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Young Entrepreneurs Summit 2014Adlux International Convention Centre, Angamaly, Kochi12th September, 2014

SPEAKER PROFILES

Government of Kerala

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Index

4 Agriculture & Food Processing

9 Tourism

14 Business Innovation & Green Technology

21 Health Care & Life Sciences

27 Electronics & Digital media

33 Manufacturing

40 Information Technology

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Agriculture &Food Processing

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Mr. Siraj Hussain IAS

Mr Siraj Hussain joined the IAS in 1979. He served the Government of Uttar Pradesh and Government of India in various capacities.

In the Department of Food & Public Distribution, he formulated the scheme for attracting investments from private sector in warehousing, popularly known as Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee Scheme 2010. 13 million tonnes of storage capacity has been sanctioned under the scheme, out of which 7 million tonnes has been completed and taken over by FCI. The storage problem of FCI has accordingly been addressed to a large extent.

He was Additional Secretary & Special Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperation for about a year. He has also served for five years as the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard (University) in New Delhi, which specializes courses in Unani medicine, pharmacy, biological sciences and allied health sciences.

Presently, he is Secretary to Government of India, in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. ••

Agriculture & Food Processing

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Dr. Ajit Kumar

After serving in the IAS, the premier service of the country for nearly 32 years Dr Ajit Kumar opted for VRS and demitted his office as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India. On 1st May, 2012 he took over the reins of National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management as its first Vice Chancellor.

He did his M.Sc.(Physics) and M.Sc. (Environmental Sciences) from Patna and Kakatiya University respectively. He did his Ph.D. from IIT Delhi.

Public Administration, Environmental Management, Rural Development & Social Welfare, Poverty Alleviation Programmes etc are some of his fields of expertise. His interest is to remain close to the Nature and rural India. Therefore, he established Save Earth Clubs in schools, colleges and residential colonies and with the help of this Club he implemented environment up-gradation projects and worked on solid waste management in urban areas through NGOs. He started publishing a bi-monthly magazine on environment called ‘’SAVE EARTH’. He has published a number of papers to his credit out of which important ones are Automobile Exhaust Emissions, Environment Illiteracy, Learning the Hard Way, Hand Over Most Valuable Resources, Can We Forget Trees, Curbing Air Pollution, City and its Problems and many more. ••


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Shri. Ashok Mani

Shri. Ashok Mani is the CEO of Intergrow foods and Beverages P Ltd (Synthite Group Company). Previously he Lead - Strategic Growth Areas at Synthite Industries, Financial Analyst at Deloitte India and a Cost Analyst at Karlee.

He actively partakes in business ventures of friends by acting as an advisor on strategy and marketing

He holds Dual Degree in Finance and Economics from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (USA). ••

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Shri. Vinod Kumar P

Shri. Vinod Kumar. P is the Executive Director of Maithri, an NGO working with PRIs since 1998. He born and brought up in Pattanam, near North Paravur in Ernakulam district. Bought a farm – about 7.5 acres – in Muthalamada, Palakkad and moved to there in 1996. Also owns about 2.5 acres of Paddy land in Kannadi near Palakkad town. Cultivates paddy, mangoes and other fruit trees and coconut since 1996.

Initiated the Friends of Coconut Tree programme for Coconut Development Board in 2011. Instrumental in training about 5000 persons from Palakkad, Malappuram, Kannur and Kasargode districts. Piloted the formation of Coconut Producer Societies and Federations from September 2011 onwards. Instrumental in developing a training programme for the society and federation officials from May 2012 onwards.

He obtained B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Diploma in Business Finance, M.A in Sociology, M.A in Public Administration and Certificate in Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning. ••


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Tourism

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Dr. Venu Vasudevan IAS

Dr Venu Vasudevan obtained MBBS Degree from Calicut Medical College in 1987. After two years of rural practice, he joined Government of India service in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1990. He is currently serving as the Director General of National Museum and Vice Chancellor of National Museum Institute, under the Ministry of Culture. Till recently, he was also Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture. He is credited with revival of the National Museum, and for his contributions to the Museum sector in India.

