THE VOICES THAT SHAPED BTS 2025

Speakers 2025

Leaders. Innovators. Changemakers.

BTS 2025 / 18 SPEAKERS

DIGNITARIES

Shri Siddaramaiah

Shri Siddaramaiah

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka

Shri D. K. Shivakumar

Shri D. K. Shivakumar

Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka

Shri M. B. Patil

Shri M. B. Patil

Minister for Large & Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development, Government of Karnataka

Shri Priyank Kharge

Shri Priyank Kharge

Hon'ble Minister for Information Technology & Biotechnology and Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Government of Karnataka

Shri Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda

Shri Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda

Chairman, KEONICS, Government of Karnataka

H.E. Mr. Jan Christian Vestre

H.E. Mr. Jan Christian Vestre

Hon'ble Minister of Health and Care Services, Norway

H.E. Ms. Ilse Aigner

H.E. Ms. Ilse Aigner

President of the Bavarian State Parliament, Germany

H.E. Mr. Rafal Rosinski

H.E. Mr. Rafal Rosinski

Deputy Minister of, Digitalisation, Republic of Poland

Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece

Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece

Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Australia

Shri S. R. Vishwanath

Shri S. R. Vishwanath

Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Shri S. Gopalakrishnan (Kris)

Shri S. Gopalakrishnan (Kris)

Chairman, Karnataka Vision Group on IT & Electronics and Co-Founder, Infosys, Chairman, Axilor Ventures

Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Chairperson, Karnataka Vision Group on Biotech and Executive Chairperson, Biocon Ltd.

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Shri Prashanth Prakash

Shri Prashanth Prakash

Chairperson, Karnataka Vision Group on Startups and Partner,, Accel

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Dr. Shalini Rajneesh, IAS

Dr. Shalini Rajneesh, IAS

Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Shri Arvind Kumar

Shri Arvind Kumar

Director General, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India

BV Naidu

BV Naidu

Chairman, KDEM

Shri K. J. George

Shri K. J. George

Minister of Energy, Government of Karnataka

Shri Dinesh Gundu Rao

Shri Dinesh Gundu Rao

Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka

BTS 2025 / 40 SPEAKERS

CIRCUIT STAGE (Electronics & Semicon)

Alok Jain

Alok Jain

Business Operations Leader and Chief of Staff to India Head, Lam Research

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Andreas Hammer

Andreas Hammer

Senior Vice President Sales Business Group, YAGEO Group

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Anil Kalra

Anil Kalra

Chief Supply Chain & Operations, L&T Semiconductor Technologies

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Ashish Lachhwani

Ashish Lachhwani

Co-Founder, Maieutic Semiconductors

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Bhuvaneswar Naik

Bhuvaneswar Naik

VP & Head HR, Components, Tata Electronics

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Diganta Sarma

Diganta Sarma

Head of Business Development and Strategy, INOX Air Products

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Dr. Manoj Kumar

Dr. Manoj Kumar

Director- Innovation, STMicroelectronics

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Dr. Suraj Rengarajan

Dr. Suraj Rengarajan

Head Semiconductor Products Group, Applied Materials India

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Dr. Veerappan V

Dr. Veerappan V

Co Founder & President, Tessolve Semiconductor

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Gagan Bansal

Gagan Bansal

President Sales & Marketing, TDK India Pvt. Ltd.

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Ganapathy Subramaniam

Ganapathy Subramaniam

Founding Managing Partner, Yali capital

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Kannan Babu Ramia

Kannan Babu Ramia

Sr Principal Engineer- Edge Computing, Intel Technology India Pvt Ltd

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Neeraj Pandita

Neeraj Pandita

Co-CEO, Wipro Electronics Materials

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Neil Shah

Neil Shah

Industry Analyst & Co-Founder, Counterpoint Research

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Paul ilanghovan T.

Paul ilanghovan T.

Head of Operations, Kaynes Semicon Pvt. Ltd.

