{"id":9603,"date":"2025-08-18T07:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/ictc\/?post_type=team&#038;p=9603"},"modified":"2025-09-08T07:40:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:40:49","slug":"avelo-roy","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/ictc\/speaker\/avelo-roy\/","title":{"rendered":"Avelo Roy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Avelo Roy is currently:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MD, Kolkata Ventures (Kolkata)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director, KVAR International Pvt. Ltd (Kolkata)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director, ECC Engineering Pvt. 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