Past Speaker
Speakers at CKS Events
Governor, Ministers & Parliamentarians, Diplomats
- Shekhar Dutt- Former Governor Chatƫisgarh
- Nitin Gadkari- Hon'ble Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Government of India
- Prakash Javadekar– Member, Rajya Sabha
- Suresh Prabhu- Former Minister of Railways, Government of India
- Judy R. Reinke- Minister Counsellor for Commercial Affairs, U.S. Embassy
- Mary Tarnowka- Deputy Economic Minister- Counsellor, U.S.Embassy
- Raksha Khadse- Hon'ble Member of Lok of Sabha, Maharashtra
- Shri Prem Das Rai– Former Member of Lok Sabha
- Tarun Vijay- Former Member of Rajya Sabha
- Shri Anantkumar Hegde- Hon'ble Member of Parliament Lok Sabha, Former Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and currently on Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests of Parliament
- Shri Baijayant Panda, National Vice President of BJP and Former MP
Indian Armed Forces & Allied Agencies
- Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia - PVSM, AVSM, SM (Retd), Centre for Joint Warfare Studies, Director and Former DGMO
- Jayadeva Ranade- Former Additional Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, R&AW.
- Gen Vinod Khandare AVSM- SM, Director General, Defence Intelligence Agency
- Rear Admiral S. Y. Shrikhande- AVSM (Retd), Indian Navy
- Brig Pradeep Arora- Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee
- Manjeet Singh- HQ IDS, DACIDS (DIARA)
- Y. S. Pathania- Secretary, Center for Joint Warfare Studies.
- Commander L R Prakash (Retd)- Director, Centre for Development of Advance Computing
- Col. Milan Patnaik
- Inderbir Singh IPS- Punjab Police
- Triveni Singh IPS- Uttar Pradesh Police
- Atul Tripathi- Consultant, National Security Council Secretariat
- Lt Gen Rajesh Pant (Retd)- Chief of National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC)
- Lt Gen Girish Kumar, VSM- Surveyor General of India
- Lt Gen Ajay Chandele (Retd) ,PVSM, AVSM- National Geospatial Think Tank Member
- Lt Gen Satish Dua (Retd) - PVSM, UYSM, SM, VSM
- Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd) PVSM, AVSM, VSM
- Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd) PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM
- Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah (Veteran) PVSM SM VSM
- Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y Shrikhande (Retd) AVSM
- Vice Admiral Anil Chopra (Retd) PVSM AVSM
- Air Marshal D Choudhury (Retd) PVSM AVSM VM VSM
- Lt Gen DS Hooda (Retd) PVSM, UYSM, AVSM,VSM & Bar, ADC
- Air Vice-Marshall Pranay Sinha (Retd), VSM - Advisor, Central Research Laboratory – Bharat Electronics Limited
- Major General Dhruv Katoch (Retd), SM, VSM- Former Director Centre for Land Warfare Studies
- Mr Amit Sharma– Former Additional Director in the Office of the Scientific Advisor of Defence Minister, Defence Research and Development Organization (D.R.D.O), Ministry of Defence
- IG Bhola Nath Sharma (Retd)- Former Inspector General Border Security Force
- IPS, 1994 Brijesh Singh- Inspector General of Police, Cyber at Government of Maharashtra
- IPS, 1996 Ajay Yadav- Inspector General, Communications and IT, Central Reserve Police Force
- IPS, 2005 Amresh Mishra- Superintendent of Police, National Investigation Agency (NIA)
- Brigadier Rajeev Bhutani (Rtd)- CENJOWS
- Group Captain Guruhari- IAF (aŌer Infowar)
- Colonel Aman Anand- Spokesperson, Ministry of Defence
- Mr R Chandrashekhar- Senior Fellow, CENJOWS
Technocrat, Bureaucrats & Government Agencies
- A.S. Kiran Kumar- Former Chairman, ISRO
- Sanjay Jaju IAS- Additional Secretary, Department of Defence and Production
- S. D, Pradhan- Former DNSA and Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee, National Security Counciltariat, Government of India
- A. K. Manocha– Ex. CMD, IRCTC
- Avadesh Mathur- Former Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of India
- Amitabh Mathur IPS- Former Head Aviation Research Centre, R&AW
- Sudhir Kumar Marwaha– Scientist, MeiTY
- Surendra Nath Tripathi– Director General, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
- Vatsala Joshi Pande- OSD ( Research) to Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha
- Atul Kumar- Chief General Manager, National Highways Authority of India
- Dr K J Ramesh- Former Director General, India Meteorological Department, National Geospatial Think Tank Member
- Dr Haresh Bhatt– Ex. Mission Director and Chairman, Information and Cyber Security Board & Mission Director, Information and Cyber Security, Space Applications Centre, ISRO.
