Theme: Disruption - The Path to Change

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Basava Samithi Bhavan
High Grounds
Sampangi Rama Nagar
Bangalore, Karnataka, 560001
India

Amithraj S

Musician

Amithraj S: Initiated into the art of learning tabla at the age of 10, Amithraj, under the tutelage of Pandit Rajgopal Kallurkar, learnt the tabla for over 15 years. He has established himself as a noted accompanist and an able soloist. He has had an opportunity of accompanying classical musicians like Padmashri Venkatesh Kumar, Pandit Pravin Godkhindi, Pandit Jaytheerth Mevundi, Ustad Rafique Khan. In the course of time he has had the privilege of working with renowned music directors of sandalwood like Hamsalekha, Gurukiran and others. He has accompanied all genres of music right from classical light music, filmy fusion, talavadya and carnatic ensemble. He has performed in more than 800 concerts and toured all over the world like India, Dubai and Singapore. He also owns a company called ARTISENSE.

Aryan Pandit

Student

Aaryan Pandit, Founder and CEO of Watchowl Security Startup, aims to better the lives of security guards through tech solutions. He takes immense pride in sharing his various management-level job positions along with his two successful startups while pursuing his degree at Jain (Deemed-to-be) University - Center for Management Studies. Aaryan has also proudly achieved the title as one of the youngest Indian athletes to complete an IRONMAN, the world's toughest race.

Manav Mahendra Gadiya

Business Head and Financial Consultant

Manav Gadiya is an experienced business owner who has a demonstrated history of working in both the luxury goods and jewellery industries. He is a Skilled Presenter, Public Speaker, Trainer, Financial analyst and is also a good leader. Being a strong business development professional with a Bachelor of Business Administration focused in Financial Planning and Services from Jain (Deemed-to-be) University - Center for Management Studies has led him to achieve many great things.

Raghav Gupta

A young entrepreneur

A young entrepreneur, the 23-year-old Raghav Gupta is on a mission to solve India’s talent challenge. A “Talent-first” approach saw Gupta establish Futurense Technologies in 2020. The company is providing talent to Fortune 500 companies and start-ups. According to Gupta promoting small-town tech talent and democratizing talent is the key to solving India’s tech talent crisis.

Ramesh G

Retired Professor of IIM Bangalore

Professor G. Ramesh was a teacher at IIMB Bangalore for about two decades. A Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and has been in Government as Member of the Indian Economic Service of 1980 batch for a brief period. He is presently setting up a National level Public Policy School in Bangalore as Director of Niti School of Public Policy and Leadership, Jain University. His research interests are in public policy and finance. Has trained hundreds of senior bureaucrats and executives. His passion lies in mentoring senior leadership and tech startups. He is presently writing a Book on Demystifying Entrepreneurship: Insights from a Mentor.

Sadagopan S

Retired Director of IIIT Bangalore

Professor S Sadagopan was Director of IIITB from 1999 to 2021. He taught for 25+ years at IIT Kanpur, IIM Bangalore, IIT Madras and IIITBangalore. He also consults widely across different industry segments (Auto, Manufacturing, Banking, IT and Social Sector) and lectures extensively at corporations, industry events and universities in North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand on all aspects of IT. Furthermore, he frequently contributes to the press and is a columnist for the Times of India (the largest circulated English newspaper in the world).

Salila Sukumaran

Founder of Ayurgamaya

The earthiness of Salila Sukumaran matches her name. She has lived all over the world and travelled extensively, even exploring the sands of Western Hampshire and the Indian subcontinent. Salila is hiding her escape by travelling on an ayurvedic diet while keeping one foot in Kerala and the other in California. She owes her family's genealogy a significant portion of her knowledge, and she hopes to continue the study of Ayurveda after her great Grandmother. A long-standing custom passed down from her grandmother's traditions, which she was very dubious about growing up, led her to search for a more Western way of life. Salila is the founder of Ayurgamaya, a safe space for ayurveda medicine, which has as one of its goals learning "How To Develop Mindfulness And Serenity During Stressful Or Uncertain Times."

Sangram Singh

International Wrestler/ Complete Arthritis Fighter/ Motivational Speaker/ Health Expert/ Philanthropist/Humanitarian/ Artist

Sangram Singh is an Indian wrestler, actor, motivational speaker, philanthropist, health guru and Honorary doctorate. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of India chose him as a brand ambassador and Fit India Icon of Fit India Campaign, 2021. He is the face of anti-tobacco campaign "Tobacco Free India". He has also appeared in a number of reality television shows, such as Survivor India and was finalist of season seven of Bigg Boss in 2013 and many others. In July 2015, he won the Commonwealth Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in South Africa, and again in 2016 he won Commonwealth Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. He was also World’s best professional wrestler in 2012.