Our speakers

Akhil Awasthi, Managing Partner, Tata Capital Growth Fund | @TataCompanies

Akhil is a consummate private equity professional having raised/managed US$1 Billion across 4 private equity funds, invested in 24 transactions with 8 exits across a span of 2 decades. He joined Tata Capital in 2009 after working with
Baring Private Equity and Kothari Pioneer’s Mutual Fund business.

Akhil is the Founding Managing Partner of Tata Capital Growth Fund (TCGF),(an India focused private equity fund providing growth capital),he conceptualized TCGF’s Investment Strategy and raised US$ 240 million from International as well as Indian LPs under adverse market conditions in 2011. Under Akhil’s leadership, TCGF embarked on a disciplined execution of its Investment Strategy which emphasizes macro, team and measured risk taking and invested in 9 businesses across inancial services, technology, consumer,pharma and manufacturing sectors.

He also provides guidance on execution of growth strategy and disciplined risk management through his position on the Board and Committees of some of the leading businesses in India viz. Star Health & Allied Insurance and Sal Life Sciences.
Akhil is a member of Senior Leadership Group of Tata Capital Limited. He is a frequent speaker at leading industry conferences in India and abroad. He is member of the Asia Council, EMPEA , an emerging market focused association.
Akhil is a mechanical engineer with an MBA from the University of Delhi. He has completed his AMP from Harvard Business School.

Akhil lives and works out of Mumbai, India and is married to Anupama who is a practising Chartered Accountant.

Akhil Gupta, Founder and Chief Tech & Product officer, NoBroker.com

Akhil Gupta, CEO, Shine

Akila Agrawal, Partner (Head M&A ) General Corporate, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.

Akshat Aggarwal, Chief Financial Officer, JetSetGo Aviation Pvt. Ltd.

Akshat Aggarwal joined JetSetGo Aviation in March 2017 and quickly became an integral part of the organization. His exceptional talent in finance and strategy coupled with his hard work and strong work ethic saw him rise to the position of the Chief Financial Officer, soon after. Akshat is currently heading JetSetGo's finance operations for both P2P (Procureto-Pay) and O2C (Order-to-Cash). This also includes business planning, treasury, legal & compliances, MIS, international accounts and operations, audits, and administration-related responsibilities. He is also recognized for maximizing Company performance by conceptualizing strategies across aircraft acquisition, business set-up, pricing methodologies, national and international operations, among other things. Additionally, Akshat was instrumental in purchasing ten aircrafts within the Company’s first year of operations.

With more than a decade of commercial and operational finance management experience to his credit, he is highly regarded for his leadership and specialized excellence in finance. He has exhibited operational expertise across revenue management and assurance, pricing, project management, MIS reporting and budgeting, and working capital management. Akshat is regarded as a people manager and motivator who contributes significantly to the seamless operation of cross-functional teams within the Company.

Prior to his stint with JetSetGo Aviation, Akshat worked with reputed organisations including HT Mobile Solutions Limited (Member firm HT Media Limited), S R Batliboi & Co and Ved Jain & Associates.

He is also a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a qualified CA since 2009. He holds an MBA degree in Finance from Symbiosis Centre For Distance Learning, Pune and is a graduate in Bachelor of Commerce from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University.

His personal interests include playing cricket and exploring new destinations.

Akshat Babbar, Vice President, Chryscapital

Akshat has been with ChrysCapital since September 2011 and leads investments in IT and Business services sector. He was previously with Goldman Sachs on the equity sales desk. Akshat received an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a Bachelor's degree in commerce from Delhi University.

Akshat Ghiya, Co-founder & Director, Karma Recycling

Akshat Ghiya is the co-founder and Director of Karma Recycling, a leading trade-in operator and re-distributor of mobile devices, and a GoI authorised manager of electronic waste.

He is also the founder and Managing Director of Glazetech Industries, a manufacturer/supplier of recyclable building materials and metal facade solutions.

Akshat spent his childhood in Italy. He was schooled in Padua and then later he boarded in Switzerland. He went to College in the US receiving a BA in Economics and International Relations from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL, USA).

Akshat Mittal, Founder, Odd-even.com

Akshat Mittal is Serial Entrepreneur working on ventures which can bring huge social impact. He loves to brainstorm on social issues and find possible technology solutions to those. He is founder of Odd-even.com a startup which helped citizens carpool during Odd-even formula in Delhi and later sold to Orahi.com making Akshat one of the youngest entrepreneurs in the world.

Akshat now sits on Board of Orahi as Technical Advisor and is working on his next ventures called ChangeMyIndia and iDiskuss which also addresses social issues. Class IX student of Amity International School,Noida , he is outstanding academic performer and aspires to go for higher education at Ivy League colleges in US. Akshat is student of TiE Young Entrepreneur Program. Akshat loves to code technology solutions and plays badminton.

Akshay Bector, Managing Director, Mrs. Bector's Food Specialties Ltd.

Mr Akshay Bector is the Chairman & Managing Director of Cremica Food Industries Limited. Under the “Cremica” brand the company has become #1 in Mayonnaise and #3 in Tomato Ketchup in India. The company leads the industry with Focus on Quality and Innovation. Under Mr. Akshay Bector’s leadership the company has been able to maintain one of the highest growth rates in the industry.

After completing B.E. in Industrial & Production Engineering, Mr Akshay Bector started his carrier in 1987. Establishment of a modern Bread plant followed by a world class Biscuit plant was his initial endeavors. He kept on expanding the business and soon joined hands with Mc Donald’s to become one of their biggest suppliers in India. He was also instrumental with key initiatives with Mc Donald’s and the Mc Donald’s Bun Business to the company was set up under his leadership. His focus on Quality and Innovation were the key factors for Exponential Business growth. His efforts led to the JV with two companies. One with Quaker Oats Company (USA) for manufacturing of Ketchup, Mayonnaise  and other Liquid Condiments and the other with EBI Foods (UK) for manufacturing of Battering and Breading pre-mixtures. This brought in new Competences within the Group and Strengthened the Brand.

His Leadership qualities and Business acumen are well recognized in the Industry. He has served as the Chairman of CII Punjab. He is the founder of YPO Punjab Chapter. Currently he is Chairman of CII NR Agriculture Council and Member of various Punjab Government Committees.

In the “3rd National Convention on Entrepreneurship 2013”, he was awarded “Entrepreneur of the Year” and in “Mc Donald’s APMEA 2013 Supplier Business Forum” the Company got “ Mc Donald’s Asia Pacific Award for Innovation”.

Akshay Bhushan, Associate Partner - LSIP, Lightspeed Venture Partners