Edge Insights The Tech Outcomes Conclave

Atul Sharma

Ashwin Moduga

Bala Kishore

Deepesh Nanda

Deepak Sharma

Deepak Sharma heads Kotak Mahindra Bank’s digital initiatives where he drives digital transformation, business model innovation and future ready initiatives of the bank. He is responsible for efficiency, productivity, customer experience and growth of the business through digital intervention across digital channels, lending, payments, investments, insurance, trade & forex, for the Retail, SME, Private Wealth and Institutional Banking segments. Deepak also leads Digital IT & Product Engineering, Innovation Lab, Design Studio, Fintech partnerships and the Start-up ecosystem participation for the bank.

Under his leadership, Kotak has launched several innovative and global first products such as 811, Jifi, Hashtag Banking, KayMall, WhatsApp Banking & Kaypay, apart from new initiatives like API, Open & Connected Banking, Conversational Banking Bot ’Keya’, BYOD Biometric Banking, Cross- border remittances on Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence(AI) and Robotic Process Automation. Deepak believes in constant innovation and focuses on building business models & platforms which are customer centric, value accretive and disruptive.

Deepak has worked across various international markets and brings a global perspective to the business. In his previous role, he was responsible for setting up the Bank’s highly successful Non Resident Indian (NRI) & International Remittances business. Deepak also played a key role in launching the Bank’s affluent banking programme - Privy League.

With over 27 years of experience, Deepak’s professional tenure spans across the banking, telecom and consumer services verticals. Prior to joining Kotak, he was part of the leadership team of Consumer Banking at Standard Chartered from 2003 to 2008. Thereafter, as National Head for Corporate Business at Standard Chartered, he was responsible for building the corporate payroll and Wealth Management business.

Deepak has completed an advanced programme in Strategy from IIM Calcutta as well as the Stanford LEAD Certificate in Corporate Innovation. He is a member of Airtel Customer Advisory Board, Member of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Digital Transformation Committee, FICCI National Committee on Fintech & a number of Startup-Industry Forums, in addition to participating at various trade & Government initiatives on the Digital India Roadmap. He mentors fintech and start-up ecosystems on an ongoing basis.

Dipu KV

Mr K V Dipu is President & Head of Operations and Customer Service at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company. He has led numerous industry leadership projects as the head of operations, communities & customer service @ Asia's leading general insurance company.

Mr Dipu forefronts the digital transformation drive at Bajaj Allianz GIC, leveraging start-ups from fintech/insure tech globally, while leading a team of ~1600 people in 170 locations.  A management graduate from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM Lucknow), he joined Bajaj Allianz GIC in 2016 after a stellar career of nearly 20 years with GE Capital.

During Mr Dipu’s distinguished career spanning over 24 years, his forte has been combining digital transformation with deep domain expertise & six sigma rigor to redesign the business model for operational excellence and customer delight. Bajaj Allianz GIC features in IDC’s list of top 20 insurers for 2020 in the Asia Pacific, is ranked # 7 in the list of global top 100 digital insurers and has twice been awarded “Digital Insurer of the Year” across Asia.

Mr Dipu is a certified lean six sigma black belt and a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, an opt-in research group of business professionals.  Many of his accomplishments have received industry awards & press coverage.  A speaker on transformation & innovation at various domestic & global industry forums, he is also an IvyExec mentor & a member of the Customer Advisory Board of UiPath.

He has been recognized by various industry forums for his inspirational leadership - BFSI Innovative Technology Awards 2018, BFSI Game Changer Award 2019, BFSI 100 Innovation Leadership Award 2019, Best Experience Leader B2C at the Global CX Summit 2019, BFSI Leadership Award 2020, and 50 Fabulous Innovative Leaders Award 2020 et al.

Mr KV Dipu is the #1 TripAdvisor reviewer with over 790,000 readers. He writes monthly columns in a New York based website on leadership & a Mumbai based newspaper on the digital world.

Harvinder Singh

A true technology enthusiast, Harvinder Singh has an experience of over 27 years in the IT industry. He has worked with renowned tech giants like HP, IBM, and Oracle and led product and sales teams PAN India. Presently, at Sify, he holds the position of Chief Revenue Officer for North region, where his priority is to enable enterprises to embark on a transforming digital journey.

He brings an extensive experience in automation and consolidation projects leveraging compute and storage. In recent years, his focus pivoted around large IT transformation initiatives across Data Center, Cloud, Network, business continuity, and DR solutions. He has worked closely with BFSI and Telcos in India and SAARC region.

Kaustubh Dabral

Pawan Kumar Durbha

Ratan Kesh

Ravi Maguluri

Ravi works with Customers on defining their digital objectives to help devise the right architecture and execution plans. He is responsible for service strategy and product roadmap for Sify’s CloudInfinit and InfinitDigital Platforms that enable customers to execute digital engagement plans. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Rahul Sharma

Rahul Sharma the business head for North India, East India and Public Sector for Snowflake. He has 20+ years of experience in building businesses and before joining Snowflake he helped build the Servicenow, BMC Software business in the North.

He is a data enthusiast and is excited about the future where businesses can unlock from data using pivots like data collaboration and data monetisation.

Rahul Shah

Rohan Pagey

Sachin Gupta

Shalil Gupta

Shalil is responsible for research, events and training business that assists clients in improving their capabilities in key process areas. Before this, Shalil was ‘AVP, Research and Consulting’ at IDC India. He has an extensive senior level experience in the ICT industry that enriches his strategic engagements with companies. A much-sought-after speaker at international forums, Shalil also invests his time in leading innumerable focused group discussions in India. With his specialization in the BFSI sector, he covers an array of topics including emerging technologies, digital enterprises, industries and IT sourcing and servicing in his speaking engagements.

Shalil's role extends beyond delivering qualitative research content, and includes preparing forward-looking assessment and analysis and sharing market insights and predictions with senior management teams. He has worked in India, London, Edinburgh, Ireland, Western Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan. During his time in these organizations, he has driven the development of enterprise level technology strategies, managed large transformation and IT programs, and played a leading role in a post-merger IT integration of two banks in the United Kingdom.

A graduate of Computer Science, Shalil holds a postgraduate (MBA) degree from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), a leading business school in India.

Shashi Tripathi

Sushant Dubey

Sushant has over two decades of diverse experience in the Information Technology industry. He is leading the Digital Services Business Unit in Sify and closely works with customers in co-creating new age digital led business transformation initiatives.

His prior experience includes leading sales, business development, and product management functions in global organizations including IBM, VeriSign and Red Hat that allowed him to drive successful digital transformation projects, delivering customer satisfaction across Open Source solutions, cloud ready platforms, applications, AI/ML and Analytics.

Sunil Kumar

Tarun Pandey

Yudhvir Mor