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Sikora

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Sikora

Chairman, Embedded world Exhibition & Conference

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Prof. Mayank Shrivastava

Prof. Mayank Shrivastava

Full Professor & Chair, Department of ESE, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

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Rajeev Khushu

Rajeev Khushu

Director GR Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Texas Instruments

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Ritesh Tyagi

Ritesh Tyagi

Vice President, Wipro VLSI & Custom Silicon

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Shinto Joseph

Shinto Joseph

Director South East Asia & ANZ Operations, LDRA Limited

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Sridhar Subrahmanya

Sridhar Subrahmanya

President & CEO, Outdu Mediatech Pvt. Ltd.

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Subash Chandar Govindarajan

Subash Chandar Govindarajan

Senior Director - Silicon, Google

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Sujay Shetty

Sujay Shetty

Global Health Industries Advisory Leader, PwC India

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Surya Prekke

Surya Prekke

Vice President of Engineering, Network & Edge Group, Intel Corporation

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Sushan Mahuli

Sushan Mahuli

Sr. Director - Supply Chain, Lam Research

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Vijayaraghavan Narayanan

Vijayaraghavan Narayanan

Head of Edge ID & Authentication, Infineon Technologies

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Vyshali Sagar

Vyshali Sagar

Government Relations Policy and Public Affairs Lead, Micron India

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Yvette van Eechoud

Yvette van Eechoud

Deputy Director General, Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Malini Narayanamoorthi

Malini Narayanamoorthi

Country Head, Renesas India and Vice President, MID Engineering, Renesas

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BTS 2025 / 57 SPEAKERS

LIFE STAGE (Digihealth & Biotech)

Balakumar Ramakrishnan

Balakumar Ramakrishnan

Head of Marketing and Business Developement, Food and Beverage Biosolutions , Middle East, India and Africa, Novonesis

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Chandrasekhar Nair

Chandrasekhar Nair

Director & CTO / Co-Founder, Molbio Diagnostics Limited / Bigtec Private Limited

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Debjani Paul

Debjani Paul

Institute Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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Dr. Mrinal Kammili

Dr. Mrinal Kammili

Chief of Translational and Clinical Research, Syngene International Limited

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Dr. Abdur Rub

Dr. Abdur Rub

CEO, India's Translational Research Initiative (ITRI)

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Dr. Anand Sivaraman

Dr. Anand Sivaraman

CEO & Director, Remidio Innovative Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

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Dr. Anuya Nisal

Dr. Anuya Nisal

Founder & CEO, Serigen Mediproducts

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Dr. Arvind Murali Venkatesan

Dr. Arvind Murali Venkatesan

Chief Commercial Officer, CrisprBits Private Limited

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Dr. Chandramowli Ganesh

Dr. Chandramowli Ganesh

CoFounder, Director & CSO, Tranalab Pvt Ltd.

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Dr. Dhananjaya Dendukuri

Dr. Dhananjaya Dendukuri

CEO & Co-Founder, Achira Labs

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Dr. Gayatri Venkataraman

Dr. Gayatri Venkataraman

Senior Principal Scientist, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation

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Dr. Gopala Krishnan S

Dr. Gopala Krishnan S

Head, Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute-ICAR

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Dr. K.K. Narayanan

Dr. K.K. Narayanan

Founder & MD, Sthayika Seeds Pvt. Ltd.

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Dr. Mammen Chandy

Dr. Mammen Chandy

Senior Constultant, Naruvi Hospital Vellore

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Dr. Maneesh Paul. S

Dr. Maneesh Paul. S

Lead Co-inventor of Enmetazobactam (Orchid Pharma), Microvioma (P) Ltd

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Dr. Nitish Sathyanarayanan

Dr. Nitish Sathyanarayanan

Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, UltraNutri

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Dr. Sanjay Singh

Dr. Sanjay Singh

CEO & Whole-time Director, Gennova Biopharmaceuticals

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Dr. Satya Prakash Dash

Dr. Satya Prakash Dash

President Strategy Bigtec Senior Advisor Blockchain for Impact, BFI

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Dr. Swaminathan Sethuraman

Dr. Swaminathan Sethuraman

Dean, Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy

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Dr. Swaraj Basu

Dr. Swaraj Basu

Principal Bioinformatics Engineer, Strand Life Sciences

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Dr. Swetavalli Raghavan

Dr. Swetavalli Raghavan

Advisor on AMR, Gov. of Karnataka & Professor of Practice, St. Joseph’s University

