Garje Marathi Global Excellence Summit 2023
Bay Area, California USA
Garje Marathi Global Excellence Summit 2023
ज्ञानोपासना,उद्यमशीलता आणि देशभक्ती या त्रिगुणांचा संगम ही मराठी माणसाची ओळख आहे.आणि या संस्कारांच्या पायावर गर्जे मराठी ग्लोबल हे व्यासपीठ उभे आहे. ह्या व्यासपीठावर प्रत्येक मराठी माणसाचे स्वागत आहे. इथे भेदाभेदांच्या भिंती नाहीत, महत्त्वाकांक्षेला बंधन नाही किंवा स्वप्नाना अंत नाही.
अनुभवांची देवाणघेवाण करावी, गुरुत्त्व स्वीकारुन शिष्याना मार्गदर्शन करावे, आणि आपल्या ज्ञानदानाने मराठी माणसाचे, समाजाचे भविष्य उज्ज्वल करावे. आणि आता आपण सर्वानी मिळून विश्वपटला वरती मराठीचा झेंडा फडकवायचा आहे ह्या निश्चयाने आपण २९ आणि ३० जुलै २०२३ ला Milpitas, Bay Area USA येथे आपण १000 हुन अधिकजण एकत्र येणार आहोत.
The mission of the summit is to bring together Maharashtrian high achievers, influencers, business leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, self employed individuals, academics and students from around the world to collaborate, network, share knowledge, educate, and celebrate progress collectively.
The summit will be graced by highly respected personalities including Padma Vibhushan Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, Honorable Minister of Central Government Shri. Nitin Gadkari, and other esteemed entrepreneurs, academics and professionals as keynote speakers.
Dr. Mashelkar is Garje Marathi’s main advisor, mentor and guide from the very beginning
The Mission Purpose
- To create a common platform for Entrepreneurs, Academician and Professionals
- To give back to our heritage, our culture and the country we live in.
- To connect youths, entrepreneurs of Maharashtra with the USA and the world
- To build the Community bond and strong network amongst global Marathi.
- To develop a comprehensive framework for personal as well collective growth while also promoting collaboration, innovation, and sustainability.
The summit will give an excellent platform to,
- Network, share your knowledge,
- Meet your peers and alumni,
- Showcase your skills, expertise and produces,
- Promote your cause and social work,
- Interact with globally acclaimed entrepreneurs, academics and professionals,
- Explore investment opportunities
- Connect with investors, VCs.
- Seek and also to offer job-career growth opportunities.
- Meet recruiters and to get career guidance from VPs and CEOs
Using the Collective Impact framework, we will conduct an analysis of the key sectors in Maharashtra’s economy and identify the most crucial sectors with the most potential for growth based on factors such as existing infrastructure, availability of raw materials, human resources, technology, and market demand.
Event Venue:
India Community Centre
525 Los Coches Street
Milpitas, CA 95035
How you can get there: The venue is located in the Bay area, CA which is very well connected by Air and Land transport.
Airport:
- San Francisco International Airport – 35 miles from the Venue
- San Jose Mineta International Airport – 9 miles from Venue
- Oakland International Airport – 19 miles from Venue
Taxi:
- Uber, Lyft and Cabs are available easily
Where to Stay: GMG Excellence Summit will provide a discount code whenever possible
- Embassy Suites by Hilton Milpitas Silicon Valley
901 E Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035 (walking distance. less than half mile) - Courtyard by Marriot Milpitas Silicon Valley
1480 Falcon Dr, Milpitas, CA 95035 (2 miles from Venue)
The Program
Timing at 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Breakfast
Timing at 08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Opening ceremony: Special Guests, GMG Board and Sponsors
Launch of GMG Job Portal,
Release of Garje Marathi Book 3,
Release of Directory of Attendees and
Panel discussions: Details given below
Breakout rooms: Details given below
Lunch
Full course buffet lunch to match Marathi Taste, Banquette style sitting will also be available.
