Our speakers

Vishal Bhatia, Chief Digital Officer, Canara Bank

Vishal Chahal, Director, Automation & AP Cloud Pak Lab, IBM Software Labs, India & South Asia

Vishal Chahal, Director - Automation & AP Cloud Pak Lab, IBM Software Labs

Vishal Chiripal, Promotor/Director, Chiripal Group Of Companies

Vishal serves as the Promotor/Director at Chiripal Group Of Companies and is looking after the operations and Marketing activities of the group. Mr. Chiripal is a key person at Chiripal Group in developing new areas of business and exploring new markets. He is driving new initiatives in the Denim business of the Group. He has been instrumental in setting up several new marketing concepts and also spearheads the group's digital initiatives. He provides strategic leadership to Chiripal's CSR initiatives thereby making the Group the largest Corporate Blood Donor. He is the Chairman of Happiness Reserve Foundation (HRF), a non-profit organisation which conducts Robotex, India focusing on enhancing STEM education to children. He is also an angel investor, a member of Estonia Business Angel Network, Indian Angel Network and Mumbai Angels, with his widespread investments mainly in startups in the space of EV, Fintech, Edutech, Robotics, and Aerospace. He has experience of over 19 years in the textile Industry. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from K.S School of Business Management, Ahmedabad and Adelphi University, New York. He also holds a Master's degree in Business Management (Marketing) from Clark University, Boston. He is a fitness enthusiast with an interest in running and playing squash.

Vishal Gada, Director - Tax and Regulatory, KPMG in India

Vishal Gada is a Director in KPMG India’s Tax & Regulatory Practice. He focuses on the Gujarat market.

Vishal is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has also completed the “Business Consultancy Studies”  Course conducted by Jamanalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies jointly with the Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society. He also holds the Bachelor of Laws degree.

Vishal practices in the field of Domestic and International Taxation, including Transfer Pricing, with specific emphasis on cross border transactions and regulatory laws with respect to Inbound and Outbound Investments. He advises various reputed corporate groups in Gujarat, including private equity funds.

Vishal Gandhi, Founder & Managing Partner, Gandhi & Associates

Vishal is the founder and managing partner of Gandhi & Associates— a leading Indian law firm which focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital/private equity transactions, and business disputes.

Vishal specializes in transactional work and on business/commercial disputes. He represents both investors and investee companies. He is also often seen on national television providing his expert opinion on various new and emerging areas of law and on disputes involving large industrial houses such as Cairn India, Reliance Industries, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, etc.

Vishal has authored various publications including an article on “Key Legal Issues Relating to Joint Ventures in India” for the American Bar Association. Vishal frequently speaks on Indian law issues at various forums worldwide and his clients include US Polo Association, DDJ Capital, UIB Capital, Sun Mountain Capital, Avis Budget Group, Zimmer Inc, Cisco Systems Inc, University of Rio Grande, Qualcomm Inc, etc.

To contact Vishal, please e-mail him on vishal@gandhiassociates.com

Vishal Gandhi, Founder & Managing Partner, Gandhi & Associates

Vishal Gondal, Founder and CEO, GOQii Inc

Born on (14 July 1976) Vishal is an Indian entrepreneur and an angel investor who started his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 16. He is the founder and CEO of GOQii (pronounced Go-Key) and is famously known as the “Father of the Indian Gaming Industry”. In 1999 he founded the game development and publishing company Indiagames. Having taken the company to amazing heights, in 2012, IndiaGames was acquired by the Walt Disney Company for $100 million, post which he served as Managing Director Digital, Disney UTV.

By 2009 IndiaGames had approximately 300 employees and offices in Mumbai, Beijing, London and Los Angeles. Gondal sold a majority of stake holds (adding up to 76.29% of the company) to TOM online Games, a subsidiary of TOM Online Inc, in 2009 and retained his position as CEO

In 2008, Gondal launched Sweat and Blood Venture group to invest in startups at a seed level. The organization has invested in Instablogs and Docsuggest, among others. Amongst other achievements Vishal was listed among the top 50 executives in the mobile content space by the UK based 'Mobile Entertainment' Magazine alongside prodigies such as Steve Jobs. Additionally he has also presented at the INK Conferences in Mumbai.

For recreation he enjoys running Marathons, Ultras, Trekking & Sky Diving. His love for the outdoors and pushing oneself physically dates to his growing years when he was a national level volleyball player. Vishal is a long time TEDster, gadget & gizmo freak and a judge on two television shows 'The Pitch' on Bloomberg TV & 'Your Wish is my App' on NDTV. His passion for technology, fitness & gaming led him to his next venture GOQii which is focused on helping people make a change towards a healthier lifestyle and be the force of good.

Vishal Gondal, Founder & Ex-CEO, Indiagames.com

An entrepreneur and angel investor, Vishal Gondal is a partner at Sweat and Blood Venture Group and the Founder and CEO of Indiagames.com that develops mobile and computer games in India.

Indiagames.com is the #1 gaming brand in India.  It caters to customers across different platforms like, mobile phones, iPad, social gaming and networking sites. In 1999, Vishal founded Indiagames, then a five member team. Today he leads a global operation with over 300 employees in Mumbai. He is recognized as being instrumental in starting and growing the Gaming Industry in India.

Vishal Gondal was part of the Nokia Advisory Council for Games and actively advices Nokia on wireless and gaming technologies. Vishal features among the 15 coolest young entrepreneurs in 2011 by The India Today Aspire magazine. Recently Indiagames was acquired 100% by The Walt Disney Company & Vishal now heads the Gaming/Digital Initiatives for Disney in India.

Vishal Gupta, VP & Head of Product Management, PhonePe

Vishal Gupta heads Product Management at PhonePe. He brings over 2 decades of diverse experience in Product Management, Product Development, Strategy, Market Research, Customer Experience, Engineering and Delivery.

Vishal belongs to the rare group of professionals who understand technology, business and operations with equal ease. He has held leadership positions across all 3 functions in multiple domains.

Vishal is an entrepreneur with a customer-first mindset. His strength lies in thinking long term and generating new ideas. In both his current and previous stints, he has been instrumental in generating multiple ideas and has taken them from inception to delivery.

Prior to PhonePe, Vishal was Director-Product Management at Flipkart where he led Flipkart money and payments. Prior to that, he was the GM for Returns at Flipkart and was also instrumental in delivering the supply chain product. Prior to the Flipkart Group, Vishal has built and scaled products at leading organisations such as Pine Labs, AOL & Schlumberger.

Vishal has 20 years of industry exposure in domains including telecom, retail, e-commerce, social & payments. Vishal holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Pune and is also an alumnus of IIM Bangalore’s Executive General Management Programme.