Campus to Career Summit Draft Agenda
Two days of ministerial keynotes, policy dialogue, roundtables and industry–academia partnerships. Organised by the Higher Education Department, Government of Karnataka.
09:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 11:30
★ Inaugural Ceremony
- Prayer
- Naada Geete
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Welcome Address by Smt. Khushboo G. Chowdhary, IAS The Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Karnataka - Lamp Lighting
- Launch of Vision Framework
- Special Issue 'Karnataka Futuristic Vision for Higher Education' Launch
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Context Setting by Dr. M.C. Sudhakara Hon'ble Minister for Higher Education, Government of Karnataka -
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Address by Sri Priyank M. Kharge Hon'ble Minister, Department of Electronics, IT, Biotechnology and Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka -
Address by Sri N. Chaluvarayaswamy Hon'ble Minister of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka -
Address by Dr. Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil Hon'ble Minister for Medical Education and Skill Development, Government of Karnataka -
Address by Smt. Shalini Rajneesh Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka -
Address by Sri Siddaramaiah Hon'ble Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka - MOU Launch
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Vote of Thanks (with Mementos for Guests) by Dr. Ravi Gupta Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd.
11:30 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:10
Industry Leadership Address
The Orange Economy Meets AI: Building a Future Where Skills, Access, and Creative Potential Work Together
Mayank Dhingra
Director & Global Head, Education Business and
Strategy, HP Inc
12:10 – 12:20
University Session
Building a Future-Ready Education Ecosystem
Dr. Prakash S
Pro Vice Chancellor, Dayananda Sagar
University
12:20 – 12:30
Industry Leadership Address
Adobe and India's Next Job Wave: Building the Future Workforce Through Creativity, AI, and the Orange Economy
Pramod Idiculla
Director, Enterprise Learning, Adobe
12:30 – 13:20
Hall 1 · Panel 1
The Government of Karnataka's Vision for Outcome based Higher Education
Chaired by:
Prof. S. R. Niranjana
Vice Chairman, Karnataka State Higher Education
Council
Moderator:
Dr Ravi Gupta
Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Elets
Technomedia Pvt. Ltd.
Speakers:
Smt. Khushboo Goel Chowdhary, IAS
Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government
of Karnataka
Dr. S. Vidyashankar
Vice Chancellor, Visvesvaraya Technological
University
Prof B K Ravi
Vice Chancellor, Bengaluru North University
Prof. B. S. Satyanarayana
Vice Chancellor, Dayananda Sagar University,
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Prof. Kuldeep Kumar Raina
Vice Chancellor, M.S. Ramaiah University of
Applied Sciences, Bengaluru
Prashasti Rastogi
Senior Director, Campus and Government,
Coursera
Hall 2 · Panel 1
From Silos to Synergy: Reimagining Higher Education for Industry-Ready Talent
Moderator:
Dr. T N Nagabhushana
Vice Chancellor, Kishkinda University,
Ballari
Speakers:
Prof. Godwin Tennyson
Director (i/c), Indian Institute of Management
Tiruchirappalli
Dr. Shobha G
Director, Department of Collegiate Education
(DCE), Government of Karnataka
