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Mr Umang DasSummit Chairman and

Chairman, Foreign Investors India

Forum

Mr Umang Das is a veteran and amongst the pioneers of the

telecom industry in India. He has been closely involved with the

Industry’s growth and evolution over the last two decades, ever

since the Government initiated the privatization process way

back in 1987. At American Tower Corporation (earlier he was

the Chief Mentor at Viom Networks), he is actively responsible

for regulatory matters. Prior to it, at Viom Networks, Umang

was spearheading the company’s international ventures and

forays into managed services. He was a Director with Viom

International at both Singapore & Myanmar.

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Mr Peeyush Vaish Partner & Telecom Leader

Deloitte India

Mr Peeyush Vaish is a Partner in the Risk Advisory practice of

Deloitte India with over 20 years of extensive process and risk

consulting experience in the Telecommunications sector. He

has also worked closely with some of the policy level initiatives

at an industry level with the assistance of the Cellular

Operators Association of India (COAI) and Telecom Regulatory

Authority of India (TRAI). Mr Vaish also leads the Revenue

Assurance Solution across the telecom sector and has now

diversified to multiple other industries.

He has a diversified portfolio of services and clients in the

telecom industry which extends beyond operators. He has been

actively participating in policy level initiatives with the industry

bodies and has authored multiple thought leadership with

industry associations.

His geographical experience includes engagements across the

Indian sub-continent, the Middle East, South-East Asia and the

African region.

Mr Peeyush Vaish is commerce graduate from SRCC and a

Charted Accountant

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Mr P BalajiSummit Co-Chairman and

Chief Regulatory & Corporate Affairs

Officer

Vodafone Idea Limited

Mr P Balaji is a member of the Core Leadership Team (CLT) of

Vodafone Idea Ltd, a leading telecom operator serving citizens

and enterprises across India. The CLT has successfully led the

planning and execution of the world’s largest telecom merger,

in a record two years. He leads the company’s Regulatory,

Public Policy and Government Relations activities along with

Industry advocacy, Corporate Communications, Reputation

Management and CSR.

He is a pioneer in the Telecom sector, joining the sector at its

infancy in 1993. He has the unique experience of holding

leadership positions in all three telecom verticals, with leading

Technology, Devices companies and Telecom Operator.

Prior to joining Vodafone, Mr Balaji was Managing Director of

Nokia India and Sony Mobile. Over the years, he has held senior

leadership positions in start-up and turn-around ventures of

TATA group, AT&T, Ericsson, and Lucent Technologies.

An Electronics & Communications Engineer from IIT Roorkee,

Balaji completed his MBA from IIM - Ahmedabad in Marketing,

Finance and Strategy.

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Mr Amit MarwahHead of Marketing and Corporate

Affairs

Nokia India

Mr Amit Marwah heads Customer Marketing and Communication

for India market at Nokia and is responsible for customer and

technology marketing, branding, communications, industry and

government relations, and sustainability including corporate

social responsibility.

He has held several key roles at Nokia in India. As the head of

End-to-End Solution sales, he led initiatives to position Nokia as

an end-to end solution and technology provider and to leverage

strength of Nokia’s entire product and services portfolio. As the

Chief Technology Officer where he was responsible for defining

technology strategy focusing on network evolution, enterprise

solutions, end-to-end security and future technology like cloud

5G and IOT etc.

With over 25 years of professional experience in technology,

presales, sales, strategy regulatory and business management

positions, Amit has in-depth understanding of global and Indian

telecommunication market. He has held various technology and

leadership roles in organizations like Lucent Technologies,

Motorola, Huawei and Nokia.

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Dr Rishi Mohan BhatnagarPresident

Aeris Communications India

Dr Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar is an International Speaker and

Thought Leader in the Internet of Things and Digital

Technologies space. He has co-authored the book “Enterprise

IoT” along with a team from Bosch. He is the recipient of the ET

Now Business Leader of the Year 2019”, Voice&Data

“Leadership Recognition Award” – India 2019, Indian ISV “IoT

CEO of the Year 2018” and BTVI “Business Leader of the Year

2018”.

Currently, as President of Aeris Communications India Private

Ltd. (100 % subsidiary of the privately held, Silicon Valley

headquartered Aeris Communications Inc., pioneers in the

m2m/IoT business since 1992); Dr. Bhatnagar is leading the

Aeris business in the Indian subcontinent, MEA and the APAC

region.

