Our speakers

Ruchir Lahoty, Director, New Enterprise Associates (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Ruchir joined NEA's India office in 2008 and is a Director based in Mumbai and co-manages NEA’s investment in FSS, MEdRC Edutech, Naaptol and Vishwa Infra. He brings more than six years of experience in various roles in private equity investing, equity research and M&A and IT services. Prior to joining NEA, he was with ICICI Venture where he worked on investment opportunities in retail, consumer, FMCG, media, telecom services, payment services, technology products/services and education. He also actively managed portfolio companies in textile, payment services, technology and retail.

He has worked with Thomas Weisel in India as a lead equity research analyst and with TATA Consulting Services (TCS) in delivery roles as well as in their in-house M&A group. He has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and a B.Com (Honours) from Delhi University.

Ruchira Shukla, Senior Investment Officer, IFC

Ruchira Shukla has over 14 years of experience across strategy consulting, investment banking and private equity across US, Canada, Europe and Asia. She has worked on a wide range of deals including majority and minority investments, M&A (sell-side and buy-side), restructuring fairness opinion, high yield bond issuance, senior debt refinancing and dividend recapitalizations, as well as ratings advisory.  Her sector experience spans across infrastructure, renewable energy, technology, media, and telecom.

Ruchira studied at IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad in India. She also graduated as Palmer Scholar from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Currently at IFC, she is the Senior Investment Officer with the Infrastructure & Natural Resources Team and Regional Lead, South Asia for InfraVentures.

Ruchira Shukla, Regional Lead, South Asia, Venture Capital, International Finance Corporation

Ruchira Shukla has over 20 years of experience across private equity investing, strategy consulting, and investment banking across Asia, US and Europe. Her sector focus spans across consumer internet, healthcare technology, edutech, cleantech and telecom.

Ruchira studied at IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad in India. She also graduated as Palmer Scholar from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Currently at IFC, she is the Regional Lead, South Asia for Venture Capital Investments.

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Ruhie Pande, CHRO, Godrej Properties

Ms. Ruhie Pande serves as Chief Human Resource Officer at Godrej Properties Limited. Ms. Pande serves as Head of Human Resources & Training and Vice President of Kaya Limited at Marico Kaya Enterprises Limited. Ms. Pande has over 15 years of experience and has worked in leading retail brands like ITC Lifestyle Retail and Reliance Brands before joining Kaya Ltd. In her career, she has donned multiple hats and played a crucial role in business partnering. Ranging from being a National Trainer Manager to Divisional HR Manager and HR Head in Reliance Brands. From creating HR strategy supporting business, establishing practices which drive a unique culture at work, to standardization of processes & policies, she has firmly established Kaya HR in the role of Business Partner. She Most Influential HR Leaders in India - CHRO Asia. She won Women Leadership Achievement Award - 4th World Women Leadership Congress & Award (WWLCA). She successfully spearheaded Building capability in the organization through Learning & Development programs, driving innovative remuneration programs, creating the right structure to deliver strategy are amongst many other things. Ms. Pande holds a B.Sc. in Hotel Management from Institute of Hotel Management, Lucknow and has also done a PG Diploma course in Human Resources at Symbiosis college, Pune.

Rujan Panjwani, Executive Director, Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd

A veteran in the financial services industry, Rujan Panjwani has over two and half decades of experience in the industry working across all asset classes. Rujan has been with Edelweiss group since 2000 and has played an important role in setting up several businesses for the Edelweiss Group including Asset Management and Credit. He helped set up the Group’s Treasury and Balance sheet unit and is a member of the Assets & Liabilities Committee (ALCO) that primarily oversees the implementation of an effective process for managing Edelweiss’s interest rate, liquidity and similar market risks relating to the balance sheet and associated activities, including the adoption of policies, risk limits and capital levels from time to time. He also set up Edelweiss’s Global Risk Group – the nodal point for all risk monitoring and management and is a member of the Global Risk Committee – the highest decision making body in Edelweiss on Risk-related issues. 

Rupali Kamdar, VP-Investments, India RF

Rupen Jhaveri, Managing Director, Private Equity: Mumbai, KKR

Rupen Jhaveri (Mumbai) joined KKR in 2009 and has been a member of the India investing team since its founding. At KKR, he has led investments in Ramky Enviro, Alliance Tires, Magma Fincorp, Dalmia Cement, Max Financial Services, Emerald Media, SBI Life Insurance, Bharti Infratel and HDFC. Prior to joining KKR, he was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its principal investment area and Warburg Pincus in Mumbai where he was involved in a number of investments including Mahindra & Mahindra, NDTV, Amtek Auto, Sigma Electric, Sintex, Dainik Bhaskar, amongst others. Mr. Jhaveri holds a B.S., magna cum laude, from Leonard N. Stern School of Business of New York University.

Rupesh Nain, Chief Information Officer, Natural Resources, Adani Group

Rushank Vora, Principal Investments, ICICI Ventures

Rushank has over 10 years of private equity investment experience. At ICICI Venture he handles investments in the Life sciences and Logistics practice. His private equity experience has spanned from turning around startups, identifying innovative investment opportunities, investing in growth opportunities and executing successful exits. At ICICI Venture, he has been involved in all their healthcare investments (5 hospital groups: KIMS Hospitals - Hyderabad, Medica Synergie – Kolkata, Sahyadri – Pune, Vikram Hospital – Bangalore and R G Stone Urology), 4 in the Pharma space (2 tie-ups with Dr Reddy's Laboratories [amongst the top Pharma companies globally], Malladi [A research based company which is India’s largest manufacturer of Pseudoephedrine Hcl] and JV with Wockhardt [(amongst the top Pharma companies in India]).

Prior to joining ICICI Venture, he has worked with the Aditya Birla Group, one of India’s leading conglomerates, in their Corporate Finance Department, focusing on M&A. He has also worked with Pfizer India in their Strategic Planning and Business Development department where he was involved in M&A, corporate strategy and commercialization alliances.

Rustom Kerawalla, Founder-Chairman, VIBGYOR High School