Abhay G. Chebbi
Pro-Chancellor, Alliance University,
Bengaluru
Prof. Sarah Maddison
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, The University of New
South Wales, Sydney
Prof. Ramesh. B
Vice Chancellor, Dr. Manmohan Singh Bengaluru City
University, Bengaluru
13:20 – 13:30
University Session
Engineering Education in the AI Era — Challenges, Opportunities, & Path Forward
Dr. Sriram Devanathan
Principal, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita
Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru
13:30 – 14:10
14:10 – 15:10
Hall 1 · Panel 2
From Education to Employment: Institutionalising Skilling in Formal Education
Chaired by:
Shri Ramana Reddy
Chairman of the Karnataka Skill Development
Authority (KSDA)
Government of Karnataka
Government of Karnataka
Special Address:
Sri. Prakash Koliwad
Member of Legislative Assembly, Ranebennur Constituency
Moderator:
Arun Kumar Isac
Director – Government and Education, HP
India
Speakers:
Dr. Usha Titus
Chairman & Managing Director, Additional Skill
Acquisition Programme (ASAP) Kerala
Prof. S Sadagopan
Chairman - Karnataka Higher Education Vision
Group, Former Director - IIIT-Bangalore
Prof. C. M. Thyagaraja
Vice-Chancellor, Rani Channamma University,
Belagavi
Dr. Neeraj Mahindroo
Dean - Academics and Quality Assurance - Allied
Health, Apollo Healthcare Academy
Hall 2 · Panel 2
Future-Ready Doctors: Bridging Medical Education with AI, Clinical Skills & Real-World Healthcare Needs
Moderator:
Dr. Pushpa Sarkar
Dean - School of Health Sciences, Dayananda Sagar
University, Bengaluru
Speakers:
Mohammad Mohsin, IAS
Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and
Skill Development Department, Government of Karnataka
Dr. Basavanagowdappa. H
Vice Chancellor, JSS Academy of Higher Education
& Research, Mysuru (a Deemed to be University), Mysuru
Roundtable Session 1
Redefining Employability: How can industries and academia co-create learning pathways to build a day-one-ready workforce?
To be co-chaired by Industries Department, Government of Karnataka
Chaired by:
Chair
Dr. S. Selvakumar, IAS
Principal Secretary, Commerce and Industries
Department, Government of Karnataka
Moderator:
Moderator
Mr Raviapti Avinash
Sector Lead, Invest Karnataka, Government of
Karnataka
Speakers:
Mr Subroto Chaki
CEO, Ramaiah Academy Foundation
Meera Venkatesan
Director, Program Development at Mentor
Together
Shantha Maheswari Sekhar
Founder and Managing Partner, Kriyatmak
Consulting
Mr Binu Krishnankutty
Senior Director, Operations, Collins
Aerospace
Dr Vinod kumar
Director, Promotion Directorate, IN-SPACe
Mrs Vidya Biradar
AGM, Skill Development, HAL
Mr Harikumar R
Director, R&D, BEL
Ms Payal Satish
Chief Commercial Officer, Sarla Aviation
Mr PRS Mani
Executive Director, AIA
Mr Sangharakshaka V P
CEO, Aerospace SSC
Mrs Vani Rao
VP HR, New Space Research
15:10 – 15:20
Expert Session
Salil Pande
Founder and CEO, VMock Inc
15:20 – 16:25
Hall 1 · Panel 3
Developing The AI-Ready Workforce
Chaired by:
Madan Padaki
Founder, JanAI & Co-Chair, Karnataka Higher
Education Vision Group
Moderator:
Prof. Vijaysekhar Chellaboina
Vice Chancellor, JK Lakshmipat University
Speakers:
Andreea Willmott
Founder & CEO, Athena GESDA (Global Education
Strategy and Development Alliance), UK
Vinay Swamy
Country Head, Pearson India
Dr. E.A. Gopalakrishnan
Principal, Amrita School of Computing & AI,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru
