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Inauguration lamp lighting of VENIX 2025 by Chief Guest Ms. Joohi Smitha Sinha, Chief General Manager, SBI; Guest of Honour, Shyam Unnikrishnan, Managing Partner, Bain & Co. India; Prof. Rajluxmi V. Murthy, Chairperson, Student Welfare; Prof. Jayadev M., Dean of Administration and Faculty of Finance & Accounting; and SD Aravendan, CAO, IIMB.

In her welcome address, Prof. Rajluxmi V. Murthy, Chairperson, Student Welfare, urged the participants to take full advantage of the diverse opportunities the summit offers.

Prof. Jayadev M, Dean of Administration and faculty of Finance & Accounting, followed with remarks reiterating the excitement around the inaugural edition.

In the chief guest's address, Ms. Joohi Smitha Sinha, chief general manager of the State Bank of India, addressed the opportunities available for startup companies.

Shyam Unnikrishnan, Managing Partner, Bain & Co. India, Guest of Honour, delivered a keynote that reflected on energy, resilience, and purpose-driven ambition.

(L-R) A fireside chat moderated by Prof. Ashok Thampy, Finance & Accounting area, with Mr. K.V.S. Manian, MD & CEO of Federal Bank, where the latter shared his journey and reflections on leadership in the evolving landscape of Indian finance.

(L-R) Madhavan Narayanan, senior journalist; session moderator Prof. Ritwik Banerjee, Chairperson, Economics area, and Dr. Tirthankar Patnaik, chief economist, NSE, opened a panel on ‘India’s Development Trajectory: Business Opportunities in the Viksit Bharat Vision @2047.’

Kushendra Singh, Head of Talent Acquisition, Coca-Cola India & Southwest Asia, spoke on ‘Building a Billion-Dollar Culture Through Talent.’

Prof. Moorthi Y L R, Marketing area, IIMB, engaged the audience on ‘The ABC of Business’, highlighting three core elements of success.

(L-R) Banu Mushtaq, lawyer, activist, and International Booker Prize-winning author, in a speaker session on ‘Empowering the Unheard,’ moderated by Usha KR, former managing editor of IIMB.

Roma Datta Chobey, Managing Director, Digital First Business, Google India, addressed ‘AI: Hype or Reality?’, affirming AI’s growing influence on work, creativity, and business.

(L-R) A panel on ‘Process Intelligence in Business Transformation’, Pamela Kundu, Sales, Celonis, Prof. Rajeev R. Tripathi, Chairperson, Supply Chain Management, IIMB, Akshay Nigam, Leader, SCM, Hitachi Energy, and Ranjan Rao, Business Consulting, EY, discussed how data and tech are reshaping operations.

(L-R) Mayank Agarwal, Indian cricketer and captain of the Karnataka State Cricket Team, shared leadership lessons in ‘Beyond the Boundary,’ moderated by Prof. Soudeep Deb, Chairperson, Decision Sciences, IIMB.

Vaibhav Rustagi, Head of Revenue & Growth, Flipkart Minutes, explored the topic, ‘Quick Commerce: Strategic Choices & Leveraging Horizontal Synergies.’

Emma Jindal, CFO, Accenture India, and IIMB alumna, delivered a session on ‘Charting the Uncharted: Leading Through Reinvention with Talent & Tech.’

PhD scholar D.V.R. Surya Vaibhav moderated the session with Kannada actor Rishi on ‘The Impact of Regional Cinema on Indian Culture.’

Speaker Series by Madhabi Puri Buch, Former Chairperson, SEBI, on ‘Technology and Evolving Trends in Financial Markets,’ where she challenged the audience to view risk as a strategic advantage.