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Programme in Mumbai

Indo-Global Education Summit & Expo 2017

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Indo-Global Skills Summit & Expo 2017

The Lalit Hotel, Sahar Airport Road, Andheri East, Mumbai

July 17, 2017

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SUMMIT PROGRAMMME IN MUMBAI

8.00 am onwards: Registration of delegates

INAUGURAL PROGRAM & PRESENTATION OF AWARDS: 9.15 AM - 11.00 AM

Guests of Honour• Shri Swadhin Kshatriya, IAS (Retd), Right to Service Act Commissioner, Govt. of Maharashtra, Mumbai

• Shri Aditya Prasad Padhi, IAS, Chief Secretary & Chief Development Commissioner, Dept. of General Administration, Govt. of Odisha, Bhubaneswar

ACADEMIC CO LLABORATION SESSIONS (Presentations and Panel Discussion)11.30 am to 12.20 pm: Session 1: Research Collaborations, Joint / Dual Degree Programs, Twinning & Transfer Programs

12.20 pm to 1.10 pm: Session 2: Distance Education & Vocational Education Programs, Faculty & Student ExchangePrograms, Study Abroad in India Programs, and other Collaborations

SPEAKERS OF SESSION 1 & SESSION 2

• Prof. Sankar Ghosh, Chair, Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, USA

Graduate studies in Biomedical Sciences at Columbia University, New York, USA

• Dr. Ramesh Talreja, Tenneco Professor of Engineering, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA Research Collaboration in Materials of the Future

• Prof. John Moses, Professor of Organic Chemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Australia Building Indo-Australian Collaborations: The Click Chemistry Research Institute — A Case Study

• Ms. Arbinder Pal, Trade Commissioner, High Commission of Canada to India, Mumbai Education in Canada : A World of Possibilities Awaits

• Mr. Manish Kothari, Managing Director, Rhino Machines Pvt. Ltd, Anand Swiss Education by Indian MSME – Case Study : Challenges & Future

Session Chair: Prof. Sankar Ghosh, Chair, Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology & Immunology,Columbia University, USA

1.10 PM – 1.50 PM: LUNCH BREAK

09.15 am Inauguration of the Summit & Expo 2017

09.20 am Welcome Address

09.25 am Presentation by Sponsor

09.30 am

09.40 am

09.50 am

10.00 am

10.46 am to : 11.30 am

Address by the Guest of Honour

Address by the Guest of Honour

Address by the Chief Guest

Presentation of Awards for Excellence

Vote of Thanks10.40 am

National Anthem10.45 am

Coffee / Tea Break

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SKILL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS (Presentations and Panel Discussion)

1.50 pm to 2.40 pm: Session 3: Re-engineering Skills Ecosystem; Future Skills: Technology, Jobs and Talent

SPEAKERS

• Mr. Niraj Kumar, Deputy Secretary, Dept. of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi Tracing the Contour of mid-century Skill Ecosystem

• Dr. Pandit Vidyasagar, Vice-Chancellor, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, Maharashtra The vital role of traditional universities in skill development

• Mr. Binit Bhatt, Chief Executive Officer, Gems & Jewellery Skill Council of India, Mumbai Going Organised from Unorganised - Through Skills

• Mr. S Narayan, Founder & President, Integron Human Capital Services Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai Skilling Initiatives – a Reality Check

• Mr. Anant Agrawal, Managing Director, Skillmine Technology Consulting Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru

Skills & The Market Place

Session Chair: Shri Niraj Kumar, Deputy Secretary, Dept. of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development,–New Delhi

2.40 pm to 3.30 pm: Session 4: Skills for Migration: Mobility

SPEAKERS

• Mr. Ranjit Madan, Chief Executive Officer, Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council, New Delhi Skill Development in Life Sciences Sector

• Mr. Narendra P Barhate, Managing Director & CEO, SEED Infotech Ltd., Pune Changes in IT Domain and Skilling Challenges for Continued Employability

• Mr. Harish Pillai, Chief Operating Officer, Indus Health Plus Pvt. Ltd, Pune Re-engineering skills using the preventive healthcare industry

• Mrs. Rekha Chaudhari, Global Wellness Ambassador, Regional Director-Global Mentorship Program, Mumbai JSWE : Rural Skill Development in Glamour industry

• Dr. Romi Kher, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management, Baruch College - City University of New York, USA The Baruch MakerHub: Complementing Learing & Skills Development

• Mr. Sudhanshu Jangir, Head India – Operations, Boortmalt India Holdings Pvt. Ltd. (Group AXEREAL), Gurgaon Skill Development into Agriculture sector for generation next farmers

• Mr. Amod K. Kanth, IPS (Retd.), Former DGP, Chairman, Domestic Workers Sector Skill Council, New Delhi Changing lives of Domestic Workers through Skill Development

Session Chair: Mr. Ranjit Madan, Chief Executive Officer, Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council, New Delhi

3.30 PM – 3.50 PM: COFFEE / TEA BREAK

ACADEME - INDUSTRY COLLABORATION SESSION (Presentations and Panel Discussion)

3.50 pm to 4.40 pm: Session 5: Academe – Industry Collaboration

SPEAKERS

• Prof. Atanu Ghosh, Professor, Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai Need for effective Academia - Industry collaboration

• Mr. Pradeep Jaswani, Consultant-Western Region, Telecom Sector Skill Council of India, Gurgaon

Linking Academia to Industry - Disruptive Approach

• Dr. Gopakumar Nair, Director, Gnanlex Hermeneutics Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai

Industry as facilitator-incubator for skill generation and sourcing from Academia

• Dr. Rafal Lizut, Assistant Professor (IT), Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Paw³a II, Poland

What Academia with business can do to resolve the global water problem? On the example of agronanogels as an

invention, education subject and a practical implementation.