- Shri Navin Mittal, IAS- Commissioner, Collegiate Education & Technical Education, Government of Telangana
- Dr Sunil Gupta- Economic Research Unit, Joint Plant Committee, Ministry of Steel
- Shri Mukesh Nigam- Managing Director, Centre For Railway Information Systems, Ministry of Railway
- Dr Sanjaya Das- Former Managing Director, Centre For Railway Information Systems, Ministry of Railway, Government of India.
- Mr Vijay Devnath- General Manager (Infrastructure & Security), Chief Information Security Officer - Centre For Railway Information Systems, Government of India.
- Mr Ashutosh Vasant- Director (Project Operation and Maintenance) of RailTel, Government of India.
- Shri A K Agarwal– General Manager, RWF, Ministry of Railway, Government of India.
- Dr Janmejay Thakur- Scientist, Intellectual Property and Know-How Informatics, National Informatics
- Dr Santulan Chaubey– Chief Information Security Officer, Government of Delhi.
- Col Nishant Singh - Director eGovernance and IT division , Ministry of External Affairs ,Government of India
- Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar IFS (Retd)
- Abhijit Chaterjee- CIO, C-Zentrix
- Ajay Ranjan Mishra - Director, Technology & IR, Ericsson India Pvt Ltd.
- Ajay Ranjan Misra - Chairman, ITU-T Focus Group
- Ajay Singha- Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in India
- Amanjit Ramesh - Political Officer, U.S.Embassy
- Abhijit Chaterjee - CIO, C-Zentrix
- Ajay Ranjan Mishra - Director, Technology & IR, Ericsson India Pvt Ltd.
- Ajay Ranjan Misra - Chairman, ITU-T Focus Group
- Ajay Singha - Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in India
- Amanjit Ramesh - Political Officer, U.S.Embassy
- Manoj Kanodia - CEO, Inspira
- Anwar Shipurwala - Executive Director, MAIT
- Naina Lal Kidwai - HSBC, FICCI
- Naveen Tandon- Co – Chairman and Director – External Affairs, Amcham's Committee on ICT and AT&T Communication Services India.
- P Rajendra - COO, NIIT
- Prasanna Lohar - Head Innovation, DCB Bank
- R Chandrashekhar - President Designate, NASSCOM
- Rajeev Batra - Group Head, Corporate Affairs, Hindustan Unilever Limited
- Ravinder Pal Singh - Director, Digital Cybersecurity & Healthcare
- S Ramkrishna - President – Group Public Affairs and Members of the Group of Executive Board, Samsung Eelctronics
- Som Mittal - Former President and Chairman, Nasscom
- Subimal Bhattacharjee - Country Head, General Dynamics Corporation India
- Subodh Bhargava - Chairman, CII National Council on Public Policy
- Tabrez Ahmed- Director, UPES
- Tanay Krishna - Head of Marketing, CDOT
- Tejpreet Chopra - President & CEO, Bharat Light and Power Pvt Ltd
- Vandana Nanda- Retd. MD, CRIS Ministry of Railways
- Vineet Malhotra- Director Kale Logistics
- Virat Bhatia- President, IEA South Asia and AT&T Communication Services India Pvt. Ltd.
- William L. Blair- Chairman and President, Amcham's Committee on Homeland Security and Raytheon India
- Ambarish Bakaya- HPE
- Ambika Khurana- Government and Regulatory Affairs, IBM
- Anil Bhasin- Regional VP, India and SAARC, Palo Alto Networks
- Manoj Kanodia- CEO, Inspira
- Anwar Shipurwala- Executive Director, MAIT
- Naina Lal Kidwai- HSBC, FICCI
- Naveen Tandon- Co – Chairman and Director – External Affairs, Amcham's Committee on ICT and AT&T Communication Services India.
