Chairman Address

Hon'ble Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah

National Chairman
Institute of Directors and former Chief Justice of India

Guest of Honour

K. Ratna Prabha, IAS

Chief Secretary
Govt. of Karnataka

Keynote Address

Gautam Sashittal

CEO
DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre), UAE

Theme Address

Vineet Nayar

Founder Chairman
Sampark Foundation & Former Chief Executive Officer, HCL Technologies

IOD Distinguished Fellow

Justice Jayant Patel

Former Acting Chief Justice
High Court of Gujarat, Former Judge, High Court of Karnataka

IOD Distinguished Fellow

Gautam Sashittal

CEO
DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre), UAE

GP Innovative Leadership Award

Vineet Nayar

Founder Chairman
Sampark Foundation & Former Chief Executive Officer, HCL Technologies

D. V. Prasad, IAS

Additional Chief Secretary
Government of Karnataka

Manish Kumar, IAS

MD & CEO
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)

Dr. Ashutosh Raghuvanshi

Vice Chairman, MD & Group CEO
Narayana Health

Hari Sankaran

Vice Chairman & MD
IL&FS Ltd.

N. Reguraj

Managing Director
Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF)

T. M. Vijay Bhaskar, IAS

Additional Chief Secretary
Govt. of Karnataka

P. Balaji

Director
Regulatory, External Affairs & CSR, Vodafone India Ltd.

Sandeep Dave, IAS

Additional Chief Secretary
Infrastructure Development Dept. & DG ATI, Govt. of Karnataka

Prof. S. Parasuraman

Director
Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr. Rajvir Pratap Sharma, IPS

ADGP & MD
Karnataka State Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd.

Khalil Saqer bin Gharib

Director Corporate
Communication Dept., Dubai Customs – Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation (PCFC)

Gaurav Gupta, IAS

Principal Secretary
IT, BT and Science & Technology, Govt. of Karnataka

Bhaskar Anand Rao

Chief Financial Officer
Bangalore International Airport Ltd.

Tushar Girinath, IAS

Chairman
Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board

Dr. Kalpana Gopalan, IAS

Additional Chief Secretary
DPAR (Administrative Reforms & Training), Govt. of Karnataka

Dr. R. Raju IFS

Managing Director
Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Ltd.

Monwipa Choopiban

Executive Vice President
Corporate Affairs, IRPC Public Company Ltd., Thailand

James Bernard

Director
Business Development, DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre), UAE

Dr. Sara Varughese

Regional Director
CBM South Asia

Subhash C. Khuntia, IAS

Former Chief Secretary,
Govt. of Karnataka

Sanjeev Dutta

ED - Commodities
DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre), UAE

Uma Mahadevan, IAS

Principal Secretary
Women & Child Development & Empowerment, Karnataka

Namita Vikas

Group President & Global Head, Climate Strategy & Responsible Banking, YES BANK

Deepak Sood

Chief Executive Officer
Invest Karnataka Forum

Dr. Waddah S. Ghanem

Executive Director
EHSSQ & Corporate Affairs, Emirates, National Oil Company Limited (ENOC) LLC, UAE

Ch. Venkaiah Chowdary, IRS

Vice-Chairman & MD
AP Mineral Development Co. Ltd.

Vrushali Gaud

India Advisor
International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)

R. Shailesh Reddy

CEO
SoFTNET, Department of ITE&C, Govt. of Telangana

Arun Balakrishnan

Chairman
Bangalore Region, Institute Of Directors & Former CMD, HPCL

Kaushik Sinha

Group Vice President
Communications & CSR, Magma Fincorp Ltd.

S. V. Ranganath IAS (retd.)

Former Chief Secretary
Govt. of Karnataka

Ahalada Rao V.

Vice President
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India

Dr. Anupama Shetty

General Manager
CSR, Narayana Health

Navneet Sharma

Chief Marketing Officer
Bharti Airtel Ltd.

Nayna Banerjee

Leader Marketing
Communication & CSR, Dun & Bradstreet India

Ajit Singh

Chief Executive
Kala Sangam, UK

Sangeeta Thakral

Head Marketing &
Communications, Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India

Stephen Heathcote

Executive Director
Markets, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK

Maga Ramasamy

CSR & Sustainability Manager
Air Mauritius & Council Chairman, World Airlines Clubs Association, Mauritius