Our speakers
Dr. Indu Shahani, President & Chair, ISDI | ISME | ISDI WPP
Dr. Indu Shahani, Principal of H.R. College of Commerce & Economics from 2000 to 2016, was appointed Sheriff of Mumbai for 2008 and 2009. As the Sheriff of Mumbai, she launched the 1298 Women's Helpline against domestic violence and harassment with the help of leading NGO’s. Dr. (Mrs.) Indu Shahani has over four decades of teaching experience at the college and university level where she has played the lead role in nurturing managers with a heart, through student - empowered teaching - learning model.
While Dr. Shahani continues to be Chief Mentor of colleges of the HSNC Board, from August 1, 2016, Dr. Shahani has taken on new responsibilities as President & Chair - Academics of the Indian School of Design & Innovation (ISDI), ISDI | WPP School of Communication and the Indian School of Management & Entrepreneurship (ISME); and is the Founding Dean of ISME.
She was Member of University Grants Commission from 2011-2014. Dr. Indu Shahani who is the first Indian to be appointed Vice-Chair on the Board of the Governors of the International Baccalaureate and has over a decade of experience with the IB worldwide 2001 - 2010. Dr. Indu Shahani has been nominated on leading boards of large national and global companies that has provided an impetus for ‘academia - industry collaborations’ the subject of her PhD from University of Mumbai. She was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Westminster in London.
Dr. Shahani is a Visiting Faculty Member at the UC Berkeley, NYU Stern, USA and she is a Lead Speaker at various conferences in India and abroad. She has also developed many linkages for student and faculty exchanges with leading universities in USA, UK, Europe, South Africa, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
Dr. Indu Shahani has been acknowledged worldwide as a visionary thought leader for her significant contribution to education and value-based leadership. Dr. Shahani has received many awards, prominent among them are ‘Roll of Honor’ award towards her outstanding contributions in leadership and to Education and Partnerships with Deakin University in India; ‘Excellence Award for Humanitarian Service’ by the Rotary Club of Bombay; ‘Women of the Decade Achievers Award’ by ASSOCHAM Ladies League Mumbai; ‘Citizen of Mumbai Award’ by Rotary Club of Bombay; ‘Excellence in Education Award’ at the FLO Great Women Achiever Awards; and ‘Achiever of Excellence - Women Achievers 2012’ by Bombay Management Association recognising her contribution to society at large.
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Dr. Ir. Ng Thiaw Seng, Head of Network Solutions - Strategic Network Evolution Market Area South East Asia, Oceania & India, Ericsson
Thiaw Seng has more than 20 years of experience in Radio Access Technology working in both operator and vendor environment. He is currently the Regional Head of Network Solutions – Strategic Network Evolution in Ericsson Market Area South East Asia, Oceania and India (MOAI). He specializes in spectrum and network evolution strategy. His main scope of work is mainly dealing with analyzing operators’ network and suggests the best network evolution approach in achieving best network performance in fulfilling upcoming service requirements while ensuring the lower total cost of ownership in network evolution strategy. He is also the current Ericsson RAN Specialist Point of Contact (SPOC) in the Ericsson User Group Asia Pacific (EUGAP), driving operators’ requirement into Ericsson Solution. Thiaw Seng received his Ph.D. in Telecommunications from Multimedia University in 2013 and published several international peer reviewed journals.
Dr. Jayasankar Prasad C , CEO, Kerala Startup Mission | @startup_mission
A Management Professional with a technical background and two decades of experience in Industry/Infrastructure consulting, Public private partnerships and project/venture financing. Experienced in IT Industry, especially in the e-governance domain.
Has handled senior management portfolios in government as well as private organizations. Currently the CEO of KSUM and Director of ICFOSS and formerly the Special officer for IDZ , IIITK Pala and ICT Academy Kerala . Was the Director of Kerala State IT Mission and prior to that worked as the Chief operating officer of Vizhinjam port and Vice President and Head, PPP & Project Advisory of INKEL. Has handled varied roles like Deputy to Global head, Initial Learning Program, PMO Global ILP, Risk Officer, Quality manager, Audit &Compliance Manager and BDM - Kerala at Tata Consultancy Services.
