Our speakers
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.
Subhakar Rao Surapaneni, Chairman, Champions Group
Subhakar Rao Surapaneni stands as the visionary Chairman and Chief Coach of Champions Group, a dynamic multinational conglomerate with a diverse portfolio that includes B2B and data marketing intelligence, real estate and infrastructure, logistics, finance, e-commerce, online marketing, automotive, leisure and tourism, health and fitness, fashion and lifestyle, media, aviation, and much more. He has distinguished himself as a Serial Entrepreneur, Growth Strategist, Motivational and Managerial Speaker, Philanthropist, Social Influencer, and Marketing Guru, exerting a profound influence across various sectors with his innovative and forward-thinking leadership.Holding an MS from Wayne State University and being a computer science graduate from BITS Pilani, Mr. Rao is celebrated for founding Champions Group in 2003, offering services globally with locations in the USA, UK, Singapore, Dubai, and India. In the Real Estate arena, Mr. Rao has been a formidable force for over a decade, spearheading Champion Infratech to unprecedented heights.
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.
Subham Kumar, Director, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
- Tax advisory and implementation assistance in inbound and outbound investments
- Transaction structuring advisory and implementation support including tax restructuring services
- Tax Due Diligence assistance for both Buy side and Sell Side support
- Business model review from International tax and exchange control perspective
Subham is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India having over 10 years of post-qualification experience in corporate tax, international tax and India regulatory matters.
Subham has worked extensively in the field of domestic and international tax advise, litigation support including advance ruling for cross border transaction, taxation due diligence support, M&A related advisory & implemented support.
Subham has assisted various multinational and Indian clients across sectors such as including Financial Services, manufacturing, automobile, software & ITES, pharmaceuticals, real estate, media and engineering on matters relating to business restructuring, domestic and international taxation advisory.
Sridhar is a director in tax practice in Grant Thornton LLP where he is works on the transaction tax assignment in South India. Some of his key experiences include:
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.
Subhasis Majumder, Director, UTI Ventures
Subhasis joined UTI Ventures in 2006. He brings over 14 years of diverse professional experience in the areas of financial services and management consulting. Prior to joining UTI Ventures, Subhasis worked with IBM Business Consulting Services (formerly, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting) where he was involved in advising a large number of Indian Corporates in the areas of business strategy and performance management. Earlier, Subhasis managed a Luxemburg based investment fund for a Middle East national insurance company. Earlier on in his career, he also had a stint as a credit analyst at CRISIL, the Indian associate of the global credit rating agency Standard & Poor. Subhasis is a Chemical Engineer from IIT, Kharagpur and an MBA from IIM, Bangalore.