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Tamal Bandhopadhyay, Adviser Strategy, Bandhan Bank

Tamal Bandyopadhay is a journalist and author. His weekly column `Banker's Trust' in Mint, India's second largest business daily, is widely read for its analysis and opinion on banking policies.

His three books on finance, namely `A Bank for The Buck', `Sahara: The Untold Story' and `Bandhan: The Making of a Bank' have been non-fiction best sellers.
His latest book, a Penguin publication, `From Lehman to Deomenitisation: A Decade of Disruptions, Reforms and False Promises' will be released in the first week of December.

Incidentally, he had to fight a Rs200 crore defamation suit that the Sahara group had slapped against him to stop the publication of the book on shadow banking in India.

He is also one of the contributors to the `Oxford Handbook on Indian Economy'. Linkedin, the global professional network, has nominated him as one of the top ten finance voices in the world for two successive years -- 2015 and 2016.

Thinkers magazine has listed him one of the top 50 influential minds that have made indeliable contributions in the field of economics and governance in India in 2017.
Bandyopadhyay is currently a consulting editor with Mint and an adviser, strategy, with Bandhan Bank Ltd

Tamal Bandyopadhyay, Advisor Strategy, Bandhan Bank

Tamal Bandyopadhyay is an Adviser to Bandhan Bank Ltd, India's newest universal bank, and Consulting Editor of Mint, India’s second largest read business daily.
His weekly column “Banker’s Trust” and blog “Banker’s Trust Real Time” are widely read for incisive analysis and unerring ability to anticipate major policy moves.
He is also the author of two best selling books on finance -- ‘A Bank for the Buck’, and ‘Sahara: The Untold Story’.

Tanmai Gopal, Co-founder & CEO, Hasura

Tanmai is the CEO & co-founder of Hasura Inc - an open-source cloud infrastructure company. Hasura eliminates the data access bottleneck for developers and teams building modern applications by providing an instant API over GraphQL and reducing time to market by an order of magnitude. Before Hasura, Tanmai ran a consulting firm helping some of the largest companies in the world transition to cloud-native architectures. Tanmai comes from a computer science background from IIT Madras and is passionate about making it easy to build complex things.

Tanuj Mendiratta, Co-founder & CEO, Appiterate

Tanuj started his entrepreneurial journey by co-founding DSYN in 2010 while still studying at IIM Calcutta. Over the course of the next few years, DSYN went on to execute design-led Mobile App Development for clients such as Zomato, Sears, Groupon and delivered more than 100 projects for top brands.

In 2013, Tanuj led DSYN's pivot into a technology product company - Appiterate, which built the world'd first Visual A/B Testing platform for native mobile apps. Appiterate has raised venture funding from SAIF partners and has reputed valley angels such as Greg Badros, Prashant Malik and Amit Rathore as angels investors and advisors.

Tanuj Shori, Co-founder & CEO, Square Yards

Tanuj Shori is the Founder and CEO of Square Yards, India’s largest real estate and fintech aggregator. Established in 2013, the company has witnessed exponential growth in a very short span of time. Under Tanuj’s astute leadership, Square Yards has achieved a significant scale in facilitating real estate investments worth more than USD $2 Billion through its direct presence of more than 2000 employees in 20+ Indian cities and 10+ International locations.

Prior to starting Square Yards, he has worked in the capital markets division of top notch firms such as Lehmann brothers, Nomura and Standard Chartered Bank across different geographies such as the United States and Asia Pacific. He covered a host of sectors including banking, infrastructure, commodities and luxury consumer. While working at Nomura, he was the top ranked Asia analyst before he rose to become one of the youngest Executive Directors. Tanuj possesses considerable experience in capital markets (equities) domain and is one of the most respected Real Estate Consultants across the globe. 

Tanuj’s leadership and strategic acumen has been acknowledged by leading business publications over the years such as the Business World, The Economic Times etc. He has been awarded the 40 under 40 by Business World, magazine in 2017. Apart from professional pursuits, Tanuj is an avid traveler, having been to all 7 continents, 50+ countries and is also an adventure sports enthusiast, having shark dived in Pacific Ocean and sky dived over rugged mountain terrains. Tanuj is a highly qualified finance professional with a degree in Finance from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, a CFA level 3 candidate, and has held certifications with SEC, FSA and Asian securities markets.

Tanushree Bagrodia, CFO & VP- IT, NRB Bearings

A computer engineer and an INSEAD MBA graduate, Tanushree Bagrodia is a global finance professional with experience of diverse cultures, businesses and leading organizations in different roles. She has worked as an investment banker in London with diverse banks such as HVB (now Unicredit), Merrill Lynch and KBC Financial Products, executing some of the world’s ‘first of their kind’ transactions across multiple countries and sectors before returning to India in 2010 to join IDFC. Not only has she been an advisor in M&As but also lived through an acquisition and post-merger integration. She has experienced M&As from valuation, value creation and sustainability point of view.

Since 2013, she has been the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President - I.T of NRB Bearings Limited, a Rs. 700+ Crores company. Despite being amongst the youngest CFOs, she has been ranked amongst the top 100 CFOs in the country for 2 consecutive years. She held the position of Co - Chair of the Indian Merchant Chamber’s Corporate Governance Committee in 2011, and is an invitee member of CII’s National Committee of CFO’s. She has been invited by Oracle, Deutsche Bank, M&M and various educational institutes such as Thakur College of Management, Thadomal Shahni Engineering College, Jai Hind College, VESIT, ICAI to speak on varied topics from risk management & digital transformation to women empowerment and leadership.

