Business IT Conclave 2021

Mr. Arnab Basu

Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Advisory Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Arnab Basu is the Advisory Leader for PwC in India. He has two decades of consulting experience in diverse fields like Digital Strategy & Business Transformation, Operating Model Design, Financial Performance Management, Removing Complexity, and defining the Digital Journey leveraging Enterprise Applications. He has worked for a range of top tier clients across multiple geographies and industries including Industrial Products, Discrete Manufacturing, Metals & Mining, Oil & Gas.

 In his previous role, he was the Technology Consulting leader for PwC India for five years and focused on leading large scale business transformations. As the Regional Managing Partner of East region, Arnab expanded PwC's footprints across the region including Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.

 He joined PwC post his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in 2001. He has previously done his bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University. He is closely associated with several Business Chambers.

Dr. Partha Chatterjee

Dr. Partha Chatterjee, Hon'ble Minister-in-Charge, Department of Industry, Commerce and Enterprises; Information Technology and Electronics and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of West Bengal.

Mr. Sanjoy Sen

Mr. Sanjoy Sen, Co-Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Senior Vice President, ITC Infotech India Limited.

Mr. Sanjoy Sen is the Senior Vice President of ITC Infotech and the Divisional Chief Information Officer of the ITC Group. He is responsible for providing strategic IT leadership to various divisions of ITC.

 As member of various technology groups in the industry, he drives the philosophy of enhancing business value through innovative application of Information Technology.

 He has extensive experience in large-scale enterprise applications and integration. His domains of interest are in the areas of Manufacturing, FMCG and Retail.

 He is an active Speaker in Institutes and Industry forums. He chairs IT Committees of various Chambers and other associations.

 Sanjoy is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and IIT Madras. He was a visiting faculty at XLRI Jamshedpur for more than 5 years.

Mr. Chiranjib Bhattacharya

Mr. Chiranjib Bhattacharya, Co-Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chief Executive Officer & Director, Wizertech Informatics Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Chiranjib Bhattacharya has a unique blend of experience in leading IT systems Integration business, Software business as well as IT Services and Consulting for Global Corporations like HCL and Oracle and emerging organizations like Wizertech. He has initiated several new businesses, led profit centres consisting of multiple businesses, significantly improved return on Investments and Growth, created enablers for differentiated delivery and business models, expanded into new markets, hired and groomed the best of talent and built winning teams.

 Chiranjib remains focused on strategic transformation and growing Consulting / Advisory businesses. His areas of interest are business strategy, valuation of a firm, building practices to create sustainable business models, building teams capable of value creation at customer places through consulting based on transformational technologies, and raising capital. Currently, CEO & Director of Wizertech Informatics Pvt LTD, Chiranjib has earlier served as Country Director at Oracle and Associate Vice President at HCL. A Co-Chairperson of IT Committee, a member of the Board and also is a member of the Education & Heritage committee at The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

 He is an alumnus of the Indian School of Business (ISB) and IIT Kharagpur. He is certified in "Leadership and Profitable Pricing" from Kellogg School of Management, North Western University. He is also certified in "Mergers & Acquisition and Competitive Marketing Strategy" from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and in "Global Strategy & Leadership" from Fundacao Dom Cabral - Brazil. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate Program in Management at ISB Hyderabad.

Mr. Deb A Mukherjee

Mr. Deb A Mukherjee, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Managing Director, Cenergist Energy Private Limited.

An entrepreneur, professionally qualified as a lawyer, with over 38 years work experience in diverse business domains, engineering systems, information technology solutions and later in energy services for the last 15 years.

 He was Executive Chairman of Eaga Energy India Pvt Ltd (subsidiary of Eaga plc UK FTSE250 company) until 2012. Currently he is an Investor and Country Representative for Power Roll Ltd, UK and also Managing Director of Cenergist Energy Private Limited which is wholly owned subsidiary of Cenergist Ltd UK, which has operations in the UK, Spain, Germany, Italy and now India.

 Power Roll is exploring to invest in India.

 He has served on various Trade Committees in India and the UK and spoken at several international seminars on Sustainability Issues, Energy Efficiency, Renewables, Water Management and on Business Strategies.

Mr. Mahadeva Matt Mani

Mr. Mahadeva Matt Mani, Partner, Strategy & (Part of the PwC Network) Netherlands.

