Industry-Academia Conclave

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Rohit Srivastava

CEO, Dparth Tech Advisory Pvt Ltd

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Dparth is technology consulting working closely on government mission mode projects and digitization of rural india. We are Advisory and tech Auditors for various ministries such as the Department of Communications, Ministry of Road and Highway, Ministry of Electronic and IT and other state governments. We are consultants to grouplike Tata Projects, IBI consulting, Arcadis, CSC etc. We were finalists of National Startup Awards 2023, and have received a letter of appreciation from DPIIT on behalf of the

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An accomplished Cyber Security and Data Privacy leader with 18+ years of experience. Currently heading the Information Security Management and Data Protection functions of Samsung R&D Center for Visual Display and Digital Appliances-India. Active participant and speaker in various cyber security and data privacy conferences and forums – Govt. and Private. Winner of several Cyber Security awards of repute, notable among them being "Smart CISO" in 13th Annual InfoSec Maestros Awards 2024, "Most Resilient CISO“ in the 7th Annual Dynamic CISO Excellence Awards 2021, “Most Innovative CISO of the Year 2018” Award by CISO Leadership Forum, “NextCSO 2017” Award by CSO Forum of India. Nominated honorary member of Cyber Security Association of India set up on PPP model for securing national cyberspace in 2023. Accredited with International Professional Certifications including CISA, CISM, CLIP (PIMS & GDPR), DCPP, ISO 27001:2013 LA, CLIP: ISMS, ITIL 2011 Foundation. Also, certified as a Data Protection Professional in the Indian National Register of Data Protection Professionals. Strategist and continuous learner with a passion for innovation in Security and Privacy management to drive bottom-line business contributions, optimize technology investments, avoid losses from security incidents, improve customer retention, enhance business decision making and reduce corporate liability.

Shakil Ahmad

Head - Information Security & Data Protection, Samsung R&D Institute-India

Website:https://www.linkedin.com/in/shakil-ahmad-cisa-cism-dcpp%C2%A9-clip-isms-clip-pims-gdpr-8a927a3/?originalSubdomain=in

Madan Kumar Pernati

Partner, RBE Labs Hyderabad, Telangana

Website:https://www.linkedin.com/in/madanp/

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Madan Kumar Pernati’s journey from IIIT laid the foundation for a successful career in technology, starting with roles in three startups and advancing to Director and Head of Operations at a leading Australian-based AI company for 12 years. Currently, he works as an independent consultant, collaborating with startups and direct clients on innovative AI projects in computer vision and sensor AI for road safety, parking management, and other applications. Networking and leadership have been key throughout his career, enabling global collaboration and team leadership. He thanks IIIT and its faculty for fostering hands-on learning through mini projects each semester and allowing the freedom to explore major projects in top research labs and companies, which built confidence before entering the industry. Madan encourages current students to embrace continuous learning and build strong connections for a successful career.

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Manu Sharma (IIITA MBA 2004-06 Batch Alumni) is a senior business and technology consulting leader with an excellent track record in providing ideation, design, and execution services to help clients successfully define, shape and deliver large-scale business transformations programs globally. He is currently the Sales Head for AWS ProServe India for TMEGS, X-Industry, Auto & Manufacturing and Global verticals. Prior to AWS, Manu has held various leadership roles at Wipro Consulting, including Regional Head – Europe for Digital Transformation, practice head for Simplification by Design & Automation Advisory practice and the Process Excellence practice. He has 15 years global experience of working in Australia, England, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland and USA. Manu is an avid speaker at industry conferences and actively engages with academia. He is based in Gurgaon now, with his wife and 3 yr old daughter and frequently indulges in bike rides and sports like cricket, basketball, and squash.

