Inspiring Stories, Hot Ideas, Meaningful Conversations, Useful Networking

Welcome to the 10th Edition of the Bangalore Business Literature Festival, India’s most-attended and longest-running business literature festival. ​

The Bizlitfest celebrates and fosters the culture of reading, writing, and publishing business literature in all forms, among entrepreneurs, executives and graduate students. It curates meaningful and deeper conversations between authors, business leaders and readers so that they make better-informed and more nuanced decisions about business, environment and life.​

Attendees can expect conversations involving prominent authors, CXOs, startup founders, academia, and thought leaders. The fest has also emerged as an excellent platform for networking between authors, readers, leaders, executives, entrepreneurs, and students.

BBLF offers organizations and brands an excellent opportunity to be associated with a unique and meaningful conversation platform that promises to enhance the intellectual capital of the business community in India.​

The festival is set in a semi-formal ambience which helps absorb, immerse and network better.

Date - September 14, 2024

Schedule - 9.30 am onwards

On the Spot Registration Opens at 9.15 am

Venue

Catholic Club, Second Floor, Museum Rd, Shanthala Nagar,

Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru - 560025.

Location - https://maps.app.goo.gl/TnUsZvGc37Sg5VST6

Landmark - Behind St. Patrick's Church, Brigade Road

Save to Calendar - https://www.addevent.com/event/pV22651878

Parking

Ample paid parking space available at St. Patricks Church Complex (coming from Hosur Road) and at St. Patrick's Commercial Complex (coming from Brigade Road) 

Two-wheeler parking at St. Patrick's Commercial Complex only. 

Paid parking is also available on Brigade Road for cars. 

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​Reaching the Venue

It is advisable to take cabs, autos or the Bangalore Metro (Church Street).

Venue is just five minutes' walk from the metro station.

Agenda

Secrets of Success in Career and Writing

Harish Bhat, Former Brand Custodian, Tata Sons, Author, Office Secrets: 50 Human Truths You Should Absolutely Know

Host - Shankar P., writer/editor, Knowledge@Wharton

AI & You – Fear, Anguish, Hope

Tanuj Bhojwani, Co-author, The Art of Bitfulness: Keeping Calm in the Digital World

Shalini Kapoor, Author, AI for You: The New Gamechanger, Chief Technologist - APJ @ AWS | Gen AI | Ex IBM Fellow

Host - Kashyap Kompella, Analyst, Author, Educator

The Spirit of India

Sriram Devatha, Author, Amrut – The Great Churn: The Global Story of India’s First Single Malt

Host - Mohua Chinappa, Founder, The Mohua Show, Author, Branding Expert

Crafting Career and Life in the VUCA World

Pavan Soni, Author, Designing Your Career: Lead Self, Lead Others, Lead Change

Prof Surjyabrat Buragohain, ICFAI Business School, Bangalore

Host - Madanmohan Rao, Research Director, YourStory, Team BBLF

The Food Start-up Stories

Ravi Wazir, Author, Beyond the Menu - A Restaurant Start-up Guide

Sudhakar Rao, Director, ICFAI Group

Where is the ESG Party Headed?

Vipul Arora, Author, The Essence of ESG: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Radhica Kanniganti, Leader ESG & Sustainability at Wipro

Host - Madhur Singh, Former Managing Editor, IndiaSpend and India Editor, Eco-Business, Festival Curator, Climate Communicator

Unravelling Indian Unicorns – Few Hits, Many Misses

Pradip K. Saha, Author, The Learning Trap: How Byju’s Took Indian Edtech for a Ride

Dhruv Nath, Author, The EARNICORNS – Stories of Rare, Profitable Unicorns

Host - Stuthi Vijayaraghavan, Founder, Urban Venture Labs, former analyst, McKinsey US

Investigative Business Writing in India

Nitin Sethi, Founding Editor and Member - The Reporters' Collective

V Pattabhi Ram, Co-author, The Great Bank Robbery: NPAs, Scams and the Future of Regulation

Host - Sitaraman Shankar, Editor, Deccan Herald

Rapid New Book Launches

Karthik Venkatesh, Executive Editor, Penguin Random House, India

Book Launch

The Lion, The Admiral and a Cat Called B. Uma Vijayalakshmi: Learnings from Life and Management, by V. Raghunathan

Launch by Ramachandra Guha, Historian and Environmentalist

The City of New Beginnings

Malini Goyal, Co-author, Unboxing Bengaluru: The City of New Beginnings

Host - V. Ravichandar, Civic Evangelist, Chairman, Feedback Consulting

2024 BBLF CK Prahalad Best Business Book Award

Host - Benedict Paramanand, CEO, Bangalore Business Literature Festival​​

Ajai Chowdhry, Co-founder - HCL Technologies

Sudhakar Rao, Director, ICFAI Group

Jury 2024

Prof. Mukesh Sud, Visiting Faculty, IIM Ahmedabad, Ashoka University, Author, Entrepreneur

Madhur Singh, Former Managing Editor, IndiaSpend and India Editor, Eco-Business, Festival Curator, Climate Communicator

Bhupendra Sharma, Business Leader Coach

​Networking Cocktail with Authors, Award Winners and Invitees

For more details and to know about previous editions, visit - https://www.bizlitfest.com/sessions-videos

Please come with your colleagues, friends and family. 

For co-sponsorship opportunities please contact:

Benedict Paramanand

CEO and Co-founder Bangalore

Business Literature Festival

benedict99@gmail.com

Registration Fee

General

Rs. 899 - full day*

Rs. 499 - half-a-day​

Students

Rs. 299 - full day*

*Includes coffee/tea, snacks and working lunch

On-the-Spot Registration is available from 9.15 AM

FAQs - https://www.bizlitfest.com/faqs

For More Details Visit - https://www.bizlitfest.com/