Distinguished Guests
The leaders who have shaped our programs.
For over a decade, Hackmania has hosted ministers, secretaries, CXOs, founders, investors and academic leaders at programs across India and abroad. A curated selection is featured below.
Group 1
Government & Policy Leaders
Ministers, secretaries and senior bureaucrats from India and abroad
Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu
Chief Minister
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Shri Nara Lokesh
Minister for IT, Electronics & Communications
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Shri K. T. Rama Rao
Former Minister for IT & Industries
Government of Telangana
Shri Jayesh Ranjan, IAS
Special Chief Secretary
Government of Telangana
Shri JA Chowdary
Founding Director
Software Technology Parks of India
Karuna Gopal
Founding President
Foundation for Futuristic Cities
Tom Thomas
Chief Operating Officer
Kerala Startup Mission
Group 2
Industry Leaders & CXOs
Executives from global enterprises and technology platforms
Chandra Balani
India Head
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
John Werner
Managing Director
Link Ventures
Vikram Chandra
Former CEO
NDTV Group
Masayoshi Tamura
Senior Director
Hitachi
Ramana Gogula
VP, Corporate Innovation
Stanley Black & Decker
Jay Kota
Senior Director, Engineering
Google Pay
Bharath Lingam
Chief Executive Officer
PurpleTalk
Madhu Vadlamani
Senior Lead
Kony Inc.
Prashanth Susarla
Former CTO
PayU
Group 3
Founders, Investors & Operators
Founders of marquee startups, venture investors and ecosystem builders
Phanindra Sama
Founder & Former CEO
RedBus
Ashok Reddy
Founder & CEO
GrabOn
Aditya Vuchi
Founder & Managing Partner
VCMint
Safir Adeni
Chair
Forbes Business Council
Ravi Ranjan
Chief of Events & Partnerships
Venture Catalysts
Srinivas Kollipara
Managing Partner
Biome
Sesha Rao
Board Member
InsideView
Meraj Faheem
Founder & CEO
EdVenture
Bharani Kumar Aroll
President & CEO
Techtriad Inc.
Vaishali Neotia
Head of Strategy & Business
BluJ Aerospace
Vartika Manasvi
Entrepreneur in Residence
NVIDIA
Kamal Agarwala
Founder & CEO
Exactlly Software
Danny Flood
VP, Strategy
LavaLink
Group 4
Academia & Public Figures
Researchers, professors and personalities from sport and culture
Dr. Ramesh Raskar
Head, Camera Culture Group
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Ramesh Loganathan
Professor, Co-Innovation & Outreach
IIIT Hyderabad
Pragyan Ojha
Cricketer
Indian Cricket Team
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