Speaker Bio:  

Ponnapa PG
CEO- Emerging Markets, mPortal
Ponnapa is a graduate from IIM Calcutta and after multiple years of sales and marketing in the FMCG space , he moved to the digital world. He has worked in large corporations like Motorola and Wipro and has also run a start up in the rural Internet space at n-Logue communications . Before mPortal he ran AOL’s India business and its AsiaPac Mobile business. He firmly believes that technology is and will be a mainstay of people’s lives and is continuously fascinated with the youth and their adoption and acceptance of technology as part of their lives.mPortal is a US based Mobile technology company that is focused on Content delivery platforms .
Ishan Gupta
General Manager , One97
Ishan is currently working as a General Manager at One97 and responsible for new business creation at One97. He is also doubling up as an investment professional on One97 Mobility Fund, the $100 million fund which was recently launched by One97 to invest in the mobile eco-system. Before One97, Ishan was leading the growth and marketing efforts of Facebook in India as its sole representative in the country, before joining One97. Ishan had earlier founded Appin Knowledge Solutions, an education services company in India. He has also worked at Helion Venture Partners, an India focused venture fund. Ishan is a published author – he wrote a book on his entrepreneurial experiences titled “Make the Move”. Ishan has a MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Engineering from University of Delhi.
Vijayakumar Radhakrishnan
Chief Technology Officer, Dot Com Infoway
Vijayakumar Radhakrishnan entered the IT industry as a leader – as the Managing Director of NTS, an IT services company offering integrated engineering solutions, from design and development engineering to product testing, standards compliance and project management services, to global clients. Vijayakumars passion for technology, problem-solving skills and proficiency in latest web trends earned him the reputation of a results-driven technology leader at NTS. Adept in handling teams, conceptualizing products and implementing solutions, Vijayakumar in 2005 became an agent of technological change at Dot Com Infoway. As the CTO, He manages the entire IT team of the company, which includes monitoring of small to large integrated projects, architecting complex web, mobile and systems applications and executing internal IT audits to check for compliance with industry-expected standards. In August 2008, he initiated the Mobile Application Development and Marketing wing of Dot Com Infoway, called DCI Mobile Studios. Now a leading mobile application developer in India, DCI Mobile Studios engages in the development and marketing of mobile applications in iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, Nokia OVI platforms. All credits to Vijayakumar& penchant for mobile technologies, DCI Mobile Studios has numerous successful, user-favorite apps under its belt and the newest and most innovative addition to that is Magzter, the Global Mobile Magazine Store.
Karan Mohla
Senior Associate, IDG Ventures India
Karan has 7 years of industry experience including over a year of venture investing experience. Karan earlier worked in the technology investment banking group at Jefferies & Company (formerly Broadview International) in Silicon Valley, where he helped several emerging technology companies in capital raising, mergers & acquisitions as well as strategic partnerships. Later, he helped start the India office where he advised and executed financing strategies for companies in the Technology, Media, Telecom, CleanTech and Education sectors. Karan has also worked as an investment professional with QVT Finance LP, a US-based hedge fund and was a founding member of their Asia-Pacific practice. He has successfully completed over 20 transactions covering M&A and capital raising for corporates across Asia and the US Karan holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration (BBA) from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an EMBA from INSEAD, where he was the youngest graduate in the programs history.
Mohit Saxena
Founder & Vice President, Technology, InMobi
Mohit is the Technology Founder and has been serving as the Head of Technology at InMobi since the beginning. He is responsible for InMobi’s technology development, including infrastructure, application management and IT. Prior to joining InMobi, Mohit was based out of San Francisco and managed the technology operations at Virgin Mobile, world’s largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). At Virgin Mobile, he was instrumental in designing and deploying post-paid billing system and revenue recognition system on a pre-paid platform. This helped significantly to make Virgin Mobile the largest and the most successful MVNO in the US. Mohit has also worked at AT&T and is a part of several patents filed in the telecommunication area. Mohit completed his undergraduate studies from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT). He has an eye towards innovation and simplicity and is passionate about technology and its possibilities. Mohit was always fascinated by tales of people with small ideas turning them into global powerhouses and always dreamed of being the part of such an endeavor himself. So when opportunity knocked at his door to be the Technology Founder of InMobi, he jumped at it. It is Mohit’s belief that strong discipline and desire to be at the top of the world will one day make InMobi one of the biggest and the smartest companies.
