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Programme in Hyderabad

Indo-Global Education Summit & Expo 2017

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Indo-Global Skills Summit & Expo 2017

Taj Deccan, Road No 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

July 19, 2017

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SUMMIT PROGRAMMME IN HYDERABAD

8.00 am onwards: Registration of delegates

INAUGURAL PROGRAM & PRESENTATION OF AWARDS: 9.15 AM - 11.30 AM

ACADEMIC COLLABORATION 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

• Dr. Satyanarayana V. Nandury, Secretary, Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Genome Valley, Hyderabad & Chief Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad

R&D Collaborations with CSIR labs of India

• Dr. Shelly Arora, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab

Action learning breaks out mindset in mathematics

• Mrs. Vasudha Muralikrishna, Manager, Campus France Hyderabad, Hyderabad

Higher education opportunities in France and importance of French language

• Prof. Anuj Sharma, Dean of Auronya College, Puducherry

Education 4.0: Evolution of Education in the 4th Industrial Revolution

• Mr. Manish Vig, Founder & Director, World 1 Solutions, Delhi

Excellence in VET for sustainable economic growth - the Belarus model

Session Chair: Dr. Satyanarayana V. Nandury, Secretary, Biotechnology Incubation Centre, Genome Valley, Hyderabad & Chief Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad

1.10 PM – 1.50 PM: LUNCH BREAK

09.15 am: Inauguration of the Summit & Expo 2017: Lighting of the Lamp

09.20 am: Welcome Address: Shri C. D. Arha, IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary, Government of India, Chairman

The Indus Foundation, Hyderabad

09.30 am: Presentation by Chief Sponsor: Mr. Bharat Anumolu, Managing Director, Beardsell Limited, Chennai

09.35 am: Presentation by Sponsor: Shri K.V. Satyanarayana, IAS, MD & CEO, Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development

Corporation; CEO, SEEDAP, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati

09.45 am: Address by the Chief Guest: Dr. K Padmanabhaiah, IAS (Retd), Chairman – Court of Governors

Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad

10.00 am: Presentation of Awards for Excellence: By the Chief Guest

10.40 am: Vote of Thanks: Shri S.B. Anumolu, President, The Indus Foundation, Hyderabad

10.45 am: National Anthem

10.46 am to: 11.30 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. Vasu Adunutula, Director of Engineering, NCR Corporation India Pvt. Ltd., Secunderabad

Preparing oneself for a world of automation

• Mr. Sriram S R, Director, Arcesium India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad

Rengineering Skills ecosystem

• Mr. Suneel Vadlamudi, Chairman, iNetSolv Infra Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad

Skills Ecosystem in India: Present Day Challenges, Future Demands and Strategy/Approach

• Mr. Sreenivasa Hosamane, GM APAC, Country Head, Teksystems Global Services Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad

Are You Ready to Become Obsolete?

• Mr. Sujiv Nair, Chief Executive Officer, Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge, Hyderabad

Enhancing Employability Quotient

Session Chair: Mr. Vasu Adunutula, Director of Engineering, NCR Corporation India Pvt. Ltd., Secunderabad

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

SPEAKERS

• Col Krishna Vijay, Director – Standards & QA, Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council, Bengaluru

Transforming the skill landscape in infrastructure equipment sector

• Mr. Susheel Saboo, Business Head, MindMap Consulting, Hyderabad

Digitize or Perish – Be relevant in the age of automation

• Mr. Amit Kishore Prasad, MD & CEO, SatNav Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad

Why our Engineers are considered Unemployable, and what they can do about it?

• Prof. Ravi Sankar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

Bio-Nano Manufacturing: Towards a new Dimension in Indian Manufacturing

• Ms. Rajita Singh, Head Human Resources, Broadridge Financial Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad

Skill Hangover

• Dr. B. Bala Bhaskar, IFS, Joint Secretary (WANA), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi

Potential for Cooperation in skill development and demand for Indian skills in West Asia, North Africa and Gulf Region

Session Chair: Col Krishna Vijay, Director – Standards & QA, Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council, Bengaluru

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

• Mr. Navaneet Mishra, Vice President and Country Manager, Hexagon Capability Center India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad

Survival Mantra: Be mutually invested

• Mr. N C V Harish Rangacharya, Managing Director, Cadsys (India) Limited, Hyderabad

