Wharton India Economic Forum - Speakers at The Pre-2012 Conferences

Speakers At The Pre-2012 Conferences

Government & Policy

• Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India
• P. Chidambaram, Home Affairs Minister and former Finance Minister of India
• Henry Paulson, 74th United States Treasury Secretary and former CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs
• Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India
• Shashi Tharoor, Member of Indian Parliament and former Under Secretary General of the United Nations
• Praful Patel, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Government of India
• Sachin Pilot, Minister of State, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India
• Naveen Jindal, Member of Indian Parliament
• Amukurajah Das, ex-Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
• Kalpana Kochhar, Country Head India, International Monetary Fund

Industry

• Anil Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
• Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and MD, Reliance Industries
• Sunil Mittal, Founder, Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises
• N. R. Narayana Murthy, Non-Executive Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys
• Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India and former CEO, Infosys
• Kushal Pal Singh, Chairman and CEO, DLF
• Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Group
• Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group
• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon Limited

Finance

• Jim Rogers, Financial Investor and Author
• Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC
• Chanda Kochhar, CEO & MD, ICICI Bank Limited
• George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute
• Vikram Akula, CEO and Founder, SKS Microfinance

Media & Entertainment

• Abhishek Bachchan, Actor, Bollywood
• Anil Kapoor, Actor, Bollywood
• Vidya Balan, Actress, Bollywood
• Karan Johar, Indian Film Director, Producer, and TV celebrity
• Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Indian Filmmaker and Screenwriter
• Rohan Sippy, Indian Film Director
• Shankar Mahadevan, Indian Music Composer and Singer
• Subhash Chandra, Chairman, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)

Sports

• Sunil Gavaskar, former Indian Cricketer
• Vijay Amritraj, former Indian Tennis Player and Sports Commentator
• Geet Sethi, Professional Billiards Player

Other

• Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company