He played a key role in designing and rolling out ‘Incredible India’ campaign. In Kerala, he designed and implemented the ‘Kerala model’ in destination promotion, with emphasis on partnership with small local enterprises. He conceptualized ‘Kerala Travel Mart’, which is today the biggest travel event in India. He created the Bekal Tourism project, which has resulted in the establishment of a new destination. He is credited with the initiation of the Responsible Tourism movement in Kerala, which has been recognized internationally.

He played a key role in organising the Kochi Biennale, an international art event. He opened a new museum ‘Keralam’ in Thiruvananthapuram. His efforts resulted in the establishment of the NORKA department, and served as its first officer. He is active in theatre, and performs with his group ‘Abhinaya’. ••

Tourism

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Shri. Jose Dominic

Shri. Jose Dominic is the Founder President of Kerala Travel Mart and founder member of the Eco Tourism Society of India. He was the past President of TiE – Kerala Chapter, was the President of the Cochin Chamber of Commerce and was the past Chairman of CII, Kerala region. Jose Dominic is presently the Joint Hony. Secretary, FHRAI, member of Kerala State Tourism Advisory Panel and member of National Tourism Advisory Council, Government of India. Jose Dominic heads CGH Earth, earlier known as the Casino Group of Hotels, a group that has adopted and strongly implemented core values of environment sensitivity, local community inclusion and adaption of the local cultural ethos. The pioneering effort of Jose Dominic and CGH Earth group has been largely instrumental in Kerala becoming known for Responsible Tourism. The group has also received the prestigious Green Globe Award from World Travel Mart and several awards from Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) for its achievements in environment conservation. In recognition of his efforts, Jose Dominic has been given a Special Commendation Award by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, Management Leadership Award from the Kerala Management Association, Aatithya Rathna award form Hoteliers Investment Forum and a Commendation from Manappuram Finance for “Business Excellence Leading to Development of Society at Large”. Mr. Dominic is a Chartered Accountant by qualification. ••

Tourism

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Shri. Shankar Thiruvillakkat

Shri. Shankar Thiruvillakkat has over twenty five years of experience and has been serving as the CEO of Assyst International Pvt. Ltd. since its inception. His responsibilities include setting up short term/long-term goals for the global operations and working closely with the management team in the US to define and monitor growth and execution strategies.

Prior to coming on Assyst International Board, he founded Sprint Technologies, an IT training firm which grew from a single center to over 45 centers in South East Asia within a span of 6 years. As a member of the management team, he is actively involved in key alliances, capacity growth, process initiatives and business development and delivery.

Shankar is presently a Director at Banasura Hill Resort. Venturing into the hospitality sector was purely accidental since the original idea was to build a ‘Company Guesthouse’ as a means to provide a quiet weekend getaway for its associates and their families. But soon the concept turned out to becoming ‘Asia’s largest Earth resort’ as stated by various media. ••

Tourism

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Ms. Maneesha Panicker

Ms. Maneesha Panicker is the owner/Founder of Silk Route Escapes, an experiential travel company specializing in immersive travel through Kerala and India. It offers travel as a soul searching experience, helping global travelers discover, understand and connect deeply with authentic India, its people, and its cultures.

She is an expert at high-end experiential travel in Kerala. Designed and led immersive tours surrounding art, food, festivals, wellness and spirituality. Good understanding of global traveler’s needs. Maneesha has been featured in leading travel media like Discovery Channel’s TLC. She has travelled extensively within India.

Maneesha’s latest project is Kayal, an Island Retreat in the backwaters of Kerala. At Kakkathuruthu, the Island of Crows, she built Kayal, an intimate space where fisherfolk and farmers share their life with guests.

Ms. Maneesha obtained M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, USA and B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Bangalore Institute of Technology.

She is keenly interested in art, architecture and design, and is passionate about travel, preserving local communities and traditions in India. ••

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Business Innovation & Green Technology

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Prof. Anil K Gupta

Prof. Anil K Gupta is currently Professor at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Visiting Professor of Innovation Management in Emerging Markets at European Business School, Frankfurt, Germany, Guest faculty at University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria and Honorary Professorship at Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin, China.

