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 Das, Chief Digital and AI Officer (Engineering), TVS Motor Company
Anand Datta, Principal, Nexus Venture Partners
Anand Deodhar, Group Chief Information Officer /HEAD IT, Force Motors Ltd
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.