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Dr. Vishal Rao

Dr. Vishal Rao

Director - Head Neck Surgical Oncology & Robotic Surgery, Dean - Centre of Academics & Research, HCG Cancer Centre

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Keerthi Prasad Venkataramanan

Keerthi Prasad Venkataramanan

Founder & CEO, The BioForge (USA)

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Prakash K. Rao

Prakash K. Rao

Head of Business Development, Biovergence Inc

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Prem Pavoor PhD

Prem Pavoor PhD

Managing Partner & Head of India Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures

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Prof. Arindam Ghosh

Prof. Arindam Ghosh

Professor, Indian Institute of Science

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Prof. LS Shashidhara

Prof. LS Shashidhara

Director, National Centre for Biological Sciences

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Prof. Nagasuma Chandra

Prof. Nagasuma Chandra

Professor, Department of Biochemistry, IIsc

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Prof. Praveen K Vemula

Prof. Praveen K Vemula

Professor,Dean of Research, inStem

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Prof. Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi

Prof. Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi

Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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Prof. Subhashis Banerjee

Prof. Subhashis Banerjee

Head of the Department & Professor of Computer Science, Ashoka University

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Rajagopal Manohar

Rajagopal Manohar

Head of TS & Innovation, Novonesis

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Sudha Rao, PhD

Sudha Rao, PhD

Co-Founder & Founder, Genotypic Technology & Dhiti Omics technologies

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Vijay M S S

Vijay M S S

Head of DS manufacturing, Biocon Biologics

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Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Chairperson, Karnataka Vision Group on Biotech and Executive Chairperson, Biocon Ltd.

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Ajay Kohli

Ajay Kohli

Ex-Deputy Director General Research and Innovation, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines.

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Dr. Pankaj N. Patil

Dr. Pankaj N. Patil

Sr. Manager- Technology Development, Praj Industries Limited, Pune.

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Ron Milo

Ron Milo

Researcher, Weizmann Institute of Science

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Shri Goverdhan Singh Rawat

Shri Goverdhan Singh Rawat

Deputy Managing Director, NABARD

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Ashish Venkataramani

Ashish Venkataramani

Partner, Eight Roads Ventures

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Sri Sailaja Nori

Sri Sailaja Nori

Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Sea6 Energy Private Limited

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Shri Rajesh Kumar Pathak

Shri Rajesh Kumar Pathak

Secretary, Technology Development Board

BTS 2025 / 84 SPEAKERS

WORLD STAGE-1 (GIA)

Ambika Banotra

Ambika Banotra

Chief Representative, NRW Global Business India

Anik Luke Dhanaraj

Anik Luke Dhanaraj

Science Fellow, Bayer

Antonietta Baccanari

Antonietta Baccanari

Italian Trade Commissioner; Coordinator of Italian Trade Agency offices for India, Embassy of Italy, New Delhi; Bangladesh & Sri Lanka

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Anurag Shrivastava

Anurag Shrivastava

Group Chief - Open Innovation, Panasonic Life Solutions India

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Ashoka Bhat

Ashoka Bhat

General Manager-Quality Assurance, InCap India

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Atul Kavitake

Atul Kavitake

Innovation Manager, Swissnex

Avi Luvton

Avi Luvton

Executive Director, International collaboration Division, Israel Innovation Authority

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Constantin Kruger

Constantin Kruger

Founder, Alpion CryoSolutions

Deepak Paul

Deepak Paul

MD, IGUS India

Dr. Dadhichi Paretkar

Dr. Dadhichi Paretkar

Transferscout Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, GATEWAY - Startup Service University of Cologne

Dr. Stephan Weyers

Dr. Stephan Weyers

Academic Vice Rector, Professor, Fachhochschule Dortmund University

Fabio Monteleone

Fabio Monteleone

CEO, The Genesys

Federico Martinelli-Orlando

Federico Martinelli-Orlando

Founder, TALPA-Inspection

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Felix Fröhlich

Felix Fröhlich

Senior Project Manager, Office of Economic Development Düsseldorf

Giandomenico Milano

Giandomenico Milano

Consul General of Italy, Consulate General of Italy in Bangalore

Jouko Lampinen

Jouko Lampinen

Dean, School of Science, University of Aalto

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KL Anand

KL Anand

Supply Chain Management, InCap India

Kanchi Arora

Kanchi Arora

Advisor – Economic and Press Affairs, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bangalore

