Our speakers
Dr Mahipal S Sachdev, Chairman, Medical Director & Senior Consultant Ophthalmology, Centre for Sight Pvt. Ltd
Dr Mahipal. S. Sachdev, Chairman & Medical Director of Centre For Sight was honored with Padmashri award on January 26, 2007. He is a renowned ophthalmic Surgeon who is recognized for his expertise in the area of Corneal, Refractive & Cataract Surgery, both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Sachdev completed his MBBS from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He pursued MD in Ophthalmology at Dr Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences. He did advanced training and fellowship in Cornea at the Georgetown University, Washington, USA. He has received training in Refractive Surgery and Phacoemulsification. Dr. Sachdev has been Secretary of the Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS) and the Chairman, Scientific Committee of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS). Currently he is the Chairman Intraocular implant and Refractive Society, India.
Dr Mahipal S. Sachdev has received numerous awards and distinctions in India and abroad for his contribution to Ophthalmology. He has been recognized globally with fellowships and scholarships from the “Fifth International Symposium on Immunopathology”- Japan, “International Society of Eye Research”, “Research to Prevent Blindness”, New York, “Fisons award by the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists”, USA amongst others.
Dr N. Kamakodi, MD & CEO, City Union Bank Ltd
He is a Bachelor of Engineering, MBA, CAIIB and Ph.D. in e-Banking. He joined the Bank as DGM in the year 2003 was elevated to the post of GM in 2005 and later as Executive Director in 2006. He has excellent academic background has also acquired hands on experience on the overall operations of the Bank. From May 2011 appointed as MD & CEO of the Bank.
Dr Ramesh Babu, Managing Director, Medwin Hospital
Dr. Ramesh Babu is Chief of Cardiology and Managing Director, Medwin Hospital. Dr. Ramesh Babu founded Medwin Hospital 20 years ago when corporate healthcare is almost nonexistent in the country. Medwin Hospital is a 250 bed multispecialty hospital specializing in more than 35 specialties.Dr Ramesh Babu brings in 20 years of expertise in clinical medicine, entrepreneurship, administration and clinical research.
Dr Ramesh Babu did his post graduation in Internal Medicine, postdoctoral fellowship in Cardiology from Post Graduate Institute, Chandigarh, and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship from University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He had an excellent academic career and he was the Best Outgoing Student from the University. He is a life member of Association of Physician of India, Cardiological Society of India and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Besides being an active and leading practicing cardiologist, he is one of the leading Principle Investigator for international clinical trials in cardiology in the country.
Dr. Ramesh Babu started the concept of 10K Runs in the country by organizing the hugely successful Run for the first time in Hyderabad in 2003. After this more than twenty 10K Runs are being held in various parts of the country. Presently he is the President, TiE Hyderabad Chapter.
Dr Rob Forage, CEO, UNSW Global
Dr Rob Forage is the CEO of UNSW Global, a wholly-owned enterprise of UNSW Australia (The University of New South Wales). UNSW Global specialises in educational assessments and international education pathway programs and includes the prestigious UNSW Foundation Studies, UNSW Institute of Languages and Educational Assessment Australia.
Rob earned a B.Sc as a botanist and biochemist at the University of Tasmania, then a D.Phil as a Rhodes Scholar in Oxford followed by a post-Doctoral Fellowship at Harvard Medical School. He worked in the management of industrial R&D programs in the early days of the Australian biotechnology industry.
From there he pursued a career in the commercialisation of technology, introducing a range of important research products into international markets, through private consultancy and operational roles. He has worked in research management, business incubation and private equity investment prior to his current role in private education.
Rob has over 60 scientific/business publications, grants and patents. He is a Director of UNSW Press and is also a Councillor of the Fairbridge Foundation, a charitable organisation focused on assisting under-privileged children in NSW.
Dr S Subramanian, Head, Investment Banking, Enam Securities
Mr. S. Subramanian is the Head of Investment Banking at Enam Securities Private Limited.