He is the Coordinator of SRISTI, Founder of Honey Bee Network, Executive Vice Chair, National Innovation Foundation. His Mission is to expand the global as well as local space for grassroots innovators to ensure recognition, respect and reward them; blending excellence in formal and informal science; protection of intellectual property rights of the innovators but also expanding open source as a part of ‘technology commons’; ethical issues in conservation and prospecting of biodiversity; linking innovations, investments and enterprise; creating knowledge network at different levels for augmenting grassroots green innovations and inventions in informal and formal sector. Helping organizations become more creative and innovative from bottom up and by learning from grassroots innovations.

He holds B.Sc. (Agri), M.Sc. (Genetics, HAU), Ph.D. (Kurukshetra), Fellow (NAAS), Fellow, The World Academy of Art and Science, California, 2001. ••


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UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. They also help overseas companies bring their high-quality investment to the UK’s dynamic economy.

UKTI offers expertise and contacts through its extensive network of specialists in the UK, and in British Embassies and other Diplomatic offices around the world. They provide companies with the tools they require to be competitive on the world stage.

UKTI in India helps companies in Britain increase their competitiveness through overseas trade in India. They also offer professional, authoritative and personalized assistance to help companies in India locate and expand in the UK. UKTI can advise how to set up a new business in the UK, expand an existing business, and choose the best route to the market success. UKTI can also provide further information in a range of areas such as market opportunities, local skills and expertise, industry clusters, universities, incentives and funding support. Their investment location services are independent, highly professional and free of charge. ••


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Shri. James Joseph

Shri. James Joseph is the Founder & Brand Ambassador of JackFruit365™. He has also founded Professional Bharati, a social networking platform for Indian professionals wanting to work out of their hometowns and villages. Shri. James also serves as a mentor for the Startup Village in Kochi. James has over 18 years of Sales and Marketing experience in North America, Europe and India with Globally reputed organizations like Microsoft, 3M and Ford. In his last role as the Director, Executive Engagement at Microsoft India, he was responsible for strengthening Microsoft’s relationship with the senior executives of top 200 enterprises in India. Prior to this role James was responsible for the manufacturing industry marketing for Microsoft UK. Before joining Microsoft UK, he held business development, sales and marketing positions at 3M, Ford Motor Company, i2 Technologies and Informatica. James is a recipient of several awards including Circle of Excellence, the highest award for Sales and Marketing employees across the world at Microsoft, New Age ICON d’ YOUTH Kerala 2011, etc.

During his work across three continents James also had the rare opportunity to design Signature dining experiences for his clients with several internationally renowned Chefs which helped him to develop JackFruit365™. He has a Masters in Engineering Business Management from University of Warwick, UK and has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram. ••


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Shri. Rahul Nayar

Shri. Rahul Nayar is currently a Chevening-Weidenfeld Scholar at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government. He was formerly on the core team at the Office of the Adviser to the Prime Minister and the National Innovation Council, Government of India; where he formulated and coordinated strategic initiatives on new media innovation for development, impact investment for innovative social enterprise, and community ICT ecosystems for rural governance and development. Prior to this, he worked in venture development and angel investment, and strategy consulting for the emerging technology sector.

Rahul holds an M. Phil in Technology Policy from the University of Cambridge, where he was a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholar; and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Madras. ••


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Shri. Alexie Levene

Mr. Alexei Levene, Managing Director Innovation eXperience, hails from London, UK and studied Philosophy (BA Hons) and Law (CPE). He has worked in supply chain technology, innovation strategy, clean tech development, design and more Alexei later set up an innovation strategy business based in Paris working with clients such as Shell and Philips. He also co-founded an award winning crowd funding platform for renewable energy in the UK. After volunteering for the charity Kanthari in Kerala, Alexei co-founded Innovation eXperience, a company that brings together applied clean tech development with human centered design and a core focus on achieving positive social impact.