Mahadeva Matt Mani is an advisor to executives on organization cost and productivity transformation for Strategy&, PwC's strategy consulting business.

 Matt primarily focuses on helping clients achieve fundamental improvements in business model performance and organization cost & effectiveness. As one of the global leaders of PwC's Fit for Growth platform, he works with companies across the world to help them align their business operating models with their strategies, and to achieve significant organization cost & performance benefits.

 With over 24 years of industry and consulting experience, Matt works across industries, including in the technology, healthcare, engineered products, industrial manufacturing, telecom and aerospace and defense sectors.

Mr. Chiranjib Bhattacharya

Mr. Chiranjib Bhattacharya, Co-Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chief Executive Officer & Director, Wizertech Informatics Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Chiranjib Bhattacharya has a unique blend of experience in leading IT systems Integration business, Software business as well as IT Services and Consulting for Global Corporations like HCL and Oracle and emerging organizations like Wizertech. He has initiated several new businesses, led profit centres consisting of multiple businesses, significantly improved return on Investments and Growth, created enablers for differentiated delivery and business models, expanded into new markets, hired and groomed the best of talent and built winning teams.

 Chiranjib remains focused on strategic transformation and growing Consulting / Advisory businesses. His areas of interest are business strategy, valuation of a firm, building practices to create sustainable business models, building teams capable of value creation at customer places through consulting based on transformational technologies, and raising capital. Currently, CEO & Director of Wizertech Informatics Pvt LTD, Chiranjib has earlier served as Country Director at Oracle and Associate Vice President at HCL. A Co-Chairperson of IT Committee, a member of the Board and also is a member of the Education & Heritage committee at The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

 He is an alumnus of the Indian School of Business (ISB) and IIT Kharagpur. He is certified in "Leadership and Profitable Pricing" from Kellogg School of Management, North Western University. He is also certified in "Mergers & Acquisition and Competitive Marketing Strategy" from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and in "Global Strategy & Leadership" from Fundacao Dom Cabral - Brazil. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate Program in Management at ISB Hyderabad.

Mr. Vishal Malhotra

Mr. Vishal Malhotra, President - Data Analytics, Inspira Enterprise India Ltd.

Mr. Vishal Malhotra, President - Data Analytics, joined Inspira in November 2020 to help expand the Analytics practice globally. A B.E. in Computers has over 25 years of experience developing and delivering Analytic and Cloud Solutions through several startups backed with the partnership with EsselGroup and private Venture capitalists.

 As a pioneer in the OTT space, he launched Ditto TV, India first OTT application. The project launch was an integrated system of content delivery, analytics and Hybrid cloud infrastructure. The last venture, SmartCriqls formed in 2012, and as the founder/COO, the goal was to represent and develop the market for Splunk Inc in India. SmartCirqls's Splunk practice was a leader in Business Analytics and ITOPs, having key clients such as TCS and WIPRO, India's largest telecom service. The journey successfully culminated with the sales of the division to Inspira in November 2020.

Mr. Barnik Chitran Maitra

Mr. Barnik Chitran Maitra, Managing Partner -India & South Asia, Arthur D Little

Mr. Barnik Chitran Maitra is the Managing Partner & CEO of Arthur D Little (ADL), India and South Asia. He is responsible for developing the firm's regional footprint and is a member of ADL's Global Leadership Team (GLT) and the regional leadership team of Arthur D Little Middle East. Having taken the helm of the oldest global management consulting firm in the region, Barnik has turned around the firm's performance in just 15 months, having made in roads in the government sector and companies of a host of verticals such as telecom, technology, automotive, utilities, healthcare, agriculture, and water with an additional focus on digital transformation, rural development, tourism, space, and industrials/manufacturing.

 Barnik has counselled Fortune 500 companies on innovation, technology and transformation. His expertise is in helping multinational corporations build technology-enabled businesses and advising governments in areas such as smart cities, artificial intelligence, 5G, innovation, and economic development. Barnik also has the distinction of being an advisor on deals of over USD 50 billion in value including principal investor deals and M&A and a passionate Board Strategy faculty for independent Board Director certification. He was on the founding team for the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), defining the strategy and the transformation agenda for PHFI including blueprints for the first set of Indian Institutes of Public Health (IIPH).