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• Mr. Sunil Khanna, President and Managing Director, Vertiv Energy Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai

Collaborate to Innovate - Lessons from a start-up oasis in the middle of a war zone

Session Chair: Prof. Atanu Ghosh, Professor, Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology,Mumbai

STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SESSION (Presentations and Panel Discussion)

4.40 pm to 5.30 pm: Session 6: Startups and Entrepreneurship

SPEAKERS

• Dr. Arvind Pradyuman Tilak, Jt Chief Executive Officer, Ascent Intellimation Pvt. Ltd., Pune

Knowledge driven Entrepreneur ecosystem

• Mr. Ashutosh Karangate, Managing Partner, Mangal Advisory Services, Goa

Biggest Blunders of Startups and Remedies

• Mr. Dalip Dua, Managing Director, Krishna Hydro Projects Ltd, New Delhi

Re-Engineering the Enterpreneur of India

• Mr. Gaurav Golwalkar, Co Founder, Talentick EduSolutions Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Starting Up : Trends, Opportunities, Challenges in Education

• Ms. Ásdís Guðmundsdóttir, Project manager – Trainer, Directorate of Labour, Iceland

Empowering women entrepreneurs

Session Chair: Dr. Arvind Pradyuman Tilak, Jt Chief Executive Officer, Ascent Intellimation Pvt. Ltd, Pune

The Expo 2017

ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS

The Lalit Hotel, Sahar Airport Road, Andheri East, Mumbai

July 17, 2017

8.00 am onwards: Registration of students and career aspirants

TIMING: 11 AM – 5.30 PM

The Expo 2017 will run in parallel with the Summit 2017 in an adjoining separate hall. It will have educational / traininginstitutions, companies, businesses, industries, NGOs, skill developers, knowledge partners, government, etc. Theywill have table spaces for meeting with their counterparts, students and career aspirants. Entry to the Expo 2017 isfree for all including students and career aspirants.

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Shri Swadhin Kshatriya, IAS (Retd.)

Right to Service Act Commissioner

Govt. of Maharashtra

Mumbai

Shri Swadheen Kshatriya, Chief Commissioner RTS belongs to the 1980 batch of IndianAdministrative Service. During initial years of service, he held various assignments like AssistantCollector at Pusad & Washim, CEO Zilla Parishad, Ahmednagar & Collector, Nanded. Thereafter,he was on deputation to Government of India in the Ministry of Steel, Power & Ministry ofHome Affairs.

On return from Government of India, he held other important assignments in Maharashtraincluding Vice President & CEO MHADA, Commissioner, Sales Tax, General Manager BEST,Principal Secretary, Housing Department, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, MunicipalCommissioner of Mumbai and then, Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue).

As Commissioner, Sales Tax he was Chairman of the Committee for classif ication ofCommodities and use of Harmonized System of Nomenclature and drafted the law for ValueAdded Tax system. As Principal Secretary of Housing Department he wrote the Housing Policyfor the state focusing on affordable housing. As ACS(Revenue) he prepared the policy forrenewal of leases, carried out re-organisation of sub-division and introduced the SuvarnaJayanti Rajaswa Abhiyan which received tremendous response.

He was the Chief Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra from 1st August, 2014 to 28th

February 2017. As Chief Secretary of Maharashtra State he has played an important role informulating the Right to Services Act and its implementation. The Make in India event andBRICS Conference organized in Mumbai were very successful. For Ease of Doing Business largenumber of permissions were reduced and simplified by introducing Single Window System.For mitigating the drought conditions more than 5000 villages were covered every year underthe Jalyukta Shivar Scheme which emphasizes Watershed development, Area treatment andcreating water bodies in these villages. Similarly, an ambitious programme for constructingfarm ponds was undertaken. Farmers in the worst drought affected Districts were providedsubsidized- wheat at Rs.2 per Kg & rice at Rs.3 per Kg. Drinking water was transported bytrain over 300 Kms for city of Latur. Despite the drought conditions, Maharashtra Staterecorded growth rate of 8% during the year 2015-16.

As a Chief Secretary of the State and Chairman of Various High Power Committees, he gavemomentum to various ambitious projects like Navi Mumbai International Project, MumbaiTrans Harbour Link (MTHL), Metro Projects. A very long pending project of CCTV in Mumbaiand Pune got commenced only after he sorted out issues through consistent follow-up andreviews.

On 1st March 2017 Shri Kshatriya was sworn in as the first State Chief Commissioner for Rightto Service for a Five Year Term. He has been entrusted with the responsibility to insure thatthe Maharashtra Right to Public Services Act is implemented in letter and spirit.

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Shri Aditya Prasad Padhi, IAS

Chief Secretary & Chief Development Commissioner

Dept. of General Administration

Govt. of Odisha

Bhubaneswar

Shri Aditya Prasad Padhi joined the 1983 batch of IAS in Odisha Cadre after his Bachelor’s degreein Electronics & Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.Shri Padhi has wide experience working in Govt. of Odisha & Govt. of India being placed in KeyDepartments i.e. Rural Development, Industries, Urban Development, Finance, Transport andHome. During 1992-94, Shri Aditya Prasad Padhi did his MBA at the Yale School of Managementin USA on a World Bank scholarship. He was Principal Secretary and then Additional ChiefSecretary to Hon’ble Chief Minister, Odisha from September, 2010 to 30th November, 2015.Shri Padhi is working as Chief Secretary, Odisha since 30.11.2015 (AN).

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Prof. Sankar Ghosh

Chair, Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology & Immunology

Columbia University

USA

Dr. Sankar Ghosh is the Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology and chair ofmicrobiology and immunology at Columbia University, in New York. His research focuses onunderstanding the regulation of signal transduction and gene expression mechanisms in innateand adaptive immunity.

Dr. Ghosh received his bachelor’s degree in 1979 and his master’s degree in 1981, both fromCalcutta University in India. He completed his Ph.D. in molecular biology from Albert EinsteinCollege of Medicine in New York in 1988. Dr. Ghosh carried out his postdoctoral fellowshipwhile working in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Dr. David Baltimore at MIT. Dr. Ghosh’sresearch has led to the publication of 116 papers in premier scientific journals, including Nature,Cell, and Science, as well as 44 chapters, review articles and books. He was the recipient ofthe 2002 AAI Pharmingen Investigator Award, the 2006 Ranbaxy Science Foundation Awardfor basic medical research, the 2008 F.W. Alt Award for new discoveries in immunology fromthe Cancer Research Institute, the 2010 American Association of Indian Scientists in CancerResearch-Outstanding Scientist Award, and the 2017 Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Award fromAlbert Einstein College of Medicine. In 2007, he was elected as a Fellow in the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science.

