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MEET THE IIT2026 

SPEAKER LINEUP

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2026 Speakers

Confirmed speakers so far. The list is updated regularly, please check back often. If you or someone you know should belong among these speakers, apply below.

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Sadhguru
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Global Visionary Leader, Founder Of Isha Foundation.

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Suresh Prabhu
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Indian politician |  Ex - Ministers of Government of India

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Mark Papermaster
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Chief Technology Officer & Executive VP, Advance Micro Devices (AMD)

IIT2026 Conference Speaker Tyler Shultz
Tyler Shultz
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Whistleblower, Founder & Speaker
 

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Sudipta Bhattacharya
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CEO, Adani Group - North America

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Vishal Sharma
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Vice President, Amazon AGI

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Dr. Vivek Lal
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Chief Executive General Atomics Global Corporation

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Vinod Khosla
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Founder, Khosla Ventures

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SP Kothari
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Assistant Secretary Of Commerce US Government & Professor ,MIT Sloan School Of Management

IIT2026 Conference Speaker Jeetu Patel
Jeetu Patel
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President & Chief Product Officer, Cisco

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​ Abhishek Singh
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Director General National Informatics Centre, Govt of India

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Tilak Mandadi
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EVP - Ventures And Chief Experience And Technology Officer, CVS Health

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Asutosh Padhi 
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Senior Partner & Global Leader of Firm Strategy, McKinsey & Company

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Chitra D. Nawbatt
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Investor, Entrepreneur & Author

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Guy Kawasaki
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Chief Evangelist, Canva

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Ravi Kumar S
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Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant

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Chamath Palihapitiya
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Founder & CEO, Social Capital

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Pradeep Khosla
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Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego

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​Anima Anandkumar
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​AI Trailblazer and Professor, CalTech

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Srinivas Narayanan
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CTO, OpenAI

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Shashi Tripathi
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 Program Chair, IIT2026

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Debanjan Saha
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Chief Executive Officer, DataRobot
 

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Shub Agarwal
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SVP of AI, US Bank & Associate Professor of AI, USC

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Ambhi Ganesan
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​Partner, IBM | Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

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Sophia Velastegu
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Ex- Chief AI Officer, Microsoft

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Debu Chatterjee
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Co-Founder & CEO, Konfer

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Pradeep Gupta
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VP, NVIDIA

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Sachin Jain
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Chief Operating Officer, CoreWeave

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Dr. Satish Lakshmanan
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Chief Product Officer, Cloud Ecosystems and Data & AI, Accenture

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​Tammy Schuring
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CEO & Co-Founder, Polymathic

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Alex Dang
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Ex- Amazon & McKinsey

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Padmini Soni
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Founder & CEO, Rezonance AI

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Surbhi Kaul
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AI Track Lead, IIT 2026

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Shanker Trivedi
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​SVP, Enterprise Business at NVIDIA

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Ranveer Chandra
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Vice President, M365 Copilot Tuning, Microsoft

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Arvind Jain 
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CEO, Glean

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Ali Ansari
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CEO, Micro1

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Zahra Timsah, PhD, MBA
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Co-Founder & CEO, I-GENTIC AI

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Smita Hashim
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AI Track Co-Lead, IIT2026

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David Shulkin
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Ex- Veteran Affairs (VA) Secratery

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Ruchir Puri
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Chief Scientist, IBM

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Sumant Ramachandra, M.D., Ph.D.
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​Chief Executive Officer and Board Director, Lutris Pharma

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Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA
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President and CEO, SCAN Group & Health Plan

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Benjamin Schwartz, MD, MHCM, FACOG, FACS
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President, Academic Delivery ,Banner Health

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Parminder Bhatia
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Chief AI Officer, GE Healthcare

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Aashish Shah, MD
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SVP and Chief Medical Officer, HealthTrust  Performance Group

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Nasim Afsar, MD
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Managing Director, Healthcare Innovation Partners

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Shaily Mahendra
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Health / Sustainability Track Co-Lead, IIT2026

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Deepak Nath
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CEO, Smith+Nephew

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Sukanya Soderland
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Partner, Oliver Wyman

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Anjalee Khemlani
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​Senior Report ,Yahoo Finance

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Abhinav Shashank 
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Chief Executive Officer, Innovaccer

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Ashish Atreja, MD, MPH
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Founding Chair, Association of Digital Medicine

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Daniel Kraft, MD
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Founder & Chair, NextMed Health

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Dr. Shaminder Gupta
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​Chief Medical Officer, Monogram Health

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Sara Neff
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Partner/General Manager, Sustainability, Cloud Operations + Innovation, Microsoft

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Raymond W. Cohen
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Chairman of the Board, Spiro Medical

