Dr Pavan Soni is the founder of Inflexion Point, a strategy and innovation consulting firm. Apart from being an Adjunct Faculty at ISB Hyderabad and IIM-Bangalore, Pavan has consulted with Fortune 500 companies, including 3M, Amazon, General Electric, Qualcomm, and Samsung, amongst others. Pavan is a mentor for NSRCEL at IIM-Bangalore, and the Founder Institute. He has been invited to speak at ISRO as a part of their Distinguished Lecture Series and has delivered talks at over 120 organizations in India and abroad. Pavan was the only Indian to be shortlisted for the prestigious 'FT & McKinsey Bracken Bower Award for the Best Business Book of the Year 2016'. He has also been invited five times to speak at the TEDx. He is a gold medalist from MBM Engineering College Jodhpur, and did his PGDIE from NITIE Mumbai. Pavan finished his doctoral studies from IIM-Bangalore in the domain of innovation management.