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Dr. Ramesh Talreja

Tenneco Professor of Engineering

Dept. of Aerospace Engineering

Texas A&M University

USA

Dr. Ramesh Talreja is currently Tenneco Endowed Professor in the Department of AerospaceEngineering and in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&MUniversity. Prior to that, 1991-2001, he was a professor of aerospace engineering at GeorgiaInstitute of Technology. Dr. Talreja has published extensively in the composite materials field.He has written 34 book chapters, given over 240 invited presentations at conferences,universities and industry R&D organizations, taught over 20 short courses, and is or has beenon Editorial Boards of 18 international journals. He is the recipient of the 2013 ICCM Scala Awardand World Fellow and Life Member of ICCM. His current interests are in cost-effective andsustainable design of composite structures.

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Prof. John Moses

Professor of Organic Chemistry

La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science

Australia

John’s independent research career began at The University of London (UCL), School ofPharmacy in 2005, where he was appointed as an RCUK-EPSRC academic fellow in ChemicalBiology & Cancer Medicinal Chemistry.

In September 2007, he was appointed at the University of Nottingham as an AssociateProfessor in Organic Chemistry, and in 2017 moved to his current position as Professor ofOrganic Chemistry at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science.

John is a professional visiting scientist in the Sharpless laboratory at The Scripps ResearchInstitute (La Jolla), and Chair Professor of Biomimetic Synthesis and Chairman of the AmityInstitute for Click Chemistry Research and Studies (India).

His research interests include Click Chemistry, Biomimetic Synthesis, Anti-Cancer & AntibioticDrug Discovery and Chemical Biology.

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Ms. Arbinder Pal

Trade Commissioner

High Commission of Canada to India

Mumbai

Arbinder Pal is a Trade Commissioner with the Consulate General of Canada in Mumbai and isresponsible for Innovation, ICT and Education sectors. She has over fifteen years of experiencein developing international businesses and driving marketing & sales strategies in Canada,India and USA.

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Mr. Manish Kothari

Managing Director

Rhino Machines Pvt. Ltd

Anand

Graduate Mechanical Engineer from MSU Baroda with 2 Gold Medals in 1991.

26+ years of wholesome foundry and industry management experience.

Core strength in multidisciplinary engineering knowledge, value engineering, systemsdevelopment and innovative solutions.

Partnerships created at Rhino:

Fondarc – Green Sand Solutions – Sand & Moulding

Fata Aluminum – Green & Core Sand Reclamation

ACE Foundation Partner - Swiss Skill Development & NSDC Training Provider

Centre of Excellence-Smart Manufacturing partner with Govt of India (MSME-TDC Agra)

Ecolibrium – Cloud Data Analytics for Foundry

Achievements:

Best Technology on display IFEX 2010

Semi-finalist GCIP 2015 for ECOFLEX®– Finished in Top 6, Oct 2015

Participant FOIN2016 – Rashtrapati Bhawan, March 2016

Trend Setter Award – Gujarat Innovation Society, April 2016

Felicitation by IIF for Innovation –May 2016

Semi-finalist GCIP 2016 for MULTIFLEX – Finished in Top 6, Oct 2016

IIF Chandran Menon Memorial Award for Research & Innovation in Foundry Industry 2016

Felicitation by at Indian Foundry Congress IFC 2017 as Young & Dynamic Entrepreneur

Featured as Top 100 SME’s in Gujarat – Book released 28th Feb 2017

Some Important Positions:

Managing Director – Rhino Machines: Foundry Technology

Director – Composite Solutions: Finance & Risk Management

Director – ACE Foundation: Skill Development

Promoter – Meemansa: Women’s ethnic wear

Memberships/Associations:

Life Member – Institute of Indian Foundrymen

Council Member – CII Gujarat State

Managing Board Member – Vitthal Udyognagar Industries Association: Industrial Body

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Mr. Niraj Kumar

Deputy Secretary, Dept. of Land Resources

Ministry of Rural Development

New Delhi

Niraj Kumar (1973-) is the author of classic work on Asian Integration, “Arise, Asia! Respond toWhite Peril” (January, 2003). The sequel “Asia in Post-Western Age” has been published in2014. His recent edited work is “Himalayan Bridges” (KWP: 2016) [co-editors Ambassador P.Stobdan and famous linguist George van Driem]. His works span from global financial marketto geopolitics. He works with equal passion on grand strategy of major powers, counter-insurgency strategies, structure of mantras and economic theories. He has to his credit twovolumes of poetry in English, “Autopsy of Revolution” (2006) and “I Have No Voice” (2012).He was closely associated with legendary socialist leaders George Fernandes and instrumentalin reviving the magazine OtherSide launched by George Fernandes. Recently, he launchedthe initiative of Asia Peace Forum under the aegis of Society for Asian Integration with whichhe is closely associated. He is an initiate in Ramakrishna Mission Order and disciple of SwamiRanganathanadaji Maharaj.

His forthcoming work is Nalanda: Recovering the Fusion of Horizons (DK Printworld, 2017).

At present, he is serving as Deputy Secretary, Department of Land Resources in theGovernment of India.

[Books: Arise, Asia! Respond to White Peril (2003), Autopsy of Revolution (Poetry, 2006), IHave No Voice(Poetry,2013), SriYantra and Geophilosophy of India (2014), Asia in Post-WesternAge (2014), Rainbow of Indian Civilization (2015), Tagore’s Refuge Unto Buddha (co-ed. LamaChosphel Zotpa, S.N. Mishra , 2014), Himalayan Bridge (co-editors George van Driem, P.Stobdan, 2016)].

