President
Foundation for Futuristic Cities
Member, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors | UK
IVLP Fellow (US Department of State)
John F. Kennedy School of Government | Harvard University, USA
Speaker- HARVARD ASIA BUSINESS CONFERENCE - 2020, Harvard Business School, March 2020, BOSTON, USA
Speaker, FT Future of Cities Post Covid as part of EXPO 2020 DUBAI, FINANCIAL TIMES, Oct 2021, LONDON
Plenary Speaker - FUTURE CITY SUMMIT, Dec 2020, HONGKONG
Keynote Speaker - India Immersion Program (IIP) for Urban Tech Startups by Anthil Ventures, Aug 2020, SINGAPORE
Expert Speaker - 'ThinkIn' Series by Tortoise Media along with Mr Greg Fischer Mayor of Louisville, June 2020, UNITED KINGDOM
Speaker- SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA CONVENTION (SADC) invited by Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nov 2019, SINGAPORE
Plenary Keynote Speaker - GLOBAL INNOVATION FORUM, invited by the President of World Technopolis Association (WTA)South Korea, Oct 2019, Republic of KOREA
Speaker - ASIA SUMMIT 2019, the Milken Institute, Sept 2019, SINGAPORE
Keynote Speaker - 'SMART CITIES ASIA', Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA, September 2019
Keynote Speaker, Science Gala 2018- SCIENCE INDIA FORUM, DOHA, February 2019
Plenary Speaker - The WORLD GOVERNMENT SUMMIT - Invited by the Prime Minister of UAE. Interviewed by Richard Quest of CNN. Feb 2018, DUBAI
Key Speaker - 6th ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL SMART GRIDS AND CITIES CONGRESS organized by 3 ministries of Republic of Turkey - Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and Ministry of Environment, April 2018, TURKEY
Key Speaker - WORLD BUILT ENVIRONMENT FORUM, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) April 2018, London, UK
Keynote Speaker - WORLD GIS DAY 2017, Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Nov 2017, TURKEY
Key Speaker - UAE-INDIA ECONOMIC FORUM, UAE Ministry of Economy, Nov 2017, DUBAI
Key Speaker - 5th INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL SMART GRIDS & CITIES CONGRESS (ICSG) Istanbul, organized by 4 ministries of Turkey - Ministry of Environment & Urbanization, Ministry of Energy & Natural Resources, Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs & Communication, April 2017, TURKEY
Speaker - THE EU-INDIA PLATFORM (EQUIP) Showcasing Event in association with The Economic and Social Research Council, UK, 24th April 2017, BELGIUM
Key Speaker & Guest of Honor - WORLD BUSINESS Conclave, Dec 2016, HONG KONG
Keynote Address-INTERNATIONAL GREEN BUILDING CONFERENCE (IGBC), September 2016, SINGAPORE
Distinguished Speaker/ Session Chair - GLOBAL SUMMIT ‘SMART, SECURE AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES', July 2016, London UNITED KINGDOM
Plenary Keynote Speaker - 'CITIES IN A DIGITAL WORLD' Co-located Conference of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), in partnership with WORLD CITIES SUMMIT, SINGAPORE, July 2016
Plenary Speaker - NXCITIES : CLARK GREEN CITY, March 2016, Manila, PHILIPPINES
Key Speaker - SMART CITIES INNOVATION, June 2016, Austin, Texas, USA
Speaker - SMART CITIES AT COP 21 (UNFCCC) - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change December 2015, PARIS
Key Speaker - 2nd Smart Cities Asia 2016, October 2016, MALAYSIA
Speaker - Investor Roundtables with FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS (FIIs) from North America, Europe and Asia (representing over $7 Trillion in Assets Under Management), by Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI) July 2015, USA & TOKYO
Keynote Address - BERG Awards, July 2015, SINGAPORE
Speaker - Forum Smart City ‘Build our Metropolis in an Urbanized World’, SMART CITY OF BORDEAUX MÉTROPOLE, April 2015, Paris, FRANCE ( web presence )
VIP Speaker - CREATING FUTURE CITIES, CEO & BUSINESS LEADERS SUMMIT, Sydney, November 2014, AUSTRALIA