 Barnik has had lasting impact as a management consultant. As a Partner at McKinsey & Company, Barnik led the regional Strategy & Corporate Finance practice and oversaw client advisory for leading institutions. He grew McKinsey's Strategy practice in Asia three-fold in five years. As a co-leader of McKinsey's Global Telecom Media & Technology practice, between 2014 and 2017 Barnik oversaw regional client service, driving client introductions in Japan, China and India. He also served as part of the founding team that established McKinsey's presence in hitherto unserved parts of Asia (Vietnam, Bangladesh, and The Philippines), North Africa (Egypt, Tunisia, Libya), and sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria, Kenya, Angola). He helped rewrite the McKinsey playbook in emerging markets as part of the Emerging Markets taskforce and led the India Finance & Investment Committee from 2011 to 2017. In addition, he co-founded several new practices: Private Equity, Digital Video, Ad-tech, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (Industry 4.0), which were the fastest growing new capabilities at McKinsey.

Ms. Nadia Babenkova

Ms. Nadia Babenkova, CEO, Brain Development, Russia

Ms. Nadia Babenkova is the founder and CEO of the Russian company Brain Development Ltd. The company was founded in 2012 and is a developer and manufacturer of ROBOTRACK educational complexes for educational robotics, neurotechnologies, artificial intelligence, computer vision, programming and 3D modeling.

 She has been the Vice President of the International Association of Children's Robotics IYRA since 2015, which is located in South Korea and unites participants from more than 30 countries. Since 2019, she has been the President of the Association for Neuroeducation and an expert in the field of neurotechnologies of the National Technological Initiative (NEURONET).

Mr. Sangram Kadam

Mr. Sangram Kadam, Vice President & Business Leader ( APAC and Middle East), Birlasoft.

Mr. Sangram Kadam is a seasoned industry leader with over 20 years of experience in strategic business development and Go-to-Market portfolios across the APAC and META regions. In his illustrious career, he has donned multiple hats, and is known for his personnel management, new business acquisition and partnership development skills.

 He resides in Pune with his family and is credited for diligently managing a global team of industry practitioners and sales evangelists. He holds an MBA in Marketing, and a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering from Savitri Phule Pune University.

 Sangram enjoys reading technology blogs, and has a penchant to explore the outdoors, whenever his schedule permits him to do so. He enjoys sports and advocates listening to Hindustani music to clear the mind and seek inner peace.

Mr. Debashis Roy

Mr. Debashis Roy, Vice President-IT, CESC Limited

Mr. Roy is currently the Vice President - IT in CESC - a private sector vertically integrated power utility and is presently heading the entire IT operations of the Company.

 Mr. Debashis Roy graduated in Electrical Engineering in the year 1980 and has over 41 years of Industrial experience of which 29 years is in the field of Information Technology.

 Mr. Roy completed a 6-months advance course in Computer Systems from Tokyo, Japan in the year 1992 and since then has digressed into Information Technology and allied areas.

 His experience in IT, covering a span of 29 years, includes commissioning of some large scale IT Projects. In 1997, he conceptualized RPGNET, a group-wide innovative IT initiative which was widely acclaimed. He was chiefly responsible for successfully implementing SAP based ERP Systems in two Industrial verticals namely Manufacturing and Retail in the capacity of a Project Director. In fact, the SAP implementation in both the Sectors received the best SAP Implementation Awards in 2005 & 2007 respectively.

 His other notable projects include the deployment of a sophisticated and fully automated and integrated CRM system for handling customer-related issues, implementation of an AMR and Tab-based Meter Reading System for significantly improving the cash flow of CESC by way of shortening the meter-to-cash cycle, implementation of the GIS system with web enablement for facilitating the operational engineers of CESC in their day-to-day work and implementation of a state-of-the-art DC-DR system for ensuring business continuity of CESC’s business operations. He was instrumental in formulating the Digital Strategy and leading the Digital transformation in CESC.

 Mr. Roy was conferred the "CIO of the Year" Award in Dublin, Ireland in the year 2010.

