The following speakers will participate in the Wharton India Economic Forum 2006 conference.

Keynote

Mr. Rahul Bajaj
Chairman, Bajaj Auto

Mr. Rajat Gupta
Former Worldwide Managing Director,
McKinsey & Co.

Mr. Shiv Khemka
Vice Chairman, SUN Group

Dr. Patrick T. Harker
Dean, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Mr. Shashi Tharoor
Under Secretary General, United Nations


Panel: Investing in India- A Cyclical or Secular Story?

Mr. Neeraj Bharadwaj
Partner, Apax Partners

Mr. Akhil Gupta
Chairman, The Blackstone Group, India

Mr. Prakash Gurbaxani
CEO, TSI Ventures

Mr. Shiv Khemka
Vice Chairman, SUN Group

Moderator
Mr. Gaurav Bhandari
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

 

Panel: Destination India- Entrepreneurs at Work

Mr. Bharat Desai
Chairman & CEO, Syntel

Mr. Rakesh Gangwal
Chairman, President & CEO, Worldspan
Founder, Indigo

Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Chairperson & MD, Biocon

Mr. Rahul Patwardhan
President & CEO, IndiaCo Ventures (P) Ltd, General Partner, Duke Equity Partners

Ms. Urvi Piramal
Chairperson - Ashok Piramal Group

Moderator
Dr. Raphael (Raffi) Amit
Professor of Entrepreneurship & Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

 

Panel: Government- Driving India Forward

Shri Gajendra Haldea
Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India

Ambassador Raminder Singh Jassal
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India

Shri Adarsh Kishore
Ministry of Finance, Secretary (Expenditure), Government of India

Mr. Vinod Rai
Secretary, Banking Sector, Government of India

Dr. Arvind Virmani
Principal Advisor, Planning Commission, Government of India

Moderator
Ms. Neelam Deo
Consul General of India, New York

 

Panel: Finance- Fortune in the Middle of the Pyramid

Mr. O. P. Bhatt
Chairman, State Bank of India

Mr. Gunit Chadha
CEO & MD, Deutsche Bank AG, India

Mr. Rana Kapoor
Founder, Managing Director & CEO, Yes Bank

Dr. Anil K. Khandelwal
Chairman & MD, Bank of Baroda

Moderator
Dr. Haseeb A. Drabu
Chairman & CEO of Jammu and Kashmir Bank

Panel: Gateway To India- Opportunities and Challenges

Mr. Jerome P. Kenney
Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch

Ms. Madhu Nair
Managing Director, The Leela Palaces & Resorts

Dr. Keshav Prasad
Managing Director, Applied Materials India

Mr. Ron Somers
President, US India Business Council

Moderator
Mr. Subhanu Saxena
CEO & President, Novartis UK

Panel: Indian Industry- Redefining Boundaries

Mr. Adi Godrej
Chairman, Godrej Industries Limited

Capt. G.R. Gopinath
Founder & MD, Air Deccan

Mr. Harish Manwani
President, Asia Africa, Unilever

Mr. Rajendra Pawar
Founder & Chairman, NIIT

Moderator
Dr. Saikat Chaudhuri
Assistant Professor of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania



Panel: Media & Entertainment- It's Showtime

Mr. Rajat Jain
Managing Director,
The Walt Disney Company (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Karan Johar
Filmmaker, Producer

Mr. Manmohan Shetty
Chairman, Adlabs

Moderator
Dr. Pramath Raj Sinha
Managing Director, CEO, ABP Pvt. Ltd.


Update: Unfortunately, Mr. Vivek Oberoi, Mr. S. K. Munjal, Mr. Ronnie Screwvala, R.R. Shah, and Mr. Ajit Nazre will not be joining us for WIEF 2006.

Please check back regularly for additions to this page for WIEF 2006 speakers.

Last Updated: November 7, 2006