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Mr. KM Abraham

Former Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala

Government Initiatives

Mr. K. M. Abraham is a Certified Financial Analyst having a Ph.D. in Technology Planning from the University of Michigan. He currently handles the various positions such as Chief Executive Officer in Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) and Chairman of Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (KDISC). Mr. Abraham has over 38 years of experience in various sectors such as the financial sector, public finance, higher education, social sector, administration, and governance as well as in conceptualizing, designing, and implementing major IT systems and managing project teams. He also has, held various prestigious positions such as Chief Secretary of Government of Kerala and Senior and Middle-Level Administrative Positions in the Indian Administrative Service and was a Whole Time Member of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) during the period from 2008 - 2011.

Anuj Khanna Sohum

Founder, Chairman and CEO - Affle

Technology

Anuj Khanna Sohum is a technopreneur with over 19 years of experience in leading technology products/ platforms-based businesses including Affle, the consumer intelligence driven global technology company. He is a passionate, vibrant and dynamic leader who has been at the helm of driving force at Affle. Under Anuj’s leadership, Affle has achieved a great scale globally and is presently counted amongst top 500 public listed companies on the NSE and BSE. With his entrepreneurial zeal, Anuj earlier co-founded Anitus Technologies Pte. Ltd. while studying at National University Singapore (NUS) and later founded Seclore Technology Private Limited before incorporating Affle. He has also completed the Stanford Executive Program from Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and the Owner/President Management Program from Harvard Business School. Some key awards conferred on Anuj are “Mobile Advertising Person of the Year” Award during Mobexx Awards 2019, India's 25 Biggest Technopreneurs by Entrepreneur India in the year 2018. He was also featured in India’s Top 40 Powerful Digital Mavens by Impact Digital Power 100

Anusha Ravi

CEO, Park Group of Institutions

Education

Dr. Anusha Ravi is the CEO of Park Group of Institutions, a pioneer in education run by park trust - a charitable trust providing education to nearly 20,000 students. Started in 1970 as a primary school in Tirupur, it now has nearly 20 institutions – including B- Schools, Engineering Colleges, Architecture, Aeronautical Sciences, Aircraft Maintenance Training, Marine, Arts and Science College, Nursing and Physiotherapy, Community College, Teacher Training Institute, International Schools, Residential Schools, Nursery and Primary Schools – under its wing in Chennai, Coimbatore and Tirupur. Previously, Dr. Ravi worked as a Sr. Business Analyst at Anheuser Busch in the US. She is deeply involved with the community and works on various projects in the fields of education and environment, for which she has won numerous awards including the Infosys Women Achiever Award (2013), IBJ Business Excellence Award (2014), and the ICTACT Women Edupreneur Award (2015).

C Balagopal

Founder - Terumo Penpol Ltd.
Mentor to startups and Investor

Marketing

C Balagopal studied Economics at Loyola College and later joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1977 and worked in various posts in Manipur and Kerala. He resigned from the IAS in 1983, to set up a company using know-how developed at SCTIMST, Trivandrum with the support of the National Research & Development Corporation and KSIDC to manufacture indigenously developed biomedical devices for the first time in the country. This came to be known as Terumo Penpol Ltd. and is today one of the biggest manufacturers and exporters of hi-tech blood bag systems in the world. He is also the founder of ANAHA Trust, set up to support social entrepreneurship in the fields of primary education and public health with a focus on rural areas. He is a Charter member and first President of TiE Kerala and is a member of the Ethics Committee of Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, member of the Board of Directors of India’s first medical devices incubator TIMed set up by SCTIMST, and an independent director on the Board of the Federal Bank Ltd. He has won many awards and accolades including the National R&D Award for successful commercialization of Indigenous Technology by Ministry of Science & Technology, Apart from that, he has published three books about his experiences as an IAS officer in Manipur and Kerala namely — “On A Clear Day You Can See India” in 2013, and “The View From Kollam: A Day In The Life Of A Sub-Collector” in 2015. The third book ‘Maveli and Markets’ was published by D C Books. He is currently working on other books on subjects as diverse as governance, public services, and entrepreneurship.

Dileep Narayanan

Founder and Brand mentor, Organic BPS Pvt. Ltd.

