Speakers

Naveen Tewari - Founder and CEO, mKhoj.com

 

Graduated from IIT Kanpur from Mechanical Engineering in 2000. After working in Mckinsey for three years, Naveen went to Harvard for his MBA. (At Harvard, Naveen was the recipient of its highest honour “The Dean’s Award” given for his exceptional leadership and contribution.) At the age of 25, he founded mkhoj.com, a mobile ad company in 2006, and is currently the CEO of mkhoj.com. Naveen is also the Founder & Chairman of a US based non-profit organization, India Schoolhouse Fund (ISF). ISF was formed to set-up schools in rural India.

 

 

Amit Kumar - Country Head, Grail Research

 

IIT D alumni, Amit Kumar is the co-founder and Country Head for Grail Research and is responsible for managing global research operations. In addition, he directly oversees some of the key accounts for Grail Research across Asia and Europe. Before joining Grail Research, Amit has spent several years as a consultant with Monitor’s strategy consulting group, working in a wide variety of sectors includ- ing Retail, Telecom, FMCG, and Financial Services in a number of different geogra- phies across Asia, Africa and Europe.

 

 

Venkatesh Sarvasiddhi - Head Partner and Architect Audience Marketing, Microsoft India

 

He is a part of Developer Platform & Evangelism Marketing Team of Microsoft India. His primary responsibility is to engage with the right audience in Partner & Influencer community and create a strong and sustainable engagement framework for Microsoft India.
He is a B.Sc Engg (Electrical) holder from the Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Master of Science from BITS Pilani and an alumnus of IIM Calcutta has varied experience that ranges from Services, Outsourcing, Product Marketing, Asset Monetization to Partnership & Alliances.
He started his career with Birlasoft in the Global Business Development Division and moved on to HCL Tech where he was heading the Direct Marketing Operations and from there he moved to Polaris Software labs as Assistant Vice President-Corporate Marketing.
He was also featured as Frontrunners and the Youngest AVP of Corporate India at the age of 26, by Business India 23rd March 2008 edition.

 

 

Suhas Gopinath - World's Youngest Entrepreneur

 

He is recognized as "The World's Youngest CEO" . In 2005, Mr Gopinath was the youngest among the 175 recipients of the state's  Rajyotsava Award. Mr. Gopinath is also a brand ambassador for PETA. Mr. Gopinath was announced as a “Young Global Leader” for 2008-2009 by the World Economic Forum, Davos.