Senior Executive Speakers

Chandrika is heading Volvo group Telematics India T&SD , Automotive Infotainment IP and Solution development, with nearly 16 years of experience in telematics,embedded systems and Automotive Electronics. Currently employed with VGT India, Bangalore.

Experience in Automotive Infotainment (IVI) and Telematics domain. Worked on Navigation systems, In-vehicle Entertainment and Telephony systems. Rich experience with global automotive customers. 

She has handled Consultant and Architect role with various European , Japanese and US Tier-1s like Harman Becker, Nokia, Magnetti Marelli, Visteon, BMW, DLI to name a few. 

Experience in client interaction, onsite project management, preparing proposals, estimation and product development

With 15 years of experience in IT industry and as an advisor to Govt of India (NSDI), Govt of Singapor and Reliance Industries (RIL, Ind). 

NR has both onsite and near shore engagement management experience. His responsibilities have included Transitions, Project Management and Core Operations. His strengths are in Technology Strategy & Consulting, Client Management, Delivery Excellence and People Management. 

He also is a Certified Nano Technology Expert in India (Among the First 100 certified experts). He is also winner of the First International Galileo Masters 2004 award from European Consortium Space Agencies

Published 31 technical papers in National and International conferences and earned 16 certifications in ESRI Technology 

Member in 10 reputed International and National institutes. Recipient of  11 international awards and selected for two Honorary Doctorate degrees.

Mr. Sirish Batchu is a General Manager at Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited and is the Head of Engineering for Bosch Car Multimedia, responsible for India Operations. He manages the  Strategy, Business Development and Engineering Operations for the Bosch Car Multimedia business unit in India and engineering services for the International operations. 

Mr. Sirish Batchu joined Bosch India in 1996 and has worked with the company internationally in Europe & USA and has been associated with Automotive Infotainment and Navigation systems in India for the last 6 years. Prior to this he was leading the Software Engineering Process Group at Bosch USA for 2 years for the Chassis and Automotive Electronics divisions to align the development processes with the CMMi. 

Earlier, he has worked in various capacities for Bosch Security Systems including Group manager responsible for Technical & Personnel Management, Project manager for several development projects, including a 2 years stint at Germany. 

Before joining Bosch, he has worked with Indian Space Research Organization, Ahmedabad for 3 years, in the area of Satellite Image Processing under the Remote Sensing Programme.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from SGSITS, Devi Ahilya University, Indore,India.

Dr. Harwinder Singh Jutla is the Chief Technology Officer for the Embedded Product Design (EPD) division of Tata Elxsi. In this role, Harwinder focuses on the technology strategies and is responsible for structuring the design and development services of the division, to deliver an enhanced level of service that aligns with the company’s growth objectives. 

Harwinder joined Tata Elxsi in 2006 as a System Architect and spent several years working on multiple key projects in an architecture design and technical capacity. 

With more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry, Harwinder has expertise in solid software and hardware development and brings with him great skill sets in product development and engineering, people management and in depth technical knowledge. Commercially astute, with strong strategic and leadership skills, he has held a number of senior positions in the past. 

Harwinder has spent his childhood in United Kingdom and has completed his educational cycle there. Harwinder holds a B. Eng. (Honors) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a Ph.D in Automation from the University of Bradford.

Renukaprasad Sharma is a post graduate in Electronics Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai and has more than 25 years of Industry experience in the area of embedded product development for Automotive and Industrial applications. He has been in automotive electronics field for the last 18 years through various roles held in Bosch India, Wipro and TCS. He has executed several programs in the area of automotive infotainment/ Telematics, instrument clusters and body controllers for global Tier-1 and OEM customers.  

Renukaprasad is currently serving as Principal Consultant & Head, Strategy - Automotive Electronics in the Engineering and Industrial Services business unit of Tata Consultancy Services.  In this position, he is responsible for driving many strategic initiatives in  automotive electronics including development of solution accelerators for infotainment systems, EV/ HEV, Digital Instrument Clusters, ADAS etc,  active participation in consortiums such as GENIVI, driving key customer engagements and alliances with key technology partners. 

