Our speakers

Amitabh Khanna, Head Customer Delivery South Asia, Mastercard

Innovative thinker, bringing in rare level business acumen developed in 24 years of career across financial services & Information Technology. Track record of increasing bottom line with spearheading product development & management, driving operational excellence through automation & system improvement. Achievements in dynamic & demanding business environment through pragmatic and positive approach.

Heading Customer Delivery for Mastercard, South Asia` revolutionizing business operations with key focus on  New Customers, Technical integrations & customer engagement for seamless implementation and service delivery of Mastercard products and services.

Worked with well-known companies namely Reliance India Limited, NOKIA, ABN AMRO Bank, Convergys India Services and GE Capital International Services.

Amitabh Malhotra, Managing Director, Rothschild Global Advisory

Amitabh Misra, SVP & Head of Technologies, Snapdeal

A BTech from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley, US, Amitabh Misra has been spearheading the Engineering division of Snapdeal.com. He has brought with him a wealth of experience and technological knowhow and during his decade long experience in the Silicon Valley, is known to have built the largest web services application at a time when web services were only at a concept stage.

His 15+ years of in-depth engagement with technology has helped equip him with a wealth of knowledge of networking layers, application servers, technology databases to service oriented architecture and security protocol. Among his chief responsibilities at Snapdeal are building and mobilizing the engineering as well as other specialized IT teams besides ensuring constant innovation, seamless execution and timely delivery of services.

Amitabh nagpal, Chairman and Group Managing Director, Macmillan Group India

Amitabh has over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience. Amitabh is presently the Chairman and Group Managing Director  of Macmillan Group in India . He was previously the CEO of Educomp Investment Management Limited managing the India education fund, a venture fund by Educomp.

Amitabh is a serial entrepreneur, he founded Study places India's premier portal for education which was acquired by Educomp, and prior to that he co-founded Cymbal Corporation. Cymbal Corporation was a global services company, providing systems integration and outsourcing solutions to its clients in telecom industry, which got sold to Patni Computer Systems for $68 million.

Amitabh also served as Vice President, product management and operations, in Firsttofile. Before starting StudyPlaces.com he worked for Airwide Solutions as GM India. Amit is a SLOAN fellow and MS in management from Graduate Schools of Business, Stanford University. He also holds a B.Tech degree from Punjab Engineering College (India) where he was the university silver medallist.

Amitabh has senior executive experience involving deep operational and financial understanding of strategic levers for the Internet and Education sector.  Amitabh brings with him a very rich experience in product management and strategic leadership.

Amitabh Tewary, Chief Innovation Officer, Razorpay

Amitabh Tewary, is the Chief Innovation Officer at Razorpay. Amitabh,will be responsible for expanding Razorpay’s footprint in other key markets and accelerating the adoption of new payment and banking platforms and products. A veteran in the space, he will be playing a key role in leading engagement with banks, networks, regulators, and strategic partners to drive innovation at Razorpay.

At Mastercard, as a Vice President, Tewary worked across a spectrum of roles driving strategic initiatives and partnerships, customer economics and enterprise risk management among others, for nearly a decade. Prior to this, he spearheaded different projects across business strategy, finance, sales, marketing and regulatory management, helping companies such as SBI Card, Thomas Cook and an edu-tech startup to identify new business opportunities and develop new technical capabilities.

Amitav Mukherji, Head - Corporate Human Resources, ITC Limited

Amith Agarwal, Executive Director, Star AgriWarehousing & Collateral Management Limited

Amith Agarwal is the whole-time Executive Director - and one of the founder members of StarAgri. An entrepreneur with the right blend of managerial and business acumen, Amith plays a key role in realizing StarAgri’s vision of integrated development of India’s rural ecosystem.

He is responsible for managing corporate tie-ups, legal and financial matters and business development activities at StarAgri. Under his stewardship, StarAgri has evolved into a market-leading brand, building trusted long-term partnerships and creating value amongst various stakeholders. He drives the human resource and leadership development responsibility in the company with a key focus on building a professional organization.

He is a sought after management professional in the areas of warehouse receipt and collateral finance and is known for creating unique channel partnerships in the rural finance business. He has established numerous successful relationships with leading financial institutions for their rural lending and financing business. Known for his flair and drive in driving relationships and deploying innovative ideas, he is driving the creation of a global mindset within the company. His dual experience of dealing with rural India and corporates alike is helping in bridging the information divide and modernizing the rural sector.

Amith has attended an Advanced Management Development Program (MDP) at Harvard Business School and holds an MBA from Mumbai University. An innovative thinker and visionary, Amith’s views are often published in leading Indian and international magazines.

Amith Karan, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Amiya Pathak, Director- Product Management, Twitter

Amiya is passionate about disruptive business models involving products and technology to solve problems in a scalable manner. He is a firm believer that there is a lot of whitespace in current offerings for the markets, and the same could be addressed in a scalable manner through an understanding of users, eco-system, products and technology.

His areas of specialization includes, mobile based platforms for emerging markets, building and scaling distributed engineering and product teams at multiple early-stage startups to the next level and taking technology to the market through various partnerships and alliances.

Prior to Twitter, he was the Director- Project Management of ZipDial, a mobile first platform which drives user connections across all traditional media, product packaging, points of sale and also online media. In 2014, ZipDial was ranked the 8th most innovative company in the world in FastCompany's list of the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies, among industry leaders like Google, Apple and Twitter.

Amiya graduated from IIT Kanpur in Computer Science and did his MBA from IIM Kolkatta.
@amiyapathak

Amna Abbasi, Founder & CEO, Etashee

Amna Abassi, the founder and CEO of Etashee.com always had a sincere passion for women's fashion and it’s her zeal that led her to build Etashee.com. Academically, she holds a Master’s degree in Computer Applications (MCA) and a B.Sc (Hons) Mathematics graduate  from Aligarh Muslim University.

After 10 years working in top firms like IBM and TCS, she perceived that in spite of spending a lot on clothes, women have no space to keep clothes and nothing to wear. She thought it would be a great opportunity to provide a platform where they can share such clothes & earn money for it. She finally brought her dreams into fruition in 2014 and started Etashee.com.

Amna is shaping Etashee.com to emphasize each woman’s uniqueness and individuality. From clothing, footwear to accessories, Etashee.com endeavour to bring everything unique at throwaway prices.