Our speakers
Major Ashish Ahuja, Chief Operating Officer, Fino Payments Bank
Major Ashish Ahuja has been associated with the Bank since inception and took charge as the Chief Operating Officer in June 2020.
Major Ashish is responsible for developing and executing innovative solutions for Fino Payments Bank. In addition to overseeing in house offerings, he manages corporate partnerships and alliances to strengthen the product and service portfolio of the bank.
For smooth and seamless service delivery to customers, clients and merchants, Major Ashish ensures cohesive functioning of Products, Central operations and other affiliated functions.
An Indian Army veteran with over 28 years of experience across military service, banking, channel management, retail and more, Major Ashish’s strength lies in successfully executing complex projects.
Over the years, Ashish has represented Fino in multiple businesses and government forums on financial inclusion, digital payments, direct benefit transfer (DBT) and Aadhaar enabled payment systems (AEPS) amongst others.
Malay Bhowmik, Head Enterprise Business, Persistent Systems
Malay has decades of experience in identifying, developing, and exponentially growing new markets, building diverse and inclusive teams, and adopting the right technologies to enable successful digital transformation in enterprise. He is proficient in looking at the big picture, interacting with customers, and comprehending requirements.
Malay Bhowmik, Google Business Unit Enterprise Head, Persistent Systems
Malika Sadani, Founder & CEO, The Moms Co.
An engineer and MBA graduate by qualification, Malika Sadani is the Founder and CEO of The Moms Co. - India's leading company for toxin-free products catering to expectant and new mothers seeking natural, chemical-free products for their daily personal care regimen.
The idea for The Moms Co. came to her, in 2012; when she had just moved back to India from London. At the time, she couldn’t find safe products for her daughters locally; in fact, one of her daughters also suffered from a skin condition, which made high-quality solutions a necessity. She spoke to a number of parents, only to realize that there was a gap in the market for products that mothers could trust and the concern wasn’t hers alone. This birthed a brand, which serves over 2 million moms across 20,000 pin codes.
A category builder and pioneer in the space, in a short span, she has received several awards, including the Times She UnLTD. Entrepreneur Awards, Business World 40 Under 40, Pharma Leaders Power Brand Awards and others; while the product range has also been recognised at the Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards, Mother & Baby Awards - Mum’s Award, LUXlife Parent & Baby Awards (The Moms Co. is India’s first brand to have won this award) and yet others.
An expert in her own right, Malika feels she has always been an obsessive mother and there are many moms like her who want the best for themselves and their babies, who hate having to compromise on the safety of the products they use for themselves and their family. She believes that with The Moms Co., she has embarked on a mission to help moms in India and across the world make safe, natural and effective choices for themselves and their loved ones.
In India's largest DTC transaction to ever take place in the beauty and personal care segment, in October 2021, The Moms Co., led by Malika’s expertise, was acquired by The Good Glamm Group. The Moms Co., India's first Nature In. Toxins Out.™ brand continues to work as an independent entity. An expert in her own right, Malika continues to grow the brand and aims at growing it to a Rs. 500 crore revenue run rate in the next two years.
Mallik Sundaram, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Mitra Biotech
Mallik Sundaram co-founded Mitra Biotech in 2008. He serves as the President & CEO of Mitra Biotech since May 2008. Prior to Mitra, Mallik was a scientific co-founder of Momenta Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: MNTA) which was founded on the sequencing technology for Complex polysaccharides and glycoproteins, co-developed by Mallik at the Sasisekharan laboratory at MIT. Mallik was instrumental in developing M-Enoxaparin, Momenta’s first Billion dollar drug and three other lead drug candidates through various stages of regulatory approval in the U.S.
Mallik obtained his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and MBA from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. He has been an adjunct faculty in the Department of Bioengineering (2000-2007) and the Department of Chemical Engineering (2007-present) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Mallika Mittal, Chief Risk Officer, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.
Mallikarjun Sundaram, Co-founder, President & CEO, Mitra Biotech
Dr. Mallikarjun Sundaram is the President & CEO of Mitra Biotech Private Limited since its inception in 2009. Prior to founding Mitra, he was the scientific co-founder and head of drug discovery at Momenta Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded biotechnology company in Cambridge, MA, USA. He obtained his B.Pharm from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University in 1994. He completed his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA in 1999. He pursued his post-doctoral research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA from January 2000 till September 2001.
He received his MBA from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. Work carried out during his post-doctoral research lead to the foundation of Momenta Pharmaceuticals in October 2001. He was a scientific co-founder of the company and was one of the four first employees to join the company in 2001. The first product developed by Momenta, M-Enoxaparin, was approved in June 2010 and brings in revenue of US$ 1.8 Billion per year in U.S. alone. Besides M Enoxaparin ™, Momenta has developed other drugs such as M-Copaxone™, a drug in the Oncology space and another drug in the cardiovascular space- all in various stages of clinical trials. In addition to his responsibility at Momenta, He is also an adjunct faculty in the department of Bioengineering at the Massachusetts.
Dr. Mallik has co-authored over 25 peer reviewed publications, and holds 15 global patents. He is an active member influencing and participating in events related to social causes. He, along with many other members at Mitra is a key patron of One Billion Literates, an NGO that promotes child education and helps set up schools for underprivileged children. He is a regular at charity related marathons like TCS 10K, Mumbai Marathon etc.
Mamta Sundara, General Counsel, United Spirits Limited - a Diageo Group Company
Ms. Mamta Sundara is the General Counsel of United Spirits Limited – a Diageo Group Company. She’s also a member of the Executive Committee at USL. She has over 18 years of experience as a legal professional both in house and in private practice across a diverse range of industries from telecom to consumer durables and geographies including India, Singapore and the UK. Prior to joining USL, Ms. Sundara worked with Diageo for six years both in the UK and India. Her last role with the company was General Counsel of Diageo India Pvt. Ltd. Prior to joining Diageo, she worked at British Telecom for four years in their Global Services division at Singapore. She also worked with leading law firms J. Sagar Associates and India Law Associates. Ms. Sundara’s entrepreneurial drive prompted her to co-found Law School Tutorials (LST), a distance education platform helping students prepare for the law school entrance exams. She is also a consultant with India Law Info, a legal services portal for internet and software companies. Ms. Mamta Sundara studied Law at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
Manan Gupta, Display Lead- Optimization Practice, Google
Manan currently manages a team of Display marketing experts at Google. He is responsible for the overall strategy to increase ROI on display spends for top advertisers globally, through product improvement, automation and efficient servicing. Before joining Google, Manan was leading the App acquisition and Social Media performance marketing teams at Quikr.
In a career spanning more than 11 years, Manan has worked in multiple industries and functions, online marketing being one of them. Manan is also passionate about growth of sports in India, and was a co-founder of a sports marketing and consulting start-up. Manan is an IIT Kharagpur and IIM Indore graduate.
Manan Khurma, Founder, Cuemath