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 โ€“ 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 โ€“ GE Aerospace India & CEO โ€“ 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

ย Founder
Crayon Data

Speakers (confirmed and invited)

Shri D K Shivakumar

Honโ€™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

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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 โ€“ South Asiaย 

Mr Ramesh Ramadurai

Past Chairman, CII Karnataka &
Managing Director
3M India Ltd

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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 Ltdย 

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 โ€“ GE Aerospace India & CEO โ€“ GE India Technology Centre, GE Global Research

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Mr Alok Kumar

Head Global Analytical Services & Managing Director India Moodyโ€™s

Dr Alokanath De

Former CVP & CTO
Samsung

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Mr Anand Ram

Founder
Advity Infomedia

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Mr Anil Valluri

MD & Vice President
Palo Alto Networks

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Mr Ankit

CEO
Skyair Mobility

Mr Anshul Gupta

Founder
Kirana Club

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Mr Anuj Agarwal

Managing Director, C.P. Milk & Food Products Pvt. Ltd.

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Ms Anupama V

Past Chairperson IWN & Managing Director AVRC Legal

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Mr Ashish Khanna

President
Tata Power

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Mr Arunakar Mishra

Executive Director, Centum Electronics

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Mr Bhavin Dinesh Pandya

Chapter Chair
CII Yi Bengaluru Chapter

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Dr C M Ananda

Chief Scientist & Programme Director (PGD) Civil Aircraft Programs, National Aerospace Laboratoriesย 

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Mr Deepak V Dhadoti

Chairman & MD
Servo Controls Aerospace India Pvt Ltd

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Mr Faisal Ahmed

Managing Director
Ana Arc

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Ms Gayathri Parthasarthy

Partner & Financial services Leader, Pwc India

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Mr Girish Appu

Head – Manufacturing Operations
3M India Ltd.

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Mr Hemant Mallya

Lead Industrial Sustainability and Competitiveness, CeeW

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Sri K P Rudrappaiah

Managing Director
Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited

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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

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Dr Kanakasabapathi Subramanian

Senior Vice President, Product Development
Ashok Leyland

Mr Kapil Bansal

Partner, Energy Transition and Decarbonization Ernst & Young

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Mr Karthikeyan Dhandayuthapani

AVP & Chief Product Compliance Officer
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd.

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Dr Kerwin Savio Nigli

Head of Department of Hotel Management, Christ University & Board Member Tourism & Hospitality Skill Council

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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

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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

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Mr Mohammed Zahrin Bin Aziz

Chapter Co-Chair, CII Yi Bengaluru
Director – NKP Empire Venturesย Pvtย Ltd

Mr Mukut Chakravarti

Vice President Development & Partnerships
Tamara Leisure Experiences

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Mr M R Narayanan

Managing Director
Floatels India Pvt Ltd

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Mr N Sudheer

Director โ€“ Capacity Building & Public Outreach
Indian Space Research Organisation

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Dr Nagahanumaiah

Vice President & Head – Missiles and Aerospace Business L&T Defence, Larsen & Toubro Limited

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Mr Nagaraj Prakasam

Faculty
NSRCEL

Dr Naresh Palta

Senior Adviser (Aerospace & Aviation)
Maini Group

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Mr Nikhil Mallavarapu

Executive Director
Centum Electronics

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Mr Nitin Chhabra

Co-Founder & CEO
Ace Turtle

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Mr Nitin Pai

CMO and Chief Strategy Officer
Tata Elxsi

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Mr Nitin Nair

Senio Vice President
Open Network for Digital Commerce

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Mr Pawan Mulukutla

Director – Integrated Transport, Electric Mobility & Hydrogen, WRI

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Mr Pavan Ranga

CEO
Rangsons Technologies LLP

Mr Prashant Parameswaran

CEO
Tata Consumer Soulful Pvt Ltdย 

Mr Rabindra Srikantan

Managing Director & CEO ASM Technologies Ltd

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Ms Radhika Anne

Business Unit Head
3M India Ltd

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Mr Ramakrishna Rao

Senior Engineering Director, Valueย Anesthesia & Respiratory Care, GE Healthcare

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Mr Ravi Krishnan

Managing Director
Goldman Sachs

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Mr Saba Guru

Head Autonomous Technology Development
Maini Group

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Mr Sairaj Dhond

Founder & CEO
Wakao Foods

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Mr Sameer Agarwal

Chief Financial Officer
Manipal Group

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Mr Sandeep Singh

Past Chairman, CII Karnataka & Managing Director, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Pvt Ltd

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Mr Sanjay Sharma

CEO
MTR Foods Pvt Ltd

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Mr Sanjeev Malhotra

Founder Director & CEO
Getout Systems

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Mr Santosh Hegde

Founder
Sales diary

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Ms Saritha Poovana

Managing Director
Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

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Mr Sathya Sankaran

Co-Founder & Director
Urban Morph

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Mr Satish N Thaker

Director FMCG
ElasticRun

Mr Shankar Venugopal

Vice President – Innovation & IP
Mahindra & Mahindra

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Mr Shekar Viswanathan

Past Chairman, CII Karnataka &
Chairman, Kirloskar Technologies Pvt Ltd

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Ms Shilpa Gupta

India Engineering Leader,GE Gas Power & Site Leader, GE Vernova

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Mr Shrikant Wale

Executive Vice President (Delivery)
Praj Industries Ltd

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Prof Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay

Professor – Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur

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Mr Sohanjeet Randhawa

Director Sustainability Affairs & Group Communication, Volvo Group India Pvt Ltd

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Mr Kishan Sreenath

Vice President, Powertrain
Volvo Group India Pvt Ltd

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Mr S Krishna Kumar

Executive Director (ARDC)
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

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Mr Sudeep Dalvi

Senior Vice President & Director, Chief Communication Officer at Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd

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Mr Suresh Chand

General Manager- Snacks, Noodles & Pasta, ITC Foods

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Mr Swapnik Jakkampudi

Co-Founder & CTO
Skyair Mobility

Dr Vijayabaskaran Sundararaju

Executive Director
Kauvery Hospital

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Mr Vineet Verma

Executive Director & CEO
Brigade Hospitality

Mr Vishal Bali

Executive Chairman
Asia Healthcare Holdings

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Mr Vivek Raghavan

General Partner
Malgudi Ventures

Mr Tarun Goyal

Founder
Simplotel

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Dr Taslimarif Saiyed

Chief Executive Officer & Director
C CAMP

*Awaiting Confirmation

Register and Particiapte in 19th edition of India Innovation Summit

CII India Innoverge 2023