Speaker - The International Forum of Human Smart City, Paris in partnership with French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development & Energy, Academy of Technology and UN HABITAT, June 2014, Paris, FRANCE
Key Speaker - Global India Business Meeting & Liverpool International Festival of Business, June 2014, UK
Speaker-"FESTIVAL SCIENCE FRONTIÈRES-24 HOURS ON EARTH" actors of innovation around the world, November 2013, Paris, FRANCE ( web presence )
Speaker - "Mega Trends in Urbanization" TANA Convention, May 2013, Dallas, USA
"Sustainable Urbanization in India" for Executive MBAs at Pontificia Universidad Católica de, November 2012, Chile, SOUTH AMERICA
Speaker - "Urbanization and Business Opportunities in India" NATA Conference, July 2012, Texas, USA
Speaker - “Opportunities in Urban Infrastructure” at ATA Convention, June 2012, Atlanta, USA
Speaker - Women Leaders Conference, May 2012, Dallas, USA
Speaker - Affordable Housing Conference, February 2012, SINGAPORE
Speaker - Round Table discussions with Federal Departments at Washington DC & City Governments Corporate entities of Seattle, San Francisco, New Orleans & Milwaukee, February 2012, USA
Speaker - "Mega Cities - Can we live in them? – Can we improve them?" Forum for Women, January 2011, Paris, FRANCE
Speaker - Urbanization in India, MICROSOFT Corporation, May 2010, Seattle, USA
Speaker - World Conference on Remaking Sustainable Cities in the Vertical Age, February 2010, CTBUH, USA
Speaker - Water Sector Reforms, National Water Supply & Drainage Board, (NWSDB), September 2006, SRILANKA
Speaker - India as a democracy and Indian Constitution – Rotary Club of Houston, Texas 1991, USA
International Conferences – India
Plenary Special Address - India's Road Map to NET ZERO by Climate Group, New Delhi, July 2022
Speaker - CYFY2019 BY Observer Research Foundation (ORF), October 2019, New Delhi
Speaker - Water Wise Cities - Dialogue Series of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), UK - July 2019, New Delhi
Speaker, KAUTILYA FELLOWS PROGRAMME, India Foundation, Feb 2019 New Delhi
Speaker, World Organization of Students and Youth (WOSY) International Conference, Jan 2019, Bhubaneswar
Keynote Speaker, AICE'18 conference by AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION, Nov 2018, Hyderabad
Keynote Speaker, THE THINGS CONFERENCE INDIA by IB HUBS, Nov 2018, Hyderabad/li>
Plenary Speaker - INDIA-UK TECH Summit, Nov 2016, New Delhi
Special Address along with Shri. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI AAYOG - “SMART NEXT” ERICSSON (India), 2016, New Delhi
Keynote Address - FUJITSU WORLD TOUR, 2015, Mumbai
Speaker - Roundtable on Smart Cities & Urbanization, WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, 2015, New Delhi
Keynote Address - “India Smart Cities Vision”, World CSR Congress, 2015, New Delhi
Speaker - HITACHI Social Innovation Forum, NDTV, 2015, New Delhi
Chair - Roundtable on SMART CITIES AND SUSTAINABILITY with MAYOR JAMES BRAINARD, CITY OF CARMEL, Indiana State (USA), 2015, Hyderabad
Speaker - GREAT CONVERSATIONS, British Deputy High Commission, 2015, Bhubaneswar
Plenary Speaker - The XI METROPOLIS WORLD CONGRESS, 2014, Hyderabad
Speaker - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Roundtable on “Global Big Energy Challenge”, 2014, New Delhi
Speaker - ‘CONNECT 14’, GREAT BRITAIN-INDIA BUSINESS CONVENTION, 2014, New Delhi
Speaker- INDIA–USA TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT, Linking Earth Sciences to Smarter Cities, 2014, New
Plenary Speaker - Roundtable on Smart Cities, AMSTERDAM MISSION, headed by the Mayor of Amsterdam, Mr. Eberhard van der Laan, 2015, New Delhi
Speaker - Round Table with Mayor of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES FORUM (NEW YORK), Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), Canada Technology Triangle, 2012, New Delhi
