2023 Speakers

Kamal has been spearheading reputed Indian as well as multi-national organisations as President & CEO for over two decades. Since April 2014, he is the Managing Director and the President of Volvo Group in India. Kamal has had an illustrious career spanning over 40 years, largely in the automotive and engineering industry.

Rajneet joined Britannia Industries as Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director in September 2022. Prior to Britannia, Rajneet worked with Dominos as President & Chief Business Officer wherein he was responsible for its expansion in the country to 1,450 outlets and the company’s digital transformation.

Ankur Warikoo is an Internet Entrepreneur based out of India and is one of India’s top content creators. He is also a bestselling author and conducts courses online as an educator. In his spare time, Warikoo loves to mentor entrepreneurs and act as an angel-investor.

Sohinder has been the CEO of Global Business for HERO ELECTRIC and Director General of the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles for the last 14 years. He closely interacts with policymakers, academia, technology institutions, certification agencies and foreign partners to help create the right ecosystem for EVs in India.

Pradeep anchors ESPL’s growth both as a business visionary and an industry expert. Under his stewardship, ESPL has steadily expanded its services and grown to become one of India’s leading integrated facilities management players.

Sanjiv has been leading the strategic vision, growth, and innovation of the company for over 28 years. He has a strong track record of delivering value to clients, partners, and stakeholders through a comprehensive range of financial planning, advisory, and investment solutions.

Suparna is the CEO of the Watches and Wearables Division of Titan Company Limited. She has over 30 years of experience in the lifestyle and retail sectors and worked in several companies and was the Global Marketing Head of Titan in 2006.

Himanshu, as CEO of Snapdeal leads all aspects of business strategy and operations including Category Management, Technology, Product Engineering, Customer Experience, Supply Chain Management and Data Science functions. Himanshu is an experienced industry leader with experience in FMCG, retail and fashion.

A passionate techie, instrumental in creating a widely-used product for 30 crore users. Manages products, system architecture, design, and security for Practo, striving for a 10x better user experience

Gopal Asthana is CEO of Tata CLiQ, Tata Group’s flagship multi-category e-commerce platform. With nearly 24 years’ experience, Gopal, who joined Tata CLiQ in 2023, is adept at building successful, sustainable retail and ecommerce business in an omnichannel era.

Naveen is one of the most prominent faces of India’s fast-evolving Fintech Industry. He has an experience of over 2 decades in the financial services markets of India and Europe. He co-founded Paisabazaar under the PB Fintech Group in 2014. Under Naveen’s strong leadership, Paisabazaar became the market leader within 3 years of inception.

Amit, a prominent leader in the entrepreneurial space, holds a Master’s degree in Management from NIFT. He was recently recognized as the Entrepreneur of the Year 2022. Additionally, he has been featured in publications such as Forbes India, The Economic Times, Entrepreneur India, Financial Express, CNBC, and many others.

Pranav is known for his collaborative leadership style and technology acumen. Throughout his career spanning more than two decades, Pranav has played an instrumental role in scaling up businesses and steering critical assignments for domestic and international clients.

Mohammad Alblooshi’s passion for encouraging the growth of FinTech and emerging technologies in Dubai has made him a strong advocate of fostering innovation within the DIFC start-up ecosystem – DIFC Innovation Hub. He has also been a foundational driver in building DIFC’s reputation as a FinTech hub across the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore and India.

Ada Dyndo is a communication and cross-cultural business professional across South and Southeast Asia. Her primary goal has been to strengthen collaboration between Poland/EU and India while advocating for gender equality within the business landscape. Ada has also served as the head of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency and as a principal consultant at the European Business and Technology Centre. She received recognition in 2021 when EICBI honoured her as one of the Top under 40 Europe-India leaders.

With over 20 years of operational and entrepreneurial experience, Alok Mittal has an accurate knack of understanding the needs of access to Small Medium business financing in India. He is in the management committee of Digital Lenders Association of India (DLAI) and under his vision and leadership; Indifi stands among the founding members of DLAI. He is also an active angel investor, co-founder of Indian Angel Network, and on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi.

