THE INDIA-US FORUM

Agenda

  • Day 1

    April 21

  • Day 2

    April 22

  • Day 3

    April 23

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The Forum is closed-door and held under the Chatham House rules.

Badge Collection  (The Forum is an invite-only gathering. Badges will be mandatory for entry. They will only be prepared for participants invited and confirmed in advance.)

  • 12:00  hrs
  • Daniel’s Tavern

Reception and Dinner

  • 19:00  hrs onwards
  • Ballroom

Welcome Remarks
Rajan Navani, Chairman, Ananta Centre; Chairman, Managing Director & CEO, JetSynthesys

  • 19:25 - 19:30 hrs
  • Ballroom

1. Inaugural
S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, Government of India In conversation with Indrani Bagchi, CEO, Ananta Centre

  • 19:30  hrs onwards
  • Ballroom

Badge Collection

  • 08:00  hrs onwards
  • Ground Floor, Foyer

2. Keynote Address
Vikram Misri, Foreign Secretary of India, Government of India; Co chair, India - US Forum

  • 08:45 - 08:55 hrs
  • Ballroom
  1. Keynote Address 

Vikram Misri, Foreign Secretary, Government of India; Co-Chair, India - US Forum

  • 08:45 - 08:55 hrs
  • Ballroom

3.   Plenary Session
China’s Challenge: Taking on the Dragon


Tapping India’s data advantage to counter balance China’s AI 2.0 strategy. Techno-security arms race: how can India-US build quantum resistant cryptography; can China’s quantum leaps be outpaced? Chinese capture of global AI talent. The Chinese integrated digital ecosystem, progress of the Digital Yuan and future of central bank digital currencies. Can India and the US tackle irregular data privacy laws, classification frameworks and gaps in infrastructure blocking joint ventures in blockchain? China’s massive state investment in semiconductor self-reliance and renewable energy infrastructure.
●      Daniel Rosen, Co-Founder, Rhodium Group 
●      Richard McGregor, Senior Fellow for East Asia, Lowy Institute
●      Joe Wang, Vice President, SCSP 
Moderator: Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, South Asia Practice Head, Eurasia Group

  • 09:00 - 10:00 hrs
  • Ballroom

4. Plenary Session 
Advanced Domains: Where Defence Dares to Tread

In Conversation with: 
   Doug Beck, Director, Defence Innovation Unit, US Department of Defence 
●    Vrinda Kapoor, Co-Founder and CEO, 3rdiTech 
●    Vivek Lall, Chief Executive, General Atomics Global Corporation 
●    Michael Sulmeyer, Director, Belfer Center’s Cyber Security Project, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense 
●    Rajesh Pant, Former National Cybersecurity Coordinator 
●    Shailender Arya, International Engagements, Ministry of Defence
●    Sarjan Shah, MD-India, Shield AI

Moderator: Sameer Lalwani, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments  

  • 10:05 - 11:15 hrs
  • Ballroom

 5. Plenary Session 
Critical Minerals: MineKraft and ResourcePolitik
Beyond procurement resilience, enabling investment in R&D of alternate chemistries. Access to polymetallic nodules and the balance of maintaining marine ecosystems. A cohesive policy framework that ties together mining, processing and innovation. Collaboration in developing infrastructure for extraction, processing and recycling capabilities. MSP and short term supply chain security: Chinese rare earth dominance, increasing domestic reserves, building dependable supply from unstable regions (e.g. DRC), tackling permit delays and regulatory bottlenecks.

●     V L Kantha Rao, Secretary of Mines, Government of India
●     Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, CEEW
Moderator: Mahnaz Khan, Vice President, Silverado Policy Accelerator 

  • 11:15 - 12:00 hrs
  • Ballroom

6.   Fireside Chat
S Krishnan, Secretary, MEITY, Government of India 
And
Jennifer Bachus, Acting Head of Bureau, Bureau of Cyberspace & Digital Policy, US Department of State 

In conversation with Amlan Mohanty, Non-Resident Research Fellow, Carnegie India 

  • 12:05 - 12:45 hrs
  • Ballroom

7. Fireside Chat
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, India 

In conversation with Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry 

  • 12:50 - 13:20 hrs
  • Ballroom

Lunch

  • 13:20 - 14:00 hrs

8. Plenary Session 
Artificial Intelligence: Rulebooks and Playbooks
AI Governance and defining tech sovereignty. Export controls for AI infrastructure. Foundational models to applied AI.  