"FUTURE OF CITIES" Track with Amithabh Kant, CEO & MD, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), Mohit Gujral, VC & MD, DLF at India Design 2013 Symposium, New Delhi
Address along with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India on "Transforming India's Social Fabric", 2013, Hyderabad
Speaker- UK-INDIA ROUNDTABLE (based on India's 12th Five Year Plan) on BIG DATA & E-Infrastructure, 2013, New Delhi
Speaker- UK-INDIA ROUNDTABLE on Sustainable Cities, 2013, New Delhi
Plenary Speaker with Sir David King, Scientific Advisor to UK Govt– "Renewable Energy and Sustainability", 2013, Hyderabad
Chief Guest & Keynote Speaker - The Indian Dialect Model UN conference, Sept 2020, Hyderabad
Jury & Mentor - Tweet4Bharat Competition by Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini Aug 2020 Mumbai
Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker – Aatma Nirbhar Bharat & Youth by Amity University June 2020, Noida
Chief Guest & Keynote Speaker – ‘COVID Inspired Innovation for India’ with Directors & Professors of IIT/ NIT/ IIIT, Universities, Startups, May 2020 Hyderabad
Keynote Speaker – Future of Cities & Business Post COVID - World Hindu Economic Forum, April 2020 Mumbai
Guest Speaker – ‘Future of Smart Cities’ - Indian Institute of Democratic Leadership (IIDL) Lecture Series, April 2020 Mumbai
Speaker - CELEBRATING NEW INDIA, December 2019, New Delhi
Chief Guest & Plenary Keynote Speaker – Economics Conclave, University of Hyderabad, Sept 2019, Hyderabad
Speaker - INDIA MOBILE CONGRESS 2019, Oct 2019, New Delhi
Speaker - GLOBAL CYBER SECURITY CONFERENCE by Computer Society of India, Sept 2019, Hyderabad
Keynote Speaker - HYSEA LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Workshop for Women Leaders, August 2019, Hyderabad
Keynote Speaker - PMI India National Conference, Sept 2019, Hyderabad
Chief Guest - Launch of 'APPLIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE' Course by ZettaMineLabs &National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, August 2019, Hyderabad
Chief Guest & Keynote Speaker - Model United Nations (OakMUN) by Oakridge International School - July 2019, Hyderabad
Chief Guest- Model United Nations (MUN) by Suchitra Academy, Aug 2019, Hyderabad
Guest of Honour - Launch of 'All Women manned Metro Station', Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL), April 2019, Hyderabad
Guest of Honour & Keynote Speaker, HYSEA INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT, April 2019, Hyd
Key Speaker, Mahindra World City 'CONFLUENCE 2019', Feb 2019, New Delhi
Keynote Speaker, 'TechX - Demystifying the Future' by Kalaari Capital (a $650 Million in Assets under Management company) Dec 2018, Bangalore
Speaker, WINNERS-Women in India’s Energy Sector by Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI), Oct 2018, New Delhi
Speaker, Climate Change & Energy Security - 'YOUNG THINKERS’ Conference, the British High Commission, Oct 2018, Chandigarh
Speaker, VIBRANT GUJARAT START-UP & TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT, Oct 2018, Gujarat
Speaker, 'Smart Cities 2.0' Conference, India Infrastructure, Oct 2018, New Delhi
Chief Guest, BHEL Management Committee Meeting on 'Opportunities in Smart Cities', Sept 2018, New Delhi
Speaker, Plenary Session on 'Smart Cities Governance & Policy' ALL INDIA SERVICE OFFICERS (IAS) of 2018 Batch, MCR HRD Institute, Sept 2018
Esteemed Speaker, SMART MOBILITY SUMMIT by Economic Times, Sept 2018, New Delhi
Chief Guest, TIMES PRO, Aug 2018, Hyderabad
Chief Guest, Shradhanjali of Shri AB Vajpayee by Nehru Yuva Kendra, Aug 2018, Hyderabad
Speaker, Shradhanjali meeting of Shri AB Vajpayee, by BJP, Aug, 2018, Hyderabad
Chair, Roundtable on 'A deep dive into the psyche of an URBAN VOTER, June 2018, Hyderabad
Guest of Honor & Keynote Address – World Water Day, Institution of Engineers, March 2018, Hyderabad
Guest of Honor& Key speaker, NALSAR University of Law 'Leadership Summit– Led by Women', March 2018, Hyderabad