Accelerate Learning of Apprentices using eLearning Technology

• Mr. V S N Raju, Chief Executive Officer, Globarena Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad

Critical Role of Industry/Academia Interface in Making Students Employable

• Mr. Sunil Srivastava, Managing Director, Balaji Railroad Systems Ltd., Secunderabad

Myths & Truths of Academy – Industry collaboration

• Mr. Ajay Ray, Managing Director, Ray Business Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad

A Future that Works: Re-engineering Skills for Innovation driven renaissance

Session Chair: Mr. Navaneet Mishra, Vice President and Country Manager, Hexagon Capability Center India Pvt. Ltd.,Hyderabad

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STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SESSION (Presentations and Panel Discussion)

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

SPEAKERS

• Mr. Srikanth Badiga, Director, Phoenix Group, Hyderabad

A thought before we START

• Mr. Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman, Security Sector Skills Development Council, Gurgaon

Startup & Entrepreneurship

• Mr. Ram Kumar Varma, Founder & CEO, The Corporate World, Hyderabad

Procedure / Steps to become a successful Startup / Entrepreneur

• Dr. (Mrs.) T. Jyothirmayi, Senior Principal Scientist, CFTRI Resource Centre, Hyderabad

Opportunities in Food Processing

• Prof. (Dr) Nimit Chowdhary, Professor, Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management South Campus, Nellore Challenges for tourism entrepreneurship

Session Chair: Mr. Srikanth Badiga, Director, Phoenix Group, Hyderabad

The Expo 2017

ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS

Taj Deccan, Road No 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

July 19, 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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Dr. Satyanarayana V. Nandury

Secretary, Biotechnology Incubation Centre Genome Valley, Hyderabad &

Chief Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

Hyderabad

Dr. Satyanarayana V. Nandury is working as Chief Scientist in CSIR-Indian Institute of ChemicalTechnology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, and is involved in the Business Development activity ofthe Institute. He is also the heading the Environment & Fossil Fuels group. Dr. Satyanarayanais PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, and MBA from XLRI,Jamshedpur. Dr. Satyanarayana is a professor in AcSIR (Academy of Scientific & innovativeResearch), a university created through act of parliament.

Dr. Satyanarayana worked for 20 years in CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory Jamshedpur,where he was heading the Super Computer Facility for Process Simulation, Modeling &Automation. Two of his technologies received CSIR Best Technology awards.He participatedin the Indian Scientific Expedition team to Antarctica in 1997, to commission the technologiesrelated to upper atmosphere studies. Three of his research publications received best paperawards.Dr. Satyanarayanais on several committees like Nanotechnology Mission, DST, DIPP,DoP, CII, Govs of AP, Telangana, MSME-DI, ASCI, CPPRI etc.

Dr. Satyanarayana has played a key role in establishing the first Biotechnology IncubationCentre operating on PPP mode, and is presently the Secretary of BTIC. He recently, establishedthe Advanced Analytical & Characterization Resource (AACR) Facility for the biotech& pharmaindustry in the Genome Valley Hyderabad, with support from CSIR-IICT and BIRAC/DBT.

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Dr. Shelly Arora

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics

Punjabi University

Patiala, Punjab

Dr. Shelly Arora is an assistant Professor in Department of Mathematics, Punjabi University,Patiala, Punjab, India. She is working in the field of mathematical modelling of real life problemsand analyzing those problems using numerical techniques. She did her Masters from GNDU,Amritsar and Ph.D. from SLIET, Longowal.

She was the only candidate from north india who was selected for Raman Post-doctoralfellowship in Mathematical sciences under Indo-US joint research program. She did her Post-doc with Professor Arcadii Z Grinshpan from University of South Florida, Tampa, USA. Thereshe worked on convolution inequalities and their applications on parabolic partial differentialequations.

She has been awarded an honorarium of $1230/- by Department of Mathematics and Statistics,University of South of Florida, USA.

She has nearly 31 publications to her credit. She has guided two Ph.D. students out of whichone was an international student.