Marketing

Dileep Narayanan is the Founder and Brand Mentor at Organic BPS Pvt. Ltd., India's First Purpose Branding Company. He is also the Founder and Managing Trustee of Greenstorm Foundation, a non-profit organisation, popular for its creative initiatives in building environmental consciousness among youth and children. He is an Advisory Board Member of Asset Homes Pvt. Ltd., a top-rated real estate developer in South India, and a former Advisory Board Member of Life Insurance Corporation of India, India’s largest insurance company with an asset value of 420 billion USD. A post graduate in Management, Narayanan is a speaker and thought leader on the “Doing Good is Good Business” concept.

Gloria Benny

COO, Guardians of Dreams

Education

Gloria Benny, the COO of Guardians of Dreams, is a social entrepreneur who is driven by a vision to transform the quality of childcare provided by Child Care Institutions across the country through a participatory model that mobilizes resources through community-based programs. Apart from being an expert in setting-up and scaling of social sector organizations, this TEDx speaker has also designed and scaled various volunteer networks including Make A Difference, a youth volunteer organisation founded by her. It now has strong footholds in as many as 23 cities in the country.

Harish Bhonsle, MMS, CAMS

Senior Financial Services & Risk Management leader

Financial Services

With over 25 years of experience across North America, East Asia and South Asia, Harish Bhonsle has led large and diverse teams in the development and execution of corporate strategies. His key skills include thought leadership, change management, risk management and achieving targeted outcomes. His experience with HSBC, BlackBerry, Dell and the World Bank includes lead roles in Commercial / Retail Banking relationship management with P&L responsibility, establishing and executing strategic objectives, providing risk advice to key stakeholders, collaborating with business partners in implementing policy, cost management and governance.

Jamshed K Daboo

Independent Advisor - Consumer, Retail, Hospitality

Retail

Jamshed K Daboo is an independent advisor in the consumer, retail and hospitality. space. Till recently he was the Managing Director of Trent Hypermarket Pvt. Ltd - A Tata and Tesco Enterprise, and led the company for a decade. Mr. Daboo joined the Tata Administrative Service in 1986 and has been with the Tata Group for nearly 34 years. Prior to Trent Hypermarket Pvt. Ltd., He was Head – Consumer Finance and Advisory Business, Tata Capital Limited. He has also served as Chief Operating Officer of various divisions at Indian Hotels Co. Ltd. As Chief Executive Officer at Tata Quality Management Services. He spearheaded the Tata Business Excellence Model, a group-wide initiative aimed at business excellence. He has also worked at Titan Industries Limited in various functions.

Kavitha Mantha

Owner, Chief Curator, SAGE Sustainable Living

Agriculture

Kavitha Mantha is the owner and Chief Curator at Sage of SAGE Sustainable Living, a company focused on providing access to a natural and sustainable lifestyle. SAGE through its in-house product lines, SAGE Farm Cafe and Thrive by Sage at Banjara Hills brings the first Farm to Table Cafe in India. Both the cafes specialize in making all their dishes from scratch using the highest quality, seasonal ingredients while also bringing back style cooking on iron skillets. SAGE Farm Cafe located in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad recently won the “Restaurant of the year Award” beating all hotels and cafes in the twin cities, in spite of being just two years old. She was also awarded the ‘Restaurateur of the Year’ for her novel approach to food.

PC Musthafa

CEO and co-founder, ID Fresh Food

Retail

Musthafa PC’s love for traditional Indian food and his penchant for technology and innovation led him to join hands with four of his cousins in Bengaluru to start iD Fresh Food in 2005. A school dropout, PC Musthafa who went on to do his Engineering in Computer Science from NIT Calicut and MBA from IIM-Bangalore.
With iD Fresh Food, PC’s endeavor was to make fresh, home-made food accessible to one and all. He identified the gap in the market, afflicted with poor quality idly & dosa batter. In 2005, the company was the first in India to promote authentic Indian foods that are 100% natural and preservative-free. The team’s clarity on their brand philosophy has helped its evolution from a modest family-run business to a professionally-run organization that currently operates in 45 + cities across India, the US & UAE. Today, about 40,000 kilos of batter are consumed per day in Bengaluru alone, which plays right into Musthafa’s vision to convert all Indians to an Idli-Dosa breakfast. He believes that technology, design, and innovation are essential ingredients for a packaged food company.