Mr. Ravi Kumar

Mr. Ravi Kumar, Chief Digital Officer, Exide Industries Limited

Mr. Ravi Kumar has a decade of experience in leading business transformations for Large CPG Companies. He is currently the CDO at Exide Industries Ltd, driving the company’s vision, digital strategy & building capabilities for the future. He has established digital business models from scratch, set-up teams, systems, technology, and operations, substantially scaled digital revenue; and turned around IT functions into innovation powerhouses.

 He has previously setup the Analytics practice at Asian Paints, Led the Sales Transformation for Johnson & Johnson, and Digital Transformation at Pidilite.

 Notable accomplishments include: Next 100 CIO Award 2020, Analytics Top 100 Award 2019, SAP Hana Innovation Award 2015 & SAP ACE AWARD 2014 for Best Run Big Data Analytics.

 He has been an eminent speaker at global conferences like the BusinessWeek Industry Roundable 2019, SAP INDUS Conclave 2015, IBM Insight 2014.

 He has deep passion for Technology, Love for digital design, Fitness freak, an Avid Yoga practitioner, Calligrapher, Sketcher and a Gymnastics enthusiast.

Sardar Anmol Singh Narula

Sardar Anmol Singh Narula, Director, JIS Group

Sardar Anmol Singh Narula has had a positive attitude towards life and an endless passion for education and entrepreneurship since childhood. After completing his high school in Calcutta with excellent marks, he pursued his Bachelor of Arts in International Business and Philosophy with a Minor in Economics from Rollins College (Winter Park, Florida, USA).In the United States, Mr Narula gained experience in various sectors such as corporate consultancy, app development, luxury and commercial real estate, as well as startup ventures. A goal-oriented and ambitious person by nature, Mr Narula's knowledge and experience within these sectors have lead to transformation within the Group.

 At present, he is a Director at the JIS Group. His key responsibilities include leading the Brand and Digital Marketing division, developing proprietary educational software, and the establishment of Idea-O-Meter, the internal JIS start-up builder. Mr Narula is deeply involved with Indian startup ecosystems and leads investments into early-stage startups through the family office. Furthermore, Mr Narula mentors young companies within the JIS Group and actively seeks out new ventures to be included in the company. Mr Narula spends his time between the United States and India.

 Mr Narula is currently working on developing proprietary educational technologies for JIS University and other group institutions. Mr Narula's progressive vision for the company will undoubtedly aid in shaping the JIS of tomorrow.

Mr C N Raghupathi

Mr C N Raghupathi, Senior Adviser, Infosys Limited.

Mr. C N Raghupathi is presently a Senior Adviser at Infosys. He is also closely involved with the Manipal Group where he teaches as an Adjunct faculty, and is a member of the Board of Studies. He also consults to many PE firms and start-up's in the digital space. Raghu has spent close to 22 years at Infosys and 37 years in the scale industry. He has implemented large nation scale IT projects in the banking, power, taxation, security and other sectors. Winner of the IEEE lifetime achievement award for implementing large IT projects, Raghu has also project managed power plant, desalination plants and chemical plants.

Dr. Sanjaya Baru

Visionary Speaker: Dr. Sanjaya Baru, Writer, Policy Analyst, Economist

Dr. Sanjaya Baru is Distinguished Fellow, United Services Institution of India (USI) He has been editor of India's major financial newspapers, The Economic Times, Financial Express and Business Standard. He was Media Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Director for Geo-economics and Strategy, International Institute of Strategic Studies, London.

 He was Professor of Economics at University of Hyderabad, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore. He was Secretary-General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry. He was member of India's National Security Advisory Board in 1999-2001 and member of the Governing Board of the Centre for Policy Research. He is Founder-Trustee, Forum for National Security Studies, India; and, Visiting Faculty, Indian School of Public Policy. He was also member India-ASEAN Eminent Persons Group in 2010. He is an Independent Director on the board of Wockhardt Ltd.

 His publications include: The Strategic Consequences of India's Economic Rise (2006); India and the World: Essays on Geo-economics and Foreign Policy( 2016); The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh (2014); 1991: How PV Narasimha Rao Made History (2016); Powers Shifts and Trade Blocs (Editor, 2015); The Bombay Plan: A Blueprint for Economic Resurgence (Editor, 2018); Beyond Covid's Shadow: Mapping Indian Economy's Resurgence (Editor, 2020); India's Power Elite: Caste, Class and a Cultural Revolution, (Penguin Viking, 2021); The New Cold War: Henry Kissinger and the Rise of China, 1971-2021, (HarperCollins, forthcoming 2021).

