Authors and Speakers
Alok Kejriwal
Author of The Cave - An Internet Entrepreneur's Spiritual Journey. Founder of Games2Win
Anuja Master Bose
Independent Advisor for Social Enterprises and Philanthropy
Caroline Cares
Author of Becoming You – Stories of Courage & Vulnerability, Founder of Vibha – Community for Inclusion
K Giriprakash
Author of The Vijay Mallya Story. Chief of Bureau - The Hindu BusinessLine
T N Hari
Author of Say No to Jugaad – The Making of Big Basket
Harini Nagendra
Author of Cities and Canopies. Professor of Sustainability at Azim Premji University
Karthik Kumar
Author of Don’t Startup: What No One Tells You About Starting Your Own Business, Actor, Director and Comedian
Madan Padaki
Serial Social Entrepreneur, Co-founder Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME)
Madukar Shukla
Author of Social Entrepreneurship in India : Quarter Idealism and a Pound of Pragmatism, faculty XLRI
Meghaa Gupta
Author of Unearthed – An Environmental History of Independent India
Writer, social entrepreneur, columnist, former India Head, Morgan Stanely
Navi Radjou
Co-Author of Do Better With Less – Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Growth, Winner of Thinkers 50 Award. Innovation and leadership advisor based in New York
Pavan C Lall
Author of Flawed: The Rise and Fall of India’s Diamond Mogul Nirav Modi, Senior Journalist
Prateek Raj
Author of Evolution of Business and Markets - How Free and Inclusive Societies Emerge. Faculty IIMB
V Raghunathan
Chair, Bangalore Business Literature Festival, Former Professor, IIM Ahmedabad, Columnist and Author
Rahul Chandra
Author of The Moonshot Game: Adventures of an Indian Venture Capitalist. Founder of Arkam Ventures
Prof. Rishikesha T. Krishnan
Author, Director, IIM Bangalore
Rohit Bhargava
Author of Non-Obvious Trends – WSJ Bestseller
Siddarth Rao
Author of How I almost Blew It – Incredible Lessons from India’s Most Successful Digital Entrepreneurs, Founder Webchutney
Srinivasa Addepalli
Co-founder of GlobalGyan, former chief strategy officer, Tata Communications
Sudhakar Rao
Director-Branding, ICFAI Group
Sudhir Sitapati
Author of The CEO Factory: Management Lessons from Hindustan Unilever
Tamal Bandyopadhyay
Author of Sahara: The Untold Story, Senior Journalist
Vladi Ruppo
Author, Russian expat, senior IT Professional, start-up entrepreneur in Bangalore.
Hosts
Benedict Paramanand
CEO, Bangalore BizLitfest, Author of CK Prahalad: The Mind of the Futurist
Madanmohan Rao
Research Director, YourStory
Pooja Bhula
Writer and Author of Intelligent Fanatics of India
Sandeep Das
Director PWC, Author of Hacks for Career and Life – A Millennials’ Guide to Making it Big
Shankar P
Editor Knowledge@Wharton, Former Resident Editor, The Economic Times
Smarinita Shetty
Co-founder and CEO India Development Review
Sumathi Chari
Co-founder PRHUB