Speakers 2023
Core Group
Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan
Past President, CII & Chairman, CII India Innoverge 2023 & Chairman Axilor Ventures &
Co-Founder, Infosys Ltd
Mr Kamal Bali
Chairman, CII Southern Region & President & Managing Director, Volvo Group India Pvt Ltd
Mr Vijaykrishnan Venkatesan
Chairman, CII Karnataka State Council & Managing Director, Kennametal India Ltd
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Mr N Venu
Vice-Chairman, CII Karnataka State Council & CEO & Managing Director, Hitachi Energy India, Head – South Asia
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Mr Arjun M Ranga
Past Chairman, CII Karnataka
Managing Director, Cycle Agarbathi &
Director, N R Group
Mr Ramesh Ramadurai
Past Chairman, CII Karnataka &
Managing Director
3M India Ltd
Mr Gopichand Katragadda
CEO
Myelin Head
Mr Ajay Nanavati
Chairman
Quantum Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Mr Alok Nanda
CTO – GE Aerospace India & CEO – GE India Technology Centre, GE Global Research
Prof Debarata Das
Director
IIITB
Mr Rabindra Srikantan
Managing Director & CEO ASM Technologies
Mr Laeeq Ali
Cofounder & Chief Brand Architect
Bloombox Brand Engineers & FS Gourmet
Mr Vijaya Ivaturi
 Founder
Crayon Data
Speakers (confirmed and invited)
Shri D K Shivakumar
Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
Shri Priyank Kharge
Minister for Information Technology & Biotechnology & Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
Government of Karnataka
Shri M B Patil
Minister of Large & Medium Scale Industries & Infrastructure Development
Government of Karnataka
Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan
Past President, CII & Chairman, CII India Innoverge 2023 & Chairman Axilor Ventures & Co-Founder, Infosys Ltd
Dr S Selva Kumar, IAS
Principal Secretary
Department of Commerce & Industries, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Livelihood and PWD
Government of Karnataka
Mr Kapil Mohan, IAS
Additional Chief Secretary
Ministry of Tourism
Government of Karnataka
Ms Gunjan Krishna, IAS
Commissioner,
Department of Commerce & Industries
Government of Karnataka
Mr Kamal Bali
Chairman, CII Southern Region & President & Managing Director, Volvo Group India Pvt Ltd
Mr Vijaykrishnan Venkatesan
Chairman, CII Karnataka State Council & Managing Director
Kennametal India Ltd
Mr N Venu
Vice-Chairman, CII Karnataka State Council &
CEO & Managing Director, Hitachi Energy India, Head – South AsiaÂ
Mr Ramesh Ramadurai
Past Chairman, CII Karnataka &
Managing Director
3M India Ltd
Dr Mohandas Pai
Chairman, Aarin Capital and Manipal Global Education
Mr Arjun M Ranga
Past Chairman, CII Karnataka
Managing Director, Cycle Agarbathi &
Director, N R Group
Mr L Krishnan
Past Chairman, CII Karnataka &
Managing Director, Taegutec India Pvt LtdÂ
Mr Srivats Ram
Vice Chairman, CII Tamil Nadu Council &
Managing Director, Wheels India Ltd
Mr Abdul Rawoof Pinjari, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering & Chairman, CiSTUP, IISc
Mr Ajay Nanavati
Chairman
Quantum Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Mr Alok Nanda
CTO – GE Aerospace India & CEO – GE India Technology Centre, GE Global Research
Mr Alok Kumar
Head Global Analytical Services & Managing Director India Moody’s
Dr Alokanath De
Former CVP & CTO
Samsung
Mr Anand Ram
Founder
Advity Infomedia
Mr Anil Valluri
MD & Vice President
Palo Alto Networks
Mr Ankit
CEO
Skyair Mobility
Mr Anshul Gupta
Founder
Kirana Club
Mr Anuj Agarwal
Managing Director, C.P. Milk & Food Products Pvt. Ltd.
Ms Anupama V
Past Chairperson IWN & Managing Director AVRC Legal
Mr Ashish Khanna
President
Tata Power
Mr Arunakar Mishra
Executive Director, Centum Electronics
Mr Bhavin Dinesh Pandya
Chapter Chair
CII Yi Bengaluru Chapter
Dr C M Ananda
Chief Scientist & Programme Director (PGD) Civil Aircraft Programs, National Aerospace LaboratoriesÂ
Mr Deepak V Dhadoti
Chairman & MD
Servo Controls Aerospace India Pvt Ltd
Mr Faisal Ahmed
Managing Director
Ana Arc
Ms Gayathri Parthasarthy
Partner & Financial services Leader, Pwc India
Mr Girish Appu
Head – Manufacturing Operations
3M India Ltd.
