Aashish is responsible for strategizing and growing the operations of Motilal Oswal AMC as a niche focused expert equity boutique based on its unique and time tested BUY RIGHT : SIT TIGHT investment style. Starting with about Rs 1,300 crs (USD 150 mn) in 2013, Motilal Oswal AMC is today the fastest growing AMC in India managing over Rs. 12,500 crs (USD 1.9bn) of equity assets across managed accounts (DPMS), alternative investment funds (AIF), offshore funds (FPI) and domestic Mutual Funds. Amongst India's largest specialized equity investment managers and the largest provider of discretionary equity portfolio management services (PMS) to HNIs. India's one and only 100% equity AMC with a sharply articulated investment philosophy.

He has 17 years experience in senior management, process driven sales, distribution, product development and marketing of mutual funds across retail and institutional segments. He had been responsible for sales and distribution of India's largest AMC; ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund; and their PMS and Real Estate offerings through multiple distribution channels across India and Middle East. He has also led new product development, product management, communication and channel delivery over a number of years.

@AashishPS

Abhijit has over 23 years of experience in Investment banking, Financial Services, SME Funding and Development / Impact Investing. He started his career in State Bank of India in 1993 and then moved to SIDBI and served there for over 11 years in various capacities viz., providing loan and grants to MFIs / SMEs, rating of MFI, Capacity Building Need Assessment of MFIs etc., in different parts of India He joined Unitus in 2006 to develop capital markets practice, closed 6 guarantee transactions and arranged portal based funding for 2 MFIs. He also led a team in formulating Rural Micro Finance strategy for a new generation Private Bank.

In 2008, Abhijit co-founded Unitus Capital and over the last 8 years, successfully led and closed multiple equity and debt transactions totalling US$ 1.4 bn. Abhijit has also been part of Advisory Committee / Board of a few debt / equity funds in different parts of the globe.

Abhijit co-authored articles on microfinance in international journals and has been quoted in different articles on micro finance / social enterprises in leading Indian dailies. He has been a panellist in many global conferences on Microfinance / impact investing.

Abhijit is an Economics Graduate and a Certified Associate of IIBF, Mumbai. He attended “Strategic Leadership programme in Microfinance” at Harvard Business School, School of Applied Microfinance (SAM) 2005 in Kenya and Strategic Planning for MFIs in South Africa.

Adhil Shetty serves as the CEO of BankBazaar.com. Also the co-founder of the company, he has set for himself an incisive vision – that of making BankBazaar.com the go-to brand for investors and loan aspirants – which is shifting the contours of how loans, cards and insurance products are consumed. BankBazaar.com was born in 2008 as the result of a frustrating personal search for a loan. Thus, they conceptualized a marketplace that made the process of taking financial products much more transparent and simple.

Frustration turned into a multimillion enterprise in the eight years that BankBazaar.com has been in existence. Adhil credits a strong management team and a driven workforce for this unflagging growth. Adhil held decisive positions at Deloitte Touche Tomahatsu’s US East Alliance and Cisco Systems before he dived headlong into scripting the BankBazaar story.

@adhilshetty

Akash is the co-founder of ePaisa - enabling commerce, where he acts as the Chief Visionary, Executor & Mentor.

He has been instrumental in building start-ups since the age of 22 and founded his first technology start-up in 1995. Akash has built and sold multiple companies in the last 21 years of his work life. He is a college dropout and has worked hard to pursue his dream to be an entrepreneur

He also built one of the first digital agencies in India which grew to become a formidable player in the digital and interactive space. In 1999 he advised the Government of Dubai on technology, which led to the formation of the Dubai Internet City (Silicon Valley of the Middle East) and out of Dubai he built one of the most successful digital agency in the Middle East.

Akash has attended OPM (Owners Presidents Management Program), MNDP (Managing Negotiations & Decision Making Process) and YPO Presidents programs at Harvard Business School. His successful journey as an entrepreneur has been noted by the BBC (Peschardt’s Business people), Arabian Business and Entrepreneur Magazine among others.

Alok is Co-founder and CEO of Indifi, a platform for enabling debt financing for small businesses. Alok is also an active angel investor, co-founder of Indian Angel Network, and on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi. Prior to starting Indifi, Alok setup and ran Canaan Partners' operations in India, investing in high growth technology and internet startups. Earlier, Alok co-founded JobsAhead.com, a leading web-based recruitment business in India, which was acquired by Monster.com, the global leader in online recruitment.Alok earned a BE in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a MS in computer science from UC Berkeley.

