Dr Shruti Mantri is Senior Associate Director at the ISB Institute of Data Science, Indian School of Business, with 20+ years of experience spanning academia, research, and industry. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Mumbai and a Master's in Cyber Security from Cranfield University (UK). Her expertise covers cybersecurity and cryptography, business analytics, and artificial intelligence. Before ISB, she served as the founder director with JSK Business School, faculty at University of Mumbai and as Adjunct Faculty at SP Jain Global School of Management, UAE.  A prolific researcher, she has authored 26 papers in reputed international journals and regularly presents, reviews, and serves as a resource person at national and international conferences on AI, data science, and cybersecurity.