Our speakers

Gurshabad Grover, Senior Policy Officer, The Centre for Internet and Society

Gurshabad Grover is a technologist and legal researcher, working as Senior Researcher at the Centre for Internet and Society. His writing focuses on network security & privacy, internet governance, and censorship & surveillance in India.

Gurumurthy G, CEO, Dynaspede Integrated Systems

Gurumurthy G is the Director and Chief Operating Officer at Dynaspede Integrated Systems (P) Limited. Here he is responsible for financial growth of the company and delivering significant contributions to profit levels. Earlier he was the Head - Operations and prior to that the Sector President at Dynaspede Integrated Systems (P) Limited.

Gurumurthy has completed an Advanced Management Programme, General Management from IIM Bangalore & holds a BTech, Electrical and Electronics degree from National Institute of Technology, Calicut.

Gustaf Ericson, Senior Manager, Bain & Company

GV Prasad, Co Chairman and MD, Dr Reddy's Laboratories

GV Ravishankar, MD, Sequoia Capital India

Ravi Shankar is a Managing Director with Sequoia Capital India. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Ravi Shankar worked at McKinsey & Company in Mumbai, where he advised senior management of top Indian companies on a variety of issues including business building, channel management and leadership development. Prior to McKinsey, Ravi Shankar worked at Wipro Technologies in their Embedded and Internet Access division.

At Wipro, Ravi Shankar helped several venture-backed networking start-up clients design and build customer premise equipment for next generation applications like VoDSL and Internet over Cable.

Ravi Shankar received an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad where he was awarded the President’s Gold Medal. He also holds a BE in Computer Science and Engineering from REC Trichy.

Gyan Pandey, CDO, Voltas Ltd.

H. B. Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, Hydroair Tectonics (PCD) Ltd

Mr. H.B. Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, a highly qualified and internationally renowned technocrat with over 30 years of experience in the field. Guided by him a team of well qualified and highly experienced engineers and associated staff members steer the company’s projects. Mr H.B. Singh has done M.Tech from IIT Kanpur with Advanced Course from EPA, U.S.A..

Hadi Badri, CEO-Economic Development, Dubai Department of Economy & Tourism

Hadi Badri is the Chief Executive Officer of Economic Development at the Dubai Department of Economy & Tourism.

Hadi has held various management roles at Emaar Properties, including as CEO of Emaar International ($1.5bn Revenue, $0.4bn EBITDA), Group Chief Strategy Officer at Emaar and Chairman of Namshi ($0.4bn Net Revenue). Prior to joining Emaar, Hadi was a Principal at Bain & Company, where he led a range of complex strategy and organization projects across industries.

He was also an investment professional at The Carlyle Group and Dubai International Capital. Hadi has served as a Board Director for Emaar Properties in 15 companies across Real Estate, E-commerce and Hospitality, including Emaar’s real estate development businesses in India, Turkey, Pakistan, Morocco and Jordan, Namshi (Fashion E-commerce) and Rove Hotels (Hospitality).

Hadi has also served as a Board Director at Sandooq Al Watan (Private Sector Not-for-profit) and Rivoli Group (Retail) and as a Member of Investment Advisory Committees at Middle East Venture Partners (Venture Capital) and Carlyle MENA Partners (Private Equity).

Hadi is an honors graduate in Economics from Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA.

Handhi, Co-CEO and Founder, Manna Agribio

Handhi is the Co-CEO and Founder of Manna Agribio, where his leadership and vision are driving the company's efforts in pioneering sustainable agriculture through innovative biotechnology, helping farmers increase yields while protecting the environment. With over 20 years of experience in corporate strategy and growth, Handhi has previously held roles as Vice President Director at MNC Skyvision and Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development at Mayapada Healthcare Group. He also serves as Chairman of the Indonesian Multimedia Provider Association (APMI).

Handhi Kentjono, Co-CEO and Founder, Manna Agribio

Handhi is the Co-CEO and Founder of Manna Agribio, where his leadership and vision are driving the company's efforts in pioneering sustainable agriculture through innovative biotechnology, helping farmers increase yields while protecting the environment. With over 20 years of experience in corporate strategy and growth, Handhi has previously held roles as Vice President Director at MNC Skyvision and Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development at Mayapada Healthcare Group. He also serves as Chairman of the Indonesian Multimedia Provider Association (APMI).