Mr Hemant Mallya
Lead Industrial Sustainability and Competitiveness, CeeW
Sri K P Rudrappaiah
Managing Director
Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited
Dr K Rajalakshmi Menon
Distinguished Scientist & Director Centre for Airborne systems – Defence Research & Development Organisation
Ms Kalpana Balasubramanian
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Thinker, Grant Thorton Bharat LLP
Dr Kanakasabapathi Subramanian
Senior Vice President, Product Development
Ashok Leyland
Mr Kapil Bansal
Partner, Energy Transition and Decarbonization Ernst & Young
Mr Karthikeyan Dhandayuthapani
AVP & Chief Product Compliance Officer
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd.
Dr Kerwin Savio Nigli
Head of Department of Hotel Management, Christ University & Board Member Tourism & Hospitality Skill Council
Mr Krishnan Narayana
Co-founder and President, itihaasa Research and Digital
Mr Laeeq Ali
Convenor, CII Karnataka Startups Taskforce Cofounder & Chief Brand Architect Bloombox Brand Engineers & FS Gourmet
Mr Laxmesh BH
Vice President & Head – Missiles and Aerospace Business L&T Defence, Larsen & Toubro Limited
Mr Mrinmoy Dasgupta
Business Development Manager, Supply Chain Operations Category Land – South Asia, IKEA Supply AG
Mr Mohammed Zahrin Bin Aziz
Chapter Co-Chair, CII Yi Bengaluru
Director – NKP Empire Ventures Pvt Ltd
Mr Mukut Chakravarti
Vice President Development & Partnerships
Tamara Leisure Experiences
Mr M R Narayanan
Managing Director
Floatels India Pvt Ltd
Mr N Sudheer
Director – Capacity Building & Public Outreach
Indian Space Research Organisation
Dr Nagahanumaiah
Vice President & Head – Missiles and Aerospace Business L&T Defence, Larsen & Toubro Limited
Mr Nagaraj Prakasam
Faculty
NSRCEL
Dr Naresh Palta
Senior Adviser (Aerospace & Aviation)
Maini Group
Mr Nikhil Mallavarapu
Executive Director
Centum Electronics
Mr Nitin Chhabra
Co-Founder & CEO
Ace Turtle
Mr Nitin Pai
CMO and Chief Strategy Officer
Tata Elxsi
Mr Nitin Nair
Senio Vice President
Open Network for Digital Commerce
Mr Pawan Mulukutla
Director – Integrated Transport, Electric Mobility & Hydrogen, WRI
Mr Pavan Ranga
CEO
Rangsons Technologies LLP
Mr Prashant Parameswaran
CEO
Tata Consumer Soulful Pvt LtdÂ
Mr Rabindra Srikantan
Managing Director & CEO ASM Technologies Ltd
Ms Radhika Anne
Business Unit Head
3M India Ltd
Mr Ramakrishna Rao
Senior Engineering Director, Value Anesthesia & Respiratory Care, GE Healthcare
Mr Ravi Krishnan
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs
Mr Saba Guru
Head Autonomous Technology Development
Maini Group
Mr Sairaj Dhond
Founder & CEO
Wakao Foods
Mr Sameer Agarwal
Chief Financial Officer
Manipal Group
Mr Sandeep Singh
Past Chairman, CII Karnataka & Managing Director, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Pvt Ltd
Mr Sanjay Sharma
CEO
MTR Foods Pvt Ltd
Mr Sanjeev Malhotra
Founder Director & CEO
Getout Systems
Mr Santosh Hegde
Founder
Sales diary
Ms Saritha Poovana
Managing Director
Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr Sathya Sankaran
Co-Founder & Director
Urban Morph
Mr Satish N Thaker
Director FMCG
ElasticRun
Mr Shankar Venugopal
Vice President – Innovation & IP
Mahindra & Mahindra
Mr Shekar Viswanathan
Past Chairman, CII Karnataka &
Chairman, Kirloskar Technologies Pvt Ltd
Ms Shilpa Gupta
India Engineering Leader,GE Gas Power & Site Leader, GE Vernova
Mr Shrikant Wale
Executive Vice President (Delivery)
Praj Industries Ltd
Prof Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay
Professor – Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
Mr Sohanjeet Randhawa
Director Sustainability Affairs & Group Communication, Volvo Group India Pvt Ltd
Mr Kishan Sreenath
Vice President, Powertrain
Volvo Group India Pvt Ltd
Mr S Krishna Kumar
Executive Director (ARDC)
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
Mr Sudeep Dalvi
Senior Vice President & Director, Chief Communication Officer at Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd
Mr Suresh Chand
General Manager- Snacks, Noodles & Pasta, ITC Foods
Mr Swapnik Jakkampudi
Co-Founder & CTO
Skyair Mobility
Dr Vijayabaskaran Sundararaju
Executive Director
Kauvery Hospital
Mr Vineet Verma
Executive Director & CEO
Brigade Hospitality
Mr Vishal Bali
Executive Chairman
Asia Healthcare Holdings
Mr Vivek Raghavan
General Partner
Malgudi Ventures
Mr Tarun Goyal
Founder
Simplotel
Dr Taslimarif Saiyed
Chief Executive Officer & Director
C CAMP
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