Manu Sharma

ProServe Sales Head - Telco, Media, X-Industry & Globals @ AWS

Website:https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusharma3/?originalSubdomain=in

Bindesh Pandey

Group Vice President, Comviva Technologies Limited (A Tech Mahindra Company) Gurgaon, Haryana

Website:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bindesh-pandey-b6b0593/?originalSubdomain=in

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Forbes Business Development Council Member and currently serving as Group Vice President for Comviva (A Tech Mahindra Company), responsible for driving 400 Crore Fintech business. 18 years industry experience across reputed organizations like Newgen and Infosys, handling various leadership roles. Recipient of various organizational awards. As a mentor associated with Atal Innovation Mission. Active contributor to publications like Forbes as subject matter expert on business development and goto market .

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With a decade of experience in the software industry, Shailendra Saxena has cultivated a robust career, driving innovation and delivering high-impact solutions. He began his career at Samsung R&D in Bangalore, where he refined his skills before joining Microsoft, steadily advancing to his current role as a Senior Engineer. At Microsoft, Shailendra has built and architected enterprise-level applications, focusing on creating scalable, reliable solutions to meet the evolving needs of global customers. His passion for technology is matched only by his commitment to customer satisfaction, a principle that has guided much of his work. In addition to his technical expertise, Shailendra plays a key role in talent acquisition at Microsoft, conducting interviews to hire top talent, while also mentoring junior engineers, helping shape the next generation of industry leaders. His dedication to both personal growth and team development reflects the high standards he brings to the tech world.

Shailendra Saxena

Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft

Website:https://www.linkedin.com/in/shailendra-saxena-22594135/?originalSubdomain=in

Satish Kumar

Engineer in Indian Radio Regulatory Service, Dept. of Telecom. (IRRS),Patna, Bihar

Website:https://www.linkedin.com/in/satish-kumar-2a10b519/

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Satish Kumar is a distinguished professional with a robust background in telecommunications and engineering. He secured AIR 67 in the Engineering Services Examination 2016, leading to his appointment in the Department of Telecom as part of the Indian Radio Regulatory Service (IRRS), where he has been serving since 2017. Prior to this, Satish achieved AIR 47 in the ISRO All India Exam for a Scientist position and worked at the ISRO Satellite Application Centre, Bangalore for 15 months. He holds a Master of Engineering in Telecommunication Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, completed in 2016, and was selected by Analog Devices, Bangalore through campus placement, though he opted not to join. Satish’s academic accomplishments include securing AIR 155 in the GATE 2014 Examination and clearing both BARC and SAIL All India written examinations, where he proceeded to interviews. In 2013, he secured AIR 214 in the Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) for PhD admissions at advanced research institutes such as CV Raman, Homi Bhaba, and Raja Ramanna. Additionally, Satish has industry experience, having worked in the VLSI industry for 1.5 years with ARM Embedded Tech Pvt. Ltd. and as an intern at Nvidia Graphics Pvt. Ltd.. Academically, he graduated with a CGPA of 9.21 in BTech, ranking in the top 5 of his class, and was the district topper in the CBSE XII Board (2005) from Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

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Shivam is an experienced professional working on AI Applications including Knowledge Graph, Machine Learning, Gen AI, LLM's and Computer Vision. He has been awarded as one of the top 20 Computer Scientist in the age of 20s by IEEE Computer Society. He is also a notable speaker and has been invited to over 50 conferences and symposium for delivering Keynote with some of the recent one’s in France, Egypt and India. He has published over 10 Research papers in the field of Knowledge Graphs, LLMs, NLP and Computer Vision in Nature, Springer and IEEE. He has led a team of over 100 folks in IEEE and is currently leading a team of 45 people in ZS working on Production Ready AI Solutions. Experience: Shivam has around 6 years of experience working in the domain of Big Data Analytics and Enterprise AI Solutions. Shivam has worked with 10+ clients on Knowledge Graph, Gen AI, Search, Statistical Learning and Machine Learning over cloud. He has also been involved in over 30+ projects both internally and with clients. As the Engineering Lead at ZS Associates, Shivam drives transformative projects centered around Gen AI,

