Ishwar Jha, chief executive officer of Digital Media Convergence

With over 14 years of experience in diversified industry verticals, Jha has implemented many projects including infrastructure deployment, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), enterprise applications, and initiatives. He is responsible for setting up business operations to capture the growing digital entertainment and convergence business market.

Vivek Bhatnagar, country director (Global Alliances) of Ingres

Bhatnagar is responsible for Ingres's India domestic market operations and global alliances with leading Indian System Integrators and ISVs for joint global market initiatives and solutions. He has worked in IT and management consulting industry in the US and India for more than 14 years.

In addition, he has held various sales management, business development, and consulting roles in organizations such as Informatica Corporation, Accenture, and Infosys Technologies.

Karthik Shahani, regional director of McAfee India

Shahani oversees the India operation. He's also responsible for developing the market in the Indian subcontinent for McAfee suite of security products and solutions. He's responsible for increasing the market share of McAfee and maximizing relationship with the key strategic partners and resellers.

Suresh A Shanmugam, national head Business Information Technology Solutions (BITS) & CIO, Mahindra& Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (MMFSL)

Associated with MMFSL since 1997, Shan is a member of the first Shadow Board of Mahindra Finance instituted by the Mahindra & Mahindra group. He's also on the strategy board to formulate the business information solution requirements.

He has a vast experience spanning 16-years. He has worked in various fields including software programming and hardware fine-tuning. Before joining MMFSL, Shanmugam worked with Appsoft and UPS.

Sanjeev Kumar, country head (IT) of Philips Lighting, India

Kumar is responsible for the overall business technology initiatives at Philips Lighting, both at the local and the global level. He has a vast experience in IT infrastructure management of large and heterogeneous set-up. He has also been involved in managing quality software deliverables within stipulated time and budget.

Chandrakant Anant Salunkhe, president, Small and Medium Business Development Chamber of India

Salunkhe is working toward facilitating the process of availing easy loans, IT products and solutions for the SMBs. He has taken several initiatives like signing MoUs and cooperation agreements with over 100 leading chambers of commerce, industry associations, trade promotion bodies and the government departments in various countries. This has been done with a view to propel the growth, develop contacts and export, and rope in investments for the SME sector.