●  Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary, MEITY
●  Sandeep Aurora, Group Director & Head of Public Policy & Government Affairs, Microsoft India & South Asia 
●  Hemant Mohapatra, Venture Capital Partner, Lightspeed Ventures 
●  Sunil Gupta, Co-Founder, MD & CEO, Yotta Data Services 
●  Behnaz Kibria, Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Cloud Product Initiatives, Google 
●  Becky Fraser, Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Qualcomm 
●  Saurabh Singh, Head, Digital Policy, India and South Asia, Amazon Web Services
Moderator: Amlan Mohanty, Non-Resident Research Fellow, Carnegie India 

  • 14:00 - 14:55 hrs

9. Live Feed: Special Address by

JD Vance, Vice President of the United States 

  • 15:00 - 15:45 hrs
  • Ballroom

10. Plenary Session 
Innovate Inc: Investment and Design in new ecosystems

●  John Lenhart, Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Walmart 
●  Arvind Chandrasekar, Director of Regulatory Affairs, AMD 
●  Tarundeep Singh, General Manager, Nike India
●  Sujai Shivakumar, Director and Senior Fellow, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS 
●  Dhritiman Biswas, Senior Director, Government Affairs - South Asia, Cargill 

Moderator: Ashok Malik, Partner and Chair of India Practice, The Asia Group 

 

  • 15:50 - 16:50 hrs
  • Ballroom

11. Fireside Chat 
Large Language Militaries: Future of Defence-Tech Partnership 

Ylli Bajraktari, President and CEO, SCSP 
In conversation with Tarun Chhabra, Garnaut Global; Former Senior Director for Technology and National Security, NSC

  • 16:55 - 17:40 hrs
  • Ballroom

Tea/Coffee

  • 17:40 - 17:55 hrs
  • Ballroom

12. Plenary Session
Nuclear Energy: Small, Modular is Beautiful
The prospect of foreign investment in India with the revised liability laws. Can India develop SMRs indigenously? How can PFBRs be scaled? Going beyond the prototype stage. Utilizing India’s thorium reserves.
 
●  Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, CEEW
●  Amit Sharma, MD & CEO, Tata Consulting Engineers  
●  Ravi Grover, Chairman, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, and Member, Atomic Energy Commission.
●  JP Gupta, Senior Advisor, Holtec 
Moderator: Venkatesh Varma, Former Ambassador to Conference on Disarmament (CD); Member of the Indian Negotiation Team for the India-US Civil Nuclear Deal 

  • 18:00 - 19:00 hrs
  • Ballroom

13. Plenary Session 
NewSpace, Old Politics  

●  Suyash Singh, Co-Founder & CEO, Galaxeye
●  Anirudh Sharma, CEO, Digantara 
Moderator: Vinayak Dalmia, Co-Founder, 3rditech

  • 19:05 - 19:50 hrs
  • Ballroom

Reception and Dinner

  • 20:00 - 22:00 hrs
  • Imperial Lawns

14. Plenary Session
Market to Maker: India’s $500 Billion Electronics Ambition 

●  Sushil Pal, Joint Secretary, MEITY, Government of India 
●  Josh Foulger, President of Electronics, Zetwerk
●  Chantal Lakatos, MD, Government Affairs, Lam Research 
●  Pankaj Mohindroo, Chairman of the India Cellular & Electronics Association (ICEA)
●  Mukesh Aghi, President & CEO, USISPF
●  Ishtiyaque Ahmed, Programme Director- Industry/MSME, NITI Aayog 
Moderator: Virat Bhatia, MD, Apple - India

  • 08:30 - 09:25 hrs
  • Ballroom

15. Fireside Chat
Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India 

In Conversation with Virat Bhatia, MD, Apple - India 

 

  • 09:25 - 10:00 hrs
  • Ballroom

16. Plenary Session
Undersea Cables: Safe, Secure, Submerged
Joint Monitoring and Surveillance: collaboration with allies and stakeholders in cable protection efforts.  How can investment increase in building redundant paths and backup routes? Public-private investment in co-innovation of next generation cables with advanced materials and quantum encryption. Rapid response mechanism and advanced encryption to protect against data interception, malware, and denial-of-service attacks. Robust global tracking mechanisms for real time threat detection. 
 
●  Jennifer Bachus, Acting Head of Bureau, Bureau of Cyberspace & Digital Policy, US Department of State 
●  N Sivasamban, COO, Tata Communications
●  Sharat Sinha, CEO, Airtel Business 
●  Nico Roehrich, Director-Network Investments, Meta 
●  Benji Robinson, Director Global Network Acquisition, Google
●  Nikunj Parashar, Founder & MD, Sagar Defence Engineering 
Moderator: Monty Khanna, Adjunct Faculty, Naval War College

  • 10:05 - 11:05 hrs
  • Ballroom

17. Plenary Session 
Future of Work: Migration and Mobility 
US: What is the future of H1-B visas? Navigating the US domestic debate on foreign workers. India: Reverse brain drain? Capturing the returning high skilled talent. What percentage of India's GDP can be expected from simply incubating talent?
 
●  Ashish Dhawan, Founding Chairperson, Ashoka University 
●  Manish Sabharwal, Vice Chairman, Teamlease
●  Atman Trivedi, Partner, South Asia, Albright Stonebridge Group, DGA 
Moderator: Priya Mohan, Partner, General Catalyst 

  • 11:10 - 12:00 hrs
  • Ballroom

 

18. Plenary Session 
Connectivity: From Quad to IMEC

●  R. Lakshamanan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
●  Rizwan Soomar, CEO & MD, DP World 
●  Sanjay Jasjit Singh, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, Indian Navy 
●  Christopher B. Johnstone, Partner and Chair of the Defense and National Security Practice, The Asia Group
●  Gabriel Noronha, Executive Director, Polaris National Security 

Moderator: Tanvi Madan, Senior Fellow, Brookings

 

