Our speakers
Sagar Apte, CEO and Founder, CarIQ Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Sagar Apte started CarIQ in 2012 to build India’s first connected car platform. At CarIQ, Sagar is the CEO with direct responsibility for sales, and marketing. He has over 16 years of experience across diverse domains such as product management, sales, support, operations, and marketing. He has a diploma in Electronics, Graduate in Computer Science, and a MBA in marketing. He is a avid reader and loves driving.
More about Sagar at: http://in.linkedin.com/in/aptesagar/
Sagar Daryani, Co-founder & CEO, Wow! Momo
Momos were not new to India, but what Sagar & his friend Binod did with them, certainly was. Wow! Momo is a young & vibrant brand started by 2 young Entrepreneurs from Kolkata at the age of 21, six years ago. They have literally played with momos to have grown rapidly to become the country's largest momo chain with over 60 outlets in 6 cities. Their Menu caters to 11 different flavors of momos available in Steamed, Fried & Pan Fried formats largely in white & brown flour variants. They have smartly Innovated & Invented to create Sizzler Momos, Mogurg ( a Momo Burgers), Baked Momo Au'gratin, Tandoori Momos etc. And to top it all, even their dessert is a 'Chocolate momo.
Begun with an initial Investment of only Rs.30,000, these young guns have ‘Boot Strapped’ & ploughed back profits to currently clock a turnover of over 3 crores a month, recruiting over 500 employees. Very recently Wow! Momo raised its Series A funding from The Indian Angel Network at a 100 Crore Valuation.
The Brand has won many accolades : this January, Wow! Momo won the Best QSR Chain - Indian Origin at the Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2015 in Mumbai, Conferred SME of the Year at the ET Now Leaders of tomorrow Regional Awards - East India.
Sagar is an enthusiast who is highly passionate about Brand building. He idolizes Sachin Tendulkar and intends to emulate the same diligence in his profession as practiced by the Little Master. Sagar dreams of an India where employment is at its 100%. He has mentored start-up's in the F&B space and a few of them are already in operationally profitable mode. Sagar keenly looks into marketing, branding, expansion, growth, retail operations & logistics.
Sagar was conferred with the ‘50 Most Talented Retail Professionals of India Award’ in 2014. He also won the Entrepreneur of the year award at The Telegraph Infocom SME awards in 2014.
Sahad P.V., Founder & Editor, VCCircle
Sahad P V is the Founder, Editor and Publisher of VCCircle.com, India's leading online business news publication focused on investments and entrepreneurship. In about six years, he has built a high impact media company from scratch, which now employs about 60 people across editorial, research and sales. He has been a business journalist for more than a decade and has worked with leading Indian media groups like India Today and Business Standard before starting out in 2005.
He holds a masters degree as well as an M.Phil in International Relations from Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Sahaj Kumar, Senior Manager - Research, News Corp Mosaic Digital
Sahaj holds is a Senior Manager- Research at News Corp Mosaic Digital. He bring in professional experience into Strategy Consulting, Product Strategy Research, Business Development & Presales. In his prior roles, he was responsible for collaborating with clients, internal stakeholder and the leadership team along with the business leaders on the client side, to generate insights and advisory content on IDC’s 3rd Platform (Social, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud & Digital Transformation), which helped the stakeholders in making informed strategic decisions. He has also developed research papers, PoV, whitepaper, technology/ vendor spotlights and related services along with helping in developing RFI & RFP frameworks for sourcing strategies to ensure committed value to end-user segment in their technology transformation.
Sahil Baghla, Co-Founder, Bluegape.com
Sahil started his entrepreneurial journey from the dorm room of IIT Kanpur. At bluegape, they are helping users to monetise their content (designs, artwork, logo, photography, one liners etc) through merchandise. One day he wants to fly like a superman, till then chasing his billion dollar company dream.
Sahil Dalal, Director, Advent International
Sahil Dalal joined Advent in 2009. Prior to business school, he was an associate with JLL Partners, a New York-based private equity firm where he focused on buyout and growth equity transactions. Prior to JLL Partners, Sahil spent three years with Bear Stearns in New York as an analyst in its Investment Banking Division.
Sahil has a BBA with High Distinction from The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Sahil has worked on Advent's investments in ASK Investment Managers Private Limited, CAMS, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited, Dixcy Textiles Private Limited and QuEST Global.
Sahil Dharia, Chief Executive, Soothe Healthcare
Sahil Kanuga, Partner, White Collar Crime & Dispute Resolution, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Sahil Sani, Chairman & CEO, Just Buy Live
Sahil Shah, Partner, Khaitan and Co.