Indian Space and Geospatial Trade Mission to Sweden
13-15 December 2023
"A Big Thank You for your support and look forward to your continued participation in all our future endeavours."
Thank you for ensuring the success of the 1st INDIA SWEDEN SPACE & GEOSPATIAL BUSINESS SUMMIT & INDIAN SPACE AND GEOSPATIAL TRADE MISSION TO SWEDEN! We appreciate your support and look forward to your continued participation in all our future endeavors.
Background
India and Sweden have enjoyed a long-standing and close relationship built on shared values, robust business and investment connections, and strong research and development ties. Both nations also share similar approaches in addressing global challenges related to peace, security, and development.
The Indian – Swedish Space cooperation began in the year 1986 through a pivotal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) and SNSB (The Swedish National Space Board). This partnership has since flourished, leading to a series of high-level meetings and MoUs spanning multiple sectors, such as Science & Technology, Defense, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Digitalization, complementing their joint efforts in space and geospatial industriesgeospatial industries. These sectors include Science & Technology, Defense, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Digitalization.
TRADE MISSION
The first-ever Indian Space and Geospatial Industry Trade Mission to Sweden, organized by GWCC, signifies a significant milestone in the collaboration between India and Sweden in the realms of geospatial and space technology.
This achievement is particularly noteworthy, as it aligns with the goals of both the Indian and Swedish governments in the field of space technology, aiming to accelerate the prospects for enhancing exports and investments in India-Sweden innovations.
SPEAKERS AND DELEGATES
HE Tanmaya Lal
Indian Ambassador
Embassy of India to Sweden
Ambassador Tanmaya Lal, 56 years of age, has served as an Indian diplomat for more than three decades. He joined as Ambassador in Stockholm in December 2020. His previous two assignments were as High Commissioner to Mauritius (2019-2020) and as Ambassador / Deputy Permanent Representative of India to UN at Permanent Mission of India, New York from 2016-2018. Prior to this he headed the UN Economic & Social (UNES) Division and the East & Southern Africa (E&SA) Division at headquarters. He served as the Deputy High Commissioner and Deputy Permanent Representative(DPR) in Nairobi and Deputy Chief of Mission and DPR in Bangkok. Prior to New York, Tanmaya Lal has served in the Indian Missions in Bonn 1993-1996; Tehran 1999-2002; Vienna (also accredited to Slovenia) 2002-2005; Bangkok 2007-2010 and Nairobi (also accredited to Somalia and Eritrea) 2010-2013. Besides heading the E&SA Division (2015-2016) and the UNES Division (2013-2015), he has served as Director (2005-2007) and Under Secretary (1997-99) for the West Europe Division (engagement with EU and 12 west European nations) and as the Regional Passport Officer for Delhi (1996-97). He has worked extensively on multilateral aspects of India’s engagement as Ambassador/DPR in New York, as the Head of the UNES Division at headquarters and earlier at the Indian Missions in Vienna, Nairobi and Bangkok. His portfolio at the headquarters included the Climate Change negotiations at the UNFCCC, Agenda 2030, Human Rights Council, UN agencies, maritime issues, and the Arctic Council among others. His work experience includes India’s engagement in its extended neighbourhood (Mauritius, Iran, Southeast Asia and East & Southern Africa) and west Europe, as also regional groupings (EU, ASEAN, AU, BIMSTEC, IORA and IOC). As the Head of E&SA Division, his portfolio included work relating to the AU and 20 African countries as also the 2015 Third India-Africa Forum Summit that saw an unprecedented scale of high-levelparticipation. In Mauritius he engaged with the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) and Indian Ocean Commission (IOC). In Mauritius, he was also engaged in work on implementation of a range of large India-assisted infrastructure projects. Three of these high-profiledevelopment projects - Metro Express, ENT Hospital and Supreme Court building - were jointly e-inaugurated at Prime Ministerial level during his tenure. Coordination of assistance during Covid19 pandemic, MV Wakashio oil spill and repatriation of stranded Indians was also organized. There were three visits by PM of Mauritius to India during this phase. Tanmaya Lal received the S. K. Singh Award in 2013 for Excellence in the Indian Foreign Service. He did his schooling in New Delhi and holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master's degree in Biological Sciences from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. After graduating in 1987, he worked with two Indian Public Sector Undertakings : the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) from 1988-1991 and the Cement Corporation of India (CCI) from 1987-88 before joining the Indian Foreign Service in 1991.
