NASSCOM Product Conclave 2018: Full Schedule

8:00am PDT

Registrations

Thursday October 25, 2018 8:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Porch Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

9:15am PDT

Product Mission 2020: Welcome to the NPC Stage

The opening session sets the stage for the two day mega meet up of entrepreneurs, product leaders, Digital CXOs, Enterprise innovation leads, VCs, angels, accelerators and the passionate NPC Volunteer team.

Speakers

Atul Batra

Chair, NASSCOM Product Council

Atul is CTO at Manthan, a global market leader for SaaS based analytics and AI products used by retail and consumer businesses in over 25 countries to drive better decision making. He is also Chair for India's NASSCOM Product Council (2017-19 and renominated for 2019-21) and a member... Read More →

Debjani Ghosh

President, NASSCOM

Debjani Ghosh is the 5th President of NASSCOM, who took office on the 2nd of April 2018.A veteran of the technology industry, and a stanch champion of gender diversity in corporate India, Debjani was the first woman to lead Intel India, Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology... Read More →

MR Rangaswami

Co-Host, NASSCOM Product Council

M.R. (Madhavan) Rangaswami is a software executive, investor, entrepreneur, corporate eco-strategy expert, community builder and philanthropist. Recognized as a software business expert, M.R. participated in the rapid expansion of the Silicon Valley software industry during his tenure... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 9:15am - 9:40am PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

9:40am PDT

Building Global SaaS Companies from India

Building a world class enterprise product is half the battle, the tougher one is getting global customers and then scaling up. Hear from Girish Mathrubootham, Founder & CEO, Freshworks on lessons learnt in building a global SaaS company from India and what worked for them in a scaling to $100M+ ARR

Moderators

Shekhar Kirani

Partner, Accel

Shekhar Kirani joined Accel in 2011. He has over 20 years of experience in business and tech leadership roles across several startups and large companies. He has been in startup investing since 2002.As part of Accel, Shekhar focuses on investing in early-stage software and mobile... Read More →

Speakers

Girish Mathrubootham

Founder and CEO, Freshworks Inc

Entrepreneur, Product Manager, Customer Support Manager & Marketer - passionate about customer support is what best describes Girish. He has over 13 years of experience in making and marketing best-in-class enterprise IT management products. Prior to building Freshworks, he served... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 9:40am - 10:10am PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

10:10am PDT

Innovating with a Purpose: How Cutting-Edge Tech is Solving the Biggest Challenges in Health Care

Illness affects us all. And yet, the health care available to us is not nearly good enough. But cutting-edge technologies can help to solve some of the biggest challenges we face. By applying AI, leveraging IoT, implementing blockchain we are creating new answers to age-old problems that, at some point, we all face. Hear how one of the largest and most innovative companies in the health care industry is tackling these challenges as John Santelli, CIO of UnitedHealth Group shares his company’s efforts to make the health system work better for everyone.

Speakers

John Santelli

CIO, UnitedHealth Group

John Santelli is chief information officer at Optum, where he leads the advancement of commercial Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO), business processing, software and cloud services. He also leads Optum technology strategy, planning, coordination and integration with the UnitedHealth... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 10:10am - 10:35am PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

10:30am PDT

FinTech Roundtable: Blockchain, ICOs and latest Fintech Trends

Moderators

Sanat Rao

Venture Partner, IDG Ventures India

Sanat Rao is a Partner at IDG Ventures India focused on early-stage global technology investments in fintech, SaaS and enterprise software, artificial intelligence, blockchain & cryptocurrencies. He has over 20 years of experience in the industry across Venture Capital, M&A and Operational... Read More →

Speakers

Sumit Gupta

CEO, CoinDCX

Kriti Gupta

Investor, Chiratae Ventures

Sanjay Nath

Managing Partner, Blume Ventures

Sanjay is a Co Founder & Managing Partner of Blume Ventures, one of India's leading early stage VC firms. Blume has emerged as one of India's leading early-stage funds, having invested in over 50 startups since its inception in late 2010. Blume's portfolio includes Taxiforsure (acquired... Read More →

Nitin Sharma

Founder, Incrypt Blockchain

For the last 12 years, Nitin has had the rare fortune of working with world-class entrepreneurs - as a venture or angel investor, startup team member or growth advisor - in both the US and in India. His past experience includes being a founding principal at a $200M fund Lightbox... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 10:30am - 11:30am PDT
Boardroom GM 2nd Floor Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Round Table

10:35am PDT

Are Mega Funding Deals eating the Lean Startups?

It’s been a year of mega deals, all of which have brought back attention to Unicorns, valuations, GMV. However what lies ahead for the lean startup – how does a VC think of the future? If India wants to create a 1000+ successful B2B startups, what is the road ahead? Hear PK Gulati in conversation with Vivek Mehra, a veteran in the venture capital world and how he foresees the near future.

Moderators

Prashant K. (PK) Gulati

Chairman Emeritus, TiE Dubai

Prashant K. Gulati (PK), is a technology innovator, angel investor, mentor, idea accelerator, and commentator with interests in innovation, startups, entrepreneurship, technology, mobility, wireless, intelligent buildings, online media and more.PK has served in numerous leadership... Read More →

Speakers

Vivek Mehra

Partner Emeritus, August Capital

Vivek Mehra is a Partner Emeritus at August Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in innovative technology companies. Previously Vivek was General Partner till 2018. Vivek's areas of interest include data center technologies, infrastructure software, SaaS, networking, security... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 10:35am - 11:00am PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

11:00am PDT

Networking Tea/Coffee

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:00am - 11:30am PDT
Courtyard Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Networking

11:15am PDT

CXO Roundtable (Invite Only)

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:15am - 12:45pm PDT
Boardroom Agenda Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Round Table

11:30am PDT

GTM Summit:- Welcome and Introduction

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:30am - 11:40am PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

11:30am PDT

Devices & IoT Summit:- Building a Device Business in India

What are the challenges of building a devices business in India? This session will particularly focus on how to navigate the challenges of design, technology, designing for user acceptance, performance and cost, and robust tolerance in Indian conditions but optimized for global delivery.

Speakers

Kshitij Marwah

Head, MIT Media Lab India Initiative

Kshitij Marwah is a MIT Technology Review Top 35 Innovator Under The Age of 35 (2017) and Forbes 30 Under 30 (2018) Awardee and head of the MIT Media Lab India Initiative (2012 - 2016). He loves to invent products at the confluence of design and technology with special emphasi... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:30am - 11:50am PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Devices & IoT Summit

11:30am PDT

FinTech Summit:- The path to a cash-less economy - goals and ground realities

In a country, where cash is still king, how do you traverse the road to a cashless economy. What are the different mechanisms that have worked in global markets, how do you further scale the digital payment ecosystem in India, what obstacles create the roadblock. Hear this and more from Kush Saxena, CTO, Mastercard.

Speakers

Kush Saxena

Chief Technology Officer, Master Card

Kush is a seasoned business leader with deep value creation and P&L growth experience across payments, retail financial services, healthcare and high-tech organizations. He has significant experience leading business growth, transformation and corporate turn-around efforts across... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:30am - 11:50am PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

FinTech Summit

11:30am PDT

Disrupt!

The speed of innovation and technology changes is at a pace faster than ever. How do companies and individuals succeed and stay relevant in an ever-changing world? Be comfortable disrupting yourself before you get disrupted. Get inspired from real world examples of technology trends and how we apply them.

Speakers

Marianna Tessel

Chief Product Development Officer, Small Business & Self Employed, Intuit

MARIANNA TESSEL | SVP, Chief Product Development Officer, Small Business GroupMarianna’s accomplished career includes engineering leadership roles at Ariba, General Magic, VMWare and Docker. A former engineer and a captain in the Israeli Army, Tessel has proven leadership experience... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:30am - 11:50am PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

11:30am PDT

HealthTech Summit:- Fire side chat - Future of HealthTech

There has been endless talk on healthcare disruption and it is on the cusp of massive change. From data and analytics, to wellness, diagnostics, the advancements seem to indicate that this change is more imminent. Join us for a fireside chat with John Santelli as we discuss the future of HealthTech and what can we expect in the near future.

Speakers

John Santelli

CIO, UnitedHealth Group

Dr. Mudit Saxena

Partner, Managing Director & CEO, Ovum Hospitals - India

Dr. Mudit Saxena is a clinician who started his career at a primary health center in rural India. He then trained to be an administrator with a Masters in Hospital Administration and MBA from IIM Bangalore. He pursued and successfully completed his academics with Johns Hopkins University... Read More →

Archana Shukla

Assistant Editor - Rural Affairs, Pharmaceuticals, CNBC-TV18

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

HealthTech Summit

11:30am PDT

AI Roundtable

Moderators

Jeyandran Venugopal

SVP & CTO, Myntra

Evangelists

Adit Chhabra

Founder, Wobot Intelligence private limited

Ashwin Amarapuram

Director & CEO, AllGoVision

Layak Singh

Founder, Artivatic Data Labs Pvt. Ltd

Shantanu

Team Infeedo, inFeedo

Tanmaya Jain

Founder, inFeedo

Varun Puri

Team Infeedo, inFeedo

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:30am - 1:00pm PDT
Boardroom GM 2nd Floor Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Round Table

11:30am PDT

Investor Connect

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:30am - 4:00pm PDT
Azure Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Connects

11:40am PDT

GTM Summit:- How do CIOs make buying decisions?

Enterprises take forever sometimes to close a contract due to several reasons. This session will talk about the art of Following up, getting your customer to align with your enthusiasm, negotiating your way to closing a contract.

Speakers

Saket Agarwal

Managing Partner, Onnivation

Saket is the Managing Partner of "Onnivation", which invests in the Asia Business of Israeli deep tech companies and help them grow in Asia by providing the local team, capital and drive the Sales and growth.Onnivation has a portfolio of 10 companies in the areas of Cloud, DevOps... Read More →

Munish Mittal

Group Head-IT & CIO, HDFC Bank Ltd

With ove r 30 ye ars of IT expe r ience in banking software & te chnology indus try, I am re spons ible for de fining Bank’s long & shor t te rm IT s trategy & Technology archite cture to build a s cale bank.As Group He ad- IT & CIO of HDFC Bank, my key deliverables include creating... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:40am - 12:10pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

11:50am PDT

Devices & IoT Summit:- Building a Device Business in India

What are the challenges of design, rapid prototyping, testing, and initial manufacturing? How do I choose a platform to develop my application? How do I develop my prototype? How and when do I start thinking of making my own hardware components? How do I debug the physical environment?

