Our speakers
Ranjith Mukundan, Co-founder & CEO, Stellapps Technologies Pvt. Ltd | @stellapps
Ranjith Mukundan is the CEO & Co-Founder of Stellapps Technologies, a Internet of Things (IoT) company currently focused on the dairy supply chain. Stellapps has successfully deployed its proprietary hardware and software applications across India and abroad. Ranjith was previously with Wipro Technologies as the Global Head of the Telecom Value Added Services (VAS) Practice. He also oversaw a Centre of Excellence (CoE) focused on product innovation and intellectual property creation. Ranjith has over 20 years of software industry experience, including shadow P&L and technology consulting (e.g., to Nomura UK). He has a MS in Telecom & Software Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.
Ranu Vohra, Co-founder, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Avendus Capital
Ranu heads Avendus and is responsible for its overall growth. He has spent the last 20 years in the Indian financial services industry, concluding several marquee transactions in Investment Banking and Private Equity. Avendus is a leading provider of financial services with an emphasis on customized solutions in the areas of investment banking, wealth management, asset management and credit solutions. Avendus relies on its extensive experience, in-depth domain understanding and knowledge of the regulatory environment, to offer customized solutions that enable clients to meet their strategic aspirations.
Avendus has a strong track record of cross-border transactions and has helped multiple clients benefit from opportunities across geographies. Avendus’ wide range of clients is testimony to its ability to serve its corporate clients throughout their life cycle – from growth stage funding to complex, large sized transactions later in the cycle. Avendus Capital Inc. and Avendus Capital (UK) Pvt. Ltd. located in New York and London respectively are wholly owned subsidiaries offering M&A and Private Equity syndication services to clients in the respective regions.
From being known as Coolstartups, operating from above a garage in Mumbai in 1999, to becoming a company of 325+ employees that is consistently ranked as India’s top name in investment banking, Avendus has carved a niche for itself by partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs, family offices and corporate treasuries.
Prior to co-founding Avendus, Ranu worked with a Tampa (USA) based technology and media investment bank, Communications Equity Associates (CEA), and Hinduja Finance, a diversified financial services firm.
He holds an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi and a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.
Ratan Jalan, Founder & Principal Consultant, Medium Healthcare Consulting
Ratan Jalan founded Medium Healthcare Consulting in 2009 driven by an urge to ‘make a difference in healthcare’. Innovation in business models and patient empowerment have been at the core of what he does. Ratan has over three decades of experience across diverse industries and functional responsibilities. He started his professional career in the information technology industry with HCL Technologies and then moved to advertising at Lintas (now Lowe).
Earlier, Ratan was the CEO of Apollo Health and Lifestyle Limited, part of the Apollo Hospitals Group for almost a decade. He created some of the most successful and innovative healthcare formats in the country such as a nationwide network of The Apollo Clinic and The Cradle, South Asia’s first boutique birthing centres. In 1996, as President, Ratan set up India’s first hospital architecture and consulting firm Asian Health Services, a JV with ServiceMaster, a Fortune 500 company. He was awarded the Marketing Impact Award by S P Jain Institute of Management and has been nominated as one of the 50 most influential professionals in retailing. He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and Harvard Business School.
Ratan Jalan, Founder & Managing Director, Medium Healthcare Consulting
Ratan is widely regarded as a rare thought leader in the healthcare industry. It was a strong urge to make a difference in healthcare that led him to set up Medium Healthcare Consulting.
At Medium, Ratan plays a pivotal role in shaping Medium’s philosophy with particular thrust on innovation, execution and patient-centricity. He is personally involved in each engagement often setting up near-impossible internal benchmarks. His thought-provoking writings and talks on a wide variety of subjects continue to inspire many in the field.
Before founding Medium Healthcare, Ratan was the CEO of Apollo Health and Lifestyle Limited, part of the Apollo Hospitals Group, for almost a decade. He created some of the most successful and innovative healthcare formats in the country such as a nationwide network of The Apollo Clinic and The Cradle, South Asia’s first boutique birthing centres. He also led the strategic marketing initiatives and international projects for the group.
In 1996 Ratan, as President, set up India’s first hospital architecture and consulting firm Asian Health Services, a JV with ServiceMaster, then a Fortune 500 company. In a short span of three years, the firm became the undisputed leader in the field and had served leading organizations like Wockhardt
Hospitals, Escorts Hospital, Max Healthcare, Aditya Birla Foundation, BLK Hospitals, IL&FS and Gleneagles Hospitals.
He has over four decades of experience across diverse industries and functional responsibilities. He started his professional career in the information technology industry with HCL and then moved to advertising at Lintas (now MullenLowe Lintas Group). During his ten years there, he led work for major
Indian and international brands.
Ratan Jyoti, Chief Information Security Officer, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Ratan Kesh, Executive Director & COO, Bandhan Bank
Rathin Lahiri, CMO, Meru Cabs
Rathin brings with him 22 years of experience in Sales & Marketing and running Digital Businesses. His goal is to build the Meru brand, drive consumer demand and grow the Digital Business. He is an MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research. His key stints have been with the UB Group, HUL, eBay and Microsoft. Prior to joining Meru he was the CMO of a startup which was engaged in launching a coalition loyalty program.
Ratna Viswanathan, CEO, Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN)
Ms. Ratna Vishwanathan has served MFIN for the past one year as the designated Deputy CEO and Compliance Officer on behalf of the RBI after MFIN was assigned to be a SRO. She brings to MFIN a combination of government and development sector experience. Belonging to the 1987 batch of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Ms. Vishwanathan comes with extensive experience across a range of departments of the Government of India including Defense and Prasar Bharti. In the development sector she has served at very senior levels in well-known international NGOs such as Oxfam and VSO. Ms. Ratna Vishwanathan steered these entities through critical change management processes as they transitioned from international liaison offices to ‘full-fledged Indian entities’.
Ratnesh Mehra, Director, CX Strategy & Transformation, Oracle India
Ratnesh Mehra is the Customer Experience Strategy & GTM Leader for Oracle India .
With over 23 years of experience in the IT Industry with a proven leadership in Customer Experience, CRM consulting and delivery, ‘Ratnesh comes with invaluable CX knowledge of the market and domain .and has helped leading organizations in India as well as globally to strategize, design and build world class Customer experience platforms.
He has well rounded experience in area of Customer Experience, Digital Marketing, Social CRM, Voice of Customer, Customer Analytics and B2B interactions.
He has worked previously as head of Customer Experience competency for KPMG and IBM among others.
Ratnesh is based out of Bangalore and is a passionate old hindi songs buff and a foodie to the core.
Ratul Ghosh, Head Strategy, eBay India
Ratul Ghosh heads Strategyat eBay India, where he is responsible for driving the Mobile Commerce business and leading Advertising Sales for the Company.
Ratul is passionate about Mobile Commerce and believes in the huge potential it has in India. He is committed to driving Mobile Commerce to the next level from driving consideration to making it a significant part of the India business as it is globally.
Before joining eBay India, Ratul spent over 10 years in strategy and new business creation profiles with Philips, HCL and the Tata Administrative Service across a diverse set of industries (Consumer Goods, Electronics, Information Technology, Healthcare etc.) and across the strategy spectrum (market intelligence, strategy formulation, new business setup&alliances).
Ratul is aMechanical Engineer from the MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur and has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Hecredits his insights to voracious reading and writing, sporadic teaching, extensive travel, deep involvement with the literary and performing arts, exchanging view-points with myriad people and reflections on all these experiences.