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ISF 2024 Hyderabad

An Event to Celebrate Your Visions and Ventures.

Don’t miss this opportunity to join the startup community! You’ll get to network with the most brilliant and influential people in the industry, pitch your amazing ideas to top investors, and learn from the experts who have been there and done that. This is your chance to shine and grow!

INTERNATIONAL STARTUP FESTIVAL, 2024

Mark Unmissable Days

26 – 28 September, 2024 | 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM (IST)

Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI)

Hyderabad, India (View Map)

RECAP ISF 2023

Revisit the exciting moments and highlights from past events. Explore the vibrant history of ISF 2023.

Round Tables & Other Activities

ISF 2024 Hyderabad – Conference

Join the brightest minds in AI at ISF Hyderabad. Learn, network, and ignite your entrepreneurial spirit. Your idea might be the next big thing!

Explore more to know this year’s theme and focus areas.

INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE AI ERA

fintech

Fin Tech

agritech

Agri Tech

health

Health Tech

Showcase your innovation to judges, investors, and mentors. Hone your skills with their guidance for entrepreneurial success. As young individuals, validate your concepts and seek mentorship.

Not everyone may win the first prize, but you can always gain constructive feedback, renewed spirit, resilience, and determination. It’s worth a try, isn’t it?

Allow your product to gain visibility and immediate validation. Showcase your product to potential customers and investors. Create brand awareness and take it to the next level. Network, associate, and interact with great mentors.

Hurry and book your space, or you might miss a great opportunity to showcase your brand in front of 5000+ business delegates.

Observe expert speakers discussing the current situations and complexities in government and business. Ask and imbibe to gain a new perspective. Transform your ideas into potential solutions in a whitepaper. Present and share them with government authorities to evoke change. It’s a lifetime opportunity; if you want to bring change, let’s begin here. Explore to know more about the focus areas and speakers.

The Biggest and Most Awaited Start-Up Festival is Here

Three Days of Innovation, Inspiration, and Networking

FinTech Roundtable

  • Tarun Ghulati
    Chairman, President, CEO, Board Member and Strategic Advisor
  • Anil Philip
    GM, OSB
  • A Balasubramanian
    MD & CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life MF
  • Akhil Handa
    Former Chief Digital Officer, bank of Baroda
  • Prasanna Lohar
    Chief Innovation Officer, Diamante Blockchain
  • Ramakanth Desai
    Founder CEO, Ttatva Innovation Labs
  • Sunali Rohra
    Senior EVP, HDFC Bank
  • Vishnu Chundi
    Founder & CEO, AssetVault

AgriTech Roundtable

  • Ashar Farhan
    Founder & Partner, Daana Farmers Network, Chair
  • Dr Ashok Sangappa Alur
    Vice Chancellor, Kodagu University
  • Dr Babu UV
    Director R&D, Himalaya Wellness
  • Govinda Rajulu Chintala
    Ex Chairman, NABARD
  • G Krishna Kumar
    Vice President – Crop operations and Sustainability, Agri Business Division, ITC
  • Naresh Nekkanti
    MD, Bhavani Bio Organics
  • Ram Kumar Varma
    Founder & CEO, Native Araku Coffee
  • Vishala Reddy Vuyyala
    Founder, Millet Bank
  • Dr Manasa Reddy
  • Sirish Reddy Y

GCC Roundtable

  • Sri Atluri
    MD, Global Head of Enterprise Quality, BNY, Chair
  • Ravi Tangirala
    Head of Mass Mutual India, Co-Chair
  • Commander Divya Prakash Joshi
    VP & Site Leader, Medtronic
  • Girish Raghavan
    VP Engineering, GE Healthcare
  • Maneesh Sehagal
    CEO, DBS Tech India
  • Manish Verma
    India Head, India Development and Innovation Hub , VP Engineering, Warner Bros. Discovery
  • Nilesh Biniwale
    GM, MD, VP Engineering, Pattern
  • Prakash Bodla
    Global Software & Controls Leader, Carrier
  • Sundeep Bedi
    GM, Shell Business Operations
  • Sidhu Sridhar
    CVP-CyberSecurity, AT&T