Speakers

Raunak Bhinge

Managing Director, Infinite Uptime

Raunak Bhinge is the Director of Infinite Uptime, Inc. based in Berkeley, CA, USA as well as its Indiansubsidiary Infinite Uptime India Pvt. Ltd. based in Pune, India. Raunak completed his mechanicalengineering at IIT Madras before pursuing his PhD at UC Berkeley. He interned at Cummins... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:50am - 12:10pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Devices & IoT Summit

11:50am PDT

FinTech Summit:- How AI is transforming insurance

Insurance is an industry that venture capitalists consider so ripe for disruption. Pricing, customer experience, personalisation, faster claim settlement, chatbots for virtual customer service - there are tons of use cases. Hear Jerry Gupta share his perspectives on AI in Insurance and what is really happening on the ground.

Speakers

Jerry Gupta

Senior Vice President, Digital Catalyst, Swiss Re

Jerry is a data driven innovator and technology leader with a track record of successfully launching several products in the market and creating delightful customer experience. He sits at the intersection of Data, Technology & Business. and is adept at taking ideas from concept... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:50am - 12:10pm PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

FinTech Summit

11:50am PDT

The four superpowers of Massive Computing: Mobile, Cloud, IoT, and AI

As massive computing reshapes businesses, what are the opportunities for tech startups? Hear Shawn Bass share his insights on the exciting opportunities that lie ahead.

Speakers

Shawn Bass

CTO - End-User Computing, VMware, Inc.

20 years in consulting on delivery. Currently working at VMware on the future of our End User Computing technologies. Shawnbass.com is his private website where he shares information, utilities, and news with the IT industry in the areas of Terminal Services, VDI, Information Security... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 11:50am - 12:10pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

12:00pm PDT

HealthTech Summit:- Docs Vs Geeks - What drives medical innovation.

India is at the cusp of a medical innovation revolution. Growing population, rising income levels coupled with lifestyle changes and changing disease profiles call for high quality medtech to bridge the gap between demand and supply of healthcare, making India an extremely attractive market. What was so far perceived to be a import driven market is now being rapidly changed by a host of startups doing some cutting edge work in various areas. The industry is expected to grow by 5x to USD 50 Billion by 2025.
At this stage, it's important for us to understand what is driving this medtech innovation engine? Whilst the geeks invariable argue in favor of large talent pool and the multiplying effects of technological possibilities, the docs wonder if technological possibilities should super seed medical needs? So some of the questions we would like to ponder on in this 45 minutes panels discussion are:
a. Are the geeks spending enough time with docs to understand the medical needs?
b. Are docs and geeks co inventing?
c. How open are docs to adopt new, home grown technologies?
d. What are investors perceptions when it comes to high impact IP rich innovations with a long time to market period?
Come, watch docs and geeks battle it out at this one of a kind panel discussion at NPC 2018 on 25th October 2018 at Taj Vivanta, Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru.

Speakers

Soaib Grewal

Venture Partne, TLabs

Soaib Grewal is a Venture Partner at the venture investment arm of Times Internet, India's largest consumer internet company. At TIL he looks after early stage investments and additionally works closely with the portfolio and group companies on product and design strategy. His focus... Read More →

Ajit Narayanan

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) & Founding Member, Novocura Tech Health Services (mfine)

An electronics engineer by education, Ajit has more than 20 years of expertise in creating products & building organizations across e-commerce, Consumer Internet, Mobile, Analytics, Integration and Platforms. He is an inventor on many patents in these domains and his current research... Read More →

Dr.Shyam Vasudeva Rao

Founder and Director, RenalyX health systems Pvt. Ltd

Making healthcare affordable to the larger section of society through applied research and inclusive innovations.

Dr.(Prof) U S Vishal Rao

Consultant - Head Neck Surgical Oncologist and Robotic Surgeon, HealthCare Global

Head Neck Surgical oncologist and robotic surgeon with an experience of over 13 years in Healthcare. Over the years, he has actively contributed to extensive research in Oncology and have encompassed more than 50 national & international publications and various international journals... Read More →

Milind Shah

Venture Partner, Healthcare at Unitus Ventures, Senior Advisor at BioConnexUS

Milind Shah is a senior executive with over 33 years' experience in diverse industries such as healthcare, specialty chemicals & adhesives, telecommunications and petrochemicals. This includes 18 years of country/regional leadership roles with strong competencies in growth strategy... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 12:00pm - 12:45pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

HealthTech Summit

12:10pm PDT

Devices & IoT Summit:- Hardware Architecture Workshop

This session will help you navigate challenges of Hardware architecture, answering questions such as: What is the right choice of hardware platform? What are the critical factors? Should you build your own components or leverage others’ platforms? How do you design for easy manufacturing and debugging?

Speakers

Venkat Rajaraman

CEO, Cygni Energy Private Limited

Venkat is the Founder/CEO of Cygni and an Advisory Committee member of National Center for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE), India. He has over 20 years of experience in Product Design and Engineering Management. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Solarsis and Su-Kam Power... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 12:10pm - 12:30pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Devices & IoT Summit

12:10pm PDT

FinTech Summit:- Creating open innovation & collaboration ecosystem

Disruption in banking is an oft repeated topic. Many banks have focused on enhancing their digital capabilities and creating a better customer experience. As the future of banking becomes more digital, how do you enable open innovation and a collaborative ecosystem.

Speakers

Deepak Sharma

Chief Digital Officer, Kotak Mahindra Bank

Deepak heads digital initiatives at Kotak Mahindra Bank where he is responsible for digital strategy, transformation, payments, digital channels & platforms. He also looks at Innovation lab, future tech & Fintech ecosystem partnership in areas of AI, ML, IoT, Blockchain, RPA, Open... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 12:10pm - 12:30pm PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

FinTech Summit

12:10pm PDT

Is the promise of Blockchain real?

Blockchain offers great promise but is still in uncharted territory. According to a recent report, blockchain could take over two percent of corporate servers’ computing power and be a $7 billion dollar market. Janine Grasso will share perspectives on the blockchain ecosystem and the opportunities for building a blockchain unicorn

Speakers

Janine Grasso

Vice President, Blockchain Strategy and Ecosystem Development, IBM

Janine has held many leadership positions across IBM. Most recently, she led the Global ISV Business where she drove embed revenue and the creation of “with IBM” which is the new digital engagement model for ISVs. Prior to that, Janine was Vice President of Business Development... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 12:10pm - 12:30pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

12:10pm PDT

GTM Summit:- Pricing Your SAAS Product

Pricing is the single most impactful item for a SaaS company, but most founders spend the least amount of time on it. Apart from positioning your product, and targeting an audience, it has a massive impact on growth. This session will take a first step into thinking & applying value-based pricing.

Speakers

Prasanna Krishnamoorthy

Partner, Upekkha

Experienced CTO - 15 yrs Industry experience. Last 3yrs CTO at Microsoft Venture (largest accelerator in India). Prev: Product @ Amazon, Architect Elina Networks,EntrepreneurCoached 150+ founders at Microsoft Accelerator & iKen to reach PMF/scale quickly. Crafted frameworks for product-market-fit... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 12:10pm - 12:40pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

12:30pm PDT

FinTech Summit:- Disrupting the investment landscape

Speakers

Shripati Acharya

Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Prime Venture Partners (Previously AngelPrime)

Shripati is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Prime Venture Partners (Previously AngelPrime). He was also the co-founder of Ezetap - leader in mobile PoS, changing the payment landscape in India and beyond. He worked with the UID (Unique Identification) Authority of India to... Read More →

Nithin Kamath

Founder & CEO, Zerodha

Nithin is an avid trader in the Indian capital markets for over a decade. He founded Zerodha in 2010, India’s first discount brokerage, widely credited as being a disruptive force in the Indian broking industry. Today, Zerodha contributes 10% of the daily exchange turnover, serving... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 12:30pm - 12:50pm PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

FinTech Summit

12:30pm PDT

Pivoting to a Unicorn

Pivoting is a much accepted and ubiquitous part of the startup growth journey and a Unicorn can never afford to stand still. Most Unicorns have had a pivot at some stage of their journey. Hear from Shaukat Shamim, what are the imperatives before you decide to pivot and how to make this successful

Speakers

Shaukat Shamim

Founder & CEO, Youplus, Inc

Shaukat Shamim is the founder & CEO of Youplus. Founded by a team of serial entrepreneurs Youplus has created the world’s first Video Opinion Search Engine that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to surface insights and tell us why people think, feel, and act the... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 12:30pm - 12:55pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

12:30pm PDT

Devices & IoT Summit:- Startup Showcase

Meet innovative hardware and IOT startups from India.

Speakers

Awadh Riaz Ahmed

Representative, Nymble Labs

Asim Bhalerao

Founder & CEO, Fluid Robotics

Experienced technologist with a demonstrated history of innovation in the information technology and robotics industry. Strong background in software, electronics and mechanisms. Currently Founder of arobotics and AI start-up working in water infrastructure and agriculture sector... Read More →

Raghav Gupta

Co-founder, Nymble Labs

Nidhi Jain

Co-founder & Director of Engineering, Fluid Robotics

Thursday October 25, 2018 12:30pm - 1:00pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Devices & IoT Summit

12:40pm PDT

GTM Summit:- Building & Nurturing Communities

Your customers are part of Communities. Customer communities not only enrich their lives, they enrich the relevance and value of your offering to customers. How can we leverage communities for reaching and engaging with customers? Karan Virwani, CWeO of WeWork India will talk about the importance of a community, and how to build, nurture, and leverage your community.

Speakers

Ryan Bennett

CWeO, WeWork India

Thursday October 25, 2018 12:40pm - 1:00pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

1:00pm PDT

Lunch

Thursday October 25, 2018 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Courtyard Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Networking

1:00pm PDT

Press Meet

Thursday October 25, 2018 1:00pm - 2:15pm PDT
Boardroom Agenda Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Round Table

2:00pm PDT

Devices & IoT Summit:- KPIs and Metrics important to Investors

How do investors look at device businesses? What are the important metrics and how and why these are different than for SaaS business?

Speakers

Satish Mugulavalli

Director - Technology, YourNest Venture Capital

Satish is a technology entrepreneur and an advisor and mentor for several high technology, hardware/IOT startups, incubators and accelerators. He built partner eco-system of silicon vendors, part suppliers, industrial designers, prototyping and high-volume contract manufacturers to... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 2:00pm - 2:20pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Devices & IoT Summit

2:00pm PDT

HealthTech Summit:- Elevating the Healthcare Consumer Experience

Hear short presentations on the intersection of technology and healthcare and how that is reshaping the patient journey.

Speakers

Dr. Aloknath De

Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Samsung R&D Institute India - Bangalore

Thursday October 25, 2018 2:00pm - 2:20pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

HealthTech Summit

2:00pm PDT

GTM Summit:- Predictable Lead Generation Tactics

Getting Predictable Leads is a challenge for all companies. The talk willl discuss how to build predictable pipeline of leads, so that we can have predictable revenue growth. Outbound Prospecting & Lead Generation.