Håkan Jevrell
State Secretary
Minister for International Development Cooperation, Government of Sweden
Ambassador Tanmaya Lal, 56 years of age, has served as an Indian diplomat for more than three decades. He joined as Ambassador in Stockholm in December 2020. His previous two assignments were as High Commissioner to Mauritius (2019-2020) and as Ambassador / Deputy Permanent Representative of India to UN at Permanent Mission of India, New York from 2016-2018. Prior to this he headed the UN Economic & Social (UNES) Division and the East & Southern Africa (E&SA) Division at headquarters. He served as the Deputy High Commissioner and Deputy Permanent Representative(DPR) in Nairobi and Deputy Chief of Mission and DPR in Bangkok. Prior to New York, Tanmaya Lal has served in the Indian Missions in Bonn 1993-1996; Tehran 1999-2002; Vienna (also accredited to Slovenia) 2002-2005; Bangkok 2007-2010 and Nairobi (also accredited to Somalia and Eritrea) 2010-2013. Besides heading the E&SA Division (2015-2016) and the UNES Division (2013-2015), he has served as Director (2005-2007) and Under Secretary (1997-99) for the West Europe Division (engagement with EU and 12 west European nations) and as the Regional Passport Officer for Delhi (1996-97). He has worked extensively on multilateral aspects of India’s engagement as Ambassador/DPR in New York, as the Head of the UNES Division at headquarters and earlier at the Indian Missions in Vienna, Nairobi and Bangkok. His portfolio at the headquarters included the Climate Change negotiations at the UNFCCC, Agenda 2030, Human Rights Council, UN agencies, maritime issues, and the Arctic Council among others. His work experience includes India’s engagement in its extended neighbourhood (Mauritius, Iran, Southeast Asia and East & Southern Africa) and west Europe, as also regional groupings (EU, ASEAN, AU, BIMSTEC, IORA and IOC). As the Head of E&SA Division, his portfolio included work relating to the AU and 20 African countries as also the 2015 Third India-Africa Forum Summit that saw an unprecedented scale of high-levelparticipation. In Mauritius he engaged with the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) and Indian Ocean Commission (IOC). In Mauritius, he was also engaged in work on implementation of a range of large India-assisted infrastructure projects. Three of these high-profiledevelopment projects - Metro Express, ENT Hospital and Supreme Court building - were jointly e-inaugurated at Prime Ministerial level during his tenure. Coordination of assistance during Covid19 pandemic, MV Wakashio oil spill and repatriation of stranded Indians was also organized. There were three visits by PM of Mauritius to India during this phase. Tanmaya Lal received the S. K. Singh Award in 2013 for Excellence in the Indian Foreign Service. He did his schooling in New Delhi and holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master's degree in Biological Sciences from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. After graduating in 1987, he worked with two Indian Public Sector Undertakings : the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) from 1988-1991 and the Cement Corporation of India (CCI) from 1987-88 before joining the Indian Foreign Service in 1991.
Sanjay Kumar
Founder & CEO
Geospatial World & Geospatial World Chamber of Commerce
Tushar R Phadnis
Counsellor (Space) and ISRO Technical Liason Officer
Embassy of India, Paris
Charlotta Sund
President and CEO
SSC-Swedish Space Corporation
Experienced Executive with demonstrated history working in the Internet of Things, Information Technology and Telecommunications Industries.Board of Director Experience in Building, Industry and Logistic area. Strong international leadership experience combined with business achievements.
