Over the last several years, blockchain has been gaining traction in India especially with the financial institutions undergoing massive digital transformations.
According to Tracxn, a startups and private companies tracking platform, there are 218 blockchain startups in India as of April 2020.
In light of this booming industry, Prasanna Lohar, Head Digital, Innovation and Architecture at DCB Bank, a commercial bank in India, has named the top 30 Indian blockchain influencers to watch out for in a recent LinkedIn post.
Srinivas Mahankali
Srinivas is an alumnus of IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore and is pursuing Doctorate in Business Administration from SP Jain Global School of Management. As the inaugural Program Director of India’ first University certified part time Post Graduate Program in Blockchain Technology by Amity University , he has mentored a number of Blockchain students across the world.
Rajesh Dhuddu
Rajesh Dhuddu leads Blockchain & Cybersecurity practice for USD 5.2 billion IT giant, Tech Mahindra. He guides a team of 500+ highly accomplished Cybersecurity professionals empowering Global customers in EMEA, APJ & India to strengthen their enterprise wide Cybersecurity posture and build a highly resilient security organization.
Ronnie Screwvala
Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Upgrad.com, an online higher education platform which provides rigorous industry-relevant programs designed and delivered in collaboration with world-class faculty and industry.
Dilip Krishnaswamy
Dilip Krishnaswamy is the Vice-President of Reliance Jio, an Indian telecommunications company and a subsidiary of Jio Platforms, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Pankaj Diwan
Pankaj Diwan is the Founder and CEO of Idealabs FutureTech Ventures, India’s largest Innovation and Upskilling company.
Ish Goel
Ish Goel established the ‘Blockchain Centre of Excellence’ at Somish in 2016. Through the Somish Group, he has worked with the Government, Real Estate, BFSI, Manufacturing, Retail, Agriculture and Logistics industry over the past one decade.
Kamlesh Nagware
Kamlesh Nagware is the Vice President of Technology, Blockchain Strategy and Solutions Architect, Client Engagement and Product development in Snapper Future Tech, an enterprise Blockchain company.
Abhishant Pant
Abhishant is a Mumbai based Fintech expert, he was part of the founding team at m-pesa in India and has more than a decade of hands-on experience of payments landscape.
Deepak Lalan
Deepak Lalan is the Associate Director of Accenture, a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.
Sharat Chandra
Sharat is a Keynote Speaker, Start-Up Advisor, Emerging Tech Evangelist & Ecosystem Builder. He advises across sectors, with a focus on blockchain, digital transformation, and fintech.
Ravi Jagannathan
Ravi Jagannathan is the Founder and CEO of KrypC Technologies, a deep tech venture founded by innovation and a passion-driven team of techno business professionals working together over a decade to make any futuristic technologies easily adoptable and viable.
Asharaf S
Asharaf S is the Founder of Kerala Blockchain Academy, IIITM-K & Govt. of Kerala initiative to Leverage Blockchain for Public Good.
Ravi Chamria
Dr. Ravi Chamria is CEO of Sofocle Technologies, an Enterprise Blockchain company. He has an experience of 18+ years in IT consulting spanning across Fintech, InsureTech, Supply Chain and eCommerce. He is an executive MBA from IIM, Lucknow and a prolific speaker on emerging technologies like Blockchain, IoT and AI/ML.
Jitan S Chandanani
Jitan S Chandanani is the BM’s Blockchain Leader for India and South Asia, He is responsible for helping clients enable the capability and strengths of blockchain in their current environment to drive business growth and future opportunities.
Gokul Alex
Gokul Alex is the Co-Founder and CTO of the award winning accelerator and aggregator, Gigamesh Garage Ventures, winner of Aeternity Human DeFi, ETH India, ETH Planet and Cosmos India Hackthons in 2020. He has co-founded Spathion Labs, a Decentralised Finance Platform for non fungible assets. He has also co-founded Semiott Protocol, a fairness finance platform built on cryptographic proof systems. He is also guiding blockchain entrepreneurs through the international venture capital platform Blockchain Founders Fund.