He is an active advisor to several Kerala based startups and believes that Kerala has the potential to become a global hub for social innovation. ••


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Shri. M.J. Cherian

Shri. M J Cherian is Co-Founder & CEO, Keynote ESOP. He set up the stock based compensation practice at Keynote and has been working in the stock-based compensation domain since 2005. During this period, he has had an opportunity to interact with and advise over two hundred companies in India on designing and implementing their employee stock option schemes. He also assists companies and institutional investors including private equity firms and venture capital firms in valuation businesses and various instruments representing ownership in them such as equity shares, preference shares. He has also acted as an independent advisor on several technical interpretation issues on company law and ESOP regulations.

His experience spans a variety of companies – start ups, mid-size, large industrial houses, listed, unlisted – and range of sectors – e-commerce, technology, banking, engineering & construction, financial services, IT &ITES, media, retail, manufacturing, aviation etc.

Mr. Cherian has been associated with various Venture Capital Funds, Private Equity Funds and Investment Banks in similar contexts of structuring ESOPs and Valuations; and has also advised on CXO-level compensation structuring issues. ••


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Health Care & Life Sciences

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Shri. C. Balagopal

Mr. C Balagopal is Sr. Advisor, Business & Market Development, Terumo Penpol, India. He resigned from Civil Service in 1983 to promote a joint-venture company to make innovative bio-medical devices in India using indigenous technology. It was due to his pioneering efforts to acquire technology, conduct feasibility studies, market research, arrange finances and recruit the project team; the Blood Bag Factory was set up at Puliyarakonam, Trivandrum.

As the Managing Director of the Company from 1988 to 2013 March, Mr Balagopal played a key role of day to day management of the Company affairs, represents the industry in various forums, and attends customer meets in India and abroad to ascertain customer needs, new developments in technology, and also to voice his visionary ideas on the future of blood transfusion industry Has advised various agencies on aspects of setting up a modern Blood Service, and helped to draw up detailed plans for setting up a State Blood Transfusion Service for several State Governments. He is a prolific writer and has published various articles on Blood Transfusion business, and is also a staunch advocate for a National Blood Service.

Mr. Balagopal is also the author of the recent bestselling book about his experiences as a young civil servant in the North – East called “On a clear day, you can see India”. ••


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Dr. Azad Moopen

Dr. Azad Moopen, Chairman & Managing Director of Aster DM Healthcare, the leading healthcare conglomerates in the Middle East and India, is a known Physician-turned Entrepreneur and Philanthropist from the state of Kerala. Dr. Moopen, an “Insightful Entrepreneur & Devoted Philanthropist”, who well balances his profession and commitment to giving back to society, is a popular Visionary Leader, Educationalist, Social Architect and a Humanitarian Extraordinaire.

In the last 3 decades of his professional career, Dr. Moopen has built the largest network of healthcare facilities of over 175 establishments consisting of Hospitals, Medical Centres, Diagnostic & Speciality Centres, Pharmacies, Medical College, Healthcare Consultancy and CSR Activities, covering wide spectrum of healthcare services, starting from Primary Care to Quaternary Care through its neighbourhood facilities across Middle East and India. Aster DM Healthcare employs around 15,000/- people across the world.

Dr. Moopen is a Gold Medalist in MBBS and a Post Graduate in General Medicine from Calicut Government Medical College in Kerala, and a Diploma holder in Chest Diseases from Delhi University, India. ••


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Shri. Sam Santhosh

Sam Santhosh is the Promoter & CEO of SciGenom Inc. - a genomics R & D organization that conducts research work aimed at understanding the role of DNA sequence variation in human health and disease. He is also the Chairman & CEO of MedGenome Labs, a spin off from SciGenom that focuses on Genetic Diagnostics for the clinical market.

Sam was the CEO and Managing Director of California Software Limited (Calsoft) from 1992 –Feb 2012. He founded Calsoft in 1992 and under Sam’s vision Calsoft rapidly grew from a niche player in the Silicon Valley to a global player with over 1200 employees and presence in 8 countries. Sam took Calsoft Public and listed the company in the Indian Stock Exchanges. Sam oversaw the growth of Calsoft in all key areas - Finance, Strategy, Customer acquisition and inorganic growth through eight acquisitions including companies in U.S, UK, Japan and India.

