Babson India Symposium: Gearing for Growth

Babson India Symposium (BIS) is one of Boston's premier Indian conferences organized by students, staff, and faculty.  For the 26th consecutive year, Babson's MBA program has been ranked as the #1 for Entrepreneurship. Join us for the Babson India Symposium 2019, where innovative minds connect.

The conference promotes Babson and India by engaging with leaders from various disciplines. The theme of BIS 2019 is “Gearing For Growth”. The conference is building discussions around the unique factors that support the growth and thriving business environment of India related to the competitive global landscape.  As an attendee to  BIS, you will learn how India, the fastest growing economy in the world, is gearing up for the Future.

Speakers include:

Anurag Kashyap - Indian film director, writer, editor, producer and actor who will be conducting an interactive session post the talk

Gururaj Deshpande *- Indian American venture capitalist and entrepreneur, *founder of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT and the Deshpande Foundation

Deepak Ohri - Hotel Mogul, Founder and Chief Executive of Bangkok, Thailand-based Lebua Hotels

Yash Dongre - Business Head, House of Anita Dongre, one of India’s largest fashion label brands

Aashni Shah - Founder and Creative Director at Aashni & Co- U.K.-based Luxury Fashion Retailer to pioneer the most desirable edit in Indian high fashion

Niharika Singh Shekhawat - Creative Director at Sunita Shekhawat, a signature jewelry brand from Jaipur, crafting timeless masterpieces

Sanjay Sachdev - Ex-Chairman of ZyFin Holdings, leading the asset management and economic research firm focused on India

Jayam Vora - Entrepreneur and co-founder of Fitternity, India’s largest marketplace for fitness services that use technology and innovation

Saket Modi - Co-founder and CEO of Lucideus, Cisco-backed information security platform and services to monitor and reactively respond to cyber threats

Karan Tanna - Forbes 30 under 30. Yellow Tie Brands, India’s first Scalable Restaurant Incubator

Suhani Jalota *- CEO and Founder, Myna Manila foundation, *Padwoman of India, Providing access to sanitary pads at the doorstep

Zubin Sharma - Founder and CEO at Project Potential, that enables rural youth to grow into conscious leaders.

*PLEASE CARRY A VALID ID TO ENSURE ENTRANCE INTO THE VENUE*