Rama Devi Lanka
Rama Devi Lanka is the Director of Emerging Technologies for the Telangana Government.
Santosh M.
Santosh M. is the CEO of Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency, the State nodal agency for all the e-Governance initiatives of the State of Tamil Nadu.
J A Chowdary
Mr. Chowdary served as the Founding Director of Software Technologies Parks of India (STPI), Banglore, Hyderabad and Chennai. He was one of the key architects for setting up the IT ecosystem in Hyderabad & Cyberabad.
Arnab Kumar
Arnab Kumar is India Director of Stratetgy of PayU, a global consumer internet group. He led Government of India’s strategy and implementation of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, FinTech and Blockchain initiatives; co-authored India’s National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence; ex-Investment Banker with experience of US$20bn+ in M&A, Equity and Debt transactions across Asia and Americas.
Rohas Nagpal
Rohas Nagpal co-authored an Internet Draft titled Biometric based Digital Signature scheme, which proposes a method of using biometrics to generate keys for use in digital signature creation and verification. He also co-founded BankChain – a community of 37 banks for exploring, building, and implementing blockchain solutions.
Nappinai N S
N. S. Nappinai is an Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Bombay High Court, with about 30 years experience, pioneered development of cyber laws in India. A litigator who has handled a large array of cases pertaining to Constitutional, Criminal, cybercrime, IPR, corporate and commercial laws, she has also undertaken transactions globally.
Sreeram Ananthasayanam
Sreeram Ananthasayanam is a Partner at PwC India, leading Public Sector Blockchain and Government Business for a Region in India.
Inderjeet Singh
Inderjeet Singh is a Cyber-Security Specialist, notable industry speaker, an innovator, and an influencer with proven success in spearheading Strategic Information Security Initiatives with experience of more than 29+ year across wide spectrum of areas spanning cybersecurity operations leadership and influencing policy level decisions in multiple organizations .
Debajani Mohanty
Debajani Mohanty is the author of Amazon bestseller “BlockChain from Concept to Execution”, “Ethereum for Architects and Developers”, “R3 Corda for Architect and Developers”, “Ripple and Stablecoins: Building Banks of Tomorrow” and now “Blockchain for Self Sovereign Digital Identity” is a Solution Architect with close to two decades of experience in the industry.
Jaspreet Bindra
Jaspreet Bindra is the founder of Digital Matters, which provides thought leadership and technology expertise around Blockchain, AI and Digital Transformation. he is also working on a stealth blockchain startup in the Future of Work space.
Sudin Baraokar
Sudin Baraokar is a Founder of AIOTF.io, A deep tech startup, delivering AI and Emerging Tech driven solutions for Insights, Optimization, Intelligence and “Data in Motion” “AI based Cognitives as a Service” platform. He is a Global IT & Innovation Advisor. Worlds Leading Expert & Authority on Emerging Technology, AI, Blockchain, Automation, Cloud and IoT.
Kashinath K
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Kashinath K is currently Managing Director, India for MonetaGo, a blockchain technology solutions provider. He is responsible for driving the business development and strategy for MonetaGo India.
Murthy Chitlur
Senior management professional with extensive leadership experience across the globe with expertise in Service Delivery, Product Development, Capability Development, Continuous Improvement, Pre-sales, Consulting, Client Management, Organization Change Management and Leadership Development.
Ajay Jadhav
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Ajay Jadhav is the Vice Chairman of The Trust over IP Foundation is defining a complete architecture for Internet-scale digital trust that combines both cryptographic trust at the machine layer and human trust at the business, legal, and social layers.
Subbu Jois
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Subbu Jois is the Founder of Aurigraph.io, a mining-less DLT based on State machine replication with sub-second latency and zero transaction cost.
