HYSEA BizSummit 2021

Event Details

HYSEA is happy to announce the 2nd Edition of BizSummit on 9th April 2021 at HICC(Novotel), Hyderabad, with an overarching theme of 'Expanding Growth Horizons in the new Normal'.

Mr. Rajesh Nambiar, Chairman and MD, Cognizant Technology Solutions, India, will be the Chief Guest on the occasion and Mr. Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, ITE&C Department will be the guest of honour.

The summit focuses on the ever expanding opportunity landscape that is evolving and changing due to the disruptive forces of a dynamic marketplace, deeply impacted by innovations, new business models and the rapidly changing world of emerging technologies. It will also focus on the impact of the pandemic on mid and small enterprises and what they need to do, to not only survive but grow.

The summit will see some outstanding leaders from the Govt, industry and the analyst community, providing insights on effective strategies for expanding and growing businesses.

Program - Key Highlights

Preview of the new MSME Sectoral Policy
Investor Round Table
CEO Round Table
Business Development Round Table
Operations Round Table
Panel on Emerging Opportunity Landscape

HYSEA since its inception in 1991, has always recognized the importance of SME IT companies and has taken on the responsibility to champion their cause and has a dedicated forum called the HYSEA SME forum whose charter is to facilitate nurturing of the SMEs through several of its initiatives. BizSummit is part of the forum's initiative to bring together SME leaders with peers, key government officials, Experts from Banks and financial Institutions, Technology Products and Service Providers, and Physical infrastructure providers under one roof to network understand how to scale new heights in growing their respective businesses.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Founders, CEOs, CXOs, CTOs, CFOs, Senior Level Managers from HR, Finance & Marketing and Start-ups.

Hon'ble Guests

CHIEF GUEST

GUEST OF HONOR

Rajesh Nambiar

Chairman & Managing Director

Cognizant Technology Solutions, India

Jayesh Ranjan, IAS

Principal Secretary, ITE&C Dept

Govt of Telangana

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

LEADER NOTE SPEAKER

Saurabh Gaur, IAS

Joint Secretary

Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt of India, New Delhi

Sridhar Pinnapureddy

Chairman

CtrlS & Cloud4C

Distinguished Speakers

CLICK ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS TO READ SPEAKER PROFILES

Rajesh Nambiar

Chairman & MD at Cognizant Technology Solutions, India

Jayesh Ranjan, IAS

Principal Secretary, ITE&C Dept at Govt of Telangana

Saurabh Gaur, IAS

Joint Secretary at Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt of India, New Delhi

Sridhar Pinnapureddy

Chairman at CtrlS & Cloud4C

Andrew Edlefsen

Principal Commercial Officer at U.S. Consulate - Hyderabad, India

Anuradha A

Executive Partner, Client Services Leader at IBM

Bharani Aroll

President, HYSEA & CEO of Infopeers Solutions Pvt Ltd

GR Reddy

Founder & Chief Facilitator of Husys Consulting Ltd

Kiran Cherukuri

Founder & CEO of Techera IT Consulting Pvt Ltd

Kishore Borra

MD at Energy Tech Global

Krishnamurthy Voora

Executive Vice President & Global Head of ADM Practice at Capgemini Technology Service India Ltd

Lalit Katyal

Head of Business Finance at Tech Mahindra Ltd

Mazhar Hashmi

Senior Director and Executive Leader of Forrester

Meenu Bagla

Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at CYIENT LTD.

Nirvikar Jain

CEO of ISB DLabs Fund

Puneet Gupta

AVP & Deal Integrator, Global Markets at Infosys Ltd.,

V Rajanna

Senior Vice President & Global Head – Technology Business Unit at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Rajesh Manthena

Vice Chairman, Hyderabad Angels (HA) & Executive Director of Cancer Centers of America (CCA)

Sairam Vedam

Chief Marketing Officer at Innominds Software Pvt Ltd

Sandhya Rao Anappindi

VP, Head of Talent Acquisition, India at State Street

Shashi Reddy

VP Engineering, Centre Head, Hyderabad at Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd.