Kanika Dheman

Kanika Dheman

Founder, Renuro (Uropatch)

Ken Kasischke

Ken Kasischke

Co-Founder and Managing Director, CheckPCB GmbH

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Kimmo Lahdevirta

Kimmo Lahdevirta

His Excellency Ambassador, Finland

Leena Pishe Thomas

Leena Pishe Thomas

Director and Principal Consultant, Global Business Inroads (GBI)

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Madhusoothanan

Madhusoothanan

Regional Director, IGCC

Manish Misra

Manish Misra

Chief Innovation Officer, Panasonic Life Solutions India

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Markku Turunen

Markku Turunen

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, University of Tampere

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Niraj Kumar

Niraj Kumar

Manager, Omron Automation Pvt Ltd.

Orli Weitzman

Orli Weitzman

Consul General, Consulate General of Israel to Southern India

Ranju Mathew

Ranju Mathew

Director, Hitachi High-Tech India Pvt. Ltd

Romain TRIHAN

Romain TRIHAN

Founder, CeraSkin

Selen Ercan Jenny

Selen Ercan Jenny

Founder, Layered

Shajid Galaria

Shajid Galaria

Regional Sales Head, South India & Sri Lanka,Kone India

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Siddharth Naithani

Siddharth Naithani

Senior Advisor, ICT, South Asia,Business Finland

Sweta Tiwari

Sweta Tiwari

Program Lead, Plug and Play

Tal Ben Avner

Tal Ben Avner

I4F Fund Manager, Israel Innovation Authority

Tomoki Uchino

Tomoki Uchino

Global Account Department, Assistant Manager, Omron Automation Pvt Ltd.

Toshihiro Mizutani

Toshihiro Mizutani

Director General, JETRO Bengaluru

Tsutomu Nakane

Tsutomu Nakane

Consul General of Japan, Consulate-General of Japan in Bengaluru

Deepika Prithviraj

Deepika Prithviraj

Senior Innovation Manager, Swissnex

Dr. Søren Tranberg Hansen

Dr. Søren Tranberg Hansen

Innovation Attaché, ICDK Bangalore

Shalini Nataraj

Shalini Nataraj

Global Head of HR Delivery and Employee Experience, A.P. Moller Maersk

Dr. Jeppe Dørup Olesen

Dr. Jeppe Dørup Olesen

Chief Innovation Officer, The Kitchen, Aarhus University

Shri Harsha K

Shri Harsha K

Project Lead, TechBBQ Denmark

Ravi Puvvala

Ravi Puvvala

Founder, Quantum Biosciences

Kiran Bettadapur

Kiran Bettadapur

Founder, Tetrane Software Pvt Ltd

Ravi Kumar

Ravi Kumar

Founder, Altio Ai Private Limited

Uma Pradhan

Uma Pradhan

Founder, Nanosentrix Private Limited

Tapish Agarwal

Tapish Agarwal

Founder, Hycosys Private Limited

Ritesh Tota

Ritesh Tota

Founder, Paprap

Anjali Patil

Anjali Patil

Founder, Earth & Organics

Prof. Simon Devitt

Prof. Simon Devitt

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Eigen Systems

Mukund Narayanamurti

Mukund Narayanamurti

Minister (Commercial) & Head of Austrade, GMI, Australian Trade and Investment Commission, South Asia

Dr. Cerasela Tanasecu

Dr. Cerasela Tanasecu

Director, Innovation, La Trobe University

Jibu Elias

Jibu Elias

AI Ethicist & Open Innovation Lead, Mozilla

Prof Jonathan Jeffers

Prof Jonathan Jeffers

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London

Joshua Bamford

Joshua Bamford

Head, Technology – British High Commission

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Pierre Beaudoin

Pierre Beaudoin

Economic Attaché-Innovation & Technology, Consulate General of France in Bangalore

Marc Lamy

Marc Lamy

Consul General of France in Bangalore

Axelle Blanchard

Axelle Blanchard

Economic Attaché for Digital Affairs, Embassy of France in India

Axel Guyon

Axel Guyon

Representative of Paris Region in India

Nihal Choudyal

Nihal Choudyal

AVP Climate COE, NSRCEL

Rohith Jagannath

Rohith Jagannath

Founder, Foreintel Solutions.