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Mr Alok V Chaturvedi IASChief Executive Officer

CSC Wi-Fi Choupal Service Ministry of

Electronics & Information Technology

Shri Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi IAS (Bihar 1986) presently Chief

Executive Officer of CSC Wi-Fi Choupal Service India Pvt. Ltd in

the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology. He was

Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). He joined as DGFT

in July 2017 and prior to that he was Additional Secretary in the

Department of Commerce handling SEZ and Plantation Divisions

since June 2016. He served as joint Secretary {Infrastructure) in

the Cabinet Secretariat for 4 years from June 2012 handling

policy issues related to Infrastructure Ministries. Earlier from

1998 till 2004, he was Director in the M nistry of Civil Aviation

handling Airports, Airlines and Bilateral Civil Aviation

Agreements.

In the State Government of Bihar. Shri Chaturvedi was

Secretary. Expenditure, Finance Department from January 2005

to May 2008.He also held the charge of Managing Director. Bihar

State Electronics Development Corporation during 2005-2008.

He was posted as Secretary,Information Technology and

Science and Technology from May 2008 till December 2008

when he joined in Delhi as Resident Commissioner, Government

of Bihar.

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Mr Aditya SudhindranathPartner

Deloitte India

Mr Aditya Sudhindranath has over 17 years of experience in

Strategy and Operations consulting focusing on

Telecommunications, Technology and Media.. His core

expertise is focused on Digital Customer Experience led

Business Transformation. Aditya has significant experience in

delivering large transformations across consumer, enterprise

and wholesale businesses. His core expertise includes

Experience Design & Management, lean Business

Transformation enabled by AI and machine Learning

He is a Partner based in Bangalore and has significant

experience in delivering large programs globally across

Australia, Middle East and Africa. He has serviced clients

covering MNCs, several domestic companies in the private and

public sector.

Mr Aditya Sudhindranath is an Engineer and a Six Sigma black

belt professional. He is also actively associated in professional

activities by contributing to articles and moderating

conferences.

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Dr C S RaoChairman & Co-Founder

QuadGen Wireless Solutions

Former President & CEO of Lucent, India, Mr Rao has had a

distinguished career in telecommunications. In addition to

holding executive positions with BT India, Intel India, Tellabs

India, CDOT India and Reliance Communications India, Mr Rao is

the President of AUSPI India, Chairman of the WiMAX Forum

India and former Chairman of ASSOCHAM, a premier national

Chamber of Commerce India.

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Mr Kartik KilachandChairman & Co-Founder

IITians Influencing India's

Transformation

Mr Kartik Kilachand is the Chairman & Co-Founder of IIT-IIT.org,

a non –profit initiative, to harness the collective power of IIT

Alumni ( 300,000+ strong ) to build a platform to enable Indian

NGOs scale to National impact ( www.iit-iit.org ).

Mr Kilachand is also the Chairman of Edusynch.com

(www.edusynch.com) a US based technology company formed

to provide affordable assessment of an individual’s English

Language proficiency to under-priveleged youth in growth

economies - the digital and affordable way. The company has

collaborated with Berlitz,one of the world's leading language

learning institutes, starting with Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, &

Chile. In parallel, he has also initiated a social entrepreneurship

venture in India www.head-heldhigh.com to provide training to 1

million underprivileged youth in rural India to learn English and

basic BPO skills (data entry, digitizing of records, scanning etc.)

so they can be employed in Village BPO centers.

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Dr Aloknath DeSenior Vice President & Chief

Technology Officer

Samsung India

Dr Aloknath De is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology

Officer of Samsung R&D Institute India (SRI-B). Dr. De has over

thirty years of industrial and research experiences including

BEL, Nortel (Montreal), Hughes and with ST-Ericsson where he

was R&D Director and Country Manager. During 2005-11, he has

served as Visiting/Adjunct Professorship with IIT-Roorkee and

IIT-Delhi. He holds B.Tech. from IIT, Kharagpur; M.E. from IISc,

Bangalore; and Ph.D. from McGill University, Montreal.

