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Startup Ideas ֠Internet Of Things (IoT): A Technologist’s Perspective – Dr. Kumar Padmanabh, Lead Scientist Robert Bosch

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Dr. Kumar Padmanabh who is the lead scientist/researcher at Robert Bosch. He has made a career in technical evangelism and intrapreneurship in the IoT space and has built 20 prototypes that led to 4 commercial successes. His interests and expertise lie in energy & building automation. He holds a PhD […]

Skills & Myths of an Innovative Entrepreneur – Sudeendra Koushik, Speaker Writer Consultant

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Sudeendra Koushik BE, MBA in Strategy Management (IIM), is a Speaker, Writer, Evangelist, Product Innovation & Development Consultant. He has worked at Trident Microsystems, NXP Semiconductors, Philips and BPL in product development and management roles. Many Startups aim to change the world, how many really do? Entrepreneurs are meant to […]

Learnings from Scaling – Gunaseelan Radhakrishnan InMobi

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

            Gunaseelan Radhakrishnan has experience growing businesses ground-up for leading mobile companies. With a strong focus on 'Execution' and belief in 'Thinking Big' he has delivered “hockey stick growth” for several businesses over 12 years - InMobi, OnMobile, Sify, Reliance & Honeywell. He was even named ‘Multiplier’ within InMobi as he […]

My [Entrepreneurial] Experiences – Dr. Samartha Raghava Nagabhushanam

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Dr. Samartha Raghava Nagabhushanam, CEO & MD of Aseema (that leverages wireless & cloud technologies) and Director of AnalyzResearch (that collates market research) will speak about his entrepreneurial journey. Dr. Nagabhushanam has built several global businesses and also served as President & CEO of SmartSky & MindTree Wireless and Founding MD of Kyocera […]

FINANCIAL (BFSI) SECTOR – OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISRUPTION – Deepak Shenoy – Founder Capital Mind

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

            Deepak Shenoy founder of Capital Mind, a financial market analytics company, which provides actionable insights and in-depth analysis of the Indian Capital Markets will be talking about “Financial Sector – Opportunities For Disruption”. He has over 16 years of experience in technology and financial markets. His past has been […]

DRIVING SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP – Ashok Panikkar, Director Meta-Culture

          Ashok Panikkar, Director, Meta-Culture - a human engagement studio. His efforts of the last 25 years have been focused on helping people improve their thinking capabilities and by so doing, helping them engage better with each other. His areas of expertise include - critical and creative thinking, conflict resolution, diversity […]

LABOUR PAINS….THE ART OF BRAND-PARENTING – Manosh Sengupta, Marketing Strategist, Brand-@itude

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

            Manosh Sengupta is an independent Brand & Marketing Strategist, brand-@itude. He describes himself as a "brand parent, nurturer & mentor", having taken brands from "labour to maturity" several times in his 20-year career. He has also served as VP Brand & MarCom, Reliance Communications Ltd., GM Marketing (Brand) at […]

INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) ֠WHERE IS THE MONEY? – Chandrashekhar Raman, Manager of IoT Strategy Cisco Systems

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

            The Internet of Things (IoT) - networks of physical devices built with embedded tech, ones that sense, upload, build intelligence and even interact with each other - is estimated to push machine capabilities to new dimensions, some known, and some yet to be discovered. IoT will definitely have one […]

MARKETING THROUGH STORY TELLING – Smitha Hemmigae, Director, CSS Corp

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Smitha Hemmigae, CSS Corp Director with 12+ years of experience across the technology sevice industry. Her focus at CSS Corp is Analyst Relations, Social Media and Content Marketing. She has served as Senior Marketing Manager, Unisys Corporation, a Head of Marketing, Infosys, and Global Marketing Manager, Logica. Her focus has […]

The Art & Science of Making Cloud/IoT Work – Sundar Varadaraj Perangur, Director, Tyco India

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Sundar Varadaraj Perangur, Director, Global Technology Center, Tyco India whose current role involves overseeing innovation and execution of IoT, Cloud Computing, Mobility, Legacy Migration, Hadoop and Bigdata products. He holds 30 years of extensive experience covering Embedded to Enterprise software - strategic, technical & operational, end-to-end Product Development, Manufacturing, Portfolio/Program […]

