Our speakers

Khozem Merchant, President, Pearson India

Khozem Merchant is President, Pearson India, the country office of the global media and education group. Before taking up his present position in January 2008, Khozem was for nearly two decades a journalist with The Financial Times, the global business newspaper published by Pearson. His last journalist role was FT Mumbai Correspondent from 2000 to 2006, when he moved from editorial to the commercial side of the FT, taking up a role as director, business development for the Financial Times in India. As the Head of Pearson India he is the key representative across Pearson’s interests in India, which include Penguin India, Pearson Education India, the Financial Times, Pearson Assessments and Testing.

Khushru M. Mistry, Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Eureka Forbes Ltd

Kingshuk Basu, CEO, Conscious Food Pvt. Ltd.

Kingshuk Basu is Chief Executive Officer of Conscious Food, India’s pioneering organic and natural food company since 1990. Conscious Food is a well-loved, national brand which offers 100+ high quality products across categories to provide its customers a healthy kitchen solution. Prior to this, Kingshuk was Executive Director Operations with Spencer's Retail responsible for the business in all stores and regions across India. He has also served as Director Global Business with WinHolt Equipment and as Senior Business Manager with Daymon Worldwide at Kroger. Kingshuk holds a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur and MBA in marketing and supply chain management from Michigan State University.

Kiran Anandampillai, Founder and CEO, Drishti

Kiran is the founder and CEO of Drishti, an eye hospital chain working to provide affordable eye care in underserved markets. Drishti currently covers several districts in rural Karnataka. He is a telecom engineer and prior to Drishti was a founding member of OnMobile, a company spun out of Infosys.  He helped build OnMobile from a 10 people startup to 1200 people with revenues over 550 crores. He was also a Volunteer – Technology at UIDAI. He is passionate about building Drishti into an sustainable, social impact institution.

Kiran Bhagwanani, Chief Executive Officer, South Asia, NTT Ltd.

Kiran Bhagwanani is the CEO, South Asia, for the newly created, global, US $11 billion company - NTT Ltd. In this role, Kiran is responsible for managing P&L, increasing market share, driving new strategic and transformational initiatives, ensuring client satisfaction and employee development.

His immediate prior role was CEO for South Asia, Japan and New Zealand in Dimension Data Asia Pacific while continuing to head the India market and leading it to profitable growth over eight consecutive years to make it one of the fastest growing and most profitable businesses within Dimension Data globally.

Kiran was earlier associated with HCL Technologies for over 15 years and was last heading the worldwide sales of Systems Integration in addition to his responsibility as Country Head for the India business.

With over 28 years of experience in the IT sector, Kiran is most excited about the new IT consumption models that help organisations use technology more, but own and manage it less, thereby aligning the IT cost with their business cycle. He believes digital disruption is here to stay and will accelerate -- with autonomics, robotics, and AI continuing to change the way businesses connect with their consumers.

Kiran is also passionate about the vital role people play in shaping the culture of high performance organisations and in line with this belief, has conceptualized and propagated “Our People First” (OPF), an employee focused program to create a positive, engaging and rewarding employee experience. He keeps his industry association active through his membership in groups such as Young President’s Organisation (YPO) and the Indian Management Association’s CEO Forum.

Kiran Chandra Kalluri, Partner, Dallas Venture Capital

Kiran Gadela, Co founder & Managing Director, Oasis Centre For Reproductive Medicine

Kiran Gadela is a healthcare entrepreneur and is the co-founder ,Managing director of Oasis Centre for Reproductive Medicine, a leading chain of IVF and fertility treatment centres in India. (www.oasisindia.in).

Kiran founded Oasis (a Unit of Sadguru Healthcare Pvt Ltd) in 2009 along with renowned IVF specialist Dr.Durga Rao, and the company currently operates 9 centres in Telangana, AP and Tamil Nadu. The company is headquartered in Hyderabad. Known for its highly specialized and advanced treatments in the field of reproductive medicine, Oasis has been ranked #1 in Hyderabad, #2 in South India and #3 in India by Times of India Survey 2018. It has also been listed as one of the top 1000 fastest growing companies in Asia by the Financial Times.

Oasis is one of the few chains in the field of reproductive medicine in Asia that has raised institutional growth capital in 2016 from India Life Sciences Fund, and is currently executing its expansion plans in India. Prior to starting Oasis, Kiran worked for over 13 years in IT and Financial Services in leading investment banks in London. Kiran holds a degree in civil engineering and is an alumni of INSEAD business school.

Kiran Gopinath, Founder & CEO, Adadyn (Ozone Media)

Kiran founded Ozone Media (now known as Adadyn) in 2006 and brings invaluable experience to lead strategy and product vision. Backed by investment from IDG Ventures and under the aegis of Kiran, the company has evolved its service offerings and expanded its presence across the globe.

A self taught professional fuelled with immense passion, Kiran has played a definitive role in the online media ecosystem and is recognized for his thought leadership and industry expertise; making him an active speaker at various digital marketing forums and discussions.

Kiran Kumar, Ex Co-founder & CEO, Adepto Solutions Pvt Ltd

Mr. Kiran Kumar co-founded Adepto Solutions Pvt. Ltd., in 2001 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kumar has over 10 years experience in Internet Sales, Marketing, and Communications. Before founding Adepto, he spent 5 years in Google India and helped set up the Direct Sales & Operations function. He has an MBA from Liverpool Business School in 2002 and had an Executive Orientation in Entrepreneurship at Chicago Booth 2009.

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Executive Chairperson, Biocon & Biocon Biologics