The INDUStry Show

Astha Dixit is an actress, choreographer, dancer, and teacher. Astha has performed classical Kathak dances all over the world, on the same stage as renowned artists such as Abida Parveen and Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan. Astha has also starred in full-length feature films and documentaries.

Dr. Bharat Aggarwal is the Founding Director of the San Diego-based Inflammation Research Center and serves on the board of several nutraceutical companies. He is the inventor/co-inventor on 33 patents and is one of the most highly-cited scientists. Dr. Aggarwal is also the best-selling author of Healing Spices and has received numerous awards in the field of cancer research.

Svetlana Tulasi is an Indian Classical & Bollywood dancer, choreographer, actress, and model. Svetlana is a trained Kathak dancer, her videos have garnered millions of views, and she has more than 300k followers on social media.  She's widely known for winning hearts through her Kathak performances on Russia & Ukraine's Got Talent.

Rajen (Raj) Jaswa is a serial entrepreneur with an impeccable track record of building highly successful startups at scale.  Selectica at one point had a market cap of $5Bn and 800 employees. Raj continues to serve on TiE's Global Board of Trustees and teaches entrepreneurship at IIT's Bombay and Gandhinagar. Raj is an alumnus of IIT-Bombay.

Phaneesh Murthy is a global IT industry veteran and the former CEO and President of iGATE Global - where he led the company through an aggressive growth phase from 2003 to 2013. Prior to iGATE, Phaneesh was the Director and Worldwide Head of Product Solutions Group at Infosys. He also founded Quintant (acquired by iGATE) and now runs Primentor, Inc. Phaneesh is an IIT-Madras and IIM-Ahmedabad alumnus.

Dr. Bharat Patel is a renowned urologist and philanthropist; and the founder of the Beverly Surgery Center and Centro Medico Su Salud. Dr. Patel also founded ALAPIO (Association of Los Angeles Physicians of Indian Origin), a 501 c(3) non-profit that has treated several thousand underprivileged patients around the world at no charge. He is also an entertainer and has hosted concerts for prominent names such as AR Rahman, Arijit Singh, Salman Khan, and the Dream Team in the Los Angeles area. He is also a stand-up comedian and a successful investor.

Brilliant, hard-working, humble, smart, and successful are but a few words. You have to listen to Vardaan's journey going from an immigrant on a temporary visa to a $250mn exit, in his own words. Vardaan was the founding member at Beyond Interactive, which was acquired by WPP. He was also the co-founder at HookLogic, which was acquired by Criteo (CRTO) for $250mn. Vardaan also served on the board of advisors at DoubleClick (now part of Google) and is a frequent speaker at various industry conferences and events.

Madhavan R Rangaswami (MR) is the co-founder of Sand Hill Group – a strategic management, investment, research, and marketing services firm for technology companies. MR is also a philanthropist and the founder of Indiaspora - an influential non-profit that is transforming the success of Indian Americans into meaningful impact on the global stage. Extremely well connected and respected by all, MR has produced several industry events such as the Enterprise and Software conference series; and invite-only events such as the Corporate Eco Forum and the Enterprise Retreat - featuring industry leaders such as Aneel Bhusri, John Chambers, and Marc Benioff among others.

Shailendra (Shail) Kumar is the Founder and President of Nalanda 2.0 and author of "Building Golden India: How to unleash India's vast potential and transform its higher education system. Now" Prior to writing the book, Shail was an administrator at two world-class multidisciplinary research universities: UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. Earlier, he was co-founder and CEO of two start-ups and executive in several Fortune 500 and Silicon Valley high technology companies. Alumni leader since 1991, he was President of the IIT Foundation and co-founder of the Pan IIT alumni movement in the US. He is an alumnus of the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington and IIT Kharagpur.

Sridar Iyengar is an active mentor investor with a passion for working with youngsters. He is the co-Founder of YBiz Ventures, The Sounding Board , 360plus.org and www.ipaidabribe.com. He was a partner with KPMG in the UK and US and also part of the Founding group for KPMG India where he then served a term as Chairman and CEO. Sridar is the Chairman of ICICI Ventures and serves on the Boards of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Mahindra Holidays and Cleartrip Inc. He has previously served on the Boards of Infosys and ICICI Bank and the Management Corporate Board of Murugappa Group. His passion is to work with youth and he currently is the principal sponsor and supporter of The Leadership Collective - a “Learning through Travel” initiative of the 360Plus Foundation, providing travel opportunities to youth from less resourced communities.