Nameeth MVS

Co-founder, First Agro

Agriculture

Nameet MVS is the co-founder of First Agro, India’s first commercial grower organization with Zero Pesticide™ fresh produce. By applying the best global horticultural practices, First Agro combines traditional farming values and contemporary technology, to create fresh produce in India. The company eliminates harmful toxins & pesticides, ensuring fresh, clean, nutritious, and affordable products for families and businesses across India. He left his full-time job as a pilot and flying instructor in 2011, to join his brothers Naveen MV and KN Prasad came together to pursue their passion for healthy fresh produce. Together, they’re changing food culture, one delicious and safe bite at a time.

Narendra Pasuparthy

CEO and Founder, 'Chief Farmer', Nandu's

Agriculture

Narendra Pasuparthy is the Chief Farmer, Founder and CEO, Nandu's. Founded in 2016, Nandu’s was born with the objective to provide great quality, fresh, antibiotic-free, and branded chicken products to discerning customers in India. It is currently the only hyperlocal, omnichannel meat retail brand in India. The company follows an integrated business model that prides itself on 100% product traceability with the promise of safety and accountability. Nandu’s has grown and tasted success over the years. He also leads the poultry operations of the Nanda Group in Karnataka (India), the UAE, and Oman. A passionate environmentalist, Narendra has also founded another venture, Insectifii, a circular economy company that intends to solve the urban wet waste problem by using the black soldier fly larvae. He is also an Active Angel Investor as part of the Mumbai Angels Investor Network. He is an avid Badminton player. His hobbies include Aeromodelling, Biking, and Music.

Pavan Padaki

Branding Coach & Principal of Insights, In Sight consulting

Marketing

Pavan Padaki is a Branding Coach & Principal of Insights-In Sight consulting. With a rich experience of 30 years in client management, research, account planning, creative, public relations and corporate training, he specializes in discovering insights in the world of brands, creativity, and business. He is known as the Insight Guru amongst his peers and clients for his ability to make them see the unseen. Pavan practices the fine art of integrated marketing communication. He has trained over 200 brand managers and advertising professionals to apply key brand facets to their business and brands. Participants include senior marketing professionals from organizations such as Toyota, Titan, Nokia, Lowe Lintas, UB Group, TVS, Deutsche Bank, TTK Prestige, Randstad, Total Gas, Indus League, Dalmia Cements, Fortis Hospitals among others. Pavan has been instrumental in building brand-comm since its inception and as principal brand consultant heading strategy and creativity.

Poornima Kumar

Managing Director - Hemex Health (India)

Health

Poornima Kumar is a molecular biologist by profession. She has worked in the Biotech industry in the Bay Area in pharmaceutical research and in the clinical trials industry for the last 23 years. She started her career as a Research scientist in the mid 1980s in Genelabs, a biotech startup company which was developing innovative drugs for HIV/AIDS. The last fifteen years of her career was in the clinical trials industry where she helped manage Phase 1, Phase II and Phase III studies globally for Pharmaceutical and Medical device companies. Currently, she lives in Mumbai and is the Managing Director of HemexDx, the Indian subsidiary of Hemex Health which manufactures low cost, accurate diagnostic devices for Malaria, Sickle Cell Disease,Thalassemia and Covid-19. Poornima served on the Board of the El Camino Hospital Foundation. She was also a charter member of EPPIC Global, which is an organisation for pharmaceutical professionals in the Bay Area.

Pranav Kothari

Head- Large Scale Education Programs, Educational Initiatives (EI)

Education

Pranav Kothari is the head of the Large Scale Education Programmes division at Educational Initiatives (EI). He leads EI's work in student assessments and the implementation of their adaptive learning software (Mindspark) in vernacular languages in government and affordable private schools across India. After graduating in MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS) in 2011, he has concentrated all his energy and time to work on one singular issue “how to bring technology to improve learning outcomes at scale for low-income children”. He has spoken on various platforms advocating the need to leverage the twin levers of cutting-edge educational research and technology-based solutions to revolutionize how children in the K-12 space learn. Pranav is an alumnus of Georgia Institute of Technology and Harvard Business School and has previously worked with GTI Capital and Boston Consultancy Group. Prior to EI and HBS, Pranav worked at Boston Consulting Group and GTI Capital in USA, Germany, Chile, and Argentina.

