Meet our speakers for Telecoms World India
Meet our speakers
Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy,
Tata Communications
As Head of Global Strategy and Corporate Communications, Srinivasa Addepalli is responsible for strategy formulation and execution at Tata Communications, a leading global communications solutions provider. He manages all new strategic initiatives at Tata Communications, including growth plans, entry into new markets and mergers & acquisitions. He is also responsible for external communication, including media relations.
He is a Director on the Boards of Tata Communications' subsidiaries in the Retail Broadband and Transformation Services businesses.
Mr. Addepalli has considerable experience in developing strategies and business plans, particularly in the Indian telecom sector, both wireless and broadband. His previous experience includes a business consulting stint with the Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG), focusing on the telecom and media industries. Subsequently, Mr.
Addepalli joined the Tata Group Chairman's Office, with the responsibility for coordinating the various telecom activities within the Tata Group
Mr. Addepalli holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, Asia's No. 1 business school. Earlier, he graduated with distinction in Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Surat.
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Chief Operating Officer,
Aamra networks
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Administrator USO Fund,
Department of Telecom
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President,
Internet Service Providers Association of India
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Chairman,
South Asia Mobile Forum
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Head - Content Provider Solutions,
Celcom Berhad
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Head Networks,
Verizon Business
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Chief Technology Officer,
Hungama Mobile
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Commercial Director,
Lankacom
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Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director,
Time Broadband
Sujata Dev has a wealth of over 12 years of experience as an entrepreneur and as media advisor to the big five consultancy houses and broadcasters. Her forte is focused in the convergence of broadcast and telecom domain. Her vision of seamless fusion of entertainment and telecom, spurred her to introduce IPTV in India.
She holds key positions in several industry trade bodies: Chairperson, Media & Entertainment, Committee at ASSOCHAM, Co-Founder & Vice President IPTV India Forum, Member of Film & Television Producers’ Guild of India, Director, IMPACT. (Indian Media Protection Against Copyright Theft).
A prolific speaker, she has addressed over 500 august gatherings in both International and National forums. She has also submitted numerous white-papers on media convergence, which has been published.
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Emerging Business President,
Tata Teleservices
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Senior Director,
Cellular Operators Association India
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Chief Executive Officer,
Mouthshut.com
Faisal is the founder-CEO of MouthShut.com the world's leading consumer information and person to person review portal. A passionate believer in the power of feedback, Faisal quit a lucrative career with American Management Systems in Fairfax Virginia, returning to India to launch MouthShut.com.
MouthShut.com is one of India’s best-known online brands serving since 2000. This platform helps consumers make informed shopping decisions. A potential shopper can find reviews on every business or brand operating in India from multinationals to small local businesses, all written by an average consumer like him. This translates to millions of reviews on hundreds of thousands of products. All reviews on MouthShut.com are written by end-users – consumers who have used and experienced the efficacy of a product.
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Head- NLD/ILD,
Aircel Limited
Chandan is the Operational Chief of an independent Profit Center, Responsible for Global expansion of Carrier & Wholesale Business, Introduction of New Products and Services of Voice & Data applications, through INNOVATION for future Revenue Enhancement for Enterprise Business and Global Wholesale Business of Voice & Data Services. Chandan has launched the Long Distance Wholesale Business for Aircel in 2008, established PoP and a Global Network to serve their Global Customers.
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Chairman and Managing Director,
BSNL
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AVP - Value Added Services & Enterprise Market Planning,
Tata Teleservices
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Chief Executive Officer,
Bangla Trac Communications
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Head of Post Paid Market Development,
Banglalink GSM
Shafayatul Islam Khan heads the Postpaid Market Development and Customer Loyalty teams of Orascom Telecom Bangladesh (Banglalink). With about 7 years of experience in the telecommunication industry, he possesses expertise in segmentation, product development, pricing, project management as well as loyalty/retention initiatives. He played a vital role in segmenting and repositioning the business market value proposition for Banglalink which includes Corporate, SME, Professional and PCO sub-segments. In recent years, he has led the strategic planning for Banglalink’s business market strategy, implementation of which has firmly positioned Banglalink as the market leader in the business segment of Bangladesh’s telecom industry. Prior to joining Banglalink, Shafayat worked for Grameenphone in the areas of Marketing and Trade Marketing and was involved in some of the key marketing projects and initiatives.
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Senior Vice President,
Hungama Mobile
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Senior Vice President,
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
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Chief Financial Officer,
Pak Telecom Mobile Limited
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Executive Director,
PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.
