Our speakers

Gaurav Singh Kushwaha, Founder & CEO, BlueStone.com | @bluestone_com
Gaurav is a Computer Science graduate from IIT Delhi and brings almost 10 years of experience in the fields of Technology, E-Commerce and Internet Marketing.
A well known figure in the realm of start-ups, he has been an entrepreneur for almost half a decade. Before BlueStone, he served as the CEO of Chakpak, an online entertainment portal, which he co-founded in 2007. He grew Chakpak.com to over 3 Million unique users a month in less than 2 years and successfully raised two rounds of funding from Accel and Canaan Partners respectively.
Using his experience to his advantage, in this short span of time, he has advised many start-ups in the fields of SEO, SEM and Product Strategies. Gaurav started his career with Tavant Technologies, a global IT services & solutions provider and subsequently worked with Amazon for around 4 years. At Amazon, he was responsible for building web products for the US E-Commerce market.
Gaurav is the Chief Executive Officer of BlueStone.com, an ecommerce jewellery house that was founded with the intent of providing exquisite gold and diamond jewellery to the Indian consumers at affordable rates.
Gaurav believes that dreams can be easily fulfilled and his indomitable spirit is a source of inspiration for the team.

Gaurav Singhal, Director, Heads Up Consulting LLC
Gaurav is a Lawyer and a Chartered Accountant with 24+ years’ experience of helping multi-national as well as domestic clients on their transaction tax, corporate tax, international tax and regulatory matters.
He has worked in past with organizations such as KPMG India, BMR & Associates, and Ernst & Young, as a part of their tax and regulatory practice.
He is a part of Heads Up – a tax boutique firm with offices in Dubai and Delhi.
Professional experience
He has advised clients on key transaction aspects throughout a deal cycle, including conceptualization and development of capital / business restructuring initiatives, as well as re-alignment of transactions to optimize tax benefits and to ensure adherence with tax and regulatory laws of India / UAE.
He has conducted tax diagnostic reviews and health-checks to determine tax exposures and suggesting measures for optimizing their risks.
Gaurav has advised extensively on outbound and inbound investments structures in diverse sectors, entity and jurisdiction structuring, and Intermediate Holding Company structures.
He has advised clients on tax implications - both under domestic as well as international tax laws - of various transactions, arrangements, remittances and business proposals.
Gaurav has worked on a range of corporate tax, international taxation, transfer pricing and regulatory matters, including overseeing of litigation and compliances for multinational clients, large Indian corporates and new age start-ups.
He has represented clients in the course of various tax proceedings, including proceedings before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR), the Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP), and for the purpose of Advance Pricing Arrangement (APA).
Gaurav has undertaken multiple impact assessment studies of developments in tax domain, such as the Multi-Lateral Instrument (MLI), Country-by-Country reporting (CbCR), other changes introduced by virtue of OECD / G20 BEPS Project, Equalization Levy w.r.t. e-commerce transactions, Place of Effective Management (POEM) regulations, General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR), rules for attribution of profits to Permanent Establishments, etc.
He has advised a range of companies doing business in / with the UAE, on applicability of UAE Economic Substance Regulations and / or UAE Corporate Tax laws, and handheld them in transition to a tax efficient yet compliant regime.
Gaurav has been nominated as a Special Invitee of the Committee on International Taxation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
He is a regular speaker in various seminars organized by various forums, both national and international, such as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the International Fiscal Association, PHD Chambers, British Chamber of Commerce, Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority (DAFZA), Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), ICAI Dubai, etc. He is frequently invited by Public Sector Companies, Law firms, Accounting firms and other enterprises to train their employees on recent developments in domestic and international taxation.

Gaurav Sood, Managing Director & Head, Equity Capital Markets, Avendus Capital

Gaurav Srivastava, Head of Technology - BHIM, NPCI

Gaurav Zutshi, EVP & Chief Digital Officer, Aditya Birla Financial Services | @AdityaBirlaGrp
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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Gautam Bhardwaj, Co-founder & Managing Director, Invest India Micro Pension Services Private Limited
Gautam has extensive experience in pension system design, reform and implementation and has advised the Indian government, PFRDA, the Government of Nepal, Asian Development Bank and The World Bank in this area. He co-authored the Project OASIS report that provided the basis for the NPS and India’s pension reform more generally. As founder of IIEF (1990), he also has extensive experience in institutional capacity building, financial literacy and policy advocacy in the areas of financial sector and postal reforms.

Gautam Gandhi, New Business Development, Google India
Gautam Gandhi leads new business development efforts at Google India. In this role, he is responsible for identifying new business opportunities that can help Google further drive its objectives in India, these includes management of early-stage partnerships, explorations and technology licensing.
Prior to Google, Gautam co-founded ClearCount Medical Solutions, a medical device company. The company developed patented RFID technology to track surgical sponges and instruments during surgery. He led the company from the initial business plan through FDA approval and is named on the patents. He has also been a part of the founding team for BlueMountain.com, a leading e-greeting cards company which was acquired by excite.com.
He completed a B.S. in Information Decision Systems, B.S. in Industrial Management and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. Gautam is also a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Award for entrepreneurship in India.

Gautam Gode, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Samara Capital

Gautam Jaggi, Director of Technology Practice, o3 Capital | @o3capital
Gautam Jaggi has over 10 years of deal-making experience. He has been a key strategic leader and financial advisor to a range of companies in the Enterprise, Internet & Digital Technology practice. Gautam completed his under graduation from Narsee Monjee College and holds an MBA from S.P. Jain, Mumbai.

Gautam Kapoor, Co-Founder, Shiprocket
With a keen insight of the SMB market and an ex-SMB himself, Gautam Kapoor is the Co-founder at Shiprocket, a leading tech-driven logistics aggregation platform with global reach. At Shiprocket, Gautam is at the helm of running logistics execution, operations and end to end strategy. As the Co-founder of the company, he helps define the culture and vision of the company.
Post his BS in Business from Western International University (USA), Gautam was part of his family business in industrial products import and distribution and worked with several renowned German engineering brands such as Bosch and Sick. He was instrumental in scaling the business and played key roles in several functions such as business development, logistics and enterprise sales.
His entrepreneurial journey began by Co-founding KartRocket and initially he was appointed as COO as well. At KartRocket, Gautam delivered superior results by developing and leading the business development, marketing, and sales. He also played a pivotal role in building the vendor management team and conceptualized the company’s strategic alliance and partner development program. Kartrocket has now been merged with Shiprocket as its e-commerce and omnichannel retail solutions arm, and Gautam is one of the efficacious Co-founder for the combined entity Shiprocket.