Rising opportunities for Blockchain and Web 3.0 technologies in India

Hemalatha Bhaskar has over 21 years of industry experience in enterprise architectures, design and development of complex business applications for several industry verticals. As a Cloud technology expert, she has made significant contributions are in the areas of Cloud data interchange, Cloud resource planning techniques and security, across multi-Cloud platforms and infrastructure. Through her career she has driving strategic organizational initiatives that have led to impactful transformations and change.

GetWise Web3 Studio assists founders to Innovate, and Accelerate the building of Web 3 startups using proven tools, frameworks, infrastructure as well as access to market and capital/investors

I'm the 'Blockchain guy.' My passion for this potent technology led me to set up GetWise, a Web3 Product Studio dedicated to building applications on the decentralized web.

We help businesses go from idea to proof of value in 4-6 months, followed by a strong push for outcome-driven execution and growth-driven product development.

From startups building with Web3 to solve compelling use cases to established corporations transitioning to a Web3 first product foundation, we help with design, development, GTM, and scale.

Will go through the tools required for the development of dApps. Also will cover the creation of ERC20 token.

12+ Development Experience across multiple technologies.

What is Vulnerability Management? Why is it important for smart contract development? Role of automation tools in managing vulnerabilities. short introduction of BlockChainSentry VMS for automating vulnerability management. Use cases of BCS VMS.

AH Khan holds a Master’s degree from IIT Chennai. He is one of the founding members of Delixus Inc, joining the organization in 2003. Currently, he is serving as President and General Manager of BlockChainSentry and Delixus Software India Private Limited, which is a part of Delixus Inc, USA, a ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified company. It is a leading Cyber Security and Blockchain Security with more than 100 engineers in Bangalore, India and in Silicon Valley, California.

The talk will cover some real world example of how blockchain can support circular economy initiatives, the key challenges in building circular economy and how blockchain can help resolve the same through member incentivization, end-to-end tracking etc.

Chandan brings in more than 11 years of experience in the field of consulting and product development. He has been featured on top magazines and journals like NASSCOM, Data quest, Efficient Manufacturing, Toolbox.com etc. Chandan has also been recognized as a top 50 global though leader by Thinkers360. As a Six Sigma Greenbelt certified professional he has helped multiple clients with process improvement and reengineering initiatives in the past. He has conducted multiple design thinking workshops with the clients and helped them conceptualize use cases and solutions in Blockchain and other emerging tech domain. He has helped multiple clients to assess their existing digital maturity and leverage Blockchain as their growth engine.

Global supply chains are disrupted by pandemic, lockdowns, natural calamities and trade wars. Ironically the spending on goods and services have gone up drastically. Online Shopping remains a top channel for consumers globally. As per National Retail Federation, in 2021 it was estimated that back to school spending to be $71 Billion up from $67 Billion from 2020. This puts supply chain leaders under pressure to ensure customer experience is sustained and improved with a resilient supply chain. In my talk, I will bring out experince, best practices and real life examples of how blockchain is transforming Supply Chain.

Amey Rajput is General Manager for Blockchain Business Unit at Tech Mahindra and is responsible for Business Development – Consulting, Platforms & Solutions, Thought Leadership, and Strategic Alliances. He has been part of the blockchain competency since its inception in Tech Mahindra. He plays a key role in handholding clients into experimenting and implementing blockchain in supply chain, data privacy, and trade finance domains. Under his leadership a team of 20+ blockchain architects and developers have delivered 25+ live implementation in verticals like Manufacturing, Telecom, Banking and Public Sector.

In an era of increased digitalisation and intense competition, it is imperative for businesses to implement a customer-centric strategy. At the heart of this customer-centric approach lies personalization underpinned by next-generation technology to create an exceptional user experience.

This topic will focus on how customer-centric software products require a renewed emphasis on every aspect of the customer journey – from the very conception of the software to its adoption and continued return on investment; and how smart contract principles can help with this. It also delves into the new approaches which enable software products to be more customer-centric.

