Our speakers

Anand Kumar Bajaj, Founder, MD & CEO, PayNearby

An IIM-A alumnus and a Chartered Accountant, Anand Kumar Bajaj is the Founder, MD & CEO of PayNearby. With over 21 years of experience in Digital Payments and Mobility, Anand holds six patents in banking technology and has worked earlier with YES Bank, ICICI Bank, and Ernst & Young. Previously, he was the President and Chief Innovation Officer at YES Bank, where he led several high-impact programs in digital payments. At PayNearby, Anand steers the company’s strategic direction and growth, and he, along with his team, is committed to enabling the reach of digital payments and financial services at the first mile by empowering retailers.

Anand Ladsariya, Managing Director, Everest Flavours Ltd

Mr. Anand Ladsariya, a first generation entrepreneur, is the CEO and promoter director of Everest Flavours Ltd.,  manufacturer and exporter of Menthol, Peppermint Oil, flavours and fragrances. He is a topper and gold medalist from Bombay University and Post Graduate MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad. He is also involved in various social activities. He is ex-Chairman of CHEMEXCIL, a premium export promotion organisation established by Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India, for promotion of exports. He looks forward to risk adjusted investments keeping in mind capital preservation, sound returns and growth possibilities. He is sector agnostic and invests in good teams and ideas with huge growth potential.

He is an active Angel Investor with Mumbai Angels, Indian Angel Network, Venture Nursery, Morpheus and many such platforms.. He has been actively investing since 2008 and has invested in over 95 start-ups till date and actively mentors and guides the promoters to reach the next level. Many of his start-ups have been extremely successful. He was also part of the Planning Commission’s “Committee on Angel Investment and Early Stage Venture Capital”, guided by the Vice Chairman of Planning Commission.

Anand Lunia, Founder, Partner, India Quotient | @IndiaQuotient

Anand Lunia is a Founding Partner of India Quotient, an early stage fund focusing on pre-revenue startups.

Anand was previously an Executive Director at Seedfund. With over 15 years of experience as entrepreneur, venture investor and corporate executive, Anand leads investments in tech, internet, education and retail ventures. Anand was also the co-founder of Brainvisa (One of India’s leading e-learning companies) where he created the business plan, led the team in fund raising and eventual exit of 5x for the investors. Anand also served as Executive VP – Operations of Hurix Technologies (A Deloitte Fast 50 company focusing on publishing services), and was responsible for 800 people strong operations, sales and marketing. He has previously worked at Asian Paints, ICICI Treasury and Lionbridge. As an active Angel Investor, Anand has invested in successful startups like Inkfruit, a crowdsourcing apparel company and Faasos, a fast food chain.

Anand holds an MBA degree from IIM Lucknow and a Bachelor of Engineering degree. An active charter member of TiE, Anand loves to motivate entrepreneurs and help them with all startup challenges.

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Anand Narayan, Managing Director, Creador Advisors India Pvt Ltd

Anand has been at Creador since its founding in 2011. Prior to that he was a partner at Veda, a boutique investment bank where he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions, sponsor coverage of private equity firms and raising structured debt for a number of mid- market corporates. Anand also spent 12 years doing investment banking at IL&FS. In the earlier part of his career,he held various operational roles at Zuari Agrochemicals and at Eicher Motors. He holds an MBA from IIM, Bangalore, and graduated with honours in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Jaipur.

Anand Narayanan K.B, Chief Operating Officer, Puravankara Limited

Anand Narayanan presently is the Chief Operating Officer of Puravankara Limited. He is responsible for the company’s strategic initiatives across Sales, Marketing, CRM and Project Execution. Anand has been instrumental in developing and implementing disruptive strategic marketing and sales plans to achieve the larger corporate objectives for the organization’s products and services.

Anand has been associated with the real-estate and banking industry for the last 13 years, both in India and overseas. He has worked in diverse areas across the residential real-estate space as well as in consumer & institutional banking. As such, his domain understanding of consumer marketing strategies and perspective of the domestic & international real estate & financial markets are well-honed.

Prior to joining Puravankara, Anand was part of the leadership team at Knight Frank India. He was responsible for its residential transaction, transaction-linked advisory business and corporate communication initiatives.

He was with ICICI bank for close to a decade, in various Sales and Marketing roles, across a gamut of domains including International Consumer Banking (NRIs), Mid-Corporate Banking (SME) and Institutional resource raising & syndications, both in India and overseas.

Anand Prakash, MD, FE Clean Energy Group

Anand is the Managing Director for FE Clean Energy Group and is responsible for managing its Asian investments. FE Clean Energy has approximately US$300 million under management from investors that include Mitsubishi Corporation, Chubu Electric Company, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Asian Development Bank, European pensions funds, among other institutional investors. The Fund has already invested in India, China, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines in a wide array of clean energy investments including hydro power generation, biomass based power generation, waste-to-energy, energy efficiency and bio-fuels.

Anand has a Bachelor’s in Mathematics from St. Stephen’s College in New Delhi, India, a Master’s in Economics from St. John’s College, Cambridge University, England, and a Master’s in Public Administration from Cornell University.

Anand Prasanna, Managing Partner, Iron Pillar Fund

Anand Prasanna is a Managing Partner at Iron Pillar, a fund manager focused on mid-stage technology investments in India. He spends his time working with new generation of Indian technology entrepreneurs, building global technology businesses out of India or domestic consumer tech companies.Previously, he was with Morgan Creek, a global investment management firm, where he helped manage their Asia portfolio out of Shanghai. Anand have extensive work experience in India and rest of Asia, including firms like Sequoia Capital, McKinsey & Co and Squadron Capital.

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Anand Prasanna, Director, Private Assets, Morgan Creek Capital Management LLC

Anand Prasanna joined Morgan Creek in December 2012 and is currently a Director based in the firm's Shanghai office. As part of Morgan Creek's Asia team, Mr. Prasanna will be covering the firm's activities in private investments in Asia with a particular focus on India. Prior to joining Morgan Creek, he was a senior investment professional at Squadron Capital, a Hong Kong-based private equity group focused on the Asia Pacific region. He has had extensive work experience, including high profile firms McKinsey and Sequoia Capital in India, where he was able to build a strong local network amongst companies, entrepreneurs and investors.

Mr. Prasanna earned a Master of Business Administration from the Fore School of Management in New Delhi, and earned his BBA in Business Administration from the University of Kerala.

Anand Ramachandran Prasanna, Investment Director, Squadron Capital

Anand Ramachandran Prasanna is an Investment Director.

Prior to joining Squadron Capital in March 2008, Anand was with Sequoia Capital’s Indian investment team, based in Bangalore. Prior to his work with Sequoia, he was employed by the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, based in New Delhi with assignments across the Asia Pacific region.

Anand holds an MBA from the FORE School of Management, New Delhi and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Kerala.

In addition to Hindi, Anand speaks Malayalam and Tamil.

Anand S. Jha, Partner, ASJ Law Associates

Anand is the Managing Partner at ASJ Law Associates, a full-service law firm based in Delhi/Gurgaon. He has varied experience in his field having been associated with reputed law firms and having served as in-house counsel, before quitting to set up his own practice. His main practice areas include M&A, angel fundings & private equity, foreign investments, commercial and mercantile transactions in which domains he advises clients ranging from global powerhouses to start-ups across India, US, Europe and the Middle East. With a deep understanding of the interface between law and business, his writings have appeared in leading publications.