Dr. Raghuram

Director, KIMS-USHALAKSHMI Centre for Breast Diseases

Health

Dr. P. Raghu Ram is amongst the foremost surgeons in Asia Pacific region. Acclaimed for his innovative initiatives that have transformed breast healthcare in India, he is a recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri (2015), and Dr. B.C Roy National Award (2016), the highest honour bestowed to a doctor practicing in India. He is one of the youngest elected to serve as President of The Association of Surgeons of India (2020) -- Asia Pacific’s largest and world’s second largest surgical organization representing the surgical fraternity in the country. He was the driving force behind formation of the Association of Breast Surgeons of India -- South Asia’s first dedicated Breast Surgical Society and was unanimously elected to serve as its President (2015-2017). The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh conferred him with International Gold Medal (2013) -- the highest recognition bestowed upon surgeons practicing outside United Kingdom. He is also the youngest ever recipient of this impressive award in the 515 years history of the college.

Ravi Chaturvedi

CEO, Council of Lighthouse Funds
Ex-president and member of GLC, Procter and Gamble

Retail

Ravi Chaturvedi is the CEO Council of Lighthouse Funds, a PE company, based in Mumbai. He has been advising several CEOs on the PE company’s portfolio ranging from cookies to snacks to plastics to pesticides to diagnostic labs to high-end beauty retail to natural animal feeds to mattresses to orthotics to footwear & more on Strategy, Brand building, and Org. Development. Ravi was the first-ever Asian President and Member, Global Leadership Council of the Procter and Gamble (P&G) company; with acknowledged strengths in Versatile Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Brand Building, Organization Development. He has been the Past Director on the Board of i Discover i, an Education start-up in Gurgaon, India (September 2009-13) and a past consultant and advisor to the Chairman and to the Chief Learning Officer of the Nitto Denko Corporation, Osaka, Japan. He has also been an Advisor for Marico and to Emami, Indian consumer goods companies for their international expansion operations. Furthermore, Ravi is a Senior Fellow, Management Department, Wharton School of Business; and Lecturer, Organizational Dynamics Program, University of Pennsylvania (Jan-April,2014) teaching “Globally Capable Leadership”.

Ravishankar B

Human Capital Enthusiast
Board Member-Blockchain Edutech company
Visiting Professor, ISB

Human Resource

Ravi, with a unique blend of HR and Software technology knowledge, has been able to pave a path of positive change for the way HR works with pioneering efforts in space of corporate social networks to digitizing HR by using AI, BOTS & Voice, gamifications, and Analytics. Ravi has worked across the industry for over 35 years and worn many hats from the founding member of a software (Lister Technologies), to heading HR for Deutsche Software Limited, HCL Technologies as their Global Head of Talent Management, Mindtree as their Chief People Officer and incubating HCL TalentCare as Chief Human Resources Officer. Ravi is currently a board Member with a couple of Fintech companies, a blockchain Edu tech company and also advises Senior management from companies in B2B Sales, HRMS products and Insurance on HR challenges. As a human capital enthusiast and as a believer in human potential, he is actively involved in coaching and developing the next generation of leaders at the prestigious Indian School of Business as a visiting professor. Ravi holds a master’s degree in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from Xavier Labor Research Institute (XLRI) in India and is also an alumnus of the Harvard Business School in Information Technology

Dr. Roy Abraham Kallivayalil

Secretary General - World Psychiatric Association, Geneva
President - National Alliance for Mental Health

Health

Dr Roy Abraham Kallivayalil has nearly 100 publications in peer reviewed scientific Journals and has edited the book “Suicide Prevention- a handbook for Community Gatekeepers”. He was Principal of Ernakulam Medical College, Kochi, India and Professor and Head of Psychiatry at Thrissur and Kottayam Govt. Medical Colleges. He was also Chairman Board of Examiners, Member, Board of Studies and Member, Faculty of Medicine of the Cochin University of Science and Technology and Member of the Senate of Mahatma Gandhi University. He was National President of Indian Psychiatric Society and President of IMA Kerala State and National Senior Vice-President, Indian Medical Association (2016-17). He holds and has held many prestigious positions globally as well. He is currently Honorary Chair and Professor (Magister ad Honorem), Milan School of Medicine, Italy and International Distinguished Fellow of American Psychiatric Association. He is also Past President of World Association of Social Psychiatry, Paris. Dr. Kallivayalil was awarded the ‘Best Doctor Award’ by Govt of Kerala in 2007 and President of India presented him with the World Federation of Mental Health (WFMH) Award for meritorious services to the cause of Mental Health in 2017.