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Mrs. Vasudha Muralikrishna

Manager

Campus France Hyderabad

Hyderabad

Mrs. Vasudha Muralikrishna is the Manager of CampusFrance Hyderabad, Andhra Pradeshand Telangana region, she is responsible for awareness generation, counseling, consultancyand advisory services for higher education in France; bilateral education tie-ups, memorandaof understanding and partnerships between French universities and Indian counterparts;multilateral cooperation and education fairs; public relations and media management;conduction and management of events, student services during admission process, pre-departure formalities including credential verif ication/ certif ication of authenticity;coordination with Embassy (New Delhi and Bangalore) and headquarters (Paris and New Delhi).

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Prof. Anuj Sharma

Dean

Auronya College

Puducherry

He was born in New Delhi, India. After his Graduation from Modern School, Barakhamba Road,New Delhi in the 1990’s he went to the United States of America for higher studies.

He has an illustrious career of over 18 years’ as a consultant and executive within the Education,Business and Technology space. On the Education front, he is a graduate in Psychology fromAshworth University, Georgia, USA and holds a Masters in Human Resource Managementfrom Cornell University, USA. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma from Harvard GraduateSchool of Education, Harvard University, USA. MPSF from Harvard Business School, HarvardUniversity USA, Post Graduate Diploma in Management & Leadership from MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, USA and ADP from Wharton School of Business, University ofPennsylvania, USA.

He is pursuing 2 separate Doctorates (PHD’s): Doctoral(PHD) in International Business fromH. University, Paris France and a Second Doctoral (PHD) in Human Resources from Universityof Graduate School of Management, Zurich, Switzerland.

Currently , he is also conducting Telepresence Robotics at Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, USA in the field of Education and became the first person in history of MIT, USAto graduate by working remotely through a robot. His research at Harvard University was inthe area of redesigning Education systems.

He relocated back to India in 2017 and is currently the Founder Dean of Auronya College.

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Mr. Manish Vig

Founder & Director

World 1 Solutions

Delhi

Manish has a rich experience spanning more than 15 years of successfully executing projectson Strategic Consulting, Vocational Training & Skill Development, International Collaborationsacross industry sectors, Liaison with Govt., Trade Associations and Foreign Missions, India EntryStrategy, M&A Advisory etc.

Manish has been an active speaker at various National and International platforms on topicssuch as Skill Development for Smart & Safe Railway, Skill Development as an Accelerator forthe Digital India Campaign at IETE, Doing Business in India at Bizgate Nikkei Japan, Legal andCreative Outsourcing etc.

Manish is an MBA in International Business (International Finance & Trade) & Bachelors inComputer Science and Engineering (B.E.). He has also undergone an Executive Programmeon M&A conducted by Nanyang University, Singapore.

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Mr. Vasu Adunutula

Director of Engineering

NCR Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.

Secunderabad

Vasu Adunutula has over 18 years of experience in the areas of Information Technology acrossEngineering and Self Service banking domains. He is a seasoned professional with GeneralManagement experience of setting up a delivery center for a large MNC, Product Managementexperience of introducing new products in India and Delivery Management of large complexapplications deployed in more than 100 countries around the world.

Vasu is constantly amazed the potential that humans have and is passionate about usingtechnology to solve problems. He is excited about the seemingly endless potential thattechnologies related to Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning have and is an eagerstudent in this space.

Vasu has a Bachelors degree from IIT Madras, Masters from Case Western University and anexecutiveMBA from IIM Bangalore. He is a Certified PMP, a SAFeAgilist, a book worm and anavid gardener!

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Mr. Sriram S R

Director

Arcesium India Pvt. Ltd.

Hyderabad

“I am currently the Director & Head-Human Capital at Arcesium India Pvt Ltd.I handle theentire gamut of Human Capital activities including Staffing, L & D, OD,Business Partners,Benefits, Employee Engagement, Internal Communication etc in this fast growing firm.Arcesium is a spin off from the D.E.Shaw group. Arcesium provides technology and servicessolutions for the middle- and back-office needs of asset managers. My responsibilities includedinfluencing firm strategy & people focus, improving & enhancing people processes, improvingcommunication effectiveness, delivering on staffing needs and enhancing the employeeexperience at the firm.

I have over 20 years of work experience. Before moving to Arcesium, I was with DE Shaw for 7years and prior to that with Infosys for 8.5 years. At D. E. Shaw India, I was head Human Capital.I was also overseeing Operations & Research and Legal. At Infosys I was the Location HRHead for Infosys Chennai; a Tier Leader and was also the Head of HR for two business units,handling a span of around 25,000 people.