Timing at 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Tea and Networking
Timing at 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Meet the CxOs
- Parag Marathe, President of 49ers Enterprises & EVP of Football Operations
- Salil Donde, CEO Ventiv Technology Inc.
- Dr. Shri Thanedar, USA Congressman from Michigan
Timing at 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch and networking
Timing at 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Key note speeches on Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, Sustainability and IT
Timing at 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Break for parallel track sessions
Timing at 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Parallel Breakout Sessions - 8 Sessions (Either 2-3 sessions or Panel discussion of entire track)
Parallel Sessions
- Artificial Intelligence, & Robotics
- Healthcare, Pharma and Bio-Tech
- Agritech, Farmtech OR Fintech
- Sustainability (ESG, EV and Renewable Energy)
- IT, Cyber Security, Blockchain, Crypto
- Sunrise Industry (Sports, Entertainment and Media)
- Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
- 2 Sessions - Startups - Investors Connect, mentor Connect (3:15 to 5:00 PM)
Timing at 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Tea and networking, & GMGX - Experts Talks
Timing at 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Panel Discussions
- Women in Leadership
- Social Media Influencers and Impact on Digital Economy
Timing at 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
GMG Recognitions & Awards
Timing at 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Drinks, Evening Dinner, Networking, & Entertainment Program.
Timing at 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast & Networking
Timing at 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Morning Session - Day 2
- Welcome to Morning Session on Day 2 - GMG MC
- "Opportunities in Maharashtra" - Uday Samant, Minister of Industries, Maharashtra
- Address by Ashish Achlerkar, GMG Patron and Founder & CEO of NearU
Timing at 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tea and networking, & GMGX - Experts Talks
Timing at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Innovations, Entrepreneurship and Start-ups Fundraising - Session
Amey Mashelkar, Sudhir Kadam, Vaibhav Domkundwar
Timing at 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch and networking
Timing at 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Final 6 Selected Startups Pitches
Timing at 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Each Breakout Segment will present an action plan to impact 1% of MH GDP in the sequence given below
- Artificial Intelligence, & Robotics
- Healthcare, Pharma, and Bio-Tech
- Agritech, Farmtech OR Fintech
- Sustainability (ESG, EV, and Renewable Energy)
- IT, Cyber Security, Blockchain, Crypto
- Sunrise Industry (Sports, Entertainment, and Media)
- GMGES Innovation Academy and Entrepreneurship - Startup Bootcamp in Parallel --- Sharktank-like Pitching session
Timing at 3:30 PM -4:00 PM
Tea and networking
Timing at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Concluding Session
- Impact of Global Maharashtrians - Mr. Deepak Kesarkar, Minister for Ministry of Education and Ministry of Marathi Language
- Indo-US Opportunities - Mr. M. Rangaswamy, Head Indiaspora
- Vote of thanks
Event Speakers
Abhijeet Khadilkar
Managing Partner at ↗Spearhead | Strategy + Transformation with AI and Digital | Best-selling Author | Loves Dad Jokes
Ajay Patwardhan
Technology Executive – IT Projects and Infrastructure Management GCP, AWS, SAP, IT Tools Development, Delivery, Governance
Ajit Jaokar
Visiting Fellow, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford and Course Director, Artificial Intelligence: Cloud and Edge Implementations, University of Oxford
Arun Joshi
Founder/CEO Visulon Inc. Execution, Strategy and Business expansion. Strong interests in Digital Transformation, Cloud - AI ML
Ashish Chaughule
Global Product Manager, Digital Channels/ Senior Vice President at Citigroup
