Programme Mentors

Abhishek has over 15 years of experience in consulting and insurance. He is the co-founder of SecureNow Insurance Broker, an award-winning insurance broking firm. Set-up in 2011, SecureNow serves over 15,000 clients across India. The firm is backed by marquee investors including a leading impact focused venture capital firm, and a strategic insurance aligned fund.

Prior to setting up SecureNow, Abhishek worked at McKinsey & Company. Here he had setup a Research & Analytics practice focused on hospitals, health systems, health insurers and pharmaceutical clients. He also served financial services clients in the US and India on a wide range of topics including growth strategy, micro-market strategy, product development, and cost optimization.

Abhishek writes a weekly Q&A column on insurance in the Mint and a monthly column in Moneycontrol. He is often featured in personal finance TV shows including on CNN News18, and CNBC Awaaz. He is frequently cited in leading economic dailies. His perspectives on business building have been featured in leading blogs such as Asia Advisers Network.

He Studied:

• M.B.A. [Management Development Institute, Gurgaon]

• Chartered Accountant [Rank holder]

• Chartered Financial Analyst

• Bachelor of Commerce (h) [Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi]

Abhishek has over 16 years of experience in diverse industries, including Government, IT and Consulting. After graduating from the National Defence Academy (NDA), he started his career with the Indian Navy. He learnt his early lessons in People Management while in uniform. During his career, he has held a variety of positions across the HR function, namely HR strategy, performance development, learning and mobility.

In his early days at KPMG in India, Abhishek led HR in various advisory businesses and was responsible for the incubation of new businesses and a big ticket acquisition on the people side. As the HR leader at KGS, Abhishek has overseen the growth of the firm to 7,000 employees. He has been responsible for the complete suite of HR services across different geographies and businesses. In parallel, the HR function has grown to over a 100 across inter alia recruitment, HR Business Partners, strategy and learning functions.

He is keenly involved in critical decision making at KGS. Abhishek is based in India out of Gurgaon.

He holds an MBA degree in Human Resource from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management –SIBM, Pune.

Amit Sharma joined ATC in September 2007. Prior to joining ATC, Sharma worked at Motorola, where he led country teams in India and Southeast Asia, including as Country President, India and as Head of Strategy, Asia-Pacific. Sharma also served on Motorola’s Asia-Pacific Board and was a member of its senior leadership team. He has also worked at GE Capital, serving as Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, and prior to that, with McKinsey, New York, serving as a core member of the firm's Electronics and Marketing Practices. He earned an M.B.A. in International Business from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the Moore School, University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Anil Parashar has extensive operational and financial experience in handling various aspects of business including raising finances, capital restructuring, mergers & acquisitions, statutory compliances, investor relations and long term planning.

Prior to President and CEO of InterGlobe Technology Quotient (ITQ), he was Group CFO at InterGlobe Enterprise, where he led transformational transactions including the Worldspan distribution rights in India. He successfully demonstrated his financial acumen by leading InterGlobe through various stages of its evolution where he was responsible for providing strategic and financial leadership to all the Group businesses.

He is a member of Group’s Executive Committee and sits on the board of several InterGlobe companies, including ITQ and IndiGo.

Anil is credited with over 30 years of rich experience including leadership positions at Swiss Air, Asbestos Cement Company and Delhi Express Travels. He is also a representative on PHD Chamber of Commerce, Assocham and FICCI Forums on Taxation and Travel & Tourism.

He holds a professional degree in Chartered Accountancy and is a graduate in Economic (Hons.) from Delhi University.

Ankur Warikoo is an Internet entrepreneur, motivational speaker and Angel Investor based in India. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Nearbuy.com (formerly known as Groupon. He was previously the MD of Rocket Internet India, Co-founder at Accentium Web, Management Consultant at A.T. Kearney. He holds an MBA degree from The Indian School of Business, an MS Physics from Michigan State University and a BS from Hindu College, Delhi University.

Warikoo started the Groupon India business in April 2011, which is when Groupon entered India through an acquisition. Between 2013-2015 Warikoo managed the India, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines markets for Groupon. In August 2015, Groupon India went through a management buyout, where the India management team (led by Ankur) bought out the majority shareholding of Groupon, partnering with Sequoia Capital. Post ISB, Ankur joined A.T. Kearney in their consulting practice in India. While at Kearney, Warikoo worked in the Real Estate and Media & Entertainment Sector - in Dubai, New York and India.

Anup Vikal is the Chief Financial Officer of Nayara Energy and is responsible for the overall strategy, operations and delivery of the Finance function. Anup joined the Company in November, 2017.

As part of the finance portfolio, Anup drives Nayara Energy’s financial and operational success with the responsibility for financial strategy and capital structure, resource investment & optimization and ensuring transparency to our investors. He leads the functions of treasury, corporate finance, trade finance, accounting & reporting, corporate governance, controllership, investor relations, tax & strategy. Anup also heads the Legal department and oversees the CSR portfolio of the company.

Anup is an industry veteran with over 28 years of experience in investment community and proven track record of growth, operational excellence and turnaround with both established companies and start-ups. He has been instrumental in transforming the investor relations, business planning, management reporting, monetizing and divesting of businesses. He is also credited with raising over USD 30 billion of funding in all forms of debt, equity, quasi-equity from all parts of the world.

Anup’s thorough understanding of various industries and sectors have enabled him to perform leading role in over two dozen mergers & acquisitions, sell-offs, joint ventures, portfolio management and business restructuring. He has been a member of multiple Boards and Chairman of various Board Committees.

Prior to joining Nayara Energy, he has led top-performing organisations viz. Snapdeal, Aircel, InterGlobe Enterprises, Colt Technology Services India Private Ltd, Bharti Airtel Ltd and Tata Home Finance. Anup holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Master's degree in Business Administration.

Apurva Chamaria is currently the Chief Revenue Officer at RateGain, world's leading SaaS provider to travel and hospitality sectors.

In his previous stint at HCL, he headed corporate marketing and was responsible for brand marketing, employer brand, employee marketing, thought-leadership , digital marketing, analytics, finance and marcom. His other roles @ HCL include being a part of the CEO’s Vineet Nayar's office and being a Sales Director at HCL America. Prior to moving into sales , he was the Global Head of Marketing and Strategy for Enterprise Applications (SAP, Oracle ,Microsoft , ECMP, I V & VS, Mainframe and Mid-range, Business Intelligence, IT Consulting) leading a geographically distributed team of marketing managers. As a part of the leadership team He worked to successfully identify, acquire and integrate Axon Group Plc ( acquisition worth GBP 441 million). I was involved in setting up the marketing organization, processes and systems in HCL and in the initial days worked as the Category Manager for Lifesciences & Retail.

He has pharmaceutical industry experience having worked in various sales and marketing positions at Ranbaxy Laboratories (now Sun Pharma). And is privileged to be invited to share his experiences at industry conferences like Sales Performance Management , LinkedIn Tech Connect, Microsoft Leaders Speak, ACMP Change Management, and premier B-School events at ISB, IIM-A, IIM-Raipur, FMS, IIMC, IMI, MICA, Great Lakes etc.

