Mr. Shashi Dharan is the Managing Director of Bharat Exhibitions - the market leader in ICT events, business conferences & exhibitions arena.

With its mission of "Delivering contacts that create value for your business", Bharat Exhibitions is empowering Indian Telecom & IT industry with the power & potential of the Business Conferences. Bharat Exhibitions is also impacting Lives of Marketing Professionals by offering Business Conferences & exhibitions as an extended marketing tool.

He started his career in Mekaster Group. He led the team which launched the India's first telecom magazine - "Telematics India".

He has over 18 years of extensive experience in Telecom & IT events in India. He launched the first telecom series of events in India - "Infotech & Telematics Series". He has also been a part of strategic team, which is behind the prestigious & highly successful telecom event in India - "Convergence India".

Prior to establishing Bharat Exhibitions, He was associated with Exhibitions India as GM - Marketing. During this stint he organised highly impactful industry focused telecom events - Telecom Security, Wireless India, Telecom Billing, VOIP India etc & he also looked after well known telecom magazine - Convergence Plus.

In addition, he maintains professional membership with a large number of trade associations and business councils. He is currently a member of ITU - APT foundation & TEMA. On a more recreational note he is the chairman of Rajiv Gandhi Youth Foundation - Delhi Chapter. He also actively involves himself in the organisation's philanthropy arm - "Saral Shiksha Abhiyan".

Under his leadership, Bharat Exhibitions team constantly strives for being the finest & best organiser of focused IT & Telecom events in the country.