ICCK

Founder & CEO
Taghive

Mr. Pankaj Agarwal is the Founder & CEO at TagHive, a Samsung funded education technology venture with operations in South Korea and in India. He is an inventor on over 50 international patents and was on the list of Fortune India 40 Under 40 in 2021. He was also one of the 10 winners of MIT TR35 India (Innovators Under 35) Award in 2017.

Prior to TagHive, Mr. Agarwal was with Samsung Electronics for over a decade. Mr. Agarwal is the Founder and Chairman of the IIT Alumni Association of South Korea since 2015. He is also a board member of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ICCK). Mr. Agarwal is a trained magician and is fluent in Korean. He has a Bachelor of Technology degree in EE from IIT Kanpur, MS from Seoul National University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Full profile available at www.linkedin.com/in/pankaj830223

Governor Mr. Abhishek Srivastava

CEO

Inmac Global

Mr. Abhishek Srivastava is a founder and CEO of Inmac Global, with 16+ experience in a global business development and overseas investment consultancy services, serving clients from Automotive, Electronics, Chemicals & Plants & Machinery Industries based in South Korea, India, Singapore, Europe, and USA.

Prior to Inmac Global, Mr. Srivastava worked at Korea Carbon Industry Promotion Agency for more than 4 years as an Advisor of International Relations & Investment Promotion, as well as sales team at LX Pantos, Samsung CT corporation and Samsung Electronics.

Ex officio Mr. Nishi Kant Singh

Deputy Chief of Mission
Embassy of India Seoul, ROK

Mr. Nishi Kant Singh is a career diplomat who joined Indian Foreign Service in 2010. He is a life science graduate from Hansraj College in Delhi University. He has earlier served as Third Secretary in the Embassy of India, Beijing and as First Secretary/Counsellor in the Embassy of India, Manila. At headquarters, he has served as Under Secretary in e-Governance & IT Division and later as Under Secretary/Deputy Secretary in the Emigration Policy & Welfare Division. As an officer handling e-Governance & IT, he guided development of applications for automation of government processes, one of the key pillars under the Digital India Initiative. While working in Emigration Policy & Welfare Division, he coordinated bilateral Mobility related agreements, namely Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreements, Labour Mobility Agreements and others; development of Pre-Departure Orientation Training Manuals for Indian overseas workers for facilitating safe, orderly and regular migration. In Covid Cell, he coordinated repatriation of more than 100,000 foreign nationals to their respective countries. He served as Commercial Representative in Manila and worked in promoting bilateral economic and commercial engagements.

Committee Chair Mr. Jeremy A. Everett

Senior C.P.A
Yulchon LLC

Events Committee

Mr. Jeremy Everett is senior tax counsel in Yulchon’s Tax Practice Group.

He has lived in Korea for 25 years and has been advising U.S., European and Korean companies on inbound and outbound tax matters since 1994.

Jeremy has extensive experience assisting a wide range of industrial and financial service clients with tax planning & effective tax rate optimization, mergers & acquisitions, tax compliance, and tax audit & dispute resolution.

Jeremy served as Co-Chair of the AMCHAM Taxation Committee from 2004-2011 and currently Co-Chairs the AMCHAM CFO Committee. He also Co-Chairs the Seoul Executive Network and Asia Tax Forum.

Committee Chair Ms. Sanjana Arya

Second Secretary, Commerce & Investment
Embassy of India

Industry & Government Delegation Committee

Ms.Sanjana Arya is a career diplomat and joined the Indian Foreign Service in 2018.

She has earlier served in Colombo, as Third Secretary for Economic and Commercial in the High Commission of India, Colombo She has served as Under Secretary in United Nations Political Division at the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

Ms. Sanjana holds a Master’s degree in Sociology from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University.

Committee Chair Col. Ashish Gairola

Defence Attache
Embassy of India Seoul, ROK

Defence & Shipbuilding Committee

The officer is an alumnus of the Indian Military Academy and commissioned in Indian Army in 2002. He has attended numerous military courses of repute. The officer is an avid reader and enjoys sports.

Committee Chair Mr. Jongho Kim

CEO
AMOS TCI

Industry Committee (Gyeongnam Region)

Mr. Kim Jong-ho has served for 10 years in Gyeongnam Provincial Government in the department of International Relations & Trade Division. In his tenure from 2006 to 2009 he served as the head of Vietnamese Desk in Gyeongsangnam-do, and was awarded a commendation from the People's Committee of Dong Nai Province in Vietnam for his contribution to increase the bilateral trade relation In addition, he have promoted trade export markets to more than 20 countries, including Europe and Africa, and is currently serving as the representative of Amos TCI, an investment and trading company.

Special Invitee Mr. Inbom Choi

CEO

Sage Strategies

Dr. Inbom Choi is currently Senior Advisor/Representative for Mahindra Korea. Dr. Choi is an economist by training in the field of international economics and teaches trade policy as an Adjunct Professor at the Sogang University’s Graduate School of International Studies in Seoul. He also serves as the Chairman of Government& International Affairs Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea and as a Board member of ICCK.

For more than 30 years, Dr. Choi has worked as public policy maker, adviser and influencer in a broad range of institutions, covering international organization, Korean national and provincial government, think-tanks, academia, Non-profit foundation, law firm, and global corporations.

Special Invitee Mr. Byoung Min Im

Chairman

Agerigna

Mr. Byoung Min Im is the Chairman of Agerigna, with over 43 years of outstanding experience in the IT industry. Throughout his career, he has played a crucial role in technological advancements, pioneering the development of the world's first Amharic keyboard, targeting millions of users worldwide.

His leadership roles in industry associations and research institutes such as the Korean Semiconductor Association, Korea Productivity Center (KPC), Korea Management Association, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEIE) reflect his dedication to advancing technology and fostering international cooperation.

Currently, he serves as a columnist for Korea IT Times and holds executive positions at Future of the World and the UK-based company OA.mg.

Special Invitee Mr. Abhishek Gupta

Broadcaster and Businessman

Mr. Abhishek Gupta, known as Lucky in Korea, is a prominent broadcaster and businessman originally from New Delhi, India. He arrived in Korea in 1996 and began his broadcasting career in the early 2000s. As a representative of India, he appeared on Non-Summit from 2016 to 2017 and Korean Foreigners from 2018 to 2022, earning widespread recognition. In addition to his appearances on various other programs, he gained significant popularity in Korea. Currently, Mr. Gupta is an active entrepreneur, managing 'Indiagro,' an import business specializing in Indian sesame seeds, and 'Lucky India.', an Indian restaurant.

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