HealthTech Roundtable

  • Dr K Hari Prasad
    Group Chairman, Quality CARE India, Chair
  • Dr Guna S Muppuri
    Founder CEO, Indies Pharma
  • Dr Kurapati Krishnaiah
    CEO, Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital
  • Ram Chilukuri
    Former Founder & CEO, Symantic Bits
  • Dr Ramesh Kekunnayya
    Network Director, Technology Innovation Director, The Child Sight Institute, LVPEI
  • Dr. Ravindranath Chowdhary
    Owner, Global Hospitals
  • Dr Srinivas Chilukuri
    Radiation Oncologist, Apollo Hospitals
  • Dr. Viswanadham Duppatla
    Vice President, Biopharma Innovations & Biomanufacturing, IKP Knowledge Park, Genome Valley
  • Dr S Prakash
    Chairperson-Health Committee of General Insurance Council, Advisory Committee Member of NABH, Co-Founder & earlier MD of Star Health Insurance

Rural Economic Roundtable

  • Dr. JA Chowdary
    Founder & Chairman, International Startup Foundation, Chair
  • Capt Bobby Ajmera
    Advisor to CM of Tripura, Tribal Development Mission
  • Manisha Saboo
    Head, Infosys Foundation
  • Priya Gazdar
    COO, RBC Worldwide
  • Dr. Ravishankar Gundlapalli
    Founder CEO, MentorCloud
  • Sandeep Paidi
    Managing Partner, KPMG
  • Sidharth Shankar Tripathy
    Director, SRM University AP
  • Srini Raju
    Founder Chairman, iLabs Capital & Sri City

Global CXO Roundtable

  • Sanjeev Deshpande
    EVP-APAC, MD-India NTT DATA Business Solutions
  • Adit Subedi
    Chief Growth Officer, HackTech USA
  • Chaitanya Gorrepati
    MD, DEShaw
  • Dennis Vermeulen
    CEO of House of Companies
  • Edward Cole
    CEO, Katlas Technology
  • Kiran Darisi
    Founder & CTO, Atomicwork
  • Manohar Reddy
    Founder, Feuiji
  • Pradeep Rao
    Director & Chief Architect, Kyndryl
  • Ravi Nimmagadda
    CEO & CTO, Intelligent Design
  • Satya Tadimeti
    Founder CEO, StartupCrafters
  • Srinath Prankusam
    Partner, Siri Advisory
  • Sumeet Mathur
    SVP & MD, ServiceNow
  • Venkat Rajaraman
    CEO, Cygni Energy
  • Prasad OSS
    CMD, Kakatiya Group of Industries

LifeSciences Roundtable

  • Dr. Viswanadham Duppatla
    Vice President, Biopharma Innovations
  • Usha
    Founder, 6D, Future Scientists Forum

Junicorns Roundtable

  • Ajit Rangnekar
    Director General, RICH, Chair
  • Anil Pradhan
    Founder CEO, Young Tinker
  • Deepu S Nath
    MD, Faya
  • Krishnakanth Barri
    President & CEO, WB Solutions
  • Ramakrishna Lingireddy
    Gaudium School
  • K Renuka Raju
    CMD, EKSAQ India & Kovida
  • Sashi Gundala
    Director of Curriculum, Nano School
  • Seetha Murty
    Director Education, Silver Oak Group of Institutions
  • Sheshankh Reddy
    Technology Entrepreneur
  • M Srinivas Rao (MSR)
    CEO, THub
  • Vamsi Tammana
    Head of IT GRC & AI Governance, Legend Biotech

CyberSecurity Roundtable

  • Dr Sriram Birudavolu
    CEO, Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, DSCI, Chair

Global Commerce Roundtable

  • Dr Sriram Birudavolu
    CEO, Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, DSCI, Chair