Sam believes that science will directly drive economic development as well as social and environmental well-being in the 21st century. It is this strong belief that has led him to make the move from Software Services where he spent the last 20 years of his career to a future that blends Science and Technology with Business. He works tirelessly towards building and mentoring successful businesses; He sits on the board of a number of companies, both in US and India. In this role he advises, guides and mentors these companies to help them grow and realize their true potential. Sam has an engineering degree and an MBA (majoring in Management Information Systems) from India’s premier institute, IIM Calcutta. In 2010, he completed the Executive Education program at the Singularity University in Sunnyvale, California. ••


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Dr. Maneesh Mailankot

Dr. Maneesh Mailankot is a scientist turned entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Origin Labs, formerly known as Origin Diagnostics and Research. The Origin Labs was launched in May 2013 as a manufacturer of molecular biology reagents, which now expands to hospital software and diagnostics as well. Being both a scientist and entrepreneur at heart, he was able to continue his enterprise even to the production of OEM and soon was accepted by the markets of South East Asian countries, collaborating with AntoShine, a Singapore based company.

Dr Maneesh had his post graduate & doctoral studies in the Manipal group of institutions. Subsequently, he did his post-doctoral studies in immunology at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), OH, USA. He has more than 10 years of teaching and research expertise, and many research publications calibrated with high impact journals. Presently, Dr Maneesh is functioning as Associate Professor & Scientist, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Tiruvalla. His laboratory at Pushpagiri, Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics Research (MMDR) Lab is funded by both central and state agencies. More notably, he also serves as a visiting consultant scientist to many foreign universities and industries. ••


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Dr. Varun Nishanth MBBS, AFIH

Dr. Varun Nishanth has completed bachelors degree in medicine from AV medical college Pondicherry and fellowship in industrial health from Central labor institute Mumbai. Worked with International SOS in Tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh as an industrial health doctor in a diamond mine and as a rural area doctor. Came back to Kerala to initiate a health start up called “helloDOC” with a friend Dr. Jase John who was working in a one of a kind “ Boat dispensary “in Rural cochin . They realized the need to strengthen the areas of primary and preventive health care in Kerala , introduced on call doctor service, employee and school wellness programs in Cochin in July 2013.

They are about to start their first clinic on November 1st this year in a chain of “helloDOC” Clinics integrating Ayurveda, allopathic, doctor on call services, nutritionist, counseling services and employee /student wellness programs . They envisage their clinics as top notch, tech driven, ecofriendly and very affordable to common man. ••


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Electronics & Digital media

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Shri. Ajay Kumar IAS

Dr. Ajay Kumar IAS is currently Joint Secretary and Central Vigilance Officer, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. He is responsible for formulating the new National Policy on Electronics and revival of the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing Sector in the country. He has formulated and launched several new initiatives with long term far-reaching implications for promoting the electronics sector. These include: promoting investments in the sector through financial incentives of Modified SIPS, Electronics Manufacturing Clusters, Semiconductor Wafer Fabs; introducing industry led skill development initiatives by motivating the establishment of Electronics Sector Skill Council and the Telecom Sector Skill Council and providing financial support for these Councils; introducing a policy of standards for the Indian electronics sector, providing R&D and IP generation support to industry through Government funding and through venture funds.

He obtained B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, M.S. in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota, USA and PhD in Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA. ••


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Shri. M.N. Vidyashankar IAS

Shri. M. N. Vidyashankar IAS is currently working as President- India Electronics and Semiconductor Association.

He joined Indian Administrative Service in the year 1982 and served in different Departments in the State / Central Government. Apart from holding many other coveted positions, he was Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka till 9th July, 2012 and as Additional Chief Secretary, Commerce & Industries Department.

