Our speakers

G.S Bhalla, CEO & Founder, Cocoberry

A born entrepreneur, upon graduation from Delhi University, Mr. Bhalla opted to forego studies at a business school and set up his own business venture in 1994—a corporate gifting company. He has always been a pioneer in every business he has started. In 2000 he started one of India’s first KPO company focusing on the healthcare vertical for the US, which has now grown to over a 1000 employees globally.

In 2007 he completed the “Owners Management Program” and “Launching New Ventures” management programs from Harvard Business School.

When he thought of entering into the fast growing food-and-beverage industry, he thought of introducing something for the young, health conscious urban Indians and create a brand that is not only associated with health and wellness, but is also a socially and environmentally responsible brand.

Keeping the extreme hot weather in mind, he thought of this cold treat as a viable business option that offered guilt-free indulgence and launched Cocoberry, India’s first frozen yogurt chain. The first store was opened at the posh South Delhi locality of Defense Colony in 2009. There also were a lot of innovations and transformations along the way. Today with its outlets across the NCR, Mumbai, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Pune, Ahmedabad & Goa, Cocoberry is a national brand in less than a span of 2 years with over 30 outlets. Cocoberry will also be opening in international markets very soon.

Cocoberry has received several awards and recognitions in the two short years since it started including “ Top 100 Brands That Rocked India in 2010”(4P magazine), “Top 100 Retailers 2011”(Retailer magazine), “ Most Innovative Concept”(HT City), “ Best Frozen Dessert” (HT City), “Top Rated Frozen Yogurt” (Burrp) to name just a handful.

Mr. Bhalla has also received a number of awards and recognitions such as “Top Young Turk 2010” by CNBC India and has been profiled and featured numerous times in print and TV such as “CNBC”, “India Today”, “WSJ Mint”, “Outlook Business”, “Economic Times”, “Zee Business”, “ Inc.”, “ET Now” and many more.
He is also an avid golfer, shooter and enjoys outdoor sports and travelling.

G.S Sundararajan, Whole Time Director, Shriram Capital Ltd

G S Sundararajan is currently the Group Director, Shriram Group. He joined Shriram Group as the Managing Director of Shriram Capital Ltd, the Holding Company of Shriram Group's financial services and Insurance businesses across India and overseas. Sundararajan's experience in the Asian market and his understanding of the major countries and the business opportunities therein have together made Sanlam Emerging Markets induct him into their Board in South Africa.

In his capacity as Group Director, Mr. Sundararajan is director on the Board of these subsidiaries and provides oversight in critical areas of strategic growth opportunities for each of these companies. Specifically Mr. Sundararajan is responsible for the Retail and MSME business housed in Shriram City Union Finance and the life and non-life insurance businesses housed in the two Insurance ventures in collaboration with Sanlam, South Africa. He is the designated owner for leading the banking initiative for the group which is one of the key value-enhancing forays into the near future for this financial conglomerate.

Prior to this, Mr. Sundararajan was the CEO & Managing Director of Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd. , a registered Non Banking Finance Company catering to the financial services needs of the retail and commercial mass markets. He was also the Managing Director of Fullerton Enterprises Private Limited., a KPO, which had formed a strategic alliance with the Centurion Bank of Punjab to jointly drive the SME business.

Mr. Sundararajan was nominated to the Boards of two Financial Services investments of Temasek in China, one in Nanjing for the SME Business and the other in Chengdu in their Village Bank franchise. He was an integral part of Temasek's vision for India in the Banking and Financial Services space that went on to become the fastest growing and largest networked Finance Company in the country.

Earlier to this, he was the Managing Director and Head of Citibank’s SME and Asset Based Finance business in India. He had an exceptional stint at Citibank where he built the SME and ABF business of the bank across the country.

He started his career in Sales with Eicher Mitsubishi and went on to head the captive finance arm of this company in India.

Mr. Sundararajan holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Coimbatore and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.

Gagan Bhatia, General Manager - North India region, Uber Technologies

Gagan is General Manager for Uber in Delhi NCR region, overseeing all aspects of Uber’s operations in the region. Gagan brings a multitude of global experiences to Uber from an expansive business consulting and product management background. Prior to Uber, he was principal consultant at The Parthenon Group in London where he led multiple strategy and commercial diligence cases in the European markets. Gagan’s past experience includes roles in the digital industry with notable brands like Zynga, Tencent and Ibibo, managing product portfolios for online gaming and social networks. A keen traveller and adventurer, Gagan has combined this interest with career opportunities that have taken him to Europe, China and the United States.

