2012 Speakers

Prof. M. Suresh Rao, Chairperson & Professor for Entrepreneurship, Center for Entrepreneurship, SPJMR

Prof M Suresh Rao is Professor for Entrepreneurship and Chairperson, Center for Entrepreneurship at SPJIMR. Prof Rao has designed the pioneering ...

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Mr Prasenjit Bhattacharya, Member – Global Advisory Board and CEO - The Great Place to Work® Institute, India and Sri Lanka

Prasenjit has over two decades of experience in Indian and multinational corporations like HSBC, Grow Talent, Eicher Consultancy Services (ECS Ltd.), Siemens, and Crompton Greaves. ...

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Mr Arunachalam Muruganantham, CEO, Jayaashree Industries

Arunachalam Muruganantham is the person who changed things. From a poor background in the South of India, he created the world's first low-cost machine to produce sanitary towels. ...

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Mr Jagdeep Kapoor, Chairman and Managing Director, Samsika Marketing Consultants

Brand Guru, Jagdeep Kapoor is the Chairman and Managing Director of Samsika Marketing Consultants, Mumbai, a leading brand strategic marketing ...

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Mr Shujaat Khan, MD , Blue River Capital

Shujaat Khan is the co-founder and Managing Director of Blue River Capital; a private equity firm focused on making investments in the SME segment. Blue River Capital ...

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Mr Rajiv Dingra, Founder And CEO, Watconsult

Rajiv Dingra, Founder and CEO of WATConsult (Owned & Promoted by WATMedia Pvt Ltd) runs India’s leading social media agency, WATConsult. A thought leader in the social ...

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Dr. H. P. Kumar, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NSIC

Dr. H. P. Kumar is the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of “National Small Industries Corporation”, a Mini Ratna Public Sector organization of Government ...

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Mr. Parag Patki, CEO, SME Rating Agency of India

Mr Parag Patki has extensively been involved in the business development and operations of SMERA. He has extensive experience in working with start ...

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Ms. Kalpana Jain, Senior Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India

During her extensive professional experience of two decades, Kalpana has advised various corporate /government agencies in formulation of ...

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Mr. Jayant K Rastogi, Country Manager, Motorola Solutions India

Jayant, in his capacity as Area Director & Country Manager, is responsible for leading and developing the company's overall business and operations ...

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Mr. Jayanta Banerjee, Managing Partner, ASK Pravi Capital

As one of the Managing Partners at ASK Pravi Capital, Jayanta Banerjee is primarily responsible for investments in infrastructure services and financial ...

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Mr Siju Narayan, Smarter Commerce Lead, IBM

With over 16 years of experience in retail and institutional sales and marketing, Siju Narayan has worked with blue chip Indian and multinational corporations ...

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Dr.Simone Ahuja, Founder, Blood Orange and Co-author, Jugaad Innovation

Headquartered in Minneapolis, with partners around the globe, Blood Orange shares and practices business principles learned through extensive work in India ...

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Mr. Nishith Desai, Founder, Nishith Desai Associates

Nishith Desai is an international tax and corporate law expert, researcher, published author and lecturer in leading academic institutions around ...

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Mr. Rajeev Chitrabhanu, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, J M Financial Services Pvt. Ltd.

Rajeev Chitrabhanu is the CEO and Managing Director of JM Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. He manages the Financial Services business for JM Financial Group. ...

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Mr. L S Krishnan, Business Head, Amagi Media Labs

LS Krishnan, popularly known as LS, is a media and advertising professional with more than 25 years of experience. A graduate from Delhi...

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Mr. K Pandia Rajan, Managing Director, Ma Foi Strategic Consultants

K Pandia Rajan has played a crucial role in the evolution of HRD as an industry in India by offering a basket of innovative HR products through ...

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Mr. Anil Joshi, President, Mumbai Angels & Bangalore Angels

Anil heads the operations at Mumbai Angels and Bangalore Angels, leading Angel Investment forums in India. Anil’s professional experience includes ...

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Mr. Mahesh Murthy, Founder, Pinstorm

Mahesh Murthy is one of India's most recognised experts in youth marketing - having helped launch MTV India, run Channel V and managed ...

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Mr. C.K.Kumaravel, Co-founder & Managing Director, Naturals Beauty Salon India Pvt. Ltd.

As an MD, Mr CK Kumaravel takes crucial decisions responsible for the strategic growth of the company. His determination and passion ...

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Dr. Anuj Saxena, Managing Director, Elder Health Care Ltd.

Dr. Anuj Saxena is the Managing Director of Elder Health Care Ltd, which is a part of more than Rs 1300 crore Elder Pharma Ltd, which is one of ...

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Mr. Deepak Pande, Executive Vice President & Head –SME, Vodafone

Deepak Pande has been engaged full time since January 2012 in building the SME vertical for Vodafone India as the Executive Vice President ...

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Ms. Renu Kathuria, Managing Director, Q-railing India Pvt. Ltd

Renu Kathuria is the Managing Director of Q-railing India Pvt. Ltd, of Q-railing Europe, Germany, (earlier known as Carl F International) engaged ...

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Ms Preeti Sharma Menon, Founder & Managing Director,Viira Travels & Logistics Pvt. Ltd.

Preeti’s work experience spans over 2 decades, from a training consultant to a serial entrepreneur. Founder of Synergy, an outsourced manpower ...

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Mr Sid Shah, Chief Mover & Shaker,The Wild East Group

Sid Shah is Founder of The Wild East Group, a firm which exclusively builds new business opportunities for a portfolio of leading celebrity, sports, ...

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Mr V. Balasubramaniam, Chief Business Officer, BSE Ltd

V. Balasubramaniam (Bala) is the Chief Business Officer at BSE Ltd (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) responsible for the Markets – Trading Business ...

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Mr D. Ravishankar, Founder Director, Brickwork Ratings

Ravishankar is the Founder Director of Brickwork Ratings, a credit rating agency licensed by Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and ...

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Mr Amandeep Kalsi, Director, Protiviti Consulting

Amandeep has over 13 years of experience in management consulting, analytics and business leadership spanning Arthur Andersen’s Business Consulting ...

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Dr. Abhijit P. Phadnis, Director, Giltedge Financial Counsel

Abhijit is a director of Giltedge Financial Counsel Pvt. Ltd., a company for consulting and financial education. He runs various executive education ...

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Mr. JoyRajan Cheruvathoor, Vice President & Head, Mumbai- Business Services at Vodafone

Joy over 20 years of industry experience, a majority of which is in Telecom. He has led Enterprise Business Account Management teams in several ...

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Mr. Souvik Sengupta, Business Head SME Lending and Microfinance, Reliance Capital

Well experienced in setting up distribution and sales strategies in asset based financing solutions for SMEs, especially in the services segment ...

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Mr R. Sriram, Co-Founder, Next Practice Retail

Sriram’s passion for books was serendipitous and led him to establish various bookstores – he started with Landmark in Chennai, set up Walden in Hyderabad ...

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Mr Prasanth Mohanchandran, Co-founder, AgencyDigi

Prasanth sells digital dreams and made people live them too. He gained prominence not only from the evangelism of self-proclaimed fans, but also ...

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Mr. Sanjay Goyal, General Manager, Sidbi

Sanjay Goyal started career as a Probationary Officer in 1987. He joined SIDBI, the Apex Financial Institution for MSME, in 1991. He is presently ...

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