Keynote Speaker

N. Ramachander

Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs

Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Government of India (India)

Shri N. Ramchander has rich experience of over 19 years in the Patents field. Shri N. Ramchander is currently the Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs at Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks since 2015. Prior to that he has worked as Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs from 2008 to 2015. He has also worked as an Examiner of Patents & Designs from 1999 to 2008. He holds a degree in M.sc (Org- Chemistry) from Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Distinguished Speaker Panel

Arturo Ishbak Gonzalez

Senior Corporate Counsel- LATAM

The LEGO Group (Mexico)

Ashish Chandra

Associate General Counsel

WhatsApp (India)

Atul Juvle

General Counsel, Compliance officer & CS- India & South Asia

Schindler India Pvt. Ltd. (India)

Dr. Amol Mahulkar

Senior IP & Intelligence Analyst

Airbus India Pvt. Ltd. (India)

Beatriz Ruiz-Beato

EMEA NEC Data Protection Officer

NEC Europe Ltd (UK/Spain)

Frederick Tay

Legal Director, Company Secretary, Singapore

GlaxoSmithKline Pte Ltd. (Singapore)

Gautam Morey

Founder

Sofomo Embedded Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (India)

Hisham Alarifi

Executive Director of Intellectual Property Policies

Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Jari Vaario, DSc(Tech)

Head of Asia Patent Transactions & External Alliances

Nokia Technologies (Japan)

Karim Elhelaly 

Legal Director

Oracle Systems Ltd. (UAE)

Kritika Seth

Founding Partner

Victoriam Legalis (India)

Lily Tsen

General Counsel - Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific

Amcor Singapore Pte Ltd (Singapore)

Naoko Uno

Manager – Intellectual Property Department Marketing Headquarters

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Japan)

Nitin Sharma

Intellectual Property Lead, Patent Counsel, IP Strategy and Innovation

Qualcomm India Pvt Ltd. (India)

Nourah Alamari

Head of IP Creation and Utilization

Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Oindrila Maitra

Director Legal and Business Affairs

JioSaavn (India)

Panduranga Acharya

Director Legal

Swiggy (Bundl Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) (India)

Prathamesh Mestry

Head Legal

Junglee Pictures Ltd. (India)

Sunita Sreedharan

Founder

SKS Law Associates (India)

Sridevi Krishnan

GM & Head IPR

Piramal Enterprises Ltd. (India)

Surajit Atha

Leader, Patents & Analytics Center of Excellence

GE Global Research, General Electric Company (India)

Vaibhav Khanna

Head – Intellectual Property

Sterlite Technologies Ltd. (India)

Vidya Vikas

Lead- Patent Drafting Services IP&E – IP Filing and Response Services

Tata Consultancy Services (India)

Vijaylakshmy Malkani

Senior IP Counsel

Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (India)

Zameer Nathani

SVP & General Counsel

UFO Moviez Ltd. (India)