Chief Guest, International Women's Day Celebrations, ESIC, Union Ministry of Labour & Employment, March 2018, Hyderabad
Guest of Honor &Inaugural Address-R & D Showcase by IIIT Hyderabad, Feb 2018, Hyderabad
Keynote Speaker, WOMEN LED DEVELOPMENT, National Summit for Women, Feb 2018, Hyderabad
Key Speaker, PRAGYAN YOUTH SUMMIT 2018 National Institute of Technology (NIT-Trichy) Jan 2018, Chennai
Chair, Roundtable on STATE of HYDERABAD City, Jan 2018, Hyderabad
Session Chair - CLOUDCON, October 2017 Bangalore
Keynote Speaker - STANDARDS MAKE CITIES SMARTER - Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, October 2017, Chennai
Keynote Speaker- Smart Cities- Business Opportunities for Startups, September 2017, Mumbai
Keynote Speaker - ‘AIR SUMMIT - A World of Artificial Intelligence, IoT & Robotics’, October 2017 Hyderabad
Key Speaker - CII 7th INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION SUMMIT 2017, October 2017, New Delhi
Speaker - CII Roundtable 'SMART URBAN MOBILITY', October 2017, New Delhi
Keynote Address - INDIA MOBILE CONGRESS, September 2017 Delhi
Keynote Speaker - The Big Five Construct India Conference, September 2017 Mumbai
Keynote Speaker - IoT Conference Expo, September 2017 Hyderabad
Speaker - UEM 2017 (Urban Environmental Management), CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), August 2017, Hyderabad
CXO Round Table Series on Project Management: Indispensable for Vision India, Project Management Institute (PMI) in association with The Economic Times, Sept 2016, New Delhi.
Key Speaker - DATA DRIVEN WORLD, The Economic Times, Sept 2016, Hyderabad
Speaker - Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) National Conclave 2016, Hyderabad
Keynote Address - “ICT solutions for Digital and Smart Telangana” Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and INFOCOMM International, 2016, Hyderabad
Keynote Speaker - Smart Living series Forum, 2016, Hyderabad
Speaker - SOUTH ASIAN CITIES SUMMIT, 2016, New Delhi
Session Chair - Smart Grids as anchor Infrastructure - INDIA SMART GRID FORUM, 2016, New Delhi
Keynote Speaker - TIE, 2016, New Delhi
Speaker - ‘Smart Cities’ - TEDx NALSAR University of Law, April 2016, Hyderabad
Keynote Speaker - “ICT opportunities in India’s Smart City Program” INFOCOMM Forum, 2016, Hyderabad
Speaker - AAKAAR 2016, IIT Bombay
Plenary Speaker - 100 SMART CITIES MISSION, Launch by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India with over 2500 Dignitaries, Ambassadors, High Commissioners & leaders from 25 Countries, 2015, VigyanBhawan, New Delhi
Speaker - Roundtable on Smart Cities for India, Ministry of Urban Development, Vigyan Bhawan, 2015, New Delhi
Speaker - “Urban Governance and Swachh Bharath”, Seminar with Government officials, Ministry of Urban Development, 2015, Mumbai
Distinguished Speaker - School of International Futures (SOIF), UK , Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) Retreat, Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India, October 2016, Pune
Speaker - Urban Governance and Swachh Bharath”, Seminar with Government officials, Ministry of Urban Development, 2015, Kolkata
Speaker - SMART CITIES MISSION, Ministry of Urban Development - Regional Workshop with 9 States, 40 Cities Mayors, Principal Secretaries, 2015
Chair - GLOBAL NAGPUR SUMMIT, 2015, Nagpur
Speaker - INK Conference, 2015, Mumbai
Inaugural Address - Sustainable Smart Cities - India, 2015, Bangalore
Speaker - India Gadget Expo – Smart Cities - Is India Ready? 2015, New Delhi
Keynote Address - Vision for a Smart Hyderabad, Roundtable, 2015, Hyderabad
Chair - Roundtables series on SMART CITIES & INCLUSION, 2015, Vijayawada
Inaugural Address - Smart Cities in India - Key Trends and Outlook, India Infrastructure, 2014, New Delhi
Inaugural Address- Smart Cities for India -The Institution of Engineers (India) 2014 Hyderabad
