ORGANISERS

Government of Karnataka

Karnataka is globally recognized as the Information Technology (IT), Biotechnology (Bt), Research and Development (R&D) and Start-Up capital of the country with Bengaluru being recognised as the world's most dynamic city and India's Silicon Valley of east.

Karnataka has historically been a hub for technology and R&D based institutions in India and boasts of adequate infrastructure to support its vision. The Department of Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T through its innovative initiatives has been promoting Karnataka making it the most preferred destination for frontier technologies and has created a conducive environment for Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T related industries. Karnataka is the first state to draft its own IT, Biotech, ESDM, AVGC and Start-up policy and has set up 9 CoEs, incubation & learning centres.

Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS)

Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS) helps the Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology in facilitating and promoting the Information Technology and Biotech sectors in the state. KITS acts as a synergic liaison between Industry and Government, providing secretarial services to the State IT and Bt projects, making it the linchpin for providing all basic information that facilitates the establishment of IT & Bt Industries in the State. It is the nodal agency for implementing the decisions of the Vision Group on IT and the Vision Group on Bt.

KITS also focuses on tapping Karnataka's large IT talent pool, functioning as a key driver for augmenting foreign investments and collaborations, to enhance skill development, mutual industry facilitation and encourage startups and MSMEs.

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) has played a seminal role in establishing India as an Information Technology superpower. STPI is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Govt. of India. It is conceived with the distinct objective of encouraging, promoting and boosting software exports from India and maintains internal engineering resources to provide consulting, training, and implementation services.

Additionally, STPI also helps setup and manage infrastructural facilities. From time to time, efforts are made to provide statutory and other promotional services to exporters by implementing the Software Technology Parks (STP), Electronics and Hardware Technology Parks (EHTP) Schemes and SEZ schemes offered by Govt. of India. Today, STPI is synonymous with excellent Infrastructure and statutory support for the booming IT sector of the country.

Vision Groups on (Information Technology, Biotechnology & StartUp)

The three independent Vision Groups constituted by the Government of Karnataka on Information Technology, Biotechnology and Startups consist of industry captains, research heads, and academia.

These Vision Groups act as a think tank of the Government of Karnataka and help the state in formulating various policies and initiatives to foster the technology ecosystem in the state.

Vision Groups have also been instrumental in connecting the state globally with leading companies, research and academic institutes, and innovation hotspots for collaborations.

MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications

MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications is India's leading event curator in the field of frontier technologies. Since its inception in the year 2000, MM Activ has conceived an organised over 100 National and International conventions in sectors like IT & Electronics, Biotechnology, Agritechnology, Nanotechnology, Space Technology, Nutraceuticals, R&D and Higher Education, Sustainable Chemistry, Transport & Logistics, MRO, Renewable Energy, Water and Investments. MM Activ is also the publisher of leading business magazines like Bio Spectrum (Asia & India), NuFFooDS Spectrum (Asia & India) & Agro Spectrum.

VISION GROUPS

VISION GROUPS ON IT & ELECTRONICS

Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan (Kris)

Co-Founder, Infosys
Chairman, Axilor Ventures
Chairperson
Karnataka Vision Group on IT

Dr. Ekroop Caur, I.A.S

Secretary to Government
Dept.of Electronics, IT,BI and S&T, GoK

Prof. Govindan Rangarajan

Director
IISc- Bangalore

Irina Ghose

COO, Microsoft

Sharad Sharma

Co-founder
Governing Council Member
iSPIRT foundation

Sandeep Patel

MD, IBM

Sindhu Gangadharan

MD, SAP Labs, lndia

Ajay Vij

Country MD, Accenture, lndia

Kamal Bali

President & MD, Volvo lndia

Vishal Dhupar

MD, NVlDlA, South Asia

Jitendra Chaddah

MD, Global Foundries, lndia

Pankaj Vyas

CEO, Siemens Technology Services

Ajai Chowdhry

MD, EPIC Foundation

Anand Ramamoorthy

MD, Micron

Rangesh Raghavan

General Manager, LAM Research

Biren Ghose

MD, Asia Pacific for Technicolor

BV Naidu

Chairman, KDEM

V.Veerappan

Chairman, IESA- Bengaluru

Debabrata Das

Director, IIIT-Bengaluru

Bhaskar Verma

Regional Director, Karnataka & Tamilnadu, NASSCOM

Dr. S. Vidyashankar

Vice Chancellor, VTU Belagavi

Lingaraju Sawkar

President, Kyndryl lndia

Arvind Vaishnav

VP & Head, Phillips lnnovation

Sabyasachi Goswami

CEO, Perfios

Krishnakumar Natarajan

Former CEO, Mindtree

Dr. Shridhar Mitta

Founder & MD, Nextwealth Entrepreneurs, Pvt. Ltd

Romal Shetty

MD, Deloitte

Shri Darshan H.V., IAS

Director, Directorate of Electronics, IT&Bt, GoK




VISION GROUPS ON BIOTECH

Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Chairman & Managing Director
Biocon Ltd., Bengaluru

Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan

Principal Scientific Advisor to Prime Minister Office Government of India

Dr. G. Padmanaban

Hon. & Emeritus Professor
IISc.

Dr. Sridevi Annapurna Singh

Director
CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), Mysuru

Dr. S. V. Suresha

Vice-Chancellor
University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bengaluru

Dr. M K Ramesh M.S., FRCS

Vice-Chancellor
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru

Prof. L S Shashidhara

National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru (NCBS)

Mr. G. S. Krishnan

President
Association for Biotech-Led Enterprises (ABLE), Bengaluru

Dr. Vijay Chandru

Executive Chairman
Strand Life Sciences, Bengaluru

Dr. P. M. Murali

Founder - Director
Jananom Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru

Dr. K.K. Narayanan

Chairman
Kottaram Agro Foods Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru

Dr. Mahesh Bhalgat

Chief Operating Officer
Syngene International Ltd., Bengaluru

Dr. Vishal Rao

Member of High Power Committee on Tobacco Control – GoK
Member –Consultative Group to Principal Scientific Advisor- GoI

Mr. Vishwaprasad Alva

Managing Director
Skanray Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., Mysuru.

Mr. Rakesh Bamzai

President
India Emerging Asia & Access Markets, Commercial Expansion & Biosimilars, Growth market Viatris India
(Formerly Mylan), Bengaluru

Mr. Ajay Bharadwaj

Chief Executive Officer
Anthem Bio Sciences Pvt Ltd.,Bengaluru

Dr. Murali Ramachandra

Cheift Executive Officer
Aurigene Discovery Technologies Ltd., Bengaluru

Prof. D. Sundar

Director
Institute for Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology (IBAB) and Biocon Chair, Bengaluru

Prof. Anuranjan Anand

Professor
Molecular Biology & Genetics Unit and Chairman, Neuroscience Unit Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru.

Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed

CEO
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), Bengaluru

Mr. Naveen Kulkarni

Chief Executive Officer
Quantumzyme LLP, Bengaluru

Mrs. Geetha Manjunath

Director & Chief
NIRAMAI Health Analytix Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru

Dr. M. Anuradha

Principal
Padmashree Institute of Management and Sciences, Bengaluru

Shri Darshan H.V., IAS

Director, Dept. of Electronics, IT & Bt
Managing Director, KITS, Govt. of Karnataka




VISION GROUPS ON STARTUP

Mr. Prashanth Prakash

Partner
Accel Partners and Chairman
Karnataka Vision Group on Startup

Shri Darshan H.V., IAS

Director, Dept. of Electronics, IT & Bt
Managing Director, KITS, Govt. of Karnataka

Mr. BV Naidu

Chairman
Karnataka Digital Economy Mission
Managing Partner
StartupXseed Ventures

Mr. Raghunandan G.

Co-Founder & Ex-CEO
TaxiForSure

Mr. K. Ganesh

Founder
Growth Story

Ms. Shanti Mohan

Founder
LetsVenture

Ms. Shradha Sharma

Founder & CEO
YourStory

Mr. Manoj Kumar

Founder
Social Alpha

Mr. Nikhil Kamath

Founder
Zerodha

Mr. Nandan Reddy

Co-Founder
Swiggy

Mr. Kunal Shah

Founder
Cred &Freecharge

Mr. Sudhakar Gande

Vice Chairman
Axis Aerospace& Technologies

Mr. Bhavish Aggarwal

Founder & CEO
Ola

Mr. Harshil Mathur

Founder
Razorpay

Ms. Kavitha Rodrigues

CEO
Zumutor Biologics

Mr. Sujeet Kumar

Co-Founder
Udaan

Mr. Naganand Doraswamy

Managing Partner
IdeaSpring

Mr. Ravi Gururaj

Founder & CEO
QikPod

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