Karun Tadepalli is the co-founder and CEO of byteXL, a Hyderabad-based edtech company that partners directly with engineering colleges across India to close the gap between what students learn and what the tech industry needs. After roughly two decades in the US working for companies like Accenture, Health Management Systems and AT&T, he left a corporate career to build a B2B skilling platform now used by more than 100,000 students. Under his leadership byteXL has partnered with dozens of institutions and, in 2024, teamed with Microsoft to launch AI and machine learning B.Tech specializations at universities across the country.

Vikas Aditya is the Chief Executive Officer of HackerEarth, an enterprise platform that has redefined how the world's largest companies find, assess, and hire technical talent. Appointed CEO in July 2024, Aditya brings decades of experience from Intel, Veridic Solutions, and his own startup QuikFynd to a company serving 500+ enterprise customers and a community of over 4 million developers globally. Under his leadership, HackerEarth launched OnScreen - an always-on AI interview tool using lifelike avatars - and is pushing the industry toward evaluating aptitude over syntax as AI reshapes software engineering.