Himamshu Khasnis is the Founder and CEO of Signalchip Innovations, one of India’s pioneering fabless semiconductor companies, known for developing indigenous chipsets for advanced wireless communication standards. With over 27 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, he has played key roles in technology roadmaps and chipset definitions for 3G, 4G, 5G, DSL, WLAN, and GNSS applications. Prior to founding Signalchip in 2010, he worked at Texas Instruments and Ittiam Systems, leading chip design activities and contributing to broadband technology patents. Under his leadership, Signalchip grew from a two-person garage startup to a full-fledged SoC development company, creating India’s first semiconductor chipset “Agumbe” for complex wireless networking standards. Himamshu holds an MS in Microelectronics from IIT Madras and a BE in Electronics and Communication from Bangalore University, and has filed more than fifteen patents in communication, signal processing, and RF architectures.

Abhijit Chaudhary is the Founder and CEO of Niral Networks, a deep?tech company pioneering Private 5G, Edge Computing, and AI?driven networking solutions for mission?critical industries. With over two decades of experience in telecommunications and data networking, he has held leadership roles at Cisco, Huawei, Motorola, and Sandvine, and co?founded Etrance Networks. He was also part of the founding engineering team at Apigee, later acquired by Google. Abhijit is a Governing Council member of the Bharat 6G Alliance and an active voice in the startup ecosystem, frequently speaking at forums on 5G, IoT, Edge AI, and open?source networking. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and is a Certified Product Manager from the Association of International Product Marketing & Management.

Mr. Randeep Singh Sekhon is Chief Technology Officer for Airtel India and South Asia, with more than 28 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He leads technology strategy and innovation, digitization, network operations, rollout, planning and quality. Prior to Airtel, he served as CEO of Hutchison 3 Indonesia, where he led customer-centricity and digital transformation initiatives.

Mr. Jagbir Singh is a senior telecommunications professional and Chief Technology Officer at Vodafone Idea. He has held leadership roles across network and technology functions in the telecom industry, including experience with Smartfren Telecom, Ericsson and other major technology organizations. His expertise covers mobile networks, digital transformation, network quality and the evolution of 5G and future connectivity.

Shri Amit Agrawal is a 1993-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre and currently serves as Secretary, Department of Telecommunications and Chairman, Digital Communications Commission, Government of India. He has held several senior positions in the Central Government, including Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, CEO of UIDAI and Additional Secretary in MeitY. His experience spans technology, digital governance, public administration and policy, with a focus on strengthening India’s digital communications ecosystem.