The Leading Speakers Bureau

Consultant & Leading Thinker on Branding & Communication in India

Xavier Prabhu is among the leading thinkers and consultants on branding and communication in India. He sits on the board of Governors of ISB & M, a leading multi-city B-school in India and has been on the Board of Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication, GICONS and COMMITS among others.

“Xavier Prabhu was chosen by the Leadership Institute, US as an outstanding achiever from India”

[expand title=”In detail”] Xavier Prabhu has worn many hats including those of a writer, editor, teacher, trainer, consultant and entrepreneur in a successful career span and has had the opportunity to work with leading CEOs in knowledge sector among others. He founded and headed editorial for almost three years from inception for businessgyan – a business handbook for over 26 months besides freelance writing for one of India’s largest IT periodicals. In April 2008 he was one of the entrepreneurs in the branding space chosen by Insead Business School Singapore to interact with its students on a visit to India.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Xavier Prabhu is a regular speaker on various subjects including branding, PR and entrepreneurship and a visiting faculty to many leading educational institutions in India. He combines his deep knowledge of the subject with his role as an entrepreneur over the past 7 years in creating one of India’s most promising integrated communication firms.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Xavier Prabhu is at his best in an interactive setting where he connects with the audience and takes them through his journey, insights and experience in his experienced and unique style.[/expand]

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Innovator & Serial Entrepreneur & Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum

Sanjiv Rai is an innovator and a serial entrepreneur. His initiatives BillionInnovators and AceWP Innovation Labs promote out of box designs and innovation for the technology-deprived 3 billion. He has been the founder and chief architect of CHANDRA project for NASA, aimed towards setting up a communication infrastructure on the moon for permanent human inhabitancy, of D5 Chip, AceWP, HOBO, Wi-Diplomat, PlasmaPHI, innovate2Learn, gniie devices, ChazeMe, coolATM and Rosenbridges Future Cities/Smart Buildings. He has authored several intellectual properties including industry standards, copyrights, articles, books and patents.

“A renowned global expert on innovation”

[expand title=”In detail”] Sanjiv has received several awards and honours, including Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Who’s Who in the World by Marquis, Top 100 Disruptive Innovators by Red Herring, Top 10 Asian Techno visionaries by ZDNet and Top 10 Emerging Stars by NASSCOM. Sanjiv graduated from University of Calcutta and shelved aside Engineering Doctorate (EE) at UCL in the pursuit of innovation. He is an alumnus of the Harvard University. Sanjiv has chaired several tech committees and is active in creating global standards /leading initiatives at IEEE/ Computer Society/ Nanotechnology Council/GEOSS, ASQ-Electronics and Communications / Nanotechnology committee and WEF.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Sanjiv Rai is frequently invited to speak about innovation, design thinking, frugal innovation and culture of Innovation; he takes an active interest in learning about diversity of talent across geographies. He promotes innovation and new venture creation as a way of life. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His enlightening and well researched presentations are full of examples and success stories. He encourages interactive simulations, team games and role playing in classes. Sanjiv is in great demand at events around the globe.[/expand]
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Bestselling Author, Columnist

Chetan Bhagat is a renowned Indian author and columnist. His books have remained bestsellers since their release and have been adapted into major Bollywood films. Time magazine named him in the “100 most influential people in the world” and Fast Company, USA listed him as one of the world’s “100 most creative people in business.” Chetan writes columns for leading English and Hindi newspapers, focusing on youth and national development issues.

“‘The biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history” New York Times

[expand title=”In detail”] Chetan studied Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and graduated from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He worked as an investment banker in Hong Kong for 11 years before he decided to devote his time to writing and make change happen in India. He is also a motivational speaker and has given talks to leading companies and institutions. He is considered a youth icon rather than just an author. With his vivid and humorous way of depicting stories, he has inspired reading habits in many young Indians.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]His talks are thought provoking and focused on youth and national development issues ranging from education, society and economy. With his background in investment banking he provides inside out to his audience about the financial status and presents impeccable ideas to eradicate risks.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Chetan Bhagat is an enthusiastic and powerful speaker. His highly inspirational presentations make him a sought-after speaker at corporate and educational events. [/expand]
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Former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

Meleveetil Damodaran is currently an independent management consultant from India and a board member of Mahindra Satyam. He is Non-Executive Independent Director of Sobha Developers with effect from 2010. India’s securities markets gain world wide respectability for its regulatory standards.

