BizLitFest Bangalore
September 20, 2025 - 9.00 am onwards
@WeWork Galaxy, Bengaluru
Fostering Entrepreneurship through Business Literature
SCHEDULE
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Registration and Networking
Inauguration and Welcome
V Raghunathan, Prolific Author, Chair, BizLitFest Bangalore
Bharat Talkies - A Peek into Rural Indian Stories
Subroto Bagchi, Prolific Author, Co-founder, Mindtree Technologies, Author of The Day the Chariot Moved: How India Grows at the Grassroots; Stories of Governance, Public Policy, Skill Development & Social Impact
Host - V. Raghunathan, Prolific Author, Chair, BizLitFest Bangalore
Remarkable Textile to Tech Journey
K K Thiagarajan, Founder and Chairman, Sona Group - Biography - The Sona Story
The Less-know Face of Real Bengaluru and What Hard Data Reveals about the City
Roopa Pai, Author of Becoming Bangalore - Stories That Shaped A Home Town
Malini Goyal, CEO, Co-Producer of Bengaluru Rising - A Data Book
The Truth About E-commerce We Know So Little About
Vandana Vasudevan, Author of OTP Please! Online Buyers, Sellers and Gig Workers in South Asia
India’s Economy - What’s the Real Story?
Arun Maira, Prolific Author, Former Member, Planning Commission, Author of Reimagining India’s Economy: The Road to a More Equitable Society
Rishikesha Krishnan, Professor of Strategy, Former Director IIMB
India’s Deep-Tech Playbook
Nitin Seth, Author of Human Edge In The AI Age, Co-founder, Incedo
Aayushi Singh, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Magicroll.ai
Host - Arvind Saraf, Computer Scientist, Engineering Leader, Entrepreneur
Founder Stories - Books that Influenced and Shaped their Businesses
Shashi Kumar, Co-founder, CEO, Akshayakalpa
Amritha Mani, Founder of Amlyo, Sustainable Packaging
Swaroop Madhavan, Founder, Parentof
Pallavi Srivastava, Founder, Our Better Planet - a curated marketplace for sustainable luxury!
How to Build and Successfully Exit Unicorns
K Ganesh, Author of Mastering Disruption: A Practical Guide to Understanding New Age Business Models, Serial Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Big Basket, Bluestone, Portea, HomeLane, Freshmenu, HungerBox
Why Doing Business in India is Still So Difficult, and Possible Solutions
Stephen Mathias, Partner, Kochhar & Co
Book Launches
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, Director of Branding, ICFAI Group
Diviseema Business Fables
Co-Authors Sudhakar Rao and Hari Paruchuri
2025 BizLitFest CK Prahalad Best Business Book Award
Jury
Rishikesha Krishnan, Professor of Strategy, Former Director IIMB
Hema Ravichandar, Former Global Head of HR, Infosys
Malini Goyal, CEO, BLR Hubba, Author, Former ET Journalist