Varda has led multiple public–private
engagements at global platforms as a part of the
outreach strategy to highlight investment opportunities
and drive FDI into India. Additionally, she has also
worked in close capacity with the Office of the Prime Minister of India and with senior officials from Federal Ministries and State Governments to work on policy and develop an investor outreach strategy.

He has over 27 years of experience in Information Security, IT Transformation, Intelligent Networking and Telecom Infrastructure. He leads the National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for Cybersecurity Technology and Entrepreneurship, a joint initiative of DSCI and Ministry of Electronics & IT. He has been deeply engaged with all initiatives of DSCI with government stakeholders and sectoral regulators, including developing regulatory frameworks, certifications and conducting training programs.

Madhurima has over 20 years of cross functional experience across global organisations. She’s been an active member of the Indian startup ecosystem and contributes actively to the dialogue around diversity. Madhurima has won many industry accolades and most recently was recognized as “Top 10 Corporate Innovation Leaders in India” by Startup Reseau.

Vikas Anand is responsible for running DHL’s Supply Chain business in India, which includes all warehousing and distribution operations. DHL Supply Chain India has over 17,000 employees based in 146 locations spread across 39 cities in India. He is also a member of the Asia Pacific Board of Management for DHL Supply Chain.

Asit Rath is a seasoned executive with over two decades of experience in the Banking and Insurance Industry. Currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Aviva India, he brings extensive expertise in Operations, Bancassurance Distribution, Digital Transformation, and Brand Development. Asit’s remarkable career includes his tenure as a top talent at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, and his stint as the CEO of Prudential Myanmar, spearheading the establishment of the country’s first fully digital financial services company.

Dr. Sriram is a Senior Management Executive with rich global experience in diversified leadership roles in the IT/ICT/Telecom industry with an excellent track record of progressive achievements, and extensive expertise in building high performance organizations that enable and catalyze business & innovation strategy. He is an Ecosystem Builder, C-Level Advisor, Technology Startups Mentor, Collaborator, Researcher and Author.

He is presently working as CEO of APIS, Department of ITE&C, Government of AP since August 2022. He is from the State Group-I Services – 2007 batch and has rendered services for the Government of Andhra Pradesh since February 2007 in various capacities.

Suresh is a pioneer and leader of pan-India initiatives like #DigiYatra biometric passenger processing using W3C Standards and Self Sovereign Identity. He has worked with IATA One-ID Contactless Travel working group, contributing to redefining the global air travel experience, to make it futuristic, safe and contactless, cutting across international borders.

Mr. Nitin Mittal leads the Technology and Data functions for the Company and supports the digital pivot of the organization. His extensive expertise is in creating stakeholder value using technology innovation, delivering large scale data solutions, setting-up global shared service centres, incubating global practices for business model reboot using data analytics, Big Data technologies and new business architecture. In his multiple stints he has built and scaled digital business in Retail, Finance, E-commerce, FMCG, Healthcare, Insurance sectors and in E-Governance.

Lavanya in her current role as COO, is responsible for managing consumer experience and supporting the business growth, working on improving operational efficiencies through automation for an enhanced consumer experience.

Hailed as “a force of nature”, “Asia’s Anna Wintour” and “Top 100 Women of the Future”, Dr Loretta Chen is an award-winning creative director, bestselling author and respected professor. She was the People’s Choice as Nominated Member of Parliament and is International Consultant to the investment arm of the Royal Government of Bhutan. She is currently CEO and Co-Founder of Smobler, a leading metaverse architecture firm backed by The Sandbox, Brinc and Animoca Brands.

Karan Keswani is a visionary leader and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BharatBox, a pioneering company at the forefront of the Metaverse revolution in India. With a passion for innovation and a deep understanding of the potential of virtual worlds, Karan is driving the mission to create a Desi Metaverse experience for the Indian population, and bring the Desi experience to life within the virtual domain.

Shanai Ghosh heads one of India’s fastest growing InsurTechs, Zuno General Insurance. She has been with Zuno GI since its inception and has been closely involved in setting up and launching the business. She took over as the CEO of the company in May 2019, to become the first woman CEO for a General Insurance company in India.

Anisha is the founder of She Capital, India’s leading diversity fund that invests in high-growth startups led or co-led by women.