Robin Sukhia
Secretary General and President
Sweden India Business Council
Swedish Indian born Robin Sukhia has worked with India since 1996. Through a Venture Capital firm he was one of the pioneers in the industry to invest into India. Robin has held board positions in India and Sweden and is since 2005 the Secretary General and President of the Sweden-India Business Council (SIBC), Sweden’s largest dedicated business-networking community with India. Under Robins’ leadership, building a competent and high-profile team and advisors, the council has grown exponentially and performed over 500 high quality activities to promote the modern side of India and thereby increasing the interest between the countries. Robin advises leaders and decision makers in companies, government, agencies and institutions on their India, or Sweden-India related work. In 2016, SIBC was appointed by the Wallenberg Foundation to be the Secretariat to ISBLRT - India Sweden Business Leaders’ Roundtable consisting of owners, chair persons and CEOs of about 40 of the largest companies in Sweden. ISBLRT was constituted by the respective Prime Ministers in February of 2016. Robin also the Chairman of publicly traded company Scandinavian Chemotech where he was previously a board member. He further sits on the Investment Committee of the AI and Robotics Tech Park’s (ARTPARK) innovation Program, housed in the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru. He is a member and co.founder of the committee on Project for Nordic India Relations and Nordic India Strategic Dialogue. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the State University of New York. He has also been a Special Advisor to Risk Mitigation firm Vesper Group. Robin is an OCI holder and a clear example of how members of India’s extended family, can play a powerful role in strengthening relationships and economic partnerships between the countries.
Akash Yalagach
CTO & Co- Founder
KaleidEO | SatSure
Akash Yalagach is currently the Chief Technology Officer at KaleidEO Space Systems Pvt. Ltd., a SatSure Company, where he is building a bridge between the upstream and downstream sector of the earth observation ecosystem with the team. He is a systems thinker and enjoys being at the intersection of technology and business to bring them together to create meaningful solutions. Earlier, he was at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for 7 years as a Mechanical Assembly, Integration and testing (AIT) engineer for all launch vehicles after completing his bachelor in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology. He was a part of AIT team for 22 launch vehicle missions of PSLV, GSLV and LVM3 at ISRO. He was a team member for the Crew Module Re-Entry Experiment launched on the maiden launch of LVM3 and also the launch team for the Chandrayaan-2 (2nd mission to the Moon by India). He was introduced to satellite engineering during his master's at the University of Surrey. He was awarded the Commonwealth Scholarship to pursue his master's. He is also currently pursuing his PhD in Deployable Spacecraft Mechanisms from the University of Auckland. Outside work, he enjoys playing a game of squash and going on a hike.
Avinash Viswanathan
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
DSM Soft (P) Ltd.
Avinash is a Civil Engineer and a GIS professional. He has been with DSM Soft for 23 years and has served across various business functions within the organisation. Currently, he heads the sales and marketing function of DSM Soft, and manages key customer accounts worldwide. Avinash brings hands-on and all-round experience in data processing, software development and business development in promoting services and products of DSM Soft.
Bastiaan Lagaune
Head of Business Development and Sales
OHB Sweden AB
Aerospace Engineer with a strong affiliation with business strategy, bid management and entrepreneurship through combining technical engineering knowledge with a strong passion in making things happen. During his studies he gained a number of entrepreneurial skills such as co-founding a start-up, following management courses as part of his minor as well as a broad set of extra curricular sports activities. In 2016, graduated at the German Aerospace Center DLR in the field of Space Debris. This field still holds his largest interest due to the global importance in creating a sustainable space industry, but especially also the challenges it faces in creating a sustainable business case. he have a strong international character, having lived, studied and worked in multiple European countries throughout my entire life. He truly enjoy working in an international multidisciplinary environment where a great team can make the difference. He started my career in the downstream space industry (B2C) in order to understand the value creation of the space industry for day2day consumers of space assets. Currently his work as a Business Engineer at OHB Sweden AB in the upstream space industry (B2B) where he can use my B2C knowledge to bridge the gap between the upstream and downstream market. Furthermore, in his current position, he can combine technical space engineering skills with business development passion.
Bengt Kjellson
Former DG Lantmateriet and Lawyer Expert
Geospatial Law and Business
Experienced senior leader who is passionate about digitization, getting to help others grow with the task. Expert in land administration and geo-data. There is time for interesting assignments - investigator, moderator, panelist, advisor/speaking partner. Experienced CEO and Chairman Of The Board with a demonstrated history of working in government administration and internationally. Strong believer in Digitization. Skilled in Land administration and Geospatial Information Management. Strong business development professional graduated from University of Uppsala, interested in new assignments - adviser, moderator, panelist...