Sreejith Kuniyil

Partner, Capitaire Consultants LLP

Tax

Sreejith is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a Partner, CAPITAIRE Consultants LLP. Sreejith has considerable experience for more than 19 years in advising MNC clients and large and medium Indian groups on assignments involving tax planning, inbound investment, and entry strategies, entity and business structuring, capital structuring, restructuring of cross border operations, transfer pricing, etc. Apart from that, he has also advised a number of large multinational and Indian companies on a range of Income Tax, GST, Transfer Pricing, foreign exchange, and other regulatory laws. For more than 12 years, he has worked with Big 4 Firms like EY, KPMG, Deloitte and Grant Thornton and predominantly worked with most of the entrepreneur business in Kerala.

Shayamal Vallabhjee

High performance coach Mindfulness expert

Health

Shayamal Vallabhjee is a South African born Sports Scientist with a masters degree in Psychology. He has worked as a High-Performance Coach at the cutting edge of professional sport for two decades. Shayamal lived as a monk at the Hare Krsna Temple and now passionately combines evidence-based science and psychology with ancient spiritual practices to help his clients achieve Peak Performance and Flow. He has worked with the South African and Indian Cricket Davis Cup Teams, Kings XI Punjab, St Lucia Stars, Indian Olympic Association, ATP Tour, Kenyan Athletics, Jaipur Pink Panthers, Bengaluru F.C. and more. He is on the global advisory board of Herbalife International and the Institute of Risk Management (UK).
Shayamal is the author of three books, a TEDx speaker, an INK Fellow, Men’s Health Trainer of the Year, and a passionate ultra-marathoner. Shayamal’s new book BreatheBelieveBalance is a guide to self-discovery and healing. It is set for release on 3rd August 2020.

Veerappan Swaminathan

Founder and Director - Sustainable Living Lab

Education

Veerappan Swaminathan is the founder and director of the Sustainable Living Lab, which operates in Singapore, India, and Indonesia. He has a keen interest in addressing sustainability challenges through foresight methods, community development, and technology. He is also recently founded edm8ker. Veerappan is a pioneer of the maker movement in Singapore, was awarded the National University of Singapore Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2019, the Joseph Jaworski Next Generation Foresight Asia Special Award in 2018 and represented Singapore at its UN SDG Voluntary National Review in the same year. He is also a recipient of the YSEALI professional fellowship by the US State Department. He sits on the panel of the Lotus-NUS Fund which awards seed funding to social enterprises. He is currently working on ensuring AI fluency across the general population, getting companies to innovate around the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and reducing healthcare expenses in aging societies.

TS Vijayan

Former Chairman, IRDA

Insurance

Mr. T. S. Vijayan is an Independent Director on the board of Muthoot Microfin ltd. He has 4 decades of vast experience in financial services sector and spent the last 5 years of his professional career as Chairman of IRDA (Insurance Regulatory Authority of India). He also has in depth knowledge in related fields like Information Technology, Innovation, Marketing, Human Resources Management, Organizational Strategy and Strategic Planning. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Kerala and holds a Diploma in Management. He has served as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India and the Chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India. He is also on the board of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited and Shriram Properties Limited

G VijayRaghavan

Founder CEO - Technopark
Honorary Director - Trivandrum International School

Education

GVR, as he is known, has been a pioneer in the IT industry and has played a critical role in heralding the Indian IT Industry. Currently, he plays several critical roles across companies and other institutions. He is a member of the Board of Directors in SunTec Business Solutions, Chairman of UST Global, Hon.Director of Centre for Autism and other disabilities Rehabilitation Research and Education (CADRRE). He is also the founder and former Hon. Director of National Institute for Speech and Hearing (NISH) Trivandrum. He started his career at HCL, was the Center Coordinator of CDAC India’s Supercomputer initiative and later he became the Founder CEO of Technopark, an initiative of Govt. of Kerala, wherein, he conceptualized, planned, implemented and marketed India’s first Electronic Technology Park. His over 40 year career also includes several leading roles with the government including being part of the Member of Kerala State Planning Board 2011-2016 where he set up the working group for the first time in the area of disabilities. He was also a Member of a High-Power Committee that conceptualized, implemented, and oversaw several programs including Cochlear Implant Program and a Member of the Expert Advisory Panel constituted by Govt. of Kerala to advise on the delivery of Digital Services to the people and corporates. He is a regular part of CII, NASSCOM, INK and TiE where he gets to interact with start-ups, and understands the various trends happening across the world of technology and business.