Shivam

Engineering Lead, ZS Associates,

Website:https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivam-abhilash/

Amandeep Singh

CISO, Amazon Gurgaon, Haryana

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Amandeep is currently serving as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Amazon Pay. After completing an MBA in IT and Marketing from IIIT-A in 2006, he began his career with HCL in Information Security and has since spent over 18 years in the field, contributing to renowned organizations such as Deloitte, DLF, AWS, and now Amazon Pay. Recognised with the Top 100 CISO Award in 2011, Amandeep has also represented India in global cloud security standards bodies. Married with two children, he enjoys reading, watching movies, and long motorbike rides in his free time. IIIT-A has been the cornerstone of his professional journey, and he looks forward to engaging with the students, who are the next generation of leaders, at this alumni event.

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Performance driven IIIT grad with over 10 years of experience with Start-ups. Core technologist with proven leadership and team building skills coupled with leading change in complex and competitive business environment. Vast experience in mobile and cloud platforms design-build and deliver superior solutions to businesses presence across the globe. [in]ventics, from a single person company to a team of more than 30 people working out of our Bangalore & Lucknow offices, became a trusted name among it's clients base in India as well as abroad. For over 10 years, we have been creating high-performance websites, apps, and software that deliver ultimate digital experiences for all size of companies.

Puneet R. Saharey

B Tech (IT) 2007-2011 CTO, Simpel Techlabs. Bengaluru, Karnataka
Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/puneet-r-saharey-91864119/

Monika Gupta

Innovation Lead, PTC, Celonis Delhi
Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgupta91/

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Monika Gupta is a Lead Technology Consultant at Celonis. Before joining Celonis, she was a Research Scientist in the AI for Automation team, IBM Research, New Delhi. She did her PhD from IIIT Delhi where she applied process mining and machine learning techniques for software process improvement . Her research interests include log analytics, process mining, business process automation, and applications of machine learning, and deep learning. She was a recipient of the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship from 2013 to 2017. She has published research papers in various peer-reviewed conferences and journal. She has many patents filed in her name. She got the Best Poster Award in the Gracehopper Conference India 2016. During her PhD, she interned at Infosys Research Labs, Eindhoven University of Technology - The Netherlands, and IBM Research Bangalore. She was awarded Microsoft travel grant, ACM travel grant, IARCS

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In my current role I am responsible for managing end to end Operations for education sector clients, with focus on execution of next generation global technical skills program in collaborations with Universities. In this role I am managing P&L worth USD 5M+ with a portfolio of 20+ clients in North, Central & East India. Previously I was a management consultant with over 11 years of experience with both domestic and international clients in areas of corporate & business strategy, process consulting & re-engineering, project and program management etc. I have worked in sectors like Education, Telecom, High-tech and retail. I have consulted for various organizations in the areas of business strategy, operations strategy, process consulting, growth strategy, market entry / positioning strategy, change management, CRM etc

Gagan Agrawal

Sales Leader IBM Career Education

Website:https://www.linkedin.com/in/agrawalgagan/?originalSubdomain=in

Titli Banerjee

Project Coordinator,Centific Hyderabad, Telangana
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/titlibanerjee/

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I am currently serving as a Project Leader – Vendor Management and Relationship partner for Centific Global Technologies India Pvt Ltd. My work encompasses association and research-based collaboration with major academic institutes around the world. In this role I support for projects over USD 10M+. I closely work with major IT giants for tech stack and LLM grader projects. My inclination towards research has helped me to publish several research papers and attending over 20 research conferences with many denoted researchers across India and globe. My specialty reflects proficiency in project management, marketing management, procurement, stakeholder, and risk management. I enjoy finding creative solutions to strategic and analytical problems. Along with the proven academic track, sports have always played an integral part of my life. I have represented India at the World Archery Championship, I am a national level gold medallist in Archery and Football. In leisure time I enjoy traveling and participating in adventure sports.

