Our speakers

Mradul Sharma, MD, 3CDN Workplace Tech Pvt Ltd

Mradul Sharma is the Founder and MD of 3CDN (www.3cdn.tech), over a decade old and leading independent workplace technology consulting company. Mradul serves on the board of AVIXA (www.avixa.org) and IoT chapter of FSAI (Fire Safety Association of India). Mradul was awarded Consultant of the Year by INAVATE APAC in 2020 while also being listed in the INAVATE 40 under 40 list of 2021. Mradul’s love for computers (and computer networks) led Mradul him to volunteer support for various IT issues both on the community and college level. Even today, he continues to stay on top of the latest tech developments while following various tech-podcasts and events.

Mragank Jain, Director, Standard Chartered Private Equity

Mragank is a Director with Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) in India. He has been involved with several of the fund’s investments in Agriculture, Financial Services, Healthcare, Engineering, Travel and  Technology, Shipping and other sectors. Prior to SCPE, Mragank worked Private Equity, Management Consulting and IT consulting areas.  Mragank has an MBA from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and is a Chemical Engineer from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

Mridhul Prakash, Co-founder and CEO, BluSynergy

Mridhul is one of the founders and CEO of Bangalore based BluSynergy which is India’s #1 SaaS based subscription billing, notification AND payment collection tool with a variety of plans supporting various types of organizations.  Mridhul has a background in technology and finance having worked in the US for almost 10 years in companies like Deloitte & Touche in strategy and operations consulting roles, and also the head of the India operations of a US mortgage processing based company. BluSynergy is headquartered in Bangalore with an office in Cochin, and is partnered with major payment aggregators and banks and is the ONLY company having the ability for our client’s customers to pay their bills using multiple mechanism - including in a bank’s branch and get an automatic payment confirmation. Mridhul is in charge of strategy for the company and helps set the direction in which the company can benefit its various stakeholders. Mridhul lives in Bangalore with his family and while not helping companies with their order to cash cycle, loves to travel. He is also a fourth generation coffee planter.

Mridhul has an MBA in Finance from Wright State University, Ohio and a BE in Computer Science from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering in Bangalore.

Mridul Gupta, COO, CoinDCX

Mridul Gupta is the Chief Operating Officer of CoinDCX, India’s first crypto unicorn and the nation’s safest cryptocurrency exchange. In his role, Mridul is responsible for the strengthening of CoinDCX’s product portfolio, marketing, partnerships, and operations, with a view to accelerating the strategic growth of the firm.

An Electrical Engineering graduate from IIT Delhi, Mridul was previously the Chief Strategy Officer at Pine Labs. Having worked across Stellaris Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs and his own startup, he brings with him extensive experience in driving growth and scaling up capabilities of fast growing fintech organizations across India and Southeast Asia.

Mridul is a firm believer of the growing legitimacy of digital assets and is a firm proponent of the pivotal role crypto plays in the transformation of India’s economy for a decentralized future.

Mridul Mahan, Head - IB Technology for India, Deutsche Bank Group

Mridul Mahan is a veteran with over 20 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry.

He is currently Head of Investment Banking Technology, working towards building upon the engineering culture DNA and develop next generation future proof stacks.  This is strategic to the core of Digital Corporate and Investment Banking going forward.

Mridul joined Deutsche Bank in 2016 as Head of Technology for Deutsche Bank in India and then moved on to become Head of API and Open Banking for Corporate Banking. The remit was to build a full stack open banking platform with corporate clients and other banks and launch a fintech internal to Deutsche Bank.

Before he joined Deutsche Bank, Mridul was Head – GMSS at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, India where he led the technology Infrastructure team, supporting the Bank across the Asia Pacific Region as well as leading the technology infrastructure footprint of the Bank Pan India.

Mrigank Tripathi, CEO, Applied Mobile Labs

Mrigank Tripathi is the founder and CEO of Applied Mobile Labs which is a leader in the mEducation and mobile based lead generation space in India.  The firm was established in 2009 by Mrigank who is an MBA from INSEAD and BE from Nagpur University in Industrial Production Engineering.
Tripathi has previously worked with Text 100, Friday Corporation, Mercer Management Consulting and QED Venture Advisors.

Mrinal Chatterjee, Director of Technology Payments, Amazon

Mrinal is product & technology enthusiast with over 23 year of industry experience delivering world class platforms in enterprise and consumer solutions working with fortune 100 and startups.

