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Nauzad Munshi, MD, Love Sugar & Dough

Nauzad has always been a thorough Bombayite and has been actively involved in his family businesses since the age of 16, dividing time between work and his education. He was always driven by passion accompanying it with a keen eye for technology.

At 18, he was made Partner in his family’s privately owned textile spinning, twisting and doubling facility at Currey Road, Mumbai. At 25, he joined his other family run textile manufacturing unit at Kurla, Mumbai. A year later he started his own proprietorship firm in parallel to his existing job to cater to the IT needs of his clientele giving them round the clock service.

Seven years later, at the age of 32, working 16-18 hours a day, with two businesses to attend to, Nauzad quit his family business and moved fully into the IT segment which was his true passion at the time. Moving ahead three years of tireless working with IT, he co-founded Love Sugar & Dough as an investing partner, again along with his current IT business.

His business partner, Tarannum Merchant then handled the entire operation alone from production to finance. But as the business grew to a sizeable proportion, Nauzad had to finally decide which direction to go ahead with - Computer IT or Confectionery - and he chose the latter - though he still consults his old clients over the phone!

Three years with Love Sugar & Dough and seven stores in place, the two partners, Tarannum and Nauzad sold 51% stake of Love Sugar & Dough Pvt. Ltd to Specialty Restaurants Ltd. (owners of the Mainland China brand). Now, with the business expansions scaling up to another level, Nauzad is already preparing for new adventures ahead in life!

Navaneethan M, CISO & Head - IT, PayU

Naveen Bachwani, COO, Aegon life Insurance

Mr. Naveen Bachwani is the Chief Operating Officer at Aegon Life. He is a cross-functional Business Leader with more than two decades of experience in Customer Engagement and Digital Transformation. Much of his career has been focused on bridging the gap between Enterprise and Customer, through solutions based in Technology, Process and Communication Design. His previous assignment was with Edelweiss Financial Services as Group Head – Customer Experience. Prior to that, he has also held leadership assignments with industry leaders like the ICICI Group, Times of India, Experian and others.

Naveen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from St. Xavier’s, Mumbai, and an MBA in Marketing from K.J. Somaiya, Mumbai.

Naveen Budda, Co-Founder and CTO, KarmalifeAI

Naveen Gulati, Vice President - Technology, and Head of Information Technology, Nykaa

Naveen Kukreja, Co-founder & CEO, Paisabazaar

Naveen Kukreja is the CEO & Co-founder of Paisabazaar.com - India’s largest digital marketplace for lending products and Credit Score platform.

Naveen has an experience of over 19 years in the financial services markets of India and Europe, having worked in leadership roles at Citibank, Capital One and Aviva Life Insurance before co-founding Paisabazaar.com under the Policybazaar Group in 2014. Under Naveen's strong leadership, Paisabazaar has been recognized with prestigious awards like Excellence in Consumer Lending 2021 at India Digital Awards, Most Innovative Lending Platform of 2019 by India Fintech Forum and Economic Times' Most Promising Brand in 2018.

Naveen too has been felicitated by Entrepreneur India as “Entrepreneur of the Year – Financial Services” in 2019 & by Business World with the ’40 under 40’ award in 2018 – a recognition to India’s top 40 leaders under the age of 40.

Naveen is an alumni of prestigious institutes like IIM Calcutta and the Delhi College of Engineering.

Naveen Rawat, Director, Holisol Logistics Pvt Ltd | @holisollogistic

Naveen is Logistician with more than one and a half decade of experience in Supply Chain Management. In 2009 Naveen moved out of APL Logistics to set up Holisol along with two more seasoned logisticians, Rahul Dogar and Manish Ahuja .Since 2009 Holisol has worked with various renowned companies in setting up & managing their Supply Chain Operations.

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Naveen Sharda, Investment Director, Latium Enterprises

Naveen Surya, Managing Director, ItzCash | @ItzCash

Since joining the Essel Group 13 years ago, Naveen Surya has been known for revolutionizing electronic payment solutions in India. Backed by 17 years of experience in the finance industry, he introduced India’s first ever Multi Purpose Cash Card, ItzCash Card.

He launched ‘ItzCash Card’ in 2005 under the aegis of Essel Group to enable customers in conducting seamless, safe, and simple financial transactions without the age-old constraints of time, space, and location.Under his leadership, Itz Cash Card Limited has won national and international accolades including “Innovative Use of Technology”, “Best General Purpose Spending Card Program” and “the Most Innovative Prepaid Program” of the year 2008 for the “Octroi Automation Program”.

In the past he has been associated with TCS as Management Consultant, where he worked on projects like ACC, GE Capital (UK) and UBS (Japan).He also dons the hat of being the chairman of Payment Committee at Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and is an active member of Prepaid International Forum (PIF) and GIRO Committee of RBI.

Naveen Tewari, Founder-CEO, InMobi

Naveen is the Chief Executive Officer, Founder and the man in charge of it all.

He has been responsible for the overall vision, strategy and execution of InMobi. His view of the growth of the mobile ecosystem and leveraging InMobi as a key tenet in developing that mobile ecosystem was the foundation stone on which InMobi was built.

Naveen’s journey started with McKinsey & Company where he worked on developing the go-to-market strategy for a large Indian conglomerate, as it entered the telecom sector. He has also worked with the top management of technology companies on various issues. Later, he joined Charles River Ventures (CRV), a top tier VC firm focusing on early stage investing in software and communications. Naveen worked with CRV on developing its India investment strategy. He also worked briefly with a mobile VoIP startup in Silicon Valley.

Naveen is the Founder and Chairman of a US based non-profit organization, India School Fund (ISF), which has been formed to set up schools in rural India. ISF started in 2006 with only a few Harvard Business School friends and has now grown to have over 50 people across India and US.