Shri. Vidyashankar obtained M.A. Degree in Economics and M.Phil. from the Delhi School of Economics and PGDBM from Harvard University, USA. His major areas of interest are downsizing, right sizing, Re-engineering, E-Governance, and Customer Relations Management (CRM). ••

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Shri. N. Jehangir

Shri. N. Jehangir is the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of NeST. He has rich experience in successfully setting up and establishing state of the art, hi-tech industry in India. With the experience gained from his traditional family business, Mr. Jehangir, had identified the need for diversifying into the fast growing technology based industry. He had rightly identified electronics as the ideal industry in India and set up his first electronics manufacturing unit in Cochin Export Processing Zone in the State of Kerala. By his sheer entrepreneurial spirit and hard work, he continued to expand his electronics business and today he heads NeST Group, the fastest growing industrial group in India with 5 manufacturing locations, 15 manufacturing units, over 200 million dollars worth of exports, offices all over the globe and employing over 4000 people. ••


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Ms. Dhanya Johnson

Dhanya Johnson is an art promoter based out of Kochi, who for over a decade has been involved in facilitating and supporting various kinds of art events, residencies, and public art programs. She started the Springr Gallery and Art Café in 2012 and played an important role in revitalizing an old spice warehouse in Mattancherry into a vibrant art space. Johnson is currently running an art program in collaboration with Global Ocean to spread awareness about plastic pollution in the Indian Ocean. From 2004-2010, Johnson was running an eco-art residency and café in Lonavala near Mumbai that promoted emerging visual artists as well as independent musicians and documentary filmmakers.

Springr is an alternative art space in the historic town of Mattancherry in the southern Indian port city of Kochi. Located inside a heritage property on the Bazar Road, Springr Gallery offers a platform for local and international artists to create and showcase their works. For the past two years, Springr had hosted several artists and had organized a series of art residencies, exhibitions, public lectures, film screening, and musical nights. Springr works closely with the local communities to promote community engagement. ••


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Ms. Deena Venugopal

Deena Venugopal is one of the prominant woman entrepreneurs in the IT hub of Cochin. She is the CEO of Anabytes, one of the leading 360-degree branding agencies in India.

Anabytes has been selected as the digital partner of Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2014. Deena Venugopal was also awarded the young entrepreneurship award from Hurun Report - a Chinese lifestyle magazine and was selected as Keynote speaker at TiE, Startup Leadership, and Yourstory.com among others.

As an emerging woman entrepreneur, Deena strives to pass on the message “Never ever give up your dreams just because you’re a girl”.

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Manufacturing

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Shri. Amarendra Sinha IAS

Shri. Amarendra Sinha IAS is currently Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India. He served the Government of Uttarakhand as Principal Secretary in charge of Urban Development, Planning and Programme Implementation, Information Technology, Education Department, etc.. Prior to that, he was serving in United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He was instrumental in establishment of NOIDA as a preferred destination. ••

Manufacturing

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Shri. Ameer Ahamed

Shri. Ameer Ahamed is the Chairman & Group Managing Director of Manappat Group of Companies having operations in U.A.E., Oman, Saudi Arabia, India and UK. He is also the Director of Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd.

His strength includes Strategic Planning, Business Process Re-engineering, Vision Expertise Mapping, Ethical Business Practices, C.S.R, Joint Venture Formation & Facilitations. He is an expert in creating rapid growth in startups and entrepreneurial companies; Financial restructuring and enhancing growth phases; Converting R&D to full commercialization; Building teams and redesigning operational systems to control & accelerate growth. He has extensive joint venture experience, including international trade and venture agreements, licensing, technology transfer.

Mr. Ameer is a proven team builder, catalyst and an investor, creating new business opportunities, exploring new market niches and establishing strategic business relationships. He is a hard-core marketing person with knowledge on international markets.

Mr. Ameer, a socially committed ethical Business Professional and Philanthropist with Vision to set goals and achieve targets. ••

Manufacturing

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Shri. Rajesh Nair

Shri. Rajesh Nair is the founder, CTO and Chairman of Degree Controls, Inc., an engineering firm that specializes in thermal management for electronics. He has 13 patents to his name, he has won numerous awards, and he mentors young people on entrepreneurship and technology. He bootstrapped the company and grew it to a $14 million business in its first five years and was named the Fastest Growing Company by Business NH Magazine in 2001. In 2002, he won the Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the New Hampshire High Tech Council and was a finalist for the 2002 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year New England Award. In 2010, his patented data center cooling technology won the Japanese Ministry for Economy, Trade & Industry’s Green IT Award. He mentors young people and prepares them to be innovators and leaders. He is a coach in The Young Entrepreneur Program for high school students organized by TiE-Boston, the local chapter of TiE Global (The Indus Entrepreneurs). The Boston program encourages students to consider starting businesses and teaches them the fundamentals of researching markets and developing business plans. ••