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Dr. Pandit Vidyasagar

Vice-Chancellor

Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University

Nanded, Maharashtra

Dr. P. B.Vidyasagar has been working in the field of Medical and Health Physics for the lasttwenty years. The significant contributions that he has made assume more importance onthe following background. He has started his work in this field at the times when it was littleknown in the University system. Over the years he has been able to develop the tradition ofinterdisciplinary studies by introducing various courses and also motivating students toundertake research programs in this field. He has been able to attract students from otherdeveloping countries such as Bangladesh, Iran and Indonesia to work in his laboratory. Thestudents trained under his guidance are successfully conducting research in their respectivecountries. He has published his research work in internationally acclaimed journals. Thefollowing brief account brings out his important contributions in the areas of research, teachingand science popularization

Science and Society

Dr. Vidyasagar has made unique and significant contributions at the interface of science andsociety through scientific writing. Over the years he has participated in science popularizationprograms organized by Govt. of India and other Non Governmental Organizations. He has tohis credit 13 books (Marathi and English), about 150 articles in news papers and magazines, 25Radio talks, Ten educational films, about 100 lectures on science subjects at remote places,school and colleges. One of his books has been translated in Kannada language and has beenserialized in a weekly. The other book has been read on All India Radio for one year. One of hisbooks Superclone is used as a text book for M.A. Marathi degree of Pune Univ. His academicand social contributions are duly recognized by the academic and social organizations andhave bestowed on him prestigious awards such as Best Teacher award by University of Pune,Vidya Vyas Puraskar by Vidya Sahakari Bank and G. R. Paranjape award by Maharashtra SahityaParishad. Dr. Vidyasagar has been awarded Regular and senior associate ship by AS-ICTP.

Teaching and Education

Dr. Vidyasagar has designed, modified and taught courses at undergraduate and post graduatelevel related to biophysics and medical instrumentation. He has also been instrumental inestablishing degree courses such as B.Sc. (applied) (optometry) and B.Sc.(applied) (BiomedicalTechniques). He has conducted refresher courses for college teachers on a national basis.Interactive software tools that have been developed by his research team can be used forapplications in the hospital as well as for medical education. Dr Vidyasagar has himselfparticipated in the Curriculum Development Program of University grants Commission andhelped in introducing an interdisciplinary component in physics curriculum. He has participatedin a UNESCO project on physics education and edited a book on Foundation Course in Physics.He has worked as an assistant editor of Physics Education Journal, published by the UGC,New Delhi and brought out special issues on Biophysics. He has worked as an associate directorfor the National Talent Search Program and Kishor Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana, Govt. of India,and as a coordinator National Eligibility Test for college teachers by UGC, New Delhi. At presenthe is working as a convener of the Board of Studies to design the syllabus and write textbooks for the IXth and Xth std. to be used by 1.4 million students in the state of Maharashtra.Worked as a member of the Xth UGC plan committee and member of Center For AdvancedStudies, assessment committee for Molecular Biophysics Unit, I.I.Sc, Bangalore.

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Mr. Binit Bhatt

Chief Executive Officer

Gems & Jewellery Skill Council of India

Mumbai

Binit Bhatt, Chief Executive Officer, Gem & Jewellery Council of India (GJSCI), brings with himmore than 27 years of industry experience. An MBA (Marketing) by qualification, Binit alsoholds a GG & FJC certificate from GIA.

During his time in the industry, he has excelled in various roles in the including 4 years in NewYork with a leading exporter. However, his natural inclination towards gems and jewelleryand passion to empower people has made him take up the current assignment with GJSCI.Binit joined GJSCI in the year 2015 and since then has been managing the operations for GJSCIon pan India level. All GJSCI initiatives under his leadership have been aiming at creating skilledlabour force for the industry as well as upgrade the standard of living of an average artisan

In addition to his role at GJSCI Binit loves his stint as a corporate trainer FOR ‘EmotionalIntelligence’ and is a visiting faculty at IIGJ based in Mumbai.

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Mr. S Narayan

Founder & President

Integron Human Capital Services Pvt. Ltd

Mumbai

Narayan,the Founder of Integron and LIFT Academy had evolved a unique model of utilizingFacility Management Services and Staffing Solutions for a social objective with focus oncreating first bread winners in disadvantaged families for which he was presented the “SocialInnovation Entrepreneur” Award at the World CSR Congress in 2014.

Along with LIFT Academy, sister concern of Integron, which provides skilIing in Logistics andHospitality sector, he has been providing end-to-end solutions from identifying beneficiaries-training-deploymentat client sites supporting more than 4000 families.

His experience straddles engineering, real estate, consulting, corporate strategy andmanagement with leadership positionsin the Mahindra Group, IL&FS and Lavasa Corporation.His experience also includes tenures at Indian Aluminium Co Ltd and Aluminium IndustriesSdn. Bhd in Malaysia.

Narayan holds a Bachelors degree in Technology from IIT Bombay, a PG Diploma inManagement Studies from Mumbai University and completed professional courses from NITIEand Harvard Business School.

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Mr. Anant Agrawal

Managing Director

Skillmine Technology Consulting Pvt. Ltd

Bengaluru

Anant Agrawal is an accomplished senior IT Entrepreneur Developing, Transforming andOperating cost effective and business focused Information Technology. He has built thiscapability from the foundations of his successful experiences in IT services to exploit & delivertechnology for commercial advantage, transforming the Global IT Scenarios to grow/modernizethe Technology & Services for various large corporates

He has outstanding depth & breadth of technical knowledge & skills combined with strategicthinking, creativity and passion for detail to shape and deliver complex business innovations.He has used these skills to create answers and solutions making it possible for IT to enablebusinesses to gain competitive advantage. He also has a wealth of experience in establishingand managing complex commercial contracts.

Leadership & Personality

Anant is a passionate, pragmatic leader and highly credible with senior leaders by virtue of hisexperience, relationship building and communication skills. He uses his influencing skills andleadership to collaborate, resolve conflicts and gain commitment from senior leaders for hisinitiatives. He has a global perspective and long term view coupled with urgency.

He has a track record of attracting, motivating and retaining outstanding & high performanceteams and individuals. He has been a natural Go To person on Talent Development & Planningand has successfully developed leaders and coached them into high performance individuals.

Anant takes personal ownership in several areas including leading the engagement with thebroader aspects of the businesses he was worked for. Anant has consistently taken theinitiative and gone into action to collaborate and solve problems, deliver results and developenduring relationships.

Career Summary

Anant has built his career over last twenty Four years in various roles across Financial Services,Capital Markets, Insurance and Retail sectors and has extensive experience in IT Services &Programme Delivery. He has successfully managed P&L responsibilities up to $100M andmanaged large scale direct team of 600+ and matrix managed more than 3000+ distributedteams. Anant last worked as Executive IT Director for MSCI in Mumbai responsible for a broadportfolio of IT services and complex programmes. Anant is currently working as ManagingDirector for Skillmine Technology Consulting.

