Our speakers

Vinay Manchanda, Director, Valuation Services, Kroll (earlier known as Duff & Phelps)

Vinay Mishra, Co-founder, Homeveda.com | @homeveda

Vinay, has been an entrepreneur for the past 17 years, starting his career as a founding member of Intercept Technologies, the first company to be funded by Westbridge Capital Partners. Intercept was a pioneer in the internet advertising & technology space in India & Asia, working both on the technology and network creation in this space.

Post this Vinay co-founded Marketics, which became one of the largest Marketing Analytics company in the world, working globally with clients like P&G, Coca Cola, Universal Studios, IBM, ESPN, Cendant etc. Marketics was based in Bangalore, with a satellite office in Coimbatore. Vinay used to run all client engagements out of the US.

Marketics was acquired by WNS Global (NYSE: WNS) in 2007-08.

Vinay moved back to India in 2011, post doing a short term film making course in NYU. He currently runs Homeveda which is in the natural health & wellness company, and HumaraMovie, the largest Indian incubator of new talent, and the largest producer of short form entertainment content globally.

Vinay Mittal, Chief Financial Strategist, Hindustan Times | @htTweets

Vinay is a commerce graduate from the Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi and a Chartered Accountant. He is presently associated with HT Media as Chief Financial Strategist since October 2008, looking after M & A, Corporate Finance and Investor Relations. He has also worked with EXL, Max India and ANZ Grindlays in finance, tax, investment banking, treasury management and venture capital. He has more than 25 years of experience spanning full investment cycle – from acquisition, building to spinning/ selling off businesses.

Vinay Nathan, Co-founder & CEO, Altizon Systems Pvt. Ltd

Vinay brings to Altizon 14+ years of varied experience across sales, marketing, engineering and product management. Prior to Altizon he was VP Sales at Persistent Systems. He led Persistent Systems sales activities in the U.S. North East for 4+ years and added 30+ new logos that contributed to 20M+ USD in revenues. He also set up the APAC sales team that went from nil to 7% of annual revenues within 2 years. Vinay began his career in engineering and rose up the engineering ladder to be a center head for a US based captive. He holds 2 US patents and has 5 patents pending globally on work related USB, wireless and code security. Vinay holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from University of Southern California, LA and a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from University of Pune. He is actively involved with TiE and was cochair for TiECON Pune 2014 and 15. Vinay is also a fellow of the Startup Leadership Program.

Vinay Pasricha, Chairman, WLC College India Ltd

Mr, Vinay Pasricha, Chairman WLC College India, has been instrumental in the conceptualization, growth & development of the institution over the last two decades. Under his stewardship, WLCI has developed a stellar reputation for academic excellence in the country and carved its distinct niche within industry.

Mr, Pasricha, a graduate in Engineering is also an alumni of the Harvard Business School. An entrepreneur and an innovator, he has several firsts to his credit, In 1993, he established a software company and laid the foundation of a pioneering executive training organization. He launched Orange Technology -one of the first providers of ERP Solutions and then established WLC College India Iin 1995.

A visionary, he has pioneered many innovative practices in the field of professional education which have received widespread acclaim within the industry, His Quality products. His extensive experience in executive education & training, prompted him to launch a unique Traineeship Program for Business students in 1999, a revolutionary attempt to make professional education practically relevant to the needs of employers. Over 17 years, WLCI has provided more than 16,000 skilled professionals to the world.

Mr. Pasricha’s interest lies in enhancing content and developing new & innovative training systems. As Chairman, WLCI, he is involved in specifically creating methods of identifying, developing and evaluating hob specific competencies. He is avidly interested in continually aiding organizations with focus on Knowledge Domain and Industry Relevant Skills.

Vinay Reddy, Co-founder & CTO, Sickle Innovations Private Limited

Sickle Innovations is a farming solution company with core focus on improving conventional farming practices through Human Centered Design approach.
Vinay graduated in Product Design from the Indian Institute of Science in 2012 and holds a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka. He worked for Ashok Leyland briefly before quitting to pursue his passion for solving issues through Design. He joined Sickle as the company’s CTO in March 2014. Currently he is leading the development of Sickle’s Cotton Harvester for Indian Farms.

Vinay Sharma, Business Head - Digital and Services, S.Chand Group

Vinay Sharma heads the Digital business for S Chand group, which is one of the leading publishing cum education Services Company.  As part of his portfolio, he manages digital content business for schools & engineering colleges, preschool operations and new initiatives including tablets, labs, assessments etc. This includes managing the P & L of current businesses and looking for organic and inorganic growth opportunities in high growth sectors.

Vinay is an accomplished professional and digital evangelist with over 18 years of experience in sales, marketing, business development, new product launches and P & L management across education, technology and consumer sectors. He was profiled in Business Outlook issue of Social Entrepreneurs.

He has a rich and diverse experience in education sector having led various education initiatives including skill development, test prep and digital solutions/ services for schools. Prior to S Chand Group, he had been with HCL, and was also part of the founding team for Indiacan Education Pvt Ltd (A Pearson Educomp JV). He also had an entrepreneurial stint as a Partner in Elements Academia Ltd, a skills building company.

In addition, he has significant experience in technology and consumer sectors having worked with Airtel, Comsat max( A Lockheed martin JV with max India) and Blow Plast  Ltd.

He is an MBA from IIM Calcutta with an engineering background.

Vincent Huang, Partner, Pantheon Capital

Vincent is a partner of Pantheon, a premier private equity fund of funds with over USD24bn under management globally. He is in charge of investments in growth equity and venture funds in Asia with a particular focus on China and India. He is personally responsible for deploying USD~500m and sits on over 10 advisory boards of leading private equity and venture funds such as TPG Asia, Baring Asia, and Hony Capital. Vincent is a member of Pantheon’s global co-investment committee and is leading the firm’s direct investment efforts in Asia.

Prior to joining Pantheon in December 2004, Vincent was the Chief Representative for AIGGIC’s Shanghai office, where he was responsible for the firm’s direct investment activities in mainland China for over three years.

Before his private equity career, Vincent was the Chief Representative of Merrill Lynch’s Shanghai office, where he was responsible for deal origination in Eastern China. He also worked at investment banking divisions of Schroders and Robertson, Stephens & Co. since 1995, all based in China.

Vincent received a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 1991. He is now based in Hong Kong.

Vineet Agarwal, Managing Director, Transport Corporation of India

Vineet Agarwal is the Managing Director of Transport Corporation of India Ltd. (www.tcil.com). He is a graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, USA and completed the Owner President Management program from Harvard Business School.

Vineet currently serves as the Vice President of ASSOCHAM, a leading chamber of commerce in India. He is also the founding National President of the Young Leaders Council (ylc.aima.in) at the All India Management Association and has been a Council member for several years. He served as a director on Young President Organization’s (YPO) international board and was previously a member of the Global Agenda Council at the World Economic Forum, board member of the HBS Club of India and at many other institutions.

Vineet Agarwal, Investor, Antler India