Our speakers
Kumar Karpe, CEO, TechProcess Solutions
Kumar Karpe has more than 19 years of experience in the Information Technology Sector. He has held key leadership positions in IBM India & ASEAN / South Asia and has played a pivotal role in the decision making & go to market strategies. Business Today magazine had featured Kumar among the "Top 25 Hottest Young Executives in India ".
Kumar Ketkar, Chief Editor, Dainik Divya Marathi
A journalist who knows the pulse of the social, political and economic fabric of Maharashtra and a scholar of the same on the global front. Kumar Ketkar is active in journalism for last 40 years. He had started his journalistic career with Economics Times. He has worked with The Observer, Maharashtra Times, Loksatta as a editor. Kumar Ketkar has also got the prestigious Padmashri award for his journalistic work.
Kumar Shah, Head of Strategy and M&A, Micromax Informatics Ltd. | @Micromax_Mobile
Mr. Kumar Shah leads the strategy and investment program at Micromax. He is responsible for actively sourcing and partnering with companies from major technology markets across the world that align with Micromax’s long-term strategy.
Prior to joining Micromax, Kumar worked with a global growth stage private equity firm and helped build out their South Asia fund and investment strategy. He also has additional experience working with an early stage VC firm, a technology consulting firm and bulge bracket investment bank.
Kumar has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Mumbai and a MBA from the Wharton School.
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Kumar Sharadindu, Managing Director & CEO, SBI Pension Funds
Kumar Shiralagi, MD, Kalaari Capital Advisors P Ltd
Kumar is part of the leadership team at Kalaari Capital. He enjoys investing in and working with technology focused entrepreneurs looking to build successful companies out of India. Teaming with dynamic entrepreneurs working on interesting technologies and business models to address various market needs, he feels is thrilling. Some of the current and past companies he has been associated with as an investor include Attero, Basiz, Germin8, Hands Free Network, Robosoft, Visionary RCM, Vyome, Deccanet, Tejas Neworks NIIT, Sharekhan and Sasken.
Prior to joining Kalaari, Kumar was the head of Intel Capital India. As the Country Director, he drove Intel’s India investments and successfully executed and managed its investments and exits. Prior to Intel, Kumar was co-founder and COO of Lytek Corporation in Arizona. Earlier, he worked at Motorola in various areas ranging from technology development to corporate strategy and investments. After completing his electronics and communications engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology (formerly KREC), Karnataka, he served at Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) in Bangalore from 1984-85. He received his PhD and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Arizona State University and an MBA from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management. He has published over 60 papers in international journals and conferences and has issued 23 US patents. He is a Senior Member of Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Charter Member of TiE Bangalore.
Kunaal Shah, Partner, Trilegal
Kunal Khattar, Founding Partner, Advantedge Capital
Kunal Bahl, Co-Founder & CEO, Snapdeal
Kunal Bahl, Co-Founder & Ceo, Jasper Infotech (Snapdeal.Com)
Kunal manages the strategic vision, key business relationships, fundraising and growth plans for Snapdeal.com. He is an engineer from University of Pennsylvania, with a business degree from The Wharton School and an executive marketing program at Kellogg School of Management.
Kunal along with Rohit Bansal, started Snapdeal.com in February 2010, and has been instrumental in building it into India’s leading online marketplace, with a wide assortment of products across various categories from thousands of regional, national, and international brands and retailers. With over 18 million members, Snapdeal.com is the shopping destination for internet users across the country, delivering to 4000+ cities and towns in India.
His prior experiences also include product management and business development with Microsoft's emerging markets group, and at Deloitte Consulting as a consultant in the company's telecom practice in New York and Pennsylvania. He also launched a consumer product brand in the US. Kunal has won many accolades including QVC Consumer Innovation Award for a consumer product company. Kunal is passionate about Financial markets, Cults, Politics and Yoga. He loves reading Travel literature, Business drama, Leonardo da Vinci, and is also extremely fond of backpacking through remote parts of the world.
Kunal Bajaj, Head of Capital Network, Blume Ventures
As the Head of Growth & Exits, Kunal helps Blume’s portfolio companies and their respective Investment Leads with capital raising, M&A and Capital Markets.
Kunal is responsible for partnering with the investment team to optimize portfolio companies’ outcomes through the lifecycle of a company, building and managing long-term relationships with a network of capital providers, strategic corporates, partners and advisors, and advising our portfolio companies on all aspects of Capital Markets – including IPO preparedness, timing and positioning, underwriter line-up, and more.
Kunal has 18 years of experience in Institutional Equity Sales, Trading and Risk Management at some of the world’s largest financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, Jefferies and CLSA, with cross-border experience in India and Japan. In his last banking role, he was Managing Director and set up Jefferies’ India Equity business in 2011 as Head of Equity Sales.