Our speakers

Sarthak Mishra, Investment Director, Softbank

Sashind Ningthoukhongjam, Correspondent, Mint (Moderator)

Sasikumar Gendham, Managing Director, Salcomp Manufacturing India Private Limited

Mr. Sasikumar is the Managing Director of Salcomp India. Salcomp is world’s largest manufacturer of power supplies for smart phones and other electronic devices with to Top OEMs as its major customers. Salcomp was established in India during 2007 as the 1st global charger manufacturer and currently has six manufacturing factories in India employing a total of over 12000 people at 2 sites, Chennai and Noida, of whom more than 80% are women. 

Mr. Sasikumar is associated with the company since its inception in India and has been instrumental for Salcomp’s massive expansion in India in support of “Make in India” initiatives announced by Government of India. He is also an active member of various state and national level forums to enhance Electronics manufacturing in India. He is the Vice President at ELCINA, the oldest and largest industry association of Electronics Industry in India established in 1967. 

He holds a M. Tech in Manufacturing Management from BITS Pilani, an Executive Master Degree in Business Administration from Aalto University Finland, and is currently a Research Scholar at SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai in the area of Management Studies. He is also an alumnus of IMD Switzerland.
 

Sateesh Andra, Managing Director, Endiya Partners

Sateesh Andra loves entrepreneurs with grit, clarity, and focus on execution. Technology start-ups with clear value proposition drive Sateesh. His investing, co-founding, leadership and engineering experience, for the past twenty-plus years in U.S/India, all veer around technology.

As the Managing Director at Endiya Partners, Sateesh serves on boards of AlphaICs, Darwinbox, and Kissht. Some of his past investments include Seclore, Little Eye Labs (Facebook) and mGinger (ValueFirst). Prior to Endiya, he was a Partner at Ventureast and DFJ.

Prior to DFJ, Sateesh was Founder/CEO of Euclid (Synnex), a Silicon Valley start-up, in the IT Management Software space and was instrumental in raising VC funding ($35 M+), besides acquiring and managing marquee customers and partners. He has also served in product marketing and engineering leadership roles at Tsqware (Synaptics), LSI Logic (Broadcom), and VLSI Technology (NXP).

Besides helping evolve ideas into real businesses, Sateesh is involved with the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy with the objective of popularizing sports and promoting awareness of chronic diseases in the corporate world. Sateesh was a top-ranked Table Tennis player representing A.P State in Nationals.

Sateesh holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering.

Sathyan S, Head of Data Science/ AI, Thoughtworks India

Satish Chander, Partner, True North

Satish Pai, MD, Hindalco Industries

Satish Shukla, Co-Founder, Addverb

Satish, co-founder of Addverb, is a proud alum of TISS-Mumbai, a non-practicing engineer and has 20+ years of experience in the Technology industry. He is a Technology “evangelist,” and continues to hone his skill set by conceptualizing the finer aspects of Human-Robot collaboration. His strong background in sustainability initiatives and reducing Cycle Time helps Addverb deliver unique automation solutions.

Satish V. N. Gidugu, Whole Time Director & CEO, Medi Assist Group

Saugata Gupta, MD & CEO, Marico