Our Moderators!

Dr Tabrez Ahmad is the Director at Alliance College of Law and is engaged in teaching Research and Administration, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law, Cyber Law, E-commerce Law, Business Law and World Trade Law.

Dr Tabrez Ahmad has achieved a Doctrate in Cyber law and a Masters degree in Law both from Aligarh Muslim University.

Dr Tabrez Ahmad has published a number of books and articles on Cyber laws, E- Commerce, Financial Frauds, Foreign Direct Investments etc

He has also actively conducted a number of workshops and training programs on diverse topics like Environmental law, Victimology, Importance of Professional Legal education etc

He is a member of a number of distinguished bodies and editorial boards like World Society of Internet, Geneva, Switzerland; Indian Law Institute, New Delhi; All India Law Teachers Congress, New Delhi etc

Mr Tabrez Ahmad will be the moderator for the topic "Communication Soup for Cyber Gens - Section 66A of the Information Technology Act"

Watch him in action at CQ 13 on 24th January 2013! 

Mr Prakash Belawadi - Eminent Speaker at CQ 13

Mr Prakash Belawadi is a Journalist, theater person, director and a well know critic from Bengaluru. He has worked with leading English dailies Indian Express, The Asian Age and magazine Sunday.  Mr Prakash’s movie ‘Stumble’ won National Award in 2002. He has directed television serials, Kannada and English plays. Mr Belawadi is a co-founder of Centre of Film and Drama which is set to launch Suchitra School of Cinema and Dramatic Arts at the Suchitra Cinema and Cultural Academy campus in Bangalore. He is a well know face Cinema and Theater circle in India.

Mr Prakash Belawadi would be sharing the discussion panel for "Is film making an Art, Craft or Box Office?" with others like Dr Padmaja Shaw, Mr H.N. Narahari Rao, Mr  Jeevan Pathare and Mr N Manu Chakravarthy. 

Our distinguished speaker - Mr. N Manu Chakravarthy

Mr. N Manu Chakravarthy, a Professor of English at the NMKRV College for Women at Bengaluru, is a noted literary critic as well as a film critic of India. His writings on film and related arts are replete with profound insights into the human condition as well as the need for serious discourse on socio-cultural matters. His writings reveal the authority with which he can discuss the cinemas of the world. Mr. Chakravarthy has received the Best Critic Award at the 58th National Film Awards.

CQ 13 proudly announces Mr. N Manu Chakravarthy as a speaker on "Is film making an Art, Craft or Box Office?" amongst others such as Dr Padmaja Shaw, Mr Prakash Belawadi, Mr  Jeevan Pathare and Mr H.N. Narahari Rao.

Mr H.N. Narahari Rao - Our notable speaker!

Mr H.N. Narahari Rao, the secretary of FIPRESCI India is a film critic from India. Also known as a noted film society activist, he is now serving as the President of the Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI) for over 35 years, a charge taken over from the renowned film maker Shyam Benegal. Mr Rao is one of the founder member of Suchitra Film Society in Bengaluru.  He has authored several books, including his latest, The Most Memorable Films of the World from the Diaries of the Film Societies.

Watch him in the discussion panel for "Is film making an Art, Craft or Box Office?" with other distinguished speakers like Dr Padmaja Shaw, Mr Prakash Belawadi, Mr  Jeevan Pathare and Mr N Manu Chakravarthy.

Suresh Babu - Our Esteemed Guest Speaker!

Suresh Babu is the founder Web Marketing Academy,  a digital marketing training institute providing certificate courses, corporate digital marketing training located in Bangalore.  An alumnus of IIMB & IIMC, Suresh Babu has trained and mentored corporates, small businesses, individuals including Red Bus, ABB, DSM, NSRCEL-IIMB, Axcend in Digital marketing. Prior to this, Suresh was the web marketing manager for Vayama.com, an online travel agency and various web design, ad agency in Florida, USA.

