Speaker Profiles of PMI National Conference 2019

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Radhika is a disciple of Sri Kaza Venkata Subrahmanyam who is disciple of
illustrious guru Shri Dr. Vempati China Satyam Garu
She has done Certification and Diploma courses in Kuchipudi dance from
Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University
A classical dancer, highly proficient in the traditional techniques in the art of
Kuchipudi dance, she has performed more than 1000 unique recitals both in
India and abroad.
Apart from solo performances, she has taken part in several dance
performances and dramas in a variety of roles.
Tunki Radhika Reddy & group
Kuchipudi Dance
Project Management National Conference, 2019
September 20 - 21 | Hyderabad

Throughout his 40-year career, he has worked in a variety of industries including
telecommunications, IT consulting, e-learning development and consulting, project
management training and consulting, and PMO management.
As a project management consultant, he has led consulting work in a variety of industries
and taught courses as part of executive education training offered through Alberta-based
colleges and the University of Alberta.
Mr. Black has been a volunteer for most of his life. He has long been associated with PMI
and specifically the PMI Northern Alberta Chapter (vice president–education, president, past
president). He has served as a Region 1 Mentor and served on the Chapter Member
Advisory Group (CMAG).
Randall T. (Randy) Black, P. Eng., PMP
Chair, 2019 PMI Board of Directors

Manish joined Amazon in 2009 and is presently the Chief Technology Officer for
Amazon Pay in India.
He is chartered to build innovative digital products for on-Amazon and doorstep
payments experience, financing programs, issuance of gift cards, stored value
accounts, co-branded credit cards, third party merchant acceptance and high
frequency digital categories.
Prior to joining Amazon Pay, he headed the World Wide eCommerce Platforms group
in India and spearheaded multiple Amazon internal innovations which resulted in top-
line and bottom-line growth in the field of Front-End optimizations, Shopping Cart,
Checkout, Ordering, Storage, Seller Central, Gift Wrap, Aggregation Services and
Operational Excellence. While at Amazon he co-founded 2 new businesses like
Amazon Home Services and Amazon Custom.
Before Amazon, Manish has worked for 2 Start-ups and for companies like FedEx
Office and JP Morgan Chase. Manish has a Masters in Computer Science.
Manish Bhatia
Chief Technology Officer – Amazon Pay in India

Dr. Saji Gopinath
CEO, Kerala Startup Mission
Prajakt Raut
Entrepreneur and
Entrepreneurship Evangelist
Heena Raval
Director of Internal Tooling and
Intelligent Automation, Google
Sumeet Mathur
Global Head of Engineering,
Enterprise Security Software,
Broadcom Inc.
STARTUP CHALLENGES – HOW PROJECT MANAGEMENT CAN HELP
MODERATOR PANELISTS

INDUSTRY LEADERS
Sumeet Mathur
Global Head of Engineering, Enterprise
Security Software, Broadcom Inc.
Prajakt Raut
Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurship
Evangelist
Heena Raval
Director of Internal Tooling and
Intelligent Automation, Google
Dr. Saji Gopinath
Mr. Riyas
• Startup Mission
Suresh Raju
• Golden Hills Capital
Abhay Deshpande
• Martjack
Dr. Balaji Bhyravbhatla
• Hylasco Biotechnology Pvt. Ltd

Vihari Kanukollu – Co founder
Srinivas Chaganti
URBAN KISSAN

Manish Ranjan, Co-Founder, CEO
Mousumi Mohanty
NANOHEALTH

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Prashanth Reddy
Founder & MD
Prashanth Patkar
ANVAYAA KIN CARE PVT LTD

Venkateshwar Reddy Japa
Co-Founder, Head of Business Development
Deta AI Pvt. Ltd.