Cecilia Hertz
Co-Founder
I.S.A.A.C. International Space Asset Acceleration Company
Founder of Umbilical Design, gives speeches within space technology transfer, design for outer space and extreme environments, design strategy, innovation, creativity, sustainable city development and entrepreneurship.
Christer Fuglesang
Swedish Astronaut
Saab Group
Christer Fuglesang is an astronaut and professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, while working half time for Saab, where he is in the Strategy Group. At KTH Fuglesang is responsible for the AeroSpace Master program and he teaches a course in Human Spaceflight. Fuglesang is Director of KTH Space Center, within which he initiated a student CubeSat satellite project, MIST. Fuglesang´s own research is related to particles in space: radiation on the International Space Station since many years and lately he joined a project to put an experiment on ISS to study ultra-high energy cosmic rays. Fuglesang retired from ESA in March 2017. For 18 years, he was an active ESA astronaut. He trained one year at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, followed by three years in Russia where he was back-up for the EuroMir95 mission. In 1996 he was stationed with NASA at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston and became a Mission Specialist for the Space Shuttle. Fuglesang has performed two missions with the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station in 2006 (STS-116) and 2009 (STS-128). During these missions he participated in five EVAs (space walks). Between 2010 and 2013 Fuglesang was Head of Science and Applications Division in ESA’s Human Spaceflight Directorate, stationed at ESTEC in the Netherlands. This was followed by four years of secondment from ESA to Sweden, where he was adjunct professor at KTH and part time worked for the Swedish National Space Board. Fuglesang’s background is in experimental particle physics. In 1987 he earned a Ph.D. from Stockholm University in the field and worked at CERN 1988-1991.
Filip Stern Cedell
CEO
Phytom Space
Founder of Umbilical Design, gives speeches within space technology transfer, design for outer space and extreme environments, design strategy, innovation, creativity, sustainable city development and entrepreneurship.
Fredrik Gisle
Head APAC
SSC-Swedish Space Corporation
Fredrik Gisle have a background in international sales and business development working with multinational companies like Accenture, Ericsson and Orange, as well as smaller developing companies. He has a passion for new technologies and developing new markets. I have worked within Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia, Africa and USA. He is currently supporting Swedish companies who want to grow their business in Africa.
Hugo van der Linde
Vice President
Magnasoft
Passionate about business & tech. Former CEO of publicly traded tech company, twice winner of the Best Performer Award at the Euronext Stock Exchange. Co-founder of several tech ventures (up to 8-figure value).
Jaani Heinonen
Head of Invest Sweden
Business Sweden
Jaani heads the global investment promotion and advisory operations at Business Sweden in Stockholm. From 2019 to 2021 he led the Business Sweden investment promotion and advisory operations in APAC and was based in Shanghai. Jaani has over 25 years’ experience in global business, technology and government operations in Europe, USA, Brazil, Russia, India and East Asia including 14 years living in Shanghai. Jaani was a Founder and later the Board Chairman of the successful FinChi Innovation Center in Shanghai, which was established in 2005 and has so far supported over 150 Finnish companies in their China market entry. He has a broad experience in consulting companies and leading organisations in their international strategies, in investor relations and innovation projects.
Jens Lundström
CEO
European Space Agency (ESA) BIC
Software Entrepreneur with background in Internet tech for 20+ years. Working with entrepreneurs fulfill their dreams and venture stakeholders to exceed their expectations. Works in teams hands-on, as advisor, as mentor and within board member and ready to do what it takes 365/24/7. Started out in Internet and Software but have added clean-tech, space and several other exciting areas under the belt since. Worked both from board seat and as angel investor, mentor or external independent advisor. M.Sc. in Computer Science (in Artificial Intelligence & Database tech) from Linköping University. Then some own companies and lots of experiences. Started out as officer in Swedish armed forces (Intel/Recon/G2/J2) and still some hours in this.
Mikael Stern
Founder and CEO
I-Conic Vision
Real-time, real-world 3D models. After many years in the space and remote sensing industries, the goal is now to revolutionize how video is processed, perceived and utilized. The concept, which is based on advanced photogrammetry, computer vision and GPUs, is applicable to all kinds of video, from satellite, aircraft, drones and even handheld mobile phones.
