Dushyant Saraswat

Associate Director, Disney

Dushyant currently heads the Online and Mobile business for Disney Interactive in India. Prior to Disney he has also worked with Zapak,ICICI Bank, Everready Industries in top leadership positions.

Dushyant has done his MBA from Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune after he completed Hotel Management at Institute of Hotel Management, Pusa, Delhi.

He takes keen interest in playing the Guitar and Reading.

Mohit Sureka (@mohitsureka)

Founder & CEO, Spiel Studios Pvt. Ltd.

Mohit launched his first online portal called Pacemail at the young age of fourteen which was a brimming success worldwide. His love and passion for games made him diversify his business activities from software development to games development and at twenty two, he founded Spiel Studios which focuses on development of quality and innovative games for all platforms.

In the past few years, he has made Spiel the most prominent, reputed and one of the bigger companies for game development, particularly in India and also has a registered office in USA in the name of Spiel, Inc. A young dedicated passionate and qualified team employed at Spiel matches with the company vision of creating innovative and technologically advanced fun-to-play games for all gaming platforms! Mohit Sureka has completed his Bachelors in Information Technology and Masters in Business Administration from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research.

His vision for Spiel is to create a niche in the gaming industry and promote India as a hub for Game Development.

Harsh Jain (@harshjain85)

Founder and Managing Director, Dream11.com

Harsh Jain is the Founder and Managing Director of Dream11.com – which offers the World’s No. 1 Fantasy Cricket Game. Harsh has completed his Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSE) from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. A passionate sports fan, Harsh is also an avid Fantasy Sports player. If he’s not watching or playing a cricket or football match, Harsh is usually relaxing with friends.

Dream11.com, the 'World's No.1 Fantasy Cricket Game', is the flagship brand of Clover Media (formerly Dream11 Gaming), one of the top 100 startups in the world. It is a unique and innovative Fantasy Cricket website that offers users the world’s first graphical Fantasy Cricket game and a chance to win cash by participating in daily social challenges. It closely integrates product features with social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, which help users connect with like-minded individuals and invite friends whom they can compete with. Dream11.com also offers its award- winning product as a service to many brands globally such as Adidas Cricket, Mumbai Indians, Indiatimes, UTV, DNA, CricketNirvana and ZeeCric. Dream11.com's real- time fantasy scoring mechanic, clutter-free interface and ease-of-use keeps users worldwide hooked on for a highly engaging and interactive experience.

Atindriya Bose

Design : Country Manager at Sony Computer Entertainment

Atindriya is currently the Country Manager with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and is in charge of setting up the operation that will oversee the PlayStation business, both for consoles as well as the gaming softwares in the Indian market.

Atindriya specialises in the Marketing & Business Development function across various industries in the Indian market. He started his career in sales of consumer durables for Philips India Ltd. After the initial sales stint, He moved in as the Product Manager for the Color TV segment. Post Philips, Atindriya joined UDV India Ltd, part of the international liquor giant Diageo Plc. where he was the Group Product Manager for the White Spirits range for the Indian market - key brand being Smirnoff. Atindriya has also worked with Rediff.com India Ltd and was part of the online Subscription business team and later moved in to head the ECommerce team.

Ninad Chhaya(@ninadchhaya)

Chief Operating Officer – Playcaso

An entrepreneur and an avid gamer at heart, Ninad has 16 years of experience in the interactive media space with more than 13 years in the field of gaming.

Ninad was the co-founder of Indiagames Ltd. and played a key role in building the organization to become a leading global mobile game publisher in its early days.

Prior to setting up Playcaso, Ninad was the Executive Vice President at Jump Games, a Reliance Entertainment Ltd. venture, and has been instrumental in building the organization into a global brand.

Ninad has extensive experience in creating and publishing games across platforms like PC, Online, Wireless including emerging platforms like iOS, Android, etc.

Ninad is affiliated with associations like the NASSCOM Animation and Gaming Forum (NAGFO) and the FICCI Animation and Gaming Forum to help promote the gaming culture and developing the gaming industry in India.

Hrishi Oberoi(@FrumiousBanders)

Director at IG Studios (IndiaGames)

Hrishi has been in the gaming industry and with Indiagames for over eight years now during which time he has designed, programmed, produced and executive produced over 65 games for the mobile phone, PC, handheld and console gaming platforms. During his career in the industry he has built the game development studios from scratch, helped establish international best practices and processes within game development teams and shaped teams to be self reliant in building international quality games. Hrishi is also an active part of nurturing the game development community in India, be it organizing NASSCOM's first Game Development Seminar or promoting "Game Development in India" at various conferences and educational institutes in India.

Currently as Director of IG Studios, Hrishi oversees the studios responsible for developing all of IG's games and is also currently in charge of Indiagames' International Publishing on mobile and PC. Hrishi is a Bachelor in Electronics from RAIT, Navi Mumbai and completed his M.Sc. from George Washington University, where he specialized in Computer Graphics and Animation.

A Ramesh(@kreedagames)

Anumukonda Ramesh is Co-founder & Chief Gaming Officer at Kreeda Games

Ramesh has 16 years of experience in the Media & Entertainment Industry with specialization in services for the Animation & Gaming industries.

At Kreeda.com, Ramesh is a thought leader in the gaming space and plays a critical role in the game design process. Formally at Kreeda he lead international licensing, development and localization for all Kreeda Games. Ramesh’s team created the first fully-localized Indian massive-multiplayer game called Dancemela which adapted a popular Chinese dance-game engine to support Bollywood-theme dance moves, Music, 3-D sets and Indian virtual clothing. Dancemela was been nominated and won multiple awards for outstanding Indian content in the online multiplayer gaming category at FICCI BAF Awards 2008 and the best Indian MMO award at the CNBC TV18 Animation Awards 2009.

After his collage, Ramesh followed his creative passions and worked as animator at Pentamedia Graphics in India, and later moved to Hollywood to get trained in motion capture technologies and was involved in full length 3D animated-movie production. He was instrumental in setting up the first Motion Capture Studio for Animation in India. During his tenure at IBM Global Services India, Ramesh led teams for the Media & Entertainment Practice to deliver outsourced projects in Gaming, Animation, and Digital Media Solutions.

Ramesh holds a BS - “Information Systems” from BITS Pilani, a Diploma in Civil Engineering and a Diploma in Film Direction. He on the board for certifying software companies for SEI – CMM certification.