Our speakers

Varun Malhotra, Principal, Quona Capital

Varun Malhotra has a decade of venture investing experience across technology, financial services and impact, and is currently Principal at Quona Capital. Quona Capital is a venture firm focused on fintech for inclusion, investing across emerging markets. Varun focuses on Quona’s investment activities and portfolio in South & SE Asia. He was recently.

Varun Singh, Founder & CTO, ScaleArc

As Chief Technology Officer, Varun leads ScaleArc's Product Development and Technology Strategy. Varun also served as ScaleArc's CEO from March 2009 to Sept 2013. Varun is a technologist with broad experience in several fields, from running Linux-based BBS systems in the pre-internet-boom days, to writing about technology and open source software at PC Quest, CHIP, Digit and Network Computing, to creating India's top online technology brands such as TechTree and Tech2, to hosting technology shows on CNBC, TV18, CNN-IBN and ET Now. He led large Web & Application development teams as CTO at Network 18's web division and built the highly scalable technology behind large websites like IN.com, MoneyControl.com and various other portals.

Varun Sood, CIO & Head - Strategic Initiatives, Fortis Healthcare Limited

Varun Sood is CIO and Head - Strategic Initiatives at Fortis Healthcare, India’s fastest growing healthcare delivery company. He is currently spearheading efforts at integrating and transforming the company using Information technology as a key business driver and a source of competitive advantage for the company.

Prior to joining Fortis, Varun worked with Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd and the Compunnel Software Group where, among other engagements, he worked with Price Waterhouse Coopers and telecom major, Verizon.

After garnering valuable experience in various operational roles in information technology, including business solutions and business process reengineering & optimization, Varun worked in senior positions comprehensively addressing all aspects of business. During this period he drove the integration of multiple business acquisitions from synergy evaluation to realization, conceptualized and implemented large organization development initiatives and led strategy development efforts to address critical business transformation needs.

Varun has substantial experience across multiple industries, functions, geographies and cultures, and has lived and worked in India, USA and South Africa.

Varun is the Co-Chair at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) CIO Forum for 2014-2015.

Vaseem Edroos, Executive Director New Media, Lowe Lintas

Vasudev Puranik, Managing Director, Global IT (CIO), Sales and Ecosystem Partners, Accenture

Vasuta Agarwal, VP & GM - India, InMobi | @InMobi

Vasuta Agarwal is the GM - India at InMobi. In this role, Vasuta is responsible for the strategic roadmap and revenue for InMobi's India business including developer, brand and commerce partnerships. In her previous role as VP for Business Development, she managed the global partner management team responsible for account management and revenue growth of all key publisher/supply side relationships across North America, LATAM, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Vasuta is a graduate from BITS and has an MBA from IIM Bangalore. Prior to joining InMobi, she worked with McKinsey for 2 years.

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Vatsal Kanakiya, CEO, 100X.VC & Partner, Mehta Ventures

Ved Prakash Arya, Managing Director & CEO, Milestone Capital Advisors Pvt Ltd

Ved Prakash Arya is the MD & CEO of Milestone Capital Advisors Private Limited. He has successfully led the creation of 6 private equity funds investing in India, each having very high standards of investing excellence. Milestone is a premier independent fund house to manage private equity investments for Indian and global investors, and has invested in projects worth more than $1.0 billion across healthcare & education, real estate development, infrastructure and real estate yield driven projects in India. Milestone combines extensive national vision with local insight with a team of 60 professionals operating out of Mumbai based headquarters.

Earlier, Ved was COO and Director, Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. and prior to that CEO, Globus Stores, which he founded while he was with the Rajan Raheja group for over 10 years. With over 16 years of experience he was also the founder and director of the Retailers Association of India. He is an engineering graduate & MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.  He has also spent one year in ESSEC (France) doing research, and completed his Advanced Management Programme from Harvard Business School.

Veena Sivaramakrishnan, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Managaldas

Ms. Veena Sivaramakrishnan is a key Partner in the Firm's Banking and Finance and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Practice with over 14 years of experience. She has significant experience in Banking and Finance, Financial Services Regulatory, Derivatives, Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring. She has been consistently recognised by prestigious Indian and international publications (including Chambers and Partner and Asia Law Profiles) individually and within her areas of practice.

Prior to working at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., Veena has worked at Juris Corp for over a decadeacross varied areas of practice impacting banks and financial institutions and at ICICI Bank mainly for its offshore operations. While at ICICI, she was also based in Canada and worked with Davis Polk and Wardwell in New York on secondment primarily to set up the New York branch of ICICI. Across the years, she has been advising banks and financial institutions in their financing strategy to Indian clients and on host of issues they encounter while operating in India and / or dealing with Indian entities and their subsidiaries / offshore operations. She has evaluated complex structures with interplay of multiple jurisdictions and legal systems while advising clients on financing structures, restructuring and enforcement.

Vellayan Subbiah, , Murugappa Group

Vellayan currently runs Laserwords, a Murugappa Group company. Laserwords provides prepress services to leading global publishers. Prior to running Laserwords, Vellayan worked with McKinsey and Company for six years in their U.S. Offices. He has an undergraduate degree from IIT, Madras and an MBA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.