Mr. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh

Industry Lead Speaker: Managing Director and CEO, Bandhan Bank Limited and Past President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Mr. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh has been one of foremost proponents of microfinance and micro banking in India. He has more than 30 years of experience in the microfinance and development terrain.

 'Bandhan' is the name of the not-for-profit entity that Mr. Ghosh had set up in April 2001, with the objective of changing the lives of underprivileged by giving them small loans and handholding them in their entrepreneurship journey. The entity transformed from an NGO to an NBFC and finally into a universal bank which was inaugurated in August 2015. This is the first instance in India of a microfinance institution transforming into a universal bank.

 The banking licence recognises Mr. Ghosh's seminal work in financial inclusion in India.

 A Penguin Random House publication 'Bandhan: The Making of a Bank' (2016) has chronicled Mr. Ghosh's journey as an institution-builder.

 Mr. Ghosh holds a master's degree in Statistics. He has attended the HBS-ACCION Program on Strategic Leadership at Harvard Business School. He has also completed the Certification Programme in IT & Cyber Security conducted by Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), established by the Reserve Bank of India.

 Besides being the Former President of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCC&I) and the former Chairman of CII, Eastern Region, he is also associated with various other committees.

Mr Anupam Dutta

Mr Anupam Dutta, Partner - Data Analytics and Tax Technology, PwC India and Member, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber

Mr. Anupam Dutta is the Partner in PwC India and focuses on Data & Analytics competency. He has more than 17 years of experience in Tax Technology, Analytics on Pharma, Healthcare, Airlines, Oil & Gas sectors. He has been focusing on BI Strategy and roadmap, Corporate and Business unit growth strategy and go to market initiatives in the Pharma & Healthcare sector. He has done Graduation from Kalyani University and Postgraduate Leadership Programme from INSEAD Singapore.

Mr. Ravindra Chamaria

Mr. Ravindra Chamaria, Group Chairman Infinity Infotech Parks Limited

Armed with invaluable life experiences, a passion for enterprise and a desire to create winning collaborations, Ravindra Chamaria isn't your everyday de rigueur businessman. As a first generation entrepreneur, he has scripted several highly successful businesses, with the Infinity Group being his banner for sustainable and green real estate. Under his captaincy, Infinity has come to be known as a credible real estate firm that has several pioneering projects to its name: Infinity Think Tank, Infinity Benchmark, Godrej Waterside, Infinity Heights, Infinity IT Lagoon & Adventz Infinity @ 5 are some marquee names.

 Mr. Ravindra Chamaria also dons the hat of the Vice Chairman on the advisory board of Akshaya Patra and serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees in Akshaya Patra UK, the world's largest NGO-run school meal programme which is now feeding approximately 1.4 million children studying in 10,000+ schools. Another pet project, Anant Education Initiative is a scholarship program that extends merit scholarship to students who are constrained financially but are aspiring for higher education. Currently Anant is extending scholarship to more than 5,000 students.

 Krishna Bhumi at Vrindavan along with tallest Krishna Temple in the world, is an initiative straight from the heart and an opportunity to be a part of an iconic residential development. He is also attached to several other social and philanthropic organizations and initiatives such as Institute of Neurosciences - Kolkata, The Jaipur Foot, Udayan Care, India Autism Centre, Round Table India, etc. and aspires to continuously give back to society.

Mr. Sudhir Mattoo

Mr. Sudhir Mattoo, Partner, India - South Asia - IBM Talent & Transformation Practice, IBM India

Mr. Sudhir Mattoo is a Partner with IBM. In his role as a market leader for India/South Asia for Talent Transformation business, he is enabling talent transformation agenda for clients across three practice groups HR Advisory, HR Technology & HR Business Process Outsourcing. He comes with global experience in designing and deploying transformational HR programs across Asia Pacific, Japan, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, Central Eastern Europe and North America. He brings with him diverse skills and deep expertise in Change Management, Future of Skills, Digital HR operating models, Employee experience, Hyperscale Automation, Exponential Technologies, Leadership Development.