R. Srinivas Rao

COO at HYSEA

Uma Gogineni

Chief Peoples Officer at VALUEMOMENTUM SOFTWARE SERVICES PVT LTD

Venugopal Reddy Kandimalla

Senior Vice President, Global Head Healthcare Lifesciences at Tech Mahindra ltd

Vikrant Varshney

Cofounder & Managing Partner of SucSeed Indovation Fund

Rajesh Nambiar is Chairman and Managing Director of Cognizant India, and a member of the company’s Executive Committee. He is responsible for Cognizant’s strategy and operations in India, and represents the company’s values, innovative spirit and digital leadership to a broad range of stakeholders, including employees, clients, government agencies, policy-making bodies, academia, chambers of commerce, industry partners and media.
He is also the Chairman of Cognizant Foundation India, and is focused on enhancing the company’s corporate citizenship initiatives.

Rajesh has more than three decades of global management, commercial, and delivery experience, and has served in key global positions at IBM, Tata Consultancy Services and Ciena India. He is Vice Chairman of the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO), a federation of ICT industry associations representing 24 Asia-Pacific economies.

Rajesh has a Master’s degree in Statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute and has completed Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

Mr. Jayesh Ranjanis a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of the 1992 batch and working in the state of Telangana. He holds a Masters Degree in Psychology from Delhi University, a degree in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a Masters in Public Management from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He has also done short courses in the University of Birmingham (on Environmental Policy Analysis), JICA training Institute, Tokyo (on lake remediation), London School of Economics (on Globalization and Leadership), Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (in Public Policy), and Swedish Institute, Stockholm (on Sustainability and CSR). He is the All-India topper of his IAS batch of 1992. He was awarded World Bank’s Social Capital Visiting Scholarship in 2002 and the British Government’s Gurukul Chevening Scholarship in 2005. He has done international consultancy assignments for the World Bank, UN-ESCAP, Sedatu project of Mexico, and for international NGOs working for Youth Issues like YES, Inc of the USA and NMC from Italy. He is a part of the National Pool of Trainers in Leadership constituted by the Government of India, and is involved in training and mentoring newly recruited Civil Servants. Among his other distinctions, he was awarded the Royal Order of the Polar Star by His Majesty The King of Sweden in 2019 for promoting Swedish business interests in India including the opening of IKEA’s first Indian store in Hyderabad.

Jayesh Ranjan is the Principal Secretary of the Industries & Commerce (I&C) and Information Technology (IT) Departments of the Telangana government. His assignment involves developing policy frameworks, attracting new investments, identifying opportunities for utilizing IT in various government processes, and promoting the digital empowerment of the citizens. His last few assignments have been in the Industrial Promotion sector as Commissioner and MD of the Industries Department, Secretary in the Tourism Promotion Department, and Vice-Chairman of the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA), all for 2-3 years each, and various rural assignments in different parts of the state for over 12 years, working in diverse sectors like Tribal Development, Natural Resources Management, Poverty Alleviation and other related Social Development Sectors.

Jayesh Ranjan supports many social, cultural and charitable causes, and is on the Boards/Advisory committees of United Way (Hyderabad), Save A Child’s Heart (SACH) Foundation, Young Lives India, Save the Children, Sparsh Hospice, APMAS, ML Jaisimha Sports Foundation, Hyderabad 10 K Foundation, Vijaya Foundation Trust, Ushalakshmi Breast Cancer Foundation, LSN Foundation, Tejas Foundation, Magic Bus Hyderabad, World Wildlife Fund (Hyderabad chapter), Hyderabad Literary Festival. Spic-Macay. Heal a Child Foundation, Moving Images, Society to Aid the Hearing Impaired (SAHI), and Institute of Public Enterprises (IPE).

18 years of work experience in government handling diverse assignments such as
* Chief of Staff to the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India - Trade Negotiations, Ease of Doing Business Reforms.
* Chief of Staff to the Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India - played key role in formulating policies for Affordable Housing.
* Director in Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of India - Urban Planning and City Governance.
* Commissioner Health & Family Welfare - headed Public Health Department in Government of Andhra Pradesh, India.
* Deputy Commissioner & District Magistrate - received Prime Minister's Award for implementation of Rural Employment Scheme; Governor's Commendation for Disaster Management & Recovery for efficient handling of CYCLONE PHAILIN in 2013 by making it a Zero Casualty Event despite being a Category 4 Cyclone; E-Governance Award for 2 years from Chief Minister.
* Project Officer, Tribal Development & Welfare - implemented schemes for economic assistance, livelihood generation, skill development, education, health, cooperative based farming, minor irrigation and infrastructure for Scheduled Tribes in remote locations in agency areas of Telangana State in India.

