Our speakers

Ravi Venkatraman, CEO, Karvy Innotech

Ravi Virmani, Founder & MD, Credi Health Pvt Ltd

Ravi Virmani is the Founder and MD of Credihealth.com, a first of its kind healthcare portal in India. The idea of Credihealth crystalised in Ravi Virmani’s mind in 2013, when he astutely identified a real need in the healthcare industry for widely available credible, reliable, and transparent healthcare information.

Ravi has a solid track record of a successful business leader. In 1990, he co-founded Noble House in a garage and further shaped its growth for over a decade by leading and creating an institution in South Asia of the finest consulting caliber and financial success. He attracted, nurtured and mentored a large team of consultants. Noble House eventually evolved to become Hewitt Associates - India, over time.

After successful stints as MD at Hewitt South Asia and CEO Aventus Consulting (both in Singapore), he returned to India as COO of Max Healthcare immediately before founding Credihealth.
Ravi is an alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur.

Raviganesh Venkataraman, ED and CEO, Cloudnine Group of Hospitals

Raviganesh Venkataraman, CEO, Cloudnine Group of Hospitals

Raviganesh Venkataraman is currently the Chief Executive officer at Cloudnine Group of Hospitals and based in Bengaluru. As the CEO, Ravi is responsible for the development and execution of Cloudnine’s business strategy, across all functions and business verticals with specific focus on customer experience, clinical quality, operational excellence, doctor relations, talent and leadership development.

 

As a seasoned professional with over 25 years of working experience across verticals, Ravi has been a part of several industries and geographies in India and Asia with proven skills in business strategy, project planning and execution, supply chain management, sales and distribution and organisation development. Ravi was until recently a director on the board of Metro Cash & Carry India and has held leadership roles in the past with Bharti Airtel, Subhiksha Retail, Coca Cola India, Titan Industries and Godrej & Boyce.

 

Ravi holds a Masters in Management studies from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research and a B.E in Production engineering from KJ Somaiya College of Engineering. An avid reader and a perpetual learner, Ravi is fond of literature and a loves classical music.

Ravijot Chugh, Co founder, UpGrad

Ravijot Chugh is the co-founder and heads the product and learning experience at UpGrad. He has previously worked with Housing.com as a product lead and with the Parthenon Group advising multiple companies and private equity investors on the education sector in emerging markets. He also co-founded a social travel startup called 36hrs.in in San Francisco

Ravi holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from IIT-Delhi and was part of the Forbes Asia 30 under 30 cohort for 2018.

Ravijot Chugh is the co-founder and heads the product and learning experience at UpGrad. He has previously worked with Housing.com as a product lead and with the Parthenon Group advising multiple companies and private equity investors on the education sector in emerging markets. He also co-founded a social travel startup called 36hrs.in in San Francisco

Ravi holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from IIT-Delhi and was part of the Forbes Asia 30 under 30 cohort for 2018.

Ravikiran Avvaru, Head of IT (Asia-pacific, Middle East & Africa), Apollo Tyres

RaviKiran S Avvaru, Head IT - Digitalisation & Automation (Asia Pacific Middle-East & Africa), Apollo Tyres Ltd.

Ravinder Pal Singh, Chief Information and Innovation Officer, TATA SIA Airlines Limited

Ravindra Bandhakavi, Partner, Trilegal

Ravindra Bandhakavi is Partner, Trilegal, and part of the corporate practice group with a focus on M&A and private equity transactions. An experienced practitioner in corporate law, Ravindra has been associated with a number of large M&A and private equity deals.

Ravindra has been ranked as one of the leading lawyers in India by Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific Guide 2015. As per Chambers & Partners 2014 he is considered by fund managers to be a "go-to guy for any legal, regulatory or structural advice." He acts for a number of high-profile international funds, and is praised for being "very commercial, much focused, and a lawyer who always demonstrates a very positive approach". Ravindra is an alumnus of National Law School, Bangalore and London Business School, UK. He is a member of Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa, India.

Ravindra Baviskar, Director - Sales Engineering (India & SAARC), Sophos

Mr. Ravindra Baviskar currently is the Director - Presales (Cyber Security) – India & SAARC for Sophos. He has over 17+ years of Experience in IT Security and has been with Sophos for more than 14+ years now. He has extensively worked in the Presales department of Sophos and has helped not only to develop his own region of Western India but also has supported a lot of National / International projects.

His current profile involves solving the presales / technical queries and closely working with the development team in evolving the product by incorporating market feedback. With his vast experience and technical background, he has been vital in identifying and solving the needs of Customers from the defense, BFSI, Education verticals amongst many others.

Mr. Baviskar has done his BE in Computers and has successfully completed the CCNA and Certified Ethical Hacker certifications. He has trained and certified 500 plus engineers on Sophos/Cyberoam Security product. He has been an eminent speaker in various forums, seminars & conferences on IT Security Events, Defense Expositions and IT and had been conducting various webinars, trainings and informative sessions.