Technology leader with passion for innovation and around 22 years of experience in the IT Industry. A seasoned architect in Product development, enterprise architecture and innovative technologies like Blockchain. Have worked on various blockchain projects and pilots across the Banking, Financial, manufacturing and government verticals. Currently working as Vice president - Product engineering for Banking products with Azentio Software.

1. Blockchain Euphoria
2. Common Man Problems
3. Envisaged Solutions

Siddharth is a technology enthusiast with a strong track record of delivering Digital Transformation Programs/ Solutions/ Products across emerging technologies working in close collaboration with different cross functional teams, partner ecosystems and customers. He has an extensive work experience of 12+ years and has efficiently led and delivered multi-million dollar projects, initiatives and consulting assignments using different levers of technology. He is an alumni of IIT Roorkee and has been associated with global IT services Infosys and consulting companies including EY & PwC in the past

Climate change & Sustainability are the theme of current decade. Most business will experience forced change in their core business process to comply with sustainability & ESG goals. Blockchain technology is the solution to current climate change & sustainability challenges. Innovative solutions offered by Blockchain technology are enabling businesses to be more efficient, inclusive, and bringing world together.

My talk will highlight few innovative Blockchain solutions ( Plastic Credit, DAO, Traceability & Product Passport, etc.) that currently organizations across globe are embarking upon and how these solutions will help change the future of mankind.

Hiren Patel, hails from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Holds Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology & Holder of India’s Future CIO 2019 award By Next 100. Blockchain enthusiast & certified Blockchain Architect.

I firmly believe that “Life is for learning forever”, which keeps me encouraged and motivated to learn, unlearn & relearn, and move towards perfection to do my best and give back to society.

Web 3.0 is expected to significantly alter how we engage and leverage technology. With buzz around Metaverse and the world adopting AI at an accelerated pace, it will be important to understand how Blockchain would fit into this new world.

Harish Srigiriraju is a Principal Engineer at Verizon. He has expertise in leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning to improve software products. He has led several cross-functional projects to draw insights on user behavior with help of various analytics tools and models. He has prior experience in software programming and graduated from Kellogg School of Management, one of the top business schools in the world.

Ever-rising climatic conditions and environmental damage, blockchains & Cryptocurrency are not sustainable, businesses not acting as a force for good, blockchain innovation has focused on financial applications and profits & Purpose don’t co-exist.

Prateek is a Blockchain enthusiast, investor and veteran Internet Marketer. As the Founder & Chief Marketing Officer at 5ire Prateek is responsible for the company’s marketing efforts and global growth. He conceptualised the proprietary 5ire consensus mechanism and reward protocols, that is the world first consensus that rewards sustainable Practices financially. He is a firm believer that technology is the answer to sustainability issues of the world and aims to align businesses with the UN’s sustainability development goals.

In his internet marketing days, Prateek clocked 8-figure affiliate revenues and helped incubate many startups. He founded Kaching Media in July 2010 and multiple internet marketing companies.

Prateek holds a degree in BTech, Computer Science from SRM University. He is a heavy proponent of work life balance and healthy living.

The global Crypto token market cap crossed $2T and NFT maket rapidly grew to $40B; This session gives good understanding of those by covering folowing:

What are Crypto tokens ? Types of Crypto tokens; Difference between Digital currency and Crypto currency; Benefits and downsides of Crypto currency; How Industry, Governments can leverage Crypto currency more. What are NFTs ? Why NFTs are important; the Road ahead for NFTs.

