Our speakers

Shashank Joshi, MD, My Mobile Payments Limited

Shashank has over 20 years of professional experience in the areas of IT and ITES, Outsourcing, Transition and Management consulting. He has been a pioneer in the successful execution of merchant Cash Advance and Merchant Processing businesses through the offshore route. He started his career in 1992 with a computer software and hardware business and set up India’s first computer retail outlet in 1994.

 

Since 2000, he has been involved with IT enabled services viz, medical transcription, international & domestic call centre and outsourced accounting. Shashank has cross-border global experience of more than six years in "Simplifying Payments". His vision is that of "Simplifying Payments" while his Goal is to bring the convenience of Simplified Mobile Payments to every mobile subscriber in India.

 

Shashank holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He has been a motivational trainer and has addressed public seminars with over 700 people in attendance. He has been the Managing Director at Prospectbase IT Services Pvt Ltd, Prospectbase Inc and Pbpayments Inc with offices in Los Angeles, California.

Shashank ND, Founder & CEO, Practo

Shashank is responsible for the overall vision and direction of Practo while maintaining an active role in building Practo’s game changing products. He started Practo in 2008 when he discovered that there was a profound need to transform the healthcare industry and center it around the patient – he calls this approach ‘Patient First’ and this is one of the guiding lights for all decisions at Practo.

He’s put Practo on a mission to help improve human health and longevity and visualizes a patient friendly healthcare ecosystem enabled by Practo where patients and doctors are seamlessly connected with a secure and easy flow of health information. He wants Practo to be “Your health app”. The only app you need for any healthcare related activity.

Over the past several years, he has built Practo into a company that touches millions of lives in multiple cities and countries every month, by helping them make better healthcare decisions.

Shashank has a B.Tech from the prestigious NIT, Surathkal and is a founder circle member of iSPIRT, a think tank for the Indian software industry. Shashank has been featured in the ‘30 under 30’ list of young influential people to watch by Forbes in 2015 and has recently been listed in Fortune’s 40 under 40 (2017) most promising businesses in India.

Shashank ND, Co-founder & CEO, Practo Technologies

Shashank is responsible for the overall vision and direction of Practo while maintaining an active role in building Practo’s game changing products.

He started Practo in 2008 when he discovered that there was a profound need to transform the healthcare industry and center it around the patient - he calls this approach ‘Patient First’ and this is one of the guiding lights for all decisions at Practo.

He’s put Practo on a mission to help improve human health and longevity and visualizes a patient friendly healthcare ecosystem enabled by Practo where patients and doctors are seamlessly connected with a secure and easy flow of health information. He wants Practo to be “Your health app”. The only app you need for any healthcare related activity.

Over the past several years, he has built Practo into a company that touches millions of lives in multiple cities and countries every month, by helping them make better healthcare decisions.

Shashank has a B.Tech from the prestigious NIT, Surathkal and is a founder circle member of iSPIRT, a think tank for the Indian software industry. He has recently been featured in the ‘30 under 30’ list of young influential people to watch by Forbes in 2015.

Shashank Randev, Founder VC, 100X.VC

Shashank is Founder VC at 100X.VC - India's first venture fund to invest in early-stage startups using iSAFE - India SAFE Notes. The fund will be investing in 100 startups every year and have invested in 20 since its inception in July 2019.

Additionally, he is a Member of the Executive Committee at People of Indian Origin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PIOCCI) - an organization that works with reputed Indian diaspora entrepreneurs, investors, PIOs and associations across the globe. He is also an Angel Investor and Advisor with a keen interest in B2B emerging technology startups.

Previously, he was the founding member and Vice President of VCCEdge, the data platform by VCCircle. He led revenue, product development and growth initiatives for close to seven years at VCCEdge. VCCircle was acquired by News Corporation in 2015 where he served as business head for the division until 2016. He has also worked with NIIT Ltd. and Zensar Technologies Ltd. Shashank holds an undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Engineering from Nagpur University, and an MBA from International Management Insititute (IMI), New Delhi.

Shashank Singh, Partner & India Head , Apax Partners

Shashank Singh is a Partner and Head of the India office of Apax Partners, the global Private Equity fund. He joined Apax in London in 2004, before moving to India in 2007 to start Apax’s office there. His deals at Apax include Cholamandalam Investment and Finance, GlobalLogic, IGATE Corp, Apollo Hospitals, TDC, Bezeq and Synetrix. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Shashank spent four years as a strategy consultant with Monitor Company in their London office, leading client engagements in the telecommunications and high technology sectors. Shashank serves on the boards of iGATE Corporation Inc. (Nasdaq: IGTE) and GlobalLogic.

Shashi Tripathi, Senior Director - Cloud Consulting, Searce

Shashidhar Upinkudru, Partner, Price Waterhouse & Co LLP

Shashwat Sharma, Partner, KPMG in India

Shashwat has a Bachelor of Technology degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and MBA from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. He is a partner with the Management Consulting function of KPMG and has over 21 years of experience in Business Consulting with a focus on Financial Services sector. In his role, he works primarily with clients on their business strategy formulation and specializes in working with mid-sized organizations on their future roadmaps.

He regularly participates at industry forums including CII, AIP, ASSOCHAM, FICCI and has authored a number of thought leadership reports.

Shaswat Kumar, Senior VP of Global Customer Success and Delivery, Darwinbox

Sheetal Bahl, Partner, Merak Ventures

Sheetal Bahl is one of the founding Partners of Merak Ventures, a sector agonistic venture capital firm based in India. Drawing on more than a decade of experience in the Indian startup ecosystem, combined with seven years focused on B2B and emerging technologies, Sheetal has honed his ability to spot emerging tech companies with the potential to transform the game.

As the driving force behind deal sourcing at Merak Ventures, Sheetal evaluates investment opportunities in a wide range of sectors, from ClimateTech, AgriTech, SpaceTech, to cutting-edge artificial intelligence and ubiquitous technology. Sheetal is known for his bold and audacious approach to investing.

Together with his fellow founding Partner, Manu Rikhye, Sheetal launched Merak Ventures with a target corpus of $100 million. The goal is to support passionate founders with ideas that matter, ideas that can make a positive impact on the world.

Sheetal is also a founding General Partner at growX Ventures. At growX, Sheetal played a key role in establishing an angel syndicate that made a number of successful investments such as Locus, Mad Street Den, and Quandl. Thereafter, he was instrumental in setting up growX Fund I, a $25 million fund that built upon the same investment thesis. His investments from the fund include Pixxel, Cynlr, and Cosmofeed among others. As a board member, Sheetal remains deeply involved in these ventures, providing strategic guidance and support to their founding teams.

Before venturing into the world of venture capital, Sheetal played a significant role in setting up the Everest Research Institute where he led the analysis of the offshoring industry. He also spent several years in management consulting with Andersen Consulting/Accenture and was part of the founding team of the credit cards business at ICICI where he managed the technology front.

Sheetal earned his B.Tech. in Elec. Engineering from IIT Bombay, and his extensive experience and unique perspective have made him a respected figure in the world of venture capital. He continues to drive innovation and support the next generation of startups with his visionary leadership and strategic investments.