Our speakers

Aniketh Jain, Co-Founder & CEO, Solutions Infini

Aniketh Jain is the co-founder and CEO of Solutions Infini Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.,one of the largest cloud based enterprise messaging and communications companies in India. Aniketh handles the business aspects of Solutions Infini, from building strategic partnerships, liaising with network operators and regulatory authorities, spearheading marketing and driving sales to brainstorming and inventing new products, he does it all with élan.

He setup Solutions Infini along with Ashish Agarwal in 2009, soon after graduating in Computer Applications. His business acumen accompanies by Ashish’s technical prowess has helped Solutions Infini metamorphose radically from being a 5-member team to a 100-member, competitive enterprise communications company in a short span of 5 years. His forte lies in business administration, strategic leadership, interpersonal and communication skills and his technical knowledge.

He has taken part in a number of panel discussions, especially at events conducted by IAMAI and JITO. Aniketh was also a keynote speaker at the recently held JITO Connect 2014 and JITO Coimbatore 2014 events. Aniketh has also been on several delegations conducted by NASSCOM to Africa and was also a key part of the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona this year.

He is an active member of 'TIE' - The Indus Entrepreneur, Bangalore Chapter. He is a theatre enthusiast, likes to travel and cook and enjoys sporting activities.

Anil Goel, Chief Technology Officer, Oyo

Anil Goel is the Chief Technology Officer at OYO, South Asia’s largest, and world’s fastest growing chain of hotels, homes and quality spaces. With his current role at OYO, he is responsible to provide strategic direction and strengthen the technology infrastructure powering the Company’s business operations.

A seasoned tech professional, Anil has nearly 20 years of experience in building complex software applications & systems, technology infrastructure and businesses to drive revenue growth, expand customer base and boost profitability. Prior to this he has worked in various technology development and leadership roles at companies like Amazon.com, Hike Messenger, RealNetworks, Capgemini and HyperQuality.

Anil Joshi, Managing Partner, Unicorn India Ventures Advisors LLP

Anil Joshi, Founder and Managing Partner, Unicorn India Ventures

Anil is Founder and Managing Partner at Unicorn India Ventures an leading Venture Capital Fund focusing on early stage investments in tech focused companies. He has been one of the pioneers of angel investments in India as head of operations and President at Mumbai Angels and Bangalore Angels, leading Angel Investment forums in India. Anil’s experience includes corporate management functions in medium and large organizations, early stage investment in start-ups, project management, joint ventures and business development.

Anil has helped close over 100 venture-financing deals. Anil serves on the Board of 5 companies and is involved with various incubation centres as mentor in India as well as internationally. He is very well respected and valued in the start-up fraternity and is drawn upon by entrepreneurs for advice and strategic direction. Mentoring start-ups is his passion and he advices Governmental and industrial bodies on the same. Apart from investments, Anil is very active participant in start-up events as speaker or panellist, both in domestic and international circuit. Prior to joining Mumbai Angels, he headed new projects and investment in start-ups with Artheon Group, a Telecom, IT & Energy group. His early career started with heading a branch office at Century Rayon, an leading Indian textile conglomerate, after which he moved to Business Access India Pvt. Ltd. providing consulting services to Scandinavian companies from diverse sectors establishing their presence in the Asian markets. Then he moved to Transasia Biomedical Ltd., India’s largest manufacturer and exporter of bio-medical equipment. Anil graduated in Engineering and Post-Graduation in Management (Marketing) and PGDBM in Strategic Finance and Control.

Anil K Choudhary, MD & CEO, National Bulk Handling Corporation Pvt. Ltd

Mr. Anil Choudhary as the founder Managing Director and CEO of National Bulk Handling Corporation Pvt. Ltd. (NBHC), is credited with setting up NBHC from almost its inception. He is credited with envisioning its mission, spearheaded its strategy and driven its growth, eventually positioning it as a unique solutions provider for risk identification, measurement and mitigation for the entire agri commodity eco-system participants. NBHC today has emerged as the leading Warehouse Service Provider and Collateral Manager in the Agri Commodity ecosystem.