Specialties: Business Strategy , Sales and Marketing Strategy & Operations, Account Management and Client Servicing, Brand Management & Integrated Marketing Communications, Digital Marketing, Sales and Marketing Training, Teaching at B-Schools, Key-noting.

Arjun has 38 years of experience with leading companies, many of whom are engaged with agribusiness. He is currently Vice President, Corporate Affairs at DCM Shriram Ltd. In this role he advises the Chairman, Mr Ajay Shriram, on matters relating to Public Policy and its impact on business, manages relationship with Industry Associations, represents the company at external forums, supports businesses on policy recommendations and works on governance of Higher Education Institutions. Earlier he was Head of Agribusiness at DCM Shriram responsible at for businesses such as dairy, fruits and vegetables, seeds, cattle feed, vocational training, telecom etc. These were housed in Haryali Kisaan Bazaar, a retail chain. Prior to this Arjun was an advisor to ICICI Bank’s Rural Credit Businesses (2005 to 2007) and worked closely with ICICI Foundation. This included incubating businesses that had social impact. Arjun was Managing Director of Mother Dairy Foods Ltd in its formative (2002-2003) days. The company’s mandate was to build a contemporary brand. Arjun began his career with Hindustan Unilever Ltd in 1982 and worked for 20 years in various commercial and general management roles. Arjun’s major interest areas are agriculture and social entrepreneurship. Arjun is a Chartered Accountant by training and did his BA (Hons) in Economics from St Stephens College.

Arpito Mukerji is a Managing Director in the Apollo Global Management’s Asia Real Estate Group and is responsible for sourcing and overseeing real estate investments in India. Prior to joining Apollo, Mukerji was a Partner at Rezone Investment Advisors, an India focused real estate investment and advisory boutique. Previously, he has worked in multiple assignments across India, United States and London with marquee firms like Bank of America Merrill Lynch, UBS, Dell Corporation, GE Capital and ABN AMRO Bank. Arpito holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Colorado and a Masters in Commerce from Himachal Pradesh University.

Avinash Ramachandra joined KPMG as the Executive Director for Corporate Affairs in February 2020. With more than 20 years of policy and communications experience, Avinash has worked for public affairs agencies and global brands including AMD, Dell, Apple and most recently Amazon. At KPMG, Avinash is responsible for building KPMG’s credibility and reputation across various geographies. For the past 20 years, Avinash has worked in settings directly managing and handling complex public policy campaigns and issues. In his most recent and previous roles, he has managed complex programs, building coalitions with external and internal audiences, and navigating a rigorous work environment where expectations were high and the pace was fast. Most of his work has had a direct and positive impact on the business of my organization. Most notably he advocated and successfully liberalized Foreign Direct Investment for food retail that resulted in retail being opened up for the first time in e-commerce which led to an incremental investment allocation of a half a billion dollars. In addition, he enabled an aggregation (Kala-Haat) program under which 9 collaborations with various sections of the government were enforced, onboarding over 200 societies that helped 650,000 weavers/artisans adopt e-commerce. Avinash began his career in the hospitality industry and switched over to public affairs in the year 2000.

Bhaskar Pramanik is an accomplished management leader and professional from the technology industry. He has held national and global leadership positions in leading multinational technology companies. He was on the Executive Committee of NASSCOM, the National Committee of CII and AMCHAM. He recently retired from the Board of SBI. He retired as Chairman of Microsoft India in September 2017, after a successful 45-year career. Before this, he was the Managing Director of Oracle Corporation and Sun Microsystems in India. He was also the Global VP for Commercial Systems at Sun Microsystems Inc based out of Menlo Park, CA. He currently mentors and invests in startups. Pramanik has received multiple awards throughout his career, most notably the Baton Award at Digital Equipment Corporation, the Global Leadership and the best GEM VP award at Sun Microsystems, and the Platinum award for the Best Area at Microsoft. He completed his B.Tech. from IIT Kanpur and MEP from Stanford University.

Bhawani led strategy, innovation and initiatives around Social Enterprise at The Akshaya Patra Foundation (meaning = a vessel which never runs out of food) He believes that if we want to solve some of the biggest problems in our world, we need stronger and more engaged Social Enterprise. We all need to think, act and believe and behave differently as in order to deliver significant and sustained impact.

Prior to leading Akshaya Patra in Europe, he had a career in the corporate world leading large multi- national teams in and organisations like Nielsen, Reckitt Benckiser (RB) and Coca-Cola in multiple geographies. He is now completely dedicated to playing a part in making the world a better place, particularly for the children.

He is passionate about people, growth via innovation and immensely enjoy leadership and implicit challenges. His passion with Strategy and Innovation helps him serve as a member of Advisory board and a Non Exec Director . Teaching is a labour of love and inspired by the raw energy of the class-room in business schools where he serve as adjunct faculty for Post Graduate/Leadership Programs.

He regularly speak at company meets and industry events and is listed with the London Bureau of Speakers on Customer Centricity, Insight, Innovation and Leadership.

His specialities include Public Speaking, Social Enterprise, NGO, Not for Profit, Charity, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Growth strategies, Organisation building, Coaching/Mentoring, Business Planning, Strategy development and Change management.

He holds a Masters degree in Economics (International & Business Economics) from the University of Mumbai.

Biplob Banerjee currently works as a Chief People Officer at Allied Blenders and Distillers. He has previously worked with Jubilant Foodworks, which is the master franchise of Domino’s & Dunkin’ Donuts for India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. An engineer and an MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur, he has a total of 22 years’ experience with companies like PepsiCo, GECIS, GSK. Allied Blenders & Distillers (ABD) is a leading IMFL company engaged in manufacturing, marketing and sale of alcoholic beverages in India. Biplob is a certified coach and fitness enthusiast, he loves music and adventure sports. At JFL, he was looking after HR, CSR and Admin for a workforce of 28,000 employees.

A cybersecurity professional with wide-ranging technical knowledge across various domains, Burgess is EY Information & Cyber Security Advisory Services Partner with a team of 600+ professionals. He has 23+ years of experience in securing some of the biggest brands in the world from potential cyber-attacks. He is proficient in enterprise risk management, computer forensics, business continuity planning, and disaster recovery and vulnerability management. Prior to EY, he was a CISO with Vodafone and HSBC and responsible for Information Security, Privacy & Compliance across the Telecom and BFSI sector. He was also associated with a leading banking and financial services organization as its Chief Information Security Officer. He is a regular speaker and jury member at prominent industry events - BCCI, ASSOCHAM, CII, CISO, E-crime and a qualified EC-Council’s CEI Master Trainer for Industry CISO certification course. Burgess earned a BE in Telecommunications from Bharati Vidyapeeth University and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj College of Management in India.