He is a recipient of ‘Alexander Graham Bell Prize’ in Canada. He

has received ‘IETE Memorial Awards’ for distinguished

contributions in Electronics and Communications. He also

received IDC Insights Award for Innovation in Telecom, Zinnov

‘Intrapreneurship of the Year’ award. His leadership make

Samsung win ‘National IP Award’, ‘Open Innovator Award’,

‘Assocham Emerging Tech Leader’ award and other accolades.

He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of IE, IETE and

Indian National Academy of Engg (INAE). He has been

considered as one of ‘Most Influential CIO/CTOs of India’. He

promotes science and technology linkage and is actively

involved in building innovative products.

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Mr Rochak Kapur Executive Vice President & Head

Enterprise Products & Business

Operations

Vodafone Idea Limited

Mr Rochak Kapur is the EVP & Head – Enterprise Products &

Business Operations of Vodafone Idea Limited. He is

responsible for defining & executing the strategy for Enterprise

Products and their GTM, Enterprise Marketing, Sales Operations

& Digital Transformation.

Mr Kapur’s professional experience of 28+ years spans across

diverse cultures and geographies with leadership roles in

Business strategy, Business Management, Sales Management,

Services Sales & Operations management with Telecom OEMs

and CSPs. Prior to the merger of Vodafone & Idea, he was Head

– Broadband & Business Solutions in Idea Cellular. He started

his career with C-DOT in 1992 and has worked with Motorola in

multiple senior roles and wireline portfolios in a career spanning

15 years in EMEA region.

Mr Rochak Kapur is passionate about application of Technology

and Digital Transformation to resolve business problems and

improve organisational efficiencies and operations. He holds a

Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering

from NIT, Tiruchirapalli and an MBA from University of

Strathclyde, Graduate School of Business, Glasgow.

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Mr Saurabh SinghHead of Government Affairs and

Public Policy Nokia India

Mr Saurabh Singh heads global Government Affairs and Public

Policy function at Nokia India. He is responsible for driving

Nokia’s public affairs and policy strategy in India in domains

such as 5G, Industry4.0, telecom security, testing and Make in

India. Saurabh leads Nokia advocacy and partnerships with

senior government stakeholders, industry associations to

create a favourable political and regulatory environment

fostering telecom and broadband proliferation and digitalization

in the country.

Prior to Nokia, Mr Singh has led public affairs and strategic

initiatives for technology leaders like Cisco Systems India and

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise as well as HP Inc.

Mr Singh is an ex-entrepreneur, having co-founded an IIM-

Ahmedabad incubated, VC-funded start-up in the Education

sector implementing innovative SaaS solutions for

governmental and private institutions. He has a bachelor’s

degree in information technology and a master’s in business

management from Indian Institute of Information Technology

and Management, Gwalior. Mr Saurabh Singh is married to

Kanishka and has a daughter Avishi.

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Mr Pavan Kolahal Head of New Business & Enterprise,

Market Area Oceania Asia & India

Ericsson

Mr Pavan Kolahal is Head of Enterprises and New Business

within Ericsson (Market AREA) Ocenia Asia and India focusing

on Private Networks, IoT, Security, Edge Computing & Date

Insights.

Mr Pavan Kohalal has total ICT experience of 26+ years across

Telecom & Media, Smart Cities & Industries and Cloud based

services (SaaS, PaaS).

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Mr Vishal JainPartner

Deloitte India

Mr Vishal Jain is a Partner with the Cyber & Strategy Services

of Risk Advisory function, focusing on Technology Advisory,

Cyber & Privacy, Crisis & Resilience and Digital Risk. He is

based out of Mumbai office.

During his 20+ years advisory professional career, he has gained

rich experience in Technology Advisory, Cybersecurity and also

instrumental in conceptualizing and developing capability for

critical service offerings, such as Revenue Assurance, Data

Privacy, Digital Risk, Vendor Risk Management, Crisis &

Resilience and Telecom Security.

His engagement delivery portfolio ranges from security strategy

& governance to technology risk and business operations. He

has managed and delivered multiple project across Telecom &

Media players in India, Middle East, Africa and South Asia.

Mr Jain is an Engineer in Electronics and holds a Post-Graduate

Diploma in Telecom Management.

Mr Vishal Jain has been awarded honorary title of DSCI Certified

Privacy Professional (DCPP), by Data Security Council of India

(DSCI).