Amit Kumar
Co-founder, Director
SHANROHI TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED

Krishna Kumar
CEO
TRAVELSPOC

Jaideep Singh Baccher
Co Founder
AMBEE

Mr. N. Venkateshwarlu joined the Department of Irrigation & Command Area
Development in the year 1986 as Assistant Executive Engineer and rose to
the top level of Chief Engineer in a span of 29 years through sheer hard work
and dedication.
During his tenure some of the key achievements include; NTPC, Lift
Irrigation Scheme with a capacity of 8.5 TMC, Yellampally Project on River
Godavari with a capacity of 20.17 TMC, Manthani Lift Irrigation Scheme,
Stage I & II with a capacity of 2 TMC.
His innovative and visionary leadership in particular with analysis and design
of structures has made him one of the most prominent Irrigation Engineer in
the state of Telangana.
Nalla Venkateshwarlu
Engineer in Chief, Kaleswaram Project

In her current role, she builds and runs a range of services that enable Microsoft’s Digital
Transformation and showcases Microsoft first party products in the enterprise. These include
Enterprise Integration, Electronic Signatures, SAP, Dynamics and Core Networking and
Infrastructure.
She is passionate and super supporter of Diversity and Inclusion at Microsoft and has
conceptualized and enabled multiple programs such as:
• ‘DigiGirlz’, A program that promotes interest in technology among high school girls, in India.
• ‘Code for Her’, A contest aimed at creating applications for the Microsoft Store that meet the
needs of women.
• ‘Springboard’, A program launched in partnership with HR to tap into talent pool of women in
India who have left the workforce and find it challenging to return.
• ‘Women Think Next’, A platform for women in IT to exchange knowledge and ideas, develop,
implement and support existing and future technology trends.
Prior to Microsoft, Meher held several leadership positions with GE.
Meher Afroze
General Manager, Core Platform Engineering, Microsoft

• Transfer time….

After (un)graduating out of IIT-Madras as an Engineer in Electronics and
Electrical Communication, Rajendran was part of the founding team at Zoho
Corporation, then called Vembu Systems.
He spearheads mobile development at Zoho. He is also a TEDx speaker, a
technology evangelist and a prominent faculty member at Zoho University.
Beyond work, he is a contra-academician at heart. Feeling strongly that the
education system in India needs a reboot.
Rajendran Dandapani
Director of Engineering Zoho

DIGITAL KPI’s
Ramkumar Armugam
Cognizant
PITCH PERFECT

4M model - Innovative tool for Commercial
Building Projects
T V Sesha Sai
Savills India
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Prof. Mamta Gautam
Senior Associate Faculty, Designpreneur and Academician, National Institute of
Design, Kurukshetra
A design-preneur, practitioner with 10 + years of experience in product consulting, design
research, space design and design development. With the grit to see her vision through its
implementation phase, switched roles from a strategist, to a team leader , team player and an
expert in field to see through execution Phases. Having worked with small & medium scale
manufacturers of Sanitary ware, Tableware, Tiles, Glass Tableware, Building Materials,
Potters, Craftsmen and as a practising architect and interior designer she draws from her
understanding of real time issues while proposing design solutions to her clients.
Leveraging on her academic and professional training coupled with practical experience and
international work experience, she seeks to provide services and that of in house skilled
hands to manufacturers, enabling them to offer range of products in the market that stands
out for its human centric design features and finesse.
How might we use design and design thinking to create more humane business models,
services and products ? - is not only a question for her but her passion ,drive and a lifelong
quest.

Dr. Vanita Ahuja
Director, National Institute of Design, Kurukshetra
Design learning environment that is global, creative as well as enables students
• +20 years of industry and academic experience in the area of Construction
Project Management.
• Residential and school projects, commercial projects etc.
• Consultancy for Delhi Metro project.
• Visiting Faculty for prestigious institutions
• Volunteer for Project Management Institute (PMI-USA) – North India Chapter.
• Training programs for executives in the area of Construction Management.
• Published and presented research papers in International Conferences and
Journals
• Volunteer for Editorial board and Reviewers Panel for International Journals.
• Passionate about spreading knowledge of Project Management and increasing
its practice.
• An avid reader and sports enthusiast.

