Speakers

Biju Varghese has over 25 years of experience in the corporate world. He has led and directed businesses in national and global roles, beginning with the TATA Group and later working with French and American global majors. A trained engineer and business school graduate, Biju draws on these experiences to share his learnings, while devoting time to literature, particularly Pico Iyer and PG Wodehouse, and to energy, economics and business.

Area Chair for Soft Skills Dr. Radhika Ramesh is an Assistant Professor at ICFAI Business School, Bangalore, with three decades of experience in academics and academic administration. She holds a master's degree in English Literature, a Bachelor’s in Education, and a PG Diploma in Human Resource Management from Symbiosis Institute. Her PhD is in the domain of 'Digital Literature.' Dr. Radhika specializes in Soft Skills and Business Communication, providing training to stude

Deputy Director – Corporate Relations, ICFAI Business School, Bengaluru Dr Manisha Singh is an academician, author and researcher with over two decades of experience in management education, research and industry engagement. Currently serving as Deputy Director – Corporate Relations at ICFAI Business School (IBS), Bengaluru, she has previously held academic leadership positions, including Dean and Academic Coordinator. With a PhD in Finance from Banaras Hindu University, Dr S

Executive Chairman & Co Founder Carbon Masters Following a 30+ years commercial career with P&G, IBM and PWC Kevin took up the climate change challenge and in 2012 with Som Narayan formed Carbon Masters India in Bangalore. It is a climate tech company that is on a mission to address the climate crisis by leveraging innovative clean energy and agriculture solutions that can displace fossil fuels and chemical fertiliser consumption. In January 2014 Carbon Masters India develo

Rukmini Rao has spent her career chronicling the world of business and finance. Having worked with premier business news channels such as Bloomberg TV India and CNBC-TV18, she later moved into long-form writing to explore stories with greater depth and nuance. A lawyer by training, Rukmini has had a front-row seat to India's corporate transformation, engaging with leading entrepreneurs, CEOs, and global business figures across sectors. Her interest in the people behind the co

My name is Tushara Reddy, and I am an AI Product Manager turned writer, navigating life between logic and emotion, data and dharma. I’ve spent the last decade building intelligent systems across India and the UK — from Bosch and Omnissa (formerly VMware) to Endeavor Analytics — and somewhere between product roadmaps and corporate politics, I found my real voice. I hold a Master’s in Data Science from Queen Mary University of London and an MBA in Technology Management from PES

Pankaj Rai is a seasoned business and technology leader with over 33 years of experience spanning management consulting, financial services, large-scale offshoring, and enterprise analytics. Currently serving as Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Aditya Birla Group — one of India's largest and most diversified conglomerates — he leads the group's analytics and data maturity journey across its many businesses, driving outcomes through data science, horizontal data platf

Vishwanath Mallabadi – A Contemporary Eco-Artist Vishwanath Mallabadi transforms what the world throws away into extraordinary works of art. A contemporary eco-artist, his practice lies at the intersection of art, technology, engineering, and sustainability. One of his most significant projects is a 30-foot mega e-waste installation created for Google Ananta, Bengaluru, conceived around a powerful visual narrative: Technology. Humanity. Sustainability. Using thousands of disc

Vineetha Vijayakumar is the founder of Turning Pages, a bookstore-café and community space in Jakkur, Bengaluru, that opened its doors in March 2026. A former tech professional with a lifelong love for books, she built Turning Pages to recreate the unhurried, exploratory feeling of browsing shelves with no agenda, and to share that feeling with readers of all ages. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vineetha-vijayakumar/

Dr Ramya Ranganathan is an educator, author, coach, poet and four-time TEDx speaker whose work explores the intersection of psychology, human potential, work, wellbeing and our relationship with the natural world. She holds a B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from IIT Madras, an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, a Master’s in Research from the University of London and a PhD in Organisational Behaviour and Management from London Business School. She taught at IIM Bangalor