A Delhi native, Gagan has an engineering degree from University of Delhi, graduating from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, and a post-graduate business degree from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad

Gagan Gupta, Founder, KYT Ventures

Gagan Singla, CMO, Angel Broking

Gagan Singla is the Chief Marketing Officer of Angel Broking and the core member driving Angel in its growth trajectory in the digital world. A technologist by training and marketer by passion, Mr Gagan Singla is one of those rare professionals who can simultaneously handle responsibilities of a marketer and a data scientist.With unmatched skills in Marketing, Technology and a thorough understanding of Analytics, Mr Singla is leading the Digital Transformation at Angel Broking. Mr Singla’s Core Competencies include digital and mobile strategy, digital marketing and scaling, customer analytics and insights, product management, data and technology driven enterprise transformations, brand building, Corporate Communication and E-Commerce. With more than 12 years of experience – primarily in delivering large analytics-driven transformations across multiple sectors and geographies, Mr Singla is the go-to man when it comes to devising strategies that are extremely focused and stakeholder-specific. In his eventful professional career, Mr Gagan Singla has worked with prominent names like  Hughes, PwC, Deloitte and Quikr India with extensive assignments in the UK and the USA. Apart from his inspiring and insightful speeches, Mr Gagan Singla has also co-authored multiple research publications in the area of Graph Theory and Data Mining from the esteemed American Mathematical Society. Mr Gagan’s reputation as an influential personality comes with his membership of the Advisory Board of the prestigious DMAI (Data-driven Marketing Association of India). A Graduate in Computer Science & Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in Finance and Systems from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Lucknow. His deep understanding of technology and customer behavior, coupled with his affable nature, make him a highly distinguished individual. 

Gagandeep Singh, Regional Sales Director, Salesforce

Gajendra Jangid, Co-Founder & CMO, CARS24

Gajendra Jangid is the Co-founder and CMO of CARS24 and is in-charge of developing the strategy for advertising and branding, as well as customer outreach. He spearheads the initiatives to accelerate business growth by building the brand, taking new innovations to the market and enhancing customer experience. An effective communicator with strong analytical skills, his ‘Hands-on’ understanding about markets and consumers blended with scientific approach and commercial acumen sets him apart as an industry expert.

Prior to CARS24, Gajendra worked as an Operations Manager with Schlumberger, world's leading provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and gas industry.

Gajendra holds a Bachelor of Technology degree from Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay in Metallurgical Engineering & Material Science.

Gajinder Singh, Founder & CEO, PayMango

Gajinder Singh, Founder & CEO of PayMango and IIT Delhi Alumnus, believes that ‘Future of e-commerce is local commerce happening over mobile’. By seamlessly connecting local customers to local businesses through PayMango Marketplace network, partners and apps. He aims to make local commerce over mobile more accessible and convenient, opening up more possibilities for local customers and more business for local merchants. With more than decade of experience in online marketplaces, online payments, and consumer internet. He has proven to be an exceptional reader of business opportunities, inspirational leader and creative problem solver. With his partner Ram Singla, Founder & CTO of PayMango and IIT Delhi batch mate. He is deeply committed in solving the complex and challenging problems of local commerce.

Gajjender Yadav, Co-founder, 4s Foods | @4S_Foods

Gajjender Singh Yadav, 29, is a co-founder of 4S Foods, an initiative to provide organic & healthy food items to all households in Delhi & NCR region.

Gajjender aims to make 4S Foods a one stop solution for one’s all daily kitchen needs. To start off with, he is providing unadulterated & 100% farm fresh milk & other similar dairy products in Delhi & NCR region. His vision expands to developing cluster of organic dairy farms in Haryana and Rajasthan, revolutionizing the dairy cycle by using technology in dairy farming and streamlining the current farm gate price model in the country.

Arguably, 4S Foods is 1st player to introduce 100% farm fresh unprocessed milk, in glass bottle packaging and with a subscription model in India. Academically, Gajjender is a management graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi. Post qualification, he served french market research firm Ipsos for over 4 years. He has been actively involved in his family’s business operations from his early days, dealing in petroleum retail trade initially to maintaining orchards. With an inclination of providing quality food to the households, he started 4S Foods in January-2013, which is now one the leading premium milk brands in NCR region, serving more than 400 families daily.

Ganapathy Venugopal, Co - founder & CEO, Axilor Ventures

Axilor Ventures is a platform for supporting innovation and entrepreneurship. Axilor Ventures (www.axilor.com), an accelerator and seed-fund, was set up to improve the odds of success of early stage startups through a new venture funding model. It runs the largest accelerator program in India and is one of the most active seed investors. It currently works with startups in consumer internet, enterprise, healthcare, deep-tech and fin- tech.

VG spent his first fifteen years in leadership roles helping large corporates manage and mitigate risk. Prior to co-founding Axilor Ventures, VG was Head of Strategy & Planning at Infosys. At Axilor, he works with startups encouraging risk and helps founders build successful businesses.

VG serves on the boards of several companies and advisory bodies. An avid reader and writer, he holds a bachelors in engineering and a post graduate degree in management from IIM Lucknow.