INKtalks



This year, India plays host to the Global Entrepreurship Summit (GES) in Hyderabad, Nov 28-30, 2017. As a prelude to the prestigious GES Summit, INK will be co-hosting the "Road to GES" on Non 26-27 in Hyderabad, India along with NITI Aayog and T-HUB.

Day1 | Day2

Hall 2 | MEETING ROOM 3.1B

 

DAY 1: Sunday, November 26, 2017
09:00 - 11:00 Registrations  
11:00-12:45 Power of the Journey: Opening Session 

Joi Barua - Musician

Lakshmi Pratury - CEO & Founder, INK

BVR Mohan Reddy - Founder & Executive Chairman, Cyient

Jayesh Ranjan - Secretary, Information Technology (IT), Govt. of Telangana

Hon'ble Minister Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, Govt. of Telangana

Gopichand Katragadda - Chief Technology Officer, Tata Group

Farid Ahsan - Co-founder & CEO, ‎ShareChat

Devi Murthy - Founder & CEO, Simple Farm Solutions

Sanjay Podder - MD, Accenture Labs India

Prabhat Labh - CEO, Grameen Foundation India

Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi

  
12:45 - 02:15 Lunch break  
02:15 - 03:20 Future Billions: Education and connectivity for all

Technologies, trends and ideas that have the potential to impact the future of the billion-plus in India.

Sarvesh Shashi - Founder, Zorba

Amit Goyal - Country Head, edX

Panel discussion moderated by Lakshmi Pratury

- Somdev Devvarman - Co-Founder & Trustee, Life is a Ball Trust

- Pooja Dhingra - Founder, Le15 Patisserie Pvt. Ltd.

- Yash Dongre - Business Lead, House of Anita Dongre Ltd.

Dia Mehhta Bhupal - Artist

Ankit Durga - Co-Founder & COO, Leap Skills Academy

Raju Reddy - Founder, Sierra Atlantic

Shravya Reddy - Director of Transformation and Strategy, Presidency High School

Trisha Shetty - Founder & CEO, SheSays

  
03:20 - 04:00 Changing landscape of Corporate-Startup engagement

A panel discussion featuring stalwarts from the corporate and the startup world.

Prakash Bodla -Vice President Engineering & Center Head, UTC

Rohit Pandharkar - Head of Data Science, Mahindra Rise

Sowjanya Chalamkuri - Sr. Director - Software Engineering, GE Digital

Lux Rao - Director & Leader - Digital Transformation, Cisco

Moderated by Rama Iyer - Sr. VP, T-Hub

  
04:00 - 04:30 Coffee & Tea Break  
04:30 - 05:20 Moonshots: Daring ideas to transform the world

Featuring ambitious and ground-breaking efforts going on in the field of nanotechnology, space exploration, drones, AR/VR, and more.

Sheelika Ravishankar - Team Indus - Google Lunar XPrize

Gadhadar Reddy - CEO, NoPo Nanotechnologies India

Panel discussion moderated by Lakshmi Pratury

- Sunil Kanoria - Vice Chairman, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited

- Asha Jadeja Motwani - Angel Investor and Philanthropist

- Prakash Mallya - MD, Intel India, Sales & Marketing Group

Judith Amores Fernandez - Research Assistant and PhD Student, MIT Media Lab

  
05:20 - 06:00 The VC Roast

A tongue-in-cheek session where Jay Krishnan of T-hub roasts the Indian VC.

Sashi Reddi - Managing Partner, SRI Capital

Sarath Naru - Managing Partner, VentureEast

Sateesh Andra - Managing Director, Endiya Partners

Prasad Vanga - Founder & CEO, Anthill

Venkat Vallabhaneni - General Partner, Parampara Capital

Moderated by Jay Krishnan, CEO, T-Hub

  
06:00 - 06:30 Day 1 Closing Session

Amit Lodha - Inspector General of Police

Usha Uthup - Musician

  

 

 

MEETING ROOM 3.1B

09:00 - 10:00 Registration  
10:00 - 10:15 Opening Ceremony  
10:15 - 11:15 Startup Pitches- Cohort startups across National & International programs under Corporate Innovation  
11:15 - 11:45 Young Innovators  
11:50 - 01:00 Startup Pitches - Cohort Startups from the International Market Access Program  
01:00 - 02:30 Lunch  
02:30 - 03:30 Startup Pitches - For small to mid-sized businesses looking for funding and advice to help grow their business.  
03:30 - 04:15 The Top 9 Finalist battle it out to impress VCs and judges to get to top 3  
04:15 - 04:30 Closing - Head to Main Stage