“He was awarded the ET Policy Change Agent of the year Award and Rotary Award for professional excellence”

[expand title=”In detail”] Damodaran holds degrees in Economics and Law from the Universities of Madras and Delhi. He has over 30 years of experience in financial services and public sector enterprises. He is the former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the country’s financial regulator, before which he had headed the IDBI Bank and helped in its innovative restructuring. He was instrumental in turning around Unit Trust of India. He was officer on special duty with the Reserve Bank of India dealing primarily with the restructuring of 3 identified weak public sector banks. He was elected Chairman IOSCO and has won several awards for Leadership, Governance, and Public Service.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]As a speaker he is in great demand having delivered several prestigious memorial lectures and convocation addresses. His areas of expertise include Financial Management, Securities Markets, Corporate Governance, Public Administration and Leadership.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]His speaking style coupled with an incisive understanding and enlightened capacity to explain and discuss financial and global issues has contributed to his high popularity and reputation.[/expand]
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Former Chairman of Microsoft India

Ravi Venkatesan is a Director on the Board of AB Volvo and Infosys Ltd. and a member of the Advisory Boards of Harvard Business School and Purdue University. He is the former Chairman of Microsoft India. Under his leadership from 2004-2011, India became Microsoft’s second largest and one of its fastest growing geographies. He was recently voted the Most Influential MNC CEO for 2011 by the Economic Times.

“One of the most influential pioneers of the Indian technology Industry”

[expand title=”In detail”] Prior to joining Microsoft, Ravi worked for over sixteen years with Cummins Inc, the world leader in engines and related technologies. As Chairman of Cummins India Limited, he oversaw the transformation of Cummins into the leading provider of power solutions and the largest manufacturer of automotive engines in the country. He is an Advisor to Raymond Ltd. and Bunge Inc. He has contributed frequently to the Harvard Business Review; some of his articles include, “Strategic Sourcing – to Make or Not to Make” and “Cummins Engine Flexes its Factories. Ravi was awarded Purdue University’s Distinguished Engineering Alumnus award for the year 2011.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Ravi takes a highly customised approach to each presentation he delivers, ensuring a topical focus for each client that is unique, conversational and an excellent tie-in with the overall event. He advises audiences on a wide range of business topics especially the emergence of new technologies.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Ravis’ highly personalised, unforgettable presentations are memorable insights into his unique viewpoint of the technology industry. A fascinating speaker, he talks in detail about the challenges and successes of Microsoft India and inspires audiences around the globe.[/expand]
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Former Tennis Champion & Sports Commentator

Vijay Amritraj is a former tennis player and sports commentator.

He was, for over two decades, one of the most illustrious tennis players in India and topped the Asian charts for 14 consecutive years. He is known today for his exceptional sports commentary and for developing a successful multimedia business.

“Tennis gave me my greatest education”

[expand title=”In detail”] He played at Wimbledon for 17 straight years and made it to the quarterfinals in 1973 and 1981. He was again a quarter finalist in the 1973 and 1974 U.S. Open Tournaments. He has also led India to the 1974 and 1987 Davis Cup Finals. To nurture and develop young talent in tennis, he founded the Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy in Chennai. He has been five-time President of the ATP Tour Players Council. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]One of the greatest tennis legends in India, Vijay demonstrates how you can achieve success through determination and will power. Audiences can benefit from his remarkable experience as both a professional tennis player and successful entrepreneur and businessman. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Charming and professional Vijay is a thorough public speaker, a diplomat nonpareil, and a smart multi-media entrepreneur.[/expand]
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Indian-born British TV Chef, Award-winning Author & Food Writer

Manju Malhi is the the UK’s leading spice pundit and expert on Anglo-Indian home cooking. As well as her own Simply Indian series aired on the Taste Network in 2001, she has appeared amongst several programmes, on ITV’s Saturday Cooks and This Morning, Channel 5’s Open House and The Terry and Gaby Show, Sky One’s Taste, UKTV Food’s Great Food Live, Food Uncut and Market Kitchen and BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen. In her cooking, she draws up on her past and combines it with the realities of urban Western life and has come up with her own unique Brit-Indi style of food.