SET Roundtable

  • Emmanuel Gosula
    Senior Talent Development Manager, EPAM, Chair
  • Venu Madhav Gottupulla
    Deputy CEO, IFIN Global Group, Co-Chair
  • Abdul Qadir
    Talent Acquisition Partner, Confidential, Speaker
  • Arun Boda
    CEO & Founder, ANG Infotech, Speaker
  • Arun Prasad
    Head of Talent Acquisition, Flutter, Speaker
  • Chakravarthy NCJ
    Talent Acquisition Specialist, GE Healthcare, Speaker
  • Deepa Jagarlapudi
    Senior Director & Head of Talent, Valtech, Speaker
  • Dr. Venu
    Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR, Speaker
  • Majid Ali Khan
    Head of Human Resources, CMS IT Services, Speaker
  • Mandan Harati
    Founder CEO, Empower, Speaker
  • Praveen Chanda
    Head of Human Resources (India & APAC), GlobalData Plc, Speaker
  • Ram Meesala
    TA Leader – Technology Hiring for India & Philippines, CITCO, Speaker
  • Rohit Bharadwaj
    Head of Talent Acquisition (India), ICE, Speaker

Women in Business Roundtable

  • Sita Pallacholla
    CEO WEHub, Chair
  • Harjinder Kaur Talwar
    Founder Comvision India
  • Devika Penekelapati
    Founding Partner, Borders Law
  • Kavitha Rajesh
    Properitor, Om Sai Andhra Paints
  • Rashmi R Kumar
    MD, dCode India
  • Sreedevi Reddy
    CEO, Zithara Group
  • Sundari Patibandla
    Founder & CEO, iSprout Managed Office Space
  • Sundari R Pisupati
    Co-Managing Partner, Tempus Law Associates
  • Swathi Atluri
    Founder, Sidhendra Kuchipudi Academy

ISF Talk

  • Dr D Nageshwar Reddy
    Chairman, AIG Hospitals
  • Amit Gupta
    President, Founder & Group CEO, Ecosystm Group
  • S Siva Kumar
    Group Head, Agri & IT Businesses, ITC
  • Jon Levingston
    Executive Director, Crossroads Economic Partnership
  • Prakash Jain
    Chairman, Inspira Enterprise
  • Subramanyam Y
    CEO AP & International, Apollo Hospitals
  • Dr Krishnamurthy V Subramanian
    Executive Director, IMF (earlier Chief Economic Advisor, GoI)
  • Raj P Narayanam
    Founder & Executive Chairman, Zaggle
  • Dr Anand Agarwal
    HOD CARDIAC SURGERY at Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research

Entrpreneurship and Innovation in AI Era

ISF 2024 Agenda

DAY 1 – 26 Sept 2024 (Thursday)

09:00 – 13:30
Pitch Fest/ Demo Day
09:30 – 10:30
Plenary Session & Expo Inauguration
10:30 – 11:00
Startup Expo Inauguration
11:00 – 11:30
Networking Break – Tea/ Coffee
11:30 – 12:45
Rural Economic Forum Roundtable
12:45 – 14:00
Networking Break – Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
ISF Success Stories + TermSheet
15:00 – 16:15
GCC Roundtable
16:15 – 16:45
Networking Break – Tea/ Coffee
16:45 – 17:15
Cultural Evening – Classical Dance by Students of Satya Sai Institute
17:15 – 18:30
Plenary Session
19:00 – 22:00
Conference Dinner

DAY 2 – 27 Sept 2024 (Friday)

09:30 – 10:45
FinTech Roundtable
Investor Connect – DeepTech – Seminar Hall, Chanukya Building
10:45 – 12:00
AgriTech Roundtable
Investor Connect – HealthTech – Seminar Hall, Chanukya Building
12:00 – 12:20
Networking Break – Tea/ Coffee
12:20 – 13:35
CXO Roundtable
Fireside chat – Startup-2-Scaleup: Story of Resilience, A Relentless Pursuit – Seminar Hall, Chanukya Building
13:35 – 14:45
Networking Break – Lunch
14:45 – 16:00
Junicorns Roundtable
Investor Connect – AgriTech – Seminar Hall, Chanukya Building
16:00 – 17:00
Networking Break – Tea/ Coffee
17:00 – 18:00
Cultural Evening – Orchestra by Students of Satya Sai Institute
18:00 – 19:30
Plenary Session & Awards
19:30 – 21:30
Conference Dinner