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Mr Kishore BabuDeputy Director-General

Department of Telecommunications

Professional background:

• Thirty years of experience in diverse leadership positions in

Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs),

Telecommunications

• Telecommunications Policy and Spectrum Management

• Multilateral Cooperation with International and Regional

Organizations

• Important contributions on ITU, APT and other Platforms for

ITU WTDC, ITSO Assembly Parties meeting, ITU WCIT, WSIS,

APT meetings

Academic background:

Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore & Syracuse

University, NY, USA

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Lt Gen Dr S P Kochhar Director General

Cellular Operators Association of India

Lt. Gen Dr. SP Kochhar, a decorated military veteran, retired as

Signal Officer in Chief, the head of the ICT wing of the Indian

Army, where he was responsible for planning, executing, and

operating all Telecom and IT networks of the Army. Experienced

business leader, prolific speaker and a decorated military

veteran with a forward- thinking vision.

New technology and change-management evangelist with a

passion for developing organizations for sustainable growth.

PhD in Leadership Management; Author of the book 'Trained

Soldier to a Skilled Citizen'.

Board and Governing Council Memberships was a Director on

the Board of BEL, ECIL, ITI, ARTHF, ASADEL.

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Mr Sandeep SudeepVice President - Telecom

NEC Corporation India

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Mr Sandeep Sudeep is the Vice President of Telecom Business

at NEC Corporation India.

He has been associated with the organization for over a decade

and is responsible for sustaining and growing the telecom

business across different telecom customers in India He

currently heads a team of 350 plus members across sales, pre-

sales and project management. Under Sandeep’s guidance, the

telecom business has grown multi-fold year on year.

A seasoned IT professional, Sandeep comes with over 17 years

of substantial experience in the field of Global Business

Development, Revenue Growth in Telecom, IT Services (Cloud,

Data Centers), Global Channels/Alliance Program Creation and

Rollout.

Mr Sandeep Sudeep is Indian school of business (ISB),

Hyderabad, MBA Alumni majoring in Strategic Marketing and

Finance. Sandeep holds MS (Electrical Engineering) Degree from

Arizona State University, USA with pioneering thesis in Quality

of services in Telecom queues and scalability of network

capacity. Sandeep is Engineering Graduate from NIT

Jamshedpur.

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Mr Amit KharbandaManaging Director & CEO

MyBox Technologies Pvt Ltd

Mr Amit Kharbanda leads MyBox technologies as it MD and CEO.

He brings with him an extensive experience in the Indian

electronics and broadcasting industry. He has an engineering

degree in mechanical sciences and an MBA from MDI Gurgaon.

Mr Kharbanda started MyBox in the year 2008, with some

industry experts. Mybox Technologies is a Govt. approved R&D

house which is a fully Make in India initiative. Today, MyBox

Technologies is a Hero Electronix venture, which is a part of the

prestigious business house, The Hero Group.

Mr Amit Kharbanda is an eminent speaker in various industry

associations and industry expert panels. He is awardee of

several prestigious awards from the electronics and

broadcasting industry. He is an active member of CII and

several other relevant industry forum.

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Mr Rohit BajpaiRisk Lead

Mobile Premier League (MPL)

Mr Rohit Bajpai started his career in Mumbai with EY in the risk

advisory space and got to work on marquee clients in the

telecom, media and technology space across projects. After a

successful stint at EY, he moved to the Governance, Risk and

Compliance Services practice at KPMG, working on a variety of

projects in risk and process advisory for the telecom,

technology and mobile financial services domain for a variety of

clients across geographies. He is currently associated with

Mobile Premier League as Risk Lead at their head office in

Bengaluru and is leading the company's efforts around

enterprise risk management.

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Mr Manish GangeyHead - Network R&D

Bharti Airtel Ltd

At Airtel, Mr Manish Gangey is responsible for bringing

disruptive technologies and products to Airtel’s networks. He is

driving initiatives around open network and standardization

ecosystem. In his previous roles at Reliance Jio, Tejas

Networks and Synopsys, he lead Technology development,

product engineering, business development, sales and supply

chain operations. He co-founded Elina Networks, a start up with

visionary products to address enterprise and branch office

network infrastructure, connectivity and management needs. Mr

Gangey has deep understanding of technology, its applications,

market fitment, and impact on business. Mr Manish Gangey is

an M Tech in solid state electronics from IIT Roorkee and

graduate in electronics and telecommunication engineering

from SGSITS, Indore.

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