Our speakers

Sanjay Tripathy, Co- founder, Agilio

Sanjay Tripathy is a Stanford alumni and a renowned marketing and Digital expert with  26 years of industry experience. After hugely successful stints in organisations like Amul, Pepsico, Mattel, Reliance Infocom and HDFC Life, he has recently shifted gears and moved to the entrepreneurial space. This digital evangelist, highly regarded Design thinking expert is a guru at leveraging data insights to drive complex organisational transformations. He has set up Agilio, India’s first Digital Transformation consultancy, that guides businesses in the quest to become future-ready. Apart from this, he also advises a variety of established businesses, startups and institutions, ranging from Internet & Mobile Association of India, SHEROS, Laqshya Media Group  to name a few.

A recognised thought leader in the Marketing space in India and a regular speaker/mentor in CMO forums, industry meets and digital marketers’ forums, Sanjay is one of the most-awarded marketers.

Sanjay Vakharia, Director and COO, Spykar Lifestyles Pvt Ltd | @Spykarlifestyle

Mr. Sanjay Vakharia is the Director  & COO of Spykar Lifestyle Private Ltd. & has been part of the original team who founded Spykar in 1992. Prior to joining Spykar, he worked with Magna Publications as the Export Manager (Garments) wherein he was responsible for setting up the marketing network in the US & UK markets. Additionally, he served as Marketing Manager for Toys & Games division of the Magna group. in 1990, he set up the Jeanswear Brand RAGZ, in partnership with a few friends.

His sharp business acumen saw him rise from overseeing product development and Marketing to being the COO. He has played a key role in the overall Marketing & Brand Communication strategies at Spykar.

Under the astute direction of Mr. Vakharia, Spykar has set up a robust distribution platform across the length and breadth of the country spanning EBO’s, LFR’s, MBO’s, and online sales. Besides online, Spykar has over 2000 points of Sales across 300 towns and cities of the country.

It is his passion & purpose to be unique that makes Spykar deliver a product that is easily distinguishable from the rest of the brands in the denim market. His keen eye on every aspect of business coupled with extensive travel across the world has led to inputs which have propelled Spykar to compete with the leading international brands. Spykar has the distinction of serving one of the most fickle consumers of the country, the youth, since over two decades and this has translated in Sanjay Vakharia of being one of the few professionals in the industry having a wealth of knowledge on this consumer segment.

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Sanjay Vijayakumar, CEO, MobME

As CEO, Sanjay is responsible for setting the strategy and direction for MobME as well as building and managing a high-performance team of young professionals. An entrepreneur at heart even as a student, Sanjay along with a few of his friends was instrumental in founding Torque the most recognized young startup in Kerala and then successfully spinning off and launching MobME as a new company. For the past two years Sanjay has been fully immersed in building MobME into a very exciting new venture. As an excellent marketer and communicator at heart Sanjay splits his time between spreading the MobME vision (at times playing the role of CMO) as well as fund-raising and performing business development as the CEO.

Sanjeev Agarwal, CEO, Gitanjali Exports Corporation Ltd

Mr. Sanjeev Agarwal, an Management Graduate, has a unique combination of experience encompassing FMCG, Banking & Finance and the Luxury Retail Sectors.

Starting his career with Unilevers handling Sales, Distribution and New Product launches, Mr Agarwal moved to Cadburys to handle Marketing & Brand Management. He then moved to Deutsche Bank and worked with them for over 14 years and was instrumental in setting-up the Retail & Private Banking Business of Deutsche Bank (DB) in India as the Director - Retail & Private Banking. During his stint with DB he had been acknowledged for having launched a number of innovative investment products.

He then moved to World Gold Council as Managing Director – India-subcontinent - where he conceptualized and launched a number of Gold Jewellery brands such as “Collection g”, “Gold Expressions” & “Bollywood Gold”. His most important contribution has been identifying & developing a new “gold buying day – Aksaya Tirthay” resulting in a increase in gold purchases by over 40 tons during this auspicious day from a level of 3-4 tons, within a span of 4 years from the date of launch. He also developed the concept of retailing of gold coins through the branches of the Banks in India, as well as the launch of the Gold Mutual Fund in India.

