2022 Conference Agenda

Time (EST)
Agenda - 2nd April 2022
7:45-8:00 AM ET | 5:15-5:30PM IST
Registration - Day 2 and Welcome Remarks
​8:00-9:00 AM ET | 5:30-6:30PM IST
Policy Reforms to Propel India to next phase of growth
Swapan Dasgupta, Padma Bhushan Awardee & Member of Parliament
Dr. Surjit Bhalla, ExecDirector, IMF
​9:00-10:00 AM ET | 6:30-7:30PM IST​
Building Global Tech Start-ups:
Harsh Jain, Co-Founder & CEO, Dream11 and Dream Sports
Rohit Chennamaneni, Co-Founder, Darwinbox
Aakrit Vaish, Co-Founder & CEO, Jio Haptik​
10:00-11:00 AM ET | 7:30-8:30PM IST
Financing New Growth Opportunities
Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog
Manoj Kohli, Country Head, Softbank India
Bharat Kaushal ('98), MD, Hitachi India) ​
10:30-11:30 AM ET | 8:00-9:00PM IST​
Future of Work in India: Managing Human Capital in the Post-Pandemic World
Krish Shankar, CHRO, Infosys;
Shanta Gupta, CHRO, SunPharma;
Krishna Raghavan, CHRO Flipkart;
Sonali Misra, HR Head & VP, Bain India;
Dr. Chandrasekhar Sripada, Professor, Indian School of Business
​​11:30-12:30 ET | 9:00-10:00PM IST
OTT: ​Redefining Entertainment in India 
Pratik Gandhi, Actor (Scam 1992, Bhavai)
Naveen Kasturia, Actor (Aspirants, Pitchers)
Aditi Shrivastava, CEO, PocketAces
Dhawal Gusain (Ex-CEO, TVF)
Sidharth Shakdher, EVP,HotStar 
Professor Sharad Devarajan, Columbia Business School
​​​11:30-12:30 ET | 9:00-10:00PM IST
​Fireside Chat with Smt. Smriti Irani
Fireside Chat with Smt Smriti Irani, Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Gov of India on "India: The Future is Now"
​​​1:00-1:15 PM ET | 10:30-10:45PM IST
Closing Remarks

Select 2022 Speakers

Piyush Goyal
Union Minister, Commerce and
​Industry
Smriti Irani
Union Minister, Women and Child
​Development
Harsh Jain
CEO & Co-Founder of Dream11
Swapan Dasgupta
Indian journalist and politician
Manoj Kohli
Country Head - SoftBank India; Ex-CEO, Bharti Airtel
Bharat Kaushal
Managing Director, Hitachi India
Sonali Misra
HR Head, Bain & Company
Pratik Gandhi
Indian Actor
Arvind Krishna
Chairman and CEO,  ​​IBM Global