Sanjeev SANYAL is currently a Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM). He was the Principal Economic Adviser to the Finance Minister for five years till February 2022 and the Co-Chair of the G20’s Framework Working Group. Prior to joining the government, he spent over two decades in financial markets and was Global Strategist and Managing Director at Deutsche Bank.
An alumni of Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi, Mr. SANYAL later attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship in 2007 for his work on urban dynamics. In 2010 he was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Mr. SANYAL is the author of a number of best-selling books including Revolutionaries, Land of the Seven Rivers, The Ocean of Churn, India in the Age of Ideas, and the Indian Renaissance. He has also published over two hundred articles and columns in leading national and international publications.
Deepak NG was appointed as Managing Director for Dassault Systèmes India in February 2020. He joined Dassault Systèmes in 2011 and carries more than 21 years of experience across different industries. He has driven key transformational projects in various industries including Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, High-tech, and Government. In his previous role at Dassault Systèmes, as Director of Global Affairs and Innovative Business Development, he was instrumental to establish new partnerships by engaging in smart city projects and by developing industry-based programs for the workforce of the future.
Shri Abhishek SINGH is a career Civil Servant with 28 years of experience of governance and policy formulation. He specialises in use of Technology for improving Governance. In his role as President & CEO, National e-Governance Division and MD&CEO of Digital India Corporation, he leads major Digital India Initiatives including projects in the field of Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies.
He is also CEO of Karmayogi Bharat – a Government Company tasked with building a tech platform for Capacity Building of all Civil Servants. He has done Masters in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is also an alumnus of IIT Kanpur.
An alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi did his Major in History. He has experience of over 30 years in operations, infrastructure planning, coordination, and management at field and policy-making levels in Indian Railways with considerable success and appreciation. His performance has been recognized and awarded twice at the National level (National Award for e-Governance- 2019-20, for ‘Excellence in providing Citizen-Centric Delivery’ by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Govt. of India, ‘National Award for Outstanding Service’ Ministry of Railways Govt. of India -2006) and thrice at the Ministry (of Railways) level.
He also served as Dean of the Indian Railway Institute of Transport Management (IRITM), Lucknow, and General Manager Web Applications at the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS). He has training and enrichment from Japan (Railway Management), Malaysia (ICLIF - Advance Management), Singapore (INSEAD - Advance Management), Germany (UIC) and the US (Oracle). He is the Adviser at the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transformation of India), the apex ‘Think Tank’ of the Govt. of India.
Mr. Kshitij BAJAJ is the Founder - CEO - Head Of Design of Dandera Technologies. Over the past 15 years, he has consistently pushed the boundaries and limits of what is possible in this industry.
He graduated from the prestigious Coventry University with a degree in Transport and Product Design.
Rajesh Kumar BALARAMAN, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at REUDE Technologies, is an extraordinary visionary with a remarkable background in research and industry.
Graduating from Anna University in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Rajesh embarked on a journey of innovation that has since made waves in the drone industry. His early collaboration with Larsen & Toubro on solar-powered tandem wing configuration UAVs demonstrated a strong commitment to sustainable technology.
Rajesh's academic path led him to attain a joint Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from two prestigious institutions, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany in 2019. During this time, he delved into extensive research focused on hexacopter VTOL structural testbeds at Rolls-Royce, providing him with invaluable insights into aerospace engineering.
Gisela SANTILLANA is the Global Director of Inside Sales at Dassault Systèmes, she leads a results-driven, customer-centric and cloud-passionate organization of more than 45 talented individuals. With over 12 years of experience in technology industry, she has worked with startups, driving their digital transformation, and with Autodesk where she has worked as an Engineering Consultant for BIM projects and drive their transformation in inside sales.
Her mission at 3DS is to drive the digital transformation of our customers by leveraging the 3DExperience Platform, a powerful cloud-based platform that enables innovation, collaboration, and sustainability.
With over 22 years of experience in the civil & structural engineering space, Neerav MEHTA is currently the Senior Deputy General Manager, L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited. He has led Enterprise-wide Digital Transformation Program (EPSILON) - Covering entire EPCC Value chain, has 17+ years of experience in EPC and EPCM Projects in areas of Oil & Gas, Refinery & Petrochemicals fields. He has been responsible for the technical review of key engineering deliverables, man power planning and monitoring, cost/quantity and schedule monitoring, interfacing with construction team, vendors and other engineering disciplines and has represented civil teams for 3D model, HSE, constructability and design reviews. Mr Neerav MEHTA has significant experience to work with multi-cultural teams for various International & Domestic Projects. He received his Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Civil Engineering from Sardar Patel University and has completed post graduated programs in Data Science and Business Analytics from the Great Lakes Institute of Management and the University of Texas at Austin.
Pushpendra P. SINGH is an experimental physicist with a passion for instrumentation and devices. His research focuses on instrumentation for nuclear reactions and rare-decay studies, and the deployment of cyber-physical systems in the domain of agriculture and water.
He is principal investigator and project director of the iHub-AWaDH (Agriculture & Water Technology Development Hub), a Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) established by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar in the framework of National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS).
In the profession of scientific research, he received Prof. C. V. K. Baba National Award 2008 for outstanding PhD work from the Indian Physics Association (IPA). He has been international fellow at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy, and a visiting scientist at the GSI - Helmholtz Centre for Heavy-Ion Research GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany. He was associated with the Lund-York-Cologne-Calorimeter (LYCCA) and the Advanced GAmma Tracking Array (AGATA) as a technical coordinator for multi-branch signal/data processing through digital electronics.
Tanuj MITTAL leads Customer Process Experience engagement channel at DASSAULT SYSTEMES in India and is responsible for the multifaceted development of this channel. He is a seasoned professional with a successful track record of driving revenue growth and leading high-performing sales teams. He has extensive experience in the information technology industry and possess a deep understanding of the product development life cycle, market dynamics, business strategies, understands the nuances of customer needs and has an innate ability to forge strong relationships, resulting in long-term customer loyalty and partnerships.
Throughout his career, he has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to excellence, setting the bar high for his teams and inspiring them to exceed expectations. He has an innate ability to motivate, mentor, and empower individuals, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high performance. Customer Process Experience engagement channel works for customer value creation in collaboration with Value Added Resellers and leverage 3DEXPERIENCE Platform to engage and build human centric relationships with customers and users.
Sharon has been passionate about the product development and innovation industry for more than 30 years. She is one of the industry pioneers in Asia and had helped many companies improve their product development processes. The most notable industry initiative she led 3dewas moving 2D Mold Design in Precision Industry & supplier chain to adopt full 3D from design to manufacturing.
She joined Dassault Systemes in 2007 as General Manager for Solidworks for South Asia covering Korea, India, ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand. In 2015, Sharon moved to lead the Value Solutions for AP South as GEO Leader. From 2017, Sharon joined the World Wide Team for Partner Development, doing what she loves most, inspiring and growing Dassault Systemes’ business partners.
In 2021, Sharon was appointed as Asia Hub leader to transform Customer Value Engagement to Direct Distributed Model with customer experience as the core value. Her team will be the evangelist to promote 3DEXPERIENCE on the cloud to startups, supply-chain, and SMEs.