Our speakers

Vijay Sinha, Senior Vice President-HR, JSW Energy Ltd

A firm believer in level 5 leadership, Vijay Sinha is working presently as Senior Vice President- HR for JSW Energy Ltd. which is a   part of $12 billion JSW group. In addition to his responsibility as HR head of JSW Energy, Vijay is also setting up Shared Services Centre for JSW group and is driving this as Director of JSW GBS Ltd. Vijay also heads JSW Energy Centre of Excellence which has the distinction of being the first training Institute in the country established by a private power company to provide training on the real time PC based power plant simulator of 300 MW.

Vijay has rich & varied experience of more than 23 years in various gamut of HR across different industries ranging from Manufacturing, Hospitality, Market Research, Animation & Retail. Prior to joining JSW Energy, Vijay had a stint with HyperCITY Retail (I) Ltd. where he worked as Business Head-HR & Administration. While working at Reliance BIG Animation (I) Pvt. Ltd. as VP-HR & Trg., Vijay is credited with starting BIG AIMS, an Animation academy which is one of the leading animation institutes in the country.

A management graduate from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, Vijay started his career with Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). He was awarded with coveted Jawahar Award in the year 2005 in SAIL for his outstanding contributions to HR which contributed to turnaround of Rourkela Steel Plant. With a strong belief that employees constitute the most powerful force in moving the organization forward even if the organization is highly techno-centric, Vijay has been successful in recruiting more than 6000 employees in one year for RKHS, a company which was later acquired by Sodexo. During his stint at the Nielsen, Vijay implemented several Talent Management initiatives and was given “Nielsen Award” for demonstrating core values and successfully implementing several change initiatives and global business restructuring at The Nielsen, India. He has been awarded with “HR Leadership Award” during Global HR Excellence Awards 2011-12 as well as well as “Indira Super Achievers Award” in the year 2010. Also featured in the 4th edition of the book “MOST POWERFUL HR PROFESSIONALS OF INDIA” released in the year 2012 in Bangalore.

An alumnus of Hindu College, University of Delhi where he graduated in Mathematical Statistics, Vijay has been actively associated with SPIC-MACAY during his college days and now with many professional bodies. He is the life member of NIPM & NHRD network. Vijay is also a regular speaker at various B-Schools, NIPM, FICCI-Frames & NASSCOM Forums.

Vijay Thomas, Founder and CEO, Tangentia

A techie who has been honoured by the Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce with Technogy Achivement Award. Vijay founded Tangentia, a world-leading provider of digital transformation solutions  and has a dedicated team of over 150+ professionals, with offices across  USA, Canada and India. A father of two and speaks over 5 Indian Languages.

Vijay Vaishnav, CFO, Eros Now

A Chartered Accountant by a professional, Vijay Vaishnav is currently CFO for Eros Now, an global entertainment OTT platform. He has more than 15 years of experience in core finance function including cost optimization, revenue maximization, compliances, finance and business automation specializing in Media and Entertainment sector.  His experience includes Head Finance at Zee Entertainment (ZEE5), Viacom18, Moserbaer, Balaji, EY and KPMG. He is an alumni of NM college and schooling from St. Xaviers.

Vijay Vasudevan, Head of Business Solutions Group (BSG), Suryoday Bank

CIO Certified professional having 22+ years of experience across banking and driving transformations at various Banks and non-Banking financial firms in India Has strong experience in defining business & IT strategy, executing digital transformations and delivering value at several process areas across lending value chain and delivered core applications like CRM, LOS and Portfolio Management Platforms. Has expertise in various functional areas in Banking like sales & origination, fulfilment, operations, product management, customer experience, credit underwriting, risk management, collections & recoveries, analytics, business intelligence and regulatory compliance. Has proficiency in managing current state assessment, target state design, gap analysis, requirement gathering, project management and implementation of multiple Banking applications.

Vijaya Pastala, Founder & CEO, Under The Mango Tree

Vijaya's passion lies in developing community based, pro-poor approaches for environmentally sustainable economic development in India. Before establishing UTMT, she worked as a development professional with the World Bank, KFW, European Commission, DFID, and the Aga Khan Foundation primarily on livelihood and natural resource management. Vijaya's competencies include community-based livelihood and poverty analysis and enhancement programming, strategic development analysis, capacity strengthening and communication.

