Our beloved Speakers

Bengaluru Design Festival will witness over 200 speakers from across the globe, including professionals, architects, thought leaders, policy makers & government officials, creative minds and more.

Basavaraj Bommai

 Hon. Chief Minister
Govt of Karnataka

Dr. C.N Aswath Narayan

 Minister for IT & BT, ST, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Livelihood. Govt of Karnataka

Prashant Prakash

 Advisor (Policy & Strategy) to Chief Minister
Chairman, Bengaluru Design Festival Core Committee

Prof. Pradyumna Vyas

 Senior Advisor, CII, Board Member of World Design Organisation, Former Director of NID

Paula Gazzard

 Hon Chair,
World Design Council, UK

Michele Straniero

 VP Sealence International, former VP Pininfarina Studio

Alain Lonay

 Project Director, Renault, France

Eliza Easton

 Deputy Director (Policy and Comms) Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, UK

Srini Srinivasan

 Former President, WDO
COO, Design Innovation Institute, Shanghai, China

Biren Ghose

 Country Head, Technicolor, India

Alok Nandi

 Designer, Former President IxDA Global

Dr. Clare Walsh

 Head of Education, Institute of Analytics, UK

Katja Forbes

 Head, Client Experience,
Standard Chartered

Pete Draper

 EVP Customer Production, Ryff

Rajib Ghosh

 Experience Strategy Leader, Microsoft

Dr. Emma Roberts

 Associate Dean for Global Engagement, Liverpool John Moores University

Nithin Sethi

 Chief Digital Officer, Adani Group

Dhilip Kumar

 Chief Design Officer/VP Products Byju's

Anil Reddy

 Founder and Design Director, Lollypop Design Studio

Teresa Jacobs

 Executive Director - Learning, ISDC, UK