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Speakers and Mentors
Business and Govt Leaders
Abhishek Suryawanshi, Wikipedia
Ajay Bohora, Credila
Amit Bohora, Entrepreneur
Anandan, Head, Microsoft Research India
Aravind Chinchure, Symbiosis University
Arvind Kulkarni, WNS
Asha Jadeja, Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation
Ashwin Kandoi, Entrepreneur, Winjit Technologies
Dave Troy, Entrepreneur, PeopleMaps
Girish Mahajan, Minister of Kumbh Mela
Girish Pagare, Chairman, CSI
Gregory Smile, Communications of Research and Business
Jayeeta Chowdhury, Tata Trust
Joy Aloor, Fox Controls
Koustuv Dasgupta, Xerox, Smart Cities
Lakshmi Pratury, Founder - INK
Mahesh Gujrathi, Credilla
Maneesh Bhandari, Startup Village
Maryann Desilva, Colgate, Head of Innovation
N Chandra, CEO, TCS
Ananth Krishnan, CTO, TCS
Nikhil Joshi, Managing Director, SAPAT
Nitin Mahajan, GM, BSNL
Pavan Kumar, CEO, and Founder, Workbench Projects
Pete Bell, Entrepreneur
Pradeep Nakhate, Head of India, EyeNetra
Prashant K Gulati, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor
Prashant Khandekar Head, ACS
Rajat Rakkhit, CEO at Elucido Media
Rajendra Pawar, Innovator
Rajesh Ram Mishra, Vice President, WIPRO
Sam Pitroda, Policy Maker
Sunil Khandbahale, Founder, KHANDBAHALE.COM
Sunil Rao, Country Head-Developer Relations & Startup Ecosystem, Google
Taher Khorakiwala, Investor. CEO at MeemAin Capital
Tirthankar Dash, Consumer Consultant
Uday Ghatge, Brain Chamber Group
Uday Salunkhe, Head, WeSchool
Vaibhav Chhabra, Makers Asylum
Varun Agrawal, Entrepreneur, Almamaterstore
Vijay Bhatkar, Chairman, IIT Delhi
Vivek Sawant MD & CEO , MKCL
Yashraj Akashi, TEDxGateway
Xenia Tata, Xprize Foundation
Health and Technology
Dr. Ramesh Raskar, MIT Media Lab, USA
Dr. Lalit Kanodia, DATAMATICS, India
Dr. Arun Jamkar, MUHS, India
Dr. Virendra Sangwan, LV. Prasad Eye Institute, India
Dr. Praveen Gedam, Nashik Muncipal Commisioner, India
Dr. Pratik Shah, MIT Media Lab, USA
Mr. Jason Kordish, DIGITAS, USA
Dr. Shirish Ghan, ENT Specialist, Nashik
Dr. Anil Sahasrabudhe, CEO Pune Engineering College, India
Dr. Laura Jana, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
Mr. Navin Kabra, Punetech and ReliScore.com, India
Mr. Michal Depa, Jena Care, India
Dr. Debjani Paul, Indian Institute of Technlogy, India
Mr. Ramakrishna R, Google, India
Mr. Radhesh K, IBM
Mr. Scott Knox, Project Architect - Sustainable Design and Housing
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Mr. John Werner, MIT Media Lab, USA
Ms. Beth Zonis,MIT Media Lab, USA
Ms. Akancha Srivastava, Azure, India
Mr. Sandip Shinde, CEO Kumbh Foundation, India
Ms. Maggie Church, MIT Media Lab, USA
Mr. Anil Kumar, CEO jodi360.com, India
Mr. Vishal Gondal, Goqii, India
Mr. Kanchan Kumar, India
Experts
Athanasios Athanassiadis, MIT Scientist
Bhishmaraj Bam, Purushottam Academy
Bruce Hecht, Analog Devices
Caitlin Dolkart, MIT, Clinton Health Access Initiative
Chris Sanders, Health Innovator & Entrepreneur
Daniel Goodman, MIT Scientist
Dave Troy, Entrepreneur, PeopleMaps
Dr. Vandana Sonwaney, Director, SIOM
Faith Obrian, MIT Scientist
Gregory Smile, Communications of Research and Business
Marie Noland Surgeon, Harvard University
Mayuresh Pardeshi, Engineering Professor
MJ Jouttenus, Language Innovator
Moe Hadhrawi, Changing Places, MIT Media Lab
Nilesh Nayak, PESIT
Ryan McCarthy, Program Manager, MIT Media Lab
Sachin Pachorkar, MBA Professor
Tal Achituv, MIT Media Lab, Changing Places
Teppo Jouttenus, EdX (Harvard and MIT)