Vijay Kakade has over two decades of Business Research and Strategy Consulting expertise, which include research and consulting for over 500 projects. He specializes in Value Creation Strategy, Market Entry & Geographical expansion, New Business Models, Strategic Planning, Customer Retention, Pricing Strategy, Partner Identification Operational Strategy, New Product Launch, Business Modeling & Planning and After Market & OE Strategies.

Vijay has covered a spectrum of segments under Automotive. His strong understanding of the Automotive Industry plus his in depth knowledge in project management and delivery has been instrumental in creating Customer Research
Models and Analytical Tools. His projects range from Customer Product Clinics, Aftermarket Treatment for Emission Reduction, Powertrain Technologies,Infotainment & Telematics, Electronics & Electronic Systems, Safety & Driving Assistance, to OE & Aftermarket Market Assessment. 

Vijay has leveraged his expertise in Client Engagement and Management of several Fortune 500 companies and has hands on experience in managing Global Teams through consulting engagements covering multiple industries and geographies.

V R Vijay Anand is the Global CTO for M2M in Logica – Now part of CGI. He has over 15 years of professional experience during which he has been wearing multiple hats, both technical and business oriented.  He also plays the role of Evangelist for Innovation in Logica, now part of CGI.

His primary area of expertise is Telecoms, but his role in M2M has ensured that he has an equal bite in other verticals. This enables cross pollinate learning’s and business contexts between different verticals.

19 years of industry experience across Telecommunication and Manufacturing verticals and Mobility services.  For the past several years leading Engineering Practice in Infosys in the field of Telematics, Infotainment, Navigation, and other Connected Car services. 

Vishal is the Founder and Chief Business Officer at Chleon Automotive Ltd. and  responsible for product and business strategy. Through Chleon he is driving his vision of ALL CARS. CONNECTED™.

 Previously, Vishal was the Head of Automotive at Nokia, where he initiated and commercialized "Terminal Mode" (now MirrorLink).



Prior to this Vishal was the Director of Product Marketing for Mformation Technologies.
 His innovation and leadership achievements include introducing developing the the usage of X-ray inspection systems for manufacturing at Nokia and Hewlett-Packard. Vishal has also held many R&D, Market Development and Corporate Strategy positions at Nokia.  

Vishal holds a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Singapore and has two patents in the area of mobile telecommunications.

Rohith Raveendranath, 33, is Director cum Chief Technology Officer of Ideas & Innovation Squared Technologies Pvt Ltd., a technology based company which was started in the year 2008 due to his quest to change the lives and perception of people about technology by upgrading technology through his colossal knowledge. 

He is a Mechanical Engineer and graduated from Kerala University. In his 13 years of experience Rohith has also been into consulting and able to develop organizations bringing in his best Innovations, project deliveries and excellence. 

Sureshkumar is a Bsc Engineering in Electronics and communication from College of Engineering Trivandrum and further took up a MBA from same college. He has a rich experience of 28 years with Keltron, India’s first and the largest electronics corporation in the State sector since 1973. 

Omkar has 16 years of industry experience in the automotive domain spanning various vehicle electronics subsystems and technologies.
He has been with KPIT for over 12 years and is currently leading KPIT infotainment platform team as Associate VP. Omkar is also responsible for the technology roadmap for KPIT infotainment practice. In his current role, Omkar is focusing on Linux and open-source based infotainment platform development. He is also driving KPIT contribution to GENIVI, a non-profit industry alliance committed to driving the broad adoption of an In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) open-source development platform.

Precksha has been with the organisation for 7 years and has been managing the group for 4 years. During her tenure, she has added significant growth and expansion to the business, making it the foremost centre of business intelligence in the telematics industry.

Her time within the industry has given her the opportunity to develop a 360 degree view of this rapidly expanding segment.

Precksha is an energetic public speaker and has spoken at global executive gatherings on topics such as automobile connectivity, content integration and usage-based insurance, amongst other subjects. Her discussions and presentations are grounded in results and data drawn from the content and reports commissioned by Telematics Update.