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CEO,
StratosHear Technologies Pvt. Ltd
Vinay is the founding CEO of a fast growing mobile platform solutions company – StratosHear (http://www.stratoshear.com). Founded in 2007, StratosHear is working with several operators in Asia to offer its innovative solutions including mobile multi-channel advertising platform, mobile payment platform, mobile search platform and automated response systems. Vinay is a seasoned business professional with more than 20 years of global experience in the areas of mobility, internet, digital media and software. He spent close to 10 years at Microsoft in Redmond (USA), where he spearheaded several global business initiatives. He was head of product management for MSN Mobile, during which he expanded the footprint of MSN Mobile globally through carrier relationships. He also launched and led emerging market initiative for Microsoft, during which he incubated several new product ideas and conceptualized new marketing programs to drive computing penetration to the middle and bottom of the pyramid segments in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and other emerging markets. He returned to India in 2005 to be a Director / Sr. VP at Times Internet Ltd, the digital arm of the Times of India Group (the largest media company in India). He is a Wharton MBA and a Computer Science engineer from BITS Pilani.
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Principal General Manager,
MTNL
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Head Broadcasting Operations, Zee Network India & Singapore, Corporate Director Technology, Essel Group,
Zee Network India
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Strategic Telecoms Advisor,
TeliaSonera
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Head - Next Generation Network Development,
Hong Kong Broadband Network
Mr. Daniel Lo is the Head of Next Generation Network Development of Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited. Daniel possesses valuable experience in Next Generation Network establishment as he has been staying with HKBN since its inception. Currently, he is a specialist in Metro Ethernet FTTX deployment in residential and corporate markets to support "multi-play" applications including broadband, VoIP and IP-TV services.
Apart from technical arrangements, Daniel also plays a significant role in inter-operator interconnection negotiation and network dimensioning of HKBN’s service kick-off, as well as wholesales business negotiation.
Throughout the years of services, Daniel has participated in several important projects. He has engaged in Government consultation on topics of “Full Liberalization of Fixed Telecom Market”, “Local Loop Unbundling”, “VoIP” and “Fixed-Mobile Convergence” which helped contribute to HKBN’s role as a pioneer of telecommunications in Hong Kong.
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Managing Director,
Pacnet India
Deepak Maira is Pacnet’s Managing Director for India and SAARC Region. He is responsible for the development of local strategies and key business growth initiatives in SAARC countries including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka. Mr. Maira joined Pacnet in December 2007 as a consultant for our Thailand business, and later served as Acting Country Manager for the Philippines and consultant on Pacnet regional projects.
Prior to Pacnet, Mr. Maira served as Managing Director for South Asia at Verizon Business where he was responsible for all sales functions in India, Singapore and other Asean countries. He began his career in 1982 and has worked for numerous technology and telecoms companies including Sprint RPG, the HCL group and Nelco. Mr. Maira managed sales teams, led global expansion efforts into Russia and Europe and has been an advocate for innovative use of technology. He has an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur and a B.Sc. from Hindu College Delhi.
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Senior Director,
GSM Association
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Senior Vice President, Product Marketing and Business Development, Global Voice Solutions,
Tata Communications
Christian Michaud is the Senior Vice-President of Marketing and Business Development in the Global Voice Solutions Business Unit for Tata Communications, part of the $62.5 billion Tata Group. Mr. Michaud is responsible for developing the Business Unit overall strategy as well as leading the product management and business development.
Mr. Michaud has over twenty years of experience in international telecommunications, including twelve years with Teleglobe, which was acquired by VSNL in February 2006. Prior to his appointment as Senior Vice-President, Marketing & Business Development, he held a number of senior positions in Sales, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs and was a key member of the team that positioned Teleglobe in international markets.
Mr. Michaud is a member of the Board of IP Interconnect Alliance (IPIA) and a member of Steering Committee of the i3 Forum, two global organizations of carriers and operators with the mandate to foster the transition to an IP environment. He is also a member of the Pacific Telecommunication Council (PTC) Advisory Council.
Mr. Michaud holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in economics from the Université de Montréal.
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Senior Vice President, Marketing, International Wholesale Solutions,
Orange
Philippe Millet is Senior Vice President of Marketing for International Wholesale Solutions of the France Telecom Group, delivering services under its key brand Orange.
Philippe joined the France Telecom Group in 1999 to manage an international customer relationship management outsourcing business unit. He went on to head the department in charge of operating France Telecom’s international network abroad, following the acquisition of Global One (now Orange Business Services). This experience prepared Philippe for the position he took up in 2001 as head of Equant Account Management within the France Telecom Group. A key responsibility was ensuring the development of synergies between the two entities in network management, sales, finance and human resources. In 2002 he moved on to lead Customer Marketing and Development for the International Wholesale business of FT/Orange, and recentlty took responsibility for all Marketing activities for the same busness unit.
Philippe is also responsible for the coordination of all Orange Group members in the Wholesale space.