Tanvi Malik, Co-founder, FabAlley

Tanvi is an Economics graduate from Delhi’s Lady Shriram College, followed up with an MBA in Brand Management from MICA Ahmedabad. Her interest in branding and marketing led her to Titan, where she was a Brand & Product Manager for high-end watches before quitting to start her dream project, an inclusive, accessible and fashion-forward brand for Indian women – FabAlley, and later Indya. She spearheads design, marketing, product and communication for the company.

Tapan K. Meshram, Sr Investment Officer, State General Reserve Fund, Ministry of Finance, Oman

Tapan has been involved in private equity and venture capital since the late 90’s. Currently at State General Reserve Fund (SGRF), the sovereign wealth fund of Sultanate of Oman, he is managing direct investments in UK, Central and Eastern Europe. He is a Director on the board of companies in UK, Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, Bulgaria, etc. He also advises and sits on the Investment committee of SGRF’s private equity fund JV’s in several geographies including Vietnam. Prior to SGRF, Tapan spent a considerable time as Vice President for investments in metals and chemicals sector at Gulf Investment Corporation, Kuwait, one of the oldest investment holding companies established in 1983 and held equally by the six GCC countries.

Tapan gained operational experience while working for GE, Unilever and previously also managed the Funds and PE investments portfolio for Emirates Bank International, Dubai. He first entered the world of investments by accident when as an entrepreneur along with his IITian buddies he sold his Indian information security company to a venture capitalist in the US. Since then he has managed over USD 1 billion in equity investments.

Tapan holds a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT- Delhi and an MBA from FMS- Delhi University.

Tapan Kumar Das, CEO, iTiffin.in

Tapan started itiifin.in along with Ryan Fernando in the year 2013. He was Vice-President of Flipkart.com during early stage of flipkart.com growth, Founding executive of YLG. He is also Director of Qua Nutrition, which consults celebs on diet and plans, based in Bangalore, India.

Tapan was part of the initial team of YLG , setting up 20 nos of Salon and Spas retail outlets in Bangalore   and  was additional charge of Supply chain Management and Product development apart from Core Finance  and Investor relation .

Previously, he was Vice President of Flipkart.com worked with start-up team during Fund raising process of series A, B and C in the year 2010 and 2011.  Tapan was responsible for Investor relation, Accounts, Finance, admin and IT process .

Tapan has over 15  years of experience in start- ups ,E-commerce, Retail ,  finance, business development, supply chain and strategic planning in the industries of E-commerce , retail, wellness industry - product and service  and He was part of startup ventures like Health and Glow , Indian Terrain , YLG , Flipkart.com and Qua Nutrition . He is a Chartered Accountant, and IIM-A alumnus.

Tapan Singhel, MD and CEO, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

Tapan Singhel has a rich experience in the insurance industry of more than 25 years and has been heading Bajaj Allianz General Insurance for 7 years. He has won numerous accolades, to name a few, ‘Personality of the Year’ at the India Insurance Summit & Awards 2019, 22nd Asia Insurance Industry Awards 2018 and Indian Insurance Summit 2017. He was featured as ‘LinkedIn Top Voice in India’ in 2018 and has been recognized as the ‘Most Promising Business Leader’ of Asia at The Economic Times Global Business Summit 2018.

Tapan has also been conferred with the ‘Most Trusted CEO’ Award by WCRC second time in a row in 2018 and won ‘CEO of the Year’ at the prestigious 3rd Annual Insurance India Summit & Awards 2018 and Insurance Asia Awards & Best Admired Leader by White Page International 2016. In his tenure thus far, the company has received AON Best Employer Award in 2016 & 2018 and has been recognised amongst the top 52 companies at India’s Best Companies to Work for 2018 by the coveted Great Places To Work Institute India.

Under his leadership, the company has emerged as the most profitable private general insurer in the country ensuring growth, profitability and customer centricity. While industry has incurred a cumulative underwriting loss of Rs. 72,000 crore in the past 6 years, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has made a cumulative underwriting profit of Rs. 310 crore under Tapan’s able leadership. Since he took over, the company has expanded its footprint in over 1000 new markets through its “phygital presence” boosting its revenues at a CAGR of 21% and profits at a CAGR of 49%.

Customer obsession and passion to do good for the people is what drives Tapan and his success in the industry. A scientist by education, but insurer at heart he works towards making difference in the lives of people in whatever little way he can. His belief is to live in the moment and cherish it. Tapan has not only transformed the company, but has also been a trendsetter in the insurance industry by always taking the first leap towards innovating to enhance the customer service standards. He has made it a habit of being industry first at initiatives that keep taking the insurance industry forward.

By always imbibing the principle of empathy towards customers and employees, he has been instrumental in the organisation being recognised on various forums. To name a few, Domestic General Insurer of the Year – India at Insurance Asia Awards 2019; General Insurance Company of the Year at 4th Annual Insurance Summit & Awards 2019; Digital Insurer of the Year twice at 22nd and 23rd Asia Insurance Industry Awards; Best Motor Insurance Provider of the Year 2019 at Money Today awards; India’s Leading Private General Insurance Company 2019 by Dun & Bradstreet and the Most Iconic Brand of India 2018 by The Economic Times.

Tapan is known for his ‘Communicative Leadership’ style, where he believes in engaging regularly with employees and customers through social media.

LinkedIn: Tapan, has over 600,000 followers on the platform and is very popular among young and aspiring professionals. His profile has been featured for the fourth time in a row in the LinkedIn Power Profiles 2018 India list. Here is the link to his profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tapansinghel

Blog: Tapan is an active blogger and through his blog “My Take”, he writes about anything that strikes a chord with him and puts down his thoughts on things that he believes will make a difference to people’s lives and on the lessons one can effectively learn from the street and apply to business impactfully through his hashtag,  #StreetMBA

Twitter: An avid twitterati, Tapan through his Twitter handle @tapansinghel shares insights on varied subjects, interacts with the customers and addresses customer grievances personally on the platform.