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Meet Samiran Ghosh 

In a career spanning 29 years, I have held leadership roles at McKinsey, Microsoft, IBM, Dun & Bradstreet, IBM, and TCS. In addition, I am a recognized thought leader in the AI/Blockchain space, a TEDx speaker, on the first AI & Ethics Journal editorial board, and a member of the Forbes Tech Council/World Economic Forum. Currently a Senior Advisor/Board Member with several startups in the fintech, artificial intelligence, and blockchain space. Am a Fellow of the Digital Euro Association and Royal Society of Arts. I worked for a year on the world's largest identity program implemented in India - Aadhaar. I co-authored a couple of books listed amongst the top 20 new fintech books to read in 2020. On my own time, I co-host an award-winning funtech podcast, 3 Techies Banter, write a guest column for the Mint and work with animal welfare organizations and am the proud parent of Toffee, a golden labrador retriever.

I am currently a Senior Advisor with several startups in the fintech, artificial intelligence, and blockchain space. During the last two years with these startups, I have helped build and launch an augmented analytics platform with Rock metric, a credit risk platform for Rubix Data Sciences, and a patented blockchain ecosystem for Uniris.

In a career spanning 26 years, I have held leadership roles at McKinsey, Microsoft, IBM, Dun & Bradstreet, IBM, and TCS. As Chief Digital Advisor at Microsoft, I helped launch platforms like the Connected Vehicle, Digital Agriculture, and Smart Cities. Before that, during my 14 years at IBM, I did multiple roles across Consulting, Sales, Project Delivery, Research, and Product Development.

I took a one-year sabbatical from IBM to work for Aadhaar, the world’s most extensive digital identity program. Here I helped develop the Application Authentication Framework, which allows stakeholders could engage with each other in the UIDAI ecosystem.

I am a regular contributor in leading journals, a keynote speaker at industry forums, one of the founding editorial board members of the AI & Ethics Journal, and a TEDx Speaker. I have co-authored books on AI and Blockchain, published by Wiley, and was featured in the 20 Best New Fintech Books to Read in 2020 by Book Authority. I am a member of the Forbes Technology Council, the MIT Technology Review Global Panel, and the World Economic Forum.

In 2021, I became a board member at IAC, global experts and pioneers in Hyper automation. I was recently nominated as a Senior Research Fellow at the Digital Euro Association and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. 

Achievement 
  • One of the 100 thought leaders in the world on AI, Fintech, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
  • Member of the MIT Technology Review Global Panel
  • Member of the Forbes Technology Council and Contributor
  • Founding Editorial Board Member of the AI & Ethics Journal
  • Co-authored books that were on the top 20 new fintech books to read in 2020 by BookAuthority – published by Wiley
  • Key Contributor on the bestseller, Intelligent Automation by Pascal Bornet
  • Guest lecturer at premier international universities
  • Worked on the Aadhaar project – the world’s largest digital identity program
  • IBM Global CIO Leadership Award in 2006 and 2008 for leading successful transformation programs; amongst a select few at IBM to be awarded the CIO Leadership Award twice. 

Speaking Topics 

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Blockchain
  • Tech for Good
  • Sustainability
  • Digital Identity
  • Startups