  • 12:05 - 12:55 hrs
  • Ballroom

Lunch

  • 12:55 - 13:40 hrs
  • Ballroom

19. Plenary Session
Health & Wellness: Live Long and Prosper

●  Prashanth Prakash, Founding Partner, Accel 
●  AJ Venkatakrishnan, Senior Vice President, AI Partnerships, nference  
●  William Bissell, MD, Fabindia and Director, Organic India
Moderator: Rajan Navani, Chairman, Ananta Centre; Chairman and MD of Jetline Group of Companies

  • 13:40 - 14:25 hrs
  • Ballroom

20. Plenary Session 
Geopolitical Flux: Converging interests in an uncertain world
Similar Indian and American national priorities: Re-balancing power equations how to synergize the complementarities

●  Ram Madhav, Former National General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party 
●  Asha Jadeja Motwani, Founder, Motwani Jadeja Foundation
●  C. Raja Mohan, Visiting Research Professor, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore; Contributing Editor, India’s World Magazine 
●  James Baker, Strategist
Moderator: Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Former Ambassador of India to the US 

  • 14:30 - 15:15 hrs

Tea/Coffee

  • 13:15 - 15:30 hrs

21. Fireside Chat
Pavan Kapoor, Deputy National Security Advisor, Government of India 

In conversation with Arun K Singh, Former Ambassador of India to the US

  • 16:05 - 16:45 hrs
  • Ballroom

22. Plenary Session 
Digital Infra: e before Everything

●  Arvind Gupta,  Co-Founder, Digital India Foundation
●  TK Kurien, CEO, Premji Invest
●  Rudra Chaudhuri, Director, Carnegie India  
●  Archna Vyas, Director, Gates Foundation  
Moderator: Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, India Practice Head, Eurasia Group

  • 16:45 - 17:30 hrs
  • Ballroom

23. Plenary Session
India-US Security: In Defence we TRUST


India's strategic defence outlook: future threat assessment and the partnerships India needs to cultivate. What are the 5 roadblocks towards co-production? Looking for newer horizons in co-development. Which fighter aircraft does India need from the US
●  Andrew Byers, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, South and Southeast Asia
●  Vishwesh Negi, Joint Secretary-International Cooperation, Ministry of Defence
●  William Blair, Vice President & Regional Chief Executive, Asia and India, Lockheed Martin Global
●  Sukaran Singh, CEO & DEO, Tata Advanced Systems Limited 
●  Christopher Kirchhoff, Founder of DIU; Author of Unit X
●  Siddhant Dayal, Public Sector, Palantir Technologies
Moderator: Dan Twining, President, International Republican Institute

  • 17:35 - 18:30 hrs
  • Ballroom

24. Fireside Chat
Ricky Gill, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for South and Central Asian Affairs, National Security Council
and
Nagaraj Naidu, Additional Secretary, Americas Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
in conversation with Indrani Bagchi, CEO, Ananta Centre

  • 18:30 - 19:00 hrs
  • Ballroom

Vote of Thanks
Indrani Bagchi, CEO, Ananta Centre

  • 19:00  hrs

Delegates

Speaker

S Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister of India


Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India


https://www.mea.gov.in/eam.htm
Speaker

Ashwini Vaishnav

Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics and IT


Government of India


Speaker

Piyush Goyal

Minister of Commerce and Industry


Government of India (GOI)


https://www.piyushgoyal.in/biography/
Speaker

Vikram Misri

Foreign Secretary


Government of India


https://www.mea.gov.in/fs.htm
Speaker

S Krishnan

Secretary, MeitY


Government of India


Speaker

V L Kantha Rao

Secretary, Minsitry of Mines


Government of India


Speaker

Ranjit S. Gill

Senior Director for Asia


National Security Council


Speaker

Jennifer Bachus

Acting Head of Bureau, Bureau of Cyberspace & Digital Policy


US Department of State


https://www.state.gov/biographies/jennifer-bachus/
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Andrew Byers

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense


Defense for South and Southeast Asia


https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/4055146/andrew-byers/#:~:text=Andrew%20Byers%20is%20the%20Deputy,and%20plans%20for%20the%20region.
Speaker

Doug Beck

Director, Defence Innovation Unit


US Department of Defense


https://www.diu.mil/team/doug-beck
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Jorgan Andrews

Charge D’Affaires,


US Embassy in India


https://in.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/new-delhi/dcm/
Speaker

Pavan Kapoor

Deputy National security Advisor,


Government of India


Speaker

Nagaraj Naidu Kakanur

Additional Secretary, Americas Division, Ministry of External Affairs


Government of India


Speaker

Abhishek Singh

Additional Secretary


MeitY, Government of India


https://indiaai.gov.in/people/abhishek-singh
Speaker

Raghuram S.