I have been a HR practitioner in both a large scale Indian IT as well as MNC environments.Diverse HR experiences are my strengths. I have a variety of successful stints in Corporate,Business Unit as well as Development center HR models. I have a multi-location experiencewith exposure to key HR functions including Change Management, New Business Set Up, HRConsulting, HR Strategy apart from traditional domains which include Recruitment, EmployeeRelations, L&D, Internal Communication, Business Partner HR (BP-HR), C&B Programs,Outsourcing etc.

Currently I am a member of the NASSCOM Regional Council, I lead the NASSCOM HR forum,Hyderabad and am also a member of AMCHAM National HR Committee.

I have completed my Coaching Skills Certification. I am passionate about speaking, teachingand making a difference and run a personal development club call LEAP (Limitless Excellence& Accelerated Performance)”

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Mr. Suneel Vadlamudi

Chairman

iNetSolv Infra Pvt. Ltd.

Hyderabad

Mr. Suneel Vadlamudi has a Masters Degree (M.S) in Industrial Engineering (Majoring inManufacturing Systems) from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA and a MastersDegree in Business Administration (MBA) from Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad,India.

Mr. Suneel has worked in Senior Management positions in various industries ranging fromBiotechnology/Pharmaceuticals, Food & Grocery Retail, Dairy Foods and the InfrastructureSector (Ports, SEZ, Power).

Mr. Suneel is active in the Startups space and is an active investor in well known VentureCapital Funds. He was the founding committee member of Hyderabad 10K Run and the ISBHost Family Network - AIKYA.

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Mr. Sreenivasa Hosamane

GM APAC, Country Head

Teksystems Global Services Pvt. Ltd.

Hyderabad

Sreenivasa Hosamane, General Manager APAC, Country Head Sreeni has more than 2 decadesof experience in Information Technology industry in both operational and executive roles. Hisrole includes APAC (India) business Development. Manage TEK Global Services IndiaOrganization, building executive client relationships and offshore dehvery He has strongexpertise in the areas of delivery management in a global environment managing & workingacross virtual teams across the world

Prior to joining TEK Systems, Sreeni worked for Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) for around14 years. He has contributed to the design, development and continued product innovationsin the areas of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, CRM and Financial applications of Oracle E-Business Suite across multiple technology platforms and releases, He was instrumental inestablishing and building Oracle Applications Development Center in India He last served asVice President of Global Services Delivery team, an offshore arm of Oracle North AmericaConsulting Organization Sreeni Holds a Computer Science Engineering degree from Universityof Mysore.

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Mr. Sujiv Nair

Chief Executive Officer

Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge

Hyderabad

Mr. Sujiv Nair is the Chief Executive Officer for Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge(TASK).

He has the unique distinction of conceptualizing and establishing TASK for enhancing theemployability quotient of the youth in Telangana under the Department of ITE&C, Governmentof Telangana.

He is also the Co-Convener for CII Telangana Higher Education and Skill DevelopmentPanel & Member of the Advisory Board of ICT Academy at NIT Warangal for South India.

Overall Mr Sujiv has over two decades of global experience in managing and enabling humancapital initiatives with both Indian and Multinational organizations in the field of Science &Technology, Information Technology, IT Enabled Services, Pharmaceutical and Manufacturingacross the American, European and Asian continents.

He is an MPhil in Strategic Management, Masters in Business Administration, PGD in IndustrialEngineering & Management and Graduate of Chemical Technology in addition to being acertified Six Sigma Black Belt.

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Col Krishna Vijay

Director – Standards & QA

Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council

Bengaluru

Col Vijay completed his schooling from King Georges Bangalore and graduated with honorsfrom the National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy. He was commissioned intoan elite Tank Regiment and served for over two decades in prestigious operational andinstructional appointments. He took voluntary retirement in the mid 1990s after commandinghis regiment.

His second inning in the corporate world has been with renowned companies in the CE industrylike Ingersoll Rand, Terex Vectra, Doosan Infracore and Leyland Deere; on challengingassignments in the field of training; sales, marketing and channel development; specializingin establishingand administering Training Centers.

