Speaker Bio:  

Alok Chaturvedi
COO & Publisher, SiliconIndia.com, SiliconIndia
Alok Chaturvedi, 39 years, is the Chief Operating Officer of SiliconIndia.com. He has over 15 years experience in management, sales and finance. He is having Bachelor Degree & also Degree in Chartered Accountant. Alok was country head of SiliconIndia US from 1999 to 2008 & had set up the India office and managed all operations and sales from India for US company. He also served as publisher of SmartTechie magazine for 5 years, which was one of the widest circulating magazines amongst the techies in India. Since 2008, as founding employee of SiliconIndia.com, Alok oversees the operations and finance of the company. He is also responsible for driving sales for online. His strong leadership and motivational skills in training over 150 sales people has resulted in superior individual and group performance. Under his leadership, the sales of the organization grew year-on-year revenue by 40 percent contributed by the newly introduced online products. His effort has brought the company to being profitable & cash flow positive and has made it ready for expansion. A down-to-earth person, Alok has a passion for building up teams to do all the functions of company.Alok is no doubt a people&rsquot;s manager and he believes that the team plays a crucial role in the success of an organization.
Mr.Virupakshi Pattar
VP-Sales & Marketing, SiliconIndia
A dynamic and result oriented professional with 14years of extensive experience in sales, branding, product marketing, & marketing excellence with profit accountability. Demonstrated abilities in communication; image building; brand positioning; Demand Generation; media planning; cultivating and managing client/customer relationships. An Out-Of-The-Box thinker with skills in devising effective strategies for escalating sales turnovers in highly competitive market environments. Insightful experience across, Product Knowledge, Expertise across strong business acumen with skills to drive new business through conceptualizing Product strategies etc. Exceptionally well organized with a track record that demonstrates self motivation, creativity, and initiative to achieve both personal & corporate.
Dr.Jessy Rooby
Professor & HOD (Civil), Hindustan University
Dr.Jessy Rooby has over 23 years of experience as a teacher, Researcher and administrator. She earned her Ph.D in 2011 from Anna University in the field of Earthquake Engineering. She has published over 20 research papers in the national and international journals and conference proceedings. She has attended more than 25 conferences and workshops. She presented a paper in the 15th Portugal in Sept;2012. She is an active member in Institution of Engineers (India) and American Concrete Institute. She has completed three externally funded research projects. She has been in the panel of interview board as advisor for the selection of Junior Engineers in the Staff Selection Commission (Southern Region). She has received the Best Teacher award three times from the management of Hindustan University. She has guided more than 50 students in their project works and currently guiding 7 Ph.D scholars in the field of Structural Engineering. Her Research areas include Earthquake Resistant structures, retrofitting, Concrete Technology, Structural Analysis, Light weight aggregate materials. Currently she is working as Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Hindustan University, Chennai. World Conference on Earthquake Engineering held at Lisbon,
P. Bakianathun
Regional Owner, RE/MAX CHENNAI, RE/MAX CHENNAI
P. Bakianathun, Regional Owner at RE/MAX CHENNAI, a multi – faceted business man with more than 20 years business with interests and experience in the retail and distribution segment of FMCG products, REAL – ESTATE, INSURANCE and Financial services sector. He is the proud owner of "COT" rank for the year 2009 -2010 by IRDA. RE/MAX is worldwide network of best REAL - ESTATE marketing professionals with presence in 92 countries and 7000 offices. RE/MAX professionals sells more REAL – ESTATE than anyone in the world.