Our speakers

Shubha S. Karra, VP - General Counsel & Head of Compliance, CloudExtel

Shubhada Rao, Group President & Chief Economist, Yes Bank | @YESBANK

Dr. Shubhada Rao is the Chief Economist at YES BANK. She is responsible for the Economics Knowledge Banking providing macroeconomic research outlook at the Bank. She is a member of YES Bank’s Asset and Liabilities Committee (ALCO). Shubhada brings with her over 25 years of experience in academia and industry wherein she has pioneered research design geared to facilitate business decisions.

Prior to joining YES BANK, Shubhada has worked with Kotak Institutional Equities as Chief Economist, with Bank of Baroda as Economist with Risk Management and as Head, Economic Advisory at CRISIL Advisory Services. She also served as Chief Economist with Times Bank. She began her career in banking with ICICI in their planning and treasury department after completing a PhD in Economics from the University of Mumbai.

Shubhada is an active member of the Economics Committees of Industry Associations and is a member of CII National Economic Policy Council, New Delhi, Co-Chair of Economics Committee at ASSOCHAM and a member of the Monetary Policy Group - Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). She had also served as Chairman of Economics Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry between 2009-11.

Shubham Bansal, Co-Founder, TinyOwl Technology Pvt Ltd

Shubhreet Kaur, VP, Hill & Knowlton

Shuchi Kothari, Director, DSP HMK Holdings Pvt Ltd

Shuchi Pandya, CEO & Co-founder, Pipa+Bella | @pipabella

Shuchi Pandya is CEO/Co-Founder of Pipabella.com - a fast-fashion digital brand of affordable jewellery for the young, fashion-conscious woman in India. With a vertically integrated supply chain, Pipa + Bella has become a synonymous brand with unique, quality jewellery at affordable prices. Shuchi started her career at Hindustan Lever, where she worked on the Pears brand before venturing into creating her first venture - Blue Banyan - a fair-trade accessories company that retailed across 250 stores in India. Shuchi holds a BS in Economics from the Stern School of Business, NYU and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

@shuchipandya

Shuchita Choudhry, Senior Associate, Trilegal

Shweta Bhatia, Partner, Eight Roads Ventures

Shweta leads the technology, consumer and financial services Ventures team in India. She has over 15 years of experience in venture and growth equity investing. Prior to joining Eight Roads, Shweta was Head of Asia Investments for the Venture Capital & Growth Equity team at Goldman Sachs Investment Partners. Shweta began her career in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs based in New York and worked in growth equity investing role at Warburg Pincus in Mumbai before re-joining Goldman Sachs in 2010. Shweta has held board roles with companies that include Whatfix, Chaipoint, Shadowfax, Fabhotels, Indostar, Boss Zhipin (China) and Momo (Vietnam). Shweta received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Computer Science and Economics from Smith College.

Eight Roads is the proprietary investment arm of FIL, Fidelity International Limited. Eight Roads Ventures invests in high-quality, high-growth companies in Asia, Europe and the US, with a focus on healthcare, technology and consumer products. Eight Roads Ventures is committed to making the companies it invests in leaders in their industries through access to patient capital, a powerful network of resources and a team of investment professionals with a proven track record of success. Eight Roads Ventures’ investments in India and Southeast Asia include Icertis, Manthan, Pharmeasy, Chaipoint, Toppr, Shadowfax, Northern Arc, Akulaku, Early Salary, Laurus Labs and Cipla Health.

Shweta Rajpal Kohli, Head of Public Policy-India & South Asia, Uber

Ms. Shweta Rajpal Kohli, an award-winning business journalist and TV news anchor, is Uber's first Head of Public Policy for India and South Asia. She is responsible for Uber's relations with policy makers, regulators, government officials, think tanks, NGOs, industry bodies and research organisations. She is part of the executive management team led by President Amit Jain. She is a recipient of several awards including Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism by President Pratibha Patil in June 2010 and Seema Nazareth-Business Standard award for young journalists.  Ms. Kohli has close to two decades of experience in the media industry as a leading TV news anchor and award winning journalist. She has spent over 11 years at NDTV as Business Editor leading all its economic and corporate coverage. Ms. Shweta Rajpal Kohli is a  British Chevening Scholar and was invited as International Visitor Leadership Program Fellow by US Government under its Fulbright program.

Shweta Sahu, Leader, International Dispute Resolution and Investigations practice, Nishith Desai Associates