Speakers

Ashwin Ramesh

CEO, Synup

Ashwin founded his first startup at the age of 14 and shortly thereafter dropped out of college to found OrganicApex, an online marketing consulting firm. At the age of 17, he was recognized as the youngest CEO in India. He then went out to start Synup in the year 2014. The company... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 2:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

2:00pm PDT

Candid Conversation with VCs: Decoding the anatomy of a Deal

DeepTech is hot, yet as a startup can you raise money for your DeepTech or Enterprise software products. How do VCs evaluate funding for products, which are the hot spaces, what is a fair valuation. The panel will take use cases and discuss threadbare the anatomy of a deal and what are the key learnings for product startups.

Moderators

Chandra Srikanth

Chief of Bureau-South, ET NOW business news channel

Speakers

Rehan Yar Khan

Managing Partner, Orios Venture Partners

Sanjay Nath

Managing Partner, Blume Ventures

Padmaja Ruparel

Founding Parrtner, IAN Fund

Padmaja is nationally recognized as a key player in the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem and has helped co found many of the relevant institutions, besides being an active Angel investor herself. Her operating experience spans large corporates, M&A, and startups/early stage companies... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 2:00pm - 2:40pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

2:00pm PDT

FinTech Summit:- Masterclass - UPI 2.0

Limited Capacity seats available

UPI has been a game-changer for India and has allowed full scale interoperability in transfer of funds. With the launch of UPI 2.0 efforts have been made to give it a shape of an end-to-end digital transacting platform. Attend the masterclass on UPI 2.0 to learn about how you can leverage this ecosystem.

Speakers

Vimal Kumar

Founder, JUSPAY

Vimal is Founder & CEO at Juspay.in. He is deeply interested in advancing functional programming techniques by building platforms for important real world use cases . Previously he was leading technology roles at Bank Bazaar and Amazon.

Thursday October 25, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

FinTech Summit

2:15pm PDT

Fixing the Fundamentals early for B2B SaaS: Deep Insights Workshop for SaaS Founders ( Less than $100k ARR)

Limited Capacity full

Are you an early stage B2B SaaS startup looking to become a ZOHO or a Freshworks? If you have less than $100k ARR, this workshop is for you.
Learn the two key questions that plague SaaS founders causing them to fail to achieve their potential. And find a peer group that will keep you honest while finding your own answers.
If you've ever wondered why your customers are not buying fast enough, or whether you'll make it 'large' in B2B SaaS, this session will give you an actionable process to make concrete progress.

Speakers

Shekhar Kirani

Partner, Accel

Prasanna Krishnamoorthy

Partner, Upekkha

Girish Mathrubootham

Founder and CEO, Freshworks Inc

Thursday October 25, 2018 2:15pm - 4:00pm PDT
Boardroom Agenda Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Workshop

2:20pm PDT

Devices & IoT Summit:- Scaling-up hardware operations

Fitbit, MakerBot, NEST, and Go-Pro have shown hardware startups can grow quickly becoming ‘unicorns’. With surging growth in the IoT/Semiconductor/Hardware sector comes the opportunity for Indian Startups to build innovative and scalable enterprises. While the world recognizes that the opportunity exists in India, the real question is whether Indian hardware start-ups will be able to compete with the best practices, the brain and money power of Startups from China and Silicon Valley or will they fall by the wayside. The panel discussion will have interesting and engaging conversations on topics like Getting from the Prototype to Production, DFA/DFM/DFT choices, and Operations & Maintenance best practices.

Moderators

Sateesh Andra

Managing Director, Endiya Partners

Sateesh has worked in or with venture-backed technology start-ups in U.S/India for the past twenty years. Currently, he is Managing Director at Endiya Partners, a Venture Capital fund that offers Startup Capital to Product Startups across Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Services... Read More →

Speakers

Zainul Charbiwala

Co-Founder and CTO, Tricog Health

Zainul is the founder and CTO of Tricog Health. Prior to Tricog he was involved in Research and Development in IBM.He holds a PhD from University Of California, Los Angeles and he has done his Mtech in EE from IIT Bombay. His areas of interests include Network Embedded Systems, Signal... Read More →

Sneh Vaswani

Co-Founder and CEO, Emotix

Sneh is the Co-Founder and CEO at emotix, a Mumbai based advanced robotics startup and has launched India’s first companion robot, Miko. In a short span of few months, the product has scaled across 150+ stores in India. Before emotix, he was responsible for path-breaking innovations... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 2:20pm - 3:00pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Devices & IoT Summit

2:20pm PDT

HealthTech Summit:- Debate -Regulations, Privacy and Security – the boon or bane for HealthTech in India

As we witnessing increased adoption of technology in healthcare, how important is a well-balanced regulatory environment. Do we need a special data protection and privacy framework? How do we ensure device security?

Speakers

Ritesh Banglani

Partner, Stellaris Ventures

Ritesh invests in technology companies in Healthcare, Travel and Financial Services. He has a strong interest in companies solving uniquely Indian problems, and those that apply new technology to their industry for the first time.Prior to Stellaris, Ritesh was a Partner at Helion... Read More →

Prasad Kompalli

CEO & Co Founder, mfine

Entrepreneur. Business leader. Health-tech evangelist.These are just a few words to describe Prasad. Best known for his leadership role at Myntra, India's largest e-commerce store for fashion and lifestyle products, Prasad has built and lead large teams from ground-up, in a career... Read More →

Mohan Kumar

Partner, NVP

Mohan brings in extensive operational, technology and investment experience, having worked at leading global organizations in various senior positions and personally investing in technology start-up companies. Mohan is based in NVP India’s Bengaluru office and serves as an advisor... Read More →

Dr Ravi Chandran Nayar

Consultant Otolaryngologist & Dean , Center for Academic Research, HCG Hospitals

-Dean, Centre for Academic Research - Health Care Global Enterprises Ltd,Bangalore- Consultant Otolaryngologist & Head Neck Surgeon- HCG Hospital Bangalore -Chairman Scientific Committee -HCG Hospital Bangalore-Honorary Professor -PES Engineering College, Bangalore - Chairman... Read More →

Abhishek Shah

Co-Founder & CEO, Wellthy Therapeutics

Viren Shetty

Senior VP - Strategy & Planning, Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital

Viren Shetty is an Executive Director & SVP of Strategy at Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd. His experience in the healthcare sector includes hospital design, construction, supply chain management, business development, investor relations and information technology. He has spent many years... Read More →

Abhay Singavi

Head – Product Development and Business innovation, Medanta – The Medicity

The present state of health care in India leaves much to be desired in terms of process harmonization and innovation, not just in marketing our services but the very way Hospitals function as an enterprise. With more than 11 years of executive experience in the industry, I have been... Read More →

Abishek Surendran

Partner, pi Ventures

Thursday October 25, 2018 2:20pm - 3:00pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

HealthTech Summit

2:30pm PDT

GTM Summit:- Building a Power Brand in the Experience Economy

How do you create a Power Brand in the Experience Economy? Is your employee brand experience as thoughtfully designed as your customer brand experience? Hear from a global SaaS leader on a refreshing new way of looking at a brand in the Experience Economy.

Speakers

Lisa Reeves

SVP, Product, Zenefits

Software executive with deep knowledge of SaaS and enterprise software models. Lisa's interest in emerging technologies and innovation evolved into a career in venture capital, both in corporate VC and traditional VC. Her experience and contacts are international in scope.Specialties... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 2:30pm - 2:50pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

2:40pm PDT

New Retail & New Tech, the Perfect Storm - A Fireside Chat

AI/ML/NLP, IoT, blockchain and other new technologies have redefined the retail landscale forever. Every retailer is now a technology company, and Walmart exemplifies that shift. The fireside chat will explore the disruption in all facets of retail from merchandising, supply chain, store operations, omni-channel, customer marketing, personalization and the rest, and also shed some light on how the Walmarts of the World are innovating with products, but also collaborating with startups to drive this new paradigm of new retail.

Moderators

Atul Jalan

CEO and MD, Manthan

Speakers

Hari Vasudev

Country Head and VP - Technology, Walmart Labs India

Hari Vasudev is Vice President Technology for Walmart Labs, India.As Country Head and Vice President, Hari oversees all the key functional areas at Walmart Labs Bangalore, from Global eCommerce to Stores Information Technology. Hari leads more than 1,500 plus talented technologists... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 2:40pm - 3:00pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

2:50pm PDT

GTM Summit:- Managing a Consistent and Delightful Customer Experience

In the Experience Economy, we all understand the power of Customer experience. Does the actual customer experience match how you designed and planned it? How do you measure customer experience, ensure that it is consistently delivered, and well-received by the customer? The session will cover how you can ensure every touchpoint, every interaction, every experience is delighting customers, take timely corrective action where required, and continue to enhance your brand.

Speakers

Tushar Mishra

Co Founder, Survaider

Tushar is one of the co-founders of Survaider - a SaaS Customer Experience Management product. He co-founded the company in 2015 and since then has raised 2 rounds of funding along with helping 50+ brands implement holistic customer experience programs. In the past two years, Survaider... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 2:50pm - 3:10pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

3:00pm PDT

Devices & IoT Summit:- Business Model Challenges for a device venture

What were your surprises? What are customers willing to pay for? Where does cash get stuck? What support, servicing or product damages issues did you face? Where did you face unexpected costs or operational issues?

Speakers

Ranjith Mukundan

CEO & Co-Founder, Stellapps Technologies

Ranjith Mukundan is the CEO & co-founder of Stellapps Technologies and currently focused on scaling the organization and streamlining the execution to keep pace with the increasing market traction in India and abroad. He was previously with Wipro Technologies as its Global Head of... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:00pm - 3:20pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Devices & IoT Summit

3:00pm PDT

Reimagining Insurance with Big Data

The insurance industry is founded on estimating future events and measuring the risk/value of these events; volume, velocity, veracity and variety of massive datasets has become an essential tool for insurers. With new data sources such as telematics, sensors, government, customer interactions and social media, the opportunity to utilize big data is more appealing across new areas of this industry nowadays. As we look ahead what are the opportunities to re-imagine insurance and what are the hottest fintech startups building

Speakers

Dr. Luca Marighetti

Group Head Tech Transformation, Swiss Re

Luca has nearly 30 years of professional experience in a large variety of industries, in geopolitical matters, and in tech. He held a number of roles first in Academia, then at Procter & Gamble (European Brand Manager), and SC Johnson (Commercial Director Central Europe), McKinsey... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:00pm - 3:20pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

3:00pm PDT

FinTech Summit:- Setting up for success - Making Startup-Banking relationships work

How does a FinTech startup and a legacy bank see the future of banking and financial services? How is the bank transforming to meet the demands of the millenials? Will Fintech Startups and legacy financial institutions find common ground? This session will explore how to make Bank-Startup partnerships successful - understanding the incentives of either side and how to setup terms of engagement for a win-win relationship.