Col Vijay joined the Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council as Director Standards & QA inNovember 2014 and since then has been leading the team in formulating standards, systemsand processes; criticialframeworks for transforming the skill landscape in the industry

Based at Bangalore, his extracurricular activities are long weekend drives in his sports car,collecting antiques, and playing chess. Besides he is fond of reading and western classicalmusic.

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Mr. Susheel Saboo

Business Head

MindMap Consulting

Hyderabad

Susheel Saboo is a qualif ied Chartered Accountant and did his MBA from Wake ForestUniversity, USA. With over 20 years of global experience cutting across Analytics & Digitization,Operations Management, Learning & Development, and Business Transformation. Susheel isCo-Founder of MindMap Consulting – a social impact venture to bridge skilling gaps. Prior hewas with Genpact as Vice President and worked in USA with a Global Bank, Capital One inBusiness Analytics. Currently works with Corporates, Government Skilling bodies, Sector SkillsCouncil and with Universities in delivering industry relevant content and trainings. MindMapDelivered CSR and skills training programs to over 10,000 youth in 2016-17 for the likes ofGenpact, WNS, Aricent Technologies, and AP Skills development Corporation. Susheel is partof the SSC NASSCOM Skill Development Special Interest group contributing to the researchand skills development programs for Analytics, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, IOT, RoboticProcess Automation (RPA).

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Mr. Amit Kishore Prasad

MD & CEO

SatNav Technologies Pvt. Ltd

Hyderabad

Amit is Founder and MD of the SatNav Group with business interests in a wide range of ITProducts and also in Preschool Education. Amit’s flagship business is SatNav Technologies, apioneer in India in GPS, FMS & LBS Technologies. SatNav is an IT Products Company that isemerging as a Global Leader in Enterprise Solutions for Enhancing Efficiency. The productsuite includes SatTracx ‘in-the-field’ Location Based Solutions which has processed over 100mnmillion transactions and QuickFMS ‘in-the-office’ Facilities Management Solutions with over1,200,000 daily users, across 50 customers in 6 countries. His second venture SunshinePreschools has a network of 31+ branches in Hyderabad and is one of the leaders in thePreschool & Daycare business in India with many innovative activities as part of curriculum.Amit has also started an Indian Offshore Development Center for a US company that focuseson Web Marketing Services to clients in the US market.

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Prof. Ravi Sankar

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology

Guwahati

Dr. Mamilla Ravi Sankar (MRS) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department ofMechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. He did his B.Tech from Sri Venkateswara University,Tirupati, and M.Tech as well as PhD from IIT Kanpur. His research group is focus on Bio-Nano-Manufacturing, Sustainable Manufacturing, Biomaterials, Tribology and Rheology. MRS Labalso involves in development of lab scale Innovations to Commercial Manufacturing Products.He has published over 40 research articles in internationally reputed journals, 2 Patents, 2Edited Books and 6 Book chapters. He is recipient of prestigious awards such as Institution ofEngineers India Young Engineers Award-2015 in Production Engineering, Indian Society forAdvancement in Materials and Process Engineering Student award for Smart Materials andSystems Technology-2011 and finalist of Indian National Academy of Engineering YoungEngineer Award-2014. Apart from academic awards, he is also received Institute Blues(Outstanding Sports Personality) of IIT Kanpur for the year 2009.

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Ms. Rajita Singh

Head Human Resources

Broadridge Financial Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd

Hyderabad

Rajita Singh in many ways represents the changing face of India’s IT/ITES industry, wherehuman resource professionals are increasingly becoming strategic partners to the corefunctions. A management graduate by education, Rajita has been in the IT industry since 2000,and currently heading the Human Resources of Broadridge Financial Solutions India PrivateLtd. She has spearheaded many progressive and diversified roles across the HR function andhas won many youngest firsts to her credit.

Away from work, she has an interesting mix of hobbies – racing, classical dancing andspirituality.

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Dr. B. Bala Bhaskar, IFS

Joint Secretary (WANA)

Ministry of External Affairs

New Delhi

Dr. Bala Bhaskar possesses more than 25 years of versatile experience as an engineer, aneconomist, and a diplomat. He is a graduate in Civil Engineering and a postgraduate inEconomics. He holds a doctorate in Economics and is also a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers,India.