Charul is a partner with Heidrick & Struggles India and a member of the Global Technology & Services Practice in Asia Pacific. He began his executive search consulting career over 20 years ago as a generalist, cutting across sectors but over the last decade has specifically focused on Digital, Software, Consumer Internet, Semiconductor, IOT, Convergence, Telecommunications, and Professional Services. Over the years he has personally conducted more than 300 successful executive search projects and has advised Fortune 500 technology companies, Diversified Corporate, VC/PE Firms, and Technology led hyper growth companies. His specialist focus is CEO, COO, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Business Officer, CTO, CPO, and other Engineering, Digital and Sales Leadership roles, besides functional leadership in Policy, HR, Legal and Finance. Prior to a career in consulting, he was the co-founder of an Indo-Swiss joint venture. The company was a pioneer in India in the technology enabled transportation sector in the space of automated level crossing and worker safety protection solutions & products. He is currently also an active angel investor and has invested in a few companies in their early stage, giving him the opportunity to sit on their board. He is an avid squash player, a biker and also enjoys horseback riding with his wife and daughter over the weekend. He was a national level Soccer, Hockey and Basketball player in his high school. He is a graduate of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, School of Industrial and Labor Relations’ with an Advanced Program in Leadership Consulting. He has completed his Management Program from IMI Europe and has completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from University ofDelhi. He is also an internationally certified user of Thomas Profiling PPA.

Dhritiman is a public affairs, advocacy and communications professional with nearly two decades of experience across high growth and regulated sectors such as food & beverages, chemicals, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and tobacco. Dhritiman has held managerial and leadership roles in the public affairs and communications teams at the Reliance Foundation, Asian Paints, Abbott, Walmart and Bharti group. He believes the role of Public Policy has become even more important in recent times. He is a champion for a "business to government" engagement model and encourages corporations to integrate a sophisticated approach to public policy into their basic business processes. Dhritiman is an alumnus of the Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communications and is a columnist in the Economic Times and Indian Express.

Rajeev was born on 4^th December 1950 & passed out of Frank Anthony Public School, New Delhi, in 1^st Division. He joined Hindu College, Delhi University, rated currently as India’s top college for Science.  After completing one year of Chemistry Honours, he joined the Directorate of Marine Engineering Training, Calcutta, the only institute of its kind in Asia, passing out as a Marine Engineer in 1973.

 

After a successful stint at sea for 15 years, 8 of which were as a Chief Engineer, he left sea & joined as Chief Engineer of Hotel Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza New Delhi, the largest hotel project in India & subsequently served as Director of Engineering for Gillette India. In 1991 Rajeev started his entrepreneurial journey as a Technical Consultant to the Dutch company Dalcem Veciap BV to set up India’s first fully automated mushroom plant & subsequently, in February’1993 he set up an Executive Search firm, which brought about pioneering changes in Talent Search in India. The company, then known as Grassik Consultants, did India entry recruitments for Mcdonald’s & Coca-Cola & grew at over 40% Y-O-Y for the first decade.

 

Grassik became a Private Limited Company in 2006, and in 2011 it was restructured entirely & renamed GRASSIK SEARCH PVT LTD. Rajeev has been running the company for 30 years, remaining in debt free & never suffering a single loss-making year.

 

Rajeev’s sons have taken over the company’s day-to-day operations in the past few years, doubling its turnover in the first three years. Rajeev’s role is now more focused on the strategy & planning of the organisation. He has started a new initiative called LEARNING WITH GRASSIK that focuses on knowledge enhancement for the team, counselling & mentoring them.

 

Additionally, Rajeev is a regular writer covering a wide range of topics that provide solutions in an emerging world. His articles are available on LinkedIn & are based on his personal experiences. Last month he wrote an article, on invitation, titled “ROLE OF A FATHER IN CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH” for a US-based medical journal Insightscare with global circulation. He has participated in global webinars on various management topics that have been broadcast globally. These webinars are available on YouTube.

 

Last Year Rajeev was recognised as one of the Economic Times’ 50 “MOST PROMISING LEADERS OF ASIA 2021”. Grassik received the Economic Times 50 “BEST ORGANISATION FOR WOMEN” in India this year. CNBC recognised us as the 100 MOST TRUSTED BRANDS OF INDIA. Grassik is a GREAT PLACE TO WORK certified.

 

Rajeev was recently approached by UK-based Alpha Group, part of NobleManhattan, one of the world’s top coaching companies, to represent them in Delhi to carry out peer-to-peer coaching. Still, work pressure prevented him from accepting this opportunity.

 

Rajeev is an effective change management leader, continuously working on knowledge enhancement & helping people across age groups to attain a winning mindset.

After 25 years in senior positions at Standard Chartered Bank and American Express, Firdaus started his journey as an entrepreneur in 2015. His first company - Renepay - is a B2B payment facilitator that operates in Asia in partnership with leading banks. He has now embarked on his second venture - Check An Invoice Limited - which is the first subscription based SaaS application worldwide to focus solely on addressing the growing concern of invoice fraud. His is the former Director of International Business Development at Ten Group where his role was to support growth in international markets by acquiring large corporate contracts and leading content management schemes globally. He has a bachelor's degree in physics from Madras Christian College.

Gaurav Gulati is the Founder and Managing Partner of Aroa Venture Partners, a venture capital firm with a sector-agnostic and multi-stage investment strategy.  Gaurav’s diverse and multi-faceted career spans over 20 years.  He has founded and exited many start-ups, managed capital, advised on private investments, worked with some of the leading fortune 500 companies in the US, and written much code in C++ and Java during the dot.com days. Gaurav’s most recent exit was Innov8, India’s leading and most loved co-working space, which OYO acquired in 2020. Gaurav has a strong entrepreneurial background and is deeply entrenched in the start-up ecosystem in India.    

Gaurav spent his formative years living in the United States, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Malaysia, and India.  He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois in Chicago and an M.B.A. from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Gautam Gulati has been instrumental in setting up the Pune IT Centre (PITC) that has competencies covering the entire spectrum of IT - Data Sciences, Advanced Analytics, Big Data, Automation, Cloud, SAP and Application Management. He has over 35 years of experience across industries. Gautam is also on NASSCOM GCC Council and co-chair of the Pune Chapter. Gautam is a Chartered Accountant by training and he has also worked in and explored different roles across hospitality, food processing, real estate, consulting in finance, project and general management roles.

In a career span of more than 26 years, Harish has diligently worked in various industries & renowned organisations, including in Healthcare in the country, strategising and re-structuring essential functions for them. Harish believes that his insight, strong domain expertise and connectivity in the industry are his critical assets. Having worked in multiple and diverse conditions, in close association with the top management and himself as top management of these organisations, he has not only accomplished growth of revenue and profits but also managed ‘prima donna’ clinicians and added newer specialities and technologies, encompassing the entire spectrum of Healthcare delivery. Having worked closely with US MNCs like General Mills & PepsiCo, Tata tele in Telecom, Reliance retail and Fortis, and Max & VPS Healthcare, Harish’s insights are valued by renowned firms and contribute to prestigious institutes like IIM, CII, and FICCI in the form of panel discussions.

 Keen Planner & Strategist, adept in managing business operations with a focus on top & Bottom line performance.

 Strong Healthcare Industry Connect.

 Self Driven & Result Oriented.

 Responsible for the overall profitability of the business and accountable for strategic utilisation and deployment of available resources to achieve organisational goals.

 Execution & Business turnaround.

 Effective Communication

 Team Building

 Digital Health.