@alokmittal001

Anand Lunia is a Founding Partner of India Quotient, an early stage fund focusing on pre-revenue startups.

Anand was previously an Executive Director at Seedfund. With over 15 years of experience as entrepreneur, venture investor and corporate executive, Anand leads investments in tech, internet, education and retail ventures. Anand was also the co-founder of Brainvisa (One of India’s leading e-learning companies) where he created the business plan, led the team in fund raising and eventual exit of 5x for the investors. Anand also served as Executive VP – Operations of Hurix Technologies (A Deloitte Fast 50 company focusing on publishing services), and was responsible for 800 people strong operations, sales and marketing. He has previously worked at Asian Paints, ICICI Treasury and Lionbridge. As an active Angel Investor, Anand has invested in successful startups like Inkfruit, a crowdsourcing apparel company and Faasos, a fast food chain.

Anand holds an MBA degree from IIM Lucknow and a Bachelor of Engineering degree. An active charter member of TiE, Anand loves to motivate entrepreneurs and help them with all startup challenges.

@anandlunia

Anindya Das, popularly known as Andy, is Senior General Manager - IT Engineering at Netmagic. In his present role, Andy is responsible for rolling out new products and expanding Netmagic’s portfolio of services and solutions. As a part of the Cloud team at Netmagic, he has closely worked on building Netmagic’s cloud platform and its associated services. Andy has also contributed to setting up data center networking for Netmagic's DC5, a state-of-the-art data center facility inaugurated in October last year (2015).

Andy has worked closely with customers in his present and previous roles. This ability of his helps him in understanding customer requirements and designing products based on these. He has earlier worked with VMware in similar roles and was a technical pre-sales consultant (Cloud and Data center services) with Netmagic.

Andy has a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Sikkim Manipal University. He stays in Mumbai and likes to travel, read and listen to music

Anuj Bugga is a managing director in the Global Risk and Investigations practice of FTI Consulting and he is based in Mumbai. He has extensive experience in counterparty due diligence, vendor risk management, fraud investigations, employee screening and providing strategic risk mitigation solutions on a broad spectrum of issues and events.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Bugga was vice president in Morgan Stanley for seven years as the head of Corporate Security & Investigations, West Asia and Regional Security Audit Director, Asia Pacific. Prior to joining the corporate sector, he spent 16 years in the Indian Army as a combat engineer. As an engineer planning officer and field company commander, he was in-charge of planning and implementing engineering works involving multi-million dollar budgets. During his service in the Indian Army, he conducted complex investigations relating to counterfeiting fraud and the pilferage of military supplies and equipment. Mr. Bugga also served as a field intelligence officer. 

Mr. Bugga is a Bachelor of Technology (Civil) and Bachelor of Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India

@anujbugga

Kshama Fernandes is the Managing Director and CEO of IFMR Capital, a leading non-banking finance corporation in India that has successfully used the structured finance approach for promoting financial inclusion. Kshama has extensive prior experience across financial advisory, consulting, and academia. She has been a member of various High Powered Committees setup by the Government of India and has worked on consulting assignments for the World Bank, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and NSEIT. She was a core committee member of the Percy Mistry Committee on making Mumbai an International Financial Centre and also developed the SEBI mandated certification programme for derivatives for the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and NCDEX.

Kshama has been featured by FMO as a role model in banking. She is also a recipient of Accion’s Edward W. Claugus award for leadership in financial inclusion.

@Kshamafernandes

From his early days as the head of operations at Gokaldas Exports, Gaurav brings to his start up team at Capital Float a deep understanding of operations and a tremendous drive to win in a fast paced and competitive business environment.

His previous role at Gokaldas, running operations at India’s largest apparel manufacturer employing 40,000 people with $250 million in revenues has transformed Gaurav into an astute business leader, driven by quick and calculated decision making, and a clear vision. At Capital Float, he understands what it takes to build the right team, and while he may run a tight ship, he remains nonchalant about getting the job done, and staying ahead of the game.

Gaurav did his MBA from Stanford University after graduating in Commerce from Christ University. From a business family, and an early stage entrepreneur himself, Gaurav is extremely passionate about the small and medium business community in India and believes that one day Capital Float will create a capital revolution in India.