“Manju Malhi won the BBC’s Food and Drink competition in 1999”

[expand title=”In detail”] Manju Malhi was raised in North West London where she grew up surrounded by Indian culture, traditions and lifestyles. She comes from a non-conformist Asian family. Her parents moved to England in the late sixties at a time when things were tough, not only for the host community but for people who were coming from the Indian sub-continent in search of a better life. Her foray into the TV world has taken her to India for a forty part series entitled Cooking Isn’t Rocket Science for one of India’s leading broadcasters NDTV, preparing British cuisine for India. She writes on Indian food for newspapers and magazines, voice overs and television continuity for BBC1 and BBC2 (her favourite channel) and is the voice of BBC Food.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Having spent several years of her childhood in India where she explored and experienced the vast and varied cuisines of the country, Manju Malhi loves hosting cookery theatres around the country promoting the easy ethos of Indian home cooking. Specialising in Anglo-Indian cuisine, she writes on Indian food for newspapers and magazines, voice overs and television continuity for BBC1 and BBC2 (her favourite channel) and is the voice of BBC Food.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Manju Malhi is very much at home in any media situation and is a natural, charismatic personality, very much in demand at prestigious cookery events.[/expand]
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Author, Public Intellectual, Strategic Consultant

Gurcharan Das is an author, venture capitalist, public intellectual and strategic consultant. He writes a regular column on Sundays for the Times of India and Dainik Bhaskar and occasional guest columns for the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Time magazine. In 1995, after a 30-year career in six countries, he took early retirement to become a full time writer.

“In life, action is more important than thought”

[expand title=”In detail”] Gurcharan Das graduated with honours in Philosophy and Politics, later attending Harvard Business School (AMP). He is the author of the international bestseller, ‘India Unbound’, which has been published in many countries and languages and filmed by the BBC. He has served on the juries of the McKinsey award for the best Harvard Review Article (2005) and US$ 500,000 Milton Friedman prize (2004). His career at Procter & Gamble included being CEO of India, Vice President of the Far East and later Vice President and Managing Director, Procter & Gamble Worldwide. Prior to P&G, he was Chairman and Managing Director of Richardson Hindustan Ltd.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]As a consultant for a number of companies on global corporate strategy and being associated with a venture capital fund, Gurcharan Das is in an ideal position to offer concise, relevant and current advice on a number of issues.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Gurcharan Das’ presentations are full of actionable points, valuable insights, humour and charisma, leaving his audiences enlightened, focused and empowered[/expand]
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Indian Entrepreneur, CEO and President of Globals Inc.

Suhas Gopinath is an Indian Entrepreneur, the founder, CEO and President of Globals Inc. which currently has offices in more than 11 countries. Suhas Gopinath is currently the visiting faculty at IIM Ahmedabad for Start-Up Finance and Entrepreneurship, and is also the Brand ambassador at PETA. He is also designated as the Indian Representative for UN Youth Federation and Action Program, and Coordinator for Indo-Pak Youth programs.

Suhas Gopinath is an outstanding business pioneer

[expand title=”In detail”] At the age of 14 Suhas was recognized as the world’s youngest web-developer through his project coolhindustan.com and as the world’s youngest entrepreneur by CNBC and e-Business, Canada. At the age of 17 he was recognized as the “World’s Youngest CEO” by leading Medias across the globe. His foremost motive remains to establish a platform for youth which encourages them in their chosen IT career and also to build their entrepreneurial skills.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Suhas Gopinath has a passion so energetic, that it drove him to setup his multi national company. He explains how to manage and lead teams and the strategies that have helped him to give direction to a team that has grown from a mere 4 members to a staggering 600.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Suhas Gopinath’s presentations show his mental strength and how to achieve what you want in your life. His sheer determination is obvious in his insightful and thought provoking presentations that energize and motivate people to success.[/expand]
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Expert on Securitisation

Vinod Kothari, based in Calcutta, India is internationally recognised as an author, trainer and expert on securitisation, asset-based finance, credit derivatives and derivatives accounting. He is a part of an Asian Development Bank consulting group to advise the Government of India on reforms in secured lending law and the Executive Director of Asian Securitisation Forum. He is also currently a Visiting Faculty at the Indian Institute of Management.

“The World’s leading expert on securitisation and leasing”

[expand title=”In detail”] Vinod Kothari is also internationally acknowledged as an expert on leasing. His book ‘Lease Financing and Hire-purchase’, now in its 4th edition, runs over 2000 pages and is read in several countries and respected as the most authentic text on the subject all over Asia. His articles on leasing have appeared in Monitor, USA, Equipment Financial Journal, USA, LeasingLife, UK, Journal of International Banking Law, UK and many other international publications.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Over the past 15 years Vinod Kothari has consulted for a number of international clients around the world. He undertakes comprehensive consulting on securitisation including structuring advice, drafting, legal documentation, opinions, financial evaluation, modelling, etc. He is also unquestionably India’s top leasing expert.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Vinod engages and educates audiences with his informative and well researched presentations after which he offers clients an opportunity to participate in a valuable Q&A session.[/expand]
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