Speakers

Smita Bhagat

Senior Executive Vice President, HDFC

Smita Bhagat is Group Head–Retail Branch Banking, Government and Institutional Business and E-Commerce at HDFC Bank. She serves on the Bank’s CSR Committee, and was featured in the Women Ahead 2016 list published by The Economic Times. Smita is currently leading HDFC Bank’s... Read More →

Jonathan Bill

CEO & Co-Founder, CreditMate

CEO, CO-FOUNDER CREDITMATE (April 2016 to present) - Tech based secured lending platform focused on The World’s Largest two wheeler market. Full tech stack, operations in 3 states, raised capital from leading Angel investors and One97 (Paytm), Team of 70, revenue at 30% MOM growth.CEO... Read More →

Subir Kumar Chandra

Head of Experience Design and Digital Transformation, R isk Management Group, DBS Bank

Experienced Practioner of Design Thinking , Robotics, ML , Artificial Intelligence and other forms ofDigitalisation. Domains include Finance, Risk Management: Credit, Market and Liquidity, Op Risk andother Middle and Back Office functions. A keen interest in Start-ups, Fintech and... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

FinTech Summit

3:00pm PDT

HealthTech Summit:- HealthTech Startups - Show and Tell

India has over 300+ HealthTech startups. Which are the most innovative startups and what solutions are they building. Listen to 8 minutes short pitches from selected HealthTech startups

Speakers

Shanthanu Chakravarthy

Co-founder, Mimyk

Shanthanu is a co-founder at Mimyk, a deep tech spin-off from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. Shanthanu and his team at Mimyk are developing simulation tools that can create safe surgeries for everyone. He is a Mechanical Engineer by training and has a Ph.D. from... Read More →

Bharath Cheluvaraju

Chief Product Officer, SigTuple

Bharath is an “engineer at heart” with an eclectic mix of expertise in theoretical research, data science and engineering large-scale distributed systems. He's the Chief Product Officer at SigTuple and leads the company's product roadmap and strategic initiatives. Prior to SigTuple... Read More →

Akansh Khurana

CEO & Cofounder, THB

Akansh is the co-founder and CEO of "The Healthy Billion", a healthcare technology and analytics company. THB unlocks the power of healthcare data to provide personalized care to patients, seamless and convenient patient diagnosis to doctors, as well as clinical research for a variety... Read More →

Akshat Shah

Head - Strategy & Business, UE LifeSciences Inc.

Based in Mumbai, Akshat heads strategy and partnerships as well as fundraising and investor relations for Philadelphia headquartered impact driven medical device company, UE LifeSciences. Prior to joining UE LifeSciences, Akshat was a senior member of UBS’ top-notch Healthcare Investment... Read More →

Niranjan Subbarao

Co-Founder, Cyclops Medtech

Vertigo and dizziness are symptoms. Root cause can be in the inner ear, middle ear, brain stem, brain clot or even a tumour. BalanceEye diagnoses the root cause and helps clinicians pursue optimal treatment path. All these conditions present accurately measurable manifestations in... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:00pm - 3:40pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

HealthTech Summit

3:00pm PDT

Cloud/SaaS Roundtable

Speakers

Anuj Joshi

Co-Founder, Omanvat Web Services

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Boardroom GM 2nd Floor Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Round Table

3:10pm PDT

GTM Summit:- Selling to SME's In India

This session focusses on building a SAAS company selling to India customers. Feet-on-street, collections, support -- everything changes. How to overcome the common issues. Understanding the customer, low hanging fruit.

Speakers

Aditi Puri Batra

Head of Sales, India, Intuit

Seasoned global sales and business development leader with 19 years accomplished track record of building businesses and driving expansion into new markets in India and US, setting up and scaling sales teams, establishing complex multi-million dollar strategic partnerships and incubating... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:10pm - 3:40pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

3:20pm PDT

Devices & IoT Summit:- Hardware Architecture Workshop

This session will help you navigate challenges of Hardware design for Indian context, answering questions such as: How do you account for voltage/network fluctuations and power failures? How do you plan for remote troubleshooting at scale? How do you design for easy manufacturing and debugging?

Speakers

Amarjeet Singh

Co-Founder and CTO, Zenatix Solutions Private Limited

Dr. Amarjeet Singh is responsible for Zenatix’ technology strategy and implementation. He has co-founded Zenatix and is currently on teaching leave from IIIT Delhi, where he is working as Asst. Professor in the Computer Science Department. He has led and managed several ongoing... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:20pm - 3:40pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Devices & IoT Summit

3:20pm PDT

Design, Differentiate, Disrupt: What keeps the Digital CXOs awake?

With exponential tech shifts, a fast evolving fintech sector, regulatory compliances and other imperatives – how does the Digital CXO design their tech strategy to remain ahead? Is AI the game changes or blockchain; is the new mantra for CX – mixed reality and what is my data strategy that balances innovation and privacy. Leading Digital CXOs debate what lies ahead.

Moderators

Lalit Kumar

Partner, Walker Chandiok & Co LLP

Lalit is a Chartered Accountant in practice, with more than 20 years of post qualification experience behind him.As a Chartered Accountant in practice, while Lalit has rendered professional services in several Sectors of the Indian economy, including, IT & ITES, Telecom Infrastructure... Read More →

Speakers

Dr. Luca Marighetti

Group Head Tech Transformation, Swiss Re

Munish Mittal

Group Head-IT & CIO, HDFC Bank Ltd

Sanjay Padmakar Narkar

Chief Technology Officer, IDFC Bank Ltd

As a CTO, Mr. Narkar is responsible to plan, design and implement IT infrastructure for the futuristic digital banking across Wholesale, Retail and Rural Banking operations for IDFC bank in India.A Post Graduate from BITS, with an experience of over 33 years in BFSI – IT, Sanjay... Read More →

Suvo Sarkar

Senior Executive Vice President & Group Head - Retail Banking & Wealth Management, Emirates NBD

Suvo is a distinguished retail banking professional with over 31 years of multi-functional experience with five leading financial institutions and in multiple geographies across Middle East and Africa. Currently, he is the Senior Executive Vice President and Group Head of the Retail... Read More →

Kush Saxena

Chief Technology Officer, Master Card

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:20pm - 4:00pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

3:30pm PDT

FinTech Summit:- Fintech and Aadhaar

Since the Supreme Court judgement on Aadhaar, there has been a lot of speculation and interpretation on what's allowed and what isn't. The UIDAI has also recently announced Offline eKYC on Aadhaar. Sanjay Swamy, a former UIDAI volunteer will explain the latest on Aadhaar, what Offline eKYC means and what this means for startups.

Speakers

Sanjay Swamy

Managing Partner & Co-Founder, PRIME Venture Partners (formerly AngelPrime)

Sanjay Swamy (@theswamy) is Co-founder and Managing Partner at Prime Venture Partners (previously AngelPrime), a seed-stage VC firm based out of Bangalore.Sanjay has played a dual-role of investor and co-founder in Prime’s first two companies, ZipDial, a mobile marketing platform... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:30pm - 4:00pm PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

FinTech Summit

3:40pm PDT

Devices & IoT Summit:- Showcase

Speakers

Srini Chandupatla

Co-Founder and COO, Manjeera Digital Systems

Navin Jain

Co-founder and CTO, Ethereal Machines

Venu Kandadai

Founder & CEO, Manjeera Digital Systems

Kaushik Mudda

Co-Founder and CEO, Ethereal Machines

Engineer, entrepreneur, author and a TedX speaker. Kaushik co-founded Ethereal Machines, a hardware startup which grew to become the first Indian company to win the coveted CES - Best of Innovation Awards and authored the book "63 Rejections - The fight to break even" aimed at aspiring... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:40pm - 4:00pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Devices & IoT Summit

3:40pm PDT

GTM Summit:- CDOs as the new age CMO

The goal of every organisation in this technological age is building digital experiences that can help win customers. This means not only building delightful customer experiences but also investing in the right technologies. To that end, CMOs in the digital economy have to increasingly rely on data-driven practices and insights. This has made the Chief Data/Digital Officer (CDO) the new age CMO. Through this talk, understand

Why CDO is the new age CMO
How CDOs/CMOs can implement digital into the core DNA of their marketing strategies

And, how organisations can leverage the true potential of data to delight customers

Speakers

Chandrashekhar Vattikuti

SVP Product Management, InMobi

Chandra is a senior internet executive with 14 years of experience hiring and managing small and large product organisations that create, simple and successful products and platforms that help my employers stay ahead of the curve and lead their respective markets. He has the ability... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:40pm - 4:00pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

3:40pm PDT

HealthTech Summit:- Reverse Innovation

Speakers

Nitin Nag

Regional Director, Cloudnine Group of Hospitals

Nitin Nag is the Regional Director – South of Cloudnine Group of Hospitals - India’s leading chain of maternity hospitals. As the Regional Director, he leads the chain of hospitals spread across South Zone spearheading their growth and making Cloudnine the preferred birthing place.Nitin... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 3:40pm - 4:00pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

HealthTech Summit

4:00pm PDT

Networking Tea/Coffee

Thursday October 25, 2018 4:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Courtyard Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Networking

4:00pm PDT

HealthTech Roundtable

Moderators

Ravi Narayan

Managing Director and Co-founder, Mentor Partners (being redefined)

Speakers

Akshat Shah

Head - Strategy & Business, UE LifeSciences Inc.

Niranjan Subbarao

Co-Founder, Cyclops Medtech

Thursday October 25, 2018 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Boardroom GM 2nd Floor Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Round Table

4:30pm PDT

Founders, Startups and Community

What does it take to be a high growth company, how do you spot the opportunities ahead, what risks do you take, how do you deal with failures. This keynote explores the imperatives for a successful entrepreneur and life lessons leant.

Speakers

Chris Heivly

EIR - Entrepreneur in Residence, Techstars

Chris Heivly is one of the nation’s leading experts in how to turn startups into multimillion-dollar companies. At a time when the nation’s economy is shifting from a reliance on large corporations to smaller, more innovative organizations, he has been dubbed the “The Startup... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 4:30pm - 4:50pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

4:50pm PDT

Design-First Disruption: A Tale of Two Unicorns

AI & ML are reshaping what’s possible across every industry, but without the right user-experience (UX), it’s simply technology for technology’s sake. Embracing a UX-first approach to product development is required to truly create magic adoption at human scale. Come hear Ajeet Singh share his personal experience of building not one, but two unicorns, ThoughtSpot and Nutanix. He will explain how UX-first thinking led to the development of two category-creating products with widespread adoption and business impact.