Gaurav Zutshi is EVP & Chief Digital officer at Aditya Birla Financial Services group, leading direct to customer business across the portfolio of products - life insurance, mutual funds, digital lending, health & general insurance Broking. India's largest PFM (personal financial management) platform, MyUniverse is also part of his digital portfolio. Prior to this he has worked at Citibank, Visa, ANZ Bank, IBM, First Data and an entrepreneurial stint at Obopay & Money on Mobile. He was APAC Head of Product & Innovation at First Data serving banks & merchants across region with digital solutions in payments & mobility. At Citibank, Gaurav was SVP in Asia Pacific Innovation Lab, where he developed product prototypes & new business models around international payments, corporate cards and Forex optimization.

Gaurav is an investor & mentor to  few startups in FinTech, mobility & SaaS platform space.

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@gzutshi

Harjeet is an entrepreneurial business leader with over 23 years of work experience, 21 of which have been in Consumer Banking across NBFC’s and Banks spanning Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd. (FICCL), RBS, ABN AMRO Bank and Bank of America. He has worked in leadership roles across varied functions in Marketing, Product Management, Sales & Distribution, Branch Banking and Finance. An Engineer and a management graduate from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi, Harjeet has built diverse market and client segment expertise across the country with an experience mix of both strategic thinking and frontline execution delivering market share and profit growth for the organization.

As Business Head for Retail Assets and Small Business Lending, his core responsibility is to establish a robust client acquisition engine for the bank while building a stable and profitable asset portfolio with predictable and attractive returns. He would be responsible for building a franchise that addresses the financial needs of both the business and individual customer segments across different product categories covering Business Loans, Mortgages backed Loans, Personal Loans, Home Loans, Loans against Gold and Credit Cards.

In his previous assignments, Harjeet has been involved in running businesses with large distribution covering 200+ markets, 3000 employees across retail and commercial client segments. He has launched innovative products in Mortgages, Credit Cards and Personal Loans many of which have been market first. He has successfully run Branch Banking and Wealth Management businesses in both Retail and HNI segments in addition to Consumer Finance business.

A strong leader, Harjeet has been involved in setting up as well as turning around businesses and has been extremely successful in Managing Growth in complex market situations. He is a foodie and likes to travel places and is seen driving long distances in his car whenever he gets time.

Mr Kishore Babu (Chief Operating Officer, AFL) has over two and half decades of wide-ranging experience across diverse industries including Banking & Finance, Energy Sector and Financial Institution. He started his career with IFCI in their project finance vertical where he was involved in entire spectrum of project financing involving appraisal, credit monitoring, recovery and resolution. Subsequently, he was associated with a prominent developer in the energy sector and led business development as well as financial closure involving tying up of debt and equity for multiple projects. He has been with Axis Bank since June, 2008. At Axis Bank, he has held several responsibilities in leading Credit and Relationship teams in growing business in the Infra, Large and Mid Corporate space. At Axis Finance, he leads the company's operations including process improvement, risk and compliance, technology and innovation, human capital management, and developing & implementing strategies for top line growth. He holds PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad and B. Tech in Electrical & Electronics from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada.

Cofounder and CEO of Bigdecisions.com, a personal finance advisory platform. Started in 2013, was acquired by News Corp in 2014 becoming one of the country's earliest exits to a global corporation. Currently responsible for putting together an organization that helps Bigdecisions become one of India's most robust and transparent platforms.

Prior to starting up, spent 15 years in the financial services industry across markets in India and the US in businesses ranging from unsecured lending, mortgages, wealth management and Life Insurance. Assignments range from managing P&Ls involving large distribution teams spanning widespread geographies to running institutional business development efforts with specialized units.

Manish is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad

@ManishAShah26

Nilesh Shrivastava heads the financial institutions investments portfolio for IFC in South Asia covering India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other countries. He has been working in the financial sector for over 17 years and has a decade of experience with IFC, investing and working closely with banks, financial institutions and payments companies across South Asia, East Asia and Africa. Currently, he manages 75 clients with invested assets of over $2.1 Bn spanning early stage and mature clients in banking, micro/SME finance, housing finance, infrastructure finance and payment companies. IFC has been among the most active private sector investors in the financial sector in the South Asia across equity, debt and mezzanine instruments building an impactful and profitable financial sector portfolio and Nilesh has been an integral part of the journey. Earlier, he has worked with HSBC in banking roles. He holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata and an engineering degree from Lucknow University.

