Our speakers

Amitabh Chakraborty, MD & CIO, Kitara Capital Pvt Ltd

Amitabh joined Kitara Capital in January 2010 and is responsible for Investment management of the firm, including identification, evaluation, deal execution and monitoring every investment made by the firm. An Electronics and Telecommunications engineer from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, he received his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. In addition, he has received certification and membership as a Financial Risk Manager from Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), USA and as a Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFA Institute, USA, besides being awarded the CFA charter from ICFAI, Hyderabad, India.

Prior to joining the Kitara family, he was the President (equity) in Religare,  carrying overall responsibility for supervision, management and development of the company’s equity broking and research business. In the past, he has worked as the Business Head and Head of Research at Brics Securities; Kotak Securities as the head of Private Client Research; IDBI Capital Markets as the head of institutional equity business; Cazenove & Co, London, as the Director and head of research for India operations; A.F. Ferguson & Co as a management consultant; and in Gas Authority of India. He is a member of professional industry organizations such as the CFA Institute, Virginia, USA, and GARP, New Jersey, USA, course coordinator for capital market for FT-IGNOU joint curriculum, besides being the founder member of the Indian chapter of the CFA Institute, USA. He has over 25 years of work experience, including over 16 years in the financial services industry.

He pursues hobby reading history, travelogues and biographies. In his free time he loves to share knowledge taking guest lectures in business schools.

Amitabh Chaudhry, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Axis Bank

Mr. Amitabh Chaudhry is currently the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Axis Bank. Under his leadership, Axis Bank is undergoing a well outlined multi-year transformation program which is expected to catapult the bank to a premier financial institution in the country.

Before joining the Bank, Mr. Chaudhry had a long and successful stint of nine years at HDFC Life. Under his leadership, HDFC Life emerged as the finest and technology savvy brand in the insurance space and is today one of India’s largest private life insurers.

Prior to HDFC Life, Mr. Chaudhry was the Managing Director and CEO of Infosys BPO and Head of the testing unit of Infosys Technologies Ltd. He was instrumental in building the BPO right from its inception and was later credited for making it an extremely profitable business having presence across seven countries. He started his career with Bank of America in 1987 and played diverse roles such as Head of Technology Investment Banking for Asia, Regional Finance Head for Wholesale Banking and Global Markets, and Chief Finance Officer of Bank of America (India). He moved to Credit Lyonnais Securities in 2001 as the Head of Investment Banking franchise for South East Asia and successfully structured the finance practice for Asia before joining Infosys BPO in 2003.

Mr. Chaudhry also served as Director on the board of several reputed organizations and has received numerous awards and recognitions.

Amitabh Chaudhry, Managing Director & CEO , HDFC Standard Life Insurance

Amitabh Chaudhry has been associated with HDFC Life since January 2010. Prior to joining HDFC Life, he was associated with Infosys BPO Ltd (since 2003). He was the MD & CEO of Infosys BPO Ltd and was also heading the testing unit of Infosys Technologies Ltd. Prior to Infosys BPO Ltd, he was associated with CALYON Bank (Formerly Credit Lyonnais Securities). He started his career in 1987 with Bank of America, where he worked in diverse roles ranging from Head of Technology Investment Banking for Asia, Regional Finance Head for Wholesale Banking and Global Markets and Chief Finance Officer (Bank of America, India). Mr. Chaudhry holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog

Mr. Amitabh Kant serves as the Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog. He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, Kerala Cadre, 1980 batch. He has authored Branding India: An Incredible Story (2009) and Incredible India 2.0: Synergies of Growth and Governance (2019), and edited The Path Ahead: Transformative Ideas for India (2018).

Mr Kant has been a key driver of award-winning initiatives, such as ‘Make in India’, ‘Startup India’, ‘Incredible India’, and ‘God’s Own Country’, that have positioned India and the state of Kerala as leading manufacturing and tourist destinations. He has conceptualized the ‘Atithi Devo Bhavah’ (or the Guest is God) campaign to train taxi drivers, guides, and immigration officials as stakeholders in the tourism development process. In his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India, Mr Kant drove the Ease-of-Doing Business initiative, which led to the emergence of state specific rankings. What started as a national level exercise, is today being emulated by some states to rank their own districts. Mr Kant has previously worked as CMD, ITDC; Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Tourism; Secretary (Tourism), Government of Kerala; Managing Director, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation; District Collector, Kozhikode; and Managing Director, Matsyafed. During his tenure in Kerala, he structured the Calicut Airport as a private sector project and developed the BSES Power Project and Mattancherry Bridge under private-public partnership. He also introduced new technology (fiberglass crafts and outboard motor) in the fisheries sector and launched beach-level auctions that substantially enhanced returns to traditional fishermen.

At NITI Aayog, Mr. Kant is driving the Aspirational Districts Program, which has succeeded in improving the socio-economic outcomes in some of the most backward districts of the country through a mix of data-based governance, competitive federalism and collaborations. Mr Kant is the Chairman of Empowered Group 3, one of the 11 such groups constituted by the Government of India to tackle the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group worked with the private sector, NGOs, and international for pandemic management activities, including the management of international aid. He has been at the helm of driving various other national level initiatives such as Asset Monetization, National Mission for Transformative Mobility besides others. A proponent of competitive federalism, Mr. Kant has driven exercises for state and district level ranks across a variety of indicators.

Mr Kant is the recipient of the Economic Times Policy Change Agent of the Year Award, the Bloomberg TV Personality of the Year Award, the NDTV Administrator of the Year Award, the One Globe Award, 2016, for Leadership in Transforming Governance in the 21st century, and the Golden Peacock Award for Leadership in Economic Transformation, 2017. He was also awarded the Distinguished Fellowship of the Institute of Directors. India Today, in its 45th Anniversary special issue, featured Mr. Kant as one of the 45 celebrated Indians. He was listed as one of the world's 50 most influential people revolutionizing governance by Apolitical, a global government learning platform. He is a Member of the Steering Board of “Shaping the Future of Production Systems” of World Economic Forum (WEF) and is a Champion of the EDISON Alliance of WEF.

Mr Kant has done his schooling from Modern School, New Delhi; graduation in Economics (Hons) from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University; and MA from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is a Chevening Scholar. He is the recipient of the Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship by the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

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