About Speakers

Nitish Mishra

Hon'ble Minister
Industry & Tourism, Bihar

Santosh S Suman

Hon'ble Minister
Information & Technology, Bihar

Dr S Siddharth

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO CM BIHAR
AND ACS HOME AND CABINET, GOB

Avnish Sabharwal

Avnish Sabharwal

Managing Director
Accenture Ventures & Open Innovation

Amit Mishra

Amit Mishra

heads Sales & market strategy
for SaaS products at Jio platforms

Alok Kumar Mishra

Alok Kumar Mishra

Director DRAM design
at Micron Technology

Dr. Rana Singh

Dr. Rana Singh

DIRECTOR
CIMP

Dr. Ravi R Kumar

Dr. Ravi R Kumar

CEO
Know The Pulse

Pankaj Kumar

Pankaj Kumar

EXECUTIVE EDITOR
TV9 BHARATVARSH

Gaurav Dhar Dubey

Gaurav Dhar Dubey

Founder of 2 startups in gems and washroom consumables
Mentor and advisor to couple of tech companies| Ex Coke | Ex Kimberly Clark | Ex Aditya Birla Group

Nikhil Naren

Nikhil Naren

CHEVENING SCHOLAR,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, JINDAL GLOBAL LAW SCHOOL,
AUTHOR & COLUMNIST OF COUNSEL, SCRIBOARD, NEW DELHI

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