Our speakers

Vikas Wadhawan, CFO, PropTiger.com

Vikas is a Chartered Accountant and CPA (USA) with extensive experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Partnering, Fundraise, Capital Structuring & Investor Relations. He is an innovative results driven leader in the digital industry and has a sharp strategic vision and simultaneously embraces the financial and commercial elements of running a business.

Joined PropTiger.com as part of the founding team in 2011, Vikas has 17+ years of experience in financial management. He has been instrumental in the organic and inorganic growth of Elara Group. He has extensive exposure in fostering robust growth and transforming brands through strategic thinking and restructuring. In the Last 11 years he has been associated with the tech start-ups and participated in scaling the business from the early stage.

Vikram Adige, Director Business Development, AIMIA India

Close to 20 years of global experience covering business development, loyalty management, IT consulting and knowledge services. Currently heads India Business Development for Aimia, the world’s leading data-driven marketing company. Previously was India Country Manager at Welcome Real-Time, a leading POS-marketing firm. Prior to that was Senior Manager at Capgemini, where he managed numerous ecommerce, ERP and other IT consulting projects for 10 years, and also co-founded an IT transformation offering. Started his career designing enterprise data warehouses at US Robotics (3Com). Vikram holds an MBA from INSEAD in France, and a BSc in Physics & Computer Science from Gettysburg College in the US. He has been based in Mumbai the past 8 years.

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Vikram Bhaskar, Managing Director, Credit Suisse

Vikram is a Managing Director in the Customized Fund Investment Group, where he is involved in relationship management, deal sourcing and conducting due diligence on private equity investments. Previously, he was an Investment Banking Associate at DLJ and CS. Prior to joining DLJ, Vikram was a Relationship Manager with Deutsche Bank from 1993 to 1997.

Vikram was also an Audit professional for a KPMG affiliate in India from 1989 to 1992.Vikram is a Managing Director of CFIG, where he leads the group’s infrastructure investment team. Vikram is involved in relationship management, deal sourcing and conducting due diligence on infrastructure investments. Vikram has extensive emerging markets investment experience throughout Asia and is the portfolio manager responsible for several of CFIG’s fund-of-funds products focused on the emerging markets, including a ~$170 million program focused on fund investments in Asia, a ~$129 million program focused on fund investments in India and a ~$50 million separate account program focused on real estate and infrastructure fund investments and co-investments located in the emerging markets.

Previously, Vikram was at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette ("DLJ") and Credit Suisse from 1997-2000. Prior to joining DLJ, Vikram was a Relationship Manager with Deutsche Bank from 1993 to 1997, where he financed toll roads, a public-private railroad company, a water treatment plant and two wireless infrastructure rollouts located in the emerging markets.

In addition, Vikram began his career as an Audit professional for a KPMG affiliate in India from 1989 to 1992. Vikram received his MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan and received a Bachelor of Commerce degree with honors from the University of Delhi. Vikram is also a qualified chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Vikram Bhatt, Founder & Director, Enrich Hair & Skin Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Vikram Bohra, Financial Services Partner, Tax & Regulatory Services, PwC India

Vikram has more than 14 years of experience in the field of tax and regulations.  As part of the Financial Services’ tax & regulatory practice of PwC, he has been handling a complete suite of financial services clients like Banks, Non Banking Finance Companies, Alternative Investment Funds (across asset classes and across different investment strategies), wealth / portfolio managers and other portfolio and institutional investors.

In the asset management space, he has been advising clients (both domestic and foreign) on fund structuring, carry structuring, transaction structuring, tax due diligence, advising on capital structure at the time of investments, assistance in exit negotiations from an Indian tax and regulatory perspective, assistance in getting clarity on regulatory matters including seeking various regulatory approvals.

He has been closely working with leading financial services players and industry bodies in  various representations before policy makers and tax authorities. Prior to joining PwC, Vikram worked with the Indian branch of Standard Chartered Bank. At Standard Chartered, he handled tax advisory for Wholesale Banking Division (various products / businesses like custody business, fixed income, derivatives, syndications, corporate loan structuring, offshore leasing, etc.) and was handling Transfer Pricing for the India Group.

Vikram Chachra, Founding Partner, Eight Innovate

Vikram is the founder of Eight Innovate, an India focused early stage venture fund. He is a mobile payments pioneer and a former silicon valley entrepreneur, who has been on both sides of the table as an entrepreneur and investor. Vikram has been invested in early stage ventures in India since 2007 and his portfolio includes leaders like Carwale.com, EzeTap, PayTM amongst others. He has MBAs from NYU (Stern) & XLRI.

Vikram Chopra, Co-founder, FabFurnish.com

An alumnus of IIT Bombay, Vikram Chopra is the Co-Founder and CEO of FabFurnish.com – India’s largest online retailer of furniture and home décor. Vikram holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), and has previously worked with McKinsey & Company and Sequoia Capital.

Given his varied work experience and strong business acumen, Vikram has played a dynamic role in taking the brand to a whole new level. Under his leadership, FabFurnish.com has quickly gone on to become the most visited online home store in India.

In 2012, FabFurnish.com was declared the eRetailer of the year in the home category by the Indian Home Congress & Awards. FabFurnish.com also emerged as a winner of Red Herring Top 100 Global 2014.

Vikram Dendi, Chief Product Officer & GM (Health Futures), Microsoft

Vikram Gawande, Investor, Blume Ventures

Vikram Godse, Director, Mayfield India Fund

Vikram has been an active venture investor in India over the last 11 years and has successfully invested in and had exits from his early-stage and growth-stage investments in the wireless, retail, financial services and manufacturing sectors.  Vikram focuses on sectors such as Logistics, Consumer & Engineering Services, and Education.

He sits on the boards of Centum Learning (Bharti Group’s Education Company), Fourcee Infrastructure (Liquid Logistics Company), Genesis Colors (a high-end apparel company) and Geodesic Techniques (a specialty construction company).

Prior to joining Mayfield, Vikram was a founding member of JM Financial Investment Managers Limited, a broad-based, multi-sector private equity fund. While there, Vikram helped raise the fund and led some of the key investments and served on several boards including Satya Paul (a high-end retail company), the Sona Group (an auto components company) and International Tractors Ltd. (a tractor & farm equipment company).

Prior to joining JM Financial Investment Managers Limited, Vikram worked for Cisco's investment arm, where he led the investment in Bharti Telesoft. Prior to that, he was involved in one of the earliest venture capital funds in India, Infinity Venture Fund, where his notable investments include Indiagames (a wireless media company) and Brainvisa (an e-learning company), and he was also involved with investments such as Avendus and Indiabulls (both financial service companies). Vikram's prior experience includes working at Chase and Barclays Capital as part of their investment banking practices in Mumbai for 4 years.

Vikram received his Bachelor's degree in Commerce and a Master's in Management Studies from the University of Bombay.