Ms. Kirsten Ammon

Ms. Kirsten Ammon, Associate and Lawyer, Fieldfisher

Ms. Kirsten Ammon, CIPP/E, both certified Data Protection Officer and Data Protection Auditor (TÜV®), is part of the Privacy, Security and Information Law Group in Fieldfisher's office.She is well experienced on advising Tech, IT and Privacy matters. She advises international tech companies and digital media firms on contract and e-commerce law, IT law and Data Protection compliance (including Privacy Management). Together with a Fieldfisher partner, she supports more than 20 clients as an external DPO. Before starting her career at Fieldfisher, she gained practical experience through several internships and legal clerkships in law firms that specialise in IT, copyright, intellectual property and media law. She also spent three months abroad in an international commercial law firm in Sydney (Australia), specialising in data protection and trademark law.

Mr. Sandeep Alur

Mr. Sandeep Alur, Director - Microsoft Technology Center, Microsoft Corporation India

As a Technology Leader at Microsoft India, Sandeep Alur heads 'Microsoft Technology Center', an Experience Center focusing on helping Customers accelerate their digital transformation journey. He has donned various technology leadership roles in his 23 years of industry experience providing technology and architectural guidance. His experience ranges from dotcom days to the distributed/cloud computing to the next generation intelligent computing era. He has architected solutions across technology/platform landscapes and is a stern believer of his own philosophy, which says "Enterprise architecture is an evolution, and it grows with innovation".

 From an innovation standpoint, he believes that the next big leap is in 'Data Science', and 'AI' will elevate Customer Experience to greater heights.

 Sandeep holds a Bachelor's degree in 'Mechanical Engineering' from RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru and a Post Graduate degree in 'Data Science and AI' from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Mr. Salil Khanna

Mr. Salil Khanna, National Head - Enterprise and Government Business JIO

An Enterprise Business Veteran with more than 25 years experience and one of the Founder Members of Enterprise Business in JIO. He has previously worked in Airtel Enterprise Business as CEO (West) and RCOM. Currently on path to transform JIO Enterprise Business from "Connectivity Led Player" to a "Digital Solution Partner".

Mr. Sanjoy Sen

Mr. Sanjoy Sen, Co-Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Senior Vice President, ITC Infotech India Limited.

Mr. Sanjoy Sen is the Senior Vice President of ITC Infotech and the Divisional Chief Information Officer of the ITC Group. He is responsible for providing strategic IT leadership to various divisions of ITC.

 As member of various technology groups in the industry, he drives the philosophy of enhancing business value through innovative application of Information Technology.

 He has extensive experience in large-scale enterprise applications and integration. His domains of interest are in the areas of Manufacturing, FMCG and Retail.

 He is an active Speaker in Institutes and Industry forums. He chairs IT Committees of various Chambers and other associations.

 Sanjoy is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and IIT Madras. He was a visiting faculty at XLRI Jamshedpur for more than 5 years.

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Das

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Das, Joint Secretary, Information Technology & Electronics Department, Government of West Bengal

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Das is a bureaucrat by profession and an activist by passion. He is the Joint Secretary in the Dept. of IT and Electronics besides being the State Information Security Officer of West Bengal. He served for four years as Assistant Central Intelligence Officer in the Intelligence Bureau under Ministry of Home Affairs before joining West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) Cadre in 1996. He did his post graduation in Physics, Management and Law besides receiving professional training on cyber-security, cyber-law, intellectual property rights and training-development. He is a National Cyber Security Scholar from MDI-ISAC.

Mr. Arnab Basu

Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Advisory Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Arnab Basu is the Advisory Leader for PwC in India. He has two decades of consulting experience in diverse fields like Digital Strategy & Business Transformation, Operating Model Design, Financial Performance Management, Removing Complexity, and defining the Digital Journey leveraging Enterprise Applications. He has worked for a range of top tier clients across multiple geographies and industries including Industrial Products, Discrete Manufacturing, Metals & Mining, Oil & Gas.

 In his previous role, he was the Technology Consulting leader for PwC India for five years and focused on leading large scale business transformations. As the Regional Managing Partner of East region, Arnab expanded PwC's footprints across the region including Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.

 He joined PwC post his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in 2001. He has previously done his bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University. He is closely associated with several Business Chambers.

