Our speakers

Srivatsa Krishna, Secretary, Dept. of IT, BT and S&T - Government of Karnataka

Srivatsa Krishna, topped India in the National Civil Services Examination in 1994, was awarded President of India's Gold Medal and joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), India's top management government cadre. He was part of the leadership team, which pioneered E-governance in India, and created one of Asia’s largest IT and investment clusters, Cyberabad. This  team  was  instrumental in bringing in several Fortune  500 companies such as Microsoft, HSBC, General Electric, Google, IBM, and Oracle etc. to invest in Hyderabad, valued today at $5.2b by a recent Goldman Sachs BRICS report.

He went on to become the first serving IAS officer to complete the MBA Program at Harvard  Business  School and is  an  alumnus of Oxford University as well. World Economic Forum at Davos honored him as one of its Top 100 Global Leaders  for Tomorrow in Davos in 2003. Thinkers 50, has recognized him as  one of top 50 thinkers from India in 2013.

In 2008-09 he led a study commissioned by the highest levels of the Government of India on PPPs and private equity regulation and policy for the country on behalf of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), The World Bank Group. Srivatsa served in the Strategy, Finance and Risk Management Vice Presidency at the World Bank in Washington D.C.

Srivatsa writes regularly for Times of India, Wall Street Journal, Business Today, Financial Times, etc and is a prominent commentator on prime time national television on BBC, CNN, Times Now and BBC. He is currently completing his PhD at IIT.

Srivatsa Krishna, Secretary to Government of Karnataka, Chairman KUIDFC

Srivatsa Krishna is currently Secretary, e-governance, and Chairman of KUIDFC (Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation). He led the team that launched MobileOne, which was certified as the world’s largest mobile governance platform with over 4,000 services; set up India’s first Startup Warehouse; runs India’s largest e-procurement platform; launched free public Wi-Fi in Bangalore and is now setting up India's 1st Big Data city.

Earlier he worked in the Strategy, Finance and Risk Management Vice Presidency, World Bank Group, running one of their largest capital investment funds, performance management, offshoring and various PPP projects. The World Economic Forum at Davos recognised him as a Global Leader of Tomorrow and Thinkers50 as one of the top thought leaders in 2013. He is a prominent and influential commentator in both, national print and electronic media.

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Srivatsan Rajan, Partner, Bain & Co

Sri Rajan is a partner in the Boston office. He joined the firm in 1996. While at Bain, Sri has worked primarily in the telecom and technology industries. He has helped create growth strategies for software companies, a large electronics manufacturer, a telecom equipment manufacturer, and an electronics distributor. Apart from these, Sri has also worked on marketing strategies for a medical products company and the private banking division of a large financial services firm.

Prior to joining Bain, Sri worked for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and had business management responsibility in positions in Boston and Bombay.

Sri earned his MBA in Strategy and Multinational Management from the Wharton School in May 1996 where he was a Palmer Scholar. He is also a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management.

Sruthijith KK, Editor in chief, Mint

Stephen M.R. Covey, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author, New York Times

Stephen is the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author.

Stephen M. R. Covey is the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust. Stephen is the former President & CEO of the Covey Leadership Center and co-founded and currently leads FranklinCovey’s Global Speed of Trust Practice. Stephen is a highly sought-after international speaker, who has taught trust and leadership in 55 countries to business, government, military, education, healthcare, and NGO entities

Steve Hardgrave, Co-founder and CEO, Varthana

Steve Hardgrave is the co-founder and CEO of Varthana, a company dedicated to improving education for low and middle income families by providing financing and support to Affordable Private Schools in India.

Prior to launching Varthana, Steve worked as an investor at Omidyar Network and Gray Ghost Ventures, helping to develop and execute sector-based investment strategies around access to capital and affordable private schools.

Steve’s career began with a seven-year stint in Mexico, working first with a local community development organization, and later launching a successful microfinance institution. His mix of entrepreneurship, international development and investment experience has given him unique ability to identify dynamic, underserved opportunities and successfully execute on them.

Steve he holds a MBA from the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley and a BA in economics from University of California, Los Angeles.

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Subahoo Chordia, President and Head - Real Assets, Edelweiss Alternatives

Subahoo Chordia, President and Head of Real Assets at Edelweiss Alternative Asset Advisors Limited with over 23 years of diverse expertise encompassing business strategies, fund management, asset management, and more. Notably, he pioneered and founded India's first real assets yield fund, leveraging differentiated operating capabilities and technology. Currently, he spearheads Edelweiss' Real Assets Businesses, including Infrastructure Yield Plus Fund, Infrastructure Trusts (InvITs), Commercial Rental Yield Plus Fund, and Energy Transition Fund.

He has executed transactions worth ~USD 7.5 bn and has been part of various prestigious leading global industry forums/associations like UN Sustainability Council and InvIT association board.

Subbu Subramanian, Leading Private Equity Investor, Private Equity Iindustry.

Subbu,Subramaniam - is the founding Partner of Barings Private Equity Partners (India) Ltd.and Chairman of Venture Capital Association of India (VCAI) an Industry body for PE and VC. Previously, he was CEO of First India Asset Management (a JV between First Leasing Company and Investec of UK), where he raised a dedicated Fund to Invest in South India. Earlier to that he was VP at Bank of America ,India and served across Kolkatta, Chennai and Mumbai branches in the treasury and INvestemnet Advsiosry function. He has also worked in Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB), managing a non-Islamic Currency Fund.

Mr. Subramaniam is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and Corporate Secretary. He has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. BUT in his opinion the qualifiaction that helped him grow as a Private Equity Investor is his working knowledge of six Indian languages besides English.

He has served on various boards including MphasiS (an EDS company), Cybernet Slash Support (CSS), Jyothy Laboratories, Secova eServices Limited, Auro Mira Energy Company Private Limited, and Integra Software Services Private Limited. At MphasiS BFL he has initiated and instituted comprehensive corporate governance standards as chairman of Audit Committee. He is currently evaluating options in Private Equity Iindustry.

Subeer Monga, Partner, Mayfield India

Subeer has been an active venture investor in India for over 11 years. He has been with Mayfield India since 2010 and has worked on investments across the fintech, SaaS, agriculture & food, consumer, education, logistics, and technology verticals.
Prior to joining Mayfield India, Subeer was with HSBC InvestDirect’s Non-banking Finance Company where he worked on various debt transactions. Before HSBC InvestDirect, Subeer was with IL&FS Investmart as part of the equity capital markets investment banking team.
Subeer has received a Bachelor’s degree with a Major in Finance and Minor in Economics from the University of Windsor, Canada.
 

Subham Kumar, Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP

Subham is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India having over 14 years of post qualification experience in corporate tax, international tax and India regulatory matters. 

Subham has various multinational and Indian clients across sectors such as including manufacturing, automobile, software & ITES, pharmaceuticals, real estate, media and engineering on matters relating to business restructuring, domestic and international taxation advisory.

Subham has vast experience in advising on Income-tax, Corporate Law, Exchange Law, Securities Law and Stamp Duty Law implications and has worked on transactions on a wide spectrum of clients in various sectors including IT/ ITeS, real estate, healthcare, education, warehousing, infrastructure, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trading, e-commerce, financial services etc.,

Subham is a regular speaker in at professional bodies such as the ICAI, ICSI and various trade / professional bodies where he speaks on Foreign Direct Investment Policy, Exchange Control Law, International tax and Income-tax law.