Suresh Babu is also the founder of OME community, frequent speaker at digital marketing industry conferences such as search marketing summit, SES Conference, TFMA, i5Talks, Search Marketing Summit, India search summit, start up Saturday, OME community, and web marketing expo as well as at major universities, such as Christ University, Archarya Business School, Commits, Manatee Community College.

He is also the Co-Chairman  for TFMA India 2012, the Director and organizer of search marketing summit India, a premier International search marketing conference 2011, Director and chief organizer of Web Marketing Expo 2011 and a Guest Faculty for Digital Marketing, Social media and Analytics at WLCI, Christ University, Archarya B School and other colleges.

Witness Suresh Babu at CQ 13 as he moderates the discussion on  "Is Cross-channel market the current trend to engage your content & your consumers ?" with other esteemed speakers like Mr Praseed Prasad, Mr Deviah,  Mr K Vaitheeswaran and Mr Sam Panchamukhi.

Our eminent speakers!

Ms. Nupur Basu is an experienced print and television reporter and award winning documentary film maker. Since the last three decades she has worked in both print and television journalism, reporting and filming extensively from different regions in the world like India, UK, Uganda, Switzerland, South Africa, Spain, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal ,Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Her extensive reporting encompassed the fields of politics, development, gender, child rights, issues on livelihood, hunger, health and environment in print, television and documentary films. Her longest stints in print was with India's leading national daily, Indian Express (1982 to 1991) and in television, with New Delhi Television (NDTV) (from 1994 to 2006) as Senior Editor.

The documentary films made by Ms. Basu include Dry Days In Dobbagunta, (1995), which bagged the award for Excellence in Television at IAWRT Festival at Harare, Zimbabwe, No Country for Young Girls? , Lost Generations, Michael Jackson Comes to Manikganj and Mothers of Mallapuram.

Nupur has been the visiting faculty for the spring term at the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley teaching a course on 'International Reporting : India". At present , Ms.Nupur Basu is an Associate Fellow at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) at Bangalore and is on the executive commitee of the Media Foundation, India, on the Board of Trustees of Panos, London and the Board of The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT), India Chapter.

SMC-B is honoured to have Ms. Nupur Basu in the discussion panel for “The thin line between sensuality and vulgarity in visual communication”.

Hear her share thoughts with other eminent  Speakers like Ms Aruna C Newton, Ms Srividya, Ms Asha S, and Mr.K Giriprakash.

Introducing our speakers!

Na.Vijayashankar, more popularly known as Naavi ^TM, is an Information Assurance Consultant based in Bangalore, India. Naavi is the founder of a premier portal on Cyber Laws in India, as well as a dedicated virtual educational institution in Cyber Laws. He has pioneered many IT enabled services for Cyber law compliance.

He has authored a number of books on Cyber Crime and Cyber Crime Laws. Naavi is a guest faculty in a number of educational institutions including National Law School of India, Bangalore, NALSAR, Hyderabad, KLE Law College NPA, IDRBT, DTRI, ISACA, NADT, LBS National Academy, Judicial Academies, etc.

Naavi has over three decades of senior corporate executive experience behind him. Naavi is a pioneer in India on the concept of Cyber Law Compliance and a leading HIPAA Compliance consultant in India.

Naavi is the founder secretary of CySi, Founder Trustee IIIT Law and Chairman and Digital Society of India. He is also a noted Netizen Rights Activist taking up the cause of Netizens with appropriate authorities. Naavi has also been a recipient of the “Dena Bank award of Excellence” through PR Syndicate, Chennai.

Na. Vijayashankar will be on the discussion panel for ‘the current trend of engaging content and consumers through cross channel marketing.’

Watch him in action with Speakers Mr. Sam Panchmukhi, Mr. K Vaitheeswaran, Mr. MA Deviah and Mr. Praseed Prasad with Mr Suresh Babu as moderator for the panel