Anant secured a 1st class engineering degree in Computer Technology in 1994 from NagpurUniversity, India.

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Mr. Ranjit Madan

Chief Executive Officer

Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council (LSSSDC)

New Delhi

An alumni of Henley College, London, UK (Executive Development Program), IIM Ahmedabad(MBA), and St Stephen’s College, Delhi University (BA Hons, Economics), Ranjit Madan hasover 25 years of experience in corporate sector in leading MNC’s such as ICI, Ciba and Mobil,growing running businesses and establishing start-ups, in India and overseas— handling theAsia Pacific region, based in Singapore. He has been associated with diverse businesses, rangingfrom petrochemicals to pharmaceuticals, and dyestuffs to defence.

His responsibilities involved General Management - balanced blend of strategic and operationalin organisations laying emphasis on technical excellence. He also has considerable experiencein dealing with various ministries/ PSU’s. Prior to his current position of CEO of Life SciencesSector Skill Development Council he has held positions of Executive VP, Samtel, Group; COO,Grauer & Weil (India); Business Head, Asia Pacific, Services BU, Ciba Singapore; Head BusinessDevelopment & Regional Key Account Manager, Asia Pacific, Home & Personal Care BU, CibaSingapore.

Keenly interested in issues of socio-economic relevance, he has written several papers in thisspace, which have received accolades from renowned bodies.

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Mr. Narendra P Barhate

Managing Director & CEO

SEED Infotech Ltd.

Pune

Narendra Barhate is the MD and CEO of SEED Infotech Ltd., Pune, one of the fastest growingmid-size IT training, consulting and staffing companies in India. Born in a small village, nearJalgaon fifty four years ago, Narendra Barhate completed his schooling from Jnana Prabodhiniin Pune followed by B. E. (Electronics & Telecommunication) from Government College ofEngineering, Pune. He achieved his post graduation, M. Tech in Computer Science from theillustrious IIT Bombay. He serviced as a Senior Research Scientist in ARDE, Ministry of Defense,Government of India which won him the status of a special gazette officer.

Having himself trained students for more than 15,000 hours, Narendra Barhate’s trainingorganization, SEED Infotech Ltd. today boasts of 50 branches across the country with over2,25,000 square feet of state of the art IT Infrastructure. Having trained more than 7, 00,000students and professionals till date; SEED Infotech continues its mission to fulfill the dire needof the country by providing Global Quality Technology Workforce.

Besides acquiring associations with Technology Giants like Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, HP, SEEDInfotech is a proud partner of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in its Skill Indiamission. SEED Infotech even services corporate clientele across the globe. Narendra Barhatehas also diversified in multiple sectors:

* Palash Healthcare Systems Pvt. Ltd. provides Hospital Information Management Systemsto more than 250 hospitals in the country and abroad

* Palash IVF Solutions Pvt. Ltd. provides a complete integrated platform for infertilitytreatment provider facility

* CellBeans Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. delivers End to End Healthcare Solutions to Medical CollegeInstitutional, Hospitals, Diagnostic Centers, Nursing Homes & Pathology Laboratories

* SEED Management Services, provides Time and Attendance automation solutions to variousorganizations

Even at this stage of his professional life, Narendra Barhate persists to do more. He researchesin NLP, the mysteries of Brain and relishes Vivekananda literature. He dedicates lot of his timein grooming budding entrepreneurs to help them fulfill their dreams through forums like CIIand TiE. He continues guiding SEED Infotech Ltd. towards its mission of becoming the Nalandaof Technology Application.

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Mr. Harish Pillai

Chief Operating Officer

Indus Health Plus Pvt. Ltd

Pune

Mr. Harish Pillai; Chief Operating Officer at Indus Health Plus has a magnetic profile with azeal to bring new heights to the company. Functioning in the role of Chief Operating Officersince 2010, Mr. Pillai works across verticals bringing knowledge and growth amongst teams.With overall industry knowledge of 19 years, his experience ranges from working with manymultinational companies in various leadership positions. His repertoire includes companiessuch as BIDCO, Africa’s largest FMCG Company, where he was in a leadership position. Healso held CEO and other leadership position in companies such as Essel Group, Mahindra &Mahindra, and Alfa Laval among others.

At Indus Health Plus, he successfully oversees the company’s processes, growth anddevelopment. He is the existing Governing Council member of NATHEALTH and chairs theNATHEALTH Prevention and Wellness Initiative. Under the aegis of Mr. Pillai, a 3 year MOUhas been done with the State Program Management Unit (SPMU) of UP National Rural HealthMission and Dr. Lal Path Labs Welfare Trust to carry out NCD screenings of over 1 lakh peoplein the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh.

Moreover, he actively represents Indus Health Plus at many industrial bodies and organizationssuch as FICCI Health Services Committee, CII Health Services Committee and ASSOCHAMHealth Services Committee. He is also the Taskforce Subgroup Leader of FICCI Swastha BharatMission.

Mr. Pillai was born on 19th June 1970. It was since his growing age that he has always been akeen learner and has accepted challenges in life. After having completed his engineering fromPune University he further completed his master’s in operations and marketing from IMT,Ghaziabad.

He is a workaholic by nature and has been instrumental in expansion of the company. He is anardent reader and follows a diligent fitness regime.

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Mrs. Rekha Chaudhari

Global Wellness Ambassador

Regional Director-Global Mentorship Program

Mumbai

Mrs. Rekha Chaudhari is a force to reckon within the world of spa and wellness as a GlobalWellness Ambassador of India. She is also a Director of Global mentorship Program. She is anexpert with over a decade of experience in spa & wellness sector providing strategic guidanceto wellness & hospitality industries on global scale. She has set a new horizon & meaning tothe concept of Indian spa &wellness industry. She is not only Managing Director of JCKRCSpa Destination but also a Wellness Consultant, Entrepreneur and an innovative person. Shehas taken the spa industry to next level of well-being through lifestyle recommendations,motivation and encouragements.

Being visionary, she observed majority of rural youth &women possessing skills in theirrespective fields do not get appropriate guidance to direct their skills and remain unemployed.So she came up with the venture JCKRC Spa and Wellness Education (JSWE) which aims atbalancing this indifference between urban and rural sectors, thus helping rural populationrealize their inner hidden skill and generate employment opportunities for them. She is alsopersuading disabled children, girls in Red Light areas to enter into wellness industry leadingto welfare and development of society. JSWE runs multiple vocational training institutesatNandurbar, Amalner, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Varanasi& many upcominginstitutes.

