Our speakers
Ram Kishan Verma, The Chief Mentor, Resonance Eduventures
Mr. Ram Kishan Verma, an edupreneur synonymous with success in cracking IIT-JEE, was born in a small village in the Kota district in the state of Rajasthan. He excelled throughout his schooling, in himself clearing the IIT-JEE and as an Electrical & Electronics Engineering student at IIT-Madras. After completing his B.Tech. in 1994, he joined BHEL as a Trainee Engineer .
Following a brief stint at BHEL, destiny brought him into coaching education which at that time was emerging in Kota and he joined a reputed coaching institute in Kota as part of the Physics Faculty in 1995 and continued there till 2001. Through his sincerity, dedication and hard work, he earned respect from his students and became very popular amongst the student fraternity, as RKV Sir , for his in-depth subject knowledge, unmatched teaching skills and passionate aptitude for the coaching profession.
The dream of becoming an edupreneur resulted in the genesis of Resonance, founded by Mr . R.K. Verma in 2001 at Kota itself. Since then, Resonance has taken leaps and bounds forward under his leadership and his persistent quest to take it to the pinnacle of success & excellence.
Ram Rastogi, Head- IMPS, National Payments Corporation of India
Ram Rastogi is a career banker with over three decades of hand - on experience in the areas of banking and emerging payments domain with expansive domain knowledge in Mobile, Digital Payments, E Commerce, M-Commerce and EBPP.
He was closely associated with State Bank’s strategies in the area of design and implementation of Payment systems - ATM Deployment, Debit cards, prepaid cards, Merchant Acquiring Business and Mobile Banking Service “State Bank Freedom”. He is currently responsible for driving next generation, 24*7 real-time, channel agnostic, remittance service - Immediate Payment Service (IMPS).
Ram was instrumental in creating a collaborative, unique interoperable payment platform for all stake holders (Banks, Prepaid Instrument Issuers and Telco led Mobile Wallets), to reach the entire unbanked area in real time in a cost effective manner.
Ram Vaidyanathan, AVP and Head- Environmental Sustainability, Godrej Industries limited & Associated Companies
Ramakant Dokania, CIO, Twin and Bull Single Family Office
Mr. Ramakant Dokania is the Chief Investment Officer of the Family Office of Quest Global Group. He is responsible for portfolio management, asset allocation, deal sourcing, and investment evaluation. His expertise in capital allocation, estate planning, and wealth management is essential to the success of the family office. He aims to create a cash-generative portfolio that is well-diversified and high-impact. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with two decades of corporate experience across India, the U.S., and Europe. Ramakant is from Kolkata and currently lives in Bangalore, India. In his spare time, he enjoys trekking, traveling, and reading.
Ramakant Rai, Partner, Trilegal
Ramakrishna Karuturi, MD, Karuturi Global Ltd.
Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi is the Founder and Managing Director of Karuturi Global Ltd. Under his dynamic leadership, Karuturi Global has become the world's largest producer of cut-roses by identifying Kenya & Ethiopia as a hub for cultivation and export of roses.
Mr. Ram Karuturi is widely regarded as the pioneer of cut flower revolution in the World. Mr. Ram Karuturi was instrumental in acquiring 3,11,000 Ha of land in Ethiopia for strategic foray into Agriculture production.
Mr. Ram Karuturi has been nominated as the Top 20 CEOs from Africa by the Initiative for Global Development (IGD) for commitment towards poverty reduction in Africa.
Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi holds a Bachelor's degree (Rank Holder) in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University and an MBA (Dean's Honor) from Case Western Reserve University, Ohio.
Ramakrishna NK, Co-founder & CEO, Rang De and Habba
Ram is the co-founder & Chief Executive Officer of Rang De. He was chosen for the Ashoka Fellowship in 2012 in recognition of Rang De's game-changing efforts to lower the cost of credit. A firm believer in the social business model, he started Rang De in 2008 as a platform to raise social investments for individuals. His conviction that there is a need to lower the cost of microcredit has been instrumental in shaping Rang De's values and beliefs. Prior to starting Rang De, Ram worked as Principal Consultant for Vignette Europe Limited and has consulted for some of the world's best companies.
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Ramakrishnan Gopalan, Head - Products, India and South Asia, Visa
Current Position and Responsibilities
Ramakrishnan Gopalan is the Vice President, Head of Products & Solutions for India and South Asia. In this role, he leads the product team in developing the strategy and the long-term design for the growth of Visa’s product propositions in the region, including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives.
Previous Positions
Prior to joining Visa, Ramakrishnan (Ramki) was with Citi in India and Singapore for nearly 20 years, where he held various positions across Asia Pacific in cards, lending, client engagement, risk mitigation, product development and digital channel teams. Most recently, he was the Director of Strategic Initiatives for Citi’s Regional Cards and Loans team where he drove the digital acquisitions framework of clients with a bespoke strategy using alternate data across markets.
Other Information
Ramki holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and a Bachelor’s in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. He will be based in Mumbai and sit on the INSA leadership team as well as the Asia Pacific Product Leadership team. In his spare time, Ramki enjoys spending time with his family biking together to explore new places around town.
Ramakrishnan Kalyanaraman, Senior Managing Director – Strategic Relationships, Spark Capital Advisors (India) Pvt Ltd
Raman Aggarwal, Director, Finance Industry Development Council
Raman Aggarwal is the Director of Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC) – A Representative body of Assets and Loan Financing Non-Banking Finance Companies. He is currently Consultant to The World Bank, Consultant to Nomura Research Institute Consulting & Solutions India P Ltd., Area Head – NBFCs at Council for International Economic Understanding (CIEU) and Advisor, Shriram Transport Finance Ltd., which is one of the leading NBFCs. He is also an Independent Director on the board of Pasialo Digital Ltd., which is a leading NBFC in North India engaged in financing MSMEs on a digital platform. He has more than 29 years of working experience in the NBFC sector.
He has been actively representing the NBFC sector, being a member of Advisory Groups to Ministry of Finance & RBI, Core Group setup by Ministry of Corporate Affairs, and Special Task Force at FICCI.. He was the signatory to the Engagement Letters signed by World Bank Group with FIDC. He is the Chairman, Working Group on NBFCs at Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
He was awarded the “Best NBFC Exemplary Leader” Award at the ET NOW BFSI Awards and “100 Top Most Influential BFSI Leaders” award at the World BFSI Congress in 2018 & 2019. He has addressed major events and seminars, like Global Convention on Corporate Governance and Sustainability at London, IFC’s Financial Infrastructure Workshop for Da Afghanistan Bank, EuroFinance India, The Economic Times Summit on Financial Inclusion, National Summit on NBFCs and World Auto Congress organized by ASSOCHAM. He has been an invitee to the Pre-budget discussion of the Finance Minister with representatives from banking and financial institutions. He is a Guest Faculty at Institute of Chartered Accountants, India (ICAI), International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Tiruchirappalli.
Raman is Masters in Urban Planning from School of Planning &Architecture, New Delhi and Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala. He has also undertaken a Special Training Programme for the Personnel of Non-Banking Finance Companies at RBI College of Agricultural Banking, Pune.