Hemant Kumar Ruia is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst, and Cost Accountant with 25 years of extensive experience in Business Partnering, Change agent, Finance, Treasury, Budgeting and forecasting, Taxation, Insurance, Commercial operation, Risk management, Investor relations, Legal, Secretarial, Information technology, Listed company related compliances, and Procurement.

He has successfully built and lead large and immensely engaged teams to deliver exceptional results. Effective communicator with excellent negotiation skills, process oriented, and business focused with strong leadership qualities. He has worked with companies like L&T, ICI India, Reckitt Benckiser, ConAgra India, and Reliance Retail.

Specialties: Business growth, Accounting, Finance, Treasury, Procurement, Processes, Automated controls, Restructuring, Legal, Secretarial, Information Technology, Investor Relations.

Himanshu is the Global Director for Channel Sales and Ecosystem at BrowserStack, who are building the testing infrastructure for the internet.He has been a Co-Founder of two Start-ups, has delivered and led four Product launches and managed one acquisition. He has performed multiple roles for more than a decade at IBM, including the last one of launching The Weather Company (weather.com) in India South Asia. His previous experience includes working in organizations such as Wipro, Digite and Adobe. His passion is to mentor faculties and students in higher education and select startups in growth strategy for sales and marketing.

Jaspreet Bakshi has spent over 20 years in leadership roles across business and HR functions. In his current role at NatWest India as Managing Director, HR Customer Service & Operations, he led the HR transformation for the India arm with focus on Digital & Culture and creation of an integrated & value-based HR delivery model. Jaspreet has led multiple leadership roles in organization design to support Business Strategy for Marketing, Sales and Service organizations - both in business and functional roles; and holds cross cultural experience with clients across Americas, Asia-Pac, Europe and India. He also works as a mentor & sponsor of social entrepreneurship work undertaken by various institutes & foundations. He partners with incubators to advise on talent & manpower strategies & planning for start-ups.

As Co-Founder & Managing Partner of People Square, Jatin Tyagi has extensive experience in HR leadership roles. With a range of expertise that cuts across several industries (such as Consumer Goods, Startups, the Internet, BFSI, Telecom, Pharma, and Industrial), Jatin brings a strong business understanding to deliver value. As the HR Head of Cairn, he led the organisation during the most challenging Crude Oil prices regime through a relentless focus on productivity. Jatin lends an extensive guide to understanding the Context & Economics of each business to chart out a road map for the Talent Strategy. He believes in investing in Client relationships for the long term. As a leader, his focus has been on driving a High-Performance workforce. With over 23 years of experience, Jatin has a degree in MBA- Finance from Narsee Monjee (NMIMS), Mumbai.

Am in the board of Pradep Metals and XTZ (egaming). Involved with 6-7 startups ranging from healthcare, fintech, robotics etc as investor and mentor. Advisor to a few hedge funds in distress space.

Involved with a US healthtech startup

Kapil is the Co-founder and CEO of Secure Now Insurance Broker. He has deep insurance experience, including with some of the global insurance leaders. Prior to setting up SecureNow, he has worked at companies such as Prudential Financial, McKinsey and Unilever. He is a charter member of TiE, an executive council member of FICCI CMSME and a director of the Insurance Broking Association of India.

He writes frequently on insurance matters in several well regarded publications. He is an MBA in Management from IIM Ahmedabad.

An Information and Communications Technology Industry expert with a pioneering career spanning over 40 years, Manoj has managed and led businesses to achieve pole position across Technology & Services domains with both Indian and Global Majors. Manoj is a well-respected Visionary leader known to leverage technology to drive greater societal good and build long-term sustainable businesses.

He is credited with being the Pioneer of the Internet Revolution in India. Under his leadership, India witnessed the birth and creation of over 100,000 Networking Professionals. He has also been recognised as one of the top ten people to have shaped the last decade of the Indian IT Industry.
Starting his career with the Startups of yesteryears- HCL and Wipro, with whom he worked for 15 years, he shifted gears to work with Global Product Technology Firms for the next two decades, which included Scientific Atlanta, Cisco Systems and EMC as their President for the India & SAARC Region and subsequently as the Regional President (Global Accounts) – Asia Pacific/Japan for EMC. At the helm of these organisations, he has driven marquee initiatives that have served as the foundation of the modern IT Landscape, including innovative citizen-centric services.
Manoj pioneered the establishment of Cisco and EMC’s Global Development Centers in India through a Multi-Billion Dollar commitment. These were amongst the earliest such Engineering Centers to be established in India. After that, Manoj led the Enterprise Business (Satyam acquisition) of Tech Mahindra for six years as its Global President, where he led business units across 70 Global Markets, driving transformative success by helping customers leverage Disruptive technologies. Manoj then moved to the parent, Mahindra Group’s; Group Corporate Office, as the President- Group Public Affairs and a Member of the Group Executive Board. He leads Public Policy and Advocacy across the Federation of 150 Firms, cutting across all major sectors of the Economy.
He works closely with several Industry bodies and various Boards. He was the past Vice Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in India, Chairman of the Storage Network Industry Association, is currently a Member of the National Executive Committee of FICCI and leads their South Asia Council in addition to being on the Board of the South Asia Regional Council (A SAARC Initiative).

Manoj currently holds Board positions with Mahindra Defense Systems Limited, the  Agriculture Skill Council of India ( A Section 8 Firm), Amity University ( India’s #1 ranked Private University), and the Group Executive Board of the $20B Mahindra Group. He is also on the Academic Council and Innovation Council of TERI University.

He has been bestowed with industry accolades and adjudged the Best IT Man of the Year.

Manoj is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, based in New Delhi, India.

Manu is the Head of Social Impact Sustainability at HUMANA People to People India. Since 2012, he has been working towards maximizing impact and making the organization sustainable through program innovation and building partnerships at scale for social, economic and environmental change with women and girls as key stakeholders at the grassroots. Prior to HUMANA, he has worked with different non-profits in India and overseas. He has international development experience across multiple countries in Asia-Pacific and Africa for the last 20 years with a focus on women empowerment, economic & environment development, and has directly brought change in the lives of more than five million women across nine countries through programs designed by him. He is also an entrepreneur and specialises in strategy, planning, scale & innovation, fundraising & partnerships, business development, non-profit management, social entrepreneurship, startups and coaching/mentoring. Manu holds a master’s degree in Social Planning & Development from The University of Queensland, Australia.

Mohinish has more than 25 years of experience in organizational transformation, leadership development, coaching, and setting up and assessing learning functions. He works with a variety of clients in the sectors of education, oil & gas, banking and financial services, and IT. He also has expertise working with the government, public sector, and UN organizations, as well as with multinationals and Indian family-owned businesses. He has a special interest working with start-ups.

Mohinish is a part of SHRM India’s panel of subject matter experts on executive coaching and leadership. He has been invited to speak at various HR forums, such as the National HRD Network, and other academic institutions. He is a social media enthusiast, and has hosted webinars as well as webchats around employee engagement and leadership development.

He is trained in the “Action Coaching” and the experiential learning methodology of facilitation and curriculum design. He is also trained as a “Crisis Intervention Counsellor” in the client-centric “Rogerian” approach. He holds a certificate program in Transaction Analysis for individuals, teams and organisations, and serves as an expert advisor for Global Virtual Workforce in the Human Capital Institute, USA. Mohinish holds a post graduate degree from the XLRI School of Management, Jamshedpur.