Speakers

Ajeet Singh

Co-founder and Executive Chairman, ThoughtSpot

Ajeet is Co-founder and Executive Chairman at ThoughtSpot. Driven by his passion for creating impactful businesses, Ajeet has had the experience of creating billion-dollar technology companies from scratch. Prior to starting ThoughtSpot, he was Co-founder and Chief Products Officer... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 4:50pm - 5:10pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

5:10pm PDT

Fireside Chat: Getting to Tango: Services + Products, Corporates + Startups

Can a services dominated company build a product / platform mindset or the two are very different. As a big company what value do I get with partnering with startups or what is my acquisition / innovation strategy. This fireside chat will explore the changing nature of the IT services industry and is products / platforms the future.

Speakers

Vikram Chandra

Founder, Editorji Technologies

Rishad Premji

Chairman - NASSCOM, Chief Strategy Officer & Member of the Board - Wipro Limited

Rishad Premji is the Chief Strategy Officer & Member of the Board, Wipro Limited. In his role he also leads the Investor Relations & Corporate Affairs functions for the company. He is also the Current Chairman of NASSCOM.Since joining Wipro in 2007, he has been instrumental in shaping... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 5:10pm - 5:30pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

5:30pm PDT

Product Mission 2020: Build for India and scale for the world

India has the fastest growing GDP, rapid consumer of data, increasing middle class consumption and very young demographics – all of which are magnets for innovation and startups. Yet most startups build for the world and not for India. Hear from an inspiring leader - Amitabh Kant on how technology startups can create new markets in India, why building for India will create innovative startups.

Speakers

Amitabh Kant

CEO, NITI Aayog

Mr. Amitabh Kant is presently CEO of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI). He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, IAS (Kerala Cadre: 1980 batch). He is the author of Branding India - An Incredible Story. Mr. Kant has been a key driver of the “Make in... Read More →

Thursday October 25, 2018 5:30pm - 6:00pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

6:00pm PDT

Emerge 50 Awards: The League of Ten

The most exciting and awaited awards for innovative growth and early stage startups.

Speakers

Amitabh Kant

CEO, NITI Aayog

Thursday October 25, 2018 6:00pm - 6:30pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

6:30pm PDT

Founder Satsang

Speakers

Prashant K. (PK) Gulati

Chairman Emeritus, TiE Dubai

Thursday October 25, 2018 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Courtyard Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Networking

8:00am PDT

Registrations

Friday October 26, 2018 8:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Porch Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Networking, addnew

9:15am PDT

Recap of Day 1 and What to Expect day 2

Speakers

Arun Seth

Co-Host, NPC

Mr. Arun Seth has held leadership roles at BT Group and has been the Non Executive Chairman of India Operations at Alcatel-Lucent, He started as the Managing Director in 1995 and built the company to its current leadership position in managed telecom services. He has been on the... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 9:15am - 9:20am PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

9:20am PDT

Pune to Sunnyvale: Global Model of Success – The Druva Story

How do you build and scale a fast growing enterprise product company that was ideated in Pune and scaled at Sunnyvale. Get insights on key earnings from the Druva Story on building a world class product, the sales engine, the R&D innovation, the partnership and keeping the funding going.

Moderators

Ravi Gururaj

Founder & CEO, QikPod

Ravi Gururaj is Founder/CEO of QikPod where he is building a nationwide network of parcel delivery lockers in partnership with top tier investors and strategic industry partners. Ravi is an entrepreneur / founder of 6 technology ventures, 2 which were acquired by public NASDAQ companies... Read More →

Speakers

Jaspreet Singh

Founder & CEO, Druva Inc

Die hard entrepreneur with experience in the areas of enterprise systems, storage and SAAS basedbusinesses. Passionate about building products and scalable business models. Proven track record ofestablishing a successful startup and providing vision, leadership and execution.

Friday October 26, 2018 9:20am - 9:45am PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

9:45am PDT

Fireside Chat: Building superstar teams at super scale

You are a fast growing company and need the best talent to scale. How do you build superstar teams and super speed and scale. The fireside chat will focus on the real life lessons on building a unicorn ventures and the talent / skills strategy. The chat will address questions on building engineering teams - can they be distributed, effective sales team, culture, defining KPIs and metrics and the focus on employee first,

Moderators

Ravi Gururaj

Founder & CEO, QikPod

Speakers

Beth Steinberg

Chief People Officer, Zenefits

Beth Steinberg has over 20 years of experience in organization development, talent strategy, and leadership development. Her focus has been to help leaders and companies with complex organizational and growth issues. Beth focuses on driving useful employee programs, leadership coaching... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 9:45am - 10:05am PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

10:00am PDT

Industry - Academia Collaboration Roundtabble

Speakers

Muthusamy Chelliah

Director, Academic Engagement, Flipkart

Friday October 26, 2018 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Boardroom Agenda Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Round Table

10:05am PDT

SaaS Nation - India's Trillion Dollar Opportunity

A lot has been talked about how India is emerging as a SaaS hub and global success stories being built from India. However, what lies ahead – is SaaS saturating, are their opportunities to scale, how are the existing SaaS leaders differentiating to scale. An exciting talk that looks at the SaaS landcsape and a glimpse into the future.

Speakers

Suresh Sambandam

CEO - KiSSFLOW, Founder - OrangeScape

Suresh Sambandam is the Founder and CEO of OrangeScape, a rare breed of technology platform company creating products like KiSSFLOW that has 10000+ customers across 108 countries. Suresh is a tech entrepreneur with a blend of deep technology foundation and acquired experience in sales... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 10:05am - 10:25am PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

10:25am PDT

Security Tokens: The New IPO

Security tokens - Imagine a fully-regulated token that represents shares of a company, the equivalent of issuing company stock on blockchain. The tokens and the company are regulated by the Government, which reduces the chances of a fraud. Or at least enough to get accepted by the institutional regulations. So when we talk about security tokens, that’s where the traditional stocks and the blockchain framework find their way of getting together.

The panel will discuss what lies ahead for Security Tokens, how is this disrupting the capital markets, what are the benefit to regulators and how this will enable trust while disintermediating the middlemen.

Moderators

Laurence Sarah Ainouz

Chief Strategy Officer, Youplus

Laurence Ainouz is the former Novartis SVP Global Head of Digital Acceleration, a unit she built in Switzerland, the USA and Israel, bringing novel approaches and methodologies to generate innovative technological solutions to profoundly transform the patient’s journey and experience... Read More →

Speakers

Steven Nerayoff

CEO & Founder – Alchemist, Chairman - Global Blockchain Technologies Corp

Steven Nerayoff, Esq. LL.M. is a prolific serial entrepreneur, attorney and inventor of 20 international patents, having founded seven companies in Silicon Valley and New York City.Steven is a blockchain pioneer with his involvement in top projects including: Ethereum, Lisk, Bancor... Read More →

Jeff Pulver

Vice Chairman – Alchemist, Founder – MoNage

Jeff Pulver....Changed the way the world communicates. Throughout his highly successful international career, Jeff has been insistently promoting internet communications and telephony and has helped change the way the world communicates. An "Order" named after Jeff Pulver was issued... Read More →

Dr. Plamen Russev

Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist, Founder and Executive Chairman - Webit Foundation

Dr. Plamen Russev (www.russev.com) is B.Sc in Marketing and Management. M.Sc in Mathematics and Informatics, e-Education. With Ph.D thesis Digital Solutions for Managing Health and Social Challenges. He is a member of the European Commissions' Blockchain Observatory and Forum as well as the AI Alliance and also chair of... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 10:25am - 11:00am PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

10:30am PDT

IoT and Devices Roundtable

Moderators

Narendra Bhandari

Member, NASSCOM Product Council

Cloud Computing leader, Built Sales, Tech leadership teams across Asia at leading companies like Microsoft Azure and Intel. He is also a member of the NASSCOM Product council.

Speakers

Zainul Charbiwala

Co-Founder and CTO, Tricog Health

Sathish Mugulavalli

YourNest Venture Capital

Satish Mugulavalli is a Director of Technology of YourNest Capital Advisors Private Limited. He is a Co-Founder of Verismo Networks, Inc. and served as its Chief Architect. Mr. Mugulavalli directed the architecture and vision behind Verismo's Research and Development. He has held... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 10:30am - 11:30am PDT
Boardroom GM 2nd Floor Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Round Table

11:00am PDT

Networking Tea/Coffee

Friday October 26, 2018 11:00am - 11:30am PDT
Courtyard Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Networking

11:30am PDT

Bharat Summit:- Introduction - Purpose and way forward

Speakers

Srikanth Chunduri

Founder, Framewirk

Friday October 26, 2018 11:30am - 11:40am PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Bharat Summit

11:30am PDT

Transportation & Logistics Summit:- The Future is Mobility

The entire way people and goods travel is changing, driven by a series of converging technologies, the rapid growth of car sharing, the increasing viability of electric vehicles; new, lightweight materials; and the growth of connected and, ultimately, autonomous vehicles. The result is the emergence of a new ecosystem of mobility that could offer faster, cheaper, cleaner, safer, more efficient, and more customized travel. Get a glimpse of this future and the opportunity this offers for startups.

Speakers

Vijay Ratnaparkhe

President, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited

Vijay is an industry veteran with more than three decades of experience having worked previously with illustrious names like L&T, TCS & Infosys in senior positions, Mr Ratnaparkhe has worn several hats. In Robert Bosch Engineering, he has held three roles, over more than 10 years... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 11:30am - 11:50am PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Transportation & Logistics Summit

11:30am PDT

The two tenets – innovate and scale: Show and Tell

Bored of keynotes and panels and wondering can I really see what some innovative products that have scaled. This session is not about demos but a show and tell where 3 exciting entrepreneurs showcase their innovation and how they are getting customer traction.

Moderators

Avnish Sabharwal

Managing Director, Accenture Ventures & Open Innovation, Accenture

Avnish is an innovator, strategist and a technology evangelist with 25 years extensive experience and track record around market making, growth hacking, corporate innovation, digital transformation and leadership development. In his current role at Accenture in India, he is responsible... Read More →

Speakers

Ravi Jagannathan

Managing Director, KrypC

Ranjan Kumar

Founder & CEO, Entropik Technologies

Raghu Ravinutala

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Yellow Messenger

Raghu is the co-founder and CEO of Yellow messenger. Yellow messenger is a conversational customer engagement platform powered by artificial intelligence. Yellow messenger has 45+ enterprise customers across the world and Raghu takes care of the Sales and Business functions at Yellow... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 11:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

11:30am PDT

RetailTech Summit:- The Road Ahead for Retail - Preparing for the Future of Retail

Technology disruption is driving change and transformation in retail. What is the future of retail - hyper personalisation, on demand services, drone delivery, in-store experiences, VR.. there are tons of possibilities that lie ahead. The keynote gives you a look ahead and tips on how you can prepare for this transformation.