William is Managing Director of Orbit Startups the first and longest running startup program in Asia and General Partner of SOSV the #1 most active early stage venture capital investor in the world with US$1.5bn in assets under management.

Shrikant Patil is the CEO and Managing Director of DigiAlly, a certified Singapore-based Fintech specializing in SME finance. He is a distinguished leader in FinTech, Open Banking, Neo Banking, and is recognized for his expertise in building a robust digital economy.

Conferred with the “Business Excellence and Innovative Best Practices- Academia Awards-2020” by the New Delhi Institute of Management, under Debajyoti’s leadership, NeSL has been accredited as the Best Innovation in RegTech, at IFTA 2022 and awarded Best Reg Tech Solution at the BW 3rd Edition of Festival of Fintech Awards 2023.

Swati Bhargava is the co-founder of CashKaro, India’s largest Cashback app and No. 1 Affiliate for e-commerce sites. Recognized in Fortune’s 40 Under 40 and many leading media publications, Swati is among the top women entrepreneurs in India along with being an inspiration to her half a million followers on social media.

Nandini started her entrepreneurial journey in 2010, simultaneously building startups and investing in them. As an angel investor, Nandini has a portfolio of 80+ companies and intends to keep investing in startups for the next several decades.

Tej Kapoor is the Managing Partner of IvyCap Ventures. With more than 15 years of experience in the VC industry, Tej has invested in several businesses in the e-commerce, logistics, content, media, internet, and B2B information industries.

Dr. Harsha Vardhan, a renowned entrepreneur, investor and healthcare advocate, has achieved global success in health and international business. With a rich experience of more than 16 years and accolades from Times of India, Economic Times, Entrepreneur and Forbes, he leads diverse ventures across countries and sectors.

Suhail has extensive experience working across consumer, fintech, cleantech, energy and institutional investing spaces. Suhail currently, is the Managing Partner at an early stage fund, OTP Ventures, which invests in consumer brands, consumer and financial technologies companies.

Jatinder Handoo is the Chief Executive Officer at the Digital Lenders Association of India (DLAI). With over 20 years of experience in banking, fintech, and public policy, he possesses a deep understanding of the field. He began his career at the State Bank of India, specializing in rural banking and emerging corporates, and later joined HDFC Bank Ltd. In addition, Mr. Handoo has been involved with the Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX Inc) in Washington D.C., where he contributed to MFI capacity building and Social Performance Management (SPM) reporting across Asia and Eastern Europe.

Aakrit Vaish is the Co-founder & CEO of Haptik, a pioneer in the conversational AI industry. He has been nominated under various lists including Forbes India’s 30 Under 30, Entrepreneur 35 Under 35, and Business World 40 Under 40. In 2023, Aakrit was named as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (YGL).

A business leader with 29+ years of extensive experience in Driving Business Transformations leveraging Digital technologies across 15+ industries, Managing Relationships at Board & CXO level, P&L ownership for Global business, Driving Business Strategy & Planning, Sales, Delivery, Operations with deep understanding of the Industry and Global team dynamics.

Anand is a passionate and proven IT executive with about 30 years of experience in the Manufacturing, Auto and IT industries. Anand’s strategic leadership and certified skills have helped organizations achieve growth objectives by using technology as a catalyst.

Prashant Thakkar is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience across Financial Services, Investment Management and Manufacturing business of which around 20+ years has been in Financial Services and Investment Management / Asset Management.

Niranjan Maka, heads the Technical Advisory Council (TAC) in Cyberverse. he is a technology leader with over 30 years of experience. Formerly leading VMware’s Edge/IoT Engineering, it’s Global R&D sites, he has held pivotal roles at RSA Security, Siebel, Oracle, and Tata Consultancy Services.

Swati has over 18 years of experience in financial services, MSME, Agri-banking and financial inclusion. Swati has been one of the earliest members of the South Asia team and leads business and partnership development for Women’s World Banking.

A FinTech entrepreneur with an experience of over 18 years in the Micro Loans /Digital Lending Industry. He has been expanding Credit Access in India with Vivifi – a FinTech NBFC – that offers Innovative Financial Products to customers across the Credit Spectrum with focus on the Under-Served / Unserved Customers. Prior to this venture, Anil founded and led TekFriday – a FinTech firm in Miami.