Prior to joining NBHC in 2006, he was on deputation from SBI to MCX overseeing banking & collateral lending. During the 24 years in SBI, he has handled a diverse portfolio including credit, domestic  branch banking - rural & semi-urban locations, farm & SME credit  and international banking culminating with his heading the SBI-San Jose (California)  and Fresno office of California. As member of the CII - National Council on Agriculture, he led the CII delegation before the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution during discussions and presentations on the Warehousing (Development & Regulation) Bill, 2005. He is also a member of FICCI’s National Committee on Agriculture.

Anil Khandelwal, President - Investment Banking, SPA Capital Advisors Ltd

Fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountant of India and Associate member of Certified Internal Auditors; overall 29 + years of experience. Currently working in the role of President- Investment Banking at SPA Capital, involved primarily with startups (fundraising and investing) in the healthcare, technology and nutritional foods segment. Immediate prior to this, worked for LT Foods as Director - Finance & Strategy (2012-2015), Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (2009 - 2010) as Director & Head - Mergers & Acquisitions (currently part of Sun Pharma); first inning was during 2004-2007. Prior to Ranbaxy, worked for two years with Havells-Sylvania as President & CFO, was based at Frankfurt, Germany, a company acquired by Havells India Limited.

Extensively travelled world-wide; good understanding of market dynamics and opportunities particularly in emerging markets viz. BRIC - MT, CIS, APAC, MENA, Latin America, and African markets.Excellent networking with some of the world renowned Investment Bankers, PEs and Banking community. Affiliated to several professional, industry and social forums; have been actively participating as a speaker, moderator at national and international symposium and as facilitator, moderator. My work style: attention to details, passion for profitable growth, focus on execution with excellence, managing team work with high-quality leadership, religious by nature and great confidence in achieving excellence.

Anil Khandelwal, CFO, Cox & Kings | @coxandkingsIN

Anil Khandelwal is the Group Chief Financial Officer of Cox & Kings Ltd. A chartered accountant by profession, he had his own practice before he joined the company in January 2008. He played a key role in consolidating the company’s International Operations and was involved in the successful listing of Cox & Kings in 2009 on the country’s stock exchanges. His deep understanding of the business and his ability to raise funds were ably demonstrated when the company raised funds through the GDR issue in 2010 and the QIP in 2014. Amongst his many achievements were handling of cross border acquisitions in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Europe.

In his free time, he loves watching movies and is a voracious reader as well.

Anil Kumar, Founder & CEO, SmartRx

Anil is an avid technology entrepreneur and has lead companies from startup phase to growth and acquisition. He has worked in blue chip companies such as Siemens & Microsoft and started companies in US and India. He currently leads SmartRx to innovate and improve how people manage their health conditions.

Prior to this venture, Anil was Vice President of US operations of Realcom Inc, a Japan based public company focused on Knowledge and Content Management. Anil successfully managed the merger of AskMe Corp with Realcom Inc. At AskMe Corp, Anil led the enterprise software business from ideation to building the product, and acquiring Fortune 500 customers such as Proctor & Gamble, Boeing, Intel, Novartis, Microsoft, CCH and others. Eventually resulting in acquisition of AskMe Corp by Realcom.

Prior to AskMe Corp, Anil worked as a Program Manager at Microsoft in USA and as a Software Engineer at Nokia Siemens in India. During his career at startups and large enterprises, Anil has built product engineering teams from ground-up both in USA and India, lead product management, led sales and business consulting teams working at Fortune 500 companies.

Anil Kuril, CTO, Union Bank of India

Anil Nama, CIO, CtrlS Datacenters Ltd

A 19 year veteran of IT industry, Mr. Nama was associated with the Indian Armed Forces and was later a part of the Computer Network Defenses and was involved in the setting up of the CERT team at IAF, including cyber forensics.

Anil Nama was also instrumental in setting up the client service part of Airtel's datacenter. He later worked with AKS IT Services as an information security consultant for the NIC and Delhi Police. Currently, he handles solutions and products at CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. across all verticals.