Dr. Bhaskar worked as Civil Engineer for Provincial Government in India for nearly seven years.During this period, he was involved in planning and implementation of varied developmentaland anti-poverty programmes, including bio-energy projects. After joining the Indian ForeignService in 1993, he served in the Indian Embassy, Cairo and Consulate General of India, Jeddah.During 2000-03, Dr. Bhaskar served as Representative of India to Palestine. Dr. Bhaskar alsoserved in various capacities in Latin America Division, West Asia & North Africa Division, andSouth East Asia Division in the Ministry of External Affairs. Prior to taking over as Joint Secretary(WANA) in Ministry of External Affairs, he served as Deputy Head of Mission in Beijing, he alsoserved as Minister in Embassy of India, Washington DC.

Dr. Bhaskar has delivered guest lectures in several Indian and foreign universities on the MiddleEast and Indian economy, among other topics. He authored a book on “Energy Security andEconomic Development in India – A Holistic Approach”. The book was published by TERI andDr. Pachauri, Director General, TERI wrote foreword to this book. Dr. Bhaskar is fluent in English,Arabic, Telugu and Hindi languages. He is married to Mrs. Kavitha and has one son and onedaughter.

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Mr. Navaneet Mishra

Vice President and Country Manager

Hexagon Capability Center India Pvt. Ltd.

Hyderabad

Navaneet, currently heads Intergraph product center (now Hexagon) where a 1,000+ memberteam work on various cutting edge technologies providing solutions across industrial andgeospatial domains. Prior to Hexagon, Navaneet was Vice-President responsible forGlobalization Services at SAP Labs India, Bangalore with his teams seated across multiplecontinents looking after localization of Logistics and Manufacturing Industries productscovering 40+ countries across the globe.

Navaneet is very passionate about students’ community and start-up forums. In the past,Navaneet has supported IT Vision group under the aegis of Government of Karnataka, wherehe conceptualized impressIT (an annual IT Idea/PoC competition) for all engineering studentsin the State of Karnataka and executed it as Program Chair for the same. Currently, heencourages and supports new talent & start-ups, engaging with T-Hub, Telangana.

His views on IT products for India/ from India have been featured in several leading dailies andGartner Papers. Outside his realm of work, he gets directly and actively involved in varioussocial responsibility programs of Hexagon.

Post his graduation from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, he did an executive MBA,while at SAP. His formative years feature him as the National Talent Search Scholar and achampion of Mathematics Olympiad Nationals.

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Mr. N C V Harish Rangacharya

Managing Director

Cadsys (India) Limited

Hyderabad

Mr. NCV Harish Rangacharya is the Founder Director of Cadsys (India) Ltd, one of the leadingEngineering Services Company in Hyderabad.

Mr. Harish started his company, at an age of 22 immediately after completing his M.Techfrom IIT, Madras. As a technology enthusiast, Mr. Harish has single handedly developedmany software products for Civil Engineering applications during the early years of theinception of the company. From 1995, the company began export of Software and EngineeringServices. It currently has business operations in USA, UK, Oman, Dubai, Australia and Qatar.The company presently employs over 1000 engineers in Hyderabad and has been growingstrongly and consistently year on year. In the past 25+ years Mr. Harish has developednumerous path-breaking technologies in diverse markets like electric, telecom, media andentertainment, gas, and water utilities.

Mr. Harish takes an active role in advocating innovation, entrepreneurship andencouraging young engineers to start companies of their own. Recently, he has beenappointed as the Board of Governor for Tiruchirappalli Regional Engineering CollegeScience and Technology Entrepreneurs Park, a Business Incubator set up by NIT,Trichy, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and several of PublicSector Banks. Mr. Harish’s passion for social justice is reflected in various CSR activitiesundertaken by his company. This includes providing skill development, training andfinancial support to the disadvantaged people helping them to become self-reliant.

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Mr. V S N Raju

Chief Executive Officer

Globarena Technologies Pvt. Ltd

Hyderabad

VSN Raju is an electronics and communication engineer from the University of Madras andholds an extensive experience of about two decades in sales, marketing and operations. Todayhe is the ‘Chief Executive Officer’ of Globarena Technologies, which is one of the leadingteaching, learning and examination solution providers in India

Before Raju joined Globarena Technologies, he was a successful business partner of NationalInstitute of Sales (NIS), a division of NIIT. During this tenure, he was associated with manypromising initiatives which involved both students and corporate enterprises. He also workedwith Andhra Electronics Limited, leading different marketing initiatives specifically in thegovernment and the export space.