H.E. Nicolas Reece

H.E. Nicolas Reece

Lord Mayor Of Melbourne

Arvind Raju

Arvind Raju

Technical Director, NXP Semiconductor

Sivakumar Karmegam

Sivakumar Karmegam

Country Leader - Innovation, Decathlon Sports India

Souad Tenfiche

Souad Tenfiche

Co-Chair, La French Tech India

Lindy Cameron CBE

Lindy Cameron CBE

High Commissioner, UK High Commission to India - TBC

James Lovegrove

James Lovegrove

Public Policy Director EMEA &APAC, RedHat

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BTS 2025 / 70 SPEAKERS

WORLD STAGE-2 (GIA)

Arne Aertbelien

Arne Aertbelien

Inward Invest Manager ( Asia), hub.brussels

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Bart Vandeputte

Bart Vandeputte

Trade & Investment Commissioner, hub.brussels

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Chang-nyun KIM

Chang-nyun KIM

Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea

Dr. Guydeuk Yeon

Dr. Guydeuk Yeon

Director-Centre for Digital Innovation & Centre for Korean Studies, Christ University

Dr. PNSV Narasimham

Dr. PNSV Narasimham

President & Head of Corporate Functions, Cyient Limited

Ewout de Wit

Ewout de Wit

Consul General, Consulate General of the Netherlands in Bengaluru

Frank Geerkens

Frank Geerkens

Consul General, Consulate General of Belgium in Mumbai

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Hugo Westerveld

Hugo Westerveld

Director, ASIC Turnkey Solutions Cyient Semiconductors

Jan Reint Smit

Jan Reint Smit

Innovation Counsellor, Netherlands Embassy in Delhi

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Moongoo Chin

Moongoo Chin

Executive Vice President, SoluM Co., Ltd.

Sagar Ratnakar Kirtany

Sagar Ratnakar Kirtany

Team Leader, HL Klemove India Tech Center

Uma Mahesh Saraswatula

Uma Mahesh Saraswatula

Co-Founder and CEO, Innatera Nanosystems B.V.

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Wafa Balaswad

Wafa Balaswad

Director of Freezone Operations at Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park (SPARK)

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YOUNGSAM KIM

YOUNGSAM KIM

MD, DN Solution

Yvette van Eechoud

Yvette van Eechoud

Deputy Director General, Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands

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Rahul Sharma

Rahul Sharma

MD, USIBC India

Christopher Hodges

Christopher Hodges

U.S. Consul General, Chennai

Grant Bourzikas

Grant Bourzikas

CISO, Cloudfare, Cloudfare

Seema Verma

Seema Verma

Executive Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Health and Life Sciences

Rangesh Raghavan

Rangesh Raghavan

Corporate VP and Managing Director, Lam India

Vivan Sharan

Vivan Sharan

Partner, Koan Advisory Group (KAG)

Ashok Kamath

Ashok Kamath

Secretary, IIT Alumni Centre Bengaluru (IITACB) supported by Government of Karnataka

Dr. Subi Chaturvedi

Dr. Subi Chaturvedi

SVP & Chief Corporate Affairs & Public Policy, InMobi

Prabhu Palanisamy

Prabhu Palanisamy

Head of Digital Technology, Chevron India (c)