A First Generation Entrepreneur and Innovator he is the Founder and Chairman of CtrlS, Cloud4C and other group companies.

CtrlS owns and operates World's Largest Tier-4 Datacenters, while Cloud4C provides cloud managed services with presence in 25 countries spread across Americas, Europe, Africa, APAC. The Group has over 1,800 employees, serves 20 plus of Global Fortune 100 Multinationals. Both are fastest growing companies in their industries.

He has spearheaded over 200 innovations including being the most energy efficient Tier-4 datacenters, DR as a services, 4Copy Cloud, Banking Community Cloud( Bank in a Box) , ERP as a service among others.

He invests a majority of my spare time on understanding disruptive technologies and how they affect our life and industry.

Honors & Awards

E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year (Finalist)
Visionary Leader of the Indian Industry
TV5 Business Leader Award
Best Entrepreneur of the Year (ATA)
CEO of the year Award (World Quality Congress)
Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani by Global Economic Council (GEC)
SI Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The Outstanding Entrepreneur of the year for APAC (APEA)
Karamveer Puraskar (ICONGO)

Andrew Edlefsen is a Commercial Officer in the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (USFCS), currently serving as Principal Commercial Officer in the U.S. Consulate in Hyderabad India. There he oversees USFCS operations in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha, helping U.S. companies successfully enter the India market. Previously, he served in the West Los Angeles U.S. Export Assistance Center and in New Delhi, India where he managed several industry sectors including Travel/Tourism, Education, Franchising, Agribusiness, Financial Services, among others. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Andrew was Director of the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Las Vegas, NV. There he and his staff worked directly with Nevada companies providing export and trade related assistance, including market research and matchmaking services. He also served for two years as the first Global Asia Team Leader, managing a team of over 200 CS staff. Prior to moving to Las Vegas in July 2008, he served as International Trade Specialist in the Utah Export Assistance Center in Salt Lake City and also worked in the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development, International Trade and Diplomacy office, focusing primarily on the Asia region.
Andrew has a wealth of experience in international business, particularly in the aviation industry, having done consulting work for over 10 years for U.S. aviation companies exploring China, in addition to having spent several years living and working in Taiwan and other parts of Asia. He was one of the original organizers and creators of the China GA Forum, an annual aviation event held in China which focuses on general aviation industry issues and B2B networking in that market.
Andrew has a BA in Chinese and a MBA, from Brigham Young University and Utah State University, respectively. A private pilot (SEL), Andrew also reads/speaks/writes fluent Mandarin Chinese, having previously worked as Chinese Language Analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense. He has served as special advisor to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s China Business Information Center and has organized several CS trade missions to China and the Asia region.

A Global Executive and a Passionate Technologist & Business Leader focused on complex enterprise transformation, innovation and accelerating business outcomes for clients for Products and Services Segments. Her career spans several leadership roles at global organizations with key strengths that lie in emerging technologies and building large COEs.
- Experienced in building Global Practices and Business Units,Managing key client relationships and partnerships, with strong focus on execution and results
- Diverse experience in leading Practices, Large Delivery units, COEs, Solution offerings and Sales with Global clients, effectively solving their next generation challenges of technology and industry.
- Proven track record for developing and implementing strategies for profitable growth across industries
- Champion of inclusion and diversity and developing strong relationships, worked closely with the Women in Tech community to Advance/Mentor aspiring women
Specialties: Passion for Creating large Service Portfolios, Building compelling Vision & Strategy, Driving revenue growth and Client Relationships.
She is Marathon Runner, practices Yoga, an avid reader and a music lover at heart. Also does Training in coaching and healing through Meditation.

Bharani Kumar Aroll is the CEO of Infopeers Solutions , an IT Services company, and President of TechTriad Inc, a U.S based IT Services company. He was the country head for Butler America India operations and managed Global IT/BPO services at Butler America Inc. He has above 30 years of experience in the areas of IT, Engineering and BPO services across Manufacturing, Aerospace, Telecom, Healthcare, BFSI and Retail domains. He has proven expertise in Cyber Security, Business Intelligence , EAI and Data Sciences

Throughout his career, Bharani has successfully managed business-critical multi-site international projects leading global teams spanning across multiple countries. He lived in the U.S for 13 years and worked at companies such as AVON, MERCK, MARQUIP etc. Bharani is Mechanical engineering graduate and has Masters in Engineering from PSG Tech, Coimbatore, and MBA from IGNOU. He is a Certified PMP, ITIL v3 certified professional, and an ISO9000-certified Lead assessor. He is one of the few leaders who were instrumental in developing the Cyber Security ecosystem at an early stage in Hyderabad. He has hosted 6 International conferences and many though leadership programs on Cyber Security in Hyderabad, through SCSC. He was quite involved in developing sectoral policy on Cyber security in Telengana. He works closely with TS police on the Cyber Security best practices and training.