Apart from being a member of several panels and boards of educational institutions anddevelopmental forums, Mr. Raju is a trustee of the prestigious ‘Centre for EntrepreneurshipDevelopment, Tamil Nadu’ which is recognized by the Ministry of Small Scale Industry,Government of India and Industries Department, Government of Tamil Nadu.

Raju believes that technology interventions is essential to empower the teachers and studentin their regular teaching-learning endeavors, and in this pursuit he has successfully collaboratedwith several universities, educational institutions and government educational departmentsto deliver turnkey ICT solutions. Globarena Technologies, under Raju’s supervision has alsojoined hands with NASSCOM to assess entry level talent for the IT-BPM companies.

For the various progressive initiatives undertaken under his leadership in the educationenablement space Raju was bestowed the title of ‘Emerging Leader’ at ‘The World’s GreatestBrands & Leaders Asia & GCC’ summit.

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Mr. Sunil Srivastava

Managing Director

Balaji Railroad Systems Ltd.

Secunderabad

Mr. Sunil Srivastava, Managing Director, Balaji Railroad Systems Limited and Founder Instituteof Metro & Rail Technology. Graduate in Science and Electrical Engineering from OsmaniaUniversity with Post Graduate qualification in SME Business Management from IIM - A. Hasover 25 years of professional experience covering marketing, business planning and projectmanagement of rail infrastructure projects in India as well as overseas. Cross functionalexperience in conducting & coordinating project feasibility studies, commercial documentation,and tender evaluation contract management, costing, and budgeting for railway projectscovering urban transport, freight rail systems and passenger rail systems.

His experience in Project Management covers complex assignments in India, UK, Australia,Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia and Singapore for metro rail, heavy haul, airport rail links,and regional rapid transit systems ranging in size from USD 20 million to 3 billion. He is a Memberof American Railway Engineering Association, Consulting Engineers Association of India,Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport and National Railway Task Force of CII.

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Mr. Ajay Ray

Managing Director

Ray Business Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Hyderabad

Mr. Ajay Ray, Founder and Managing Director of Ray Business Technologies Pvt Ltd, a CMMILevel 3 company, have over 19 years of technology experience, has worked extensively onTechnology and Business Solutions, Business Development, Accounts Management, andmanaging offshore delivery centers for leading IT multinationals.

Mr. Ajay Ray is a member of NASSCOM National Council of Internet & Mobile and also a memberof Telangana Regional Council. He is an imminent speaker at leading conferences and alsopart of number of innovation focused initiatives.

Mr. Ray is the driving force of Raybiztech’s strategic direction and marketing focus. Under hisleadership, Raybiztech has grown into a leading Global IT Solution company. Armed with StrongManagerial and Leadership Skills, he has years of experience in developing strategy anddirection for the company.

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Mr. Srikanth Badiga

Director

Phoenix Group

Hyderabad

Group. Serving as Chairman of Assocham Telangana Development Council , President , SEZAssociation of AP and Telangana and Central Governing Council Member, EPCES, a Ministry ofCommerce and Industry , Government of India apex Body. Been in the infrastructure filed forthe last two decades. Started Carrier at Sony after Graduating from Osmania University inBusiness Management . Main areas of interest are Marketing research and SEZs. Participatedand submitted papers on SEZs on different national and international platforms. Was part ofthe reforms of policies of Central Govt. Love sports. Talking and interacting Young Gen is aPassion to me. Travelled extensively.

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Mr. Kunwar Vikram Singh

Chairman

Security Sector Skills Development Council

Gurgaon

Kunwar Vikram is Chairman of SECURITY SECTOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. He is alsoChairman of CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY (CAPSI) an apex bodyof Private Security Sector. He is Director of PUNJAB POLICE SECURITY CORPORATION LIMITED,a venture of the Government of Punjab. Kunwar Vikram Singh is Chairman of LANCERSNETWORK LIMITED, a Risk Consulting Corporation. He is the President of WORLDASSOCIATION OF DETECTIVES (WAD). He was Advisor (Internal Security) to Prime Minister ofIndia (1990-1991). He is author of WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SECURITY SCIENCE &MANAGEMENT (Seven Volumes).