UI & UX: INJECTING A PERSONALITY INTO THE BRAND – Jayan Narayanan, Sr. Creative Director 9.9 Media

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

            Jayan Narayanan, Sr. Creative Director at 9.9 Media who believes in powerfully and creatively combining traditional and interactive platforms to build and communicate brands. He currently oversees 14 Publications and 12+ websites and has successfully redesigned and launched 10 brands for 9.9 Media. In total, he has 15+ years […]

PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AT STARTUPS (IP) – Ravi Vaikuntachar, Manager IP Analytics Honeywell

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Ravi Vaikuntachar, Manager - IP Analytics, Honeywell. He currently leads a team of 40+ analysts that deliver patent analytics, open source software compliance and IP portfolio management. His past roles have involved IP - Principal Executive , Thermax, Senior Analyst, Honeywell, Academics - Post Doctoral Fellow Inha university and Visiting […]

DO’S & DONT’S OF FUNDING – Kiran Bettadapur, Cofounder/CEO of Cylive

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

            Kiran Bettadapur - entrepreneur, engineer, lawyer and author is Cofounder/CEO of Cylive Corporation. He is also an advisor to the Government of Karnataka, with the aim of revamping innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the State. He has also served as President & CEO, Kenware Inc, VP (Banking, Finance & […]

BARE ESSENTIALS ֠A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO BUILDING A LEAN STARTUP – Karthik Ramanujam, Digital Sales & MD CricHQ

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Karthik Ramanujam is currently Digital Sales & MD, CricHQ. He has 14 years of experience with Startups and Corporates - in Sales & Marketing, Content Management & Licensing & Business Development. His past roles include, Head - Sales & BD, Qyuki Digital Media, GM Vdopia INC, Regional Head, Ad Sales, […]

ONLINE ADVERTISING – MONETIZATION MODELS EXPLAINED – Jayant Nandan, Digital Marketing Consultant

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Jayant Nandan, Digital Marketing Professional. He has 12+ years of experience and has managed every aspect of Digital Marketing, Online Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Content Creation & Web Analytics at Large Enterprises, SME’s and Startups. His expertise in the domain comes from Digital Marketing roles at - Advent Matrix Pvt. […]

IS ONE BIG IDEA ENOUGH? – Reena Dayal Yadav, Head Corporate Industry Forum & Standards Cell TCS

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Reena Dayal Yadav, Head Corporate Industry Forum & Standards Cell, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) and Chairperson SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association). Reena's expertise lies primarily in the Innovation & Storage domains. She is a Technologist with expertise in driving innovation, through Strategy & Execution - Vision setting, new Innovation Practices […]

I AM STARTING UP – HOW DO I START CODING? – Gautham Pai, Founder Jnaapti

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Gautham Pai, an "Entrepreneur, Founder at Jnaapti, Tech coach, Blogger, Free Software Evangelist & Geek". Through Jnaapti, he plans to bring in a radical new coaching/training hybrid (with a mixture of online and offline methods). Gautham has worked for IBM India Software Lab, and startups like Semgel Technologies  & Ugenie. He […]

K-12 EDUCATION – CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES FOR STARTUPS – Balu Pandian, Chairman, Brookfield High

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Balu Pandian, Chairman, Brookfield High, Electronic City, Bangalore - an ICSE school providing contemporary, skills based education and aiming to plug the gap between education and the demands of the job economy. Prior to this Balu has served many Marketing roles - Marketing Director, Jobstreet.com, Marketing Communications Director besides other […]

CREATING EMPLOYER BRAND FOR STARTUPS ֠A FRUGAL APPROACH – Pramod Chaganti, General Manager TMP Worldwide

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Pramod Chaganti, General Manager, TMP Worldwide (develops and deploys employer brands by leveraging software, strategy and creative). Pramod has spent the last 13 years in the recruitment vertical in a variety of management roles. He has served at Monster Gulf as Branch Manager UAE and previously Sales Manager - Global Accounts […]

WHO WILL PAY FOR IoT AND WHY? – Atanu Roy Chowdhury, Altiux Innovations

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

            Atanu Roy Chowdhury, Senior Product Manager at Altiux Innovations a Startup that is building next generation products, solutions, platforms and IP in the IoT space. Atanu's expertise lies in Algorithms and Machine Learning and he has a patent and several published papers. He has been a Product Lead at […]

