Business Forum
Room 203AB
Saturday, July 5, 2025
10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Time
10.00 am – 10.05 amBusiness
Chair (Introduction)
Dr. Bejoy Das Gupta
Professor, Syracuse University - Maxwell School
Chief Economist, eCurrency
Senior Advisor, IFC (World Bank)
Time
10.05 am – 10.25 amBusiness
Success to Significance
Sisi Chakrabarti
Managing Partner, Advisory Money Strategies
Paul Nazareth
Chief Connector, Connectworking
Uttam Chakrabarti CGA, CPA
President, The Toronto-Calcutta Foundation (TCF)
Time
10.25 am – 10.45 amBusiness
India’s Growth Plan: From $4 Trillion to $20 Trillion
Dr. Bejoy Das Gupta
Professor, Syracuse University - Maxwell School
Chief Economist, eCurrency
Senior Advisor, IFC (World Bank)
Time
10.45 am – 11.05 amBusiness
Looking Back
Sailesh Ranjan Chowdhury
Founder, President, & CEO, BCI USA
Moderator:
Sudeshna Gurjar
Director, Customer Service
Time
11.05 am – 11.25 amBusiness
Financing: Oxygen for Growth Companies: Govt., Angel, VC, PE, and NASDAQ
Dr. Rajshekar DasGupta
CEO, Electrovaya (NASDAQ & TSX listed: ELVA)
Dr. Suvojit Ghosh
Founder & CEO, FYELABS
Time
11.25 am – 11.35 amBusiness
Break
Time
11.35 am – 11.55 amBusiness
Crypto Investing: Risk vs Reward
Dr. Barun Gorain
CEO Ore2Metal
Time
11.55 am – 12.15 pmBusiness
Creating Wealth in Bengal: Can Science Leverage $20 million Input to Create $40 Billion Wealth?
Dr. Sankar DasGupta
Executive Chair, Electrovaya (Nasdaq
listed: ELVA)
MD & Chief Chemist, Process Research
Ortech
Professor, Vivekananda University (RKMVERI)
Time
12.15 pm – 12.35 pmBusiness
Emergence of the Tri-Polar Global Economy (USA, Europe & Asia with India Focus) &Book Release
“Vedasnana; Gita for Work & Life”
Dr. R.P. Banerjee
Chair, EIILM Kolkata
Time
12.35 pm – 1.00 pmBusiness
Women Owning their Mind, Body and Business
Sarah T. Rajkumar MBA
Founder of Women Owning their Mind, Body and Business (WOMBB)
Leadership and Business Coach
Panelists:
Farzana Sultana MBA, CRPC®
Financial Advisor and Managing Director, CFI Financial Advisors, An Ameriprise Private Wealth Advisory Practice
Rafia Rasu Ph.D.
Director, Applied Outcomes Research Programs
Professor, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Bipasha Bose Ph.D., P.Eng., PMP ©
Scientific Research & Experimental Development and Innovation, WSP
Adjunct Professor, McMaster University