Mr. Alok Bansal

Lead Speaker: Mr. Alok Bansal, Co-Founder & Group CFO, Policybazaar.Com

Mr. Alok Bansal is the Co-Founder & CFO of PolicyBazaar.com Group of Companies that owns India's leading insurtech brand Policybazaar.com, leading lending marketplace Paisabazaar.com and new healthtech venture, Docprime.com. He heads various functions including corporate finance and controllership, tax, treasury, strategic planning, and analytics.

 He firmly believes that the primary responsibility of a CFO is to accomplish business goals rather than just concentrating on functional goals. According to him, the success of any business lies in working with a team with different mindsets, allowing them the flexibility and freedom to experiment, innovate and contribute. Alok's core strengths lie in strategic thinking, process control, and execution.

 Prior to joining PolicyBazaar.com, Alok has worked in various cross-functional leadership roles with Mahindra & Mahindra, iGate Global Solutions and GE. He was recognized as one of the top 100 CFOs in the country by the CFO India Magazine in 2016. Alok has a special interest in science and technology, economic empowerment, education and civil rights.

Mr. Sarbajit Das

Mr. Sarbajit Das, Founder & CEO, Sun Dew Solutions Pvt. Ltd; Mentor, WEBEL-BCC&I Tech Incubation Center and Member, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Mr. Sarbajit Das specializes in solving digital challenges for brands across the globe.

 An entrepreneur with a fierce drive to craft next-generation tech solutions with brilliant aesthetics, Mr. Das also heads an Aviation Tech, Data Security and a Food Tech start up across Europe.

 He is also the Tech Division Head for a growing Home Warranty and Insurance Business in New York City.

Mr. Vikash Sharma

Mr. Vikash Sharma, Co-Founder and Director, NrXen IT Technologies Private Limited

Mr. Vikash Sharma is senior IT professional with entrepreneurial experience. He has 21+ years of experience in IT industry in various delivery and business roles with international working experience in Europe, US and Canada. Before co-founding NrXen, Vikash had worked with companies like IGate, Mindtree and Polaris. Vikash is co-founder and director of NrXen since 2015. NrXen is creating several cutting edge IoT solutions and he has played multiple roles for its success. Vikash is alumni of IIT Kharagpur and IIM Bangalore.

Mr. Manjit Nayak

Mr. Manjit Nayak, Director, STPI-West Bengal

Mr. Manjit Nayak, Director - STPI, West Bengal Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India, an Engineering Graduate from Utkal University and MBA from Sambalpur University, In-charge of Software Technology Parks of India - Kolkata center along with other four sub centers in West Bengal.

 He has more than 25 years of association with Government Sector as well as Corporate and 20 years experience in policy making and statutory services for IT & ITES industries. He has served in STPI in various capacities and at several location places throughout the country. His active support and decisive actions have created many opportunities for SMEs to avail maximum benefits of policies and services.

 Earlier he was also looking after simultaneously the IT/ITES SEZs in the State of West Bengal for three years. He has been playing a key role jointly working with the State Government and different industries associations and chambers for various policy formations, IT/ Electronics promotional activities and key decisions with regard to development of IT sector and infrastructure. His leadership quality fulfilled to the expectations of the IT/ITES industries by providing efficient and timely support.

Mr. Shashank Randev

Mr. Shashank Randev, Founder, 100X.VC

Mr. Shashank Randev is Founder VC at 100X.VC - India's first venture fund to invest in early-stage startups using iSAFE Notes. Pitch to 100X.VC team by sending your decks to pitch@100x.vc. Portfolio: https://www.100x.vc/

 He is also an Angel Investor and Advisor with a keen interest in B2B emerging technology startups.

 Previously, he was the Founding Member and Vice President of VCCEdge, the SaaS data platform by VCCircle (acquired by News Corporation in 2015). He launched the SaaS platform, led revenue, product development and growth initiatives for close to seven years at VCCEdge. He has also worked with NIIT Ltd. and Zensar Technologies Ltd.

 Shashank holds an undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Engineering from Nagpur University, and an MBA from International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi.

 Shashank brings entrepreneurial and investment understanding with 15+ years of cross-functional expertise. Acquired a depth and breadth of experience from having worked in large companies, being the founding member for a SaaS startup (acquired by a Fortune 500 Company) to an early-stage fund investing in technology-enabled startups.