With a bird’s eye view of the industry she has also given dawn to Mother’s Touch, an upcomingventure, which offers training to rural women for highly in-demand and sensitive in natureneonatal child care. This niche service includes massages and postnatal mothers massagewith traditional rural healthy rituals. Mother’s Touch has given a modern view to this traditionaltherapy which was vanished over the years.

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Dr. Romi Kher

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management

Baruch College - City University of New York

USA

Romi Kher is an Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship at Baruch College, City University OfNew York with research interests in new venture creation, entrepreneurial risk preferencesand decision-making under uncertainty. At Baruch College, Romi is also the Faculty Directorof the MakerHub and teaches courses in entrepreneurial strategy, social entrepreneurshipand the startup bootcamp. He is the founder of 10GoodMinutes.com and a co-facilitator ofFlip The Switch workshop series that enables technology adoption in the classroom. Romiholds a PhD in Applied Economics & Management from Cornell University and an MBA fromthe University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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Mr. Sudhanshu Jangir

Head India – Operations

Boortmalt India Holdings Pvt. Ltd. (Group AXEREAL)

Gurgaon

Sudhanshu Jangir set the ball rolling for the India Operations of a French MNC group Axerealfrom the scratch in 2010 with a speed to implement long term strategic & highly ambitiousgrowth plans in a fast-paced environment as a Head –India Operations. He has been highlypassionate about “India Story” and trying to become one of the key growth drivers in makingit happen. Imbibed Global cross cultural awareness through engaging & aligning stakeholders’vision in multiple international demographic locations: France, Spain, Belgium and UnitedKingdom. Inspiring Farmer’s entrepreneurial spirit; by empowering them through skilldevelopment, contract farming & farmer’s entrepreneurship centers in Haryana, MP, Rajasthanetc for more than 5000 farmers. He launched 6 Agriculture skill development center in Haryana,Rajasthan and MP. Trained more than 5000 farmers for efficient usage of seeds, fertilizer andirrigation practices. He has conferred first ‘Young Achiever Award’ by Indian Council of Food& Agriculture, by the jury of 28 eminent people, chaired by Dr MS Swaminathan, father ofgreen revolution, received from Governor of UP, Haryana & Deputy Chairman ofRajyasabha.Value-driven, passion for growth & excellence and un-compromising integrity arefew of personal traits which very well defines him.

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Mr. Amod K. Kanth IPS, (Retd.), Former DGP

Chairman

Domestic Workers Sector Skill Council

New Delhi

Mr. Amod K. Kanth is one of India’s leading social activists and a former bureaucrat whofounded Prayas in 1988, an NGO which works for care, protection, development andrehabilitation and the rights of the marginalized children/ youth and women. Prayas is ahumanitarian, gender-sensitive, community-based development organization with a vision torestore the lost childhood in difficult circumstances and support the most deprived segmentsof the society. Mr. Kanth is a social entrepreneur, an institutional development expert, and aformer- highly compassionate and incisive leader in pro-active and innovative governance,both in the voluntary sector and the government. He is best known as a voice and redeemerof the marginalized and un-reached living in sub- human conditions in various parts of thecountry.

For the past 28 years, besides an outstanding and highly decorated career in the police and asthe Chairman of Delhi Child Rights Commission, Mr. Kanth raised Prayas JAC Society, anorganization of international acclaim, envisioned to support the ‘Children in Need of Care andProtection’ and Juveniles in conflict with law. As the founder Secretary of Prayas, he played acrucial role in the service delivery and convergence of the most intensely felt-needs of thepoor and deprived through various policies and programs of government agencies, UN systemsand civil society action groups while building multiple integrated project for them. Thisorganization has now emerged as a model of good practice not only for its pro-poor and childdevelopment activities but also for the socio-economic empowerment of the marginalizedcommunities across the country.

Today, through 246 Centres including 47 Homes/Shelters for children/women across thecountry in 09 States/UTs directly serving about 50,000 marginalized children, youth andwomen, Prayas addresses multiple issues and runs programs relating to Street & WorkingChildren, child protection and juvenile justice, trafficking of children and women, vocationaland life skills, empowerment of women through Self-Help Groups and Income GenerationProgrammes, promotion of entrepreneurship, facilitating credit through bank linkages anddirect micro finance operations. Prayas led by Mr. Kanth is served by 800 professionals andseveral hundred volunteers from India & Abroad. As the Team Leader of the National Studyon Child Abuse (the Indian chapter of the UN study on the Global Violence against Children)sponsored by the Govt. of India.

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Prof. Atanu Ghosh

Professor, Shailesh J Mehta School of Management

Indian Institute of Technology

Mumbai

Currently a Professor at Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, I.I.T. Bombay, sinceSeptember 1999. He was a Visiting Professor in Business Policy area, IIMA from April 2008 toJune 2012 (on leave from IITB).

Currently teaches and researches in the area Strategy, Leadership, Innovation, and Marketing.

He has close to 18 years of experience as an academic and 18 years of senior level corporateexperience with many textile and apparel organizations in India and abroad. He has undertakenmany consultancy assignments, presented papers and delivered invited talks at many nationaland international conferences/ seminars.

He has authored book “Strategies for Growth” in 2010, under IIMA Business Book Series.

He was an elected member of the Management Council of AIMA (All India ManagementAssociation) for 6 years [2009 -2015] and is a Member of Consumer Complaints Committee ofAdvertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) since February 2015.

He was the first Dean (Alumni & External Relationships) of IIM Ahmadabad during 2010 to2012 and was the Convener of IIMA’s Golden Jubilee Celebration Committee.

He is a member of the Governing Board, Board of Studies, Academic Council of severalManagement Schools.

He did B.Sc.Tech in Textile Technology from Calcutta University, M.Tech in Textile Technology(IIT Delhi),PGDM (IIM Ahmedabad), Ph.D. in Strategic Management (IIT Bombay).

He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (FIE) and All India Management Association (AIMA)

He offers a 4 day MDP for senior executives every year on “Strategies for Organisations’Growth”.

