KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Rajdeep Sardesai

Rajdeep Sardesai is a senior journalist and author of the best-selling book, '2014: The Election that Changed India'. With 26 years of journalistic experience in print and TV, Sardesai was managing editor of the NDTV network before he set up the IBN 18 network with channels like CNN IBN as founder editor. He began his career with the Times of India and was the city editor of its Mumbai edition at the age of 26. He is presently a consulting editor with the India Today Group and anchors a prime time show on India Today.

S.D. Shibulal

S.D. Shibulal (Shibu) along with N.R. Narayana Murthy and five others, founded Infosys in 1981. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Infosys from 2011 – 2014. Prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Shibu served as Chief Operating Officer from 2007 - 2011.

Shibu is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Emerging Multinationals and the Co-chair of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) National Committee on IT, ITES and e-Commerce.

Vineet Mittal

Prof. Aditya Moses

IIM Ahmedabad

Aditya Moses is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Prof. Lian Foti

University of Guelph

Lian Foti is Assistant Professor in

School of Hospitality, Food & Tourism Management and Assistant Director, International Institute for Sport Business & Leadership at University of Guelph

Mr Vijoy Basu

Senior Director,Global AI & Analytics,Cognizant

Mr Vijoy Basu leads the AI & Analytics IT team at Cognizant, where his role involves building AI solutions for a Fortune 200 company.

Prof. Abhishek Goel

IIM Calcutta

Prof. Abhishek Goel is a faculty in the Organizational Behavior Group at IIM Calcutta since 2008.

Prof. Hans Michael Guelich

International University Thailand

Hans Michael Guelich is Director Entrepreneurship and Industry Collaboration at STAMFORD International University Thailand and visiting faculty in at Kendall College in Chicago/USA

Mr.Arijit Bonnerjee

Executive Director - Financial Services Sector, IBM India/South Asia

Arijit Bonnerjee has over 25 years of experience in the IT Industry . He is with IBM for over 19
years now having done various leadership roles across Enterprise Sales, Marketing and Partner
Management.

Prof. Abhishek Mishra

IIM, Indore

Dr. Abhishek Mishra is a Professor at IIM, Indore in the Marketing Area and Chair of the IndustryInterface Office.

Nitin Jain

Northern Trust Bank, London

Is a business analyst, subject matter expert at Northern Trust UK.

Most notably, he’s the youngest second vice president inches area of expertise and the process.

Mr. Nagarjuna Sadineni

Vice President Global Delivery Enablement at Wipro Technologies

Nagarjuna, is a Wipro veteran, has adorned various functional roles and championed pioneering initiatives during his 25+ years of ongoing stint at Wipro and its affiliates.

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A serial entrepreneur, Vineet’s strengths lie in envisioning and implementing large sized complex projects and building up global organizations. His strong emphasis on generating clean energy led to the creation of AVAADA. As Welspun Energy’s Founder & Managing Director, Vineet had built India’s largest solar portfolio of ~1 GW capacities; thereby creating enormous value for stakeholders and investors; and successfully exited the venture with a sale to Tata Power.

Moderators

Fatema Lokhandwala

Market Innovator of Walnut

Mahmood Yunis

Senior Lecturer New Zealand School of Education

Dr. Jim Phillips

Professor ,Northeastern State University

Dr. Jim Phillips has guided strategic planning conferences for organizations and communities and conducted research in self-leadership, soft skills development, and cross-cultural management.

T R Sarathy

Vice President – Corporate Banking at HDFC Bank India.