Speaker - Roundtable on Good Governance, Union Ministry of Labour & Employment, Dec 2014, Hyderabad
Chair - GLOBAL NAGPUR SUMMIT, 2014, Nagpur
Chair - “What is SMART CITY? Is India ready?” Smart Cities Summit, 2014, Mumbai
Address along with Dr. Subramanian Swamy, Senior BJP Leader & Harvard Professor - "Planned Urbanization & Economic Development in India", 2014, Hyderabad
Speaker - G D Birla Memorial Lecture, BITS Pilani, 2014, Rajasthan
Pioneers Unplugged, ISB, 2014, Hyderabad
Women & Safety organized by ITsAP, INFOSYS Campus, 2014, Hyderabad
BIGDATA and Smart Cities, IIT Kharagpur, 2014
"Shaping India's Smart Cities" - Phase IV training for senior IAS officers at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA, India's Apex Training Institution for the Senior Civil Service), 2013, Mussoorie
Cloud & Big Data Strategies for Cities – CII CLOUD SUMMIT 2013, New Delhi
"HEALTHY CITIES – OXYMORON?" John F Welch Technology Centre, 2013, Bangalore
Voice of BIGDATA launch, 2013, Hyderabad
Keynote Speaker- Global Green Summit by The Economic Times ACE Tech, 2013 Mumbai
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Region 10 Congress on Leadership & Innovation, 2013, Bangalore
CEO Round Table on Diversity at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad (IIM-A), 2013, Gujarat
Keynote Address - Leadership Program on "Women in Technology", National Association of Software & Services Companies (NASSCOM), 2012, Hyderabad
Keynote Address - "BIG DATA impact on Government", MICROSOFT, India, 2012, Hyderabad
Speaker - Building Smart & Sustainable Cities in the National Capital Region (NCR), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Annual session, 2011, New Delhi
Keynote Address - 4th Infrastructure Today International Conference, 2011, New Delhi
Speaker - TALL BUILDINGS INDIA CONFERENCE, 2011, Mumbai
Speaker - BUILDING LIVABLE CITIES, 2010, New Delhi
Speaker - Sustainable Cities Conference, RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors), 2010, New Delhi
Speaker - National Conference on Investment Opportunity in Power & Infrastructure Sector, 2010, New Delhi
Speaker - GREEN BUILDING CONGRESS (Asia's largest event), IGBC Indian Green Building Council, 2010, New Delhi
Speaker - National Travel and Hospitality Entrepreneurship Summit, TiE, Ministry of Tourism, 2010, New Delhi
Speaker - All India Mayors Meet, HICC, 2010, Hyderabad
Speaker - The Truth about Indian Cities, TEDx Hitec City, ISB, 2010, Hyderabad
Speaker - Leadership & Governance for Members of Legislature (MLAs), Centre for Good Governance, Andhra Pradesh, 2009, Hyderabad
Track Chair - "TAKING INDIA FORWARD", TIE – ISB Connect, 2009, New Delhi
Keynote Address - "Building Futuristic Cities – Role of Women "ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization), 2009
Speaker - "Urbanization in India - The Changing Equation" ISB LEADERSHIP SUMMIT, 2008, Hyderabad
Chief Guest - International Conference on Retailing in the Globalized Era, University of Hyderabad 2008, Hyderabad
Speaker - Making City Development Strategies Work, WBI, Govt of Japan, GOI, 2006, New Delhi
Speaker - National Conclave on "WATER & CITIES", World Bank, USAID, 2006, New Delhi
Speaker - Conference on Urban Infrastructure, FICCI (Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry), 2005, Hyderabad
Speaker - Visioning at Delhi Jal Board (DJB), 2005, World Bank
Speaker - Leadership & Governance programs at World Bank Institute (WBI), ASCI, 2003-2006, Hyderabad
Speaker - City Scapes Conclave, (FICCI) Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, April 2006 Hyderabad
Speaker - Realizing the City Vision - Leadership of Bangalore City Corporation, Bangalore, 2003, Bangalore
Speaker - "HYDERABAD AHEAD" Visioning Exercise for Hyderabad City anchored by ASCI, World Bank, Cities Alliance, 2003, Hyderabad
Speaker – ‘E-Governance Implementation’ for Municipal Commissioners of Indian Cities, ASCI, 2002, Hyderabad