Mukesh Butani has specialisation in domestic, corporate, international tax and transfer pricing. He has over three decades of experience in advising multinationals and Indian conglomerates on a wide range of matters relating to FDI policy, business re-organisations, cross-border tax structuring, tax controversy and regulatory policy. He is an expert in the area of International Tax policy and has to his credit several landmark judicial pronouncements. He has deposed as an Expert Witness on contentious cross-border tax treaty & TP matters in foreign jurisdictions. Mukesh is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce and Law, and practices as an Advocate before various Tribunals, High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.

Nirupam is an experienced global business leader with a strong track record of driving profitable growth. He has over 26 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Innovation, Operations and General Management/P&L roles. He has led large Markets and Businesses in blue-chip companies across diverse industries - Lighting (Philips Lighting/Signify), Financial Services (GE Capital), Consumer Durables (Whirlpool) and Paints (Asian Paints). He is now Executive Director & CEO of Surya Roshni Lighting & Consumer Durables. He has handled B2C and B2B businesses and grown market share and profitability in both high growth and declining businesses. He has driven digital transformation in products, sales processes and marketing. Nirupam has built strong, diverse and highly engaged teams. He is able to balance driving short term results with building for the future. He works extremely well in a matrix structure, and is a strong team player.

Nitin Dave is an enthusiastic, innovative, and multi-skilled professional who has more than 20 years of experience in general management, senior sales and marketing roles. He has worked in different industries across multiple cultures and geographies throughout Europe, Southeast Asia, and India. Under his agile leadership, Tenon FM has registered a commendable growth over the years in terms of both business expansion and revenue. In his illustrious career, Nitin has been responsible for building a robust and sustainable business services with multidisciplinary teams. He has turned around units into profitable zones with adherence to standards and compliance, creating a strong customer base and infrastructure to establish long-term customer relationships. His strategic thinking and the ability to develop and implement successful operational and growth strategies have helped secure new business of all sizes and complexity across a range of sectors. His strong relationship and team-building abilities across a diverse workforce and stakeholders have been a great asset for Tenon FM. Before joining Tenon FM, India, Nitin has worked with G4S Facility Services India as Director Facility Management. He has also worked for TNT Express in multiple roles and geographies. His last assignment in TNT was Regional Director, North East India.

Pankaj Rai is the Group Chief Data Analytics Officer at Aditya Birla Group. In this role, he leads the Group’s strategy on Analytics and Data Science, enabling its various businesses, ranging from Cement, Chemicals, and Metals to Fashion Retail & Financial Services, to enhance their decision-making capabilities using data science. He also enables the analytics maturity journey of the business teams by creating digital products and platforms that can be scaled across the group and beyond.

Before this, Pankaj worked as the Senior Vice President, Strategy at Wells Fargo, where his key initiatives included establishing the digital capabilities to enable the Bank’s digital channels and building an internal consulting team to drive global programs. He also worked as the Director of Analytics at Dell. He led a team in business research, data analysis, and statistical modelling across domains like marketing, strategy, pricing, online, supply chain and financial services. Before joining Dell, Pankaj was Head Program Management Office at Standard Chartered Bank in their Singapore regional office, wherein he helped grow their shared service centres in India and Malaysia.

In his professional career spanning 25 years, Pankaj started as a management consultant and then went on to work in the financial services industry in India, wherein he worked with ICICI and GE Capital in various roles covering sales, risk management, six-sigma and operations. Pankaj has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. In his free time, Pankaj enjoys long-distance running, cycling, badminton and meeting people in his favourite Cafe.

Pavan has more than 25 years of cross Industry experience in Information & Operational Technology, Industrial cables, Education and Finance where he has primarily driven scale and growth. He is currently a Senior Director in Belden Inc., and is responsible for leading and managing business across India, South East Asia, Australia and is based out of Singapore. Prior to this he was the CEO of Aspire Human Capital, a VC funded pioneer in education management in India. A chartered accountant by qualification, he has trained at PWC, worked at HB Mutual Fund and also started and sold his entrepreneurial firm.

Prachish Vasudeva is a Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, a global professional services firm notable for its work in turnaround management and performance improvement of a number of large, high-profile businesses worldwide.


Mr. Vasudeva heads the real estate practice in India. He brings 30 years of experience in investment, development and construction of real estate. His primary area of expertise is in helping stakeholders improve returns on their investments in real estate through strategic and operational initiatives, using innovation, process improvement and efficiency enhancement.
Mr. Vasudeva has worked globally with leading investors and developers across asset classes that include residential, commercial, retail, mixed use and hospitality. Previously, Mr. Vasudeva spent 6 years as a business head with Hines, a privately owned, global real estate investment, development and management firm with $144.1 billion of assets under management.


Prior to that, Mr. Vasudeva worked in the UAE for 10 years where he delivered over 7.6 million sq. ft. of real estate for leading developers and contractors in the UAE, including EMAAR Properties, Union Properties, ABM and the Al Ghurair group.

Mr. Vasudeva earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture, magna cum laude, from Manipal Institute of Technology. He has served on the board of directors of several companies. An Indian national, Mr. Vasudeva is fluent in Hindi, English and Punjabi.

Prasun Kumar is a seasoned marketing professional, brand expert, blogger, technology enthusiast and entrepreneur at heart with over 20 years of experience across Internet (PropTech), Retail, Telecom and Advertising industries. He is currently the Head of Marketing and Revenue Verticals at Magicbricks, India’s No.1 property site (part of BCCL, India’s largest media conglomerate). His last assignment was as Senior Vice President – Marketing at Reliance Communications, then India’s 4th largest telecom operator with over 100 million consumers. At Magicbricks, Prasun has driven a string of successful initiatives that has affirmed the brand’s position as India’s No.1 online property platform. His entrepreneurial streak has seen him launch many industry firsts at Magicbricks including MBTV (India’s 1st real estate digital video channel), Magicbricks.com/deals (India’s 1st property deals aggregation platform), Brand Store (India’s 1st video microsite solution in real estate) and MagicBag (India’s 1st employee drive initiative for homeless people) which won Foxglove awards & OAA awards for Green Initiatives. He is also the brain behind the new award winning brand campaign #PataBadloLifeBadlo and brought Ayushmaan Khurana and Kriti Sanon as brand ambassadors. The campaign recently won Best Campaign in the E-Commerce category at the prestigious e4m Prime Time Awards 2020. Prasun is a multiple award winner including Best Marketer of the Year, Digital Marketing Influencer, Top 25 Video Marketers in India among others at various prestigious industry forums. At Magicbricks, Prasun is also responsible for new revenue verticals (INR 100cr+) as Business Head besides driving Traffic, Customer Acquisition, Consumer Research and Brand building encompassing digital & offline marketing and PR. Prior to this, he has worked with Reliance Communications as Sr. VP – Marketing in charge of Brand, Communications and Consumer Insights. He had a stint at SONY India as Head - Marketing where he led the launch of the Xperia range of Sony smartphones and turned the ailing brand around to profitability. Before that as the Director - Brand and Marketing, he launched MTS (Russia’s largest telecom operator; a new entrant in India) brand in India and successfully scaled it up across the entire country. He has also held important positions at Levi Strauss & Co and McCann-Ericson in his career. Prasun is a dynamic, methodical and disciplined executive, poised to tackle the complex challenges of the rapidly changing business environment. He has won industry recognition, been profiled in The Economic Times, blogs at important forums and is a speaker and panelist at prestigious events and regularly guest lectures at premium business schools including MDI, IMT, Delhi School of Economics, XIMB, IIM-Shillong, IIMC to name a few.