CREATING ORIGINAL CONTENT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA – Balraj KN, Cartoonist, Illustrator and Writer

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

            Balraj KN, Cartoonist, Illustrator and Writer. He has spent the last 15 years on creative pursuits - cartoons, illustrations, content writing and sculpture – for newspapers, advertising agencies, businesses and book publishing houses. His cartoons have appeared in many newspapers like The Times of India & Deccan Herald. He […]

CONSUMER INTERNET INSIGHTS – Jeyandran Venugopal, co-founder of Eclinic247

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

            Jeyandran Venugopal is the cofounder of Eclinic247, an early stage health-tech  Startup addressing primary care. Jeyandran has worked at two leading consumer Internet biggies over the last 14 years – Yahoo and Amazon (Web Services). His past positions have included VP Engineering, Yahoo!, Senior Director, Engineering Yahoo!, Director of […]

MY JOURNEY & LEARNINGS – mGAADI – Vishy Kuruganti, Cofounder & COO mGaadi.com

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

            Vishy Kuruganti is Co-founder & COO mGaadi.com a bangalore-based Startup that enables autorickshaw booking online. An avid blogger, he also launched TechSangam.com - that covers social entrepreneurship in India. His other Startup stints have included Cofounder & VP at Graspr.com, an online video community and Sr. Software Engineer at Online Anywhere, acquired […]

MY JOURNEY & LEARNINGS – Vikram Srinivasan, Co-Founder Zettata

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

            Vikram Srinivasan Co-Founder Zettata - a bangalore-based Helion Venture/Accel Partners funded "retail search" Startup that aims "to connect people with the right information based on their current context". Vikram has moved from academia through research labs to becoming an Entrepreneur. His past roles have included Director, Alcatel-Lucent, Technical Manager, […]

INDIAN DESIGN: FINDING ANSWERS WITHIN – Diwakar Chintala, Design Director, Gensler

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

            Diwakar Chintala, Design Director, Gensler, a design firm. Diwarkar has spent the last 19+ years designing for a range of domains – buildings & construction, furniture, graphic design, video documentaries and User Experience. Some of his past roles have included Graduate Thesis Advisor, Academy of Art University San Francisco, […]

FAILURE – Darshan M ֠Director, Spoment Ventures

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Darshan M – sports marketing, media and entertainment expert - is currently Director, Spoment Ventures Pte Ltd. and Brand Consultant at Lucky Bone. He has a wealth of experience, having served several senior roles in a variety of interesting verticals – sports marketing (motorsports & cricket), advertising, media (TV roles […]

INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) ֠FOCUS ON THE BUSINESS MODEL – Reynolds Alex, General Manager & Delivery Head IoT Business Wipro

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Reynolds Alex, General Manager & Delivery Head - IoT Business. He is responsible for using the IoT (Internet of Things) wave to drive business growth within Wipro. Some of his areas of focus are Automotive, Transport & Logistics, Retail & Consumer Electronics. His 14 years at Wipro have covered a […]

BETTER MARKETING BY LEVERAGING AI TOOLS – Cohan Sujay Carlos, CEO at ReshareGroups

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Cohan Sujay Carlos, CEO at ReshareGroups /Selasdia /Aiaioo Labs. His focus has been developing technology that powers online marketing: Resharegroups - a marketing tool that strives to enhance the virality of online content, Selasdia - a robotic salesman that can facilitate B2B sales, Aiaioo Labs – develops the building blocks […]

BIG DATA: LEVERAGING COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE IN RETAIL – Mandar Mutalikdesai, Head of Data Semantics, DataWeave

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Mandar Mutalikdesai, Head of Data Semantics, DataWeave - a Startup that helps discover, monitor, and analyse huge amounts of data and makes it available for use in Apps, Analytics and day-to-day decision making. Mandar holds a PhD & M.Tech from the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore and B.E. Computer […]

UI/UX DESIGN – INSIGHTS THROUGH CASE STUDIES – Somu Arumugam, Experience-Designer, Nalashaa Solutions

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Somu Arumugam, UX Architect, Photon InfoTech. Somu has spent the last 15 years focussed on Design in a variety of roles and companies - Experience-Designer, Nalashaa Solutions, Sr. Interaction Designer - 247-ilabs, Sr. User Interface Design Lead - Infosys, Sr. UI Designer - Zynga, Sr. Project Lead - ADYes, Interaction […]