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Mr. Pradeep Jaswani

Consultant-Western Region

Telecom Sector Skill Council of India

Gurgaon

Pradeep Kumar Jaswani, Commander (Rtd), has been steering the skill development initiativesin the Telecom sector, first in the capacity of Director, Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) andsubsequently as the Regional Head – West for TSSC. He has a vast experience and expertise inthe defining the “National Occupational Standards”, “Quality Assurance” and “Transnationalmapping of Standards with Sector Skill Councils of Australia and UK”.

He also has the distinction of steering World Bank Assisted project for ITI’s under the DirectorGeneral Employment & Training, MSDE, in the capacity of General Manager, National Institutefor Smart Government. To his credit are various papers and publications.

An IIT, Mumbai Alumni with 22+ years of experience in Defence Forces (Indian Navy) provideshim with the technological edge and disciplined working ethics, which are core to his operationsand expertise.

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Dr. Gopakumar Nair

Director

Gnanlex Hermeneutics Pvt. Ltd

Mumbai

In the field of Intellectual Properties, Dr.Nair was the Dean of Institute of Intellectual PropertyStudies (IIPS) at Hyderabad, India. Presently he heads his own IP boutique firm, GopakumarNair Associates and is also CEO of Patent Gurukul, reputed and well-known training centre forPatents. He is Hon. Chairman of Gnanlex Hermeneutics Pvt. Ltd., a well-known LPO/KPO. Dr.Nair is a registered Patent & Trademark Agent and also Scientific Adviser to the Patent Officeunder Rule 103 of the Patents Rules, 2003.

Dr. Nair is a Ph.D from National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune and has Diploma inManagement & Patent Law. Dr. Nair is also a Law (LL.B) graduate from Mumbai University.He is IPR Committee Chairman of Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA). Dr. Nairhas many articles and publications to his credit, including valid granted Indian patent, as anInventor.

40 years in Pharma Industry as Director, Managing Director & Chairman of various public limitedpharma companies, Dr.Nair has also served Industry Associations for more than 35 years invarious capacities, latest as President of Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA), during1999-2000. Dr. Nair is also Editor and Editorial Board Member of various publications andjournals, relating to pharma, biotech and chemicals, including IDMA Bulletin and INDIANDRUGS.

He is also associated with various Educational Institutions such as President, Bharat EducationSociety, with schools & colleges under its ambit.

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Dr. Rafal Lizut

Assistant Professor (IT)

Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Paw³a II

Poland

Rafa³Lizut(PhD, MSc) a schoolar connecting the world of academia and invention withthe world of business and applications.

Academicaly he is:

� The Rector of the Society: Initiative For Development, Knowledge Advancement

and Cooperation, Nigeria;

� Professor @ St. Mary Polytechnic, Kwamba-Suleja, Nigeria – specialization IT;

� Assistant Professor @ John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland.

Specialization IT and Landscape Architecture;

� Lecturer @ College of Social Media and Culture, Toruñ, Poland. SpecializationJournalism and Social Communication, Political Science, Logics &Semiotics, Theory of Communication, Theory of Negotiation, Ethics{political,computer}, Philosophy of Technology;

Professional he is:

� The Director for Science Advancement, Development and International Cooperation,

St. Mary Polytechnic, Nigeria;

� General Representative of the Dniprietrovsk’s Union of Poles in Ukraine.

� The Owner of Think Design company

� The Owner of ArtAgro Sales Company

� CMO of ArtAgroPolskacompany

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Mr. Sunil Khanna

President and Managing Director

Vertiv Energy Pvt. Ltd

Mumbai

Sunil Khanna is the President and Managing Director of VERTIVTM in India. He was appointedto the role in September 2012, moving over from his previous responsibility as ManagingDirector of the Emerson Process Management business in India.

Sunil’s primary focus at VERTIVTM is to lead the organization to drive growth and profitabilityin line with VERTIV’s strategic direction and business ethics. He is also tasked with theresponsibility of organizational development and talent management in order to sustain longterm growth and enhance the company’s competitive edge in the market place.

An integral part of VERTIV’s growth story in India over the years, Sunil has been a strongadvocate for the customer and is actively involved in Industry-Academia initiatives. He is oneof the Founding members of the Automation Industry Association and has led the trade-bodyin the role of President from 2008 to 2010. He was also elected a Member of CII NationalExecutive Council in 2009-2010. Additionally, he has been a member of CII’s Western ZoneCouncil on Green Initiative & Employable Education. Mr Sunil Khanna was elected as ViceChairman of Maharashtra State Council from 2015-16 and elected as the Chairman for the year2016 -17.

Sunil had joined Emerson Process Management in India in 2004 and was appointed MD in2006. Prior to joining Emerson, he was engaged with ABB India and held various leadershippositions including vice president - automation technology. He has a cumulative experienceof over 30 years in the Industrial and IT sectors. Sunil also has vast international work experienceincluding postings in Singapore, Indonesia, UK and USA.

Sunil holds a Master of Technology (M. Tech) in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur 1978and a Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) in Electronics Engineering from IIT-BHU 1976. Headditionally has a Graduate degree from the Emerson Leadership Program.

Sunil is based in the company’s India headquarters in Thane, Maharashtra.

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Dr. Arvind Pradyuman Tilak

Jt. Chief Executive Officer

Ascent Intellimation Pvt. Ltd.

Pune

Dr. Arvind Tilak has been in business and consulting domain for a long period and has handledmany and varied responsibilities. His interests and activities cover a large canvass including ITproduct and services business, International business and strategy consulting for Indiancompanies, information security consulting, marketing and sales, mentoring business startups,etc.

Currently Arvind is managing two companies - Ascent Intellimation Pvt. Ltd. and AIPL SystemsPvt. Ltd.

Ascent Intellimation is focused on leveraging information technology for industrial automationapplication and specifically for remote assets management, IoT and IIoT platforms and M2Mplatforms, Environmental monitoring, etc.. Ascent Intellimation products are being used bylarge client base in India, USA, Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, etc.

AIPL Systems Pvt. Ltd. is a management consulting and technology consulting company withfocus on international business and Information security.

