H.E. Thierry Berthelot
Consul General of France, Bengaluru

Thierry Berthelot joined the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs in 1993 by clearing the “concours d’Orient”, after a first professional experience of five years. He held various positions, both in France and abroad before his appointment in Bangalore: Head of the political section and First Counselor at the French Embassy in China (Beijing), until August 2021. He spent three years at the Ministry of Defense (2014-2017), at the department of strategy, as advisor for Asia (Paris). He served as Political Counselor at the French Embassy in China (2011-2014). He was Deputy Head of Mission at the French Embassy in Korea (2008-2011), after serving as First Secretary (2007). Upon joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993, He served 2 years in the Asia and Oceania directorate, as desk officer overseeing China and Mongolia issues.

Mohammed Anzy S.
Chief Operating Officer, SAP Labs India

Mohammed Anzy S is the Chief Operating Officer of SAP Labs India, SAP’s largest Research and Development center outside its headquarters in Germany. Anzy overseas business operations across three locations of SAP Labs India-Bangalore, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad. He has been with SAP for the last 15 years, and handled multiple roles across Development, Consulting, Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship functions assisting customers and partners to scale their businesses through technology and process interventions. He believes in the power of an open innovation culture. He was the founder director for SAP Startup Studio, SAP’s first inhouse accelerator, building scale and growth for the program ever since it was established in 2016. In his latest role, Anzy was the Vice President and Head of Engineering for SAP Excise Tax Management. He was also part of the NASSCOM Product Council between 2019-2021. Anzy is passionate about new ventures and startups.

The Department of Tourism, J&K is the main developmental, promotional and regulatory arm of the J&K Government. Its main role comprises of overall planning and execution of schemes for the development, up-gradation and improvement of the tourism infrastructure in different parts of the UT. Support to the private sector industry in the form of incentives for settings up various tourist facilities as well as for promotion and marketing of their products and services. Promotion and marketing of various tourist destinations and products of the regulation of the travel-trade by enforcement of provisions of J&K Registration of Tourist Trade Act (1978/82).

The Department of Tourism has Tourist Offices in all the tourist resorts of the UT. In addition, there are 6 promotional offices outside the UT, one each at New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata. Also, there is one provincial Director of Tourism each for Jammu and Kashmir Divisions. The Department also has Engineering Division under its control for the implementation and execution of various schemes for formulating and monitoring the plan schemes, the Department has a Planning Wing and for overall marketing and promotion, the Department has a Publicity Wing.

For safeguarding the interests of tourists visiting Jammu and Kashmir, the UT has enacted a special legislation titled the "Jammu and Kashmir Registration of Tourist Trade Act, 1978/1982". Under this act, all the Tourist Officers posted in different resorts have been vested with special powers as Prescribed Authorities to register and regulate the tourist trade in their respective areas of jurisdiction, and to look into complaints from tourists visiting the State, the Department has an Enforcement Wing headed by a Superintendent of Police on deputation from the Police Department who is designated as Deputy Director Tourism (Enforcement). For cases requiring prosecution, written complaint of a tourist is admissible as evidence even if he may have left the State.

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