He has over 20 years of experience in the financial services, during which period he set up and ran equity research at DSP Financial Consultants and the equities broking business at HG Asia Ltd. and UBS Warburg. In the last 5 years at Enam, Subramanian has lead several land mark transactions including those of ICICI Bank, Reliance Petroleum, NTPC, Suzlon, PNB, Yes Bank etc. in the Indian Capital Markets.
He holds a Doctoral Degree from the Indian Management Ahmedabad. His dissertation topic was titled “The Impact of Political and Economical Events on Stock Price Behavior.” During this period, he also studied at ESSEC in Paris under a French government scholarship as an exchange scholar.
His other interests include reading and traveling. He has delivered several lectures and talks at the Executive Development Programme at IIM Bangalore and conferences organized by Euro Money, Metal Bulletin as well as by Bombay Chamber of Commerce.
Dr Shiladitya Sengupta, Co-founder & Director, Vyome Biosciences
Shiladitya is Co-Founder of VYOME and member of the Clinical Advisory Board. He is the co-chair of Center for Regenerative Medicine at the Brigham and Women?s Hospital in Boston and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also the Co-Founder of Invictus Oncology, Cerulean Pharmaceuticals and Mitra Biotech.
Shiladitya's research focuses on the development of novel nanomedicines for cancer and angiogenesis-based diseases. In 2005, he was recognized as one of the top 35 innovators worldwide by MIT Technology Review magazine. He has also received the Shakuntala Amir Chand Award from the Indian Council for Medical Research.
Shiladitya is an alumnus of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and completed his PhD as a Nehru Scholar from Trinity College at Cambridge University and was a Fellow at MIT before joining Harvard. He has published over 35 papers, including in Nature and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr Velumani Arokiaswamy, Officer, Thyrocare Technologies Limited
Dr Vivek Mittal, Head - Legal, Lupin
Dr. Vivek Mittal is Head of Legal for Lupin Limited, and is responsible for legal endeavors of Lupin, inside and outside India. Dr. Mittal has multi-industry experience of over 14 years and has been in his current profile for over three and half years. At Lupin, he is credited for setting up legal department and effectively managing legal affairs in multi Strategic Business Unit (SBU) environment.
Dr. A Velumani, Creator and Chief Executive Officer, Thyrocare Technologies Ltd | @Thyrocare
A visionary and an able business administrator, Dr. Velumani proves amply clearly to industry that , “Focus gives Success”. Born in a small village near Coimbatore, South India, to a landless farmer, today he owns and operates this Industry leader, Thyrocare, a brand worth over Rs. 2000 crores. Began as a mathematician, became a Pathologist, after his PhD in Microbiology from BARC/ Mumbai University in Thyroid Biochemisty. As a Research scientist and Teacher he worked for 14 years in BARC and then in Business he has become an administrator.
An infecting motivator, has succeeded in converting educated as employable, graduates as professionals, individuals as entrepreneurs, vendors as partners, family members as wealthcreators and of course by his unique way of transforming intimidating problems into opportunities for prosperity.
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Dr. A. Velumani, Creator and MD, Thyrocare
A visionary and an able business administrator, Dr. A. Velumani proves amply clearly to industry that, “Focus gives Success”. Born toa landless farmer in a small village near Coimbatore, South India, today he owns and operates Thyrocare, an industry leader and a brand worth over Rs. 3000 crores. Began as a mathematician, he acquired his Ph.D in Thyroid Biochemistry from BARC / Mumbai University. He worked for 14 years in BARC as a Research Scientist and Teacher and then became an administrator in business.
He is also MD of Nueclear Healthcare Limited which is a Radiology vertical. His focus areas are Thyroid Biochemistry, Bioanalytical Chemistry, Nuclear Chemistry and Nuclear Medicine.
An infectious motivator, he has succeeded in converting educated as employed, graduates as professionals, individuals as entrepreneurs, vendors as partners, family members as wealth creators and by his unique way, transformed intimidating problems into opportunities.
He is hilarious when it comes to educating and motivating youth in Entrepreneurship.