He has been associated with HYSEA for the past decade and held several positions such as Managing committee member, Secretary and Vice President in multiple terms. He is now the President of HYSEA . He also served as General Secretary for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC. SHE Shuttle, the flag ship program of SCSC is his brainchild. He was been bestowed with a Special recognition award by the Telangana government for his outstanding contribution towards women empowerment.

GR Reddy did his Post Graduate in Business Administration (MBA) specialized in Human Resources, Bachelors degree in Law and has a Diploma in Training and Development from ISTD, New Delhi (Affiliated to American Society for Training & Development-ASTD).

He is the founder of Husys Consulting with a unique concept of HR Function Management for Organizations.
GR has over 20 Years of corporate experience in the area of Human Resources and worked in different parts of India during his career. He has been the part of HR teams in Organizations of repute like - Intelligroup Asia Limited (Head – HR & Training), Intergraph India Limited, Satyam Enterprise Solution Limited (Currently Tech Mahindra), Blue Dart Express Limited (Also Part of Blue Dart Aviation Ltd.), J.K. Synthetics Limited.

He has also conducted large number of training programs, Facilitation programs & Manager Education programs in various Organizations where he covered more than 3000 employees across the Industry on various aspects of Human/Managerial Soft Skills. He has authored "1st Job" for the benefit of Students who are looking to make a mark in the first job of their career.

He has also been a mentor for professionals in different industry who have been taking help in their personal growth. He has also been the Guest Faculty and Course Auditor at various National and International Institutions.

Kiran Cherukuri – Vice President of HYSEA (Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association) & Leader of the SME Forum.

Founder & CEO of Tech Era, an IT Services, Learning & Advisory Services company with presence in India & USA.

Kiran comes with about 28 years of IT Industry Experience, earlier worked with Tech Mahindra as a Vice President & Group Head for IT Infrastructure & Cloud services business, across EUROPE, ASIA PACIFC, MIDDLE EAST & INDIA regions. He was also responsible for Large Deals, Analyst & Advisor relationships.

Prior to that Kiran had incubated HCL Technologies - Hyderabad delivery centre, and as Centre Head of HCL Tech from 2005 to 2012, he grew the Centre from its Inception to 3000 people and responsible for setting up Global Delivery Centres for several F-500 clients.

During his tenure of 14+ years at HCLT, Kiran played other crucial roles at HCLT as Global Head of Business Unit Marketing, Global Head of Partnerships & Alliances, Head of APAC Captive Business, nurtured relationships & co-innovation with 25+ key partners of HCL T, including the likes of Microsoft, IBM & HP etc. He was one of the strategy leads, worked with McKinsey to define HCLT $ 3 to 10 Bn dollar business blueprint.

Kiran has proven credentials in Business Strategy, Global Delivery, Large Deals, Biz dev, Sales & Marketing, People & Talent Management areas. His experiences encompass IT, Engineering Services & Solutions delivery across varied industry verticals - BFSI, Technology, Telecom, Retail, Govt & Manufacturing.

Kiran has been associated with HYSEA MC/EC for over a decade and he also served as Regional Council Member of NASSCOM in the past. He is an active speaker at several forums and industry events, member of NGOs, quoted in print and electronic media since 2003.

Meenu Bagla
Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

Meenu Bagla is responsible for strengthening Cyient’s brand reach, relevance, and recognition in new and existing markets, as well as deepening relationships with customers. She specializes in lean marketing, leveraging digital technologies for compelling storytelling, and delivering business growth with transformative marketing.

Meenu has over 20 years of experience, and prior to Cyient, she served as the Global Head of Marketing at Tech Mahindra, where she conceptualized TechMNXT—a brand transformation strategy that led to a non-linear growth in digital revenues. Over the years, she has held several leadership roles and has delivered business impact for a number of global and Indian technology companies, including Wipro, Oracle, and the Aditya Birla Group, among others.