Speakers

Ananth Narayanan

Chief Executive Officer, Myntra

Friday October 26, 2018 11:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

RetailTech Summit

11:30am PDT

GTM Summit:- Doing Enterprise Sales for Global SAAS companies

How to do large ACV (Average Contract Value) > 50K USD, sale for your SAAS company. The session will lead gen, cover team selling, mapping & working the client org, sales cycle, non-product considerations (such as business continuity, integrations, fit within client IT…). Where should the sales team be and can this be done from local.

Speakers

John (Yanay) Sela

Chief Marketing Officer, Appsee

John is a world-renown marketer and an authority on digital growth. He is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Appsee. Previously, Yanay served as a CMO for Galatea (acquired in 2015) and held several executive roles in enterprise digital agencies. He functions as a professor... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 11:30am - 12:05pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

11:30am PDT

Vertical RoundTable - China's Pursuit of AI Leadership

Speakers

Manoj Kewalramani

Associate Fellow-China Studies, The Takshashila Institution

Manoj Kewalramani is an Associate Fellow-China Studies at The Takshashila Institution.Prior to joining Takshashila, Manoj spent 11 years working as a journalist in India and China, where he also helped set up digital newsrooms and train young journalists. Manoj's work has been published... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Boardroom GM 2nd Floor Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Round Table

11:30am PDT

CXO Roundtable (Invite Only)

Friday October 26, 2018 11:30am - 1:00pm PDT
Boardroom Agenda Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Round Table

11:30am PDT

Enterprise Connect

Friday October 26, 2018 11:30am - 4:00pm PDT
Azure Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Connects

11:40am PDT

Bharat Summit:- Digital Bharat: Opportunities for businesses to build inclusive growth

Inclusive growth is a defining characteristic of Bharat-centric businesses. How do the internet and telecom sector enable creation of a truly Global Village and what does this mean in the Bharat Context? How can an entrepreneur best leverage this infrastructure? What new opportunities will arise in Bharat in the next 5 years? In this session, Dr. M.R. Anand, Principal Economic Adviser, Department of Telecommunications will walk us through the transformational journey of Digital Bharat and how businesses can best prepare themselves for a future full of opportunities.

Speakers

Dr. M. R. Anand

Principal Economic Adviser Department of Telecommunications, Sanchar Bhavan

Friday October 26, 2018 11:40am - 12:05pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Bharat Summit

11:50am PDT

Transportation & Logistics Summit:- Logistics Evolution

The panel will discuss the imperatives to drive the next wave of logistics in the country. Themes include:

Loadshare ( cover rural last mile delivery )
Business Economics
Digital Supply Chain - New Frontiers for Old Enterprises
Logistics Tech

Moderators

Alok Goyal

Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners

Alok focuses on investments in SaaS, logistics and automotive. He has a strong belief that to be an entrepreneur you need to not only be a dreamer but also foolish enough to pursue the dream. Prior to Stellaris, Alok led enterprise software and outsourcing investments at Helion. Previously... Read More →

Speakers

Nitin Jayakrishnan

Founder & CEO, PandoCorp Pvt. Ltd.

Nitin loves building high-impact teams, that explore path-breaking ideas, to build human-centric products and businesses, that fundamentally improve the quality of life for the new-to-internet, especially in India. He currently leads PandoCorp Plc, which is designing the future of... Read More →

Amar More

Chief Executive Officer, Kale Logistics Solutions Pvt Ltd.

Amar has over 18 years of experience in setting up new initiatives, P& L management, Strategy, Process consulting, Design consulting, Business analysis, Pre-sales consulting & Enterprise wide application development. He has met customers from over 35 countries and acquired understanding... Read More →

Pushkar Singh

CEO & Co Founder, LetsTransport.in

Raghuram Talluri

Co-founder and CEO, LoadShare Networks

Raghuram as Co-founder and CEO of Loadshare is focused on building a new age, technology driven logistics startup. Prior to this he was head customer experience at Myntra and has worked as Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, based in Dubai. He has led CXO level engagements... Read More →

Sreekanth Vancheeswaran

Associate Vice President- Head- Supply planning and Logistics, Godrej Consumer Products Limited

Friday October 26, 2018 11:50am - 12:30pm PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Transportation & Logistics Summit

12:00pm PDT

RetailTech Summit:- The "Future" of Innovation is Open - Going from Ideas to Solutions at India's Largest Retailer

How Future C&D Labs is creating an open environment of collaboration and co-creation with some of the best start-ups in the RetailTech space leveraging new age digital technologies like AI, Big Data Analytics, Blockchain, Internet of Things, robotics and allied technologies to create solutions that can impact the retail and consumer space over the next couple of years.
Best practices and learning from working with new age start-ups and helping them scale their solutions by integrating with organizational strategy and objectives.

Speakers

Vivek Biyani

Director, Future Group

Friday October 26, 2018 12:00pm - 12:20pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

RetailTech Summit

12:00pm PDT

AI and the future of work

Artificial intelligence is affecting everybody and completely transforming the way we work. As AI’s adoption in the workplace continues to accelerate, we’re faced with two pressing ethical issues: data bias and accountability.
Whether it’s algorithms written by homogenous teams or unrepresentative training data, the risks are clear. Ultimately, for company's AI strategy to succeed, the systems it implements must be fair. For companies seeking to harness the power of AI, while avoiding the potential pitfalls of deployment, the key questions are:

How can we equip ourselves to deal with the issues?
What can organizations do to understand the skills they need?
How is AI going to affect my industry sector or corporate function?
What work is being in done in the intersection between AI, HR and recruitment?

Moderators

MR Rangaswami

Co-Host, NASSCOM Product Council

Speakers

Gary Gauba

Founder & Managing Director, The CXO Fund

Gauba is a serial entrepreneur who is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship. Most recently, Gauba launched The CXO Fund, focused on early stage investment (seed and pre-seed) and curating companies by working closely with some of the top universities in the US.The CXO Fund... Read More →

Archie Ravishankar

Co-Founder and President, Cogni

Archie Ravishankar is the co-founder and President of Cogni, a data-driven lifestyle bank designed for the millions of creative independents that are shaping industrial revolution 4.0 and the future of work. Cogni graduated from prestigious Barclays techstars in New York and backed... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 12:00pm - 12:30pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

12:05pm PDT

Bharat Summit:- Bharat Opportunities: Opportunities and challenges in Bharat

What are the opportunities and challenges that entrepreneurs would encounter while building in Bharat? What does success look like and how is it defined? Is building a Bharat centric business model require a different cultural DNA than when building for the urban India market? In this session, an investor and an entrepreneur walk us through the learnings they have gathered while pursuing their endeavours in this market.

Speakers

Farid Ahsan

Cofounder/COO, ShareChat

Siddharth Nautiyal

Investment Partner, Omidyar Network

Friday October 26, 2018 12:05pm - 12:30pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Bharat Summit

12:05pm PDT

GTM Summit:- How to get 0 to 100 customers for your SAAS company

After Launching your Product, getting early customers is the key to prove the product/market fit. This session will look at how to acquire the first 100 paying customers.

Speakers

Ravi Trivedi

Founder & CEO, PushEngage

Ravi Trivedi is the founder of PushEngage.com, a leading platform for Web push notifications, which is currently live in 125+ countries. Earlier he built CouponRani.com, a top coupon site in India with over 1M unique visits. He is a growth marketer and has run online business in India... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 12:05pm - 12:40pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

12:20pm PDT

RetailTech Summit:- Building products that win: Lessons learned from the world’s largest (and smallest) retailers

Every entrepreneur and business wants to build products that win. Learn from Sean O’Neill’s experience at Amazon, startups, and Tesco for the best practices and product development principles that can help you succeed.

Speakers

Sean O’ Neill

Director Technology Product & Data Platforms, Tesco

Sean has spent the past 20 years at the intersection of commerce, consumer behavior, and data-driven feedback loops. Sean joined Tesco in 2014 and is the Product Director for Tesco’s global platforms, covering customer discovery & transaction services, data & analytics, fulfilment... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 12:20pm - 1:00pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

RetailTech Summit

12:30pm PDT

Advanced technologies in accelerating innovation

As multiple technologies intersect, what and how do you keep pace with building the best product. What are Product Management strategies that are being adopted at leading companies?

Speakers

Raj Sethuraman

Chief Technology Officer, Wolters Kluwer

Friday October 26, 2018 12:30pm - 12:45pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

12:30pm PDT

Bharat Summit:- In the trenches: Learnings from operating in Bharat

Why are some startups successful in the Bharat market, while others fail to build traction? What does it take to build scale in this market? Are the odds in favour or against entrepreneurs while they set out to tap into this market? What roadblocks are unique to Bharat? In this session, a mixed panel of entrepreneurs and a prolific investor reflect on their learnings gathered over years of building and guiding businesses, which would serve as a guide to anyone thinking of building a successful enterprise in Bharat.

Moderators

Smita Aggarwal

Director - Investments, Omidyar Network

Smita leads strategy and investments for Omidyar Network’s Financial Services initiative in India. In her current role she looks at new equity investments in early stage FinTech start-ups in India and South Asia. Smita presently manages a portfolio of 15 Fintech companies and plays... Read More →

Speakers

Rajat Garg

Co-Founder, myUpchar.com

Sucharita Mukherjee

Co-Founder, Kaleidofin Private Limited

Kapil Raizada

Co Founder, RailYatri.in

Friday October 26, 2018 12:30pm - 1:00pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Bharat Summit

12:30pm PDT

Transportation & Logistics Summit:- Startup Showcase

Meet interesting and innovative startups that are disrupting the transportation and logistics sector.

Speakers

Adarsh Kumar

Co-Founder & CEO, TagBox Solutions

Pranav Manpuria

Founder & CEO, Flux Auto

Amit Mishra

Co-Founder & CEO, Quifers

Senthil Radhakrishnan

CEO, HopOn

Friday October 26, 2018 12:30pm - 1:10pm PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Transportation & Logistics Summit

12:40pm PDT

GTM Summit:- Product/Market Fit Investor Perspective

When do you know you have reached Product/Market Fit? How to avoid common mistakes in identifying the Market and Product/Market fit?