Palash Jain
Sale Head- Nordics
Tech Mahindra
Result oriented management professional currently headhing the BPS Enterprise business of Nordics region with extensive and transferable cross industry experience. Proven track record of handling large & multiple customer accounts along with planning & implementing sales strategies majorly across new business. Dynamic young leader with passion on identifying and growing routes to new markets, by means of analysis and innovation. Across company level- Awarded as ‘Sales Manager of the Year’ Award for FY’21, Guru ‘The People Manager’ Award in FY’22, Closing the largest deal in Europe with a ‘Big Bang’ Award for FY’23. Currently responsible for an overall Annual Portfolio of USD 20 Mn.
Pär Hedberg
Cassini Space
Sting
Founder of Sting 2002. Have been backing startups fulltime since 1999 with experience of 400+ startups. Initiator and developer of several components of the Stockholm startup eco system: Sting 2002, Sting Business Angels, the VC fund Sting Capital, the co-working spaces SUP46 and THINGS, the corporate-startup matchmaking organisation Ignite Sweden and the angel investment company Propel Capital. Initiator and co-founder of the VC fund Luminar Ventures.
RUPAK DEORE
Geospatial World Consulting & Geospatial World Chamber of Commerce
Thriving in the jungle of entrepreneurship. R&D inertial navigation and GNSS engineer, with more than 5 years experiences R&D project, Product development and pre-sale post-sale customer support, in an international context.
Rupesh Kumar
Co- Founder
Suhora Technologies
With a knack for Software Architecture, Rupesh has over 17+ years of experience in developing solutions for areas as wide as Defence & Intelligence, Disaster Management, Natural Resource Monitoring, Environment & Weather, Smart Cities, and Homeland Securities.
Sanjay Nekkanti
Founder and CEO
Dhruva Space
India is well know for its space program around the world. He was part of the team that built India's first student nano-satellite project, India's first private satellite & Velox series of satellites from Singapore. I am a seasoned entrepreneur in the space industry with rich experience of working with start-ups and mid sized businesses building products and services in the area of Small Satellites, Satcom Technologies, Sensors & Connected Devices. Through Dhruva Space, we are enabling organisations leverage the potential of small satellites.
Saurabh Rai
CEO
Arhas Technologies
Scaling a start to realise the great potential of Geospatial & AI Tech in India, Saurabh Rai contributes as a thought leader, and an experienced advisor on GIS, Geospatial technology, process initiatives, data science, data architectures, data engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, technology, analytics, user experience, data-driven businesses, customer success, and consumer insights. He possesses strong entrepreneurial, digital, analytical, and cross-industry skills and has led some of the largest Geospatial surveys, and systems deployment across the globe. The projects have won multiple awards including the first Edison award in India. A career built on a passion for Startups and Innovation; he has incubated Greenfield businesses, set up practices, and seen them through growth. Saurabh is passionate about Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and related technologies in solving problems and bringing automation and efficiency to complex workflows. As Arahas Technologies' CEO, he turned the company into a major player in Geospatial Data and AI in India, focusing on Land, Water, Forest, and city services. He also led the Global Analytics and Geospatial divisions at Tech Mahindra. Notably, he launched India's first true B2B2C e-commerce platform, connecting partners and merchants across 15 states and also drove the start up operations to over USD 10 MN and GMV of 50 MN. Beyond that, he was also the member of global leadership team and he played crucial roles in Accenture, overseeing a USD 4 billion Utilities Business and contributing to Accenture Digital. He transformed GIS operations for big players like TATAPower, global utilities, telecom companies, and Smart Cities. He also led the GIS initiative for Mumbai Airport's modernization. In the finance sector, he incubated a a leading blockchain-based fintech company, focusing on cross-border payments and fundraising.
Sethu Saveda Suvanam
Founder and CEO
ReOrbit OY
Dr. Sethu Saveda Suvanam is the founder and CEO of ReOrbit, a Finland-based company with the mission of designing the next generation of MEO and GEO small satellites. Educated in India and Sweden, Sethu Saveda Suvanam is an aerospace engineer. He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. In November 2019, he founded ReOrbit with the aim of changing the way satellites are designed and used. ReOrbit develops satellites that are reconfigurable, scalable for different missions, and equipped with autonomous orbital capabilities.