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Aparna Gadekar, MD, CHCQM, AMDCP
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Senior Medical Director, Medicare, Community Health Plan of Washington

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Glen Lewis
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Principal Consultant, Glen Lewis Group

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Dr. Anita Goel, MD, PhD
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Chairman & CEO, Nanobiosym

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Navin Goyal, MD
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Managing Partner, LOUD Ventures

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Simon Nazarian
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System EVP - Chief Digital and Technology Officer - City of Hope

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Zack Scott
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​Healthcare General Partner Norwest Venture Partners

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Rick Dutta
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Health / Sustainability Track Lead, IIT2026

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Hans Swildens
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Head of Industry Ventures, External Investment Group (XIG), Goldman Sachs Asset Management

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SC Moatti
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Managing Partner, Mighty Capital

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Apoorva Pandhi
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​Managing Director, Zetta Venture Partners

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Abhishek Sharma
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​Partner, Nexus Venture Partners

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Mackenzie Regent
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Co-Founder & Partner, Kalos LLP

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Anshu Agarwal
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Investment Track Lead, IIT2026

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Crystal Shen
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Regional Head, Capital Markets, NYSE

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Kanika Radhakrishnan
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​Founder & Managing Partner, Evergreen Valley Law Group

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​Ashmeet Sidana
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Chief Engineer, Engineering Capital

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Tanvi Narain
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Principal, Counterpart Ventures

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Raviraj Jain
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Partner, Lightspeed

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​Ravi Bhagavan
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Investment Track Co-Lead

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Ron Levin
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Managing Partner, Alumni Ventures

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Anupam Satyalsheel
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Founder & CEO, Occams Advisory

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Vishal Vasishth
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Co-Founder & Managing Director, Obvious Ventures

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Ashok Kumar
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Managing Partner, Catalyst-X

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Biplab Adhya
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Managing Partner, Wipro Ventures

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Mukesh Aghi
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​President and CEO, US-India Strategic Partnership Forum

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Ashish Chauhan
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​CEO, NSE

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Shawna Pandya, MD
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Astronaut at International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS)

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Mallik Tatipamula 
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CTO, Ericsson Silicon Valley

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Anita Sengupta
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Founder/CEO, Hydroplane

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Badri Narayanan
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Head, Vision India@2047 Development Unit

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Kristyn Burtt 
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Reporter, Hubbard Broadcasting

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Vasudha Paul
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Global Connect Track C0-Lead

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Rizwan Koita
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Chairperson, National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), Co-founder Koita Foundation, Co-founder CitiusTech

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​Madhuri Kanitkar
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Ex- Lieutenant General Indian Army & Ex- Vice Chancellor, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences

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Naveed Hussain
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Chief Engineer, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

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​Shyam Krishnamurthy
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​Senior VP, Product Management, Auto & IEIOT Qualcomm

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Spencer Cohen
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Economics and Trade Policy, U.S.-China Relations

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Xiaomeng Lu
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Director, Geo-technology at Eurasia Group

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Suzanne Sena
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President & Founder, Sena-Series Media Training

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Ashutosh Sharma
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President, Indian National Science Academy

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Dr. Purnima Voria
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Founder & CEO, Northwest US India Chamber of Commerce

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Joseph Vinciquerra
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GM & Senior Executive Director of Research, GE Aerospace

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Preet Virk
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Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Photonic Fabric Business Unit

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Graham Webster
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Lecturer; Research Scholar; DigiChina Editor-in-Chief

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Preity Upala
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X-Inv Banker|Founder& CEO OMNIA|Intl Speaker|Award winning Author|Advisory to Govts|Geo-Political Strategist

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Vivek Chhabra
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Global Connect Track Lead, IIT2026

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Brian Sparkes
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Chief Venture Officer, Silicon Valley Venture & IIT2026 Emcee

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Parthib Srivanthsan
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Investor | Operating Partner, Companyon Ventures

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Shankar Mahadevan
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Acclaimed Indian Singer, Composer

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Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
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Legendary Indian Classical Sarod Player

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Guitar Prasanna
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Musician, Composer, And Teacher Known For Bringing Carnatic Music To The Electric And Acoustic Guitar.

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Unreal Crew
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Expect Heart-Pounding Beats, Jaw-Dropping Synchronization, And A Performance That Leaves The Audience Energized, Inspired, And Cheering

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Ehsaan 
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An Indian Composer And Guitarist

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Amit Tandon
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Stand-Up Comedian

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Jesse Smith
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5 Times Olympian

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Loy
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Keyboardist And Arranger

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Varun Grover
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Lyricist, Writer, Filmmaker & Stand-Up Comedian

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Gulzarish
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A Soul-Stirring Tribute To The Legendary Poet, Lyricist And Filmmaker Gulzar

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