Our speakers

Nikhil Raghavan, Principal, Bain Capital Advisors (India) Pvt Ltd

Mr. Raghavan has been with Bain Capital since 2008. At Bain Capital, Nikhil focuses on Technology and Consumer Goods, and is responsible for developing Bain’s Southeast Asia presence.

Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Raghavan was with The Boston Consulting Group, where he advised clients in Technology and Business Services. Mr. Raghavan also spent a number of years in the enterprise software industry and as an entrepreneur.

Nikhil Rungta, Chief Growth & Marketing Officer, Vedantu

Nikhil Rungta is the Chief Growth Officer at Vedantu - India's leading Edtech company.

Nikhil is a seasoned leader with extensive experience across CPG, Consumer Internet, Ecommerce, and SaaS organizations. In a career spanning over 20 years, he has successfully scaled businesses, built brands, and led high-performance teams across both Global companies and startups. Previously, he has held CXO positions at Google, Intuit, Yahoo, Reliance Jio, Housing.com, and Yatra.com.

Nikhil Sen, Managing Director, Unibic Biscuits

Nikhil Sen belongs a one-organization man, who has moved on to becoming a successful business entrepreneur with Unibic Biscuits India. He has risen from the role of a Management Trainee in Britannia through the sales team culminating in his appointment as Head of domestic as well as exports sales. He also managed the marketing function of one of India’s most visible and vibrant companies. In early 2000, after business leadership stints in the SBUs, he went ahead to lead one of India’s most trusted brands and most sought after Food companies as Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Sen is a strategist of repute. He is credited to have co-authored the strategy of re inventing brand Britannia and launch of Tiger brand in the mass market. His strategic initiatives include “Britannia for a life time” which made the brand relevant to various age groups through a detailed cohort analysis. This resulted in Britannia successfully straddling both ends of the spectrum i.e. health and staples on the one hand fulfilling hunger appeasement and snacking and indulgence fulfilling oral gratification on the other.

Nikhil Shembekar, VP-Corporate IT, Sun Pharma

Nikhil Soman, Founder, Dialify Technologies

Nikhil is the founder at Dialify Technologies which builds Audio Games for delivery over telephony networks. Nikhil has worked in the Media, Internet & Telecom industries in India for the past 15 years. Most of this work has been for The Times Group and Reliance ADAG.

He was the VP- Technology Stratergy at Reliance Big Entertainment where he founded BigAdda, a social networking site  & zapak.com, India's largest Gaming company.

Nikhil has a B.Com degree from Nagpur University and a Masters degree in Computer Science from Pune University.

Nikhil Vora, Founder & CEO, Sixth Sense Ventures

Nikhil VoraFounder & CEO Nikhil Vorais the Founder and CEO of Sixth Sense Ventures – India’s first domesic, consumer-centric venture fund

• Regarded as one of the strongest analytical mindsin thecountry
• 27years experience in Consumer Domain
• Former Managing Director and Head of Research at IDFC Securies
• Voted India’s No.1 Analyst the Asia Money Polls 2012
• Voted Asia’s Best Analyst by the Wall Street Journal
• Thought Leadership Award from IDFC Ltd
• Member participant at the Future Leaders Program at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, London.
• Invited by the Nestle Global Consumer Board, Hindustan Unilever, Marico, Godrej and Aditya Birla Group to outline a strategic roadmap.
• Amongst the First Investors in One97 (Paytm), Vini Cosmetics (Fogg), Parag Milk (Go), Kangaroo Kids, BVG India, Purplle.com, InCred Capital, Bewakoof and Saucery Brands.

Nilang Jain, CIO, GreenGen Family Office

Nilay Arora, VP - Marketing & Business Development, WeChat India

Nilay Arora spearheads the Marketing and Business Operations for Tencent's biggest global product for India - WeChat. Nilay has over 10 years of marketing & product experience across consumer technology & media comprising mobile, internet, social media, online gaming, TV, radio and print. Nilay is also very actively involved part of the management & leadership team driving marketing & product for various business verticals, through last 7 years.

Before joining WeChat, he has worked with Hindustan Times, Radio Mirchi and Ballarpur Industries in various Consumer Marketing Roles. Nilay holds a Masters in Business Administration from IMS [DAVV] and Engineering in Electronics and telecom apart from a being a part of Harvard Strategic Management program.

Nilay is an avid observer of consumer trends & preferences and an expert in carving out market shares.

Nilesh Bhagat, Head - VAS, Roaming & Interconnect, MTS India

Nilesh Bhagat is an astute professional with over 18 years of experience in Telecom & Internet Industry. In his current role, he heads the VAS & Roaming across Data, Voice and Smartphone Business Lines at MTS India and is responsible for the overall growth and expansion of Company’s business.

Nilesh has been previously associated with reputed Companies including Vodafone, Reliance Infocomm, and Satyam Infoway. His extensive experiencesin diverse rolesin Sales & Marketing domainmake him stand out amongst his contemporaries. Entrepreneurial approach & customer centricity is the guiding force that makes him a professional par excellence.

He is Computer Engineer from REC, Surat and has done his MBA in Marketing.

Nilesh Kothari, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Trifecta Capital

Nilesh Kothari has 23 years of corporate finance, underwriting and treasury experience in tech, consulting and financial services. Prior to this he was the M.D. - Ventures and Acquisitions at Accenture plc., a $30 Billion global technology and consulting company. Previously he was CFO of Accenture Credit Services, HeroBPO and Systems America.

He has deep operational experience in building several large businesses and creating successful exits like Zenta. He has experience of Structured Finance and Ratings at ICRA (A Moody’s Associate) and Debt Funds Management at JM Mutual Fund. He has a master of management Studies (MMS) degree from BITS, Pilani and AICWA.