Meenu holds an MBA in marketing from Nirma University and has completed executive programs from the Harvard Business School and Columbia Business School. She is also passionate about the environment and sustainability and is actively involved in furthering the cause of women’s empowerment.

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meenubagla/

Nirvikar is at present the CEO at Dlabs incubator association – the incubation, acceleration and investment arm (not for profit) of Indian School of Business (ISB).
He has had a diverse career as a CEO, banker, strategist, entrepreneur, angel investor and fintech expert. He is currently co-authoring an MIT press publication on ‘The Economics of Fintech’ along with Frank J. Fabozzi and Michael Imerman. He also mentors start-ups, including at the Silicon Valley based accelerator Plug and Play, has supported Stanford Seed companies and a Silicon Valley hi-tech startup as a strategic advisor. He is a frequent speaker at events related to banking/fintech/startups/entrepreneurship.
During his career, he held positions at ICICI, Citibank, Bank of America, First Abu Dhabi Bank, India -CEO, and Suzuki Motors India. An entrepreneur and innovator at heart, Nirvikar has been an entrepreneur twice in his career setting up vacation rental and automotive marketplaces. Nirvikar played a key role in setting up the UAE India Business Council (UIBC), steering it as the Founding Director and Board Chair.

Puneet has twenty five years of diversified international experience in Marketing, Sales, Corporate Strategy, Operations and Planning, Communication, Bid Management, eCommerce Consulting for large multinational companies across industries.

He is a result oriented decisive leader with success in expansion of new services, managing large operations, leading global teams, defining and executing strategic initiatives. He has demonstrated a track record of marketing services, increasing sales, improving operational efficiency to drive productivity and manage costs, managing change in complex environments.

His main objective is to enable to companies to grow exponentially by devising and implementing marketing, operations and business strategies which will win new clients and improve profitability.

Rajanna is a multi-faceted leader, and, over two decades, has left a valuable imprint on Industry, Academia and the Government. His experience spans various countries across the globe, and encompasses areas such as Sales, Delivery, Business Operations, Human Resources, Research & Development, Marketing, and Education.
Rajanna is currently the Senior Vice President (SVP) and the Global Head of the Technology Business Unit (BU) at TCS. Prior to his current role, Rajanna was heading the Telecom OEM Business Unit and under his astute leadership, revenues from the unit grew by two-and-a-half times. Rajanna nurtured and built the largest Technology customer partnership for TCS.
Further, for over fourteen years now, Rajanna has been the Regional Head of TCS operations in Hyderabad, India, currently TCS’s fourth largest Global Delivery Centre (GDC). TCS operations in Hyderabad under Rajanna’s leadership, have witnessed exponential growth, with the number of associates in Hyderabad growing from 4500 to over 54,000 and revenues growing more than eight times during this period. In 2011, a world-class training centre was set up by Rajanna in Hyderabad in 2011, to train over 6000 people annually. Rajanna is the director of APOnline & TSOnline, joint ventures between TCS and the Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and respectively. He was in the Board of MPOnline, joint venture between TCS and Government of Madhya Pradesh, until recently.
Prior to his current role, Rajanna was the General Manager (GM) Delivery and Operations for TCS’s Asia Pacific Region. He was also the Director of the Board of TCS Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, based out of Singapore, where TCS Asia Pacific is headquartered. Rajanna set up the regional delivery organisation for TCS Asia Pacific and spearheaded key initiatives in the areas of Business Excellence, Pricing Methodologies, Management Information Systems, and the integration of Overseas Delivery Centers of TCS in other countries like Hungary, South America, and Brazil.
Rajanna was the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TCS-China, and pioneered Indian IT in China.

Rajesh is the Executive Director and Board Member of Cancer Centers of America (CCA). CCA develops and operates cancer centres across India. Prior to joining CCA, Rajesh has served on the board of CTSH, the parent company of American oncology Institute (AOI). AOI grew to be one of the largest single speciality oncology care delivery networks in the country. Rajesh joined the founding team of AOI in 2011 and grew it to 15 operational centres across India and Srilanka by 2019. In May 2016 American Oncology raised a private equity investment from TPG Growth. In 2019, AOI was acquired by Varian Medical Systems, a market leader in oncology equipment and a 10 Billion USD market cap listed US company.
Prior to joining AOI and moving back to India, Rajesh had worked in various large corporates in the United States for more than a decade and has held diverse functional roles. He was a Project Manager and Supply chain management professional at Bloomberg Financial, New York and has also worked in various roles such as demand/forecast planning, supply planning and project management in large manufacturing companies like Philips and American Standard.
Rajesh’s also actively serves on the board of Hyderabad Angels (HA) as vice chairman. HA is an angel investment network involved in early-stage start-up investments. Besides providing capital to businesses Rajesh takes special interest in mentoring entrepreneurs and helping them with business models, market strategy and achieving scale.