A Vijay Kumar

Founder, MyGate

Technology

Vijay Arisetty is the Co-founder and CEO of MyGate. An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Vijay spent 10 years as a helicopter pilot with the Indian Air Force before attending Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He was then a Vice President at Goldman Sachs before embarking on his entrepreneurial journey. Vijay is a recipient of the Shaurya Chakra, a peace-time gallantry award for his rescue efforts during the 2004 tsunami.

Dr. Vishal Rao

Regional Director of Head Neck Surgical Oncology and Robotic Surgery
HealthCare Global (HCG) Cancer Centre in Bangalore.

Health

Dr. Vishal Rao is one of the most notable cancer surgeons in Bangalore. He has over 18 patents filed for medical innovations; and is the inventor of Aum Voice Prosthesis, a 1$ speaking device that helps throat cancer patients regain their voice. Aum is considered among the top 100 social innovations across the globe, recognized by the BBC, Harvard Business Review and Forbes. A TEDx speaker, Dr Rao is the recipient of several awards: Honorary FRCS by the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow; Judy Wilkenfeld Award (2017); Varshada Kannadiga Award 2018; and Rotary Vocational Training Award (2016).
Presently the editor of journal of precision oncology, Dr Rao has more than 100 national and international publications to his credit, and is a reviewer for 10 international journals. He is a visiting faculty for the leadership programs in John Hopkins University.
Closely connected to various organisations, he is the Principal Scientific Advisor to Covid Consultative Group, Govt of India; an international advisor to WHO Tobacco Free Initiatives; and a member of High Powered committee on tobacco and cancer control, Govt of Karnataka, among others.

Vivek Bhargava

CEO, Dan Performance Group

Marketing

A digital marketing veteran with over two decades of experience, Vivek Bhargava is the CEO of DAN Performance Group, heading all the digital performance agencies under it. He is also one of the three partners running the recently launched Dentsu venture fund. A frontrunner in the digital revolution in India, Vivek started his career in 1997 when he founded Communicate 2. He then led iProspect Communicate 2 as its Founder & MD -- after Communicate 2 joined hands with iProspect from the Dentsu Aegis Network or DAN in 2012. At the end of 2015, the company was rebranded as iProspect India, with Vivek as the CEO. Named one of the top 50 digital icons of India, he has spoken at several global events, angel invested in 13 companies, and been an investor in the reality television show, The Vault. He is the Co-Chair at SEMPO APAC and on the advisory board of industry bodies like ad:tech, DMAi, DMTI, IAMAI and is on the board of Young Presidents Organization Mumbai. A national level table tennis player, he is also the proud owner of team Empowerji Challengers in the Ultimate Tennis Table league, the country's first-ever professional table tennis league. He is also an avid chess player and an amateur paragliding pilot.

Tony Thomas

Former CIO, Nissan Motor Corporation Chairman ICT Academy, Kerala

Technology

Anthony Thomas (Tony) is the former CIO of Nissan Motor Corporation, Global CIO of GE and CIO of Vodafone India. He also held global leadership roles at Citi, EY among other industry leaders. Tony is a luminary in his field of technology leadership and innovation and a recipient of many industry honors and awards. An Engineering alumnus of CET, Tony has been conferred Doctor of Science in the field of Information Technology. Tony is active as investor, board member and mentor to startups and as advisor to Governments. He is a mentor at Columbia University in its Executive M.S. Technology Management Program. He is currently is the Chairman of ICT Academy of Kerala and part of many distinguished forums including Hi-Power Digital Advisory Committee to Kerala CM, Hi-Power Committee for eMobilty in Kerala and Management Committee of Kerala Police Cyberdome.

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