MY STARTUP JOURNEY – INKONIQ – Rajesh Kumar, CEO & Founder Inkoniq

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Rajesh Kumar, CEO & Founder Inkoniq, a UX & App development agency that he launched in 2011. Some of his past roles have invovled Sr. Product Manager - Key Experiences, AOL, Senior Technical Support Engineer - Member Services, Netscape, Technical Support Engineer, Wipro, and Corporate Trainer, Aptech Computer Education. Rajesh […]

FITTING PRODUCT TO MARKET ֠DO’S & DONT’S – Venugopal Iyengar – COO, Apalya Technologies

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Venugopal Iyengar is COO, Apalya Technologies, a Startup turned mature company, that launched in 2005 and offers live television, events and video on demand on mobile devices. Venugopal is a seasoned media entertainment professional with deep expertise in Marketing, Content, Communication & Product. Some of his past roles have involved […]

POWER MARKETING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY & STORY TELLING – Saravanan Natarajan, Chief Architect – Experiential Technology GroupM Media

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Saravanan Natarajan, Chief Architect - Experiential Technology at GroupM Media (a WPP company). He has 15+ years of Marketing experience - Experiential, Digital, Direct, Advertising & PR - communicating both brands and products through a powerful combination of technology and story telling. Some of his past roles have included - […]

INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) – CONNECTED CAR – TECHNOLOGY TRENDS & OPPORTUNITIES – Harsha Bagur, Group Head, Automotive Infotainment (IVI) & Car Multimedia, Robert Bosch.

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Harsha Bagur, Group Head, Automotive Infotainment (IVI), Car Multimedia, Robert Bosch. His expertise lies in developing and executing Telecom (Mobile handsets) and Real-Time Embedded (Telematics & Infotainment – Automotive) Systems . Some of his past roles have involved Group Head, IVI Systems, Navigation & Multimedia and previously Program Manager, Car […]

MY ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY – EDUSPORTS – LAWS OF PLAY – Saumil Majmudar, Co-founder & MD, EduSports.

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Saumil Majmudar, Co-founder & MD of EduSports, a Startup providing children with a holistic Physical Education & Sports program at schools. His other ventures are Learn@Home (a computer training venture) and Qsupport (a remote tech support business). Saumil holds an MBA, Marketing & Finance from IIM Bangalore and BTech, Metallurgy […]

DESIGNING FOR WEARABLES – Amit Patil, Senior Designer, Honeywell Aerospace.

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Amit Patil, Senior Designer, Honeywell Aerospace. He has worked on UI/UX of Cabin Management Systems, Cockpit Traffic displays and Wearables. Some of his past roles have included, User Experience Professional/ Information Architect, IBM and Interface Designer/Software Tester, MAQ Software. Amit has also been an entrepreneur. He has a post graduate […]

THE BUSINESS OF FASHION – CLICK OR MORTAR – Vivek Sandhwar, Asst. Business Head, U.S. Polo Association

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Vivek Sandhwar, Asst. Business Head, U.S. Polo Association.  Vivek’s expertise lies in Product Design, Product & Brand Management and Sales. His past roles have included Category Manager Levi's Sykes - Levi Strauss & Co, Designer - Madura Garments and Designer - Levi Strauss & Co. This session aims to discuss […]

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY – Bhaktha Keshavachar, Founder & CTO of Ezetap & Satheesh Babu Vattekkat, Chief Architect, Ezetap.

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Bhaktha Keshavachar, Founder & CTO of Ezetap and Satheesh Babu Vattekkat, Chief Architect at Ezetap, a mobile payment Startup launched in 2011. Bhaktha also founded Antargata Infotech in 2009, a Startup offering security products to the IT industry. His past roles have included Engineering Manager - Intel Corp, Staff Architect - […]

BUILDING MINIMAL VIABLE PRODUCT (MVP) – Nagaraj Nagabushanam, Director Product Management, Mobstac.

Lounge47 47, 2nd Main Rd, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

          Nagaraj Nagabushanam, Director Product Management, Mobstac – a Bangalore-based Startup founded in 2009, offering an iBeacon proximity-Marketing and Analytics platform. Nagaraj is a seasoned professional - a journalist turned digital content innovator turned product manager. He has taken a range of products - print, apps, websites - from idea to […]