Yash is Masters in Construction Project Management from School of Planning, Design
& Construction, Michigan State Univ.,MI, USA, and a Bachelors in Architecture from,
GGSIP Univ. New Delhi, India
He is a certified PMP, and LEED Accredited Professional from USGBC and a Certified
Six Sigma Green Belt Professional
Yash has more than 14 years of professional experience in construction and
infrastructure industry, spanning power, real estate, healthcare, roads and highways.
He has provided advisory services for project controls, reporting and MIS, project
governance and analytics, modelling business processes, project management
maturity audits, portfolio management, and organizational training and development.
Yash brings in diverse expertise from his consulting experience in Indian and US
construction markets, and from his background in architecture and construction
management.
Yash Singh
Director – Major Projects Advisory, KPMG India

• TEDx Speaker
• Youtube Subscribers close to 1,50,000 & Video views of approximately 25
million.
• Jury member at Zee lil Champ Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
• Awarded as Youth Music Influencer by AAT Awards 2018
Sandeep is the first choice when it comes to Instrumental solo performances
for the most respected and affluent AMBANIS.
Making foray into Composing. Original work ‘Aum Ekdantayte’ has earned
1,50,000 views already on youtube.
Sandeep Thakur
Violinist

• When the war hero who led Operation ‘Vijay’ at Kargil in 1999, General Ved
Prakash Malik comes to the podium, the audience is nothing less than enthralled.
Having served as an advisor to the Government of India for army strategy,
personnel development, discipline, and welfare, he currently guides several
corporate boards as an independent director.
• Gen. Malik leverages his incredible experience from his military career to engage
corporate audiences, motivating them to strike at their goals like soldiers do. He
has addressed several universities, corporate organizations and civil and military
institutions in India and abroad.
• A distinguished achiever, Gen. Malik has won many accolades, including the Ati
Vishishta Seva Medal in 1986, and Param Vishishta Seva Medal, the highest
national award for distinguished military services in India, in 1996. He was
conferred with the Excellence in Leadership award by Atur Foundation, Pune;
Distinguished Fellowship of the Institute of Directors, New Delhi in 1999; and
“Pride of the Nation” award by the Doon Citizens Council in July 2000.
Gen. V P Malik
Former Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army Chairman, Chief of Staff Committee of India

Mr. Mani has over 36 years of experience in Indian Railways and has worked
in areas like workshop management, railway operations, project
management, planning and R&D.
Train 18, made news for being the first engineless as well as the fastest train
in India. Under his project leadership, its production and manufacturing was
completed within a record-breaking time span of 18 months. During his
tenure, ICF has also completely offset the emission and became the first
organisation of Indian Railways to achieve Carbon Negative status; he has
authored a coffee table book on the subject detailing this environmental
journey.
He has chronicled his experiences in four coffee table books written between
2012 and 2019.
Sudhanshu Mani
Principal Ex. General Manager, Indian Railways’ Integrated Coach Factory, Chennai
and Chief Architect of India’s fastest Train ‘Train18’ (Vande Bharat Express)

Dr. V. R. Lalithambika joined Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO in 1988.
She holds a PhD in Control Engineering, in 2008.
She has been associated with the autopilot design of ISRO launch vehicles PSLV,
GSLV and GSLV MkIII right from inception.
At present she is designated as Outstanding Scientist, and Director, Directorate of
Human Space Programme at ISRO headquarters. She was earlier holding the post of
Deputy Director, VSSC.
She is the recipient of several excellence awards including the Astronautical Society of
India Space Gold Medal in 2001, which she received from the then President of India,
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. She has also been conferred with Doctor of Science (Honoris
Causa) by Sathyabama University in 2017 and the Marie Curie Mahila Vijnana
Puraskara by the Karnataka Swadeshi Vijnana Andolana in 2018.
Dr. V. R. Lalithambika
Distinguished Scientist, Director, Directorate of Human Space Programme at
ISRO Headquarters

