Prof. Jean-Jacques Chanaron Anchor Research Professor, French National Center for Scientific Research [CNRS] Scientific Director of the Doctoral School and Associate Dean, Grenoble Ecole de Management, Grenoble, France. Professor with Henley-Reading Business School and Tongji University in Shanghai (China). Published numerous books and articles and a leading expert in the Automotive industry. Granted the IAMOT Award for research excellence in Technology and innovation management.
Prof. K.P.J Reddy Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Hypersonics and member of the Editorial Boards for the Shock Waves Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics. Founder President of Society for Shock Wave Research, India and International Shock Wave Institute, Japan. Received Honour Diploma from Minsk International Forum on Heat and Mass Transfer, Minsk, Belarus, and the IISc Alumini Award for excellence in engineering research 2010.
Dr. Tony Raven Chief Executive Officer, Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Director of Research & Innovation Services at the University of Southampton. Graduation from Manchester University in Physics, Masters and D.Phil from the University of Oxford. Founded Summit Technology the market leader in laser refractive surgery, 1985. Co-Founded the Cambridge-based Sagentia Group pic. 1987, and Diomed Inc., 1991. A Fellow in the Institute of Physics and a member of the Institute of Directors.
Dr R Sukumar President and Founder, Optimal Strategix Group Inc, Newtown USA. Completed his MBA and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh in MA Spent over 25 years in academia and worked with various global corporations. Has taught Marketing Strategy and Marketing Research in MBA and Executive MBA programs at top U.S academic institutions. Provided consulting services to companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods, Financial Services, Hospitality and Pharmaceutical industries.
Mr Kiran Hosakote PGDM in Business Strategy and Operations from the IIM Ahemabad and B.E in Electronics and communication Engineering from NIT Karnataka. Country head Intellectual Ventures India. Co- founded Ineraxons Consulting Private Limited. Worked in Manufacturing, Finance, CRM Services and Venture Capital.
Ms Sukla Chandra Director of PACE( Patent and Analysis Center for Excellence) at GE India JFWTC Heads the GE Women s Network Initiatives at JFWTC. Graduated from the Jadavpur University Kolkata with a B.S degree in Chemical Engineering and has a Mastes degree from USA in Chemical Engineering.
Prof. Rudra Pratap Professor and Chairman, Center for Nano Science Engineering, IISc Bangalore. Associate Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore Holds a PHD degree from Cornell University, USA, A masters degree from University of Arizona, USA and a B.tech (hons) from IIT Kharagpur India. Has 2 books to his credit and Published over 100 papers in journals and conferences.
Mr Deepam Mishra Chief Executive Officer, i2india Ventures Pvt. Ltd., India. Over 15 years of Experience in Technology Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship. BTech from IIT Kanpur, Ms from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Wharton school Univarsity of Pennsylvania. Has authored Several peer- reviewed publications and has over 5 granted US patents.
Mr Vivek Kulkarni, I.A.S (Retd.) Founder Managing Director of Brickwork Ratings. Also the Chairman of Brickwork India. Has over 27 years of experience in Business and Government. Served as the Director on Board of the Bombay Stock Exchange. A gold medalist in his Bachelors from Karnataka University. MBA in Finance and Information Systems, Wharton School, USA.
Dr Anant R Koppar Founder Chief Executive Officer KTwo Technology Solutions India. Held Senior management positions in BEL softeare, Wipro, Tata Elxsi. Received PhD in Computer Science from University of Mysore. Awarded the prestigious Karnataka Rajyotsava award in 2008.