@nileshs123

Nishant Sharma is a Co-Founder & Managing Director of Kedaara Capital Advisors LLP, an investment advisory firm focused on India. Kedaara enables solution-oriented capital combining deep strategic & operational expertise in focused sectors, consultative approach and global connectivity to deliver superior returns.

Prior to Kedaara, Nishant served as a Principal and one of the core members of the India investment team at General Atlantic (“GA”), one of the leading private equity firms in the world. He has over 10 years of investment advisory experience across financial services (including banking & finance), consumer, information technology and healthcare. He co-led GA’s investments in IndusInd Bank, Jubilant Lifesciences, IBS Software and Cyient.

Nishant sits on the Board of Au Financiers and Au Housing as a Nominee Director. Nishant also serves on the Board of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Club of India and is the Treasurer of the Club.Nishant received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and an M.Tech. and a B.Tech. in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 2001.

Nitin Jain heads the Global Asset & Wealth Management Group at Edelweiss which advises Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds, Institutional Investors, Financial Sponsors, Owner/ Promoters, Family Offices, on investments as well as financing and funding strategies across domestic and offshore markets, comprising of over USD 6 Billion of assets under management. The business encompasses the entire range of asset management services focussing on Alternative Credit Strategies, Equity Mutual Funds, Multi-strategy Funds & Distressed Assets.

Nitin has played an integral role in the Edelweiss’ transformation from a boutique investment bank into a diversified financial services company, and is member of the core management committee. Highly regarded as a strategic thought leader within the group, extensive multi asset class investment experience across local and global markets.

Nitin is actively involved with EdelGive Foundation - the strategic philanthropic arm of the Edelweiss Group and is a part of their investment committee. Nitin has done his B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, with Post Graduation in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Nitin is married and has two children.

@Nitin_Jain9

Prasanna is a Director at o3 Capital Global Advisory, a leading investment banking firm. He has 11 years of overall corporate experience. He has extensive deal making experience across infrastructure, industrials, financial services and environmental engineering. Prasanna is a BE from Mumbai University and holds an MBA from IIM Kozhikode.

@prasannabora

R N Iyer, co-founder of Vayana, is a serial entrepreneur. He was the co-founder and CEO of CashTech Solutions a leading Cash Management vendor in Asia which was acquired by Nasdaq listed Fundtech. Iyer has previously worked with Accenture in their management consulting division and worked in the financial services and logistics space. He has an MBA degree from IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Ahmedabad and is an Engineer from Mumbai University. In his 25 years of experience Iyer has emerged as a thought leader in the Payments and Supply Chain Finance space. Iyer provides strategic leadership to the Business, Technology and Product development processes at Vayana.

Mr. Rana Kapoor is the Founder, Managing Director & CEO of YES BANK, India’s fifth largest private-sector bank. A career banker and an entrepreneur since 2003, he completed 36 years of distinguished service in the banking sector on 1st of June, 2016. His vision of building the finest quality bank of the world in India by 2020 has seen YES BANK emerge as a high quality, state-of-the-art institution.

Those who know Mr. Kapoor well, marvel at his ability to not just set 3x the amount of work for himself everyday but also motivate his leadership to go beyond their call of duty. This has led to the coinage of a philosophy, which he likes to term ‘Professional Entrepreneurship’ at
YES BANK. No wonder that in just 12 years, YES BANK has emerged as one of the safest and fastest growing private sector Banks in India. Under his leadership, YES BANK was recently recognized as the “Bank of the Year - India” by The Banker magazine, London, part of the Financial Times group UK, and has also become one of the youngest banks to be featured in Forbes Global 2000 list.

An innovator and a pioneer, Mr. Kapoor, has in many ways redefined banking by employing ‘knowledge’ as a key differentiator in the financial services sector. He started YES BANK through a differentiated knowledge-driven approach with a special focus on the sunrise sectors of India, such as food & agribusiness (F&A), healthcare, education, infrastructure, hospitality, media & entertainment and renewable energy. He is also one of the first true champions of the cause of 'Responsible Banking' in India, where the concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability are integrated in Business Focus.