Executive Director and Head of consumer Banking & BigData Analytics, DBS
Asia Hub
Srikanth Mopidevi has over 20 years of experience in IT industry. Srikanth is
also an entrepreneur and co-founded technology startups. In his recent role,
he is Executive Director and head of consumer banking & BigData analytics
at DBS Asia Hub
Srikanth Mopidevi
Executive Director and Head of Consumer Banking and Big Data Analytics, DBS
Asia Hub

Ms. Karuna Gopal, is an Internationally acclaimed Thought Leader, Keynote Speaker
and Advisor on Smart Cities.
She has contributed to the design of the '100 Smart Cities Mission' of India and has
been invited to speak at the launch of the Mission by the Prime Minister. Her
innovation SCULPT YOUR CITY- 2009 (a crowd sourced protocol) has shaped the
Mission guidelines and has been declared a National Best Practice.
Governments of Singapore, Sweden, UK, Philippines, UAE, Turkey, Israel and USA
have invited her for inputs on Smart Governance. Ms Gopal served as senior advisor,
Union Ministry for Housing and Urban Affairs on behalf of Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation.
Her current initiative SURGE (Smart Urbanization Reinventing Growth with Equity) is
about transformative policies for ushering a NEW INDIA.
Karuna Gopal
President, Foundation for Futuristic Cities

He comes with a vast experience of over 25 years working in leading
infrastructure and financial institutions viz. Feedback Ventures (P) Ltd., L&T
Group, IDBI, and Price Waterhouse Coopers.
Mr.Panicker has been one of the key members of the successful team that
won the bid for modernization of Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA),
New Delhi and its takeover.
He is the Founder President of Air Cargo Forum India (ACFI), a not for profit
association that offers a common platform to the air cargo community.
He is also an in-house faculty who has been instrumental in developing and
delivering various training programs related not only to Aviation but also
Management.
Pradeep Panicker
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited

Expedite construction execution with structured data insights
DEESHA VORA
Superwise Solutions Pvt Ltd
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Scheduling of Utility Power Distribution
Projects using TOPSIS approach
Kartik G
L&T Constructions
PITCH PERFECT

Dr. Archana Sharma was the only Indian staff scientist at CERN who was involved in the path-
breaking discovery of Higgs Boson particle in 2012. Her journey from Jhansi to CERN, the Mecca
of Particle Physics has been remarkable and a story of inspiration for many aspiring Indian
scientists.
An internationally recognized expert having worked on several CERN experiments both on R&D
being involved in designing and prototyping, and on running laboratories for construction, safety,
installation, commissioning and operation of large-scale gaseous detectors for radiation. Following
a graduate degree in Physics from BHU Varanasi, received her Ph.D. from Delhi University in 1989
followed by a D.Sc from the University of Geneva, in 1996.
Dr. Archana has donned several hats including that of a Physicist, Teacher and a Project Manager
at CERN
Dr. Archana Sharma
Principal Scientist at the CERN, the European Council for Nuclear Research in
Geneva, Switzerland.

Satyarup Siddhanta is a Bangalore-based Indian mountaineer who holds the
world record for Youngest person to climb the 7 summits and 7 volcanic
summits. He is also the President and founder of ABETO – "A better
tomorrow" foundation.
He made a world record and became the Youngest in the world to climb both
the 7 summits and 7 volcanic summits.
His next epic expedition – North Pole last Degree Ski
Satyarup Siddhanta
Techie, Motivational Speaker and Environmentalist

Chetna Gala Sinha is the founder and chair of Mann Deshi Bank, aimed at
the needs of rural women micro-entrepreneurs in India.
When bankers refused to serve her neighbours in rural India, Chetana Gala
Sinha did the next best thing: she opened a bank of her own, the first ever
for and by women in the country.
Chetna Sinha
Banker, Social Entrepreneur

Through her non-profit Bodhi Tree Foundation, Ashweetha Shetty support
first generation college students in rural India explore their potential through
education, life skills and opportunities
Ashweetha Shetty
Rural Social Worker

