Shekhar Nambiar is General Manager, Public Affairs and Communications at India Vision Institute. His role has been to developing communication strategies across multiple platforms in traditional, digital and social media, as well as contribute - through strategic proactive communications and messaging - to building and consolidating IVI's national and international institutional alliances and networks, including to promoting the IVI Brand and in evolving strategic communications on print, TV and digital media. Mr Nambiar has extensive experience as a journalist and as a public affairs expert with international and national organisations, including the US Embassy, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, Council on Health Research for Development, Geneva, World Wide Fund for Nature, and most recently at the Australian High Commission in New Delhi as Senior Adviser, Public Affairs & Cultural Relations and later as Senior Media Adviser.  He holds a Bachelor's degree in Science and post-graduate degrees in Communications (MA) and Management (MBA).