Our speakers

Sunil Kalra, , Angel investor

A Graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, Sunil began his career in Exports in 1987. After playing around with several ideas, he narrowed down his focus onto Leather Apparel. A manufacturing unit was established in 1992; That unit grew to work with some of the worlds best brands including Donna Karen, Ann Taylor, J Crew, Eddie Bauer, Next and many more.

He exited the Export Industry in 2002. After a one year sabbatical he joined together with a group of investors to promote Assotech Reality, and, the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies. Sunil worked actively to grow both ventures. He continue to be a member of the Board of Governors, and the Finance Committee, at the University. Sunil has been an active angel investor from Indian Angel Network. His current portfolio of investee companies include over 15 companies spread over diverse sectors.

Sunil Karad, Chief Mentor, Universal Training Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

The journey of Dr. Sunil Karad began from a small town Rameshwar, Dist. Latur, gathered momentum in the City of Pune, blossomed in Sheffield, U.K and is now branching to various parts of the world with its roots nested in this city of Pune. It was evident that he had set a different path for himself with his choice of Alandi, the pilgrim town of Maharashtra for the establishment of the Maharashtra Academy of Engineering (MAE) in 1999.  

A visionary to the core, he firmly believes that your work speaks for you and practices the same mantra. Hiring the right person in the right position at the right time is the first key to success and leading with example is the next. Proficient at delegating he looks into the policy decisions that matter - for all his organisations and promotes transparency. It is through these qualities that now, 11 years later, he has to his credit a number of unique institutes and also heads a Educational service providing corporate house.

Sunil Kulkarni, Dty Managing Director, Oxigen Services (India) Pvt. Ltd

Sunil is referred to as the techno-savvy mind behind designing the Oxigen Technology for dispensation of various service & products to the Retail in India. He is designated Deputy Managing Director, in October 2011, to support the Chairman of Oxigen in overall conduct of Oxigen business.

Sunil has successfully led the company's development & growth and would now be focused on Oxigen's biggest opportunity covering Banking , Remittances, Mobile wallets, Merchant payments, IMPS, to propel Oxigen into its next growth phase. He will also be responsible for effective strategy on Risk mitigation and Fraud prevention.

Sunil Kulkarni, Joint MD, Oxigen Services

Sunil is referred to as the techno-savvy mind behind developing and delivering Oxigen Technology for various services & products including Oxigen Wallet, which is an innovative payment mechanism and prepaid wallet accessible online/on-mobile. He successfully led the company's development & growth from a recharge/billpay company to an integrated Recharge-Money Transfer-Payment Solution company. He is now responsible for taking the company to its biggest opportunity in Banking, Domestic & International Remittances, Mobile wallets, Merchant Payments, IMPS and Aadhaar enabled payments to propel Oxigen into its next growth phase.

Sunil Kumar, CTO, Shiprocket

Sunil Kumar Goyal, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Managing Director, YourNest Capital Advisors Pvt. Ltd.

Sunil Kumar Jang Bahadur, Customer Engineer-AI/ML Specialist, Google

Sunil Maheshwari, CEO, Mango Technologies

Sunil Maheshwari is the CEO and Co-Founder at Mango Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Sunil has diverse experience in working with global and start-up companies in Mobile handset and distributed framework in Media Software domain.

Sunil has seen the complete life cycle of a technology software product, where he conceived the idea with other co-Founder and successfully sold  it to global technology company Qualcomm, Inc. This is the fourth time he is working in a start-up product creation environment now.

He has worked on several releases for mobile handset software and complete handset releases for global customers. Sunil has not only successfully handled customer/partnership building with companies like Qualcomm, TI, NXP, Samsung, Motorola Haier, and Virgin Mobile but has also conceptualized new business and technical ideas in Terminal Device Software and mobile application domain.

Sunil is playing a key leadership role at Mango. In a very short span of Mango Technologies, company is working with the top notch companies of the world and also noticed by the prominent organizations at a very early stage e.g., MINT-Wall Street Journal mentioned about Mango in Top Ten Startup Companies of 2008″, NASSCOM has given Innovation Award in Market Facing Innovations, Most innovative product in South Asia by Manthan, GSMA has chosen Mango as the Top Innovator nominees and Business world as top 5 promising entrepreneurs in India.

Sunil Mantri, Chairman, Mantri Realty Ltd

Mr. Sunil Mantri has built his empire on four indispensable pillars - Quality, Technology, Innovation and People. This astute realty developer has an ambitious vision, a keen business sense and a strong commitment to principles. These elements have helped him and his company transcend traditional boundaries in the real estate domain and make a difference to people’s lives through best-in-class business practices. His lateral thinking and decision making skills, coupled with decades of hands-on experience, have enabled him to steer Mantri Realty on its mission to building unique, modern and high quality living and working spaces. He also fulfils his corporate and social responsibility by being involved with several social and humanitarian initiatives.

Sunil Mehta, Non-Executive Chairman, Yes bank ; Former Chairman, PNB; Chairman & MD, SPM Capital Advisers Pvt. Ltd

Sunil Mehta is non-executive chairman at Yes Bank. He also headed Project Sashkat, which was formed under his chairmanship to help plan out a strategy for resolution of stressed assets. He is also the Chairman and Managing Director of SPM Capital Advisers Pvt. Ltd.

 

He has over three and a half decades of proven leadership experience in banking, financial services, insurance and investments with Citibank and AIG. In 2013, he left AIG where he was the Country Head & CEO for AIG India since 2000. Subsequently, he started SPM Capital Advisers Pvt. Ltd. As Country Head & CEO for AIG in India, He was responsible for all AIG businesses in India covering Insurance, Financial Services, Real Estate and Investments amongst other businesses. He set up AIG’s insurance JVs with Tatas and was also responsible for expanding AIG’s presence across ten businesses in India which included Life & Non-Life Insurance, Private Equity, Asset Management, Real Estate, Home Finance, Consumer Finance, Software Development, Mortgage Guaranty and Aircraft Leasing. He was on the Board of all AIG Companies in India and on the Board of IDFC Ltd. for several years.

 

Prior to joining AIG, Mr. Mehta worked with Citibank for over 18 years where he held various senior positions. He was asked to Chair the Committee on Resolution of Stressed Assets by the Honorable Finance Minister of India. He is closely engaged with various Think Tanks and Chambers of Commerce. He is the founding Board Member of the Asia Society India Centre and a Past Chairman of American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM India) and is currently on the India Advisory Board of US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). He is actively engaged with The United Way and on the Boards of United Way India and Mumbai. He was also the Chairman of both these organizations and also member of the Global Transition Board of United Way Worldwide.