Satya Narayanan R
Chairman, CL Educate
Murlidhar S
Founder & CEO, Lodestar
Pramod Idiculla
Director, Enterprise Learning, Adobe
Hall 2 · Panel 3
Designing Skill-Based Assessment Frameworks for a Future-Ready Higher Education Ecosystem
Moderator:
Dr. Sriram Devanathan
Principal, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita
Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru
Speakers:
S Narayanan
Director General and Secretary, Higher Education
Department, Government of Haryana
Prof. M. Muniraju
Vice Chancellor, Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya
University (VSKU), Bellary
Prof. Dr. Jayakara Shetty M
Vice-Chancellor, Bangalore University,
Bengaluru
Col. Dr S.N. Sridhara
Vice Chancellor, Adichunchanagiri University,
Bellur
Roundtable Session 2
Strategic Agriculture Demands Session
Agri Universities + Leading Agrotechs + Government Officials
Moderator:
Moderator
Shri Ashok Dalwai, IAS (Retd)
Chairman, Karnataka Agriculture Price Commission,
Government of Karnataka
Speakers:
Sangeeta Bojappa Moorthy
Founder (Chief-Farmeress), Farmington
Dr. G.T. Putra
Director of Agriculture, Karnataka Agriculture
Department
Dr. S. V. Suresha
Vice-Chancellor, University of Agriculture
Studies, Bangalore
Ms Ananda UVL
Head, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs,
East-West Seed India
Dr. Devagiri
Director of Research, Agricultural University
Mandya
Ms Anitha Rao
MSME Eco System Builder, Founder WeCARE Society,
Executive Board Member Vision Karnataka Foundation
Dr. Prasanna Bhat
Deployment Systems Lead, Bayer Crop Sciences Ltd,
Bangalore
B. Chetana
Senior Manager, IFFCO Ltd Bangalore
16:25 – 16:35
Industry Insights Session
Vivek Chandrasekharan
Head of Marketing and Software Solutions, Roombr
Technologies
16:35 – 17:05
Special Address
Special Address by Asian Development Bank
Speakers:
Shaun Wellbourne-Wood
Senior Applied Research Specialist (Consultant),
Asian Development Bank & CEO - Saksara
David Israel
Executive Director - Global Education Strategy,
University of Melbourne
16:35 – 17:35
Hall 2 · Panel 4
AI Enabled Universities Transforming How Karnataka Learns Teaches and Leads
Moderator:
Dr Vishal Gupta
Dean (Academics), JSS Academy of Higher Education
& Research, Mysuru
Speakers:
Mr. Pattanasetty Rajashekhar
Professor of Practice & Board of Member of
Advisory, Rao Bahadur Y. Mahabaleswarappa Engineering College (RYMEC),
Ballari
Dr. P. Manoj
Dean, School of Business & Campus Director,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru
Dr. Janaka Pushpanathan
Director, South Asia, British Council
Hemant Sahal
Founder & CEO, Digii (formerly
CollPoll)
Raghav Narayan
Co-Founder & CTO, Roombr Technologies Pvt
Ltd
Dr Ashok Mehatha
Registrar, Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher
Education, Tumkur
Roundtable Session 3
AI in Higher Education: Reimagining Learning, Employability, and Institutional Readiness
Hosted by:
Host
Madan Padaki
Founder, JanAI & Co-Chair, Karnataka Higher
Education Vision Group
Co-hosted by:
Co-host
Adarsh Lathika
CEO - Anatomy of Work
Co-host
Rajeev Menon
Strategic Consultant - JAN AI
Speakers:
Smita Sircar
Deputy CEO, Labournet Foundation
Neeraj Sharma
CEO, v18hub
Prashasti Rastogi
Senior Director - Enterprise & Government,
Coursera
Gopal Devanahalli
President - Skilling, Wadhwani Foundation
Dr Manohar Swaminathan
Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