Currently serving as the CEO of Block Stack, he has extensive experience in driving digital innovation and transforming financial services. With a track record of over 100 successful digital deliveries in his previous role at DCB Bank, he has spearheaded initiatives in blockchain, API banking, and video KYC. He has also been honoured with 60+ awards, including Most Influential Payment Professional and Digital Leader of the Year.

Arindam is the CEO of Consumer and MSME Finance businesses at DMI Finance Pvt. Ltd. (DMI Finance) and was part of the launch and now scale of DMI Finance’s Consumer and MSME Finance.

Ramesh is in-charge of the strategy, planning, execution and support of all technology initiatives across the Aditya Birla group of companies. In line with Aditya Birla Capital’s Vision for Growth and Customer Focus, Ramesh spearheads the building of One Technology Team with engineering and innovation expertise at scale to solve business problems

Sandeep Indurkar is a highly experienced digital transformation virtuoso with over 18+ years of experience in the banking and financial services industry. As the Chief Business Officer – Banking and Alliances at BharatPe, he is leading all banking-related partnerships at BharatPe.

With an overall experience of 20+ years, Sumit brings along expertise in product, business, strategy, operations, sales, marketing, finance & regulations and is currently the SVP & Head of TripMoney (a Travel Fintech subsidiary of MakeMyTrip Group).

Rahul is an accomplished leader in product and engineering, possesses a wealth of experience and a strong educational background from UC Berkeley. With a fervent drive to make a difference, he has effectively guided expansive global teams in the development of cutting-edge products that address intricate business challenges.

Amit is a Partner at Borderless Capital, managing investments in Web3 startups. Prior to Borderless, Amit was the Founding Principal at Unicorn India Ventures and Advisor at Woodstock Fund. He brings a nuanced understanding of equity and token investments, token design, tokenomics, equity v/s token value capture and decade-plus rich experience in the entire investment cycle, including board positions in several portfolio companies.

Amit Pandey is a visionary leader with over 15 years of versatile experience and is currently serving as the Vice President at IVCA (Indian Venture & Alternate Capital Association), demonstrating his commitment to the venture capital and startup ecosystem.

As the Chief Information Security Officer at Razorpay, Hilal spearheads the enterprise-wide vision, strategy, and execution of cybersecurity initiatives. Committed to revolutionizing the payments sector, he brings more than 16 years of specialized experience in understanding complex threat landscapes and implementing robust security architectures.

Pallavi Madhok is the Lead for Advisory Solutions in India. She works with partner institutions to develop innovative products and solutions that unlock value for both their women customers and their stakeholders. Her prior experience has been in product management and in management consulting.

Kamlesh is a TEDx speaker and Co-Founder of FSV Capital. He is among the Top 30 influencers of Blockchain in India and a Founding Member of the India Blockchain Forum. He is Hyperledger India Co-Chair and a member of the Hyperledger Technical Steering Committee (TSC2021-22).

Abdullah received his master’s degree from Washington D.C. at the well-recognized George Washington University majoring in Cyber Security. He has also been a key speaker in large events including IDC and has received 5 awards recognized globally including CISO Power list from Khaleej Times.

Pankaj Doval is the National Editor at The Times of India. A keen observer of public policy who maintains a sharp focus on government and economic plans, and corporate movements. Pankaj interacts with bureaucrats, central ministers and business leaders to understand the direction the Indian economy and key global markets are headed for.

Priti Rathi Gupta, Founder of LXME, has led and inspired over 200,000 women towards building their financial acumen and financialization of their small savings.

Pradeep has over 20 years of experience in Solutions Consulting, and helped many Fortune 500 companies on their journey to modernise technology, process, and culture. Prior to New Relic, he held different positions at Commvault, Dell, and NetApp, aiding customers across various industries in adopting cutting-edge technologies.

Dr Ritesh Jain, a Top 10 Global Fintech Leader, founder, tech enthusiast, and seasoned board advisor, has over two decades of experience in Global Digital Technology, Business Transformation, and Operations.