He is member of the UN Standing Committee on Civilian Private Security-Role in CrimePrevention & Community Safety. He was sent as official delegate to represent Govt of India atthe 21st and 22nd UN Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice, held at UN’s ViennaInternational Centre.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Kunwar Vikram Singh was awarded “Investigator of the Year-2006” by World Association ofDetectives Inc. (WAD) at its annual conference held at Tokyo, Japan. His professional abilitywas once again recognised by World Investigators Network (WIN) and he was declared “BestInvestigator of the Year-2007” at Lisbon, Portugal. He was awarded “Bharat Suraksha RattanAward” by APSA at the Global Security Conference-2009 by the President of India.

Kunwar Vikram Singh was bestowed with the prestigious “PRIDE OF INDIA” Award 2015 forhis great contribution in the area of internal security, security knowledge & skill development.

LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Kunwar Vikram Singh was bestowed with “Life Time Achievement Award in Intelligence &Investigation” by Sh. Shivraj Patil, Hon’ble Home Minister of India at Bangalore on October14, 2008.

Mr. Tanquin Hall, an acclaimed British author has written a best seller “The Case of A MissingServant” which is based on a case solved by Kunwar Vikram Singh. This novel is published bythe Random House, London.

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Mr. Ram Kumar Varma

Founder & CEO

The Corporate World

Hyderabad

I carry 19 years of Corporate & Entrepreneurship experience. 15.5 years into multiple MNC’s &the last I worked with is IBM as DGM ( Deputy General manager) and moved on as Entrepreneur. Its been 3.5 years of journey as a businessman & we have been successfully in thinking out ofthe box & built 3 companies till date . One into skill development & Training , second intoMedia & Branding , third is a successful Startup in healthcare product development . We arethe first Start up company from the state of Andhra Pradesh to get STARTUP India recognitionfor an Innovative Idea.

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Dr. (Mrs.) T. Jyothirmayi

Senior Principal Scientist

CFTRI Resource Centre

Hyderabad

Dr. (Mrs.) T. Jyothirmayi did her B.Sc. from Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, GunturDt., Andhra Pradesh and obtained First Class with distinction and VIII rank among all B.Sc.candidates; M.Sc. (Biochemistry) from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradeshand obtained I Rank with Distinction and Ph.D. (Biochemistry) from University of Mysore,Mysore, Karnataka. Her professional experience in Research and Development & Technologydevelopment and Transfer spanning over 25 years and Human Resource Developmentspanning over 12 years. Her research interests include Biochemistry, Enzymology,Biotechnology, Processing of fruits and vegetables, Processing of perishable food materialinto value added products and Extruded wholesome food products.

She is a Life Member of the Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India) and currentlyholding the position of Hon. Secretary for the Hyderabad Chapter; Life Member of the OilTechnologists Association of India; Life member of Indian Science Congress Association; andLife Member of Nutrition Society of India. She has over 45 Research papers, 3 Review articles/Book Chapter, 32 Poster presentations in national/International seminars/symposia, 3 Patents.Many students pursued M.Sc. / B.Tech. / M.Tech. Project Works under her guidance. She isreviewer for a number of journals. She Delivers lectures on various platforms such as EDPs andawareness programmes on “Opportunities in Food Processing and CFTRI Technologies” anddelivers All India Radio Programme talks on CFTRI Technologies. She interacts with visitingentrepreneurs and disseminating CFTRI technologies and conveying CFTRI know-how chargesand assisting in transferring CFTRI technologies.

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Prof. (Dr) Nimit Chowdhary

Professor

Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management South Campus

Nellore

Prof. Nimit Chowdhary heads the south campus of Indian Institute of Tourism and TravelManagement which is an organization of Ministry of Tourism Government of India.

Prof. Chowdhary is a renowned expert in tourism who has authored more than 8 books and110 papers. He is a widely traveled individual who has taught in Sweden, Spain, China, Mexicoand contributed to the cause of academics in more than 40 countries. He has traveled acrossthe length and breadth of the country lecturing and delivering training programs.

He has contributed extensively to capacity building. His work on Tour Guiding is the most knownwork in the tourism fraternity. Prof. Chowdhary is an expert in destination management andmarketing, tourism, services marketing, and entrepreneurship.

Recognizing his good work, he has been awarded prestigious grants and fellowships fromaround the world. He also has significant experience in academic administration.

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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.