At Gitanjali Group, Mr Agarwal is spearheading a number of new business initiatives covering both the domestic and the international markets. The most recent innovating in the area of jewellery retail being the launch of a Gold & Diamond ATM machine.

Mr Agarwal Is an active member of a number of Associations & Trade Body and is a Member of the FICCI – Gems & Jewellery Group. He is also the Chairman of Indo-Armenia Business Council. He has also received the ‘Niyat Shree Gold Award’ from the President of India in 2012. 

Sanjeev Aggarwal, Senior Managing Director, Helion Advisors Private Limited | @HelionVC

Sanjeev Aggarwal is a co-founder of Helion and has served on the Boards of MakeMyTrip and Unitedlex. He is currently on the Boards of IndiaHomes, Azure Power, Amba Research, Eye-Q and ShopClues. Prior to Helion, Sanjeev was the Founder and CEO of Daksh, having been with the company from its inception in 2000 to its acquisition by IBM in 2004. Sanjeev ran the company as its CEO till June 2006. Daksh was a pioneer in BPO sector in year 2000 and had over 20,000 employees by June, 2006. During this period, Daksh was rated as the World's Best Managed BPO company (Black Book of Outsourcing) and was ranked as the #1 employer in Indian BPO market by IDC. Sanjeev was chosen "Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year" in 2002.

Prior to founding Daksh, he worked for 15 years with leading technology companies serving the domestic Indian market. Sanjeev led the Strategic Initiatives at Motorola India. He worked with Digital Equipment Corporation in delivering technology solutions and was recognized as the "Decathlon Winner", a recognition given to top 1% managers worldwide. He also served as the CEO of 3COM India.

Sanjeev has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA. Aggarwal - Senior MD, Helion Advisors Pvt. Ltd

Sanjeev Aggarwal, Founder & Senior Managing Director, Helion VC

Sanjeev Aggarwal, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director , Helion Venture Partner

Sanjeev Aggarwal is a co-founder of Helion and has served on the Boards of Amba Research (Moody's), MakeMyTrip (Nasdaq) and Unitedlex. He is currently on the Boards of Azure Power, EyeQ , ShopClues and BigBasket.

Prior to Helion, Sanjeev was the Founder and CEO of Daksh, having been with the company from its inception in 2000 to its acquisition by IBM in 2004. Sanjeev ran the company as its CEO till June 2006. Daksh was a pioneer in BPO sector in year 2000 and had over 20,000 employees by June, 2006. During this period, Daksh was rated as the World's Best Managed BPO Company (Black Book of Outsourcing) and was ranked as the #1 employer in Indian BPO market by IDC. Sanjeev was chosen "Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year" in 2002.

Prior to founding Daksh, he worked for 15 years with leading technology companies serving the domestic Indian market. Sanjeev led the Strategic Initiatives at Motorola India. He worked with Digital Equipment Corporation in delivering technology solutions and was recognized as the "Decathlon Winner", a recognition given to top 1% managers worldwide. He also served as the CEO of 3COM India.

Sanjeev has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA

Sanjeev Asthana, Founder & Managing Partner, I-Farms Venture Advisors Pvt Ltd

Sanjeev Asthana is a recognized leader in Food & Agribusiness with over 25 years of experience in India & Internationally. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of I-Farm Venture Advisors(Investment and Consulting), Chairman Agriculture Skill Council of India (ASCI) and Chairman National Skills Foundation of India (NSFI). He Serves on the Board of Directors ‘NCDEX Spot Exchange Ltd’. Sanjeev serves on National Committees of FICCI, CII, PHDCCI and ASSOCHAM the National Chambers of Commerce in the Agriculture & Food Processing.

Sanjeev was formerly the President & Chief Executive of Reliance Retail, Director on Board of Cargill India, Commodity Trading(Asia Pacific) - Cargill Singapore, Country Head - ITC Global Holdings for Indonesia and Romania. Sanjeev has led investment upwards of US$ 500 Million and managed large scale Businesses in Asia Pacific, Europe and India.