His exemplary contributions towards fostering Entrepreneurship in India, strengthening key growth sectors including Financial Services, Agribusiness and Tourism, amongst others, as well as promoting bilateral relations with strategic partner countries has been recognized by organizations around the world. Mr. Kapoor was recently felicitated for his “exemplary contribution to entrepreneurship and innovation” by the prestigious India Business Forum , annual flagship conference of the LBS India Club of the London Business School (LBS)

@RanaKapoor_

Rahul Chandra is a co-founder and Managing Director of Helion and has 20 years of venture capital investing and corporate development experience in technology product and services companies in India and the US. He serves on the Boards of Seclore, Shubham, UnitedLex, Mindworks, Wooplr, CrownIT, Railyatri, Moengage, Rapid Value and Toppr, and manages investments Ezetap.

Between 2000 and 2006, Rahul was based in Silicon Valley as part of the investment team at Walden International, a global venture capital firm with more than $2B under management. Between 2004 and 2005 he also led the M&A efforts at e4e Inc., a Santa Clara, CA based BPO company with more than 4,000 employees across the globe.

Rahul started Venture Capital investing in 1996 in India as the first hire at Walden's India office. In this role he managed investments for Walden's India dedicated Fund between 1996 and 2000.

Rahul has invested in more than 30 early-to-mid-stage companies such as Mindtree, Ikanos (IKAN), e4e Inc and Techspan (Headstrong). Prior to Walden, he worked in the Capital Markets Group at Lazard India, and in the Primary Market Department at the Securities Exchange Board of India.

Rahul has an MBA from University of California, Berkeley and graduated from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani in 1993.

@rahulchandra77

A marketer, strategist, and brand builder with over 20 years of experience, Rajat Gandhi is the Founder & CEO of Faircent, India’s largest peer-to-peer lending platform.  As one of the earliest Internet professionals in India, Rajat has leveraged his extensive expertise in online and digital realms to pioneer the concept of online peer-to-peer lending in India and establish Faircent as the largest P2P lending platform in the country.

Through Faircent, Rajat has been playing a critical role in extending the benefits of financial inclusion to India’s traditionally underserved populace and democratising debt by enabling access to cheap and fast credit for borrowers including the SME/MSME segment. It also provides a new asset class to investors looking to maximise returns on their idle funds. This focus on offering greater value for all stakeholders in the lending value chain has been the key driver behind Faircent’s exponential growth.

Rajat holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration, and has been involved in launching and building online portals and communities as well as e-commerce, classifieds, and digital advertising businesses for some of the leading organisations in the country. He led multiple initiatives during his time at The Times Group and was deeply involved in the launch of new portals like Timesjobs.com, Magicbricks.com, and Simplymarry.com as a founding member. Before founding Faircent in 2013, he was associated with Performics, a digital marketing agency of Chicago-based Publicis Group, as its Senior Vice President.

@rajatgandhi

Prior to joining Bain Capital, Rishi worked at Mckinsey and Company in the Delhi office on a number of strategic and operational issues for clients in the electric power and energy, construction, retail and automotive, sectors. Prior to joining Mckinsey, he worked in the as a finance controller for two business units in ABB in India. He was a summer analyst at P&G in Mumbai during his MBA at IIM, Ahmedabad.

He received his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and his  Bcom from Jodhpur University. He  is also a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Ritesh Vig is the founder of Veracity Leading Edge (VLE). He has over 15 years of experience in management consultancy and strategic finance. Prior to founding VLE, Ritesh has won recognition for playing instrumental role in well-known businesses like Reliance, Bharti and Gulf Petro group. Ritesh is an Alumini of CIMA London, and Keylogges. His passion for Strategic Advisory (Business Model, Valuation & Exit) to mid scale company and start ups and new projects are the key to his success.

Rohit Gupta joined NIIT's leadership team in April 2011 as its Chief Finance Officer. Rohit has over 25 years of experience in Driving Enterprise Cost and Financial Management Strategy formulation. He previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Virgin Mobile India and has a strong track record of driving operational improvements in processes in telecom and IT industries.