Jishnu Sanyal

Jishnu Sanyal

Partner, Trilegal

Brandon Morton

Brandon Morton

Economic Development Manager, City of Richardson, Texas

Naveen Goudar

Naveen Goudar

VP & GM, MKS India

Dr. Mamta Pant Abichandani

Dr. Mamta Pant Abichandani

Director & Head Public Affairs & Communication, Infineon Technologies

Vivek Belgavi

Vivek Belgavi

Advisory Leader, PwC

Tarun Gupta

Tarun Gupta

Director, New Jersey India Center

Mahesh Nandyala

Mahesh Nandyala

Founder and CEO, Startup Runway & Texas Delegation Lead

Sudhir Rao

Sudhir Rao

Senior Partner - India, Celesta Capital

Rohan Naik

Rohan Naik

India Policy Manager, Coinbase

Dipanwita Ghosh

Dipanwita Ghosh

Principal, Head of Innovation Strategy Business, Zinnov

Aditi Jha

Aditi Jha

LinkedIn

Girish Menon

Girish Menon

Chief Strategy Officer, JetSynthesys Pvt. Ltd. (c)

Archana Tewary

Archana Tewary

Partner, J. Sagar Associates. (c)

Shalini Pillay

Shalini Pillay

India Leader, Global Capability, KPMG India

Suchismita Sanyal

Suchismita Sanyal

Head, India Strategy, ExxonMobil Bengaluru Technology Center

Pawan Sachdeva

Pawan Sachdeva

Senior Managing Director, Carelon Global Solutions

Sheenam Ohrie

Sheenam Ohrie

MD, Broadridge Financial Solutions India

Anshuma Singh

Anshuma Singh

IT Head and IT Site Leader, Applied Materials

Sainath Parayath

Sainath Parayath

Chief Representative, Dubai Chambers

Arjun Sarkar

Arjun Sarkar

Vice President, Digital Ecosystem and Partnerships

Sachin Partha

Sachin Partha

Sales Director, Transition Technologies Advanced Solutions Sp. z o.o.

H.E. Piotr Świtalski

H.E. Piotr Świtalski

Chargé d’affaires of the Republic of Poland to India

Rafal Rosinski

Rafal Rosinski

Honorable Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Digitalisation of the Republic of Poland

Alina Posłuszny

Alina Posłuszny

Managing Director, TZMO

Mariusz Kura

Mariusz Kura

Executive Director, Billennium

Sebastian Wojtas

Sebastian Wojtas

Director New Technologies, Impact

Deepak Kumar Swain

Deepak Kumar Swain

Chairman, Norwegian Business Association India

H.E. Ms. May-Elin Stener

H.E. Ms. May-Elin Stener

Ambassador Norway to India

Bjørn Iversen

Bjørn Iversen

Director Innovation Norway India, Commerical Counsellor, Royal Norwegian Embassy

Anders Eikenes

Anders Eikenes

CEO& Co-Founder, Oivi AS

Sahana Mruthyunjaya

Sahana Mruthyunjaya

MD, Laerdal Bangalore LLP-India

Monica Skjellen-Larsen

Monica Skjellen-Larsen

Co-Ordinator, Gjøvik region development agency

Sagar Sen

Sagar Sen

Researcher Manager, Sintef - The Foundation for Industrial and Technical Research

Filippa Sofia Braarud

Filippa Sofia Braarud

Second Secretary, Royal Norwegian Embassy

Ann Ollestad

Ann Ollestad

Senior Adviser, Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

Sarah Jane Hails Gjelsten

Sarah Jane Hails Gjelsten

Senior International Affairs Advisor, Norwegian Digitalisation Agency

Arun Gurumurthy

Arun Gurumurthy

Chief Strategy Officer, Modular Open Source Identity Platform

Christian H Engh

Christian H Engh

Norwegian Cyber Security Cluster

Helge Tryti

Helge Tryti

Chairman, Norway India Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Vivek K. Chandy

Vivek K. Chandy

Joint Managing Partner, JSA Advocates & Solicitors

Amitabh Ghosal

Amitabh Ghosal

Vice President India Operations, L3 Technologies (c)

Jacob Gullish

Jacob Gullish

Executive Director, Digital Economy, M&E, Satcom, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (c)

Raghu C Rajappa

Raghu C Rajappa

Honorary Consul, Republic of Poland in Bengaluru

Mohammed Bani Hammad

Mohammed Bani Hammad

Director of Business Development and Marketing Sector, SPARK

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BTS 2025 / 11 SPEAKERS

FUTURE MAKERS CONCLAVE

Group Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla

Group Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla

Test Pilot & Astronaut, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

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Shri Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda

Shri Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda

Chairman, KEONICS, Government of Karnataka

Shri Prashanth Prakash

Shri Prashanth Prakash

Chairperson, Karnataka Vision Group on Startups and Partner,, Accel

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Richa Ghosh

Richa Ghosh

Wicketkeeper- Batter, Indian Women's Cricketer

BTS 2025 / 21 SPEAKERS

STARTUP STAGE I | AI UNIVERSE

Ankush Sabharwal

Ankush Sabharwal

Founder & CEO, CoRover.ai | BharatGPT

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Dr. Abhijit Lele

Dr. Abhijit Lele

Innovator in Residence, ARTPARK at IISc

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Dr. Nagendra Nagaraja

Dr. Nagendra Nagaraja

Founder, CEO and Chairman, QpiAI

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Dr. Vijay Chandru

Dr. Vijay Chandru

Co-Founder, Strand Life Sciences, Co-Founder, CrisprBits

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Kalika Bali

Kalika Bali

Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research

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Mekin Maheshwari

Mekin Maheshwari

Founder & CEO, Udhyam Learning Foundation

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Prof. Sashikumaar Ganesan

Prof. Sashikumaar Ganesan

Founder, Zenteiq, Professor, IISc

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Rohit Satish

Rohit Satish

Director- Health & Climate, Data & AI, ARTPARK at IISc

Soumyadipta Acharya, MBBS, MS, PhD

Soumyadipta Acharya, MBBS, MS, PhD

Graduate Program Director, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

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BTS 2025 / 17 SPEAKERS

STARTUP STAGE I | FINVERSE

Ayush Bansal

Ayush Bansal

Vice President and General Manager, RazorpayX

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Mohit Mehra

Mohit Mehra

VP - Primary Markets & Payments, Zerodha

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Vaibhav Tambe

Vaibhav Tambe

Co-Founder & CEO, TransBnk - Transaction Banking Platform

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BTS 2025 / 12 SPEAKERS

STARTUP STAGE II | FRONTIER TECH

Dhinesh Kanagaraj

Dhinesh Kanagaraj

Founder & CEO, Fabheads Automation

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Kshitij Khandelwal

Kshitij Khandelwal

Founder & CTO, Pixxel Space Technologies

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Manu Iyer

Manu Iyer

Co-Founder & General Partner, Bluehill.vc

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Shri Prashanth Prakash

Shri Prashanth Prakash

Chairperson, Karnataka Vision Group on Startups and Partner,, Accel

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BTS 2025 / 11 SPEAKERS

STARTUP STAGE II | HEALTH & WELLNESS

Dr. Aditya Kulkarni

Dr. Aditya Kulkarni

Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Avammune Therapeutics

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Dr. Gautam Banerjee

Dr. Gautam Banerjee

Co-Founder and CEO, Skiom Pvt. Ltd.

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Dr. Niranjan Subbarao

Dr. Niranjan Subbarao

Co Founder and CEO, Cyclops Medtech

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Prof. Anura Kurpad, MD, PhD, FRCP

Prof. Anura Kurpad, MD, PhD, FRCP

Professor, St John’s Medical College

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BTS 2025 / 24 SPEAKERS

STARTUP STAGE II | ENERGY, MOBILITY & AGRITECH

Gowrav Bhargav

Gowrav Bhargav

Co-Founder & CEO, SGB Agro Industries

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Raghavendra Rao Krishnamurthy

Raghavendra Rao Krishnamurthy

Head, Mobility Aftermarket BU, Bosch Global Software Technologies

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Yedu Jathavedan

Yedu Jathavedan

Investor & Chairman, VisionAstraa EV Academy

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Prashanth Doreswamy

Prashanth Doreswamy

President & CEO, Continental India

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BTS 2025 / 17 SPEAKERS

ACADEMIA-INDUSTRY COLLAB (STARTUP STAGE II)