Shailesh Lakhani
Vice President , Sequoia Capital
Shailesh is a Vice President with Sequoia Capital India. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital India, Shailesh worked at Redknee’s India subsidiary as the Managing Director and previously was Head of the Global Professional Services Group and held Product Management leadership roles. Previously, he consulted for Microsoft India and Tata Sons. He received an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and a BASC in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Probir roy
Co-founder - Director, PayMate
Probir roy is co-founder & promoter- director – PayMate. Where he continues to lay the foundation of mobile payments and commerce ecosystem in the region. From the onset probir has exhibited the pioneer spirit to ‘go where no one has been before ‘– and embodies new India’s homespun digital entrepreneurial spirit. As a young man working in international atomic energy agency in vienna he was offered his first assignment by Dr Raja Ramanna. He put his entrepreneurial skills to test in his first daunting assignment:- the task to automate the techno- commercial functioning of all 12 civilian nuclear power projects and stations in the country, which he did with success as head of the information systems division , nuclear power corporation.. His move to star tv was yet another challenge in applying technology in another field – the fast paced world of, media. Here too; he was instrumental in spearheading the company’s early foray into new media by laying the foundations for its various internet plays, interactive tv and dth operations, as vice president IT, and member, of its executive committee. So when euro rscg interactive the world’s no.1 new media company was looking to start its India operations it picked probir as its very first coo and also made him their chief technology of the parent co - euro rscg adv. India & middle east. As well as, member of its worldwide IT Board . In a short time he was able to make a mark and build the credentials of its India & middle east operations as a premier interactive media co. These earned him the label of ‘new media guru ‘. Probir has always been on the forefront of the next big thing in technology and hence it was not surprising that he chose to move into something of his own and become one of the earliest set of players in the emerging mobility vas space.
Manoj Gupta
Principal, Nexus Venture Partners
Manoj is Principal at Nexus Venture Partners. He is very active in Internet, Mobile, Wellness and Agri/Rural ecosystem in India and has been involved in grooming highly scalable businesses in these sectors. He is on the board of companies like Deccan healthcare, Snapdeal.com, Bigshoebazaar, Sohanlal and SEDEMAC. Prior to Nexus, he co-founded a semiconductor technology company, WIT, in US which was later acquired by Chrontel. Manoj has an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad, B.Tech from IIT Bombay, MS from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and CPhil from University of California, San Diego. He has published several papers in IEEE journals and has filed several patents in the US.
Sunzay Passari
Executive Vice President – VAS & Devices, Essar Telecom Group
Sunzay Passari is currently working as Executive Vice President – VAS & Devices with Essar Telecom Group, part of USD 17 billion conglomerate. In his present role he is responsible for the VAS business and delivery of VAS products, platforms, technology, infrastructure, services, content, applications & devices across all operating telecom companies of Essar Group, in India and internationally. He is member of the apex strategy team, driving various global telecom business initiatives for the group. He is one of the pioneers in introducing mobile VAS in India and known for leading innovation, launching many ‘firsts’ and setting new industry benchmarks. He is credited with launch of path-breaking and trend-setting ‘R-World’ for Reliance Infocomm, ‘Zone’ for Tata Teleservices and ‘@Cafe’ for Loop Mobile & YU Telecom, Kenya. He has successfully driven Loop Mobile to become #1 VAS provider and leader in VAS revenue earnings. Nurtured and supported quite a few start-ups in becoming successful VAS companies. He brings in-depth understanding of mobile telecom business and technologies, with sharp creative bent. Before entering into telecom, he has spent a decade in capital markets and private equity business.