At NIIT, Rohit has spearheaded various initiatives including the recent Scheme of Arrangement exercise as part of Business Transformation, BalanceSheet restructuring, Cost Management and Fund raising. Earlier he led EVA Implementation project which has helped ensure financial discipline across the company. Rohit has a background in Operations, Accounting, Finance, planning & Budgeting, International Taxation, Revenue Management, Treasury Management, Cost Management and Legal & Secretarial Management which enables him to manage tough business decisions.

A B.com (Hons) from Delhi University and a Member of Chartered Accountants of India, Rohit has also worked with DCM Shriram Group, Hutchison Max Group, British Telecom Group, and Bharti Airtel Limited.

Santanu is a banking and payments industry professional with over 25 years expertise in Asia Pacific Central Europe Middle East and Africa (APCEMEA) markets. He has worked in diverse business and functional roles, covering General Management, Retail Banking, Emerging payments and technologies, Strategic & Solutions Sales, Product and Risk Management.

He currently works at Janalakshmi Financial Services (JFS) an Indian microfinance company serving the urban poor. He started his career in the financial services industry with ANZ Grindlays / Standard Chartered Bank where he held positions of increasing responsibility for over 15 years mainly in the consumer and business (SME) banking divisions.

Santanu joined Visa in 2001 as the Country Manager & Managing Director for India and South Asia. In 2009, he moved to Singapore to take on an expanded regional role in Emerging Products and Innovations Group with responsibility for mobile, e-Commerce, proximity and personal payments solutions. Santanu is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Shankar Vaddadi is a seasoned professional having held leadership positions across various industries and public companies in India. He has wide experience in Technology , Financial Inclusion Architecture and Social Entrepreneurship and has pioneered industry sectors. Presently he is the Founder & CEO of www.i-lend.in which is India’s first P2P / Social Lending marketplace and is at the forefront of evangelising alternate finance as well as propagating this sector with all stake holders including regulators and eco systems participants. www.i-lend.in is the most experienced and comprehensive P2P lending marketplace in India with a lot of firsts to its credit.

Prior to this role , Shankar has held leadership positions with companies like TVS Electronics , VTX Industries etc and has wide experience in several industries.

@vaddadi

Shri S. Muhnot is the Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra (a Nationalized Bank) at present. Prior to this he was Chairman and Managing Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) since April 2011. He also held the posts of the Executive Director of IDBI Bank Ltd and MD&CEO of IDBI Capital Market Services Ltd.

In SIDBI he has guided SIDBI in promotion and financing of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India, in adopting new business model and moving away from its conventional approach in financing the sector. Mr. Muhnot’s recent initiatives for MSMEs include setting up ‘Credit Advisory Centres’ and launch of ‘smallB.in’ website to fill the information gap and support new entrepreneurs.

Mr. Muhnot, with over 32 years of experience in Banking and Industry, is a B. Tech, MBA, Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers and Masters in Ecology and Environment. As the Head of SIDBI, Mr. Muhnot has overseen working of its associates, viz. SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd. (SVCL), India SME Asset Reconstruction Company (ISARC) and Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE).

At Bank of Maharashtra, Mr. Muhnot has changed the business culture in tune with the profitability of the Bank. His business strategies have changed the focus of the Bank which is now towards the bottom-line of the business rather than top line.

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Vaibhav Khandelwal has been working at intersection of Banking & Technology for over 10 years. He has worked in Microfinance in SriLanka, been a Trade Finance Banker with ABN AMRO Bank in Singapore and with IBM consulted large global banks in Europe and Africa on the channel transformation and customer engagement initiatives. Vaibhav is currently India and South Asia Head for IBM Trusteer - a cloud service that is enhancing consumer banking experience by protecting banks and their customers from cyberfraud. He is passionate about new technologies that are making banking more credible, accessible and efficient. Vaibhav has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management for Executives from IIM Ahmedabad.

Venkatesh Srinivasan is an MD in the Private Equity team at Everstone Capital and is responsible for investments in financial services and fintech. Prior to Everstone Capital he worked at McKinsey & Co serving clients across Asia Pacific across retail and wholesale banking, asset management, life and health insurance, payments, securities and exchanges and financial tech players. With over 15 years of experience in financial services,  his work has, among other things, involved setting up greenfield businesses in banking, NBFC, exchange and insurance businesses. 