DAY 3 – 28 Sept 2024 (Saturday)

08:30 – 09:15
KeyNote by Prof Ram Charan – By Invite Only for CXO participants
10:00 – 10:15
ISF Talk – Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman, AIG Hospitals
10:15 – 10:30
ISF Talk – Amit Gupta, President, Founder & Group CEO, Ecosystm Group
10:30 – 11:30
HealthTech Roundtable
11:30 – 11:50
Networking Break – Tea/ Coffee
11:50 – 12:05
ISF Talk – Rahul Gouraha, VP of New Business & Member of Agri Business Management Committee, ITC Limited
12:05 – 12:20
ISF Talk – Jon Levingston, Executive Director, Crossroads Economic Partnership
12:20 – 13:20
SET Roundtable (Skills, Employability, Talent)
13:20 – 14:30
Networking Break – Lunch
14:30 – 14:45
ISF Talk – Vijayanand K, IAS, Special Chief Secretary to Government of AP, Energy
14:45 – 15:00
ISF Talk – Subramanyam Y, CEO AP & International, Apollo Hospitals
15:00 – 16:00
Women in Business Roundtable
16:00 – 16:20
Networking Break – Tea/ Coffee
16:20 – 16:35
ISF Talk – Dr Krishnamurthy V Subramanian, Executive Director, IMF (earlier Chief Economic Advisor, GoI)
16:35 – 16:50
ISF Talk – Raj P Narayanam, Founder & Executive Chairman, Zaggle
16:50 – 17:05
ISF Talk – Dr Anand Agarwal, HOD CTVS Center, Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences & Research
17:05 – 17:30
Validectory Session

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International Startup Festival 2024

If you have been a part of ISF previously, then you know the magentic and magnanimous impact we created together, within a short span of time.

Just to remind you that the International Startup Festival’s (ISF) mission is to reimagine the startup revolution by empowering entrepreneurs and fostering a robust startup ecosystem that will enable them to reach their full potential.

This festival is complementary to the great initiatives of Government of India (GOI) such as Startup India, Digital India, Make-in-India, etc and will bring together more than 10,000 startups to advance their missions and drive towards an Atmanirbhar Bharat.

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ISF Conference Team

J A Chowdary

J A Chowdary

Key Architect, Indian Tech Industry

Founder, ISF

Deenanath Harapanahalli

Deenanath Harapanahalli

Founder & CEO, LifeCykul & Ontropi

Co-founder, ISF

Dr. Siva Mahesh Tangutooru

Dr. Siva Mahesh Tangutooru

Founder & CEO, Jama Botanics & TurfPearl Agritech

Co-founder, ISF

Seshadri Vangala

Seshadri Vangala

Founder and Group CEO IFin Global Group & SGlobal Group

Co-founder, ISF

M. Sathyendra Kumar

Business Unit Head – India, Maccaferri Environmental Solutions Pvt Ltd

Co-founder, ISF

Achyut Yerragangu

Founder, CEO, Nature Quotient Ventures Pvt Ltd

Co-founder & COO,
International Startup Foundation

Sri Atluri

Chief Information & Quality Officer | Board member| Advisory| Strategic Visionary | Empowering Top Talent | Promoting Excellence & Driving Growth | BNY | QEF

President, ISF USA.

Dr. Varla Bhanu Prakash Reddy

Partner & Director- Plural Technology, Chair & Director TiE Grad-Global

Co-founder, ISF

Flt Lt Bipin Chandra Dutt Pendyala

Strategist, Entrepreneur, Thinker & Doer, Program Chair for ISF

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