Joint Secretary, PP&R Division


Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India


https://eoi.gov.in/eoisearch/MyPrint.php?1540?000/0017
Speaker

Sushil Pal

Joint Secretary, MEITY


Government of India


Speaker

Ram Madhav

Former


National General Secretary


https://www.rammadhav.in/
Speaker

A K Bhattacharya

Editorial Director


Business Standard


https://www.business-standard.com/author/a-k-bhattacharya
Speaker

A.J. Venkatakrishnan

Senior Vice President of Strategic A.I. Partnerships


Nference


https://indiausforum.in//public/partners/AJ Venkatkrishnan.pdf
Speaker

Abheek Singhi

MD & Senior Partner


Boston Consulting Group


https://www.bcg.com/about/people/experts/abheek-singhi
Speaker

Ajay Kaushal

Co-Founder


BillDesk


https://www.billdesk.com/web/about-us
Speaker

Ajay Srivastava

Founder


Global Trade Research Initiative


https://gtri.co.in/AboutUs.asp
Speaker

Alain Garcia

Chairman - Defense Committee, AMCHAM; Vice President, International Business Development - India,


Boeing Defense, Space & Security


Speaker

Aman Khanna

Managing Director


The Asia Group


https://theasiagroup.com/talent/aman-raj-khanna/
Speaker

Amit Sharma

MD & CEO


Tata Consulting Engineers Limited


https://www.tce.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Leadership-Profiles-Amit-Sharma.pdf
Speaker

Amlan Mohanty

Non-Resident Research Fellow


Carnegie


https://carnegieendowment.org/people/amlan-mohanty?lang=en
Speaker

Christopher B Johnstone

Partner & Chair of the Defense & National Security Practice


The Asia Group


https://theasiagroup.com/talent/christopher-b-johnstone/
Speaker

Amy Schedlbauer

Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs


U.S. Embassy New Delhi


Speaker

Andrew Wilder

Vice President


US Institute of Peace


https://www.usip.org/people/andrew-wilder-phd
Speaker

Anil K Antony

National Secretary,


Bhartiya Janata Party


Speaker

Anirudh Sharma

CEO


Digantara


https://www.digantara.co.in/who-we-are
Speaker

Anuj Bhargava

MD, India


Lightspeed


https://lsvp.com/team-member/anjul-bhargava/
Speaker

Archna Vyas

Director,


Gates Foundation


https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/leadership/archna-vyas
Speaker

Arun K Singh

Former Indian Ambassador to the US


Senior Fellow at Carnegie India


https://carnegieendowment.org/people/arun-k-singh?lang=en
Speaker

Arunabha Ghosh

Founder


CEO, CEEW


https://www.ceew.in/arunabha-ghosh
Speaker

Arvind Chandrasekar

Director


Regulatory Affairs, AMD


Speaker

Arvind Gupta

Co-founder


Digital India Foundation


https://digitalindiafoundation.org/about-us/
Speaker

Asha Jadeja

Founder


Motwani Jadeja Foundation


https://mjf.world/asha-jadeja/
Speaker

Ashish Dhawan

Founding Chairperson, Board of Trustees


Ashoka University


https://www.ashoka.edu.in/profile/ashish-dhawan/
Speaker

Ashok Kantha

Former Ambassador of India to China


Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India


https://www.vifindia.org/auhtor/shri-ashok-k-kantha
Speaker

Ashok Kumar Mirpuri

Head, International Policy and Governance


Temasek International Pte Ltd.


https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r1HcSZ3M2fDhlwTuOTxSsnGRzlOmFTo-
Speaker

Ashok Malik

Partner and India Chair


Asia Group


https://theasiagroup.com/talent/ashok-malik/#:~:text=Partner%20%26%20Chair%20of%20India%20Practice&text=Ashok%20Malik%20is%20a%20Partner,market%20business%20strategy%20and%20services.
Speaker

Ashok Swarup

Director Global Advisory


Premji Invest


Speaker

Atman Trivedi

Partner, South Asia


Albright Stonebridge Group


https://dgagroup.com/team/atman-trivedi/
Speaker

Balaraman Ravindran

Professor and Head of Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI


IIT Madras


https://dsai.iitm.ac.in/~ravi/
Speaker

Becky Fraser

Vice President,


Government Affairs, Qualcomm


Speaker

Bhairavi Jani

Executive Director, SCA Group and Chairperson,


IEF Entrepreneurship Foundation


https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/bhairavi-jani/
Speaker

Bharat Lal

Secretary General


National Human Rights Commission, India


https://nhrc.nic.in/biodata/bio-data-secretary-general#:~:text=Bharat%20Lal%2C%20a%20former%20civil,Commission%20(NHRC)%20of%20India.
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Bharat Reddy

Vice President


JP Morgan India


Speaker

Capt. Roy Joseph (Retd)

Program Director,


Dio-iDex


Speaker

C Raja Mohan

Visiting Research Professor


Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore


https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/c-raja-mohan
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Chandrajit Banerjee

