Our speakers
Kshama Fernandes, Managing Director & CEO, IFMR Capital | @IFMRCapital
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
Kshitij Vijayvargiya, Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- India strategy for a global specialty chemicals co. to grow 5x over 5 years through enhanced portfolio, supply chain and key account mgmt.?
- New product introduction and partnership strategy for a global MNC pharmaco to succeed in India?
- Launch strategy for an innovative product by an Indian company in the Diabetes space in India; covering target segments, value proposition, competitive positioning, doctor engagement, pricing and supply chain enablement?
- Business build strategy for an Indian Generics player to build a new Animal Health business in the US?
- Digital front end transformation for a large Indian pharma player – including initiatives around sales process automation and excellence, personalization of customer engagement and digital driven doctor and patient connect?
- Network strategy and plant consolidation for a large Indian pharma company; leading to savings of USD50+ M annually?
- Procurement transformation for a large Indian pharma company; leading to savings of 13% on covered base?
- Integrated transformation for a leading provider chain; incl. review and redesign of referral process, conversion of inbound leads, international patient management, case and revenue mix, ALOS optimization, cost optimization and growth plans?
- COVID response preparation in India: Strategy to strengthen COVID response infrastructure in India, epi model, build up of COVID care center, role of private sector hospitals in COVID management, capacity augmentation for nursing, consumables and testing?
Kshitij is a Managing Director and Partner in BCG's New Delhi office (India). Kshitij is part of BCG's Healthcare practice in India; and has ~14 years of experience in advising biopharma and healthcare companies across topics ranging from Strategy (business growth, portfolio, market entry, M&A), Sales and Marketing (brand launch, sales excellence, customer engagement) and Operations (Manufacturing, Procurement and Supply chain). He has also supported his clients on organization restructuring and culture transformations; and in embarking on digital enablement and transformations?
Prior to joining BCG, Kshitij has also set up a business unit for a tech enabled logistics company and grew it to a US$50M revenue within 2 years?
Some of Kshitij's recent experiences includes:?
India growth strategy for a global MNC pharmaco to grow 5-7X over 10 years through interventions across portfolio, customer segments, access to different coverage pools, market shaping and through initiatives on local partnerships and 'Make in India'?
Kshitij holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and is a mechanical engineer?
Kshitij Vijayvargiya, Managing Director and Partner, New Delhi
Kshitij is a Managing Director and Partner in BCG's New Delhi office (India). Kshitij is part of BCG's Healthcare practice in India; and has ~14 years of experience in advising biopharma and healthcare companies across topics ranging from Strategy (business growth, portfolio, market entry, M&A), Sales and Marketing (brand launch, sales excellence, customer engagement) and Operations (Manufacturing, Procurement and Supply chain). He has also supported his clients on organization restructuring and culture transformations; and in embarking on digital enablement and transformations?
Prior to joining BCG, Kshitij has also set up a business unit for a tech enabled logistics company and grew it to a US$50M revenue within 2 years?
Some of Kshitij's recent experiences includes:?
India growth strategy for a global MNC pharmaco to grow 5-7X over 10 years through interventions across portfolio, customer segments, access to different coverage pools, market shaping and through initiatives on local partnerships and 'Make in India'?
India strategy for a global specialty chemicals co. to grow 5x over 5 years through enhanced portfolio, supply chain and key account mgmt.?
New product introduction and partnership strategy for a global MNC pharmaco to succeed in India?
Launch strategy for an innovative product by an Indian company in the Diabetes space in India; covering target segments, value proposition, competitive positioning, doctor engagement, pricing and supply chain enablement?
Business build strategy for an Indian Generics player to build a new Animal Health business in the US?
Digital front end transformation for a large Indian pharma player – including initiatives around sales process automation and excellence, personalization of customer engagement and digital driven doctor and patient connect?
Network strategy and plant consolidation for a large Indian pharma company; leading to savings of USD50+ M annually?
Procurement transformation for a large Indian pharma company; leading to savings of 13% on covered base?
Integrated transformation for a leading provider chain; incl. review and redesign of referral process, conversion of inbound leads, international patient management, case and revenue mix, ALOS optimization, cost optimization and growth plans?
COVID response preparation in India: Strategy to strengthen COVID response infrastructure in India, epi model, build up of COVID care center, role of private sector hospitals in COVID management, capacity augmentation for nursing, consumables and testing?
Kshitij holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and is a mechanical engineer?
KT Prasad, MD & RVP, India & SAARC, Zendesk
KT Prasad is the MD & RVP, India and SAARC for Zendesk. In his current role, he is responsible for Business growth with a focus on helping organisations transform their customer service with beautifully simple solutions.
He has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) degree from the Karnatak University and over 22 years of management experience in some of the top companies from the software and services industry.
Kuljit Singh, Partner, Ernst & Young
Kumar Ashish, General Manager, ICICI Bank
Kumar Ashish is an MBA from Mumbai University. Before his management degree, he did post graduation in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. He has also completed the OD Certificate program with the NTL Institute, USA and is a certified Organisation Development facilitator.
He is currently a general manager and Country Head of ICICI Bank’s Rural Micro-Banking and Agriculture Business Group. He has been working with ICICI, since 1999, in a variety of jobs viz. Treasury, Merchant Banking, Retail Assets & Liabilities, Agriculture Loans and Corporate Finance. He was responsible for the growth of ICICI Bank’s SME business, from April 2003 to March 2007, where he managed Transaction Banking, Treasury & Trade Finance solutions and Business Loans to SMEs, as head of the Bank’s Business Banking Group.
He began his career in 1994 and has rich experience in marketing and branch management in FMCG and Retail Financial Services industry, before joining the ICICI group in Nov 1999.
In his current profile, he is responsible for
(i) banking solutions to the entire agriculture value chain viz. Farmers, SMEs & Large Agri Companies
(ii) consumer loans to rural India
(iii) Micro Finance and
(iv) Financial Inclusion through Micro-Banking.
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.
@kumarshah
Kumar Sharadindu, Managing Director & CEO, SBI Pension Funds