Sairam Vedam is the Chief Marketing Officer at Innominds, a Silicon Valley and Hyderabad head quartered full cycle platform led AI first digital product engineering services company that helps ISVs , enterprises and OEMs unlock the power of Digital. Under his leadership Innominds has achieved 15+ global analyst recognitions as a Digital next company that is uniquely positioned to help global companies unlock the value of digital across AI, Automation, Cloud, IOT and 5g technologies.

He is an external partner and advisor with Bain and Co. He was earlier CMO at Kore.ai a global leader in Conversational AI and Digital assistant platforms and prior to that he was VP and Global head of Marketing, Brand custodian at Cigniti. He also worked in diverse roles spanning marketing, technology, product management and leadership with other leading companies like Pramati, Imaginea (acquired by Accenture), Apere (acquired by Citrix), CA Technologies’ CTO’s office and HCL-Cisco.

Sairam brings 21+ years of overall industry experience with a deep understanding of technologies, solutions and IP-led software services offerings. He brings a unique blend of experience in marketing in both products and services targeting global enterprises and ISVs. Sairam has crafted and driven long-term marketing and branding strategies and launched successful demand generation programs for companies of various sizes across different cycles of growth. Under his marketing leadership the brands he managed were consistently rated and ranked in Gartner’s Magic Quadrants, resulting in the amplification of brand value, mindshare and revenues, with commendable customer satisfaction and investor delight. He and his teams have consistently delivered 5X return on marketing investment on an average for the last 6 years on a sequential basis, delivering Multi Million$ of qualified pipeline and marketing influenced revenue across diverse stages of deal enablement.

BBC Knowledge, World Marketing Congress, CMO Asia, Enterprise IT, Paul Writer in association with Oracle have recognized his marketing leadership from 2014-21 on a consistent basis for the last 8 years as one of the top 100 Marketing leaders across Asia. He was awarded as a Super CMO by Enterprise IT for leading marketing in crisis during the COVID period and recently was awarded by World Marketing Congress as a Marketing Maverick for the year 2021.

Sairam holds a Master’s degree in Computer Technology from CIT, Coimbatore, an Executive Masters program in management from IIM-Kozhikode, he completed a Leadership program for young leaders in joint association with Harvard and CA technologies. He is an angel investor, published author and a passionate speaker at various forums, academic institutions and events across the world.

Responsible for setting up and heading the Wireless Design Team in India for Qualcomm and built a team of 3000+ to work on development and Validation of Modem and Connectivity software, Multimedia software and Platform Software.
Responsible for managing multiple strategic technology efforts and end to end product support.
Oversee all engineering projects - communicate with respective engineering leads of the functional disciplines across the globe. Assure technical excellence across the entire cycle for multiple project deliverables.
Project managerial leadership - develop and oversee reference processes & methods to assure high quality on-time delivery, ensure crisp communication with all stakeholders at all levels, capture learning from past projects and fine tune the process for continuous improvement.
Responsible for the India site operations including facilities, HR, interface to local regulatory agencies, interface with local technical community as well as IT and finance.

R Srinivas Rao (RSR) is a three-decade plus IT industry veteran, experienced in business leadership roles - managing large, global P&L verticals and incubating internal start-ups in newer technologies such as IoT and Advanced Analytics.
In his current role as Chief Operating Officer of HYSEA, RSR is responsible for running the association’s operations and helping to realize the association’s vision of “positioning Hyderabad as the leading intellectual capital of the world, by nurturing entrepreneurship, research and innovation, to achieve global excellence in IT products and services”. HYSEA today conducts nearly 20 workshops in a year benefiting the IT employees covering Leadership, Technology and Business topics apart from 3 to 4 large summit events.
In Wipro over 25 years, RSR headed different global verticals and geographical businesses. He moved up the ranks having managed global delivery teams prior to P&L leadership roles. He was also the head of Wipro Hyderabad centre from 2011 until end of 2016.
He had built an innovative internal start-up, whose charter was to provide IoT and Advanced Analytics based service transformation solutions for industrial manufacturers globally. He built and managed a cross-cultural global team and delivered large-scale solutions to manufacturing clients. He built valuable IP and created new business models.
RSR is an MCA from University of Delhi and a PGDBA from Bangalore University. He is also a Certified Leadership Coach recognized by International Coach Federation (ICF).