Krishna Durbha
Head Customer Value Management, Reliance Communications
Krishna Durbha is the Head of Customer Value Management which includes Product Management, Business Analytics and has revenue ownership at Reliance Communications (RCOM). Functionally this includes all aspects of telecom core voice businesses including device sales, acquisition products and usage & retention for one of India& largest telco. He is responsible for revenues and profitability of the voice business. Previously he was head of the value added services SBU. Since inception of RCOM, he has been a key member, involved in the growth of the network& mobile users. Mr.Durbha is a member of the Confederation of Indian Industries&for Mobile Data Services and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India subcommittee. He has been quoted extensively in leading Indian and International media on Indian Telecom market. Mr.Durbha has also been an Analyst And Co-Authored a report Smart Phones in the Australian Market. He has over 20 years experience in telecom, consumer marketing and IT. He has a Bachelor& degree in Mechanical Engineering from and is a post graduate from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a Endeavour Awardee from Australian Govt. 2009, a British Chevening Scholar, Govt of UK, 19
Samir Kumar
Managing Director, Inventus Capital
Samir has been an early-stage venture investor in India for the past 8+ years. Prior to co-founding Inventus, along with Kanwal Rekhi and another partner, Samir led the India venture investing team for Acer Technology Ventures, where he made early-stage investments in the technology space. Prior to his venture capital career, Samir spent 15+ years in the IT industry in India in various sales, marketing and product management roles. He started his working career with Computer Point in 1986, before moving onto Wipro Infotech in 1988, where he spent 10+ years. Samir then spent 2 ½ years with Planetasia from 1999-2001. Samir is active in Tie Bangalore, where he spearheads the Mentoring initiative. He is also a frequent speaker at various entrepreneurial events. Samir earned his B.Tech from IIT-Bombay in 1984 and an MBA from IIM, Bangalore in 1986, where he was awarded the Best All-Round Outgoing student.
Alap Ghosh
Head of Sales, Mobango
Alap Ghosh is Head of Sales for Mobango, the country&largest independent free app store. Alap has worked with several mobile innovators like Enpocket (mobile advertising) and Activemedia Technology (mobile loyalty) and is a veteran in the operator and consumer mobile applications domain. Having the experience of building and marketing large scale operator grade applications and nation-wide mobile marketing and advertising campaigns across hundreds of brands, Alap sees demands for great mobile applications in India rising to new heights, with smarter cheaper devices, mCommerce and technology savvy brands leading the way.
Vinod Gadiyaram
Regional Voice Head , Bharti Airtel
Vinod Gadiyaram currently heads the voice and voice solutions business for Bharti Airtel’s Enterprise Services business unit in West. He holds a B. Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and has completed his post-graduation in management from the Indian School of Business where he was recognized in the Dean’s Honor List. Over the years, Vinod has handled diverse roles including business development, product development and revenue enhancement, in the areas of VAS, Long Distance business, enterprise voice solutions as well as the core mobile and fixed line voice businesses. He also has immense experience in both the retail as well as enterprise segments. Vinod lives in Mumbai with his wife and daughter. He has a keen interest in photography and enjoys travelling.
Shardul Mohite
CEO, Webonise Lab
Shardul Mohite started his career as student entrepreneur and launched an array of portals including a Marathi Social Networking Site, WeMarathi.org. Shardul got an opportunity to work with an European startup Entrip, which poised to be next generation travel utility, where he got an exposure to some of the latest technologies, International best practices and insights on creating a serious product startup. Post his stint at Entrip, Shardul gave shape to his brainchild, Webonise Lab. Ever since the company& inception, he has been responsible for growth strategy, CRM and Project execution.
