Our speakers

Nitin Deshmukh, CEO, Kotak Private Equity

Nitin Deshmukh is the founding member of the structured Private Equity practice at Kotak Group and has played the pivotal role in building this business. With over 19 years of experience in Venture Capital (VC) & Private Equity (PE) investing, Nitin has seen the growth of the VC and PE space from being a mere nomenclature to being one of the most preferred financing vehicles in the country today.

Prior to this Nitin was Director with SEAF, a US headquartered Venture Capital fund before it joined hands with Kotak and the founding member of the India Team of Dresdner Kleinwort Capital when it started operations in India in June 2001. Prior to joining Dresdner, Nitin had a long stint of over 12 years with ICICI Venture, the PE and VC arm of the ICICI Group from its inception in 1989 to being its Chief of Private Equity Investments heading its funding and investment management activities of various Funds, till the early part of this decade.

Nitin actively served as a member of Investment Committees of various Funds at ICICI Venture and also on the boards of several ICICI Venture investee companies.

Nitin holds an MBA degree from University of Bombay. Earlier he earned his Masters Degree in Pharmaceutical Technology from UDCT, Bombay. He also completed the Post Graduation Programme in Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Ghent, Belgium.

Nitin Goel, Partner - Real Estate Investments, Milestone Capital Advisors Ltd

Nitin is the Partner for the Development Funds at Milestone Capital Advisors. He has over 16 years of experience across real estate private equity investments, structured finance and business strategy. Having vast experience in sourcing investments, structuring JVs and exits across various geographies in India, Nitin previously served as the Co-Fund Manager of AIG Global Real Estate Fund, co-managing US$280 million India fund and as National Head, Origination - Real Estate Finance at ICICI Bank Ltd.

Nitin is an engineer from MNIT, Allahabad and a MBA from IMT, Ghaziabad.

Nitin Gupta, Founder & CEO, Sickle Innovations Private Limited

Nitin is a Product Design graduate from the Indian Institute of Science. Upon graduating in 2013 he founded Sickle Innovations. After completing his Mechanical Engineering in 2008, Nitin was a Scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for three years. His interests span arts, science and sport. He is an active cyclist and biker. He belongs to a town primarily driven by agriculture, and at Sickle, brings his experience to understand users’ needs in a better way.

Nitin Gupta, Co-founder & CEO, PayU India

Nitin is responsible for the payment solutions business for ibibo. He started his career as an investment banker with Lehman brothers in their London office. He was in the Fixed income division working across asset classes - ABS, Rates, FX and Commodities - both in structuring and sales. He also later setup a similar desk for them in Mumbai. He then founded and ran one of the largest couponing companies in India, www.khojguru.com, which was the only profitable couponing company in India in 2010. He is a Computer Science Engineer from IIT Delhi and a MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.

Nitin Jain, Co-founder & CBO, OfBusiness

Nitin Jain, Senior Partner, AAA Insolvency Professionals LLP

Nitin Jain has 22+ years of work experience in areas of Corporate Lending & Banking, Investment Banking and Restructuring spanning organizations like Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of America and ICRA Limited. Currently, he is working as a Senior Partner with AAA Insolvency Professionals LLP. As a Restructuring Expert, he has worked on/ currently working on resolutions for distressed assets with creditor claims of over Rs. 11,000 cr

His educational qualifications include an MBA from Emory University, Atlanta, USA, a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from NMIMS, Mumbai. He is also an insolvency professional registered with IBBI.

Nitin Jain, Senior Partner, AAA Insolvency Professionals LLP

I have 22+ years of work experience in areas of Corporate Lending & Banking, Investment Banking and Restructuring spanning organizations like Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of America and ICRA Limited. Currently, I am working as a Senior Partner with AAA Insolvency Professionals LLP. As a Restructuring Expert, I have worked on/ currently working on resolutions for distressed assets with creditor claims of over Rs. 11,000 cr

My educational qualifications include an MBA from Emory University, Atlanta, USA, a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from NMIMS, Mumbai. I am also an insolvency professional registered with IBBI.

Nitin Jain, CEO, Global Asset & Wealth Management, Edelweiss Financial Services | @EdelweissOnline

Nitin Jain heads the Global Asset & Wealth Management Group at Edelweiss which advises Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds, Institutional Investors, Financial Sponsors, Owner/ Promoters, Family Offices, on investments as well as financing and funding strategies across domestic and offshore markets, comprising of over USD 6 Billion of assets under management. The business encompasses the entire range of asset management services focussing on Alternative Credit Strategies, Equity Mutual Funds, Multi-strategy Funds & Distressed Assets.

Nitin has played an integral role in the Edelweiss’ transformation from a boutique investment bank into a diversified financial services company, and is member of the core management committee. Highly regarded as a strategic thought leader within the group, extensive multi asset class investment experience across local and global markets.

Nitin is actively involved with EdelGive Foundation - the strategic philanthropic arm of the Edelweiss Group and is a part of their investment committee. Nitin has done his B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, with Post Graduation in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Nitin is married and has two children.

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Nitin Jain, Partner, PWC

Nitin Jain is the Banking & Financial Services Partner for PwC, India and focuses on Strategy & Digital for Banking, Insurance and Capital Markets on business transformation, operating model, digital transformation, cost efficiency and go to market strategy. He has led and been involved in many strategic and transformation engagements with large private & public sector banks, wealth managers, insurers and other financial institutions including digital lending and partnerships.

Over the past 23 years, he has worked at C Level positions where he was instrumental in setting up and running private banking, financial services distribution, asset management, insurance and capital markets broking. Over the years, he has created digitally led asset-lite models for businesses that have resulted in double digit ROE for stakeholders. He has a track record of setting up multiple successful greenfield businesses, reinvigorating businesses and turning loss making units in profit within a short span of time.

Nitin Kulkarni, ED & COO, Persistent Systems Ltd

Nitin Kulkarni is the Chief Operating Officer of Persistent Systems Limited. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering in Electronics from Mumbai University in 1988 and a Master’s Degree in Engineering in Electronics from VNIT, Nagpur University in 1991. Prior to joining Persistent Systems Limited in 2006, he worked with NELCO, Mumbai from 1991 to 1992 as a Senior Systems Engineer. He subsequently worked with Siemens Information Systems Limited from October 1992 to February 1996 as a Senior Systems Analyst and with Infosys Technologies Limited between May 1996 to November 2006 in various roles in two tranches ranging from Project Manager to Assistant Vice President and Development Center Head.

Nitin Kulkarni is now designated as an ‘Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer’ of the Company.