Speakers

Puneet Kumar

Vice President, Nexus Venture Partners

Puneet finds his passion and purpose in simplifying how businesses and consumers interact with one another through technology. He is most excited about SaaS platforms, Agri-tech, Gaming, and Fin-tech in India.In his life before Nexus, he dabbled with entrepreneurship, consulting... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 12:40pm - 1:00pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

12:45pm PDT

Intelligent Cloud and Intelligent Edge Working Together

Speakers

Vijay Rajagopalan

Partner Director of Product Management & Engineering, Microsoft

Vijay Rajagopalan is a Director of Product Management & Engineering for Microsoft Azure Growth & Commerce division. His team is primarily responsible for the partner & customer growth of Microsoft Azure Platform.Prior to this role, Vijay led the product/program management for Windows... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 12:45pm - 1:00pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

1:00pm PDT

RetailTech Summit:- Innovation Case Study

Meet an innovative RetailTech Startup and hear their story on product innovation, customer use cases and business impact.

Friday October 26, 2018 1:00pm - 1:15pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

RetailTech Summit

1:00pm PDT

Lunch

Friday October 26, 2018 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Courtyard Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Networking

1:00pm PDT

DeepTech Club Meetup (Invite Only)

Friday October 26, 2018 1:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Boardroom Agenda Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Workshop

2:00pm PDT

GTM Summit:- Legal Considerations while going Global

How to structure a global holding company out of silicon valley? What is the right time to start the process, common mistakes to avoid, and how to set up for an exit?

Speakers

Anil Advani

Founder and Managing Partner, Inventus Law

Anil Advani specializes in the representation of early stage startup companies, venture funds, institutional angel investors and many prominent angel investors in silicon valley, India and other startup jurisdictions around the world. In the last 18 years practicing law in Silicon... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 2:00pm - 2:20pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

2:00pm PDT

The Future of the Cloud

What is the future of cloud computing and what are some of the most disruptive innovations that it is bringing to businesses? This talk will focus on some of the most innovative examples of new use cases being driven by cloud services, and how problems are being solved and solutions reimagined in ways never thought possible before.

Speakers

Derek Wang

Director of Solutions Architects & Cloud Architect, Alibaba Cloud

Friday October 26, 2018 2:00pm - 2:20pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

2:00pm PDT

Bharat Summit:- Bharat Startups Showcase: Journeys of Bharat-focused startups

In this session, we hear live from entrepreneurs who are building cool brands in Bharat. Listen to their stories on how they started on this path, what value they are delivering and how they weave inclusion and profitability in their business models.

Speakers

Narayanan H

Director & COO, Inthree Access Services Pvt Ltd

Phanidhar Palakoti

Founder and CEO, PALS Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Victor Senapaty

Co-Founder, Propelld

Serial Entrepreneur, voracious reader, backpack traveler, avid footballer. Ex-Investment Banking with Deutsche Bank, Fellow @ SLP, Indian National Maths Olympiad Gold Medalist.Victor's academic and business pursuits have led him to live, work and learn at various regions of the country... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Bharat Summit

2:00pm PDT

RetailTech Summit:- Tech Tide - Riding the wave of innovation to build the Store of the Future

What does the store of the future look like. Will it be like going to the movies instead of watching at home. You go for the experience - in-store-only sales and themed events, connected stores hosting interactive experiences shaping up customer journeys inside the stores , product discovery, seamless checkout, etc

Speakers

Aniruddha Deswandikar

Country Director, Cloud Solution Architecture Team (Data and AI) - Customer Success Unit, Microsoft

Seasoned technologist with 25 years of experience across Start-ups, ecommerce and large enterprises. In the last 9 years, he has helped Microsoft's enterprise customers and ISV Partners/Start-ups solve tough techno-business challenges through creative architectures, innovative algorithmic... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 2:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

RetailTech Summit

2:00pm PDT

Transportation & Logistics Summit:- Business of Mass Transportation

Mass Transportation is the one issue every country is looking to address. The panel discusses the options and where are we headed ?

Buses, Metros, Taxis-on-demand
Last Mile Connectivity (Bicycles)
Last Mile Connectivity (Scooters, Bikes)
Last Mile Connectivity (Bus)

Speakers

Siddharth Balachandran

Leader - India, Airbus BizLab

Siddharth Balachandran is the Airbus BizLab Leader in India and in his previous role as Trade Advisor to the French Trade Commission (Govt. of France), he has facilitated bilateral trade between French and Indian companies in IT, Cyber Security, Smart Cities and also a key member... Read More →

Amit Gupta

Co-Founder & CEO, Yulu

Amit co-founded InMobi that is India’s first profitable internet unicorn. Amit played an instrumental role in building InMobi’s revenue engine and its expansion in 15+ countries. Prior to starting Yulu, Amit built a new business unit for InMobi that created massive value for Telecom... Read More →

Vivekananda Hallekere

CEO & Co Founder, Bounce

Vivekananda is the Founder of Bounce , the utility arm of Wicked Ride focuses on solving the commute problem.Bounce is a dockless two wheel rental solution which allows users to identify a bicycle, scooter or electric scooters, book the vehicle, drive it themselves to their destination... Read More →

Kashif Razzaqui

Head Engineering, Shuttl

Brijraj Vaghani

CEO, Ridlr

Passionate about building an Integrated Transport Solution for Indian cities and making the commuter journey better. Prior to co-founding Ridlr, worked in the US and in India in various technology and business leadership roles.https://www.linkedin.com/in/brijraj-vaghani-a6624a/?o... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 2:00pm - 2:40pm PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Transportation & Logistics Summit

2:20pm PDT

GTM Summit:- Partnership Hacks for SAAS Companies

The largest SaaS product companies including Salesforce, AWS, HP expand fast globally through Partners/Value Added Distributors. This session will talk about identifying the right countries to market your product, strategies on identifying the right partners, motivating them to align with your companies vision and driving sales through their salesforce.

Speakers

Manoj Agarwal

Co-founder, Xoxoday

Manoj comes with over 12 years of work experience in varied functions such as Marketing, Technology, Products and Strategy. He holds a B.Tech in Computer Science Engineer from PEC Chandigarh and an MBA from IIM Kozhikode. He has worked in senior leadership positions in diverse fields... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 2:20pm - 2:40pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

2:20pm PDT

7 Lessons from Israeli Startups

In this fast-paced and action-oriented talk, John will share some of his observations on Israeli Startups - The unique way in which they operate, what helps them succeed globally, and what can Indian startups learn from them today.

Speakers

John (Yanay) Sela

Chief Marketing Officer, Appsee

Friday October 26, 2018 2:20pm - 2:40pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

2:25pm PDT

Bharat Summit:- Investing in Bharat: What does it take to nurture Bharat centric businesses

Why are some funds and entrepreneurs successful in the Bharat market, while others fail to build traction? What does it take to build scale in this market? How are funds wired to nurture entrepreneurs who step into Bharat? In this session, three funds come together to explore this maze via anecdotes from their daily experiences interacting with entrepreneurs that would serve as a guide to anyone thinking of building a successful enterprise in Bharat.

Moderators

Srikanth Chunduri

Founder, Framewirk

Speakers

Saras Agarwal

Vice President, Bharat Innovation Fund

Jayaroopa J

Principal, Patamar Capital

Shruti Srivastava

Principal, Omnivore VC

Friday October 26, 2018 2:25pm - 2:55pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Bharat Summit

2:30pm PDT

RetailTech Summit:- Redefining Customer Experience in the Digital Age - Innovations in Marketing

How marketers are using advanced analytics & AI/ML to do cohort analysis and optimizing their channel spends and conversion funnels & new customer segmentation models are being created that are helping with driving customer experiences.

Speakers

Aditya Bhamidipaty

Founder and CEO, FirstHive

Aditya is CEO of First Hive which he founded with the vision of creating customer identities and driving marketing ROI. He was previously the founder of eMart Solutions that focused on loyalty management. He has consistently delivered benchmark performance, built a culture... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 2:30pm - 2:45pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

RetailTech Summit

2:40pm PDT

GTM Summit:- B2C Marketing

How do you make your App/Service viral in a highly competitive market? A very successful marketer will talk about Marketing to India's masses and how you get consumers to pay for an App/Service.

Speakers

Nithin Kamath

Founder & CEO, Zerodha

Friday October 26, 2018 2:40pm - 3:00pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

2:40pm PDT

Transportation & Logistics Summit:- Role of Data science in future of transportation in India

Our everyday life is dominated by powerhouses of AI/ML that started off small and grew big in different domains. This talk focuses on the role of Data Science in Transportation.

Speakers

Goda Ramkumar

Principal Data Scientist, Ola

Goda Ramkumar is a Principal Data Scientist with the Data Science group at Ola. She leads the machine learning and optimization algorithms behind ride pricing and matching for Ola Cabs. Prior to joining Ola, she worked on variety of problems in Airline Pricing and Revenue Management... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 2:40pm - 3:00pm PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Transportation & Logistics Summit

2:40pm PDT

AI Research in India: Solving for India

How is AI research in India changing, are we witnessing greater collaboration with industry, will the NextGen DeepTech startups emerge from academia focused on AI research, can we build solutions for India and scale. Debate all this and more in an exciting panel led by Pankaj Mishra.

Moderators

Pankaj Mishra

Writer & Co-Founder, FactorDaily

Pankaj Mishra has been a technology journalist and editor since the year 2000 with several publications including The Economic Times, Mint and TechCrunch. Based in Bengaluru, he writes about people and companies taking technology mainstream in India. Pankaj is the cofounder, writer... Read More →

Speakers

Muthusamy Chelliah

Director, Academic Engagement, Flipkart

Balaraman Ravindran

Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engg., Head, Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI IIT Madras

I am a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and I head the Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. I completed my Ph.D. at the Department of Computer Science^, University of Massachusetts, Amherst^. I... Read More →

Partha Talukdar

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science

I have extensive experience in machine learning and natural language processing. My recent research has focused on knowledge graphs, large scale graph-based learning and inference and neurosemantics.Specialties: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 2:40pm - 3:20pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

2:45pm PDT

RetailTech Summit:- Leveraging AI to create demand forecasting models, automation of merchandise financial planning and assortment

How do you leverage AI for demand forecasting, automation of merchandise financial planning & assortment planning and even pricing and promotions decisions. Hear this and more examples on an AI driven future

Speakers

Aruna Rajan

Senior Director, Myntra

Aruna loves building intelligent, data-driven software products that are user facing. She leads a team of high performing scientists and engineers on fashion design automation, fashion attribute extraction, computer vision and AI. She is very active with tech startups, and spends... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 2:45pm - 3:00pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

RetailTech Summit

2:55pm PDT

Bharat Summit:- Bharat Speak: Crossing the language divide

Is the language diversity in Bharat a challenge or an opportunity? How critical are multi-lingual interfaces and voice-assistants in businesses focusing on Bharat?Aside from content sharing, how is business communication transforming in Bharat. Listen to a panel of experts sharing their learnings and providing guidelines to communicating in a linguistically diverse Bharat.