Prithvi Shergill is an experienced Corporate Business Officer with a background working in the information technology and services industry. The former Chief Human Resources Officer at HCL Technologies, Shergill left the company in March 2017 to work as an independent consultant for breakthrough startups in the HR technology space. He is currently the Head of Talent Enablement and Workplace Design at Smarten Spaces, a company he co-founded in April 2017. He also works with new ventures establishing their businesses. Between 2012-17, Prithvi was the Chief Human Resources Officer at HCL, supporting the HR team and helping to guide the senior leadership team to shape the business strategy, identify human capital implications as well as design and deploy people practices to enhance performance and productivity. Prior to joining HCL, he was a partner at Accenture. He is skilled in Human Capital Strategy & Management, Growth Enablement, Business Revitalisation, Consulting, Organisational Design and Change, Operations as well as Leadership & Talent Development, Reward Design, and Optimising the Talent Supply Chain and Service Delivery. He has been accountable for policies, programmes and processes the put the employees first so as to engage, enable and empower the workforce. Prithvi holds a Bachelor in Commerce and an MBA from the University of Mumbai.

Rahul Gupta is the Chief Executive Officer of Avanti Finance. The company is co-founded by luminaries Ratan Tata and Nandan Nilekani. Rahul is responsible for defining and delivering Avanti’s vision to provide affordable financial services to the next 100 million unserved and underserved households leveraging new- age digital technologies. The Avanti team is reimagining financial inclusion and building a population scale digital platform.
Rahul joined Avanti Finance in October 2018 and is based in Bengaluru. Before Avanti, Rahul was with GE (General Electric) for 20 years. In his most recent position, he served as the Managing Director & Head—Business Development & Growth, GE ASEAN overseeing strategy, growth and M&A for ten countries across the portfolio of GE businesses based in Singapore. Prior to that he held several leadership positions with GE Capital including President & CEO for Singapore and Hong Kong. Rahul has been a part of several prestigious leadership programmes with GE in the United States and has also completed the Fintech Programme from Said Business School, University of Oxford.

He is a sports fanatic, enjoys high altitude trekking , dabbles in start-up’s and hopes to become a good golfer.

Accomplished leader with extensive experience in leading businesses and transformational change at the enterprise level. Known for spearheading strategy formulation and driving change. Recognized for solving complex organizational problems, shaping organizational culture and effectiveness. Deep expertise in operations, sales & marketing management, and managing P&L. Additional background in new services commercialization; business development, and human capital management. Strongly venturesome in taking risks and focusing on the future; making decisions and taking actions even when there’s an absence of proof confirming the decision; very focused on the long-term, and on the team-building needed to get there. Very comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity; drive change and challenge the status quo. Founder and CEO of Max Skill First, an innovative expansion in the field of professional development, set up under the aegis of Max Group—a leading Indian business conglomerate with interests ranging from insurance to healthcare and senior living to manufacturing. A passionate marathon runner, an ardent spiritual practitioner, a food enthusiast and a real movie buff.

Ram Mudholkar is an experienced Industry Leader with a demonstrated history in business excellence in the Agriculture Input industry. An independent Advisor and consultant to CEOs/Baords . Co-founded Global BioAg Linkages that supports and partners with BioAg companies. Previously he was President at DuPont South Asia and Chairman of Crop Life India.

He studies PGDM, Marketing, Business Strategy, Organization Development from IIM Ahmedabad.

A motivational speaker, best-selling author, science editor, life coach and co-founder of a tech startup - at the age of 52, Ramg Vallath continues to don many hats. His undeniable enthusiasm and positive approach towards life has kept his spirits high on its bumpy road. Coming from a village Malayalam-medium government school, RamG beat all odds and obtained a high all-India rank in the Indian Institute of Technology joint entrance examination (IIT-JEE). After completing a B.Tech. From IIT Madras, he went on to complete an MBA from the Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) in Jamshedpur. He jumped into the rat race with Gusto and carved out a highly successful corporate career for himself by first becoming one of India’s youngest telecom business heads as a COO at Airtel, and later going on to work as a Director in Dell and HP.

Rohit Bahadur is currently Partner at Grant Thornton  and currently heading the Not For Profit and CSR Advisory SME nationally for Grant Thronton in India.

Rohit has over 20 years of experience in due diligence, assurance, corporate governance and business risk. Prior to joining GT, he worked with two of the Big 4 firms and worked in the US with a food distribution company.

His experience encompasses Internal Audit, Grant Audit, SAS 70/SSAE 16, Control Assessments, Clause 49 Readiness, Risk Management and Standard Operating Procedures work. Further, he has handled over 15 Enterprise Wide Risk Management engagements including one for India’s leading Navratna PSU (multi-location and multi-function). He has led the Awards Advisory for many leading Award Properties. Rohit has conducted training workshops and made presentations on several topics pertaining to Corporate Governance.

Rohit has done his B. (Com) Honours and he has has completed his CPA from the California State Board of Accountancy and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has attended a specialized course at AIM Manila on Risk Management and was on the Board of Governors, Institute of Internal Auditors, Delhi Chapter for two years.

Rohit Kapoor is the Executive Director & Board Member at Max Healthcare. Prior to Max Healthcare, part of Max group leadership team, he was appointed on the Governing Council of two operating companies during the periods of CEO transitions, and serving as non-Executive Director on multiple boards within the group. Before joining Max India Limited, he was the Director & Head, Business Strategy at Religare Group and he was involved in shaping the ongoing strategy for the group which has a presence across lending, asset management, life insurance, health insurance, capital markets, venture capital, broking and art. Previously he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company for close to a decade. Since joining the firm in 2000, Rohit worked across consulting and practice research functions. His notable client engagements included Rohit was also a key contributor to the book ‘Banking in Asia – Acquiring a Profit Mindset’ published by Wiley & Co in 2003. He is an Angel investor and a mentor to early stage start-ups.

Rohit Pathak is the President and CEO of Aditya Birla Insulators, the largest insulator player in India, where he is leading the transformation of ABI into an international business and diversification into composites. Rohit is on the Executive Council of IEEMA, the industry association of the electrical equipment industry in India, and was elected as the Vice President of IEEMA for the year 2019-20. His past experience includes being the Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company and Design Engineer at Analog Devices Inc. He has completed his PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and holds a degree in electrical and electronics engineering from BITS Pilani.