She has a Bachelor's in International Relations and Women's Studies from Mount Holyoke College, USA and a Masters in Regional planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Besides helming UTMT, Vijaya tries to be the best possible mom to her twelve-year-old and catch up on her reading. She is also a foodie and tries the local fare wherever she is.

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Vijayakumar Natarajan, Data Practice Head, MethodHub Software Ltd.

Vijender Singh, CEO, Metropolis Healthcare Ltd.

Mr. Vijender Singh is the Chief Executive Officer of Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. Mr. Singh joined Metropolis Healthcare Ltd in 2016 and is responsible for driving the overall growth of the organization. His key role is to lead strategic initiatives and execution with best practices, innovation and drive the management team.

Mr. Singh kick-started his career with Blow Plast Ltd, with Leo-Mattel toys and worked there for six years in sales and distribution function and moved on to Bausch & Lomb and had a stint of almost six years in sales, customer relationship management and helped in setting up after sales service. He then ventured into the Consumer Healthcare segment with Ranbaxy. At Ranbaxy, he had set up the Sales & Development model for India and worked on product development along with marketing Team. He then moved on to Dr Lal Path Labs wherein he was instrumental in strategic initiatives and rolled out an aggressive growth path for the company and helped built a culture of Meritocracy apart from shaping careers and development plan for people. He was also responsible for Indian and International expansion and is credited with turning around the company’s top line & bottom line over a period of decade. He was also part of the team which lead the company to a successful IPO. In each of his assignment and throughout the course of his career, he has grown strength to strength as a professional and has worked his way up the corporate ladder.

A seasoned and effective communicator, Mr. Singh is driven to perform, succeed and excel. He firmly believes in adopting innovative strategies and solutions to sales and marketing challenges. A people’s leader, his expertise lies in business models, operations and P&L management.

Mr. Singh is a Science Graduate and did an Executive Education Programme from ISB. In addition, he has also completed UCLA programme for Disruptive Innovation from Haas School of Management, California, organized by AIMA.

Vik Mehrotra, CEO & CIO, Venus Capital

Vik is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Venus Capital Management, Inc, Boston, MA, USA. Vik has been actively investing in Asia since 1989 and Venus focusses on low risk, alpha generating strategies from India. Venus recently started an NBFC in India, funded by US and European pension and sovereign wealth plans. Venus has offices in Boston, London and Delhi.

Prior to founding Venus, Vik worked at UBS. Vik has a Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneur (www.tie.org), Boston chapter, and a member of the Young Presidents Organization (www.ypo.org), New England chapter.

Vikaas Gutgutia, MD, Ferns N Petals

Vikaas Gutgutia, is the master mind behind Ferns N Petals, he established in 1994. With an objective to serve world class facility to Indian customers and the highest quality along with widest varieties of domestic & exotic flowers, FNP has diversified into various other flower related fields, the biggest being wedding décor; in less than a decade under his leadership.

FNP Group encompassing , FNP Events & Weddings, Ferns N Petals Retail (Franchising & E-commerce), FNP Marketing, FNP Rentals and the latest venture ‘FNP Tahiliani’. Today top celebs, entrepreneurs, key industrialists, designers and politicos of the entire country constitute FNP’s clientele, the list is ever growing.

Vikas Agarwal, General Manager, India, OnePlus | @OnePlus_IN

Vikas Agarwal is the General Manager - India at OnePlus. At OnePlus, he is responsible for driving strategic partnerships and the fully localized service operations in India.

Overall, Vikas has close to 12 years of cross-functional experience across private equity, real estate and e-commerce domains. Prior to joining OnePlus, Vikas served as a Director of Corporate Excellence at IBIBO (part of MIH-Naspers Group) where he led the business operations of their marketplace vertical.

Earlier, he was part of the founding team and part of the investment team at Ivanhoe Cambridge India (real estate vertical of La Caisse, one of the biggest pension fund in North America).

In 2004, Vikas graduated from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi with B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Chemical Engineering. Later, he received his Masters in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad in 2007. Vikas currently lives in Bengaluru, along with his wife and son.

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