Speakers 2025

Core Group

Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan

Past President, CII
Mentor, CII India Innoverge 2025 &
Chairman, Axilor Ventures &
Co-Founder, Infosys Ltd

Mr Kamal Bali

Past Chairman, CII Southern Region &
Chairman, CII India Innoverge 2025 &
President & Managing Director
Volvo Group India

Mr Ramesh Ramadurai

Past Chairman, CII Karnataka & Managing Director
3M India

Mr Arjun Ranga

Past Chairman, CII Karnataka & Partner
NR Group

Mr N Venu

Past Chairman, CII Karnataka &
MD and CEO
Hitachi Energy Ltd &
Region Head of South Asia
Hitachi Energy

Mr Rabindra Srikantan

Chairman, CII Karnataka &
Managing Director
ASM Technologies

Mr Guruprasad Mudlapur

Vice Chairman, CII Karnataka & President, Bosch Group in India & Managing Director
Bosch Ltd

Day 1 - Inaugural Session

Shri Priyank Kharge

Minister of Electronics
Information Technology &
Biotechnology and Rural Development &
Panchayat Raj
Government of Karnataka

Ms Gunjan Krishna, IAS

Commissioner for Industrial Development & Director
Department of Industries & Commerce
Government of Karnataka

Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan

Past President, CII Mentor
CII India Innoverge 2025 &
Chairman, Axilor Ventures &
Co-Founder, Infosys Ltd

Mr Kamal Bali

Past Chairman, CII Southern Region &
Chairman, CII India Innoverge 2025 &
President & Managing Director
Volvo Group India

Mr Ramesh Ramadurai

Past Chairman, CII Karnataka & Managing Director
3M India

Mr Rabindra Srikantan

Chairman, CII Karnataka &
Managing Director
ASM Technologies

Day 1 - Session 1: A Fireside Chat on AI – Current State and the Future

Mr Rabindra Srikantan

Chairman, CII Karnataka &
Managing Director
ASM Technologies

Mr Prashant Prakash

Founding Partner
Accel India

Day 1 - Session 2: Space, Defense & Aerospace

Mr Apparao Mallavarapu

Chairman, CII National Committee on Space &
Chairman & Managing Director
Centum Electronics Ltd

Mr Tanveer Ahmed

CTO & Co-founder
Digantara

Mr Vinod Chippalkatti

President SEBU
Centum Electronics

Mr Kshitij

Co-Founder
Pixxel

Mr Dinesh Shivanna

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
SSS Defence

Ms Sangeetha Srivastava

Project Manager
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)

Day 1 - Inaugural Plenary

Shri Piyush Goyal

Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry
Government of India

Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan

Past President, CII
Mentor, CII India Innoverge 2025 &
Chairman, Axilor Ventures &
Co-Founder, Infosys Ltd

Mr Kamal Bali

Past Chairman, CII Southern Region &
Chairman, CII India Innoverge 2025 &
President & Managing Director
Volvo Group India

Day 1 - Session 3: Panel Discussion on Entrepreneurship (Start-ups, Micro, Small)

Mr Rabindra Srikantan

Chairman, CII Karnataka &
Managing Director
ASM Technologies

Dr Rohit Goswami

Chief Product Officer
ZingHr

Dr Arjun Jain

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Fast Code AI

Mr Uma Mahesh (Umesh)

Founder
CamCom

Ms Vishaka Kini

Learning Partnerships and Solutions
Talentsprint

Day 1 - Session 4: Mobility & Energy Transition towards a Sustainable Future

Mr K Rudrappaiah

Managing Director
Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL)

Mr N Venu

Past Chairman, CII Karnataka &
MD and CEO
Hitachi Energy Ltd &
Region Head of South Asia
Hitachi Energy

Mr Arun Vinayak

Co-Founder
Exponent Energy

Mr Kishan Sreenath

Vice President
Powertrain Engineering Bangalore
Group Trucks Technology
Volvo Group India Pvt Ltd