Rupesh has two decades of experience in HR encompassing a broad spectrum of areas including Business HR, HR Strategy, Consulting, Talent Acquisition & Management, Leadership Development & Succession Planning, Executive Coaching, M&A Integration and Compensation & Benefits. He has worked across a diverse range of industries, including Banking, Consulting, Professional Services, Technology, Retail and Manufacturing. Rupesh currently leads the people function for KPMG Global Services. He is responsible for articulating and delivering the people agenda for the organization. In his last assignment, Rupesh led HR for the India region of IHS Markit, an information services firm. Earlier, Rupesh worked with Accenture, where he led the HR function for their India domestic business and for Accenture Capability Network’s (a distributed consulting model) India node. He has also previously worked with firms such as Citibank, Bharti Retail and Mercer. He began his career with Steel Authority of India Ltd. — a stint where he found his calling in the people function. Rupesh holds an MBA in HR from XLRI Jamshedpur and is a certified executive coach. He is a passionate runner and has run a number of domestic and international marathons. He is based in Gurugram, India.

Sandeep is a well-known and respected business and marketing strategist who is recognized for being an influential communicator and proven thought leader on technology and the transformational power it carries. He is an acknowledged voice on technology trends and is sought for his views on digitization, innovation and scalability of technology by publications and forums. His thoughts on emerging technology trends in the industry have been captured in numerous articles like “How PC will get more real” and "Internet of Things" each of which highlights his commitment to nurture emerging technologies in the country. Sandeep has a simple mantra - a strong faith in communicating through relevant mediums where the audience and stakeholders actually spend time and that is where he drives attention and impact with a balance between brand salience / lead generation / business growth while maintaining a strong focus on ROI. The Lighthouse Insights Digital Campaign Award for the First Time Buyer Campaign is just one example of how under his leadership Intel linked the campaign to Business Objective, Strategy, Policy Influence and Effectiveness.

Sanjay is an industry leader in Risk Management, especially proficient at promoting the integration of risk and finance. He brings unique, cross functional insights to strategic decision making, incorporates refined risk methodologies and frameworks in the capital allocation process, enabling firms to make smarter, consistent, and robust business decisions, while incorporating an integrated view of market, capital structure, revenue, operations, and financing constraints. Sanjay left Citigroup in 2018 and founded Sankhya Ventures, a strategic risk advisory and investment management firm, based in New Delhi, India. He has over 25 years in international financial markets, coupled with over 15 years in technology, data science, and analytics. Sanjay offers a uniquely interdisciplinary approach, blending rigor with finely tuned commercial insights, enabled by his many years in risk-taking positions, and curated from experiences gained over several cyclical and secular credit and market cycles. Prior to his roles in Risk Management, Sanjay spent over fifteen years in capital markets, trading, and fund management, in New York, Hong Kong, and Singapore. His experience spans the range from quantitative research to structuring asset liability management solutions for clients at Lehman Brothers, Citigroup, and Deutsche Bank, to fund management. Sanjay earned a PhD in Operations Research from Columbia University in New York, and a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.

Sanjay Sharad Sen is Director, Human Resources at the Avantha Group. He has over 30 years of expertise in HR and Business Strategy roles across a wide range of industries including Engineering, Hospitality, Consumer Products and Banking. His experience base is across large multinational firms to promoter-owned conglomerates in international markets of Asia, USA and Europe in national, regional and global roles. Additionally, he is on the Board of Directors of multiple companies.

Sanjay holds a post-graduate degree in Human Resource Management from India’s premier institute, XLRI, Jamshedpur.

Santosh is the Managing Director and CEO of Future Brands Ltd. Before taking up this assignment, he was the President of McCann-Erickson, one of India’s premier advertising agencies. A post-graduate from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, his interest lies in studying the evolving nature of consumer culture in India. He wears two hats: one as an authoritative voice in matters relating to brands and consumers and the other as a social commentator, making sense of the complex changes India is undergoing. He has served on the board of ING Vysya Bank and is currently on the boards of Future Consumer Products Limited, Oxfam India and Breakthrough. He is also a member of the Governing Councils of Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad & Praxis Business School, Kolkata. He has been writing a weekly column in the Times of India for over 16 years and is the author of the bestselling 'Mother Pious Lady-Making Sense of Everyday India', a book that examines how the everyday life of middle class India has evolved.

Sathya brings with him over 20 years of experience from Consulting, Finance and FinTech leadership roles. In his current role, he is responsible for driving the growth of the overall India operations of Experian with a focused vision on vertical market strategy and strategic clients. Prior to Experian, Sathya was the CEO & Whole Time Director of MobME Wireless Solutions Limited where his primary role was to drive the overall business, financial and operational strategy across MobME's businesses. In his earlier roles, Sathya led the India operations of global MNCs such as Scientific Games and Texas Instruments. His primary responsibility in these roles was to build and drive the growth of the organizations in India across global delivery, sales, operations and R&D. He was also associated with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) as a Senior Member in the Economic Affairs Panel. As a CFO for many years, Sathya has led strategic actions around domestic & cross border M&A, divestitures, fund raising, sales execution & cultural transformation, to name a few. Sathya was conferred ‘Business Excellence by a CEO’ in 2017. He is an inductee of the CFO Institute's League of Excellence, and is a multi-year winner of the CFO Institute's CFO of the Year. Sathya holds an MBA degree in Finance from University of Hartford.

Saurabh Gupta has 33 years of experience in blue-chip organizations with a zest for organisation building. He was a CEO of mid size companies for the past 9 years. His initial years comprised multi-functional experience in Finance, Sales & Manufacturing. As a leader, he brings several key skills to the table—strong leadership roles involving strategic thinking, planning & execution; building, leading and developing large multi-functional teams; collaborating, decision making and result orientation; and business transformation deploying the latest digital tools including iOT, AIML, Deep learning tools, NLP and more. He has excelled in startups & stable organisations equally and executed business transformation roles. His specialties lie in managing businesses spanning various industries - Construction Material, Food & Beverage, Telecom & Education - and diversity of professional experience across industries, operating environment and markets - India, South East Asia and Africa.

Sharad is a young dynamic leader with over 15 years of diverse experience across business leadership, operations, growth and strategy, and performance management across a wide range of sectors in India. He is currently serving as the Chief Supply Officer for OYO's Hotels Franchise business in South Asia, where he is responsible for profitably growing one of the world's largest hotel network and building partner franchisees in the region. He is also the business sponsor for OYO's diversity and inclusion initiative. In his previous role, he headed OYO's managed workspaces business in India till December 2019. Before OYO, he worked with Max Healthcare where he was the SVP and Business Head for Max Saket. Before this, Sharad was head of business performance and management analytics function at Max Corporate. Sharad has also worked with ITC Ltd. as head of factory operations, McKinsey & Company as a management consultant and Ranbaxy Labs Ltd. in the MD & CEO's office. He holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi.

A sales, marketing and strategy professional with a proven track record of successful business growth,leadership and innovation. I am super passionate about people and believe in the power of strategy,innovation and analytics to drive business growth.

Earlier he was Head - North, Sales and Customer Development at Colgate Palmolive and led a Cross functional Team of over 90 people to drive topline of over 120MN $. During his tenure, he enabled doubled digit growth and over a 100bps  market share growth through a detailed Go To market Strategy & Execution, Effective use of Strategic & Budget planning and  Talent Management. He holds a Master’s degree in MMS, Marketing from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management (JBIMS).