Ajay Sharma is an inventor, author and investor whose work sits where ancient Vedic wisdom meets modern practice. He is the author of the bestselling book G2G: Good to Great to Gone, which maps the Vedic cycle of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh (creation, preservation and dissolution) onto the life cycle of companies, markets and careers. He is also the inventor of Resonara, the world’s first meditation device built around Tibetan singing bowls, which brings a centuries-old healing

S. Devarajan (Dev) founded Transmation Consulting to help technology companies accelerate and transform their business strategies. The strategic management firm guides these companies to the next level through business transformation. Dev is a former Managing Director of Tata Elxsi and was one of the youngest directors on a Tata company board. He led the company’s turnaround from a loss-making organisation into one of the Tata group’s most successful technology companies. D

Independent Director | Former Managing Director, Deutsche Bank & Thomson Reuters | Author | Startup & Innovation Catalyst Sandhya Vasudevan brings over 37 years of global leadership experience spanning financial services, technology, governance and innovation. A former Managing Director at Deutsche Bank and Thomson Reuters, she has held senior leadership roles across global corporations and now serves on multiple corporate boards as an Independent Director, alongside advising

Jayant Shilanjan Mundhra is a public-markets investor and independent business analyst who interrogates India's biggest companies with data, not deference. After cutting his teeth at Bain & Company and Classplus, he now writes three newsletters - BharatNama on India, Decoding the Dragon on China, and Biz News+ on Indian sectors - and reaches close to a million followers across LinkedIn, Instagram (@marketswithjayant), YouTube and his newsletters, in over ten countries....

Shweta Taneja is an award-winning author and journalist who writes at the intersection of science, technology, nature, and society. A deep tech and AI columnist at Hindustan Times, she has spent over two decades translating complex scientific ideas into compelling narratives — across 400+ articles and ten published books spanning speculative fiction, science, and children’s literature. Her nonfiction science bestseller They Made What? They Found What? has won multiple awards,

Yumna Hari Singh Jawa co-founded Mantram Art Foundation 26 years ago. As the founding trustee and current Vice-President of the Art Mantram Trust, she has spearheaded numerous arts festivals and community outreach programs, including the Roerich Centenary Celebrations in 2004 and the Glass House Poetry Festivals in 2020 and 2024. From 2004 to 2008, Yumna worked at Cadbury Schweppes Global HQ, focusing on consumer impact and strategic value at stake projects. Since 2010, she h

Sarthak is a Fellow at The Takshashila Institution, where he teaches and researches public policy, with a focus on public finance, microeconomics, and complexity science. He also serves as Assistant Editor of the journal Indian Public Policy Review. His work spans classroom teaching, applied research, op-ed writing, and policy advisory. He also develops tools at fiscalplayground.in that allow people to explore government finance data. Through his work, he seeks to make public

Pranay Kotasthane is a public policy nerd who spent his early career designing mobile processor chips before India’s governance puzzles proved to be more engrossing. He is deputy director at the Takshashila Institution, where he chairs the High-Tech Geopolitics Programme. He co-writes Anticipating the Unintended, a weekly newsletter on public policy, and co-hosts Puliyabaazi, a Hindi–Urdu podcast on politics, policy and technology. He is the co-author of four bestsellers: Mis

TCA Avni works as a Commissioning Editor at Penguin Random House India, where she acquires and develops books across business, economics, public policy, management and self-help for the Penguin Business imprint. She works with authors from the early proposal stage through manuscript development, helping turn complex subjects and expertise into engaging, accessible books. She previously worked as a consultant at the Ministry of Finance on research and policy communications. He

Deepti Bhaskaran is Editor, Mint Money, and a leading voice in personal finance journalism with nearly two decades of experience tracking India’s evolving financial landscape. She brings deep domain expertise across insurance, pensions and household finance, with a strong focus on consumer protection, financial literacy and regulatory accountability. A member of the founding team of Mint Money in 2009, Deepti rose to lead the vertical as Editor, shaping it into one of India’