Director General,


Confederation of Indian Industry


https://www.cii.in/CIILeadership.aspx
Speaker

Chantal Lakatos

MD & Senior Director Global Government Affairs


Lam Research


Speaker

Christopher Kirchhoff

Founder of DIU


Author of Unit X


https://www.christopherkirchhoff.com/about-me
Speaker

Constantino Xavier

Fellow in Foreign Policy and Security Studies


CSEP


https://csep.org/team/constantino-xavier/
Speaker

Daniel Markey

Senior Adviser


United Sates Institution of Peace


https://www.usip.org/people/daniel-markey-phd
Speaker

Daniel Rosen

Co-Founder


Rhodium Group


https://rhg.com/team/daniel-h-rosen/
Speaker

Daniel Twining

President


International Republican Institute


https://millercenter.org/daniel-twining
Speaker

Dhiraj Nayyar

Director-Economics and Policy


Vedanta


https://www.vedantalimited.com/eng/who-we-are-leadership.php
Speaker

Dhritiman Biswas

Director,


Government Relations-South Asia, Cargill


Speaker

Dishant Lodha

idex,


MOD


Speaker

Elizabeth Threlkeld

Senior Fellow and Director, South Asia Program,


Stimson Center


https://www.stimson.org/ppl/elizabeth-threlkeld/
Speaker

Ernest Z Bower

President & CEO


BowerGroupAsia


https://bowergroupasia.com/teams/profiles/ernest-z-bower/
Speaker

Gabriel Noronha

President,


POLARIS National Security


https://polaris-us.org/team/gabriel-noronha/
Speaker

Geetanjali Kirloskar

Chairperson and Managing Director


Kirloskar Systems Limited


https://ttibi.co.in/?q=board-directors
Speaker

Happymon Jacob

Founder and Honorary Director


Council for Strategic and Defence Research


https://csdronline.com/individual/dr-happymon-jacob/#:~:text=Happymon%20Jacob%20is%20the%20founder,research%20and%20activities%20across%20divisions.&text=Happymon%20Jacob%20is%20an%20Associate,Jawaharlal%20Nehru%20University%20(JNU).
Speaker

Harshavardhan Neotia

Chairman,


Ambuja Neotia Holding Pvt. Ltd.


https://www.ambujaneotia.com/about-us/chairmans-speak
Speaker

Hemant Mohapatra

Partner & Advisor


Lightspeed India


https://www.hmohapatra.com/
Speaker

Indrani Bagchi

CEO


Ananta Centre


https://anantacentre.in/ceo/
Speaker

Ipshita Dasgupta

Senior Vice President & MD, India Market


HP Inc


https://www.hp.com/content/dam/sites/garage-press/press/press-kits/2024/APC2024/HP_Ipsita_Dasgupta_Exec_Bio_2024.pdf
Speaker

Ishtiyaque Ahmed

Programme Director- Industry/MSME


NITI Aayog


https://www.niti.gov.in/index.php/team-niti/additional-secretary-programme-director/sh-ishtiyaque-ahmed
Speaker

Jacob Helberg

Nominated as Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, Senior Advisor to the CEO


U.S. Department of State, Palantir Foundation


https://www.jacobhelberg.com/
Speaker

James H Baker

Strategist



https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/1363986/james-h-baker/
Speaker

Janmejaya Sinha

Chairman India


Boston Consulting Group


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h6OTZsnz6ycJCSqNlPk3W20ou4LmSy5QL25wyh_XO0E/edit?tab=t.0
Speaker

Jason Hsu

Senior Fellow(Technology)


Hudson Institute


https://www.hudson.org/experts/jason-hsu
Speaker

Jawed Ashraf

Former Ambassador


India to France and Monacco


Speaker

Joe Wang

Senior Advisor


Special Competitive Studies Project


https://www.scsp.ai/about/who-we-are/
Speaker

John Lenhart

Vice President, Global Government Affairs


Walmart


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HqRX6UhLf7UBIDshBfekCT7Pjr0E_Fan/view?usp=sharing
Speaker

Josh Foulger

President of Electronics


ZETWERK


https://milkeninstitute.org/events/global-conference-2024/speakers/josh-foulger
Speaker

J P Gupta

Senior Advisor


Holtec


https://milkeninstitute.org/events/global-conference-2024/speakers/josh-foulger
Speaker

Kabir Taneja

Deputy Director (Strategic Studies) & Fellow (Middle East)


Observer Research Foundation (ORF)


https://www.orfonline.org/people-expert/kabir-taneja
Speaker

Kanwal Sibal

Former Foreign Secretary


Government of India (GOI)


https://www.vifindia.org/author/shri-kanwal-sibal
Speaker

Kapil Sharma

Acting Senior Director and Senior Fellow


Atlantic Council's South Asia Centre


https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/kapil-sharma/
Speaker

Kenneth Juster

Former US Ambassador to India


US Ambassador


https://www.cfr.org/expert/kenneth-i-juster
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Lindy Cameron

British High Commissioner


Republic of India


https://www.gov.uk/government/people/lindy-cameron
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Mahaveer Singhvi

JS(NEST), Ministry of External Affairs


Government of India


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FrHD-p7mkMywpyJR4qj43lxQfkm1JtY8/edit
Speaker

Mahnaz Khan

Vice President of Poliicy for Critical Supply Chains


Silverado Policy Accelerator


https://silverado.org/about/
Speaker

Manish Sabharwal

Vice Chairman


TeamLease Services Limited


https://group.teamlease.com/investors/board-of-directors/
Speaker

Mark Kenny

Director,


Australian Studies Institute


https://ausi.anu.edu.au/people/professor-mark-kenny
Speaker

Michael Fernandez

Country Head-India


Lockheed Martin India Private Limited


Speaker

Michael Sulmeyer

Professor of the Practice; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy


Georgetown University; U.S. Department of Defense


https://sfs.georgetown.edu/news-sfs-welcomes-michael-sulmeyer-to-faculty/
Speaker