Siddarth Jain is a globally experienced commercial leader with in-depth, both project and transactional, who has led high performance teams across many geographies (Iraq, India, Australia and the UK) and commodities. He provides a unique skill set across business development, stakeholder engagement, commercial negotiations, Legal, M&A, strategy, financial control and market risks. He has the ability to anticipate and mitigate risks, deliver in diverse and changing environments, and build trust amongst stakeholders, peers and reports. He has led the mine development of a significant diamond discovery (the first in 15 years globally). His previous role required leading an operating team of over 350 including accountability for running the feasibility study, securing funding from the Rio Tinto investment committee (IC), fast tracking government approvals, embedding an appropriate workforce and community culture that would create the pathway for development. He holds an MBA from University of Sydney and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology.

Sonjoy Mohanty has 27 years of work experience handling Marketing, Sales, General Management, P&L and Board Responsibilities in large corporations across Micro Banking, Healthcare, Telecom, and Durables sectors. He is currently Secretary General at International Spirits & Wine Association of India (ISWAI) and leads the policy and strategy framework. He was the CEO, Educomp Supplemental & President, Corporate Affairs at Educomp Solutions Ltd. He was also the former Chief Executive Officer & Director at A Little World.

Sugata Sircar haS 29 years of experience in various industries including Electrical Energy, Gas Distribution, Manufacturing of Chemicals, Textiles, Tyres and FMCG. He has worked as CFO and as Managing Director of a public limited company in India. I currently sit on the Board of several Schneider India companies and partners the President & MD for the businesses of Schneider Electric in India and neighbouring countries. His strengths lie in business performance management, strategy and business decision support, investment decisions and in leadership. He is excited by the transformation in business models and performance management processes being brought about by digitization. As a leader, he brings strong experience in communication with investors, media, shareholders, and external agencies as well as profound geographical savvy, having worked extensively in Singapore/Malaysia and in the UK. Sugata is currently President, CFO Committee of the Indo French Chamber of Commerce & Industry, a member of The CFO Board and is active in other CFO Forums. In 2018, he received the IMA India CFO Award in 2018 on Excellence in Talent Management, just one of his many awards and accolades.

Sunil has 30+ years of experience in organizations such as PepsiCo India and Pernod Ricard India including Board level presence. He has chaired the CSR Committee of the Board . His 30 + years of experience includes Public Policy Government Affairs, CSR and Business Sustainability, Corporate Communication, Agri Supply Chains, Agri Commodity Trading. He has been associated with many work streams at CII and FICCI
Sunil is post graduate in International Business from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, and post graduate in Business Administration from Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad. He graduated in Economics Hons from Sriram College of Commerce, Delhi University

Until September 15, 2019 Sunil was the Managing Director of GE T&D India Limited. Sunil has over 31 years of rich experience in the areas of business operations, project management, finance and corporate governance. Prior to joining GE, Sunil has had a highly rewarding 25 years career in the Tata group and then 5 years in ILFS Energy. In his previous roles, amongst others, he was widely admired for leading the successful turnaround of the Delhi Tata Power Discom. Sunil did his undergraduate studies at the Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, and is a rank-holder chartered accountant. He was adjudged as the most inspirational CEO in the power sector across Asia by Asia Power (Singapore) for the year 2008 and has also received the Udyog Ratan award from the Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi.

Fela Chawngthu has 16+ years of experience leading high performing sales and marketing teams with technology companies like Adobe, Oracle, HCL Technologies and Publicis Sapient. He specializes in go-to-market strategies and revenue management of digital transformation solutions. Fela currently leads 120+ people in Adobe's Global Customer Success & Digital Services Sales Team. One of Fela’s unrelenting passions is grooming and nurturing talents through personal coaching.

Vijay Kalagara is Founder at QuestW, where he pursues his passion for advancing women at work through research, analytics and headhunting. Previously, Vijay spent more than a decade in various HR roles at ABB and Rolls-Royce. He is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Vikas currently heads the technology vertical at 9.9 Group – personal technology, CIO, CISO and IT managers. A veteran marketing expert, he has over 29 years of experience in marketing management and business building. He has held leadership positions in globally reputed consumer groups across international markets. Prior to co-founding 9.9 Group, he was Senior Vice President and CMO of Coca-Cola India, Global Brand Director of Brand Coca-Cola at The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, USA, CMO and President (Advertising Sales) at ABP Pvt Ltd., a $200 million Indian media conglomerate with interests in newspapers, magazines, television and online. He also held senior positions with Unilever and P&G. Vikas holds a BSc (Honours) degree from Delhi University and a MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

Vinod is an executive coach and business leader with more than three decades of experience across diverse organisations. He is an Army veteran. He has worked with cohesive, high-performance teams across the Indian Army, manufacturing, financial services and engineering sectors and is passionate about building leadership capabilities and creating learning and growth opportunities. During his years with the Indian Army and later, he has had the opportunity to plan and execute projects, many of them in the face of adversity. An ardent believer in people and the unique set of strengths that they possess, he has coached and mentored about 100 senior and middle management leaders through his corporate journey and in the earlier avatar with the Army, has trained about 5000 officers and other defense personnel in leadership and combat. He has also managed and coached sports teams in the Army for national and international events. His past experiences includes being the Head of Operations (Engineering) at ACKRUTI CITY LTD., Head of Strategic Business Unit at Dvara KGFS and COO at MMTC-PAMP India Private Limited. He is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad and National Defense Academy. He did his post-graduation diploma from Indian Institute of Banking and Finance after completing his Civil Engineering from College of Military Engineering.

Vipul Tuli has been Managing Director of Sembcorp Energy India Ltd since May 31, 2017 and has been its Executive Director since April 17, 2017. Vipul serves as Chief Executive Officer and Country Head of Thermal Powertech Corporation India and Sembcorp Gayatri Power. He has been Country Head of Sembcorp India and Chief Executive Officer of Sembcorp India at Sembcorp Industries Ltd since November 17, 2015 and served as its Executive Vice President since February 13, 2016 until April 19, 2017 and Head of Group Strategy since November 17, 2015 until April 19, 2017. He has been associated with the Sembcorp group since 2015 in various positions. Prior to joining the Sembcorp group, he was associated with McKinsey & Company, Inc. since 1992, where he worked across the energy, chemicals and infrastructure sectors, and at the time of leaving in 2015, he was acting as a director (senior partner) based in its India office. He holds a B.Tech. in Chemical Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and a postgraduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.

A seasoned business leader with over twenty six years of cross functional experience, Yudi Bahl have held leadership positions across finance & strategy (CFO, Head Strategy / M&A) across diverse industries including infrastructure, education, financial services, telecom, and consumer. Yudi has strong expertise in strategic & corporate planning, funding & valuation, business transformation, accelerating growth and M&A, business partnering, operational efficiency, risk & compliance, financial planning & analysis and investor relations complemented by hands on management & operating experience. He also has experience in the implementation of organisation-wide planning, risk & governance frameworks, and systems implementation. With significant cross border experience across North America, Europe, and Asia, he has worked closely with promoters and business & functional leaders both in India and in the U.S. and partnered with them in driving key growth and strategic initiatives.