Bhushan Kulkarni
Serial Technology Entrepreneur, Venture Investor, Venture Operator, Jobs Creator, Community Builder
Dr Raghunath Mashelkar
National Research Professor at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
H.C Barkes
President & CEO, PRUDENCE - Broker at LLOYD'S - U.K., U.S., U.A.E. - CPCU, AMIM, AIC, ARe, ACII, Chartered Insurer, AIRM, FIII, AIII(Gen), AIII(Mar), B.Com(Fin), PGDM(Mktg), LLB, HARVARD-Disruptive Strategy, WHARTON-EAP
Hrushikesh Sathawane
Director of Product/Marketing/Strategy | President SF Bay IIT-BHF | Board member IIT-BayArea.org | 🏳️🌈
Lalit Shinde
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) | Board Member (Multiple) | Executive Mentor/Coach | AI/Cybersecurity/Finance/Technology Nerd
Madhav Dabke
Focusing on BFSI Product Innovations and Digital Transformations | Design Thinker | Mentoring start-ups | NGO Board Member | Former-Banker | Human Experience Expert
Manoj Prabhakar Kulkarni
Head of Corporate Supply Chain Services at Johnson Electric
Milind Kanitkar
Vice President, Data and Analytics Group, Office of COO at Morgan Stanley
Narendra Kale
Serial Entrepreneur, Mentor,Co-Founder Bhau Institute,Director Kale Logistics, Founder Chairman, Kale Consultants Ltd
Prashant Sarode
CTO-Automation & Cognitive Technologies @Fintech | Head of Product & Engineering | Principal Architect | Cloud-Native Platforms, SaaS, Privately trained LLMs for Role-n-Process specific Co-Pilots, CV, NLP, NER
Pratibha Aphale
Board Member | Advisory Council Member| Global Information Security and Information Technology Executive. Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Risk, Governance , Data Privacy, ERP Systems, IT Operations.
Priya Samant
CEO/Co-Founder Abris.io (Empowering Web3), Appointed Director of 8th #IDWGIS@United Nations. Creator-Impact Advisor concept for cinema. CM TiE Boston,Horasis. Talks #blockchain #sustainability #impact #films #USIndia
Rutooj Deshpande
Battery Scientist and Advisor for Vehicle electrification and Energy storage| Entrepreneur
Sameer Padhye
Entrepreneur, Investor and Advisor. Dynamic Professional with extensive experience in creating start-ups, building large P&L, great teams and strategic sales initiative.
Sandeep Kulkarni
Data Services Leader - Data Engineering | Data Architecture | Data Integration | Data Management | Big Data | Business Intelligence | Advanced Analytics
Sandeep Padhye
Digital Strategist|CX Transformation|Mentor|Advisor|Salesforce|Podcast Host
Shrikant Nistane
Trusted Advisor to take you through the Digital Transformation journey. SAP RISE, BTP, Digital Supply Chain, EAM, EWM, Zebra technology
Sunil Dane
Runner, Fitness Enthusiast, Founder & President (Strategic Accounts) at e-Zest Solutions Inc. - Your partner for digital innovation!
Umesh Udgaonkar
A Hands-on Enterprise Transformation IT Leader: CRM; ERP; M&A Integrations; 9X Salesforce Certified Architect.
Upendra Mardikar
EVP, Chief Information Security Officer at TIAA. Author, Advisor, Mentor
Vijay Talele
Former CEO of COEP's Bhau Institute. Startups Evangelist, Investor, Incubation Centers Advisor, and Software Services Delivery Excellence consultant
Vrushali Nistane
SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) - Certified M/WBE, WBENC, WOSB, NMSDC, ASUG NJ Chapter Volunteer
About GMG
We are excited to welcome you to be part of this journey, and make a significant impact on our global community.We are excited to welcome you to be part of this journey, and make a significant impact on our global community.
Our Aim
Garje Marathi ‘Global Summit for Excellence’ aims to pave a path for personal growth creating a lasting impact on Maharashtra’s economy, driving growth and development across key sectors, while also promoting collaboration, innovation, and sustainability
Connections
Build real-life connections with fellow Marathi professionals from all over the globe.
Explore Opportunities
Explore Business and Career Opportunities in India, Silicon Valley, and across the world.
Create Impact
Create impact for our Marathi community in Maharashtra and beyond.