Soumya Misra
CEO
Sisir Radar
Building SISIR Radar - a company that indigenously develops cutting edge SAR, GPR, radars and remote sensing technologies. Built the world’s highest resolution L-band SAR mounted on a drone and a high bandwidth GPR with 20m ground penetration and 5cm resolution. Working on X-band SAR, custom drones, hyperspectral imager on drones and a SAR satellite constellation. Built Summachar - a news platform that aims to change the way news is created and consumed. Summachar presents news that matters in succinct infographics - data driven stories that go beyond headlines and opinions and visually explain what's in the news and its context. 100k+ readers. An avid problem solver and alumnus of IIT Kanpur with experience in engineering, graphic design, story-telling and product management across MNCs and startups. Previously built GPUs at Intel and indigenously designed and developed a smartphone at Creo.
Ted Elvhade
Rymdkapital
Dr. Sethu Saveda Suvanam is the founder and CEO of ReOrbit, a Finland-based company with the mission of designing the next generation of MEO and GEO small satellites. Educated in India and Sweden, Sethu Saveda Suvanam is an aerospace engineer. He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. In November 2019, he founded ReOrbit with the aim of changing the way satellites are designed and used. ReOrbit develops satellites that are reconfigurable, scalable for different missions, and equipped with autonomous orbital capabilities.
Richard Hilton
CEO and Co- Founder
Global Trust
Dr. Sethu Saveda Suvanam is the founder and CEO of ReOrbit, a Finland-based company with the mission of designing the next generation of MEO and GEO small satellites. Educated in India and Sweden, Sethu Saveda Suvanam is an aerospace engineer. He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. In November 2019, he founded ReOrbit with the aim of changing the way satellites are designed and used. ReOrbit develops satellites that are reconfigurable, scalable for different missions, and equipped with autonomous orbital capabilities.
Olof Björck
Head of Sales and Products
AAC Clyde
Dr. Sethu Saveda Suvanam is the founder and CEO of ReOrbit, a Finland-based company with the mission of designing the next generation of MEO and GEO small satellites. Educated in India and Sweden, Sethu Saveda Suvanam is an aerospace engineer. He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. In November 2019, he founded ReOrbit with the aim of changing the way satellites are designed and used. ReOrbit develops satellites that are reconfigurable, scalable for different missions, and equipped with autonomous orbital capabilities.
Vinay Simha
CEO
Skyserve
Dr. Sethu Saveda Suvanam is the founder and CEO of ReOrbit, a Finland-based company with the mission of designing the next generation of MEO and GEO small satellites. Educated in India and Sweden, Sethu Saveda Suvanam is an aerospace engineer. He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. In November 2019, he founded ReOrbit with the aim of changing the way satellites are designed and used. ReOrbit develops satellites that are reconfigurable, scalable for different missions, and equipped with autonomous orbital capabilities.
