The Speakers & Panelists

Speakers & Panelists

Dr. Pallabi Sengupta

Dr. Pallabi Sengupta is an EdTech entrepreneur, academic leader, and founder-director of Human and Emotion Learning. An experienced HR and L&D professional with 12+ years in corporate roles, she is an international management coach with 50,000+ Udemy students and 100,000+ enrollments across 100 countries. Editor-in-chief of The Leader and HeProAI, acclaimed speaker and author of 25+ Bengali books, she holds degrees from Presidency College and Calcutta University, including a PhD in Human Resource Management.

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Dr. Swastik Nandi

Dr. Swastik Nandi is a consultant laparoscopic and laser surgeon at B.P. Poddar Hospital with over 20 years' clinical experience. Trained at Calcutta Medical College, AIIMS New Delhi, and holding an international fellowship from the World Laparoscopy Hospital, he specializes in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery and laser proctology. A frequent presenter at national and international conferences, Dr. Nandi is also a surgical lecturer and university examiner, and an active member of leading professional medical associations.

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Mr. Monoj K. Nath

Monoj K. Nath is Director and Creative Head at BlueAntz Advertising Pvt. Ltd. / Bluant Digital, with 32 years in advertising creative leadership. Former creative director at React, Lintas, O&M and Megaminds, he founded BlueAntz in 2012. An award-winning designer, Monoj has received consecutive Srijon Awards, the SOP Star Award for Packaging Design, and the All India Retail Jewellery Award; his agency has been recognized by Social Samosha and Silicon Magazine.

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Dr. Tanushyam Chattopadhyay

Dr. Tanushyam Chattopadhyay is Practice Head, Computer Vision at Sirius Digitech (Adani-International JV) with 23 years in AI. He leads product strategy, IP coordination, and university partnerships across the Adani Group, and has driven cross-functional teams to deploy computer vision and GenAI solutions. A PhD from Jadavpur University and MCA gold-medalist, he holds 100+ granted patents, ~70 publications, a book, and executive certifications in product and AI strategy, and serves on multiple academic boards.

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Adv. Tapojit Dey

Tapojit Dey is a litigation and arbitration advocate with over 11 years' practice at the Calcutta High Court. Formerly an empanelled counsel for Damodar Valley Corporation, he has represented prominent institutions including ISKCON across complex civil and commercial matters. Combining prior experience in human resources within the service industry with legal expertise, Tapojit brings practical organizational insight to dispute resolution, counsel, and courtroom strategy.

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Mr. Hemanta Ghosh

Hemanta Ghosh is an experienced engineering manager and technical architect with a strong track record in IT services. Skilled in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, microservices, reactive programming, Vertex AI/LLMs, GCP Dataflow, Cassandra, Kafka, MongoDB, Docker, and observability tools (Kibana, Grafana), he excels in project delivery, people management, and agile practices. Hemanta holds an MBA from Carlson School of Management and combines deep technical expertise with strategic leadership to build scalable, production-ready systems.

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Dr. Ranjan Ghosh

Dr. Ranjan Ghosh is an adult and pediatric psychiatrist with 30+ years' clinical experience and over 80,000 patients treated. Trained at Manipal Academy of Higher Education and UT Southwestern, he blends evidence-based care with psychoanalytic insight. Based in Kolkata, his specialties include bipolar disorder, PTSD, autism, anxiety and depression. Founder of Good Karma and creator of Karma AI, Dr. Ghosh champions mental health innovation, early access, and community-focused advocacy across India.

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Mr. Souvik Das

Souvik Das is a global AI and transformation leader at IBM, driving AI-led solutions and IBM Garage initiatives for large-scale business change. A three-time IBM Service Excellence Award winner, he previously led a 250+ consulting team at PwC India. Author of six books and a visiting faculty and mentor, Souvik judges national innovation programs and champions social impact initiatives for underprivileged children. Winner of the Kathasahitya Award, he blends technology, creativity, and purpose.