India
Roydon Gonsalvez
CHRO, Northern Trust
Bibin Shivas
Vice President (Operations), ATI Robotics
Aryan Yadav
CTO and Co-founder, Neosapien
Dr. M M Bagali, PhD
Professor, DSU - Dayananda Sagar University
Anusha M Virupannavar
Assistant Professor of Law, Chanakya University,
Bengaluru
Geeta Khade
Placements Coordinator, City Engineering
College
Praveen MN
Director, ANJ
AmrutaBandhu Chaudhury
CoFounder, ScaleNetwork
Shubham Mittal
Founder, AI Garage
Nitin Rakesh Prasad
Founder, Goprac Private Limited
Dr Pranusha Kulkarni
Assistant Professor of General Management and
Public Policy, Goa Institute of Management, India
Dr. Veerabhadragouda B Patil, MRSC
Research Engineer / Scientist, Skyroot Aerospace
Pvt Ltd
Yogabalaji G
Data Scientist, Mu Sigma
Debashree Basu
Founder, Kreative Media AI Labs Private
Limited
Manish Agarwal
Cofounder, PrepInsta
Chaithra. N
Assistant Professor, City Engineering
College
Dr Shanthi Satish
Founder & CEO, RÉUSSIR TRUST
Tejaswini Allikanti
Co-founder, Learnmigo
Dr. Bharti Garg
Competency Head - Data, Analytics and
Intelligence, Wipro
17:05 – 17:15
Special Address
Sanjeev Kumar Gupta
CEO, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission
17:15 – 18:00
Trilogue session
Future-Ready Karnataka: Embedding Skills into Higher Education Frameworks
Moderator:
Moderator
N. N. Rao
Technical Advisor, KSDA
Participants:
Dr. M.C. Sudhakar
Hon'ble Minister for Higher Education, Government
of Karnataka
Smt Khushboo Goel Chowdhary
Secretary, Department of Higher Education,
Government of Karnataka
Open Stage Session
18:00 - 18:10
09:00 – 10:00
09:50 – 10:00
Opening Address
Smt. Khushboo Goel Chowdhary
Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government
of Karnataka
10:00 – 10:50
The CoE Blueprint
Accelerating Innovation from Campus to Corporate Innovation at Scale
Chaired by:
Dr. N. Manjula, IAS
Secretary, IT & BT Department, Government of
Karnataka
Moderator:
Dr. Ravi Gupta
Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Elets
Technomedia Pvt. Ltd.
Participants:
Dr. Debabrata Das
Director, IIIT-Bangalore
Shri Ranjit Mishra
Center Head, CoE-CySeck
Shri Ashok Kamath
Director, ASCEL Technology Forum, CoE-AI
Shri Raghu Dharmaraju
CEO, ARTPARK
Dilip Shankar
Associate Vice President
Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre
Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre
Roundtable Session 1
CSR & Emerging Technologies
Chair
Hon'ble Minister of Higher Education
Co-Chair
Shri Ramana Reddy
Chairman, Karnataka Skill Development Authority
(KSDA)
Co-Chair
Smt. Khushboo G Chowdhary
Secretary, Higher Education Department
Moderator
Mr. Vinod Prabhu
Seventh Sense
Speakers:
Abidh Abdulnazar
Manager, Deloitte
Agniswar Das
Head, CSR - Operations and Partnership, Landmark
Group
Akhil Airan
Regional Manager - Social Impact, NetApp
Ansh Dekaraja
Microsoft
Arunkumar Ghargi
Group Project Manager, CSR, Rakuten
Bhaskar Nadig
Program Lead - SkillsBuild CSR, India, IBM
Bhomik Shah
Founder & CEO, CSR BOX
Bilquis Calcuttawala
Associate, South Asia, AVPN
Deeksha Banga
Assistant Manager, CSR, Angel One
G V Rao
Director CSR & External Industry Affairs,
Volvo
Geetha M
Senior Manager Skilling & Employability,
Nasscom Foundation
Hema Ahuja
CSR Lead, ANSR Foundation
Jeya Chandran
Regional Head - Southern India, UNDP
Jitendra Kumar Patel
CSR Executive, Cisco
Kajal Kumari
Associate Lead, Partnerships, Tata Strive
Kishore Kumar Thangavelu
India CSR Lead, Microsoft
Kumar Manish
Lead - Partnerships (Govt. & Others),
TATA
Lakshmi Nambiar
Global Strategist - CSR, Cognizant
Manoj Balachandran
Country Head, Prompeteer.ai
Pushpanjali Saikia
CSR Lead, OpenText
Raghavendra Poojary
Industrial Relations, Honda Motorcycles
India
Ribu Roni Mattom
Brand & Communications Leader, Amadeus
Software Labs
Rohith Vishwanath
Senior Consultant, Sattva Consulting
Samitha Manoharan
Program Director, ANSR
Santosh Abraham
Lead - Government Engagement, SATTVA
Saraswathi Kasturirangan
Chief Happiness Officer, Deloitte
Smita Modi
Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Smitha N
CSR Manager, SAP
Sneha Laxman
Program Manager, IBM
Salavadi Easwaran
Associate Vice President, Biocon Academy
Surendran M. Krishnan
Manager, CSR & ESG, CGI
Vishal Naidu
Senior Program Officer, Wadhwani AI
Vishal Saxena
Operating Officer, Honda
Vinod Prabhu B
Managing Trustee, Seventh Sense Talent
Solutions
Rakesh Matam
CSR Manager, Seventh Sense Talent Solutions
Sanket Gaikwad
CSR Manager, Seventh Sense Talent Solutions
Nidhi Nischal
CSR Manager, WISER Foundation
Rajeev Swamy
CSR Manager, WISER Foundation
Madan A
CSR Manager, WISER Foundation
10:50 – 11:00
11:00 – 12:00
Panel 1
Talent Pipeline for Building Karnataka's Semiconductor and Advanced Manufacturing
Moderator
Ajay Krishnan
Vice President – ESDM & Semiconductors,
KDEM
Sivakumar P.R.
CEO, Maven Silicon
Pradip Thaker
Country Head & VP, Engineering,
d-Matrix
Prof. Mayank Shrivastava (Fellow IEEE)
Professor & Chair, Department of Electronic
Systems Engineering (ESE) - Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Sanjeev Keskar
Founder, Aravind Consultancy
Roundtable Session 2
Industry Perspectives on Centres of Excellence (CoEs): Building Collaborative Innovation & Talent Ecosystems
Prof. S Sadagopan
Chairman, Karnataka Higher Education Vision Group;
Former Director, IIIT-Bangalore
Madan Padaki
Founder, JanAI & Co-Chair, Karnataka Higher
Education Vision Group
12:00 – 12:50
Panel 2
Strengthening India's Financial Talent Pipeline
How can the BFSI sector shape business education to meet evolving industry and regulatory demands?
Moderator
Ramesh Kaza
EVP, President & Country Head, LPL Financial
GCC
Payal Aggarwal
Head GCC- Financial Services, HCL
Technologies
Ritu Rakhra
Head of Human Resources, Broadridge India
Rajesh Balaraju
Head of GCC Enablement and Operations, LPL
Financial GCC
Dr. N Nagamani Nagaraja
Chief of Strategy and Systems, Global Academy Of
Technology
M Balasubramaniam (Bala MS)
Dy Chairman MoE & AICTE Investor Committee and
CEO, Stratinfinity Inc
Priya Madhavan
Head - Standards, Projects and Learning Resources,
Nasscom
12:50 – 13:50
Special Session
Campus to Company: Celebrating Student-Led Startups & Innovation
Chaired by:
Chair
Sanjeev Kumar Gupta
CEO, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission
Moderator:
Moderator
Bharath Chandra BK
AVP, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission
Speakers:
Anuj Mehta
Vice President, Campus Fund
Rajeev Warrier
EVP, Wadhwani Foundation
Ritu Sharma
Executive Director, TiE Bangalore
Johnson Tellis
CEO, Shine Foundation
13:50 – 14:50
14:50 – 15:30
Panel 3
Mastering the Human Element / Building General Professional Skills
How can academia and diverse industries collaborate to instill the communication, adaptability, and professional etiquette required for long-term career success?
Moderator:
Subhra Banerjee
Founder, Encovate
Speakers:
Arundhuti Gupta
Founder and CEO, Mentor Together
P N Nayak
CEO & Managing Trustee, Deshpande
Skilling
Prof. Suresh Bhagavatula
Entrepreneurship Chairperson, BBA DBE
Aditya Vellore
HR Director, ShoSai HR Consultants
Round Table Session 3
Global MedTech Talent Pipeline
Preparing Karnataka's Workforce for International Healthcare & Medical Technology Markets
Shri Mohammad Mohsin, IAS
Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and
Skill Development Department, Government of Karnataka
Dr. B.L. Sujatha Rathod
Director, Directorate of Medical Education,
Bengaluru
Dr. S Venkat Raghava
Joint Director, Directorate of Medical Education,
Bengaluru
Dr. Kavya S T
Dean and Director, BMC&RI, Bengaluru
Dr. Deepak
Medical Superintendent, Victoria Hospital,
BMC&RI, Bengaluru
Dr. Savitha
Medical Superintendent, Vani Vilas Hospital,
BMC&RI, Bengaluru
Dr. Vijay Kumar
Professor and HOD, Department of Radiology,
BMC&RI
Dr. Smitha S Segu
Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery,
BMC&RI, Bengaluru
Dr. Sandhya
Professor, Department of Anesthesia, BMC&RI,
Bengaluru
Dr. Vijay Kumar
Professor, ICU Incharge, BMC&RI,
Bengaluru
Dr. Ramesh Revanna
Pulmonologist, PPP Nodal Officer, Directorate of
Medical Education, Bengaluru
15:30 – 16:30
★ High Level Ministerial Panel Discussion
Topic: Karnataka's Vision 2030: Integrating Education, Innovation & Industry for a Future-Ready State
Dr. M.C. Sudhakar
Hon'ble Minister for Higher Education, Government
of Karnataka
Sri Priyank Kharge
Hon'ble Minister for IT, BT & Science and
Technology, Government of Karnataka
Dr. Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil
Hon'ble Minister for Medical Education & Skill
Development, Government of Karnataka
Dr. M.B. Patil
Hon'ble Minister for Large & Medium Industries,
Government of Karnataka
Sri N. Cheluvarayaswamy
Hon'ble Minister for Agriculture, Government of
Karnataka
Moderator
Dr. Ravi Gupta
Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Elets
Technomedia Pvt. Ltd.
16:30 – 17:45
★ Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks by
Dr. M.C. Sudhakar
Hon'ble Minister for Higher Education, Government
of Karnataka
14:10 – 15:10
Roundtable Session 1
Redefining Employability: How can industries and academia co-create learning pathways to build a day-one-ready workforce?
Chaired By:
Dr. S. Selvakumar, IAS
Principal Secretary, Commerce and Industries
Department, Government of Karnataka
Moderator:
Raviapti Avinash
Sector Lead, Invest Karnataka, Government of
Karnataka
Speakers:
Subroto Chaki
CEO, Ramaiah Academy Foundation
Janaka Pushpanathan
Director British Council, South India, British
Council India
Meera Venkatesan
Director, Program development at Mentor
Together
Shantha Maheswari Sekhar
Founder and Managing Partner, Kriyatmak
Consulting
Binu Krishnankutty
Senior director, Operations, Collins
Aerospace
Dr Vinodkumar
Director, Promotion Directorate,
IN-SPACe
Vidya Biradar
AGM, Skill Development, HAL
Harikumar R
Director, R&D, BEL
Payal Satish
Chief Commercial Officer, Sarla
Aviation
PRS Mani
Executive Director, AIA
Sangharakshaka V P
CEO, Aerospace SSC
Vani Rao
VP HR, New Space Research
15:20 – 16:25
Roundtable Session 2
Strategic Agriculture Demands Session
Moderator:
Shri Ashok Dalwai, IAS (Retd)
Chairman, Karnataka Agriculture Price
Commission, Governement of Karnataka and Chairman of Institute for
Social and Economic Change Nagarabhavi, Bengaluru
Speakers:
Sangeeta Bojappa Moorthy
Founder (Chief-Farmeress), Farmington
Dr. G.T. Putra
Director of Agriculture, Karnataka Agriculture
Department
Dr. S. V. Suresha
Vice-Chancellor, University of Agriculture
Studies, Bangalore
Ananda UVL
Head, Corporate Communications and Public
Affairs, East-West Seed India
Dr.Shivakumar.K.V.
Professor of Crop Physiology, University of
Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
Anitha Rao
MSME Eco System Builder, Founder WeCARE
Society, Executive Board Member Vision Karnataka Foundation
Dr. Prasanna Bhat
Deployment Systems Lead, Bayer Crop Sciences
Ltd, Bangalore
B.Chetana
Senior Manager, IFFCO Ltd Bangalore
16:35 – 18:00
Roundtable Session 3
AI in Higher Education: Reimagining Learning, Employability, and Institutional Readiness
Hosted by:
Madan Padaki
Founder, JanAI & Co-Chair, Karnataka
Higher Education Vision Group
Co-hosted by:
Adarsh Lathika
CEO - Anatomy of Work
Rajeev Menon
Strategic Consultant - JAN AI
Speakers:
Smita Sircar
Deputy CEO, Labournet Foundation
Neeraj Sharma
CEO, v18hub
Prashasti Rastogi
Senior Director - Enterprise & Government,
Coursera
Gopal Devanahalli
President - Skilling, Wadhwani
Foundation
Dr Manohar Swaminathan
Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft
Research India
Roydon Gonsalvez
CHRO, Northern Trust
Bibin Shivas
Vice President (Operations), ATI
Robotics
Aryan Yadav
CTO and Co-founder, Neosapien
Dr. M M Bagali, PhD
Professor, DSU - Dayananda Sagar
University
Anusha M Virupannavar
Assistant Professor of Law, Chanakya
University, Bengaluru
Geeta Khade
Placements Coordinator, City Engineering
College
Praveen MN
Director, ANJ
AmrutaBandhu Chaudhury
CoFounder, ScaleNetwork
Shubham Mittal
Founder, AI Garage
Nitin Rakesh Prasad
Founder, Goprac Private Limited
Dr Pranusha Kulkarni
Assistant Professor of General Management and
Public Policy, Goa Institute of Management, India
Dr. Veerabhadragouda B Patil, MRSC
Research Engineer / Scientist, Skyroot
Aerospace Pvt Ltd
Yogabalaji G
Data Scientist, Mu Sigma
Debashree Basu
Founder, Kreative Media AI Labs Private
Limited
Manish Agarwal
Cofounder, PrepInsta
Chaithra. N
Assistant Professor, City Engineering
College
Dr Shanthi Satish
Founder & CEO, RÉUSSIR TRUST
Tejaswini Allikanti
Co-founder, Learnmigo
Dr. Bharti Garg
Competency Head- Data, Analytics and
Intelligence, Wipro
Tripti Arvind
Professor, Christ University
10:00 – 11:00
Roundtable Session 1
CSR & Emerging Technologies
Chaired by:
Dr. M.C. Sudhakar
Hon'ble Minister of Higher Education
Co-Chair:
Shri Ramana Reddy
Chairman of the Karnataka Skill Development
Authority (KSDA)
Moderator:
Mr. Vinod Prabhu
Seventh Sense
Speakers:
Abidh Abdulnazar
Manager, Deloitte
Agniswar Das
Head, CSR - Operations and Partnership,
Landmark Group
Akhil Airan
Regional Manager - Social Impact,
NetApp
Ansh Dekaraja
Microsoft
Arunkumar Ghargi
Group Project Manager, CSR, Rakuten
Bhaskar Nadig
Program Lead - SkillsBuild CSR, India,
IBM
Bhomik Shah
Founder & CEO, CSR BOX
Bilquis Calcuttawala
Associate, South Asia, AVPN
Deeksha Banga
Assistant Manager, CSR, Angel One
G V Rao
Director CSR & External Industry Affairs,
Volvo
Geetha M
Senior Manager Skilling & Employability,
Nasscom Foundation
Hema Ahuja
CSR Lead, ANSR Foundation
Jeya Chandran
Regional Head - Southern India, UNDP
Jitendra Kumar Patel
CSR Executive, Cisco
Kajal Kumari
Associate Lead, Partnerships, Tata
Strive
Kishore Kumar Thangavelu
India CSR Lead, Microsoft
Kumar Manish
Lead - Partnerships (Govt. & Others),
TATA
Lakshmi Nambiar
Global Strategist - CSR, Cognizant
Manoj Balachandran
Country Head, Prompeteer.ai
Pushpanjali Saikia
CSR Lead, OpenText
Raghavendra Poojary
Industrial Relations, Honda Motorcycles
India
Ribu Roni Mattom
Brand & Communications Leader, Amadeus
Software Labs
Rohith Vishwanath
Senior Consultant, Sattva Consulting
Samitha Manoharan
Program Director, ANSR
Santosh Abraham
Lead - Government Engagement, SATTVA
Saraswathi Kasturirangan
Chief Happiness Officer, Deloitte
Smita Modi
Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Sneha Laxman
Program Manager, IBM
Salavadi Easwaran
Biocon Academy Associate Vice President
Surendran M. Krishnan
Manager, CSR & ESG, CGI
Vishal Naidu
Senior Program Officer, Wadhwani AI
Vishal Saxena
Operating Officer, Honda
Vinod Prabhu B
Managing Trustee, Seventh Sense Talent
Solutions
Rakesh Matam
CSR Manager, Seventh Sense Talent
Solutions
Sanket Gaikwad
CSR Manager, Seventh Sense Talent
Solutions
Nidhi Nischal
CSR Manager, WISER Foundation
Rajeev Swamy
CSR Manager, WISER Foundation
Madan A
CSR Manager, WISER Foundation
11:00 – 12:00
Roundtable Session 2
Industry Perspectives on Centres of Excellence (CoEs): Building Collaborative Innovation & Talent Ecosystem
Speakers:
Prof. S Sadagopan
Chairman - Karnataka Higher Education Vision
Group, Former Director - IIIT-Bangalore
Madan Padaki
Founder, JanAI & Co-Chair, Karnataka
Higher Education Vision Group
Sneha Laxman
Program Manager, IBM
Salavadi Easwaran
Biocon Academy, Associate Vice President
Surendran M. Krishnan
Manager, CSR & ESG, CGI
Vishal Naidu
Senior Program Officer, Wadhwani AI
Vishal Saxena
Operating Officer, Honda
Vinod Prabhu B
Managing Trustee, Seventh Sense Talent
Solutions
Rakesh Matam
CSR Manager, Seventh Sense Talent
Solutions
Sanket Gaikwad
CSR Manager, Seventh Sense Talent
Solutions
Nidhi Nischal
CSR Manager, WISER Foundation
Rajeev Swamy
CSR Manager, WISER Foundation
Madan A
CSR Manager, WISER Foundation
14:30 – 15:30
Roundtable Session 3
Global MedTech Talent Pipeline
Preparing Karnataka's Workforce for International Healthcare & Medical Technology Markets
Speakers:
Dr. B.L. Sujatha Rathod
Director, Directorate of Medical Education,
Bengaluru
Dr. S Venkat Raghava
Joint Director, Directorate of Medical
Education, Bengaluru
Dr. Kavya S T
Dean and Director, BMC&RI,
Bengaluru
Dr. Deepak
Medical Superintendent, Victoria Hospital,
BMC&RI, Bengaluru
Dr. Savitha
Medical Superintendent, Vani Vilas Hospital,
BMC&RI, Bengaluru
Dr. Vijay Kumar
Professor and HOD, Department of Radiology,
BMC&RI
Dr. Smitha S Segu
Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery,
BMC&RI, Bengaluru
Dr. Sandhya
Professor, Department of Anesthesia,
BMC&RI, Bengaluru
Dr. Vijay Kumar
Professor, ICU Incharge, BMC&RI,
Bengaluru
Dr. Ramesh Revanna
Pulmonologist, PPP Nodal Officer, Directorate
of Medical Education, Bengaluru