Conference Speakers

Akhade, Nitin

Consultant, Customized Energy Solutions Ltd.

Amersi, Mohamed

Founder & Chairman Amersi Foundation, and, Inclusive Ventures UK

Anand, Dr. Kanwaljeet (Sunny)

Professor of Paediatrics & Anaesthesiology, Stanford University School of Medicine CA

Dr Babu U V

Head, Research & Development, Himalaya Wellness Company

Behera, Dr. Sanjeeb Kumar

African Asian Rural Development Organization

Bhogle, Ms. Svati

Mentor, TIDE
Member, Governing Board Clean Energy Access Network
Founder, Sustaintech India Pvt. Ltd.

BISWAS, ASIT K.

Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow, UK, and Gujarat University, India

Chakraborty, Dr. Suman

Dean of R&D, IIT-Kharagpur, Institute Chair Professor, J C Bose National Fellow

Chakravarty, Kalyan

Executive Director PanIIT Alumni Foundation

Choudhari, Digvijay

Founder & CEO, SOBUS Insight Forum

Chowdary, J A

Entrepreneur, Innovator, Angel Investor, Industry Leader

Desai, Ashank

Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Mastek Ltd.

Dorai, Dr. Anbu

The Banyan, Chennai

Fernandes, Joe

Co-Founder & President | iit-iit.org

Harapanahalli, Deenanath

CEO & Founder, LifeCykul

Ganapathy, Balaji

Chief Social Responsibility Officer, Tata Consultancy Services

Ghosh, Prof Ranjan Kumar

Chair, Center for Management, IIM Ahmedabad

Gupta, Dr. Rashi

Founder & MD, Vision Mechatronics, Mumbai

Gupta, Pradeep

Chairman, CyberMedia Group

Gupta, Dr. Vibha

Founder/Director Center of Sciences for Villages, Wardha

Jain, Arun

CMD Intellect Design Arena Ltd

Jain, Dr. Sudhir Kumar

Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University

Jaiswal, Mukul

Cashpor Micro Credit, Varanasi

Kadali, Anand

Secretary Annapoorna Trust, Bangalore

Kamath, Dr. Sundar

Senior VP / CTO, Sanmina Corporation, CA

Kapur, Ambassador Pradeep

International Strategic Advisor to Intellect Design Arena & WHEELS Global Foundation

Kumar, IAS (Retd), Mrs Gauri

Former Secretary to Government of India, Advisor, Wheels Global Foundation
Chair, WHEELS Water Council
Chair, Water & Sanitation Track of the Conference.

Labhsetwar, Dr. Nitin

Chief Scientist and Head, Energy and Resource Management Department
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur

Lall, Saurabh

CEO Model Gaon

Makhijia, Surinder

Strategic Advisor & Sr. Vice President, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.

Malaviya, Retd Justice Giridhar

Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University

Moni, Professor Madaswamy

Professor Emeritus and Chairman,
Centre for Agricultural Informatics and e-Governance Research Studies (CAIRS)
Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed to be University) Meerut &
Former Director General, National Informatics Centre, Government of India, New Delhi.

Motwani, Asha Jadeja

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist

Nageswaran, Dr. V. Anantha

Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India

Naik, Priya

Founder and CEO Samhita Social Ventures, Mumbai

Padhee, Dr. Arabinda

IAS,Principal Secretary,
Department of Agriculture and Farmer’s Empowerment
Government of Odisha
[email protected]

Pallassana, Krishnan

Country Director, India of Digital Green

Pandit, Vasant

A Businessman and Social worker

Pawar, Dr. Prashant Maruti

Professor and Dean Academics at SVERI's College of Engineering, Pandharpur

Prabhakar, L.

Executive Vice President & Head - Social Investments, ITC

Prabhu, Dr. Shruti

Head Public Health, Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital, Naya Raipur

Ramesh, Dr. Maneesha V., PhD

Provost, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Rao, KS

Executive Vice-President & Head – Investor Education & Distribution Development Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd.

Ravi, Jayanti

Secretary, Auroville Foundation, Tamil Nadu

Ravi, Mrinalini

The Banyan Mental health Innovation Network, Chennai

Sai, Sadguru Sri Madhusudan

Spiritual Guru and Humanitarian 

Santhanam, Ms Bhuvana

CEO - Global Outreach Sai Global Federation of Foundations

Shah, Rajnikant (Raj)

Founder & President, SmartCare Doc

Shah, Dr Rajiv

President, Rockefeller Foundation

Shankar, Sri Sri Ravi

Spiritual Leader & Founder Art of Living Foundation

Shenoy, Meera

Founder, Youth4Jobs

Shenoy, Suresh V.

President, WHEELS Global Foundation (WGF)

Shivanand, Ishan

Founder, Yoga of Immortals
Director, Mental & Behavioural Health Initiative, WHEELS Global Foundation

Siddhanti, Dr. Smita

Founder & President, EnDyna Inc.

Singh, Ravinderjit

Reliance Foundation

Singh, Govind

Utkarsh Small Finance Bank, Varanasi

Singh, Prof. Rakesh

Department of Agricultural Economics, BHU

Sodhi, Dr. R.S.

Managing Director, GCMMF (Amul)

Solanki, Prof. Chetan Singh

Founder of Energy Swaraj Foundation Brand Ambassador of Solar Energy for Madhya Pradesh

Srinivasan, G.

Co-Founder & Director, RuralShores

Tangutooru, Dr. Siva Mahesh

CEO Jama Botanics and TurfPearl Agritech

Thiagarajan, B

Managing Director, Blue Star Limited

Tortajada, Prof. Cecilia

Chair,Professor in Practice in Environmental Innovation,
School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, UK.

V., Dr. Mayilvelnathan

Director- Cipherneutron LLC, Canada,
Advisor-International Solar Energy Society, (ISES), Germany.
Solar Expert (PV & CSP),
Green Hydrogen Consultant, Frugal Innovator, Sustainable Development Consultant ( ESG).

Verma, Alok

Project Director HCL Foundation

Vullaganti, Murali

Founder and Exec Chairman, Rural Shores and People Shores

Walawalkar, Dr. Rahul

President & MD,
Customized Energy Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. and India Energy Storage Alliance