Mrinal heads Payments product development in Amazon India building next generation payments product and technology innovation for all Amazon offerings in India. Prior to Amazon, Mrinal was co-founder and CTO of ShopClues.com where he developed the India’s first Managed Marketplace Platform enabling over 100 thousands merchants sell online. Prior to ShopClues, Mrinal has worked for 16 years in Silicon Valley startups like Contenix.com, rownine.com (acquired by Beyondtherack.com), Tablus Inc. (acquired by RSA/EMC) and established companies like Epihpany and Oracle. Mrinal graduated from IIT Bombay and lives in Bangalore with his wife and his dog Sparky (Miniature Schanuzer).

Mritunjay Singh, Executive Director & COO, Persistent Systems Ltd.

Mritunjay Singh (Munjay) is the Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer for Persistent Systems. He brings over 20 years of operations experience at startups and large companies in India and abroad in the Financial Service and Insurance, Retail and Manufacturing industries. Munjay has held various senior level positions in Account Management, Delivery Management and Development Center Management at Infosys, Kanbay, S3C and Tata Steel.

Prior to joining Persistent Systems, Munjay was Development Center Head for a 26,000+ people center in Pune and Delivery Head of the Financial Services ADM unit managing a $400+ million global business. He established the Singapore Development Center and was credited with winning the company's first large outsourcing contract. Munjay was instrumental in formulating key policies for the organization. Munjay also led the Hinjewadi Industry Association in Pune for many years as its President, working very closely with the government to bring about systemic development to the high-tech area.

Munjay has a Bachelor's Degree in Technology in Electronics & Communications from IIT BHU, Varanasi.

Mrs. Chanda D Kochhar, CEO, ICICI Bank

Mrs. Chanda D Kochhar is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Bank Limited. She began her career with ICICI as a Management Trainee in 1984 and has thereon successfully risen through the ranks by handling multidimensional assignments and heading all the major functions in the Bank at various points in time.

In 1993 when ICICI decided to enter commercial banking, she was deputed to ICICI Bank as a part of the core team to set up the bank. When ICICI set up the Infrastructure Industry Group in 1996 to create dedicated industry expertise in the areas of Power, Telecom and Transportation sector, she was handpicked and made incharge of the Infrastructure Industry Group. Further in 1998, when ICICI created the Major Client Group to handle the relationships with the top 200 clients of ICICI, she was promoted as General Manager and was made the head of the Major Clients Group. In the year 1999 she simultaneously started handling the strategy and E-commerce divisions of ICICI.

In July 2000, she was chosen to head the Retail Finance division of ICICI and has been instrumental in scaling up the business. In April 2001, she was promoted as an Executive Director, heading the retail business in the Bank. Having joined it during its nascent stage, her strategic thinking and skills to convert challenges into opportunities ensured that within a short span of around 5 years ICICI Bank emerged as the largest retail financer in India. In the process of transforming a small bank into the largest private sector bank in the country, within a decade of its inception, the various steps taken by her also shaped the retail finance industry in India.

In April 2006, she was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of ICICI Bank, with responsibility for both Corporate and Retail banking business of ICICI Bank and from October 2006 to October 2007, she handled the International and Corporate businesses of ICICI Bank. Once again under her leadership, International banking was the fastest growing businesses within the Bank aiming to cater to the cross-border needs of clients.

In October 2007, she was appointed as the Joint Managing Director & CFO. She was heading the Corporate Centre, was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and was also the official spokesperson for ICICI Bank. In addition to finance, planning and communications; her responsibilities included the global treasury, principal investments & trading, risk management and legal functions. She was also responsible for day-to-day guidance and administrative matters relating to the compliance and internal audit functions.

Mrutyunjay Mahapatra, Former MD & CEO, Syndicate Bank

Mrutyunjay Mahapatra is a well-known figure in Indian Banking. He is currently a member of the Governing Council of RBI Innovation Hub and a member of the Board of Supervision at NABARD. He is also a distinguished visiting professor at Manipal University’s T. A.  Pai Management Institute. He advises and consults a number of Indian and global Banks, Corporates and fin-tech companies.

He started his professional career in SBI in 1982 and held senior and CXO level assignments in India, UK and USA. He has set up many new businesses like Leasing, Private Equity and Insurance for SBI.  He was the Deputy Managing director in SBI, leading global strategy, Marketing, New Businesses, digital, analytics and IT initiatives. As CIO of SBI, he established the innovation, data analytics, enterprise architecture verticals which was instrumental in creating many path breaking products like YONO, Loan Life Management System, SBI Chatbot etc.

From 2018 to 2020, he was the CEO of Syndicate Bank, and led the transformation and repositioning of one of the India’s oldest and largest banks. 

A writer in leading newspapers and a known public speaker, he is considered a thought leader in the Indian BFSI sector. He has won several awards and accolades and has served in various RBI and Government Committee besides being member of different corporate boards. He is an avid blogger and is active in the lecturing circuit. He produces videos on different transformative subjects mostly for his own You tube channel.