ABOUT WIEF
The Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) is an annual India-centric conference hosted by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, bringing together thought-leaders, professionals, faculty and students to discuss the opportunities that lie in India's way and the challenges that need to be addressed. Since its inception 13 years ago, WIEF has been the leading business forum focused on India in the United States.
The theme for the 14th Annual Wharton India Economic Forum is
India : Breaking Boundaries
Platinum Sponsors
14th WIEF SPEAKERS
KEYNOTES
Subhash Chandra
Chairman, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)
Praful Patel
Minister of State of Civil Aviation, Government of India
Aditya Puri
CEO and MD, HDFC bank
Sachin Pilot
Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India
Anjani Jain
(Moderator)Vice Dean and Director, The Wharton School
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Aditya Puri
CEO and MD, HDFC bank
Naveen Jindal
Member of Parliament, Executive Vice Chairman & MD of Jindal Steel & Power Limited
Kalpana Kochhar
Country Head-India, International Monetary Fund
Atul Punj
Chairman, Punj Lloyd Limited
Praveen P. Kadle
Managing Director, Tata Capital Ltd.
Vikram Limaye
Executive Director, IDFC
Naresh Goyal
Founder Chairman of Jet Airways
Keynote Panel: INDIA - BREAKING BOUNDARIES
Aseem Chhabra
(Moderator)Writer
Anil Kapoor
Actor
Vidya Balan
Actor
Shankar Mahadevan
Indian Contemporary Musician
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Filmmaker and Screenwriter
Namit Malhotra
CEO, Prime Focus
Keynote Panel: FILM - GLOBALIZATION OF MAINSTREAM INDIAN CINEMA
Saikat Chaudhuri
(Moderator)Assitant Professor of Management, Wharton School
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Atul Punj
Chairman, Punj Lloyd Limited
Roopa Purushotaman
Head of Research, Everstone Investment Advisors
R Nandakumar
Vice President, National Stock Exchange
S. Suryanarayan
Group CFO, Allcargo Global Logistics Limited
Pankaj Munjal
Managing Director, Hero Motors
EMERGING INDIA
INVESTING IN INDIA
Professor Harbir Singh
(Moderator)Co-Director, Mack Center for Technological Innovation
Alok Gupta
MD, Axis Private Equity
Rajesh Srivastava
Chairman & Managing Director, Rabo Equity Advisors
Srinivas Chidambaram
Managing Director and CEO, JBC India
Utsav Baijal
Apollo Management
Anurag Bhargava
Chairman, IREO
Mukund Krishnaswami
Founding Partner, Lighthouse Advisors India
Stephen Sammut
(Moderator)Lecturer & Senior Fellow, Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs
Sangita Reddy
Director, Apollo Hospitals
Homi Khusrokhan
Adviser, Tata HBM Healthcare Fund
Bhargav Dasgupta
Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Lombard
Vijai Kumar, M.D.
President and CMO, Excel Life Sciences, Inc.
KJ Singh, M.D.
Global Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Rajeev Dadoo
Partner, SR-One, GSK’s Venture Fund
HEALTHCARE IN INDIA: AN EVOLVING MARKET FOR PROMOTERS AND INVESTORS
David Smith
(Moderator)Head of Accenture’s Talent & Organization Performance Practice
Indraani Singh
CEO, NGO Literacy India
G.Raghavan
President, NIIT
Anand Sudarshan
CEO & MD, Manipal Education
K.Ganesh
CEO and Founder of TutorVista
EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT : TRAINING INDIA'S WORKFORCE
Ania Loomba
(Moderator)Professor, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Hindustani Classical Musician (Sarod)
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Shankar Mahadevan
Indian Contemporary Musician
Unnikrishnan
Classical Musician
Priyadarsini
GovindBharatanatyam Dancer
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Namit Malhotra
CEO, Prime Focus
PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT : A NEW ERA, A NEW FACE
Shweta Rajpal Kohli
(Moderator)Economic Affairs Editor, NDTV 24x7
Ekta Kapoor
Creative Director, Balaji Telefilms Limited
Vinita Jain
Chairperson and Managing Director, Biotique
Farzana Haque
Global Head : Large Accounts SBU, Tata Consultancy Services
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Roopa Purushotaman
Head of Research, Everstone Investment Advisors
Malini Ramani
Fashion Designer
WOMEN, BEYOND THE GLASS CEILING: INDIA'S EMERGING LEADERS
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Vikram Limaye (Moderator)
Executive Director, IDFC
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Naveen Jindal
Member of Parliament, Executive Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Jindal Steel & Power Limited
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Srinivas Chidambaram
Managing Director and CEO, JBC India
O.P. Agarwal
Urban Transportation & Mobility Advisor, World Bank
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Alok Gupta
MD, Axis Private Equity
DEVELOPING INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
Kartik Hosanagar (Moderator)
Associate Professor of Internet Commerce, The Wharton School
Anjan Malik
Founder and Director, eClerx
Amar Goel
Founder and CEO, Komli Media
Samir Patil
Founder and CEO, ACK Media
Vin Bhat
Co-founder and CEO, Saavn
Sudhir Syal
The "Starting Up" Show, ET Now
Sanjay Kapoor
CEO, Genesis Colors
ENTREPRENEURSHIP : AT THE CROSSROADS OF TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA
Kenwyn Smith (Moderator)
Professor and Director, Nonprofit/NGO Leadership Program, UPenn
Sandeep Pandey
Co-Founder of Asha for Education, Ramon Magsaysay Award Winner in 2002
A. Nandakumar
Brandeis University; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Indraani Singh
CEO, NGO Literacy India
Dr. Sanjay Sinho
Chief Executive Officer, American India Foundation
Iqbal Dhaliwal
Director of Policy at the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
SOCIAL ENTERPRISES & NON-PROFITS: DELIVERING WHERE IT MATTERS
P.K. Agarwal (Moderator)
Chief Technology Officer, State of California
Deepinder Bedi
Executive Director, Tulip Telecom Limited.
Mani Subramaniam
VP - Retail, Consumer Goods, Transport & Govt., Wipro Technologies
Sudhir Agarwal
President (APAC and MEA), Aegis Limited
Monty Singh
Senior Vice-President, Genpact
B. L. Bajaj
Managing Director, Dynamic Orbits
P. S. Reddy
Chairman & MD, CtrlS Datacenters Ltd.
Aegis Presents OUTSOURCING & TECHNOLOGY: GLOBAL INTEGRATION
Professor Eric Orts
(Moderator)Director, Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership
Anil Kane
Chairman, Indian Wind Energy Association (InWEA)
Manish Bapna
Executive Vice President and Managing Director, World Resources Institute
G. Rajeswaran
Chief Technology Officer, Moser Baer
Dana Contratto
Chairman - Energy Group, Crowell & Moring LLP