Mr. N K Ghosal

Mr. N K Ghosal, Director, NKG & Associates; Mentor, WEBEL-BCC&I Tech Incubation Center and Member, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Mr. N.K.Ghosal is currently working as an independent Consultant and conducting Information Systems Audits and Consulting for various Financial Institutions. Prior to this he was based in Bangalore working for Societe Generale heading their security for Asia Infrastructure.

 He is currently putting together solutions based on ZTA (Zero Trust Architecture) which is important in this current situation of WFH(work from home) & WFA (work from anywhere). Apart from this N K Ghosal has in his approximate 20 years of experience worked for various IT companies like IBM, HCL, Computer Associates - TCG in India and for HCL Malaysia and SVOA plc in Thailand.

 He is CISA & CEH certified & recently qualified as ISO27001:2013 LA . He is on the Board of ISACA Kolkata Chapter, Member of the IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCC&I), Life member of Computer Society of India (CSI) and member of The Agri-Horticultural Society of India.

Mr. Charly Graf

Mr. Charly Graf, Managing Partner, Defendeer - Data Centric Security, Bluecoons Group LLC.

Defining and implementing security architectures based on different security solutions. The main objectives are to create a secure and relatively framework of orchestrated security solutions. Charly is in charge of defining the process chains, defining the security logic and technical rulesets of the selected components.

 He's a holder of a MSc in HRM and has more than 25 years of professional experience as a Consultant in various projects and roles.

 Languages: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish.

Mr. Konstantin Stassinakis

Mr. Konstantin Stassinakis, Cyber Security Expert, Senior Business Consultant, Senior Project Manager and Portfolio Manager, Bluecoons Group, GmbH.

Main focus area is to define and prepare the required infrastructure components with the customer to get a reliable and scalable security infrastructure. Additional Konstantin is in charge of the basic installation and system configuration of the security solutions provided by Defendeer.

 He's a holder of a BBA and MBA and has more than 25 years of professional experience in management positions in national and international enterprises.

 Languages: German, English, French, Greek.

Mr. Scott E. Augenbaum

Mr. Scott E. Augenbaum, Cybercrime Prevention Trainer, Author and Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent for Cyber Crime Fraud Division, USA.

During his career with the FBI in the past 3 decades, Scott responded to 1000's of Cybercrime incidents whose victims lost their life savings, and many lost their reputation. With his experience, he helped people and companies reduce their chance of becoming the next Cybercrime victims by 90% without spending a dime on any products or services.

Mr. Christopher Nanchengwa

Mr. Christopher Nanchengwa, Information Security Manager, Zambia Electronic Clearing House Limited

Mr. Christopher Nanchengwa is a proficient and experienced Information and Technology (I&T) Governance, Risk Management and Security specialist: he aims at contributing significantly to the development and appreciation of I&Ts and enhance their safe application to business management and economic development. He has a professional career spanning over 13 years with grounded experience in policy formulation, security operations, and project management. He currently serves as the Education and Academic Relations chair of the Lusaka ISACA chapter and heads the Information Security department for the Zambia Electronic Clearing House. He leads the team that instituted the Information Security Management System and attained PCI DSS compliance for the Zambia National Financial Switch.

 Mr. Nanchengwa is an advent believer in proficiency and the continuous acquisition of relevant knowledge and skills for the betterment of our dynamic environment. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Business Administration - Finance. Mr. Nanchengwa further holds a cadre of professional qualifications including CISA, CRISC, CISSP, ISO 27001 SLI, PCI ISA, C|EH, among others.

Ms. Beth Payne

Ms. Beth Payne, Resilience Trainer and Author of a weekly resilience blog; Former US Diplomat and Former US Consul General in Kolkata

Ms. Beth Payne is a Resilience Trainer and Author of a weekly resilience blog. In 2016, she created the U.S. Department of State's Center of Excellence in Foreign Affairs Resilience, where she designed resilience tools and resources for Foreign Affairs Professionals across the U.S. Government. She served as a U.S. Diplomat from 1993 until 2016 with assignments at the U.S. Embassies in Senegal, Rwanda, Israel and Kuwait and as the U.S. Consul General in Kolkata, India. In 2003, she opened the Office of the U.S. Consul in Baghdad, Iraq where she received the State Department's award for heroism.