Our speakers

Manoj Shikarkhane, CHRO, LTIMindtree

Manoj Srivastava, Chief Information Officer, Easy Trip Planners Ltd.

Manpreet Singh, CDO and TMT Leader, PwC India

Mansi Thapar, Head - Global Cyber Security, Apollo Tyres Ltd.

Manu Chandra, Founder & Managing Partner, Sauce.vc

Manu Iyer, CEO & MD, Bluehill Capital

Manu Iyer runs Bluehill Capital, an early-stage VC fund, focusing on hardware, clean-tech and deep-tech startups, through which capital has been deployed for 8 investments in the space to date. He is also Partner in Bluehill Retail, a retailing and distribution business that partners with several international and Indian electronics, lifestyle and apparel brands. He is a B.Tech Electrical Engr from IIT Madras and has completed his MBA from Duke University in the US. After working in Financial Services in the US, he had shifted base to India, to start off on his own. He is an active angel investor, through Indian Angel Network and Inflection Point Ventures, and a TIE Charter Member. He serves on a board of several startups and also works closely with various startups in the ecosystem to guide and mentor them.

Manu Midha, VP, Planning & Operations, Infibeam Incorporation Limited

Manu heads Planning and Strategy at Infibeam Inc. Infibeam is one of India’s largest e-commerce platforms.

At Infibeam, Manu has conceptualized and launched key projects for Infibeam like Cash on Delivery, Magic Box and BuildaBazaar. Under his leadership BuildaBazaar has become India’s largest e-commerce platform and one of the most preferred enterprise platforms in the world.

He joined Infibeam from JPMorgan Investment Banking where he was involved in key M&A transactions and IPO's of recent times.He went to IIM Ahmedabad where he graduated in the top ten percentile of his batch. Manu interned with a Consulting firm during his summer internship where he worked on devising an entry strategy for a heavy equipment manufacturer.

Earlier Manu Co-founded VidyaCenter an Online Learning venture with colleagues from his undergrad college. VidyaCenter was marketplace for educational services with built-in tools for remote learning and teaching (~10,000 registered students).

He is a Mechanical Engineer from IIT Kharagpur. Manu likes interacting with students and listening to Hindi songs at leisure. 

Manu Monga, Senior Vice President - Digital Banking and Transformation, Axis Bank

Manu is an experienced digital business strategist, with over 20 years of experience in developing and driving business outcomes with strategic use of data, technology and marketing. Previous experience ranges from launching a consumer tech start-up as a founding member to driving digital business for large scale enterprises like ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and Idea Cellular.

Manu N Wadhwa, Chief Human Resources Officer, Sony Pictures Networks India

“To believe in heroic makes heroes” Benjamin Disraeli - Driven by the purpose to strive for excellence, Manu focuses on nurturing ecosystems wherein individuals challenge their own, as well their team’s limits, to drive the growth of the organization and the universe around them.  
 
With a career spanning over two plus decades, across multiple industries and countries, Manu has steered workplace & people agenda of globally dynamic organizations likes Sony Pictures, CocaCola, American Express & GE, specializing in roles like Head HR, Talent & Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, HR Transformation, Change & Digital Innovation. She has also operated in board positions wherein, she was/is entrusted to safeguard the company's interest as it pertains to license to operate and sustain in the marketplace. Manu is a graduate of the GE Human Resources 

Leadership Program (#HRLP) and started her career as a Finance Analyst with Tata Unisys.   
 
Apart from corporate endeavors, Manu is an active industry activist and member of various forums like Co-Chairperson of the CII Western Region Leadership & HR Committee, Member of CII – National Leadership & HR Committee, Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) – Asia Pacific Advisory Board, LNOD Advisory Council, Chandigarh University Corporate Advisory Board, Jombay Board of Directors and AIMA YLC. She is also an active participant in various country growth efforts, such as #Startup India and a regular speaker at industry forums, wherein she passionately delivers insights on Leadership and HR Transformation, Change Management and Human Capital Index, amongst other key topics. 
 
Manu is a qualified MBTI, Six Sigma professional, Instruction Designer & Facilitator on variety of leadership & professional skills subjects. She has acquired her bachelor's in Finance, Statistics & Economics and master’s in human resources from Symbiosis Center of Management & HRD, India. 

Mark Kahn, Founding Partner, Omnivore Partners

Mark Kahn is the co-founder of Omnivore Partners, a venture fund investing in early stage agriculture & food technology companies in India. Omnivore supports entrepreneurs developing solutions to improve farm productivity, increase agricultural sustainability, modernize agribusiness supply chains, and promote farm-sourced food products. Omnivore seeks to transform Indian agriculture through technology innovation, impacting the lives of farmers and rural communities.

Mark is a Director for multiple Omnivore-backed startups, including Skymet, FrontalRain, Arohan Foods, Eruvaka, and YCook. Previously, Mark was the Executive Vice President (Strategy & Business Development) at Godrej Agrovet, one of India's foremost diversified agribusiness companies. At Godrej Agrovet, Mark was responsible for corporate strategy, M&A, R&D, and new business incubation.

Earlier in his career, Mark worked for Syngenta and PFM.  He earned a BA (Honors) from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. Mark is a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Council on Agriculture and the CII Innovation & Entrepreneurship Council.  He also serves on the board of Heifer International India.