Our speakers

Amit Gupta, COO, Jupiter Capital Ventures Inc

Amit Gupta is the Chief Operating Officer of Jupiter Capital, a leading Investment and Financial services firm headquartered in Bangalore with a current portfolio mix that includes Media & Entertainment, Hospitality & Wellness, Aerospace & Engineering services, E-learning, Automobile Technology & E-Commerce.

Prior to joining Jupiter Capital as its Chief Operating Officer, Amit had a stint at Nova Specialty Surgery as Director – Mergers & Acquisitions. Amit is now responsible for JC’s managed investments and there accelerated value creation. In addition, he focusses on identification of new opportunities and nurturing them as an investor representative.

At Jupiter Capital, Amit is the Chief Operating Officer driving accelerated value creation for its investment companies and identifying new investment opportunities across industries. Amit’s experience spans over 19+ years in the field of Finance, Transaction Advisory, M&A, Business Development & VC. His functional expertise includes financial and business strategy, mergers and acquisitions, accelerated value creation, monetization and dealing with diversified demographics.

At Ernst & Young, Amit was Director - Transaction Advisory services where he led large and complex assignments including the Bharti acquisition of Zain and Warid Telecom, Aegis acquisition of PeopleSupport, the i-gate acquisition of Patni, the and nearly 100 other transactions in the IT and ITES space.

In his earlier role as Vice President, GENPACT (GECIS), Amit donned many leadership roles in Finance and General Management with stints across Ireland, England and Australia. He played a critical role in many of GENPACT’s acquisitions and also the company’s NYSE listing in 2006/07. Amit led the setting up the controllership and finance functions for new regions / poles as the assistant global controller at GECIS.

Amit is a qualified CA, CPA from Denver, Colorado with an executive MBA from Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. Outside of Jupiter, Amit is an avid sports enthusiast and enjoys running and kick boxing. On the softer side he enjoys singing and cooking.

Amit Gupta, Partner, NewQuest, Hong Kong

Amit is a founding Partner of NewQuest and oversees the firm’s India and Southeast Asia business as well as investments in the power and financial services sectors. Amit has nearly 20 years of industry experience.

Prior to co-founding NewQuest, he was a Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BAML) Asia Private Equity group where he led the India business and oversaw investments the energy and financial services sectors across the Asia Pacific. Amit has also served in other roles in BAML, including Corporate Principal Investments based in Hong Kong and Investment Banking based in Mumbai.

Prior to working at BAML, Amit was a software engineer based in Mumbai and the United States. Amit has an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, where he was placed on the Director’s Merit List for his performance, and an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from REC Kurukshetra, where he received the University gold medal. Amit is fluent in English and Hindi.

Amit Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO, Yulu, Co-Founder, InMobi & Glance

Amit Hirawat, Director, India Value Fund

Amit joined IVFA in 2008 and is based in Mumbai.

Amit has been involved in evaluating and executing IVFA’s investments in the healthcare services, manufacturing and infrastructure related businesses. Amit has also contributed towards development of the firm’s framework for evaluating exit opportunities for portfolio companies.

Amit has worked for six years with DSP Merrill Lynch in Mumbai in their M&A and private equity group and for three years with Deutsche Bank in Singapore as part of investment banking team. He was involved in raising capital and M&A in telecom, healthcare, financial services, IT, internet, infrastructure, manufacturing in and outside India.

Amit holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Amit Jain, Managing Director - Private Equity, Blackstone Advisors India Private Ltd

Amit Jain is a Managing Director in the Private Equity Group and is based in Mumbai. Before joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Jain worked at McKinsey & Company focusing on infrastructure and financial projects in India. Prior to that, Mr. Jain worked at Hindustan Unilever limited ("HUL") where he worked primarily in the manufacturing and supply chain area, setting up and operating manufacturing plants in HUL. Mr. Jain received a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur where he received the "Institute Silver Medal" and a P.G.P. (equivalent to an M.B.A.) from the Indian School of Business ("ISB"), Hyderabad where he was awarded the "ISB Scholar of Excellence."

Amit Jain, Partner, Price Waterhouse & Co LLP

Amit is a Partner at Price Waterhouse & Co LLP with experience of over 15 years. He leads the Fintech regulatory practice with industry focus on digital payments, digital lending, neobanks, cross-border remittances, and other fintech segments.  He has been extensively assisting his clients in obtaining necessary regulatory licenses, setting-up of regulatory compliance and governance framework, policy advocacy, due diligence and other consulting areas. Amit also leads the knowledge partnership engagement with industry groups and members on research and representation to policy makers on emerging fintech topics.

Amit Jain, Co-founder, Ashika Group Family Office

Amit Jain, CEO & Co-founder, CarDekho.com | @CarDekho

An IIT Delhi 1999 alumni, Amit Jain co-founded the Jaipur based IT outsourcing firm Girnar Software Pvt. Ltd. in 2007 along with his brother Anurag Jain, also an ex-IIT Delhi student. Following his visit to the auto expo of 2008, the idea of Cardekho.com kicked off as the flagship portal of GirnarSoft.

Amit started his career with Trilogy, an Austin based company and due to his knowledge and expertise in the field of technology development, he moved up the ranks quickly to take on the role of Product Manager with the company. After spending 8 years with the company, his passion for innovation steered him towards starting his own venture, GirnarSoft. His decision of acquiring leading auto portals Gaadi.com and Zigwheels.com brings the group company GirnarSoft another step closer to the goal of being a multi-billion dollar company before 2021. Amit’s zeal towards fostering entrepreneurship and creating products that create a superior consumer experience has led him to be an angel investor to various internet startups. He is also a regular speaker at Tie Events.

Amit Jaju, Sr. MD, Ankura Consulting

Amit Jaju is a Senior Managing Director based in Mumbai. Amit has over 17 years of experience in technology consulting with a focus around client issues such as fraud, data theft, intellectual property, financial crime. Amit is the only digital forensics expert from India in the Who’s Who of Legal list of experts. Amit covers a wide range of areas covering digital forensics, ediscovery, cyber, analytics, software license compliance, and automation.

Amit Kansal, Head, Alternate Investments - Fixed Income, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd.

Mr. Amit Kansal has more than 22 years of experience across Aditya Birla Capital, ICICI Bank, E&Y among others and has been with Aditya Birla Capital for ~ 14 years.

He conceptualized, operationalized and headed the Business function for Special Situations/Stressed Asset Platform including JV with Värde Partners (US based Credit Fund) for Aditya Birla Capital. He was involved in some of the most marquee deals like largest  One Time Cash Settlement, largest debt cash buyout apart from various holding company and acquisition finance transactions.

Earlier, he led the Project & Structured Finance vertical for North & East for Aditya Birla Finance. His role spanned project linked lending, structured debt and corporate finance solutions to large and mid-market corporate houses. He has covered Infrastructure, Core, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Real Estate among others.

With extensive deal exposure across Banks, NBFCs & Special Situation investing (including global best practices), Amit has worked across the credit spectrum with investment.

He is a commerce graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce and a Rank Holder Chartered Account.