Monty Khanna

Ajdunct Faculty, Naval War College & Former Assistant Military Adviser,


National Security Council Secretariat


https://maritimeindia.org/radm-monty-khanna-avsm-nm-retd/#toggle-id-2
Speaker

Mukesh Aghi

President & Chief executive officer


US- India Strategic Partnership Forum


https://usispf.org/team/mukesh-aghi
Speaker

N K Singh

Chairman


15th Finance Commission


http://web.nksingh.com/pages/profile.aspx
Speaker

Natrajan Sivasamban

CEO


Tata Communications


https://www.tatacommunications-ts.com/about-us/leadership/natarajan-sivasamban/
Speaker

Nikunj Parashar

Founder & MD


Sagar Defence Engineering


Speaker

Nitin Desai

Chairman, Governing Council


The Energy and Resources Institute


https://www.teriin.org/governing-council/mr-nitin-desai
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Nitin Pai

Director and Co-Founder


Takshashila Institution


https://takshashila.org.in/people/nitin-pai
Speaker

Nivedita Mehra

Country Head – India


USISPF


https://usispf.org/our-team/nivedita-mehra/
Speaker

Noam Perski

Executive Vice President


Palantir Technologies


https://about.me/noamperski
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Nobuo Okochi

Managing Executive Officer, India and ASEAN


Nippon Steel Corporation


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CG441jGMMEQDDBGGj-ZYA63SMAV8S40C/edit
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ONO Keiichi

Ambassador of


Japan to India


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Prabudh sharma

President(India and South Asia),


Raytheon


https://docs.google.com/document/d/18wGqxCpthyCyArLGxFoaQsdRxhFjXR1GD2wB3IX1-uI/edit?tab=t.0
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Pramit Pal Chaudhuri

India Practice Head, Eurasia Group; Distinguished Visiting Fellow


Ananta Aspen Centre


https://www.eurasiagroup.net/people/ppal-chaudhuri
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Pranay SInha

Lead – Global Growth & Opportunity Policy Advocacy, and South-South Cooperation


Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation


https://www.asiapacific.ca/about-us/speaker-pranay-sinha
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Prashanth Prakash

Founder


Accel India


https://www.accel.com/people/prashanth-prakash#bangalore
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Priya Mohan

Investor


General Catalyst


https://www.generalcatalyst.com/team/priya-mohan
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R. Mukundan

CEO


Tata Chemicals Limited


https://www.tatachemicals.com/About-Us/Leadership-team/R-Mukundan
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R. S. Bhatia

President and CEO, Defence & Aerospace, Bharat Forge; Chairman


Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited


https://isic-japan.org/bio/rajinder-singh-bhatia/
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Rahul Sharma

Managing Director, U.S.-India Business Council GPL


U.S. Chamber of Commerce


https://www.uschamber.com/bio/rahul-sharma
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Raj Shukla

Member, Union Public Service Commission; Former General Officer, Commanding-in-Chief,


Army Training Command


https://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/Bio-Data-HnbleRajShukla-220822-engl.pdf
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Rajan Navani

Vice Chairman and Managing Director


JetSynthesys


https://www.jetsynthesys.com/about-us/
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Rajesh Pant

Ex NCSC and Chairman


Cyber Security Association of India


https://tacsecurity.com/team/lt-general-dr-rajesh-pant/
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Rakesh Dubey

Director - Government Affairs,


Carlyle Group


https://www.carlyle.com/about-carlyle/team/rakesh-dubey
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Ranjana Khanna

Director General CEO


AMCHAM


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1doENBbworRpJv6d05DVJgS9RV4JV5L9o/edit
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Ravi Grover

Chairman, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, and Member,


Atomic Energy Commission.


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Ravi Singh

Secretary General and CEO,


WWF-India


https://wsds.teriin.org/2016/bio/ravi_singh.pdf
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Reuven Azar

Ambassador of Israel to India


Embassy of Israel


https://new.embassies.gov.il/india/en/the-embassy/the-ambassador
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Richard McGregor

Senior Fellow(East Asia)


Lowy Institute


https://www.lowyinstitute.org/richard-mcgregor
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Rithik Ravindran

Chief of Staff


GalaxEye


Speaker

Rudra Chaudhuri

Director


Carnegie India


https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/1618
Speaker

Rui Lin Ong

Assistant Vice President


Temasek


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Uf5tVbiF2slH6nnUvUzZ55fkwjZVIKBT/view?usp=sharing
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Saheb Singh Chadha

Senior Research Analyst, Security Studies Program


Carnegie India


https://carnegieendowment.org/people/saheb-singh-chadha?lang=en
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Salil Gupte

President


Boeing India & South Asia


https://www.boeing.co.in/boeing-in-india/our-leadership
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Sameer Lalwani

Non-Resident Senior Fellow


Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)


https://csbaonline.org/about/people/staff/sameer-lalwani
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Sameer Walia

Founder and Chief Executive,


Ripples of Hope


https://agln.aspeninstitute.org/profile/996
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Sandeep Aurora

Director, government Affairs and Public Policy,


Microsoft


Speaker

Rizwan Soomar

CEO & MD


DP World


https://www.dpworld.com/about-us/leadership/leadership-team/rizwan-soomar
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Sanjay Jasjit Singh

Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief


Western Naval Command


https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1992829
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Sarjan Shah

MD-India,


Shield AI


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Saurabh Singh

Leader Digital and AI Policy


India & South Asia


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Shailender Arya

Senior Advisor,The Asia Group; Former Advisor Ministry of Defense


Government of India


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Sharat Sinha

CEO


Airtel Business


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Shatakratu Sahu

Senior Research Analyst


Carnegie; Co-Convenor GTS


https://carnegieendowment.org/people/shatakratu-sahu?lang=en
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Shobana Kamineni

Promoter Director


Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited


https://www.apollohospitals.com/management/ms-shobana-kamineni-executive-vice-chairperson/
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Siddharth Iyer

Special Advisor to the Vice President for Indo-Pacific Affairs


Office of the Vice President of the United States


https://www.fdd.org/team/siddharth-iyer/
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Sreekumar Nair

CEO


Indiaspora


https://www.indiaspora.org/team-profiles/sreekumar-nair
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Subhomoy Bhattacharjee

Consulting Editor


Business Standard


https://www.business-standard.com/author/subhomoy-bhattacharjee
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Subrata Mitra

Head Government Relations and Policy,


Ather Energy


Speaker

Sujai Shivakumar

Director & Senior Fellow, Renewing American Innovation


CSIS


https://www.csis.org/people/sujai-shivakumar
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Sujan Chinoy

Director General


Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses


https://idsa.in/profile/schinoy
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Sukaran Singh

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director


Tata Advanced Systems Limited.


https://www.tataadvancedsystems.com/about
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Sunil Gupta

Co-Founder, MD & CEO,


Yotta Data Services


https://yotta.com/member/sunil-gupta-co-founder-ceo-yotta/
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Sunil Lanba

Former Chief of Naval Staff


Indian Navy


https://maritimeindia.org/former-senior-management/admiral-sunil-lanba-pvsm-avsm-in-retd/
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Sunil Vachani

Chairman,


Dixon


https://www.dixoninfo.com/board-single.php
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Sunny Gurpreet Singh

Founder


Roundglass


https://roundglassliving.com/sunny/about-sunny
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Suresh Prabhu

Former Union Minister & Founding Chancellor


Rishihood University


https://rishihood.edu.in/people/suresh-prabhu/
Speaker

Suyash Singh

Co-Founder & CEO


Galaxeye


https://www.galaxeye.space/about
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Tanvi Madan

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy program,


Brookings Institution


https://www.brookings.edu/people/tanvi-madan/
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Taranjit Singh Sandhu

Former Ambassador of India to the


United States of America


https://www.indianembassyusa.gov.in/TaranjitSinghSandhu
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Tarun Chhabra

Special Advisor


Garnaut Global


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarun_Chhabra
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TK Kurien

Managing Partner and CEO,


Premji Invest


https://www.premjiinvest.com/team/tk-kurien
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Venkatesh Varma

Former Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation & Member, Indian Foreign Service (IFS)


Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India


https://www.gcsp.ch/our-experts/amb-dbvenkatesh-varma
Speaker

Vijay Chauthaiwale

In-Charge, Department of Foreign Affairs and Member, National Executive of


Bharatiya Janata Party


Dr Vijay is In-Charge, Department of Foreign Affairs, and Member, National Executive of Bharatiya Janata Party, In this role, he coordinates with Indian Diaspora worldwide, interacts with foreign embassies, overseas political parties and diplomats from various countries to put forward BJP perspective on various issues. Before joining active politics, he has worked in senior management role in pharmaceutical Research and Development. He is Ph.D. (Microbiology) from University of Pune and Post Doctoral fellow of National Institute of Health, USA. He has authored several scientific papers and is co-inventor of global patents. He is also on governing board of several prominent scientific and educational institutions. Born in Nagpur, he is a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He is co-editor of three books titled “Modi: Shaping a Global Order in Flux” (2023), “The Modi Doctrine: New Paradigms in India’s Foreign Policy” (2016) and “Hindutva in Present Context” (2009).

Speaker

Vinayak Dalmia

Co-Founder & MD,


3rdiTech & 114ai


Vinayak Dalmia is an entrepreneur building critical technologies for National Security. Vinayak studied at UC Berkeley and Cambridge University. He also served as a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University
Speaker

Vipin Sondhi

Former MD & CEO,


Ashok Leyland and JCB India


https://silf.in/mr-vipin-sondhi/
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Virat Bhatia

Managing Director,


Apple India


Speaker

Vishwesh Negi

OSD, Department of Defence,


Ministry of Defence


Speaker

Vivek Chilukuri

Senior Fellow & Director, Technology and National Security Program


Center for a New American Security (CNAS)


https://www.cnas.org/people/vivek-chilukuri
Speaker

Vivek Lall

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)


General Atomics Global Corporation


https://www.indiaspora.org/members/vivek-lall/
Speaker

Vivek Virmani

DDG/iDEX & COO/DIO


Ministry of Defence


Speaker

Vrinda Kapoor

CEO


3rdiTech


Speaker

Will Wechsler

Director, Middle East


Atlantic Council


https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/william-f-wechsler/
Speaker

