Speaker Profile

Shri Amit Mohan Prasad, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary of MSME

Textiles and Khadi & Village Industries Departments of Government of UP. A new scheme for developing private MSME parks called PLEDGE (Promoting Leadership and Enterprise for Development of Growth Engines) has just been launched. This has started resonating with the business community. Worked as Additional Chief Secretary of Medical, Health and Family Welfare Department from February 2020 to August 2022.

Dr.Chandrika Kaushik, Director General DRDO

the Armed Forces Interactions, Industry Interface & Technology Management, International Cooperation, internal security technology requirements, and Quality Reliability& Safety.Her contribution in DRDOs pans over three decade sen compassing Missile Programmes pivoting DRDO-tri Services interactions right from the conceptualisation of a project to QR formulation, conductof User trials, Categorisation, as well as providing necessary technical support to the SHQs and AcquisitionWing.

Shri Amit Kumar Joint DGFT Kanpur

Shri Amit Kumar is an Indian Trade Service officer of 2009 batch & currently working as Joint Director General of Foreign heading Regional Authority Kanpur under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India and he is Co-chairman of District Export Promotion Committee of approx.

Shri Neeraj Bhalla, Asst. G.M, SIDBI Regional Office Lucknow

Shri Neeraj Bhalla is a Science Graduate in Electronics from Kurukshetra University, Diploma holder in Financial Management from NMIMS, Mumbai, Post Graduate in Business Administrative from Symbosis, Pune and a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance. He has diversified experience of more than 25 years in Banking sector inclusive of more than two decades of experience in SIDBI.

Dr. Rajat Agrawal

Recipient of Ramkumar Prize for outstanding teaching at Research at IIT Roorkee, is Professor and Head at Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,Roorkee Heisalso IPR Chair Professor of DPIIT,Govt of India at IIT Roorkee. Heal so held there sponsibility of Associate Dean of Innovation and Incubationat IIT Roorkee.

SHRI MLVS PRAKASH,GMNWII

He has a wide experience in banking sector. Presently holds the Position of General Manager in SBI and Heads the Network2 of Lucknow Circle.

Prof.Kamal Kishore Pant

Received his PhD (Chemical Engineering) Udyami Mahasammelan degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1997. He took over as the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee on October 12, 2022. Prof. Pant previously held the positions of Petrotech Chair and Federation of Indian Petroleum Industries Chair Professor, Chairman GATE & JAM,Chairman,Library,Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Dean Faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

Dr.Akshay Dvivedi

Dr.Akshay Dvivedi is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand.Currently, he is serving as Dean, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy at IIT Roorkee. He has 23 years of experience in academics and industry. He was seconded to AIT, Bangkok, for a semester by President of India.Before joining IIT Roorkee,he was Principal Scientist with Thermax Global.

Shri Anshu Singhal Founder & CEO, Sofcon Systems India Pvt ltd

Noida An Electrical Engineer having more than 35 years of professional experience in the field of Industrial process Automation, cutting edge solutions inigitalization / Industry 4.0 and substation Automation. First to realise the gap of talent between Industry and Academia.

Mr.C.S.Swarup (IT Expert)

Mr.C.S.Swarup (IT Expert) and holds a BS,MS(Comp.sc),University of Miami, USA MBA. He has 26 years (4 yrs in USA)experience in IT systems development,Designer for Walmartand Loreal, UNICEF. 7 Yrs in MHA,Go I as National Architect Project Manager for 112 Emergency System, ICJS design.He is currently a big data architect in UK telecom industry at remote basis.

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