Moderators

Rakesh Kapoor

Chairman & CEO, Process Nine Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Speakers

Kumar Rangarajan

Chief Slacker, Slang Labs

Ranjeet Pratap Singh

Co-founder & CEO, Pratilipi

Friday October 26, 2018 2:55pm - 3:20pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Bharat Summit

3:00pm PDT

RetailTech Summit:- Redefining Customer Success through Chatbots, AI and Machine Learning

Meet an innovative RetailTech Startup and hear their story on product innovation, customer use cases and business impact.

Speakers

Mohit Kumar

Sr. Principal Data Scientist, Flipkart

Mohit is focused on helping derive insights from a wealth of data. His specialisation areas include - Applied Machine Learning (all flavours - whatever it takes to solve a problem), Active Learning, Data Mining, Natural Language Processing, Summarization. An IIT Khargpur... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

RetailTech Summit

3:00pm PDT

GTM Summit:- Building Inside Sales for Selling Globally

Reaching out a customer within 5 minutes of signup has shown to increase adoption of your product by 3x. How do you build a scalable Inside Sales team from India, to sell to global markets. How do you incentivize such a team. How to overcome the culture difference

Speakers

Khadim Batti

Co-Founder & CEO, Whatfix

Khadim Batti is a Co-Founder at Whatfix. He previously worked in Huawei Telecom. Batti post graduated from IIIT-B and holds an electrical engineering degree from Mumbai University.https://www.linkedin.com/in/khadim/?originalSubdomain=in

Friday October 26, 2018 3:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

3:00pm PDT

Transportation & Logistics Summit:- Vehicles of Future

What can we expect to see on roads in next 5 years ? The panel will debate the customer expectations - consumer and enterprise, the imperative for safety and security, models of assisted / driverless vehicles and the business economics of all these shifts.

Moderators

Vinish Kathuria

Managing Partner, SenseAI Ventures

Vinish is an entrepreneur & investor in Artificial Intelligence driven ventures. He has over 25 years+ experience of leading businesses in Software, Digital Marketing, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. As Board Director and advisor to large firms & startups... Read More →

Speakers

Arjun T Jain

Business Head - Electrical/Electronics, Varroc Group

Vinay Kumar

Director Artificial Intelligence, Azure and Search Partnerships, Microsoft

Vinay has over 20 years of industry experience in the Internet, Mobile, Digital Media, Software and Tech industry in a variety of roles in India and USA with global responsibility. Currently, he is leading partnerships for Microsoft in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive... Read More →

Senthil K Natarajan

Director - Connected Car Solutions, DMI (Digital Management, LLC)

Senthil has been in the automotive industry for the past 20+ years building connected car solutions with a focus on the connected consumer. He has delivered solutions for various top global OEMs in the area of Telematics, Infotainment, Electrical Vehicle & Autonomous Vehicle. Senthil’s... Read More →

Vijay Ratnaparkhe

President, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited

Neeraj Kumar Singal

Director, SEMCO Infratech Pvt. Ltd

As the Director of Lightyear Infratech, Neeraj intends to reshape the transportation ecosystem of the country. Lightyear Infratech aims to revolutionise the concept of energy conservation and optimum utilisation of resources. They are creating the strongest Electric Vehicle... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 3:00pm - 3:40pm PDT
Harmony Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Transportation & Logistics Summit

3:00pm PDT

Blockchain Roundtable

Speakers

Arun Seth

Co-Host, NPC

Friday October 26, 2018 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Boardroom GM 2nd Floor Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Round Table

3:15pm PDT

RetailTech Summit:- Innovation Case Study - RetailTech Startup Showcase

Hear an exciting NASSCOM 50 winner to showcase their product on the stage and present a case study on how they transformed the business area for their customers.

Friday October 26, 2018 3:15pm - 3:30pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

RetailTech Summit

3:20pm PDT

Bharat Summit:- Winning in Bharat: Is there a winning business model for Bharat

How are business models evolving in Bharat? What are the characteristics of a winning business model in Bharat? Should they be tech-driven or not tech-driven? Should they be non-profits or for-profits? Do entrepreneurs and companies operating in this market need to be wired differently? How is this different from building a business targeted at urban segment? Listen to a diverse panel of speakers who are operating in Bharat as they break stereotypes about building businesses in Bharat.

Speakers

Megha Bhagat

Co-Founder, Chief Growth Officer, Project DEFY

Eric Savage

Co-Founder and CEO, Unitus Capital

Prashanth Venkataramana

Co-Founder and Director, Essmart Global, Inc

Friday October 26, 2018 3:20pm - 3:45pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Bharat Summit

3:20pm PDT

The Intertwining of Business & Technology

How Businesses across different Industries and Verticals are leveraging technology (including from the start-up ecosystem) in completely new ways as a competitive weapon to get ahead of the curve and competition. Learn from real life examples of the disruption and value that an entirely new set of technologies and business use cases are re-imagining customer experiences and value. The businesses of tomorrow are technology companies at the core.

Moderators

Pari Natarajan

CEO, Zinnov LLC

Pari is Co-Founder of Zinnov LLC and serves as its the Chief Executive Officer. He has successfully led engagements for Fortune 1000 companies and helped them effectively globalize their R & D initiatives and expand their business footprint in India as well as other emerging markets. He continues to provide thou... Read More →

Speakers

Gopichand Katragadda

Chief Technology Officer, Tata Group

Dr Gopichand Katragadda is the group chief technology officer at Tata Sons. In this role, Dr Katragadda drives technology and innovation for the Tata group leveraging cross-company synergies. He also serves as a director on the boards of select Tata companies. Previously, as the chairman... Read More →

Rakesh Mishra

Vice President of Marketing, Target

Rakesh is a passionate marketer and leads marketing for Target in India. Rakesh has more than 25 years of advertising and marketing experience. Over the years, Rakesh has had the opportunity to create and direct award winning marketing campaigns, built a number of brand identities... Read More →

Anand Thakur

Chief Digital Officer, Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd.

An entrepreneur, technology, data & marketing leader and tech architect with over 15 years of experience and expertise in the areas of digital transformation, e-commerce, managing start-ups & large corporates, budget optimization, marketing, analytics, product management and software... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 3:20pm - 4:00pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

3:30pm PDT

GTM Summit:- Communicating for Results

1) How to make the best First Impression.
2) Networking Skills at Conferences.
3) Using Linkedin in the best way.
4) Making Email pitches that catch audience Attention.
5) Right Communication for Follow ups.
6) How to inspire influencers to make introductions for you.

Speakers

Siddharth Banerjee

EVP Marketing - Vodafone, Author - Speechless

Siddharth Banerjee is an experienced consumer business leader with demonstrated leadership and business / P&L experience of 18+years across two of the most competitive industries - Telecom and FMCG / CPG in one of the most competitive markets globally - India.In his current role... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 3:30pm - 4:00pm PDT
Aura 3 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

GTM Summit

3:30pm PDT

RetailTech Summit:- The Investment Perspective – Where are the future opportunities in RetailTech

Panel Discussion exploring the perspective on the growth of the sector and opportunity for Indian Start-ups to raise growth capital. We will focus on some of the key metrics that investors look into before making investment decisions and factors that are driving the growth of retailtech in India, shift in the consumer mindset along with the opportunities that lie ahead.

Speakers

Anirudh Damani

Managing Partner, Artha Venture Fund

Rohit Khetan

VP Marketing and Strategy, Ginesys

Raja Lahiri

Partner, Transaction Advisory Services, Grant Thornton India

Raja leads the Private Equity Initiative for Grant Thorton. He has been been involved in various stages of the deal life cycle from ideating deals and helping in deal execution, due diligence, valuation, negotiations and post deal integration and advised in more than 250 deals... Read More →

Ray Newal

Managing Director, India, Techstars

Over 20 years as a growth and operations business leader, Ray has established a track record of success in identifying, shaping and executing technology led business concepts across the globe.A believer in the "give first" approach to life and business, Ray currently devotes his time... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 3:30pm - 4:00pm PDT
Hall Strategy 1 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

RetailTech Summit

3:45pm PDT

Bharat Summit:- Closing Keynote

What does the future of business building in Bharat look like? Where do we go from here and what are the guiding principles as we traverse the path of building businesses in Bharat.

Speakers

Vineet Rai

Founder & Chief Executive - Aavishkaar Venture Management Service, Chairman & Co-Founder - Intellecap

Friday October 26, 2018 3:45pm - 4:00pm PDT
Hall Strategy 2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Bharat Summit

4:00pm PDT

Networking Tea/Coffee

Friday October 26, 2018 4:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Courtyard Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Networking

4:00pm PDT

RetailTech Roundtable

Speakers

Bala Girisaballa

President, Techstars

Bala Girisaballa is the President of Techstars India. Bala is the founder and director of PurpleFront, a technology startup helping small businesses leverage social media effectively to grow and retain customers. He was previously the MD of the Microsoft Accelerator Indi

Friday October 26, 2018 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Boardroom GM 2nd Floor Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Round Table

4:30pm PDT

Mission 2020: Young Innovator Perspective

Speakers

Vaibhav Agarwal

Founder & CEO, Inc42 Magazine

Vaibhav Agarwal is an engineer turned entrepreneur and the CEO and Founder of Inc42, one of India’s leading online technology media platforms. While working with leading publications in startups and tech space, he found that there were gaps in the quality of content. This led him... Read More →

Madhav Lavakare

Founder, Transcribe

Madhav Lavakare is a 17 year old high school student from New Delhi. A hacker and tinkerer, he has always had a problem-solving bent of mind, and loves finding innovative and creative solutions to real-world problems. His latest venture, Transcribe, is an assistive device for the... Read More →

Friday October 26, 2018 4:30pm - 4:50pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

4:50pm PDT

Intelligence Augmentation: A New Frontier for Humankind

Re-imagining a future that seeks to meld man and machine, such that AI, the Internet, and computing could be weaved with humans as a “second self”. How we could reinvent personal computing, where computing and the interface become internal to a user, as a direct extension of human cognition, thereby augmenting human capabilities.

Speakers

Arnav Kapur

Researcher in the Fluid Interfaces Group, MIT Media Lab

Arnav Kapur, a researcher in the Fluid Interfaces group at the MIT Media Lab, demonstrates the AlterEgo project.

Friday October 26, 2018 4:50pm - 5:15pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary

5:15pm PDT

Dreaming Big for Indian Football

India is now at its highest ever FIFA ranking of 97. The number of teams making it to World Cup 2022 is expected to be 48 . Can India do this. Hear Sunil Chettri, India’s leading football star share his journey and life lessons learnt.

Speakers

Sunil Chhetri

Former Captain, Indian National Football Team

Friday October 26, 2018 5:15pm - 6:00pm PDT
Aura 1&2 Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru

Plenary