Shubhendhu Sharma is a Bengaluru based industrial engineer and eco-entrepreneur.
Shubhendhu Sharma company Afforestt promotes a standardized method for seeding
dense, fast growing, native forests in barren lands, using his car manufacturing
acumen to create a system allowing a multilayer forest of 300 trees to grow on an area
as small as the parking spaces of six cars – for less than the price of an iphone.
Afforestt has helped grow forests at homes, schools and factories.
Through this we have seen an improvement in air quality, an increase in bio diversity
and the forests even generate fresh fruit.
Shubendhu Sharma
Eco-entrepreneur

Sally Kohn searches for common ground by focusing on the compassion and
humanity in everyone
Sally Kohn
Writer and Activist

Robert Muggah specializes in cities, security and new technology.
He co-founded the legarape Institute – a THINK and DO tank working on
data driven safety and justice across Latin America and Africa.
He also co-founded SecDev Foundation and Group- organizations devoted
to cyber security and digital economy.
Robert is the author of seven books and hundreds of policy and peer-
reviewed articles.
Robert Muggah
Megacities Expert

Dr. Saji Gopinath currently heads Kerala Startup Mission, the apex body of Govt. of
Kerala for supporting the technical entrepreneurship and Startup ecosystem in the
State of Kerala.
Before joining Kerala Startup Mission in April 2017, Dr. Gopinath served IIM
Kozhikode for over 17 years as Professor, Dean- Academic and Dean-
Development. He also set up the Satellite campus of IIM at Kochi, IIM Amritsar
campus in Amritsar as well as instrumental in setting up Asia’s first Synchronous e-
Learning Programme in Executive Management Education. He also served as
founding Dean of Bennett University a modern age multi-disciplinary University of
Times of India group established in Greater Noida. He was also associated with
Manipal Group as Director of T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) Manipal, one
of the top 15 Business schools in the country. A Mechanical Engineer with Ph.D in
Management from the Indian Institute of Science,
Dr. Gopinath started his career with Larsen & Toubro Ltd and later worked with Oil
and Natural Gas Commission. He also serves in various national boards, academic
syndicates and also associated with several leading Universities in the world
Dr. Saji Gopinath

Prajakt is an entrepreneur and entrepreneurship evangelist. His personal mission is to
assist and encourage a 100,000 people to become entrepreneurs.
He is the founder of Applyifi wherein he helps startups sharpen their business plans
and investor pitch decks. He is also the founding partner of The Growth Labs which
helps corporate manage their innovation & startup engagement programs.
Prajakt’s book, ‘Starting Up & Fund Raising’, helps startups understand an investor’s
perspective, and helps them improve their odds of getting funded.
Prajakt Raut
Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurship Evangelist

Heena leads the internal tools team within Googler Technology &
Engineering group that builds applications and intelligent automation to drive
productivity for Googlers.
She has two decades of rich experience in Technology and Product
Engineering. Over the last few years, she has set up Machine Learning / AI
COEs grounds up and successfully taken innovation from lab to production
in the area of Sales & Marketing Intelligence and Operational Intelligence.
She is extremely passionate about entrepreneurial growth and helps local
startups and students. She is on the board of Thermaissance, a patient care
startup and contributes to Literacy Projects.
Heena Raval
Director of Internal Tooling and Intelligent Automation, Google

Sumeet, currently, heads the product development for Cybersecurity suite of
products for Broadcom’s Enterprise Software Division.
Sumeet has 25 years of experience in building teams & software at scale
across Cloud, Automation, Big Data and Cybersecurity domains. He has
successfully transformed large product organizations from “non-predictable
deliveries” to “being Predictable” to “being Productive” to “being Thought
Leader”.
He has had leadership roles, in US and India, across companies such as CA
Technologies, Cisco Systems and Nortel. Sumeet also holds multiple patents
in his name.
Sumeet Mathur
Global Head of Engineering, Enterprise Security Software, Broadcom Inc.

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