He is associated with Information security industry in India and currently Chairs Pune chapterof Data Security Council on India, a NASSCOM initiative. Under his leadership DSCI Pune Chapterhas undertaken very promising programs some major ones are – SIG for Security products andtechnologies, CISO Round Table, IS Challenges for automation domain, etc.

Arvind is a regular speaker at conferences and events covering areas and topics like IoT/ IIoT,Information centric business strategies, Information security, etc.

Arvind started his career in the Indian Army and served for 6 years before seeking voluntaryrelease. He has advised Swiss investment promotion programs for India strategy for over 9years.

Associate and Member:

1. CII National IT & ITES Panel

2. Discussion Group, IoT Security, Govt. of India

3. Member, Business Strategy Group, Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC)

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Mr. Ashutosh Karangate

Managing Partner

Mangal Advisory Services

Goa

Ashutosh is the founder and managing director of Mangal Analytics and Research ConsultingPvt Ltd.

Mangal Analytics and Research Consulting, Pvt. Ltd. (MARC), incorporated in 2015, is focusedon providing management consulting and business advisory services.

MARC was originally incorporated as a partnership firm, Mangal Advisory Services (MARC), inAugust, 2010.

MARC is a multi locational firm having offices in Mumbai, Pune and Goa.

MARC’s clients range from start-ups to established business houses to reputed companies.MARC has two major service verticals - Transaction advisory and management consulting.Under transaction advisory, MARC specializes in mergers and acquisitions, project feasibilitystudies and profitability analyses.

Under management consulting, MARC provides real time support to improve the accounting,financial and operational systems.

MARC as a family comprises of Chartered Accountants, Strategic Planners, Engineers, CompanySecretaries, LLBs and MBAs, each a stalwart in their respective fields. The members have priorexperience of working for MNCs and top Companies like PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Prior to incorporating MARC, Ashutosh worked in the financial advisory division ofPricewaterhouseCoopers (Mumbai). Ashutosh’s main role at PwC was Due Diligence andValuations in mergers & acquisitions. In his three and half year stint at PwC, Ashutosh workedwith several private equities and companies across sectors.

Ashutosh is a B.Com. Graduate from Dempo College of Commerce & Economics, Goa and is amember of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India (CA). He also holds a Certificate inBusiness Finance.

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Mr. Dalip Dua

Managing Director

Krishna Hydro Projects Ltd

New Delhi

• An Entrepreneur/Consultant on Hydro projects in India and SAARC.

• Director of Indo-Icelandic Business Association (IIBA) , 2011 – 2013.

• Chairman of Indo-Icelandic Business Association (IIBA) , 2014 – 2016.

• Originating hydro power initiatives in India on a Joint Venture basis.

• Life member of “International Hydro Association” (IHA).

• Vice President, “Himalayan Power Producers Association”.

• Life Member of “Doon Club Ltd” access to 84 Social Clubs of India.

• Member of Confederation of Indian Industry - Renewable Task Force.

• Member of Confederation of Indian Industry - Gulf Committee.

• Member of Indian National Hydro association.

Professional Experience

• Architect of International Strategic MOUs and Co-operation Agreement for IPPConcessions.

• Participated and presented paper in World Bank regional cooperation conference in Brazilorganized by IHA and government of Brazil (on energy sector and transmission).

• In hydro, closely coordinating with Engineering Companies VERKIS Iceland and SynergicsIndia.

• Preparation & site assignment for DPR of Holi –II (7MW) with AHEC, IIT Roorkee; securingapprovals from Himachal Government, clearances and final land acquisition for green fielddevelopment. The project is ready for construction, all clearances and pre-projectdevelopment activities completed under his Direction.

• Worked with clients like Polyplex Corporation Ltd., DCM Shriram Company Ltd., Absolute &Ultima, B Fouress (P) Ltd., Larsen & Toubro, Sunflag Power Ltd., Regency Group, UttarbharatHydro, Super Hydro Electric and OPG Power Group for Hydro & Transmission ProjectsDevelopment in Himalayas and SAARC.

• Presently executing Holi – II SHP from Water to Wire

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Mr. Gaurav Golwalkar

Co Founder

Talentick EduSolutions Pvt. Ltd.

Mumbai

Gaurav is a partner at BuyTestSeries.com which is one of the largest ecosystems forsupplementary education in India. The ecosystem focuses on the coaching class industry inIndia. Previously he has been a teacher for the under privileged as a part of a CSR programand currently is an active guest lecturer and career guide at colleges. He has also beenresponsible for complex transitions across global locations managing & guiding very largeteams for investment banking. As far as his interests are concerned, he has a penchant forteaching and for mentoring students on starting new sustainable ventures.

Key Roles

· Executive Committee Council member at Goa Institute of Management

· Co-Founder BuyTestSeries.com

· Advisor for mobile ventures - pikSpeak & Conzapp

· Formerly: Senior Manager Investment Banking Operations

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Ms. Ásdís Guðmundsdóttir

Project manager – Trainer

Directorate of Labour

Iceland

Ásdís Guðmundsdóttir has a BA in Sociology and Mass Media from the University of Iceland,and a Msc in Management from Bifröst University. She also has a MA degree in InternationalManagement from the EAE business school in Barcelona. Her work experience includesdirecting a labour union, teaching, both on University and college level as well as counseling.She is currently a project manager, consultant and a trainer at the Directorate of Labour inIceland.

Ásdís manages several projects for women entreneurs, such as Grants for WomenEntrepreneurs, provided by the Ministry of Welfare and Svanni – Loan Guarantee Fund forwomen. She has extensive experience in European level projects and is leading one Erasmus+project for women in rural areas where the aim is to provide training and networking. She isalso a partner in another project for women of foreign origin in Iceland, where the aim is tostrengthen skills and competences.

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Mr. Bharat Anumolu

Managing Director

Beardsell Limited

Chennai

Mr. Bharat Anumolu is the Managing Director of Beardsell Limited, India’s top manufacturerof prefabricated building materials and packaging solutions. Mr. Anumolu served as VicePresident of Information Technology at Merill Lynch Bank, New York, USA managing a teamof software Engineers with responsibility for information systems critical to trading and otherbusiness functions in the Bank. Prior to working at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Anumolu worked in aconsulting role for major corporations in the USA such as Deutsche Bank and Credit SuisseBank. Mr. Anumolu is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and has aMasters Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA.