Keynote Speakers

Roundtable Discussion Speakers
Government Policy - A Catalyst or Barrier?

Panel Speakers
1. Investing in India
2. Fostering Entrepreneurship
3. Shaping India's Grassroots
4. Made in India

Mr. Ahmass Fakahany , Vice-Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer, Merrill Lynch

Mr. Charles (Chip) Kaye, Co-President, Warburg Pincus

Mr. Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC

Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission

Government Policy - A Catalyst or Barrier?

Mr. Swaminathan Aiyer, Consulting Editor and former Editor, The Economic Times

Mr. Srivatsa Krishna, Strategy, Finance and Risk Management Vice Presidency, World Bank

Mr. Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC

Mr. Sanjay Puri, President and CEO, Optimos and Chairman, USINPAC

Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Secretary, Economic Affairs Department, Congress Party of India

Mr. N.K. Singh, Ex-Economic Advisor to the PM and Member of the Planning Commission, Government of India

Moderator:
Mr. Srivatsa Krishna, Strategy, Finance and Risk Management Vice Presidency, World Bank

Investing in India

Mr. Rahul Bhasin, Managing Partner, Barings India Private Equity

Mr. Seth R. Freeman, CEO and Managing Director, EM Capital India Discovery Fund, EM Capital Management LLC.

Mr. Charles (Chip) Kaye, Co-President, Warburg Pincus

Mr. Michael Schneider, Executive Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff & Founder, PB Consult

Mr. Purna Saggurti, Head of Multi Industries Investment Banking for Merrill Lynch

Moderator:
Mr. Steve Sammut, Senior Fellow and Lecturer, The Wharton School

Fostering Entrepreneurship

Mr. Avnish Bajaj, Chairman, eBay India

Mr. Vinod Ganjoor, CEO and Chairman, Eurindia

Mr. Sunit Mehra, Managing Partner, Hunt Partners

Mr. Ranganath Salgame, President India & SAARC Region, Cisco Systems

Mr. Sidharth Tripathy, Group Managing Director, Brandgain Asia

Moderator:
Dr. Ravi Aron, Assistant Professor, The Wharton School

Shaping India's Grassroots

Dr. Abraham George, Founder, The George Foundation

Mr. Gourishankar Ghosh, Executive Director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, WHO, Switzerland

Mr. Pradeep Kashyap, Executive Director, The American India Foundation

Ms.Sonal Shah, Founder, Indicorps, VP Goldman Sachs & Co.

Moderator:
Mr. Venkatesh M. Raghavendra, Director, Global Partnerships for Asia, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

Made in India

Dr. Vinod K. Agarwal , Founder, President and CEO, SemIndia

Dr. R. Ananthnarayan , President International, Nicholas Piramal India Ltd.

Mr. Sanjeev Arora , VP, Products & Operations, Pipal Research

Mr. Sanjeeb Chaudhuri, Group Managing Director, Citibank EMEA

Mr. V.N. Tyagarajan, Head of Business Development, GENPACT (Formerly GECIS)

Moderator:
Dr. Saikat Chaudhuri, Assistant Professor, The Wharton School

Last Updated: November 03, 2005