Our speakers
Amit Ramani, Founder & CEO, Awfis Space Solutions Private Limited
Mr. Amit Ramani is the Founder & CEO of Awfis Space Solutions, which is India’s largest homegrown flex workspace provider with 42,000 seats across 75+ centers in 12 cities in India. He started Awfis Space Solutions with a vision to revolutionize the office space delivery ecosystem in India through technology-backed just-in-time solutions.
Mr. Ramani is also the Vice President of the Indian Workspace Association (IWA) that has been established by the country's top flex workspace operators to chalk out strategies and represent the problems faced by the industry to the government as well as other stakeholders.
In addition to this, he is also the Vice-Chairman & Strategic Advisor of NCUBE India, a pioneer in providing corporate interior design and build solutions to major corporations across Asia.
Prior to founding Awfis, Mr. Ramani was the COO of NELSON Global, where he managed operations across 37 locations globally, and led the company towards being recognized as one of the top five global design firms. He has over fifteen years of experience in the areas of master planning, strategic planning, design management, workplace & business process improvement, six-sigma based strategies and facility planning.
Given his solid background, Mr. Ramani has provided innovative and complex project services to multinational corporations such as Astra Zeneca, Duke Energy, Bank of America, AT&T, Marsh McLennan, Bristol Myer-Squibb, Lockheed Martin, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Toyota. He has also worked with organizations such as HOK Consulting, Toyota Motor Sales and The Environments Group.
Mr. Ramani is a member of RICS, NASSCOM and the Young President’s Organization (YPO) Delhi Chapter - a group comprising 200 top business leaders and owners. He is also an active member of the International Facilities Management Association CoreNet for eight years, and serves on the board of its Charlotte Chapter. Mr. Ramani’s work has been published in the Journal of Corporate Real Estate and he is a frequent speaker at industry forums such as CoreNet Global Summit on topics ranging from real estate strategy to the development of effective work environments. Additionally, Mr. Ramani has also been a guest lecturer at Cornell University, New York University and Texas A&M. He is the recipient of the prestigious IFMA Foundation award for three years in a row owing to his contribution to the field of real estate and facility planning.
Amit Ranjan, Co-Founder, SlideShare
Amit heads SlideShare’s Delhi office. He focuses on product management, content and community. Before co-founding SlideShare, Amit had a career in consumer goods marketing and sales. His previous employers include PepsiCo, Asian Paints and Godrej. He holds an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, University Of Delhi and a mechanical engineering degree from REC/NIT, Jaipur. Amit is an active participant in the Indian startup circuit, speaking frequently about building and scaling startups.
Amit Roushan, Co-Founder & Head of Product, Playo
Amit Sathe, Buisness Head - Commercial Buisnesses, The Phoenix Mills Ltd
With an experience spanning 15 years Amit is a well known name in the Real Estate industry. His success as a real estate professional is been credited for his out of the box thinking and innovative approach. This creative streak gets displayed from his initial phase of his career with Advertising and Media companies like O&M & JWT . Amit forayed into real estate with Damac Holdings Dubai; which gave him an International perspective to market real estate projects .Post which he has had successful stints with the best real estate developers in India and presently heads the Commercial Business for the Phoenix Mills Group - The pioneers in bringing the mixed used development concept to the market.
His understanding and focus on Commercial and Retail developments has helped the group to expand its commercial portfolio across India and the success of the Marketcity Kurla project stands testimony to the fact that it’s becoming a Commercial destination of its own.
Ever enthusiastic, he is an avid reader & a sportsman and believes in playing the game to only WIN.
Amit Saxena, Chief Technology office, Reserve Bank of India|Innovation HUB
Amit Shah, Senior President & Country Head Corporate Strategy, YES BANK & Executive Director, YES Global Institute
Amit Shah, a senior leader at YES BANK and founding member of YES Global Institute, YES BANK’s practicing think-tank, is a ‘design-thinker’ and TEDx speaker with extensive experience in transformational leadership in the financial services and consultancy sectors across the world, and has made valuable contributions to the public understanding of FINTECH and Digital Banking.
Recently recognized by LinkedIn as a key social media influencer with his profile featuring among the LinkedIn Power Profiles India 2016, Amit has been instrumental in creating and strengthening the ‘YES BANK’ brand over the last eight years. During his tenure, the bank’s profit has grown more than 10x, and the bank has emerged as one of the Top 500 Banking Brands globally.
His responsibilities include business strategy, planning & analytics, marketing, internal & external communication, branding, digitalization, public & social policy advocacy, CSR strategy and sustainability initiatives.
Prior to joining YES BANK, Amit has worked with organizations like TSMG and L&T. He has completed his MBA from NITIE - Mumbai and Engineering from NIT - Surathkal.
Amit Sharma, Vice President & Head of HR, India, Volvo Group
Amit Somani, Chief Products Officer, Makemytrip.com
Amit Somani is the Chief Products Officer for MakeMyTrip, heading the online product portfolio along with User Experience and Content. Amit comes with over 17 years of experience and has worked with Google and IBM where he was Head for Mobile Products for Google for Asia-Pacific and Director for the Enterprise Search and Discovery business at IBM based out of San Jose, California.
Amit has published several papers, holds seven patents and is the recipient of three IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement awards.
He holds a Bachelor's in Technology degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Insititut of Technology-Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), India (Gold Medalist) and an M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Among his interests, Amit is a cricket enthusiast, enjoys reading and is a fusion chef.
Amit Soni, Principal, General Atlantic | @generalatlantic
Amit Soni joined GA in 2008 and has worked in our New York, London and India offices. He is based in the firm’s Mumbai office where he focuses on investments in the firm's Internet & Technology sector, including IT services.
Amit is closely involved with General Atlantic’s investments in BillDesk, CitiusTech, IBS Software and Mu Sigma. He has played an active role in General Atlantic’s investments in House of Anita Dongre (formerly known as AND Designs), Kaspersky, MedExpress, Red Ventures, Hexaware and Infotech Enterprises.
Prior to General Atlantic, Amit worked at 3i Plc’s India office and focused on investments in the automotive, media, and oil & gas sectors. Amit has previously worked with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and was instrumental in setting up the largest HIV/AIDS prevention program in India. He has also been a consultant with McKinsey & Company.
Amit earned his M.B.A from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelors of Technology in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Amit Thakkar, Senior Vice President - Private Equity, Indiabulls Asset Management Company Ltd.