Shri Bharat Desai
Co-founder, Syntel · DS Advisors
Line-up
Speakers.
Researchers, founders, investors and operators on the same stage — because the point of the two days is that both halves of the room are present.
DSSE Day 2026
Past speakers
The stage at the Entrepreneurship Research Symposium and DSSE Day, 31 January 2026.
Mr. Kishore Biyani
Mentor, The Foundery · Future Group
Mr. Parthasarathy N.S.
Managing Partner · Mela Ventures
Prof. Shireesh Kedare
Director · IIT Bombay
Prof. Milind Atrey
Deputy Director (ART) · IIT Bombay
Prof. Trupti Mishra
Head, DSSE · IIT Bombay
Prof. Poyni Bhatt
Chairperson · SEDEMAC
Prof. Sankalp Pratap
Faculty, DSSE · IIT Bombay
Prof. Anuradha Narasimhan
Faculty, DSSE · IIT Bombay
Prof. Suresh Bhagavatula
Faculty · IIM Bangalore
Prof. Basab Chakraborty
Faculty · IIT Kharagpur
Prof. B. V. Phani
Faculty · IIT Kanpur
2027 line-up
Confirmed speakers
Names are published here as they are confirmed. The programme page carries every session as it is scheduled.
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Want to speak,
or suggest someone?
We are still shaping the panels. Tell us who should be on stage and why, and write in early — slots close well before January.