Our speakers
Surajit Chatterjee, Managing Director - Datacenter (India), Capitaland Investments
Surajit Chatterjee is the Managing Director of CapitaLand Investments, Data Centre Group India. He has successfully established the Group as a Data Centre Operator in India and has played a leadership role in streamlining the business operations from inception to execution.
He is a master strategist in the field of Operations, Business Development, Enterprise Sales & Marketing and Customer support, having an eventful career of 26+ years in various industries like IT services, Telecom, and Infrastructure. His vast domain expertise in Cloud, Managed Services, and Data Center Operations, makes him an influential figure in the Industry.
In the past, he has been associated with companies like Sify Technologies, Tata Communications (ST Telemedia), Tulip Telecom, and HCL Technologies, where he has been a pioneer in developing and launching profitable business models that include complete end-to-end life cycle management of the organization.
He is a Strategically-focused, persistent and outcome-driven leader with a knack for building and inspiring large, cross-functional teams to deliver beyond business expectations with a Laser focus on continuously improving quality while managing costs.
Surajit is an outstanding communicator at all levels and is associated with various Industry governing bodies. He is a regular Business Speaker at events where he shares his insights on Industry trends, Operations, Leadership, Strategy, Innovation, and other business aspects, which help create a profitable enterprise.
Surbhi Gupta, Head - Digital Platforms, ACC Limited
An innovation and technology leader with more than 16 years of experience Surbhi has been responsible for digital and tech transformation across industries to deliver value at scale. She has worked for leading organizations like Cognizant, Unilever & and is quite passionate about building strong tech, data and digital foundations.
She is currently spearheading smart manufacturing initiatives within her organization targeted at creating Plants of Future. Leveraging technologies like artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, machine vision and intelligent automation she aims to disrupt traditional manufacturing paradigms and make them digital first.
Suresh Bansal, Director, DTDC Courier & Cargo Ltd.
Mr. Suresh Bansal, Director is a Management Professional with over 25 years of experience in overseas markets. He has lead companies of repute in India, Europe and North America. Under his leadership company is making rapid improvements in international business and diversifying in to new products and services. Mr. Bansal has Advance Management Program from ISB to his credit.
Suresh Chukkapalli, Founder Chairman, Phoenix Group
A Technocrat par excellence , Mr,Suresh Chukkapalli, the founder Chairman of Phoenix is a visionary who started his career as an entrepreneur in the field of Automobiles turned Industrialist by setting up industries in the field of Steel, Cement and Power as part of founder Director of the US $1billion Lanco Group.
Mr.Suresh Chukkapalli has vast experience in the fields of Real estate , Power and Mines. He established Phoenix Group to develop land mark projects in India and abroad. Under the able guidance of Mr.Suresh Chukkapalli Phoenix grew from fold to folds. He injected a culture of self belief and confidence in the people working for Phoenix. He does things differently which created many a mile stones by Phoenix.
With his versatile domain knowledge in the fields of Power, Mines and Agro , Mr.Suresh Chukkapalli is also venturing into establishing major Power projects and mines.
Mr.Suresh Chukkapalli is a well known personality in all the trade fields and is member of FAPCI, FICCI, and ASSOCHAM . He is also a Director on the Board of Sahara Asset Management Company Pvt. Ltd.
As a Philanthropist , Mr.Suresh Chukkapalli is Managing Trustee of Lanco Institute of General Humanitarian Trust and also founder of Shri.Chukkapalli Shanker Rao Charitable Trust , Phoenix Foundation and established Hyderabad Chapter of “Make a Wish Foundation”.
Suresh Goyal, ED & India Head - Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, Macquarie Funds Group
Suresh Goyal is Macquarie’s India Country Lead and is also the head of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) in India. MIRA through its managed Funds is one of the largest investors in Indian Infrastructure.Suresh has led investments across Real Assets in India, including airports, toll roads, power generation and telecommunications. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Macquarie State Bank of India infrastructure joint venture.
Prior to joining Macquarie in 2010, he held senior management positions at leading infrastructure construction and financial institutions including Leighton International, Lazard and HSBC. His experience spans throughout India, Australia, South East Asia and the Middle East.
Suresh HR, Managing Director, Central Data Systems Pvt Ltd
Suresh Prabhala, Co Founder & Partner, ADV Partners Capital
Suresh Prabhala is a founding partner at ADV Partners Limited, an Asia dedicated private equity platform set-up in 2013 that is currently investing out of its inaugural US$ 550 million fund.
Suresh has over 18 years of experience in Asia with over 12 years on the buy-side. Prior to setting up ADV Partners, he served as Managing Director and Head of India at Mount Kellett Capital, and immediately prior to that as Executive Director and Head of India for the principal investments arm of JP Morgan. Suresh began his career at CRISIL in 1998 where he worked as a Credit Analyst before moving to Arthur Andersen and subsequently Allegro Capital, a boutique advisory firm.
Suresh holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Delhi College of Engineering, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Suresh is currently based in Singapore.
Suresh Raju, Executive Director, TVS Capital Funds Limited
Suresh is Executive Director at TVS Capital Funds Limited, which manages an India focused growth private equity fund. Suresh has been instrumental in structuring, fund raising and launching of the TVS Shriram Growth Fund, and is responsible for investments from the fund. Prior to joining the fund, Suresh worked at Deutsche Bank's technology investment banking practice in Boston. Suresh has several years of transactional experience that ranges from private equity, M&A to equity/debt financing transactions.
Suresh has executed over 25 advisory and capital raising transactions, primarily targeting mid-cap companies in US. In addition, Suresh spent several years in an operational role with experience across project management, product development, sales &; marketing. Suresh also worked closely with the management team of Yasu Technologies, a privately held software company based out of Hyderabad that was acquired by SAP. Suresh earned a B.Tech from IIT Madras, an MS from The Ohio State University and an MBA from University of Chicago.
Suresh Rangarajan, Founder & CEO, Colive
Suresh Rangarajan K (SRK) is a passionate & intense start-up professional. One of the early adopters of the internet world, he was part of the founding team of Citi-Times JV TimesOfMoney.com.
Under his enterprising leadership, remit2india.com went on to become the world’s #1 online money transfer portal & one of the most successful internet businesses in India.
SRK then founded an innovative real estate enterprise called Artha. The highlights of his stint at Artha includes the path breaking Start-up City & Knowledge Park – Emprasa. Combining his experience in banking, internet & real estate, SRK founded Colive to solve the housing challenges faced by millennials while offering a new asset class of Buy-to- let properties for investors.
SRK was conferred the prestigious Udyog Rattan award and WCRC and Ernst & Young also awarded him the “Trend Setter in Real Estate”. SRK is a Chartered Accountant and an alumnus of Yale School of Management.
Suresh Reddy, Chairman & CEO, Ybrant Digital
Suresh is the Chairman & CEO at Ybrant Digital and is responsible for strategic direction and expansion efforts in the company. Prior to co-founding two successful companies USAGreetings and Ybrant Technologies, he worked in various roles across different industries in Fortune 500 companies, such as Caterpillar, Chrysler, SBC(PacBell) and Charles Schwab.
Suresh holds an M. S. in Engineering from the Iowa State University and a B. Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.