Manufacturing

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Ms. Diwia Thomas

The founder of Papertrail, a social entrepreneurship venture that began in 2008, Diwia Thomas involves women from all strata of society in making newspaper bags. She manages an extensive supply chain of newspaper donators, bag makers and customers. Some of their bags even sail the seas. Papertrail operates in 5 locations across Kerala and touches the lives of countless women, from the educated and healthy to the abandoned, physically challenged and even adivasis who live on the fringe of Kerala’s forests. Empowering the women financially is her goal. Her vibrant personality and gentle words have motivated many women to move up in life. She is a writer by profession and also CEO of Wordworks, a company that specialises in content generation and web strategy. ••

Manufacturing

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Shri. Prasanth David

Shri.Prasanth David has a decade experience working on high technology products. He is an alumnus of CET and ASU, Tempe, USA from where he obtained his Masters in EE. Most recently, he worked for Intel Corp., CA where he was tech lead for validation of WiDi/WiGiG and other products widely used in computing devices. His work at various places/stages has resulted in issued US patent, and has appeared and been cited in several refereed journal publications like those of the IEEE. He has been a member of two different hacker-maker spaces in and around the SanFrancisco Bay area California. He has been a maker from his childhood days in various domains from Electronics, Chemistry, software and mechanical systems. Currently he is working towards expanding MakerCity, a makerspace based out of Trivandrum. ••

Manufacturing

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Shri. Paul Anand

Paul Anand is the founder and CEO of Biotz, a TechStartup from Kerala which makes Makifyr, an indigenous 3D Printer. He is currently associated with MIT Media Lab India Initiative as a Mentor for building new products and technologies. He worked with companies making educational tools to Industrial Robots before starting up. He has been a featured speaker and writer in Electronics For You (EFY) and various other magazines in India. He founded India’s first community makerspace named as ideaCliff (now Maker City), in Trivandrum which helped TechStartUps and Makers to realize their ideas into products.

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Information Technology

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Shri. R. Chandrashekhar

Mr. R. Chandrashekhar, President, NASSCOM, was the Chairman, Telecom Commission and Secretary, Department of Telecommunication till March 2013. He has extensive experience of formulating and implementing policies, strategies and action plans to foster the growth of the IT industry covering the entire enabling eco-system including infrastructure, HRD, e-governance and establishing Public Private Partnerships. As Secretary, DOT, he was responsible for all aspects of policy formulation for the telecom sector and driving several key policies and strategies covering licensing, spectrum management, National Broadband Plan, Convergence, Manufacturing, Investment, security, R&D and the National Telecom Policy 2012. As Secretary of the Department of Information Technology, he steered the formulation of national policies for the IT sector, promoting Electronic System Design and Manufacturing and R&D in the Electronics and IT sector and designing the National e-Governance Plan. He established the first Department of Information Technology in the country in the state of Andhra Pradesh

Mr. Chandrashekhar received a M.Sc. degree in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and M.S. degree in Computer Science from the Pennsylvania State University, USA. He has been conferred several awards including Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration for the year 2007-08, Data Quest Path Breaker of the Year Award in 2005 and Distinguished Alumnus award of IIT-Mumbai in 2010. ••


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Shri. V.K. Mathews

Shri. Mathews founded IBS in 1997 with a vision to redefine the way the global travel, transportation and logistics industries managed their businesses. What started as a modest entrepreneurial venture with 55 inexperienced engineers and a single customer is, today, a multinational corporation, serving over 200 clients worldwide, employing over 2000 professionals from 30 different nationalities and poised to be the No. 1 IT solution provider to the global air transportation industry. Mathews was instrumental in IBS acquiring six international companies (in Europe, USA and India) during its 16 year journey which has added its portfolio of offerings to some of the best airlines, busiest airports, leading cruise lines, top oil & gas companies and renowned travel distributors & hotel groups in the world.