- P Rajendra- COO, NIIT
- Prasanna Lohar- Head Innovation, DCB Bank
- R Chandrashekhar- President Designate, NASSCOM
- Rajeev Batra- Group Head, Corporate Affairs, Hindustan Unilever Limited
- Ravinder Pal Singh- Director, Digital Cybersecurity & Healthcare
- S Ramkrishna - President – Group Public Affairs and Members of the Group of Executive Board, Samsung Eelctronics
- Som Mittal- Former President and Chairman, Nasscom
- Subimal Bhattacharjee- Country Head, General Dynamics Corporation India
- Subodh Bhargava- Chairman, CII National Council on Public Policy
- Tabrez Ahmed- Director, UPES
- Tanay Krishna- Head of Marketing, CDOT
- Tejpreet Chopra- President & CEO, Bharat Light and Power Pvt Ltd
- Vandana Nanda- Retd. MD, CRIS Ministry of Railways
- Vineet Malhotra - Director Kale Logistics
- Virat Bhatia- President, IEA South Asia and AT&T Communication Services India Pvt. Ltd.
- William L. Blair- Chairman and President, Amcham's Committee on Homeland Security and Raytheon India
- Ambarish Bakaya- HPE
- Ambika Khurana- Government and Regulatory Affairs, IBM
- Anil Bhasin- Regional VP, India and SAARC, Palo Alto Networks
- Mrs Lakshmi Madhusudan- Head of Talent Acquisition, Guardian Life
- Mr Rajat Dhar- Managing Partner FINOGENT
- Mr Kartik Vaidyanathan - MD Apco Digicon
- Mr Ajay Kashikar- Consultant, E-zest Solutions Ltd.
- Dr Deepak Deshpande- Chief Human Resource Officer- Netmagic solutions
- Mr Rahul Seth - Head Government Public Policy and Government partnerships, ValuePitch ETechnologies Pvt Ltd.
- Rajat Dhar, MD, Finogent Advisory
- Uma Sudhindhra, Member Board of Governors, IIM Vizag
- Ms Lakshmi Madhusudan, Founder, ULBHA
- Ms Aarti Bindra, MD, Klassify
- Shri Vijay Karia, CMD, Ravin Group
- Shri Gaurav Tripathi, Co-Founder, Superpro.ai
- Mr Vinod Kumar, CEO, Subex
- Mr Trishneet Arora, TAC Security
Academicians & Key Public Organisation Representatives
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- Shri Dattatreya Hosable- General Secretary, RSS
- Shri Sunil Ambekar- Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh, RSS
- Advocate Vikrant Khandelwal- Zonal Organisation Secretary, ABVP
- Ajit Sinha- Editor, Governance Today
- Kaustubh Dhavse- OSD to Chief Minister, Maharashtra
- Prof Dr. Sharad Sinha- Head, RMSA Project Cell, NCERT
- Chandam Chowdhary- Associate Dean, ISB
- Sadish Poonia- BJP Leader, Rajasthan
- Savita Kakar- Scientist, DRDO
- Hemant Goswami- Indian Social Activist, Chairman, Bharat Niti
- Dr Sanjay Sharma- Dean -School of ICT, Gautam Buddha University
- Dr Faruk Kazi- Dean- Research, Development and Consultancy at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Core Advisory Committee Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra State
- Dr Vijay Kumar Kaul- Professor, Department of Business Economics, Delhi University
- Dr Munesh Trivedi- Professor, Department of CSE, National Institute of Technology
- Dr Pradeep Tomar- Professor, School of Information & Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University
- Dr Sandhya Tarar- Professor, School of Information & Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University
- Dr Deepak Upadhyay- Professor, Cyber Expert, Gujarat Technological University
- Dr Aroon Sharma- Professor, Rural Development, Industrial Eco./Econometrics. Jammu University
- Ms Alka Gurjar, National Secretary BJP, Co-incharge charge BJP Delhi
- Arjun Subramaniam, Military Historian, Fighter Pilot, and Author
Media
- Mr Rishabh Gulati- Managing Editor, NewsX
- Ms Faye D'souza- Journalist and Editor Mirror Now
- Mr Ajit Sinha- Editor, Governance Today