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Chief Operating Officer,
Hungama Mobile
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Chief Executive Officer,
Phoneytunes.com
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Vice president, Corporate Affairs,
Idea Cellular
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Principal Advisor, Regulatory Enforcement, International Relations Division, ,
Telecoms Regulatory Authority India
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Managing Director,
BT India
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Chair GSM Asia Pacific, Chief Operation Officer ,
Dialog Global
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Member,
Telecom Regulatory Authority India (TRAI)
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Secretary-General,
ITU-APT Foundation of India
Anil Prakash Graduated in Economics, a Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering and a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing & Management. He is been a specialist in government relations, regulatory and policy framework, and supporting business development in India. Having 29 years of domestic and international techno-commercial experience in telecom IT and entertainment industry, he intermingle with ease with the highest policy, regulatory authorities and with the captains of the Industry at the same time.
He helped to establish PTC India Foundation a country chapter of Pacific
Telecommunications Council www.ptc.org in India in 1994, Telecom Users Group of India in 1997 a country Association of INTUG www.intug.org , ITU-APT Foundation of India in 2003, a country Association of ITU in India www.itu.int and IPTV India Forum in 2006. He is an active member of regional and international telecom forums and trade bodies. He has been represented, participated and speaker of various telecom conferences and events since 1990.
He is currently a Chairman and Founder of India Resource Center a consulting company comprises experts from various disciplines from IT, Telecom and Entertainment. He is also a President of Telecom Users Group of India www.tugindia.org , Secretary General, ITU-APT Foundation of India www.itu-apt.org and a Secretary General, IPTV India Forum www.iptvforum.org.in.
He has been selected on panel of judges for awarding ‘World Communication Award 2009’.
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Executive Director,
PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.
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Chief Executive Officer,
OnMobile
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Chief Operating Officer,
Hungama Digital Media
Siddhartha Roy is the Chief Operating Office for the Consumer Business at Hungama. His key responsibilities include strengthening the digital marketing initiatives for the company, by providing their expanding client base with quality, innovative content and marketing solutions. Under his guidance, Hungama will set up a one of its kind consumer venture in digital entertainment. He has previously also been responsible for spearheading the Hungama Mobile business.
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Head Technology,
Qatar Telecommunications
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CEO & Chairman,
Telkom Caribe
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Senior Vice President - Public Policy,
GSM Association
Ricardo Tavares is Senior Vice President, Public Policy at the GSM Association and CEO of TechPolis, Inc. Mr. Tavares leads GSMA’s global initiative on spectrum for Mobile Broadband. He has extensive experience in public policy issues such as spectrum, licensing, taxation, competition among technology standards, and design of regulatory regimes to attract investment in telecommunications. Mr. Tavares has been with the GSMA since 1999. He is a member of the New-York based Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the Board of Regents of the Harris Manchester College at Oxford University. Born in Brazil, he is based in California, USA.
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Lead - Mobile Services,
MSN
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VP – Technology,
Dialog Telekom
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Chairman & Managing Director,
Telecommunications Consultants India - a government of India Enterprise
Shri Rakesh Kumar Upadhyay is an officer of 1975 Batch of Indian Telecom Services. He obtained B.Tech (Electronics) Degree from I.T. Banaras Hindu University in 1974 and MBA (Marketing Management) degree from Indira Gandhi Open University. He is also a graduate of Defence Staff Services College (DSSC) Wellington and was awarded M.Sc (D.S.) Degree by Madras University. He has successfully worked in Department of Telecommunications from August 1975 to July 1996 in the areas of Planning, Installation and Commissioning, Commercial administration and operations. While on deputation to TCIL during October 1996 to August 1999, he successfully worked in the foreign projects as Project Director, Sana’a and General Manager, Yemen. After a stint from Jan.’2000 to Jun.’2003 in BSNL as General Manager Jammu & Kashmir Telecom Circle he joined TCIL again on deputation in June 2003. After joining TCIL, he successfully worked as a Chief Project Director, Algeria, Group General Manager (New Technology) and Executive Director (Project Monitoring) and other important assignments. He has got rich experience in the fields of Planning, Projects, Operation and Business Development. He took the charge of Director (Projects) w.e.f. 1st Nov.’2005 and subsequently took the charge of Chairman and Managing Director on 1st March 2007. He is a fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecom. Engineers (India).
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Consultant & Telecom Analyst, Director,
Com First (India) Pvt Ltd
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Russell T Ahmed
Chief Operation Officer
Aamra Networks, Bangladesh
Siddhartha Roy
Chief Operation Officer
Hungama Digital Media, India
Deepak Maira
Managing Director
Pacnet, India
RK Upadhyay
Chairman & Managing Director
Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd
Tarique Haque
Chief Executive Officer
Bangla Trac Communications, Bangladesh
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