Schedule Schedule for Bengaluru 2040 January 7, 2023
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Welcome Address
Sitaraman Shankar CEO, TPML & Editor, Deccan Herald
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Keynote Address
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson, Biocon
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Fast Forward 2040
Hon’ble Chief Minister, Karnataka, Basavaraj Somappa Bommai
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Reimagining mobility for a greener Bengaluru
Guruprasad Mudlapur, Joint Managing Director of Bosch Limited | Dr M A Saleem, Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Bengaluru City | Anjum Parwez, Managing Director, BMRCL | Chetan Maini, Co-founder and Chairman of SUN Mobility
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Manifesto for Bengaluru
Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan, Hon’ble Minister for IT/BT and Higher Education | Sowmya Reddy, MLA, Jayanagar | Bhaskar Rao, Rtd. IPS officer
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Laboratory of the world: The Future of Bengaluru in Science & innovation
Manu Saale, MD & CEO of Mercedes Benz Research and Development, India | Prof. Tarun Souradeep, Director, Raman Research Institute | Gopichand Katragadda, Founder-CEO of Myelin Foundry | Prof. Navakanta Bhat, Dean, Interdisciplinary Sciences Division and Professor, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, at Indian Institute of Science
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Weekend Film Contest (Felicitation)
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Redefining Bengaluru's public spaces (*Curated by Puravankara)
Ashish Puravankara, MD Puravankara Ltd | Tushar Girinath, Chief Commissioner, BBMP | Abhishek Kapoor, Executive Director & CEO, Puravankara Ltd | NSN Murty, Partner & Leader, Government & Public Services, Deloitte Consulting
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Chasing sporting glory
Ashish Ballal, Former India Hockey Team Captain | Reeth Abraham, Former International Athlete | U Vimal Kumar, Former India Badminton Player | Nandan Kamath, Sports Lawyer
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Culture as a bedrock of Bengaluru, a city of the future
Jahnavi Phalkey, Founding Director, Science Gallery, Bengaluru | Arundhati Ghosh, Executive Director, India Foundation for the Arts | Manasi Prasad, Mentor & Advisor, Indian Music Experience, Bengaluru and Carnatic classical vocalist | Kamini Sawhney, Director, Museum of Art & Photography, Bengaluru
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Stand Up
Stand Up by Sonu Venugopal
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Bengaluru - India's next big entertainment hub
Prakash Raj, Actor and Director | Shruthi Hariharan, Actor and Director | Vijay Prakash, Playback Singer
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Closing Keynote
Madan Padaki, Founder & CEO - 1Bridge & President - TiE Bangalore
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Sounds of Bengaluru
Aparupa Gupta, Jazz Singer & Her Band
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Vote of Thanks
K V Subramanya, Associate Editor, Deccan Herald