Our speakers

Anand Bajaj, Founder, MD and CEO, PayNearby

Anand Bhadkamkar, CFO South Asia, Dentsu Aegis Network

Anand has over Twenty One years including 5 years in auditing and over 16 years’ experience in Media / Advertising & communications industry. Experience of managing support functions viz. HR, IT, Admin in addition to the core Finance function – with focus on M&A, Corporate development and integration, financial management, planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, system development, cost control & negotiations, taxation, legal, internal control & compliance matters etc. 

He is currently the Chief Financial Officer South Asia of Dentsu Aegis Network and has previously held the position of VP Finance in Lintas India Pvt Ltd (Lowe India – IPG Group) for 8 years handling Media Finance function, SOX, Indirect taxes, Finance systems and has been an Audit Manager with Ernst & Young India for 5 years handling various statutory, Management Reporting, Internal & Taxation Audits.

Anand Bhatia, CMO, Fino Payments Bank Ltd

Anand Chandani, Regional Director - Asia Pacific, ResponsAbility

Anand Chandani leads ResponsAbility Investments’ activities in South and Southeast Asia, and is based in their local office in Mumbai. He is responsible for setting up the strategy, the organization and the team for responsAbility’s activities in this region. He focuses on investments in sectors such as agriculture, energy, education, and healthcare.

 

Anand brings over 15 years operational and financial experience in fields such as product management, business development, and project finance prior to responsAbility. He has acted as CEO of Otto Hofstetter India Pvt. Ltd., a worldwide leader in the manufacture of injection molds, and as director of Soplar India Pvt. Ltd., a leading blow-molding-machine manufacturer. Earlier in the US, he held leadership positions for over 7 years in mobile technology. He has served on the board of Head Start Educational Trust and on the investment committee at AlphaMundi Group, a social impact fund.

 

Anand has earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a B.S. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

Anand Daniel, Partner, Accel Partners | @AccelIndiaVC

Anand Daniel joined Accel in 2010 and focuses on consumer, healthcare technology and marketplace investments.  

Anand led Accel’s investments in Forus, Pristine, TaxiForSure (Acquired by Ola), Swiggy and Vendantu.  

Prior to Accel, Anand worked for many years at Intel and Intel Capital, and also was an investor at Flybridge Capital.  

Anand grew up in Chennai and graduated from the University of Madras. He has a MBA from MIT and an engineering Masters from Purdue.

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Anand Datta, Principal, Nexus Venture Partners

Anand Iyer, CEO, Comverg Technologies Pte Ltd

Anand Iyer has over two decades of work experience spanning computer hardware, healthcare diagnostic imaging, telecom services, power electronics, internet, renewable energy and IT software industries. He has led start-up as well growth stage Indian and multinational businesses in India in key leadership roles. He then became an independent business consultant advising start-ups and small businesses in the areas of business strategy, value proposition and go-to- market. He worked with the leaders of these ambitious companies to envision and enable making large footprint, game changing, disruptive impact in the markets they served. Prior to becoming the CEO, Anand advised TeleDNA, the parent company of Comverg Technologies Pte Ltd as an independent consultant for several months and helped develop new products and build an enterprise business program for the company. Anand has a B.Tech. from IIT-BHU, Varanasi, and PGDM from the Indian Institute ofManagement Bangalore.

Anand Jhaveri, Founder & CEO, Rave Technologies (Mumbai Angels)

Anand is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Rave Technologies. Since Rave's inception in 1987, Anand has guided Rave from a small company to a medium sized organization providing software solutions with offices across Europe, USA and India. Anand started his career in designing controller chips with Advanced Micro Devices in Silicon Valley as a Senior Systems Engineer.

After two years at AMD, he joined a start-up company, Clarity Systems, Inc., as an Applications Engineer developing CAD tools for VLSI semiconductor devices. Upon Anand's return from the US, he founded Rave Technologies. Anand holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, graduating with distinction.

Anand K, CEO, SRL Diagnostics

Anand has over 25 years of robust work experience in the healthcare industry specialising in Diagnostics and Laboratory services in India, South Asia, Africa and Middle East. He comes with deep subject knowledge of diagnostics and healthcare industry, combined with strong business acumen, allowing him to view business with a wider lens then narrow it down to connect the dots, identify business drivers, understand complex issues, take actions and drive results. Anand is currently the CEO of India’s leading diagnostic chain that is spread across 600+ Cities, 30 States and Union Territories. He joined SRL from Apollo Hospitals Group where he was the CEO of their Diagnostic Business Unit of AHLL, based at Hyderabad. Anand is a talented and gifter leader with extensive experience in leading Diagnostics Companies, including Neuberg Diagnostics, Metropolis, and others.

He has handled various portfolios covering Operations, Sales, Network / Channel development and management, Marketing, Strategic Business Development, Greenfield projects including international, M&A – domestic and international, Hospital lab management contracts, PPP, P&L responsibilities, integration & change management and partner development.

 Anand earned his Graduate degree in Medical Lab Technology from JIPMER Medical College, Pondicherry with a major in Marketing from IIAM, Mumbai. He has also completed an Executive Program in Strategic management from IIM, Ahmedabad.

 Anand is actively involved in various industry forums in India and abroad as a speaker or panelist.

 

Anand Kharad, Vice President, TH Healthcare & Life Sciences

Anant has an experience of over 11 years in the healthcare and life sciences industry. In his previous role, Anant was leading investments for the Times Group focusing on healthcare, consumer and D2C brands. He has also worked at the healthcare practices of many boutique investment banks advising companies in PE and M&A transactions.