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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