Uma is currently serving as the Chief People Officer at ValueMomentum. Uma has close to 30 years of professional experience in the IT consulting industry, successfully managing consulting projects for numerous clients in India and North America. Uma has been instrumental in establishing strong teams for ValueMomentum’s Insurance, Healthcare, and Banking & Lending lines of businesses. These teams have been instrumental in delivering complex solutions via ValueMomentum’s software and services.

Before joining ValueMomentum, Uma honed her domain-based IT consulting skills with Tata Consulting Services & Satyam Computer Services in India and Wells Fargo Bank in North America. Today, Uma focuses her energies to build high-performance teams and leadership at ValueMomentum to enable rapid growth while cultivating a sense of fun, fellowship, and pride in the workplace.”

Venugopal Reddy Kandimalla (a.k.a Venu) is the Global Head for Healthcare Life Sciences function at Tech Mahindra. He manages a multi-dimensional portfolio that includes service delivery, business strategy, client relationships, and operational excellence.
With more than 20 years of work experience in the HLS domain, Venu has helped clients to transform the way care is provided across the globe. He has demonstrated exceptional leadership and innovation in pivotal roles like care management, patient access, claims management, and pharmacy solutions.
Venu’s leadership, humbleness, vigilance, and pro-activeness helped him earn the position of a non-commissioned officer at the Indian Air Force in the area of Aviation Electrical and Electronics systems. It was because of his diligence that he topped the batch and was awarded the ‘Knowledge Par Excellence’ medal for advanced fighter systems.
His zeal to provide unparalleled service and his connection with the customers has resulted in long-lasting customer relationship.
Venu holds a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Osmania University, Hyderabad, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Pune University, Pune, India. In his free time, Venu likes to paint, read, and is very passionate about gardening. He is also an avid cyclist and has participated in a number of events.
Venu is not just creative and a fitness enthusiast but also an ardent social worker, he participated in Tour DaVita - 2012, a 200-mile ride charity event for awareness on kidney care.
Venu is focused on leading, training, and empowering young minds. He follows a multi-disciplinary approach for problem-solving, experiments with innovative ideas, and promotes joint learning, creativity, and the development of strong relationships.
He has influenced a lot of young minds by his thought leadership and has been a key speaker at various institutes of higher education and shared his insights on management, healthcare, and how technology is transforming the healthcare sector.

Vikrant Varshney is a Risk Evangelist - balancing Risk Management with Risk Capital . The First Person to enter into "Hall of Fame" at the UK, "Legends of business continuity", with 4 awards in same category - Industry Personality of Year 2018 (Global), 2018 (India & South Asia), 2017 (India) and 2007 (Global). The BCI Hall of Fame is reserved for those who have made outstanding contributions to the industry. These awards are not given out lightly and are for people or organizations who have won 3 BCI awards in the same category.
* c25 yrs of cumulative experience in Enterprise & Operational Risk Management, BCM, IT, Quality & Business Strategy.
* c20 years of experience in Enterprise Risks at Head of Program Level in Banking & Financial services and IT/ Outsourcing domain.
* Handled 3 out of 4 BRIC markets (Brazil, India, China)
* Managed resources from Emerging economies in LatAm, MENA and Asia (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, India, China, Malaysia & Philippines etc) as well as resources from Developed Markets (USA, UK, HK, France, Dubai).
* Managed large global clients’ projects with Capital One, RSA, DELL, Prudential, D&T, AVIVA, Bank of America, JP Morgan etc during different roles.
* Handled large operational losses in Mn USD and learnt from them.
* Worked with & supported Global Service Providers like SunGard, Synstar, IBM BRCS, EMC, Dell, Hitachi, SCS etc.
* Led the Risk Oversight teams to manage InfoSec, Corp Security, Audit, Compliance & Risk framework covering global entities
* Proficient in presenting Business cases, Risk & vulnerability exposures, Risk appetite & Impact Scenarios to Senior Management as well as developing effective Risk treatments & maintaining effective business relationships at the highest level.
* Leadership with Key Indicators (KPI & KRI) & Management Information (MI) capabilities, with geographically spread locations to maintain health index of various Implementations & resultant risk heat maps etc.
* Led the formation of Corporate Task force supporting National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the chairmanship of PM of India. Led the Corporate Incident Forum to work with public agencies, including Ministries of Health, Embassies & around 250+ Indian Risk resources to develop an effective Risk Governance & disaster preparedness mechanism for massive disasters.

