Dr. Gibson G Vedamani holds a Ph.D. in retail management (from Symbiosis International University, Pune) and is the former Founding CEO of Retailers Association of India (rai).  He played a key role in establishing rai in India as the Country’s recognized Industry Body.  Earlier in his 3 decades of retail  career, Dr Vedamani has held leadership positions in Reliance Webstore, Piramyd Retail, Bhojsons (Nigeria), Shoppers Stop and Bata India. An author and writer on topical retailing, Dr. Vedamani has also published three books on retailing and many articles in reputed newspapers, journals & magazines.  He is a guest faculty at many B-Schools in India. He is currently serving as a Director on the Board of Gem and Jewellery Skill Council of India as an NSDC Nominee.

R Gopalakrishnan, is the Founder & Managing Director of Prisma Garments, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu.  Born in an agrarian family in Tirupur in 1972 with two sisters and one brother, Mr. Gopala Krishnan is an astute businessman right from his young age. He established the firm Esteem Knit Wear as a Garment Export unit in the year 1995 when he was just 23. The company catered to many brands across EUROPEAN market. In 2012 he started a separate garment company PRISMA GARMENTS to cater the needs of domestic demand. Within a short span of seven years PRISMA has become a brand to reckon with in the Indian Women’s Bottomwear segment. He has also set up more than 20 retail stores and kiosks for Prisma across West & South India, so far. He is a member of the Governing Council in NIFT – TEA College.

Sangram Surve is the founder-director of Think WhyNot – a cross-media strategic consulting and implementation agency. He has over 20 years of experience in advertising, strategic marketing and Event Management. He has worked on several brands across industries and is responsible for building many from scratch. His love for books saw him create cutting edge marketing solutions for books and is responsible for several memorable campaigns for authors like Amish Tripathi, Ravi Subramanian, Ashwin Sanghi, Ravinder Singh amongst others. He also created the country’s first Litfest for Popular Literature called Litomania, He is a wildlife photographer, avid reader and a conservationist championing for animal rights.

Dr Punitha Gibson is an MBA with a Doctorate in Human Resource Management. Has 26 years of corporate experience in HR,Learning & Development and Retail Education with various organizations like IL&FS and Future Group. Her core competency areas are Employee Engagement and Retail Education. A certified assessor of various personality/potential assessment tools. She was heading the Education Vertical of FSSL the group company of Future Group and has launched university certified retail courses of graduation and post graduation levels. Actively engaged with NGOs working for the upliftment of underprivileged unemployed youth in India.

A B.Tech in Chemical Technology from UDCT and has a post graduate degree in Marketing from Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai with 31 years of experience across diverse industries like E-commerce technology, Retail IT, QSR Retail, FMCG, Pharma OTC, Chemicals as a Business Head. He is an omni-channel and e-commerce IT Platform expert. Sanjayan has over 15 years of Teaching experience at Welingkar Institute of Management teaching Marketing Management; Marketing Strategy; Strategic Management; General Management as a Visiting Faculty.

Ramachandran has over 3 decades of experience across multiple functions as business head.  He comes with a very rich experience in business/brand strategy, marketing, business development &  operations in B2B and B2B2C Channels.  Ram’s expertise has been in nurturing and scaling up startup organizations & made significant contributions in several pioneering & innovative payment solutions for the retail sector in India while at Suvidhaa Infoserve. Earlier Ram served as Director – Marketing & Events at Retailers Association of India (rai) where his skills, especially in networking helped rai establish many events, membership activities, the most significant being rai’s flagship event ReTechCon.  Before joining Retail SALT, Ram was the COO of Spiritus Payments, based in Mumbai.

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