Has worked as Assistant Director, Project Advisory in Opus Financial Services (investment Bank) and Vice President Projects in ICICI KINFRA Ltd. Has worked as District manager Bongeigaon , in FCI.
Education
Holds a PhD in Project management from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Kerala, and Masters in Business Administration from Institute of management in Kerala and Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering Trivandrum.
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Certified Professional on Business Excellence Leadership Program (TQMS), ISO procedures, Lateral & systems thinking tools & Financing of Projects.
Awarded Young Innovator at Tata Consultancy Services on Innovation Day 2006 for process innovations.
Dr. K Ganapathy, Director, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation
An Emeritus University Professor, Dr. Ganapathy has played an instrumental role in the growth and development of Telehealth in India. Past President of the Telemedicine Society of India, Former Secretary and Past President Neurological Society of India, Dr. Ganapathy is a DIGITAL HEALTH EXPERT for WHO. He has been well published for over the last 45 years and made more than 700 presentations at national and international conferences.
Dr. K Madan Gopal, Advisor-PHA, NHSRC
Dr. Kanav Kahol, Founder, Swasthya Slate
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Dr. Karim El Solh, Co-founder and CEO, Gulf Capital
Dr. Karthik Narayan R , Founder & MD, Athulya Senior Care
Dr. Karthik Narayan R is a distinguished healthcare leader with over 15 years of experience in geriatric care and hospital management. As the founder of Athulya Senior Care, he has revolutionized eldercare in India, combining clinical expertise with innovative management practices.
Dr. Keyur Parikh, Founder & Chairman, Care Institute of Medical Science
- He was awarded the Order of William Harvey by American College of Cardiology in 1991 and Prestigious “Distinguished International Service Award” by the American College of Cardiology in 2004.
- Received the “Special Award to Dr. Keyur Parikh” for contributions to cardiology, awarded by AACOI- American Association of Cardiologists of Indian Origin), March 2015Faculty of International Conferences- ACC, Euro-PCR, ESC, TCT, CSI, ICI, C3, etc.
- Awarded by the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Winnipeg, Canada– “Lifetime Achievement Award in Cardiovascular Science, Medicine And Surgery” and 'IMA (Indian Medical Association) Dr. K. Sharan Cardiology
- Excellence Award‘ by IMA.
- Dr. Parikh received AAPI “Global Leadership Award” at the Hands of Honorable Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India (then Chief Minister of Gujarat)
Chairman, CIMS Hospital. One of the senior-most Interventional Cardiologists of India associated with pioneering invasive and interventional cardiology work in India, triple diplomats of Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiology & Interventional Cardiology (having lived in USA from 1982-1995). An alumnus of the Harvard Business School, Owner/President Management (OPM Program-48) in 2014-2016.
Awards & accomplishments:
Dr. Kirit s Parikh, Chairman - IRADe, Former Member, Planning Commission
Dr Kirit S. Parikh has a Doctor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master's Degree in Economics from MIT, USA. He has been a Professor of Economics since 1967.
Widely recognized as architect of India's Integrated Energy Policy Committee. He was a Member of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) of five Prime Ministers of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee, P.V. Narasimha Rao, Chandra Shekhar, V.P.Singh and Rajiv Gandhi.
Honoured with Padma Bhushan by the President of India in March 2009. He is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India and honorary life member of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (on an average given to two persons a year in the world).
He was honoured as the most distinguished and illustrious alumni of the decade from India by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA in September, 2007. He was conferred the Distinguished Alumnus Award by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur in September, 2007.
In 1978 he was given the "Vikram Sarabhai Award" for Systems Analysis and Management. In 1999 he was given the "Visveswaraya Award" by the Engineers' Foundation in Kolhapur. He is also a recipient of "Nayudamma Award" for contribution to the welfare of mankind through developments in the fields of Economics & Energy in February 2005.