Mr.Vikram Gupta is the Founder & Managing Partner of IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited. He has about 20 years of experience in Venture Capital, Business Consulting, M&A, Strategy and Technology in Healthcare and Life Sciences, Education, Consumer and other industries. He has also held leadership positions across various well-known companies in India and Abroad. Mr.Vikram Gupta set up India’s First Healthcare and Life Sciences Venture Capital Fund and invested across the sector. Mr.Gupta also managed Clinical Genomics practice for IBM’s Healthcare and Life Sciences vertical in the US.  He has also been an entrepreneur himself in the areas of technology and healthcare.

IvyCap Ventures is a Venture Capital Fund that manages over USD 150 mn across two funds and invests in startup’s in Technology, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Education and other areas. The Fund has already made substantial investments in the Indian Startup ecosystem including in Leixir, RML, Aujas, Vinculum, Sokrati, Taskbob, FT Cash, Fieldez, Clovia, Eshakti, Bluestone, Purplle & GrabonRent.

Mr.Vikram Gupta  has completed his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi and has an MBA degrees in Strategy and Finance from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

@vikramgupta70

Vineetha is one of the founding partners of Samvad Partners. She has extensive experience in advising on private equity investments, cross- border and domestic M&A, project and corporate ?nance and setting up of investment funds. She regularly advises corporates on corporate governance issues, domestic and cross border anti-corruption statutes and ethics. She is ranked in Chambers Partners Asia Paci?c and Global 2015.

Vineetha holds a B.A. LLB (Hons.) from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She completed the infrastructure in a Market Economy Program at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. She began her career at ICICI Bank Limited, Mumbai, in 1998. Since 2002 till 2012 she has been with AZB & Partners.

Vivek has over sixteen years of experience of working with Banks, Insurers, and Asset Management Companies in India and globally on business transformation initiatives leveraging innovating technology solutions. He has led multiple strategy engagements in the area of digital, payments, and analytics.

As fintech leader he plays a proactive role in identifying new market propositions, team enablement and also manages key client relationships. Over the years Vivek has been instrumental in assisting NPCI in developing standards and technology platforms for BBPS, XBRL based reporting strategy for Reserve Bank of India and ADF reporting engagement projects for multiple banks. To add on this he has also assisted multiple providers with application for payment banks and developing the bank build out strategy.

An alumnus of IIMC, Vivek did his B.E Electrical Engineering from Govt College of Engineering in Pune. He is a frequent writer and speaker on emerging trends impacting the industry.

@vivekbelgavi

Vishal is an entrepreneur and a Product innovator – who believes in solving large and complex real world problems using technology and deep consumer insights .

Alumnus of IT-BHU with over 17 years of experience, Vishal has been at the heart of startup ecosystem spearheading Technology, Product, Business Development, and managed Customer engagements across US, UK, Asia and Latin America.

He has Co-founded two Product Companies in domain of Mobile Payments, Security and Pattern Recognition around Innovative technologies driving adoption of large scale consumer services. In the past he has also been a Principle architect at  multiple startups and has led through the entire life cycle of companies and products including go- to-market strategies and managing customer engagements. He holds multiple patents in the area of system architecture and security.

@vishallal

Mr. V. Vaidyanathan is the Chairman of Capital First Limited (CFL). He worked with Citibank from 1990-2000, and with the ICICI Group from 2000-2010. In order to take an entrepreneurial role, he acquired a stake in an existing NBFC, then secured an equity backing of USD 150 million from Warburg Pincus in 2012, and thus formed Capital First Limited. Warburg Pincus is a large Global Private Equity player with funds of over US$ 40 billion. Post the transaction, he holds shares and options totaling 14% of the company on a fully diluted basis through personal holdings and related entities.He believes that financing India’s 30 million MSMEs and India’s emerging middle class, with a differentiated model based on new technology platforms, offers a unique opportunity in India.

He joined the ICICI Limited in early 2000 when it was still a Domestic Financial Institution and helped the transition of ICICI as a DFI to a Universal Bank.During his career, he and his organization have received a large number of domestic and international awards including “Best Retail bank in Asia 2001”, “Excellence in Retail Banking Award” 2002, “Best Retail Bank in India 2003, 2004, and 2005 from the Asian Banker”, “Most Innovative Bank” 2007, “Leaders under 40” from Business Today in 2009, “Greatest Corporate Leaders of India, 2014”, and was nominated “Retail Banker of the Year” by EFMA Europe for 2008.

@vaidyanathan19