Prof. Vidyashankar S

Prof. Vidyashankar S

Vice Chancellor, Visvesvaraya Technological University

Abhay G. Chebbi

Abhay G. Chebbi

Pro Chancellor, Alliance University

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Swati Rustagi

Swati Rustagi

Vice President Employee Experience, Adobe, President, NHRD Bangalore Chapter

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Dr. B S Satyanarayana

Dr. B S Satyanarayana

Vice Chancellor, Dayananda Sagar University

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Prof. Sowmya Narayanan Sadagopan

Prof. Sowmya Narayanan Sadagopan

Founding Director, Former Chairman BoG, IIIT Bangalore, IIITDM-Kancheepuram

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Dr. Naganagouda

Dr. Naganagouda

Hon. Secretary, NHRD Bangalore Chapter

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Savyasachi Srinivas

Savyasachi Srinivas

Country Head, Collins AeroSpace

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Saraswathi Ramachandran

Saraswathi Ramachandran

MD & Country Head, LightCast

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Sreedevi Hegde

Sreedevi Hegde

MD & Board Member, India GCC Head, Vervent

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Priya Chetty Rajagopal

Priya Chetty Rajagopal

Managing Partner, Multiversal

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Nikhil Jain C S

Nikhil Jain C S

Co-Founder & CEO, VisionAstraa Startup and EV Academy

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BTS 2025 / 11 SPEAKERS

ASSISTECH (STARTUP STAGE I)

Soumita Basu

Soumita Basu

Founder & CEO, Zyenika Inclusive Fashion

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Jawahar Bekay

Jawahar Bekay

Executive Chairman, TAO Automation, Co-Founder, Microland & Planetasia

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Shashi Bhushan

Shashi Bhushan

Vice President, Disability and Inclusion, PwDS, SBIF

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Prateek Madhav

Prateek Madhav

Co-Founder & CEO, AssisTech Foundation (ATF)

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Chahat Dubey

Chahat Dubey

Head of Partnerships, Programs & Research, AssisTech Foundation (ATF)

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Nidhish Shetty

Nidhish Shetty

Consultant, AssisTech Foundation (ATF)

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Saurav Malik

Saurav Malik

Program Manager, AssisTech Foundation (ATF)

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BTS 2025 / 22 SPEAKERS

INNOVATION STAGE

Satish Shekar

Satish Shekar

Director, Culkey Foundation and Co-author, OneTAC

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Yamini Telkar

Yamini Telkar

Director – Public Spaces Initiative, Zinnov Foundation

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Smt. Swaroopa T.K, IAS

Smt. Swaroopa T.K, IAS

Deputy Commissioner & District Magistrate, Government of Karnataka

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Dr. Thrilok Chandra I.A.S

Dr. Thrilok Chandra I.A.S

Principal Secretary to Government, Dept of Tourism, Government of Karnataka

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Mohammed Yashik B

Mohammed Yashik B

Co-founder & COO startups, Livvolta

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Kondragunta Omkar Babu

Kondragunta Omkar Babu

Co-Founder and CEO, Hornet Biologicals Pvt Ltd

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Vaidyanathan Narayanan

Vaidyanathan Narayanan

Founder & CEO, Charukesihealth

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Dr. Mohamed Adil A.A

Dr. Mohamed Adil A.A

Managing Director, Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (Govt of Karnataka)

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Sangeetha Krishnamoorthy

Sangeetha Krishnamoorthy

Senior Director, Trade and Investment, AUSTRADE

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Nitish Anand

Nitish Anand

Senior Manager BD, La Trobe University

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Santosh Devaraj

Santosh Devaraj

CEO & Founder, TrustGrid Private Limited

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Joshua Craig

Joshua Craig

VP Growth and Sales, TrustGrid Private Limited

Sharansh Guha

Sharansh Guha

Architect - Decentralized Technology, TrustGrid Private Limited

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Arvind Manchenahalli

Arvind Manchenahalli

VP of Engineering, Country Head - India, TrustGrid Private Limited

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Dr. Karthik Mahesh

Dr. Karthik Mahesh

Program Lead (Deep Tech), Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog

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Dr. Uma Nambiar

Dr. Uma Nambiar

CEO, IISc Medical School Foundation

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Prof. D. Sundar

Prof. D. Sundar

Director, IBAB