Speaker Bio:  

Mark Harward
Chief Technology Officer, Syndiant
Mark has over 20 years of semiconductor industry experience in executive and technical management, international marketing and technology development. He co-founded Syndiant, Inc. in 2004 as its founding CEO. Before founding Syndiant, Mark was the founding President and CEO of TestChip Technologies, Inc. which provided services to accelerate semiconductor technology development through innovative systems, engineering expertise and circuit library. Harward was responsible for strategic direction, corporate growth and technology development. His specialities lies into semiconductor, R&D, IC design management, technology assessment.
M N Vidyashankar
Principal Secretary - Commerce & Industries Department, Government of Karnataka
Currently Vidyashankar is working as Principal Secretary, Commerce & Industries Department, Government of Karnataka. His areas of interest include downsizing, re-engineering, e-governance, business process outsourcing, customer relations and enterprise resource planning. He also served in the Ministry of Personnel and Public Grievances, Government of India. He was Chairman BWSSB, Commissioner BDA and Secretary to Government, Health and Family Welfare Department.
Gude Dasaradha
CEO, Ineda Systems
Gude is the Chief Executive Officer of Ineda Systems. GD has a long & successful track record as a serial entrepreneur leading multiple startup companies like Cute Solutions (acquired by ATI technologies), Virtual IP Group, Qualcore Logic, Pacific Semiconductors (acquired by Faraday) etc. Prior Ineda, He was associated with AMD, SMOS, Epson and many more.
Samir Kumar
Managing Director, Inventus Capital Partners
Samir has over 15 years in the IT industry in India in various sales, marketing and product management roles. He has been an early-stage venture investor in India since 2001. Prior to co-founding Inventus, Samir led the India venture investing team for Acer Technology Ventures, where he made early-stage investments in the technology space. Samir is an active Charter Member of Tie Bangalore, where he has been elected to the Governing Body.
J. Parthasarathy
Director, Software Technology Parks of India - Chennai
Parthasathathy career spans more than two decade in serving Government of India, Department of Electronics (Research Wing of ET & T). He has joined Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), which is an autonomous society under Government of India, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Department of Information Technology and served in various jurisdictions like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Noida and presently in Chennai covering the state of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. He is also Member in the unique Think Tank forum supported by IT Department on Policy Matters for IT sector in Tamil Nadu.
Karthee Madasamy
Managing Director, Qualcomm Ventures India
Karthee has over 16 years of experience in the wireless and multimedia industries and has worked in product development and management roles at various semiconductor startups. Prior to his current role, he worked as a management consulting intern at Boston Consulting Group and as an associate at the venture capital firm, JK&B Capital.
Dr S S Mahant Shetti
Founder, KarMic Design Centre
Mahant has over 25 years of experince in chip design. He has diverse experience in design area and has been associated with design of VHSIC memory. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 papers in varied fields and hold 63 patents. Prior to KarMic, Mahant was associated with Texas Instruments and TestChip Technologies.
Arnob Roy
Co-Founder & President - Engineering, Tejas Networks
Arnob has over 20 years of experience in developing products in domains such as electronic design automation, VLSI and telecom systems. He is the co-founder and President-Engineering at Tejas Networks where he leads the R&D team in development of leading-edge optical transmission products. Prior to Tejas, he has held senior engineering management positions at Synopsys Inc. and Cadence Design Systems.
Vishwakumara Kayargadde
Co-Founder & CEO, Saankhya Labs
Vishwa is an active technology entrepreneur with over two decades years of industry and research experience. He is one of the co-founders of Saankhya Labs and as CEO he drives the overall company strategy on products, financing, marketing and execution. His experience includes product strategy, execution, financing and technology research and development. Prior to Saankhya Labs, Vishwa was associated with Smart Yantra Technologies, Philips Software and many more.
Naveen Chava
CEO, SiCon Tech
Naveen has over 15 years of Semiconductor industry experience. Naveen has cofounded SiConTech along with some of the key technical experts in August 2010. Over several years Naveen has designed, developed and delivered several complex ASICs pushing the envelope in Mobile and Baseband processors.
Rahul Chandra
Co-founder and Managing Director, Helion Ventures
Rahul has 15 years of venture capital investing and corporate development experience in technology product and services companies in India and the US. He serves on the Boards of Shubham, UnitedLex, Netambit, Mindworks and manages investments in Spandana and Equitas. He has invested in more than 30 early-to-mid-stage companies such as Mindtree, Ikanos (IKAN), e4e Inc and Techspan (Headstrong). Prior to Walden, he worked in the Capital Markets Group at Lazard India, and in the Primary Market Department at the Securities Exchange Board of India.
Raghu Panicker
Country Director, Mentor Graphics
Raghu has over eighteen years of experience, with an excellent record of developing, establishing, managing, and growing strong client relationships in the VLSI and Semiconductor Industry. He leads Mentor Graphics efforts to capitalize on the VLSI snd Semiconductor business opportunities in India and aligns with the global vision of the company. He has been responsible for driving Mentor Graphics business in the region focusing on major customers and prospective customers. Under his leadership and direction, the company has witnessed increased market leadership and continues to deliver record growth. He brings to this position a wealth of VLSI and Semiconductor Industry business experience, stemming from his early years of Research and Development at Semiconductor Complex.
Ramesh Radhakrishnan
Partner, Artiman Capital
Ramesh has over 20 years of operational and business experience in the high technology industry, including networking, security and wireless companies. He has been a member of the founding entrepreneurial team in three startups. Prior to Artiman, He was associated with FireEye, Airgo Networks, Cisco Systems and many more.
Vivek Pawar
Founder & Executive Chairman, Sankalp Semiconductor
Vivek has two and half decade of industry experience in varied functions of General Management, Operations, Customer relations and rich experience is Mixed-Signal and Analog Product Design. Several products developed under his leadership have claimed industry accolades. World’s first integrated DSL that won the EDN Asia award in 1999 and World’s first single chip DSL that won EDN worldwide Award in 2003 are a few examples. Prior to Sankalp Semiconductor, Vivek has held several executive positions at Texas Instruments India and US. He was the General Manager of Broadband Silicon Technology Centre in TI India. Vivek was elected to MGTS, a prestigious position in the Technical Ladder of Texas Instruments Inc.
Bhavanipratap Rana
Investment Director, Intel Capital
Bhavani is a Seasoned venture investor and has over 17 years of experience. As part of Intel's strategic investment arm-Intel Capital, he's been focussed in investing and supporting entrepreneurs to build companies in media, services and software, leveraging new and emerging mobile platforms. Prior to Intel, Bhavani was associated with ASG-Omni, Arthur Andersen and many more.