His international affiliations are with International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) UK, Hivos Knowledge Programme, Netherlands, Enterprise Solution to Poverty (ESP) New York, USIndia Business Council (USIBC), Water Forum, Columbia University, USA .

He has served on the Committees of Planning Commission, NDC, Ministry of Panchayati Raj. The most recent one was as Chairman - Task Force of Planning Commission on Physical Markets for Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17).

He has made presentations at G-20 Consultation at Istanbul, Harvard University US, European Paraliament (Brussels), London Business School and leading International conferences in Montreal,
Vienna, Houston, Melbourne, Tokyo, Beijing, Singapore, Manila, Bandung etc and across India on a wide variety of topics such as Food Security, Agriculture Supply Chains, Nutrition, International Trade, PPP Models, Demand dynamics of emerging economies, Retail etc.

Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder and Executive Vice-Chairman, Info Edge (India) Limited

Sanjeev Bikhchandani, an Indian national, is our Founder and Executive Vice-Chairman. Mr. Bikhchandani obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from St. Stephen College, Delhi University in 1984 and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management ("PGDM") from IIM, Ahmedabad in 1989. His work experience includes an advertising position at Lintas India Limited, a marketing position at HMM Limited (now known as Glaxo SmithKline), and a senior management position at CMYK Printech Private Limited (owner of The Pioneer newspaper).

Sanjeev, along with his partner Hitesh Oberoi, won the “Ernst and Young – Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 2008 for Business Transformation. He also won the Dataquest Pathbreaker Award & the Teacher’s Achievement Award for Business in 2008. He is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship at conferences and at business schools.

Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder & Executive Vice Chairman, InfoEdge

The company also runs Jeevansathi.com, 99acres.com, and Shiksha.com. In addition it has made strategic investments in promising web start-ups such as Zomato, Policybazaar, Meritnation, Mydala, Canvera, and Happily Unmarried.

Sanjeev graduated from IIM Ahmedabad in 1989 and quit his job for entrepreneurship eighteen months later. For the first seven years he drifted and did a number of small businesses – from salary surveys to databases, to feasibility studies, to training. Finally in 1997 the company launched Naukri.com and transformed itself into an Internet company.

Starting off from a servant quarter above a garage and seed capital of two thousand rupees, the company grew and attracted investment from leading venture capitalists. It was the first Internet company to list on Indian stock exchanges. Today The company employs over 3500 people and has a market capitalization of over USD 2.0 bill.

Prior to starting Naukri, Sanjeev had worked in advertising with Lintas and in consumer marketing at Glaxo SmithKline. For a brief period, he was the Consulting Editor of Avenues – the careers supplement of ‘The Pioneer’ newspaper. He along with his partner Hitesh Oberoi won the “Ernst and Young – Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 2008 for Business Transformation. He also won the Dataquest Pathbreaker Award & the Teacher’s Achievement Award for Business in the same year.

In 2011 he was conferred the Distinguished Alumnus award by IIM Ahmedabad and in 2012 he was honoured with the CF Andrews Distinguished Alumnus award by St. Stephen’s College. He is also the recipient of Lakshmipat Singhania – IIM Lucknow National Leadership Award as Young Leader in the Business Category for the year 2012.

He is a member of the Board of the Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship at IIM Ahmedabad. In April 2017, Outlook Magazine selected him as one of India’s fifty greatest CEO’s ever.

Sanjeev has served as the President of the Delhi chapter of TiE [The Indus Entrepreneurs]. He has also served as a member of the Global Board of Trustees of TiE. He serves on the National Executive of FICCI and on the National Council of AIMA. He has been Chair of the Internet Council of NASSCOM.

Sanjeev is a founding trustee of Ashoka University. He is a also member of the Board of Chintan - a not for profit organization that works with waste pickers in Delhi. Sanjeev studied Economics at St. Stephens College and schooled at St. Columba’s in Delhi