With over 30 years of work experience, Mathews is a thought leader and a specialist in aviation business. He is a much sought after speaker at various aviation events including those organized by IATA, ICAO and AACO.

Mathews holds several important positions in Government agencies, academic institutions and trade bodies in India. He is the Executive Council Member of NASSCOM, the premier trade body of the IT-BPO industries in India and chairs several institutions including NASSCOM Regional Council, GTECH (the association of IT companies in Kerala), Trivandrum Agenda Task Force and Trivandrum CityConnect


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Foundation. He is a Member of the Board of Director of Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation, Investment Promotion Council – Kerala, Kerala ICT Academy and Technopark, Kerala, India. Mathews is also the immediate past Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Kerala State. He has received several awards from the Government, media and trade associations including Management Leadership Award, Business Man of the Year Award, IT Man of the Year Award, Millennium Leadership Award and Enterprise Excellence Award.

Mathews holds a Masters degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and had executive management education from Harvard Business School, Boston, USA. ••


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Shri. Ravi Gururaj

Shri. Ravi Gururaj is a serial entrepreneur with 5 ventures and 2 public exits, an angel investor, a mentor to numerous entrepreneurs, technology executive, and ecosystem evangelist. He is the Chairman & Co-Founder of Frictionless Ventures where he is building and investing in innovative software products primarily in the cloud, mobile, and big data segments.

Over his 25-year career, Ravi has held wide ranging roles including promoting an STPI unit exporting software components out of India, product management at Intel, served as Managing Director of the Trilogy Software’s India engineering center, and founded multiple successful software product ventures two of which were acquired by public NASDAQ listed US technology companies.

Ravi is a member of the NASSCOM Executive Council, chairs the NASSCOM Product Council and co-hosts the NASSCOM Product Conclave. He is Charter Member of TiE Bangalore where he launched the Cloud SIG and is Co-Founder & Co-Chair of HBS Alumni Angels India chapter. VMLogix, which he founded in 2004 was venture funded by Bain Capital Ventures and acquired by Citrix in 2010.

Ravi received his MBA with high distinction as a Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School. He graduated with honors as Benjamin Franklin Scholar from the University of Pennsylvania in the Management and Technology (M&T) program, received B.S.E. in Computer Science & Engineering from the Moore School and a B.Sc. in Finance from the Wharton School. He was also a research scholar at the University of Edinburgh. ••Information Technology

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Shri. Pavan Kumar

Shri. Pavan Kumar is the Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of MindHelix Technosol Pvt. Ltd. He obtained his B.Tech in Electronics And communication Engineering from Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Ernakulam. He was elected as Yi(Young Indians) Entertainment Chairperson of the college in 2010.

MindHelix Technosol Pvt Ltd. was formed as a student startup company on 10 August 2011. The company, based in Startup Village, Cochin, has created multiple award winning and socially relevant mobile and cloud-oriented products. Employing 21 people, MindHelix works on Microsoft Azure Cloud Technology, deploying products onto Apple iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone.

MindHelix creates data-visualization for enterprise over cloud. Their products include a Know Your Police Station initiative purchased by Delhi Police, PCPNDT Care and Data Warehousing tool for Andhra Pradesh Health Dept. etc. ••


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Kum. Sreelakshmi Suresh

The Youngest Girl Web Designer and Youngest CEO in the World, designed and developed the official website of her school, Presentation Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode, Kerala, when she was only 8 years old. When she was 4 years old, she used to draw pictures using MS Paint program in Computer. She has received the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement in 2008, the highest award in India for Children instituted by Govt. of India. The Association of American Webmasters honoured her by giving their membership along with their highest award for excellence in web designing, the Gold Web Award. She is the only member of the Association of American Webmasters, ever, under the age of 18. Sreelakshmi has started her own web designing company, Edesign Technologies when she was 10 years old and now having more than 100 clients all over the world. Department of social Welfare, Govt. of Kerala honoured Sreelakshmi as the Best Women Entrepreneur in 2012. Her present project is www.stateofkerala.in, a web portal with all details about Kerala now attracting visitors all over the world. More than 10 million persons already visited this site. She is now studying in 12th class at Presentation Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode. ••


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