Bizlitfest Hyderabad
August 2, 2025 - 9.30 am to 7.00 pm
@ The T-Hub, Knowledge City
Fostering Entrepreneurship Through Business Literature
SCHEDULE
9.30 am to 10.20 am
Registration and Networking
10.20 am to 10.30 am
Inauguration and Welcome
Benedict Paramanand
Festival Curator
10.30 am to 11.30 am
The Making of Hyderabad as the Global Innovation Hub
Sangita Reddy
Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group
BVR Mohan Reddy
Author of Engineered in India: From Dreams to Billion-Dollar Cyient and Founder, Cyient
Jayesh Ranjan
Special Chief Secretary, Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) | Special Projects (SPEED), Investment & Industry (I&I) Cell. Special Chief Secretary, Tourism, Culture, Heritage, Youth Advancement &Sports Department
Dinesh C Sharma
Author of Beyond Biryani - The Making of a Globalised Hyderabad
Host - Sudhakar Rao, Festival Advisor, Director ICFAI, Co-author of First. Forever. NJ Yasaswy - They Don’t Make Them Like Him Anymore
11.30 am to 12.00
The Shark Tank Success Stories
Kausthub Kaundinya, CEO, Jarsh Safety
Trivikram Kumar, Founder & CEO, Xmachines
Host - Vamshi Krishna Reddy, Partner, Kalaari Capital
12.00 to 12.15 pm
Tea and Networking
12.15 pm to 1.00 pm
Understanding New-age Business Models
K Ganesh
Serial Entrepreneur, Author of Mastering Disruption: A Practical Guide to Understanding New-Age Business Models
Kavikrut, CEO, T-Hub
Host -
1.00 pm to 1.30 pm
Learn From History to Avoid Making Mistakes in the Future
Gurcharan Das, Author of Bestseller India Unbound and many more
Host - Benedict Paramanand, Author of CK Prahalad: Mind of The Futurist | Smash: The Rise of Indian Badminton, Stories of Grit & Triumph
1.30 pm to 2.15 pm
Networking Lunch
2.15 pm to 2.30 pm
Quiz
2.30 pm to 3.15 pm
Beyond the Prompt: Writing the Future with AI
Vivek Anchalia, Founder, Amazing Indian Stories, Director & Co-writer - Tikdam (Jiohotstar), Screenwriter - Rajma Chawal (Netflix), Director - Naisha (India's 1st AI film)
Kashyap Kompella, Author of A Short & Happy Guide to Artificial Intelligence for Lawyers, Columnist and Educator
Host - Madanmohan Rao, Research Director, YourStory; Co-founder, MXR.world
3.15 pm to 3.45 pm
The Social Entrepreneur Success Secret
Nagaraja Prakasam
Angel Investor, Mentor - NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore and Author of Back to Bharat - In Search of a Sustainable Future
Host - Sreedevi Devireddy, GTM Strategist | Vice-Chairman, Indo American Chamber of Commerce (AP & TS) | Start-up Ecosystem Enabler
3.45 pm to 4.30 pm
Is India's Fintech Revolution Real?
Prof. Bhagwan Chowdhry, Author of Fintech for Billions, Faculty Director at ISB
Praveena Rai, MD and CEO, Multi Commodity Exchange of India, Former COO, NPCI
Host -
4.30 pm to 4.50 pm
High Tea
First. Forever. NJ Yasaswy - They Don’t Make Them Like Him Anymore
Biography of the ICFAI Founder
Co-authors V Pattabhi Ram and Sudhakar Rao, Festival Advisor, Director ICFAI
Host - M. Somasekhar, Independent Journalist, Ex PTI, Hindu BusinessLine
The Enlightened Manager - A Transformative Approach to Work and Life, Author
Vishwanath Alluri, Secretary, Krishnamurti Foundation, Founder and CEO, IMImobile
Host -
More to come ...
4.50 pm to 5.30 pm
Book Launch by M Srinivas Rao, Former CEO, T-Hub
5.30 pm to 6.15 pm
Guest of Honour - Gurcharan Das, Author of Another Sort of Freedom
Jury Chairman - Murali Bukkapatnam, Chairman, TiE Global
Jury's Reflection - Chaya D, Founder, The Talent Bridge
Award Winner's Acceptance Speech
Host - Reena Pereira, Team Bizlitfest
2025 Bizlitfest Best Entrepreneurship Book Award
6.15 pm to 7.00 pm
Reel to Real: The Making of the Hyderabad Film Industry
* Invited, yet to confirm.