SPEAKERS AND DELEGATES
Tanmaya Lal
Ambassador of India to Sweden
and Latvia
Bengt Kjellson
Special investigator/Inquiry Chair
Government Office
Ministry of Justice
Charlotta Sund
President and CEO
Swedish Space Corporation
Tushar R Phadnis
Counsellor Space & ISRO Technical Liaison Officer
Embassy of India
Paris
Sethu Saveda Suvanam
Founder and CEO
ReOrbit
Robin Sukhia
Secretary General & President
Sweden- India Business Council
Sanjay Kumar
Founder & CEO
Geospatial World Chamber of Commerce
and Geospatial World
Mikael Stern
Founder & CEO
I-Conic Vision
Saurabh Rai
CEO
Arahas Technologies
Rajan Srivastav
Founder & CEO
HELIWARE
Avinash Viswanathan
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
DSM Softech
Adithya K
Co-founder & Chief Product Officer
SkyServe
GalaxEye
Pär Hedberg
Senior advisor and Founder
Cassini Space
STING
Akash Yalagach
Chief Technology Officer
SatSure
Christer Fuglesang
Space advisor retired ESA Astronaut
Saab Group
Digvijay Singh
National Manager, Geospatial Solution & System Integration
NeoGeoInfo Technologies Pvt Ltd
Pari Y
Associate Vice President & Head
GeoSpatial Technologies, Mindtree, L&T Group Company
Satpalda
Tech Mahindra
Jens Lundström
CEO
Arctic Business Incubator
ESA BIC
Fredrik Gisle
Head APAC
Swedish Space Corporation
Jaani Heinonen
Head
Invest Sweden
Business Sweden
Gangadhar Rao
Director
RSI Softech
Soumya Misra
CEO
Sisir Radar
Dhruva Space
List of Participating Companies
| Name | Company Name |
|---|---|
Ajay Naik | SKF |
AMB Jawed Ashraf | Embassy of India, France & Principality of Monaco |
Anatoliy Valentirov | Vimotek AB |
Andreas Lundber | Bjerking |
Arati Davis | Sweden-India Business Council |
Brig. Zubin Bhatnagar | Embassy of India, France & Principality of Monaco |
Cecilia Oskarsson | Business Sweden |
Christer Andersson | PandionAI |
Christopher Thunell | LHT Invest AB |
Dag Åsvärn | Spacemetric |
Dr. K.M. Praphullachandra Sharma | Embassy of India, France & Principality of Monaco |
Erik Kruger | Invest Stockholm |
Fabio Malatesta | Frontgrade Gaisler |
Fredrik | Global Trust Company |
Göran Åstrand | Expando |
Group Captain Amit Kumar Budhwar VSM, Defence Attaché
| Indian Ambassador, Embassy of India to Sweden |
Gunnar Karlson | Royal Academy of War Sciences |
Hakan Kingstedt | Monemus AB |
Hakan Kingstedt | Monemus AB |
Håkan Mattsson | GeoVista |
Hakan Wrangberg | Ericsson |
Hannes Lindkvist | Business Region Göteborg AB |
Harish Rao Ramavaram | Lulea University of Technology |
Jenny Eklund | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, SEB |
Johannes Söderberg | CarbonAct |
Kari Krishnamurthy | Truecaller |
Katharine Clark | Gunnebo |
Kuhelee Chandel | University of Gävle |
Lars Edvinsson | Saab Group |
Lars Thunell | LHT Invest AB |
louis de montera | Proton |
Markus Skogsmo | PandionAI |
Nalini Bonnier | BNP Paribas |
Niklas Gustafsson | Volvo |
Niklas Österberg | JadeVentures Ab |
Ola Rignell External | Fam |
Patrik Lundin | Primover Technologies AB |
Peder Wallenberg | Cohesion |
Peter Helle | Spacemetric AB |
Pranav Kosuri | Brandie |
Prashant Agarwal | Ajna Holdings |
Prathisha Keshava Reddy | Frontgrade Gaisler AB |
Radmon Sukhia | Sweden India Business Council |
Ravit Sachasiri | Swedish Space Corporation |
Richa | Embassy of India to Sweden |
Richard Hilton | GlobalTrust |
Sarbajit Deb | Larsen & Toubro |
Thomas Vallmar | Handheld |
Ulf Landin | Business Region |
Viswakumar Ananthakrishnan | Rusta |
and manymore…
TRADE MISSION FOCUS AREAS
Overview of.
Indian Space
and Geospatial
Industry
Overview of Swedish Space and Geospatial Industry
Export Opportunities from India to Sweden of Technology and Solutions.
Export Opportunities from Sweden to India of Technology and Products
Ease of doing business and facilitation by Governmentto- Government levels
PROGRAM OUTLINE
Day 1: 13th December
- Participants arrival in Stockholm and welcome reception
Day 2: 14th December
- India-Sweden Space and Geospatial Business Summit
Day 3: 15th December
- Visit to select Geospatial and Space companies and agencies (Northern Sweden)
A comprehensive program outline will be provided to all participants.
For Programme & Registrations
Dr. Rajeshree Dutta Kumar
Vice President Programs and Partnerships, GWCC
Email: rajeshree@gwcc.in | Mobile: +91 8800466890
Rupak Deore
Senior Research Manager – Space
Email: rupak@geospatialworld.net
