantage of changing markets. He has VP and CEO level international experience in investment, media and marketing with businesses both traditional and digital; operational and management experience in companies in the US, Asia and Australia; and active public and private board experience specialising in businesses that are undergoing disruption, rapid change, growth and changes in business model. Mr Surtees is a former Vice President and General Manager of Yahoo!'s Commerce Group at their California headquarters, responsible for 14 business units generating over US$2.5B in sales. He was also founder and CEO of iPrime, the digital arm for the Prime Television Group in Australia developing technology and content for media businesses. Mr Surtees has been director of both private and public companies, a mentor to start-ups, and the past NSW State President of the Australian Marketing Institute. He was nominated as one of Australia's Top Ten Digital Entrepreneurs by Smart Company Magazine and is a Global Advisory Council Member of Advance, Australia's international network of business professionals, a public-private partnership with a community that spans over 90 countries. He was previously Chairman of Independent Advisory Group for Australia Post's Postzone. Mr Surtees was nominated by AlwaysOn in the United States as a global digital leader. Best-selling author and entrepreneur Seth Godin describing him as “one of the most brilliant marketers on the scene today”. Mr Surtees holds a Bachelor of Commerce from UNSW and a Master of Science from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Tony is a past Vice President of the Stanford Australia Association.

David Hollands is a passionate advocate for emerging technologies and the future of education. He works with countries across Asia Pacific .Speaking with governments ,leaders and educators to drive the development of initiatives , policy , research and emerging technology to further education development . As the HP head of education strategy for APJ, David has been working within the region around HP’s research and investment in XR technologies transformative use in education, with a strong focus on the potential uses of VR for instruction and skill development. David is also an Industry advisor for Australian Digital technologies curriculum and active in global sustainability causes including volunteer work with the United Nations Association in Australia

Raju Varanasi is the Director, Data Intelligence and Chief Information Officer at Catholic Education Office, Parramatta with responsibilities that include cloud & networks, enterprise program office, applications & security, data & analytics, service desk, change management and related user services. Raju has over 25 years of experience in the Australian education system, with experience in both government and non-government sectors in Australia. 

Prior to this role, Raju was the Chief Operating Officer for Education Services Australia where he led the national online services initiative, an integrated suite of digital platforms in content, collaboration, assessment, careers and publishing to meet the needs of teachers, students and parents to support the implementation of national curriculum. Raju also served as General Manager of the first ever innovation centre for public schools and TAFE in NSW Department of Education, which he led successfully for 8 years.  Raju has also presented at major conferences organised by UNESCO, Google, Adobe, Intel and EduTech.