Hara Prasanna Kar
Director Business Development, CanvasM
Hara drives the Business Development function for some of the key business verticals at CanvasM, a joint venture between Motorola Inc. and TechMahindra, in the India region and is responsible for creating new VAS opportunities for Media, Enterprise and Telco services. He has over 16 years of experience in business development and marketing functions across diverse industries, including Mobile Value Added Services, Internet Technology, Media and Financial Services. Prior to joining CanvasM he was Associate Director – Business Development at Mobile2Win, an early growth stage VAS company where he drove the Media and brand services. Among other things he was responsible for revenues on voting based programs like Indian Idols and Jhalak Dikhla Ja and various other media led interactivity as well as mobile marketing initiatives for brands. Prior to Mobile2win, Hara was heading up marketing and India Sales for ZEDO, Inc., an early stage internet advertising technology company in the Silicon Valley. Previously, he has held sales & marketing roles with CRISIL Ltd., Media Transasia and DSJ Communications. He holds an MBA in Marketing from Utkal University.
Sam Gulve
Managing Director , Spice Mobility
Sam (Samir) Gulve has over 25 years of diverse, global technology industry experience. During his career, Sam has held various senior management positions at world renowned companies such as Amdocs, AT&T Bell Labs, Avaya, Netscape, SSA, CDI Inc. as well as at highly successful startups such as Kiva Software, Calico Commerce, Visual Insights and Shakti Systems. During his career, Sam has held key leadership roles in diverse functional areas including General Management, R&D, Engineering, Sales, Strategy and Operations. With over decades of experience in North America with global responsibilities and last 5 plus years in India. Currently Sam is Joint Managing Director with Spice Mobility with global responsibility for the services vertical and is focused on bringing consumer facing, innovative, value added services to mobile user masses in India, Africa, South East Asia and Middle East. In his previous role as CMD for Avaya India, Sam was responsible for all India Brand, strategy and execution. In an extremely challenging, global economic environment, Sam was able to exceed all key business KPIs while integrating diverse assets and cultures across various business groups. Earlier, as a Sr. Vice President at Amdocs India, Sam was responsible for building and executing on Amdocs’s India strategy. Sam helped grow Amdocs India strength from 50 in to over 3300 in just over 3 years. During this time Sam also sponsored CMMI-L3 certification for Amdocs India and built and ran managed services business for Amdocs, which is now the fastest growing business unit at Amdocs. Prior to Amdocs, Sam has been credited with building worldwide technical sales teams for enterprise markets at Netscape and Calico Commerce, for releasing highly successful enterprise class software products to market at SSA and Consolidated commerce and playing a key role in successful acquisition at Kiva software and Shakti Systems and record breaking IPO at Calico Commerce. Sam has also co-founded two companies. Sam holds a B.Tech. in engineering from Indian Institute of Technology -Bombay, M.S in computer science from Virginia Tech and has done substantial work towards doctorate in computer science from Illinois Institute of Technology. Sam has won several industry recognitions in both continents and was recently named as one of the most influential technology leaders in India.
Dr. Prasad Ramanathan
Associate Vice-President, Patni Computer Systems
Prasad leads the Mobile Computing Technology Labs. His team is responsible for evaluating emerging technologies for developing applications of mobile computing, and developing new solution offerings. His interests are in exploiting information technology for business process automation and industrial automation applications. Prasad got his Ph.D. in engineering from The Ohio State University and has over 18 years of industrial experience.
Sandeep Keshkar
DGM, MTNL
Sandeep Keshkar id the DGM at MTNL since 11 years, he earlier worked at ADET at Dept of Communications.He graduated from IIT Madras.
Viswanath Ramachandran
Chief Technology Officer, Webaroo Technology
Vishy leads the development, testing and deployment of Webaroos software products and services. Prior to Webaroo, he worked in various engineering and management roles at Netscape, Siebel and Digeo. Vishy has a Masters and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brown University and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from IIT, Bombay
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