Mr Sanjay Wadhwa

Chief Managing Director
Nash Energy

Day 1 - Session 5: Indias’s Soft Power - Tourism & Wellness

Mr Kamal Bali

Past Chairman, CII Southern Region &
Chairman, CII India Innoverge 2025 &
President & Managing Director
Volvo Group India

Mr Anil Chaddha

Managing Director
ITC Hotels

Dr B S Ajaikumar

Founder & Chairman
HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd

Dr R Nagesh

Medical Director
Kauvery Hospitals

Ms Shruti Shibulal

Chief Executive Officer
Tamara Leisure

Mr Shresth Shrivastav

Chief Strategy Officer
AionOS

Mr Vivek Rajagopal

Group Chief Analytics & AI Officer
Narayana Healthcare

Day 1 - Session 6: CII Innoverge 2025 Recognition

Mr Rabindra Srikantan

Chairman, CII Karnataka &
Managing Director
ASM Technologies

Day 2 - Special Plenary Session

Dr Selvakumar S, IAS

Principal Secretary
Department of Commerce & Industries
Government of Karnataka

Mr Kamal Bali

Past Chairman, CII Southern Region &
Chairman, CII India Innoverge 2025 &
President & Managing Director
Volvo Group India

Mr Guruprasad Mudlapur

Vice Chairman, CII Karnataka State Council &
President
Bosch group in India &
Managing Director
Bosch Ltd

Day 2 - Session 7 : Focus on R&D In India

Mr Vinay Shenoy

Managing Director
Infineon Technologies

Dr Gopichand Katragadda

Chief Executive Officer
Myelin Foundry

Mr Manu Saale

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Mercedes Benz Research & Development India

Panel on R&D in India: Transitioning from an IT Services led Economy to a Product led Innovation hub

Ms Anusha Rammohan

Chief Technology Officer
Myelin Foundry

Mr Ramasubramanian Sundararajan

Head of Product Research and Development
SOLUS.ai

Dr Nikhil Tambe

Founding CEO The Energy Consortium
IIT Madras

Ms Suchismita Sanyal

Director
Data Science Exxonmobil

Prof Rajesh Gopakumar

Centre Director
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Day 2 - Session 8: Education, Skills & Inclusion

Dr B V Sudharshan

Convenor, CII Karnataka Industry Institute Panel &
Senior Vice President Skills
Reliance Industries Ltd

Mr Thyagu Valliapa

Executive Director
Sona Valliapa Group

Dr Gayathri Vasudevan

Chief Impact Officer
Sambhav Foundation

Dr Githa Heggde

Dean & Principal
MICA- The School of Ideas

Mr Luigi Celmi

Head
Lufthansa Systems

Day 2 - Session 9: Powering Industrial Growth to AI in Manufacturing & Logistics

Mr Guruprasad Mudlapur

Vice Chairman, CII Karnataka State Council 2025-26 &
President, Bosch group in India &
Managing Director
Bosch Ltd

Dr Hüseyin Özmeral

Executive Vice President -
Manufacturing and Quality
Bosch Ltd

Mr Vijaykrishnan Venkatesan

Past Chairman
CII Karnataka State Council &
Managing Director
Kennametal India Limited
Vice President
APAC
Middle East and Specialty Components Business

Mr Sudeep Dalvi

Senior Vice President & Director
Chief Communication Officer
Toyota Kirloskar Motor

Mr Anindya Bhattacharya

Industry Solutions
Advisor for India Business
Amazon Web Services

Mr Rajeev Nambiar

President and Chief Operating Officer
Paradeep Phosphates

Day 2 - Session 10: Innovation & Strategy in Warfare by Indian Army in Operation Sindoor

Major General Ravi Murugan (Retd)

PVSM, AVSM
Indian Army

Mr Kamal Bali

Past Chairman, CII Southern Region &
Chairman, CII India Innoverge 2025 &
President & Managing Director
Volvo Group India