Agenda

April 9, 2021

Main Schedule

10:00 AM - 10:10 AM

Welcome Address

Bharani K Aroll, President, HYSEA & CEO, Infopeers

Bharani Aroll

10:10 AM - 10:20 AM

Opening Remarks & Context Setting

Kiran Cherukuri, VP - HYSEA & CEO TechEra

Kiran Cherukuri

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

Analyst Speak

Mazher Hashmi, Senior Director and Executive Leader at Forrester

Mazhar Hashmi

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Special Keynote by

Saurabh Gaur, IAS, Joint Secretary
Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt of India, New Delhi

Saurabh Gaur, IAS

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Address by Principal Secretary, ITE&C Department

Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, ITE&C Department

Jayesh Ranjan, IAS

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Address by Chief Guest

Rajesh Nambiar, Chairman & MD, Cognizant India

Rajesh Nambiar

11:40 AM - 11:55 AM

TEA BREAK

11:55 AM - 12:40 PM

Panel 1: Investor Led Growth Levers for SMEs

Nirvikar Jain,CEO of ISB DLabs Fund,
Rajesh Manthena, Vice Chairman, Hyderabad Angels (HA) & Executive Director, Cancer Centers of America (CCA), Hyderabad, Vikarant Varshney, Cofounder & Managing Partner of SucSeed Indovation Fund, GR Reddy, Founder & Chief Facilitator, Husys Consulting Ltd

Nirvikar Jain

Rajesh Manthena

Vikrant Varshney

GR Reddy

12:40 PM - 1:00 PM

Hyper scaling & Reaching the next Orbit - A Leader Note

Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Chairman, CtrlS & Cloud4C

Sridhar Pinnapureddy

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Address by Principal Commercial Officer - US Consulate on Collaborative Growth - Cross Border Growth Opportunities

Andrew Edlefsen, Principal Commercial Officer
U.S. Consulate - Hyderabad, India

Andrew Edlefsen

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

LUNCH

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Panel 2: Operations Transformation for the new Normal - Adapt to Grow

V Rajanna, Senior Vice President & Global Head – Technology Business Unit at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Uma Gogineni, Chief Peoples Officer at VALUEMOMENTUM SOFTWARE SERVICES PVT LTD, Sandhya Rao Anappindi, VP, Head of Talent Acquisition, India at State Street, Lalit Katyal, Head of Business Finance at Tech Mahindra Ltd, R. Srinivas Rao, COO, HYSEA

V Rajanna

Uma Gogineni

Sandhya Rao Anappindi

Lalit Katyal

R. Srinivas Rao

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Panel 3: Emerging Opportunity Landscape - A Sectorial View

Shashi Reddy, VP Engineering, Centre Head, Hyderabad at Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd., Krishnamurthy Voora, Executive Vice President & Global Head of ADM Practice at Capgemini Technology Service India Ltd, Anuradha A, Executive Partner, Client Services Leader, IBM, Venugopal Reddy Kandimalla, Senior Vice President, Global Head Healthcare Lifesciences at Tech Mahindra Ltd, Kiran Cherukuri, Vice President - HYSEA & CEO, Techera

Shashi Reddy

Krishnamurthy Voora

Anuradha A

Venugopal Reddy Kandimalla

Kiran Cherukuri

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Panel 4: Innovation in business development - Digitally Enabled Growth

Meenu Bagla, Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at CYIENT LTD., Puneet Gupta, AVP & Large Deals Integrator, Global Markets, Infosys Ltd., Sairam Vedam, CMO, Innominds, Kishore Borra, MD at Energy Tech Global

Meenu Bagla

Puneet Gupta

Sairam Vedam

Kishore Borra

HYDERABAD SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES ASSOCIATION (HYSEA)

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