Executive management professional with 27yrs of techno-functional & managerial experience in Software Industry across Silicon Valley & India
Subject matter expert in Blockchain, Data Science, Database
Technical editor for books, Author, Speaker, Blogger, Teacher in these areas

Sathvik Vishwanath (36 years), an MBA graduate from Melbourne Business School, is now a successful entrepreneur and has always put his heart into innovative and disruptive technology! After being acquainted with bitcoin in 2013 his venture CoinMonk Ventures aimed at bringing Bitcoin awareness organized the first-ever bitcoin conference in India where he launched a bitcoin buy/sell service called Unocoin.com specialized in providing Bitcoin services that include bitcoin storage, buying, selling, merchant gateway and PoS app. Being a TedX speaker, guest lecturer at IIM Bangalore and speaker at 100+ conferences, he has been a proponent in spreading the awareness of this new technology and its benefits in India and abroad.

Now, Unocoin is evolving rapidly with more than 1,300,000 users and more than 300,000 KYC verified customers processing thousands of trades every day. Unocoin is responsible for industry-leading innovations such as the Bitcoin Systematic Buying Plan(SBP), Bitcoin Point of Sale (POS) App and Bitcoin Over-The-Counter trading (OTC). Now the company also operates a multi crypto assets exchange. The company has attracted investments from Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group, Draper’s Boost VC and Blume Ventures, that is helping the company to move towards its vision of Making Money Simple through its mission of Bringing Bitcoin to Billions at an accelerated pace.

Blockchain can enable effective intercompany optimization of work and talent. Talent or work platforms can become a mainstream means of employment through matching of skills.

Blockchain technology can allow real-time skills validation and performance review.

When multiple organizations become part of a distributed network, validated skills, experience, and performance data on workers and candidates can be shared securely, making talent and career mobility more efficient for both employers and employees.

Kalpana Bansal is a senior experienced strategic leader, with experience in general management, strategy, higher education, and technology. She is currently associated in the Chairman’s office of Reliance Industries Ltd, and works as Domain Head of HR Platform.

Alongside her roles as Head - Careers, Competencies and Assessment. She is handling design and functional detailing of two large enterprise-wide platforms – an end to end best in class

HR platform and a Contract Workforce Exchange Platform.

Kalpana is a techno functional specialist with considerable expertise in technology, having started her career in TATA UNISYS on mainframes. She is certified on SAP 4.6C, and has experience in large scale implementations. She has a Masters in AIML from University of Texas, Austin, and is pursuing her certification in Blockchain.

Financial Assets like Govt Bonds and Treasury are particularly hard to invest for the retail investors due to two reasons: high investment thresholds and lack of electronic infrastructure. Tokenization of the large denomination bond into multiple fractional bonds can help the large pool of investors to delve into the bond and can trade the lower denominated bonds seamlessly which are in turn backed by the underlying bond with the higher denomination.

Vidyashankar is a Domain Leader of the Blockchain Expert Community in Atos. He has written multiple articles on Blockchain and its potential use cases in the Finance Industry and also has been part of the technology research group in exploring the suitability of the technology to the right use case. He holds an MBA from Institute for Financial Management and Research.

I will talk about the application of Blockchain technology in the Agriculture space specifically with the Indian context. The talk will discuss the creation of wealth for farmers using traceability features of Blockchain technology.

Anuj is a visionary IT leader and Blockchain expert working on leading technologies for last 21 years. He has vast experience in IT solutions, Designing & Development , Service Delivery, Process Re-engineering, Account Management, Transformation, client management etc.

He is currently working as Vice President – Blockchain at Zebpay which is one of the leading crypto exchange.

Some of his achievements include multiple Patents and research papers in Blockchain technology. He has won several prestigious awards like Leadership award for Strategy and Innovation, Technical Excellence award, service delivery quality award etc. He has lad several key initiatives for Automation, Process Optimization, Delivery Models and relationship building. He mentors several Blockchain based startups and is a regular speaker at various international forums on Blockchain technology. He has coached several thousand students and working professionals on Blockchain technology as an academic ambassador.

Concept for Blockchain based app to track growing and processing of organic food items.

Vishvas has 22+ years of experience with blue chip organisations across products, services and consulting. He also has the experience of running 2 Startups - one I to market research and the second into software development.