William Bissell

MD


Fabindia and Organic India


Speaker

William Blair

Vice President,


Lockheed Martin and Regional Chief Executive for Asia & India


William (Bill) Blair is a Vice President in Lockheed Martin and Regional Chief Executive for Asia & India. In this capacity, he leads the company’s’ corporate business focus on collaborative growth and serves as the executive representative for all Lockheed Martin programs, products and services across the region. Mr. Blair assumed this on 29 May 2023 in an expansion of responsibilities from his previous role as Vice President and Chief Executive of Lockheed Martin India Pvt. Ltd, a role he continues to hold since his appointment in October 2019. Prior to these appointments, Mr. Blair was Vice President for Strategic Solutions and Middle East Executive with the company’s Space Systems business area. In this capacity, he led and developed crucial collaborations to advance space capabilities and services with customers and strategic partners in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Israel.

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Wilson White

Vice President, Government Afffairs & Public Policy ,


Google


https://milkeninstitute.org/events/asia-summit-2024/speakers/wilson-white
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Yaroslav Trofimov

Chief foreign-affairs correspondent, The Wall Street Journal


The Wall Street Journal


https://www.wsj.com/news/author/yaroslav-trofimov
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Ylli Bajraktari

President & CEO


Special Competitive Studies Project


https://www.scsp.ai/ylli-bajraktari/
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Balaji P

Group Head – Governance, Risk, Compliance and Corporate Affairs


Air India


https://www.airindia.com/in/en/about-us/p-balaji.html
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Nico Roehrich’s Bio

Director, Network Investment APAC


Meta


Nico’s career has largely focused on network infrastructure ranging from academic research to network investment. As Director, Network Investment APAC, Nico leads a team at Meta focused on building out the connectivity required to deliver Meta’s Family of Apps to people in APAC including recently announced cables such as APRICOT, Echo, Bifrost and Project Waterworth. The team works with a variety of partners and our investments reflect our commitment to openness and our innovative partnership model ensures that the benefits from developing scale infrastructure and technology expertise are shared.

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Karan Narula

Deputy Program Director


iDEX-DIO, MoD


Speaker

Tarundeep Singh

General Manager (GM)


Nike India


Tarundeep Singh has been appointed as the new GM of Nike India, leading the Nike India Leadership Team. With 17 years of experience at Nike across multiple functions and locations, Tarun is a well-rounded and versatile leader having worked in Nike world headquarters in Beaverton Oregon and most recently in Nike’s Southeast Asia HQ in Singapore.  He is transitioning from Singapore where his last role was managing the marketplace for 16 countries across Southeast Asia.  He is a people-first leader who is equally passionate about the role of sport in the society and strongly believes in the potential of India and its dominance in sports.  He is a proud alumni of MDI Gurgaon and St. Xaviers College Ahmedabad.  On personal side,  Tarun enjoys spending quality time with his family, solving puzzles, playing pickle-ball, badminton, and traveling across the world.

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Udai S Mehta

Director, Government Affairs


Nike Inc.


Udai S Mehta is a seasoned professional with over 19+ years of experience in various domains including economic growth, ecommerce, data protection, and consumer affairs. He is currently associated with Nike Inc, Director, Govt Affairs. With a background in law, including a Master's in International Economic Law from the University of Warwick, UK, and a Bachelor's in Law from the University of Calcutta, India, Udai has effectively navigated policy discussions and influenced decisions on both national and international levels. His career spans roles such as Senior Manager, Public Policy at Amazon India, and various leadership positions at CUTS International (an international think tank), showcasing his expertise in policy advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and project management. Additionally, he has demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills throughout his career, contributing to the betterment of consumer and society at large

Speaker

Ambrish Bakaya

Senior Advisor - Public Policy


Zetwerk Manufacturing Businesses Private Limited


https://indiausforum.in/public/partners/Ambrish Bakaya Executive Biography 2025.docx.pdf
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Pankaj Mohindroo

Chairman


of the India Cellular & Electronics Association


Mr. Mohindroo is a double gold medalist having topped the Punjab University twice. Subsequently, he did his MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi.

In a career spanning over four decades, he has straddled multiple industries with a high focus on telecom, digital and electronics for the last 2 decades.

ICEA, an apex industry body representing the electronics value chain, aspires to make India a global hub for electronics manufacturing and exports.

As Chairman of the Fast Track Task Force (FTTF), which was established by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) in December 2014. He is widely credited with the mobile phone and supply chain revolution and growth of over 1800% therein. His vision to build India as an Electronics manufacturing hub by bringing Global Value Chains (GVCs) along with Lead firms to India and simultaneously building National Indian Champions for Long-term economic sustainability is well accepted and recognized by the Government of India.

Mr. Mohindroo is the Co-founder and Hon. Secretary of the Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC), Founder, Honorary Secretary of the Mobile and Electronic Devices Export Promotion Council (MEDEPC), a Member of the Governing Council of the Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) and a Member of the Board of Trade (BOT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

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The Forum is held under the Chatham House Rule and participation is by invitation only. The attendees are high level representatives from government, Congress/Parliament, industry, media, academia and think tanks. Over its 6 editions, the Forum has emerged as a coveted space to exchange ideas and set the bilateral agenda for cooperation.