2026
Benedict Paramanand
CEO, BizLitFest, Festival Curator, Author of CK Prahalad - The Mind of the Futurist - Rare Insights on Life, Leadership & Society | SMASH! The Rise of Indian Badminton: Stories of Grit and Triumph
Dhimant Bakshi
CEO, Imagicaaworld Entertainment Limited
Gaurav Mathur
CEO and GCC Leader, Board Member, TiE Hyderabad
Gaurika Khanduri
Former RJ, Radio Mirchi, Hyderabad
Iraa Swasti
Strategy Lead, Momentum Shifts, Co-founder, RegenIntel India​
Mayuresh Kore
CFO, Imagicaaworld Entertainment Limited
Meera Shenoy
Founder, Youth4Jobs, SwarajAbility - AI-driven Tech Platform, Author, You Can Be Smarter and Wiser
Megha Vishwanath
Former CNBC-TV18 Journalist, Brand Strategist
Murali Bukkapatnam
Builder of Companies, Institutions & Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Founder & CEO, Immediate Past Chairman, TiE Global Board of Trustees
Nupur Pavan Bang
Co-author, The Economy Is Personal: How Big Economic Forces Shape Your Money—And What You Can Do About It, Educator and Columnist
Raja Gullapudi
Chartered Accountant, Co-Author, India in 2047
Reena Pereira
Team BizLitFest, HR and Communications Professional
Sahoo Ranjan
Chartered Accountant, Writer and Speaker
Sanjay Jesrani
Founder & CEO, Go North Ventures, Independent Board Member, Mentor & Golfer
Dr. J. Shanti
Author, The Far Acre - Quiet distance between who we are and what we are meant to become, Associate Professor in Management at Alliance University
Srinivas Kollipara
Managing Partner, Biome, Founder, T-Hub, Founding India President, Global Entrepreneurship Network
Srilakshmi Reddy
Founder, Keystone School
Sreedevi Devireddy
GTM Strategist, Chairperson, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (AP & TS)
Vandana Vasudevan
Author, OTP Please! Online Buyers, Sellers and Gig Workers in South Asia
Venkat Boora
Founder and CEO, SPRYPLE
2025
Abhay Deshpande
Founder, Recykal
Ambi Parameshwaran
Author of Marketing Mixology: Four Essential Ingredients for Marketing Success
Anirban Ghosh
Head, Centre for Sustainability, Mahindra University, Hyderabad
Ashvitha Ramachandran
Chartered Accountant in Industry
Benedict Paramanand
Author of CK Prahalad: Mind of The Futurist
Bhagwan Chowdhry
Author of Fintech For Billions: Simple | Human | Ubiquitous, Faculty Director at ISB
BVR Mohan Reddy
Author of Engineered in India: From Dreams to Billion-Dollar Cyient
Dinesh C Sharma
Author of Beyond Biryani - The Making of a Globalised Hyderabad
Dipal Gala
Senior Features Editor,
Response Corporate,
The Times of India
Gurcharan Das
Author of Bestseller Another Sort of Freedom: A Memoir
Harsh Pamnani
Author of From Unknown to Unforgettable, Booming Brands, Booming Digital Stars
Iraa Swasti
Climate Communicator
Jayesh Ranjan
Special Chief Secretary & CEO - Industry & Investment Cell, Chief Minister’s Office
Jhilam Chattaraj
Academic and Poet
K Ganesh
Author of Mastering Disruption: A Practical Guide to Understanding New-Age Business Models
Karan Bahadur
Founder, Draper Startup House India
Kashyap Kompella
Author of AI for Lawyers, Columnist and Educator
Kausthub Kaundinya
CEO, Jarsh Safety
Kavikrut
CEO, T-Hub
Lulu Raghavan
Author of Go Further, Faster: Shaping a Life that Matters, President, APAC at Landor
M Somasekhar
Independent Journalist, Former Associate Editor,
The Hindu Business Line
M Srinivas Rao
Former CEO, T-Hub
Madanmohan Rao
Research Director, YourStory. Co-founder, MXR.world
Manish Khurana
Senior Commissioning Editor, Penguin Books
Midhula Devabhaktuni
​Founder, Mivi
Nagaraja Prakasam
Author of Back to Bharat - In Search of a Sustainable Future
Pavan Allena
Founder, Bower School of Entrepreneurship
Praveena Rai
MD & CEO, Multi Commodity Exchange of India, Former COO, NPCI
Prem Kumar V
Founder & Chief Innovator, Marut Drones
Ram Chaitanya
Founder, Ecowiser
Rama Bijapurkar
Author of Lilliput Land: How Small is Driving India's Mega Consumption Story
Rathi Pula
Strategic Manager, Branding and Marketing, Author of NariBiz: Her Story, Our Lessons
Reena Pereira
Team Bizlitfest, HR and Communications Professional
Sangita Reddy
Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group
Shashank Anumula
MD, Cafe Niloufer
Shayak Ray
Member of K-Circle, Hyderabad’s Oldest and Most Iconic Quiz Club
Siva Devireddy
Founder, GoSwadeshi
Sreedevi Devireddy
GTM Strategist, Vice-Chairman, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (AP & TS)
Srikanth Sundararajan (Doc)
Author of The IITM Nexus : 16 Amazing Journeys of IIT Madras Graduates Who Turned into Business Tycoons
Sudhakar Rao
Festival Advisor, Director of Branding, ICFAI Group, Co-author of First. Forever. NJ Yasaswy - They Don’t Make Them Like Him Anymore
Suresh Babu
Film Producer, Nagireddy–Chakrapani National Award Winner
Trivikram Kumar
Founder & CEO, XMachines
V Pattabhi Ram
Co-author of First. Forever. NJ Yasaswy - They Don’t Make Them Like Him Anymore
Vamshi Krishna Reddy
Partner, Kalaari Capital
Vanaja Banagiri
Author, Award Winning Journalist, Senior Editor, Brand Advisor
Vinay Dora K
TechnoCreativist
@CrowdProduct, Co-Founder MXR.world
Vishwanath Alluri
Author of The Enlightened Manager - A Transformative Approach to Work and Life
Vivek Anchalia
Founder & CEO, Amazing Indian Stories
Jury BLF Hyderabad