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Mr. Prajay Kamat is Founder and CTO in MergeXR Studios Limited In early 1998, I started my career as a self taught expert in Interactive media and entertainment. Later I continued my passion towards technology and pursued formal education resulting in a Masters qualification in research. Following graduation, my ambitions multiplied and led to the formation of AiSolve Ltd – an Interactive media and Research group. Over the years we acquired unique talents and formed a family of highly skilled individuals – because of which, we now offer what we offer! (Innovative solutions using emerging technologies).Specialties: Our in-house capabilities range from custom touch screen kiosk development, storefront marketing solutions using latest display technology, Interactive systems with video and 3D display capabilities, Game based advertisement solutions and other online/offline technology driven solutions.

Mr. Prajay Kamat

CTO and Co-Founder MergeXR Studios Limited

Website:https://www.mergexr.studio/

Ms. Devi Kolli

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer i3 Simulations

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Devi Kolli is the dynamic CEO and Co-founder of i3 Simulations, with over 17 years of experience in leading tech startups specializing in Extended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). As a multi-award-winning British Indian entrepreneur, Devi has a diverse background across retail, entertainment, and education. She has successfully driven bootstrap tech startups to remarkable global growth and combined exits valued at over GBP 200 million. Under Devi's pioneering leadership, i3 Simulations has revolutionized healthcare education and research. The company leverages cutting-edge AI and XR technologies to transform conventional training methods, offering healthcare professionals immersive, interactive, and intuitive (i3) learning experiences. These innovative solutions have earned i3 Simulations global acclaim and recognition as an award-winning organization in the industry. Beyond her impactful role at i3 Simulations, Devi serves as the Chief Advisor to MergeXR Studios, further cementing her status as a transformative leader in immersive and creative technologies. An advocate for entrepreneurship and innovation, she also contributes her expertise to various non-profit charitable institutes, shaping the future of education and social welfare. Her journey from humble beginnings to global success is a testament to her visionary leadership and unwavering determination, inspiring aspiring entrepreneurs worldwide.

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I am a Research Scientist and Research Lead at Spotify, New York. I work on Knowledge Graphs and Transformer methods for podcast search and content-based podcast recommendations. I was previously at Yahoo Research working on Discourse and Dialogue problems where he received the Master Inventor Award for innovative and impactful work. Prior to Yahoo, I obtained a PhD in 2014 from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. My research interests are Semantic Knowledge Bases, and Multilingual Discourse Processing. I previously worked on problems related to Spoken Language Processing,Spoken Dialog Systems, Learning Semantic Knowledge Bases for Dialog Agents, and Multiparty Conversational Agents. I served as area chair at EMNLP, session chair at IJCNLP and serve as a member of the program committees of major conferences in the field of Natural Language Processing and Speech Processing (SIGDial, ACL, NAACL, Interspeech, EMNLP) and as a reviewer for several international journals viz., Discourse and Dialogue, Natural Language Engineering, Computational Linguistics, Speech Communication. At Spotify, I currently lead the research on semantic search and entity-driven retrieval where I develop query semantic representations for effective understanding of user intent. I previously led the podcast knowledge graph population efforts and we worked on large scale entity extraction methods. Over recent years, podcasts have emerged as a novel medium for sharing and broadcasting information over the Internet -- we curated and released one of the largest audio datasets available for research. Paired with the audio files, they are also a resource for speech processing and the study of paralinguistic, sociolinguistic, and acoustic aspects of the domain. This has been successfully adopted by the research community and we conducted a new TREC task on podcast search and summarization. At Yahoo, I led the efforts on unsupervised large scale multilingual entity extraction and linking. This work was instrumental in powering document processing pipeline of news articles displayed on Yahoo.com.

Dr. Aashish Pappu

Senior Research Scientist and Research Lead, Spotify, New York, NY, USA

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Industry-Academia Conclave

September 29th, 2024

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Rohit Srivastava

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Shakil Ahmad

Madan Kumar Pernati

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Manu Sharma

Bindesh Pandey

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Shailendra Saxena

Satish Kumar

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Amandeep Singh

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Puneet R. Saharey

Monika Gupta

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Gagan Agrawal

Titli Banerjee

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Mr. Prajay Kamat

Ms. Devi Kolli

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