Our speakers

Vivek Tandon, Co-Founder, Aloe Private Equity

Dr Vivek Tandon, co-founder of Aloe Private Equity, is an experienced international executive and proven entrepreneur with an in-depth background in building technology start-up companies.

Prior to Aloe, Vivek co-founded a number of high technology companies including VICOM Group International. He has held several senior executive management positions including Viventures (a USD$700m Venture Capital Fund as UK Managing Director), CIENA, Kymata, British Telecommunications PLC and Motorola.

Vivek is vice-chairman of Allied Technology Group, a 140 person environmental engineering company, focused on waste water treatment, air pollution treatment for power plants and coal gasification with revenues of US$120m in 2006. He also sits on the boards of Maxsys, Recupyl and Greenko Group.

He has a BSc in Physics from Imperial College and a PhD from University of London (UCL). He holds several patents and has published many papers.

Vivek Tiwari, Founder and CEO, Medikabazaar

Vivek Tiwari is the Founder and CEO of Medikabazaar, India’s largest online platform for medical supplies.

He is known as an innovator, entrepreneur, and the doyen of the healthcare ecommerce business.  Vivek founded MEDIKABAZAAR as a one-stop solution for medical procurement  in cities ranging from Tier 1 to Tier 4, with the goal of revolutionising healthcare and enhancing patient care. It is because of his vision that MEDIKABAZAAR now has a presence in 20,000+ pin codes, serves 2 lac hospitals, and has 7 lac+ SKUs.

Vivek is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta, he has an extensive experience in leadership roles which he was designated at prominent global conglomerates like Nestle S.A., Telenor, Maxis Telecom, and Tata Group.
 
He is a distinguished member of the consortium of ace professionals in the Global Medical Devices sector. At the same time, he is also an independent board member at a global regulatory and marketing organization for medical devices.  Starting the company in 2015, he has been able to achieve significant success in making Medikabazaar as India’s largest B2B HealthTech platform.

Vivek has received many industry accolades, including:

  • Times Healthcare Leader Award for Excellence in HealthTech 
  • Top 30 Healthcare Marketer ADMH Healthcare Marketers Summit & Award 2021
  • Best Use of AI in Healthcare Global Artificial Intelligence Summit & Awards 2021 by AICRA
  • Iconic Personality of the Year 11th MT India Healthcare Awards 2021
  • Leading B2B E-Commerce Brand in Healthcare - Times Brand Icon 2021
  • MEDGATE Award for The Most Influential Leader In MedTech 2021
  • India’s #1 AI-ML Smart Decision Making Tool" at the 10th Healthcare Leaders Awards
  • Silver award in 'Best HealthTech Brand' category by IHW
  • BW Techtors 2020. VIZI has been selected as "Tech Companies To Watch Out For
  • CSR Health Impact Awards 2020, Award in COVID Social Impact Business Category
  • Medikabazaar wins the "Top Healthcare IT Minicorn" at the Tracxn Emerging Awards. (Jan 2020)
  • Awarded "Best Last Mile Delivery" at the Global Logistics Excellence Awards 2019
  • Awarded "Best Med Tech E-Tailing Solutions" at the Medical Technology Excellence Awards, 2018 by ASSOCHAM

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Vivek Tolat, Chief Investment Officer and Head of Family Office Investments, KCT Group Trust

Vivek Tyagi, Director - Business Development, Western Digital

Mr. Vivek Tyagi is Director - Business Development, Embedded and Enterprise, Western Digital Corporation – India and South Asia Region. His focus is building a strong team and Strong customer base for Enterprise Storage products including Devices, platforms and systems within India in various industry verticals.

Vivek has over 25 years of industry experience. Prior to Western Digital and SanDisk, Vivek has been pivotal to Sales and Business Development initiatives within India for Freescale Semiconductor, Motorola and Philips Electronics.

Vladislava Ryabota, Regional Corporate Governance Lead, South Asia, IFC

Ms. Vladislava (Slava) Ryabota, joined Mumbai office of IFC in October 2013. She is a key member of IFC’s Corporate Governance Leadership Team and the center point of contact for both investment and advisory services for IFC in South Asia. Ms. Ryabota joined IFC in 1997 and worked in a number of corporate governance advisory projects and was covering investment operations in Europe and Central Asia. Ms. Ryabota specializes in assessment of corporate governance practices, board evaluation, family business governance, governance of funds and SMEs, and has been regularly providing trainings for directors and corporate secretaries. She graduated from the Law Faculty of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University in 1993. She holds a PhD degree and is a mediator accredited by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution in UK. Ms. Vladislava Ryabota is a professional trainer and the author of a number of books and articles on corporate governance, commercial law and mediation.

VN Dalmia, Chairman, Dalmia Continental Pvt. Ltd

VN Dalmia is the Chairman of Dalmia Continental Private Limited (DCPL). DCPL, Dalmia’s flagship company, has been a pioneer in establishing the popularity and use of Olive Oil in India. DCPL’s principal product, Leonardo Olive Oil, is the leading Indian brand of Olive Oil.

 

Dalmia is the recipient of an Italian knighthood titled the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity in the rank of Commendatore (Knight Commander) in recognition of his pioneering work in promoting the use and popularity of Italian olive oil, on a commercial scale, in India.

 

Dalmia is also Chairman of Sunshine Tourism Services Private Limited (STSPL), a well-known provider of package tours in India. Previously, Dalmia was Commercial Director of Dalmia Biscuits Private Limited, and Executive Director of Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited. In community activities, Dalmia is President of the Indian Olive Association and a long standing member of the Managing Committee of the PHD Chamber of Commerce. Dalmia is the Executive Vice President of the Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation. Dalmia was previously President of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce NIC and Chairman of the India-Mexico and India-Colombia Joint Business Councils.

 

Dalmia earned an MBA from the University of Virginia’s famed Darden Business School. He is a member of the School’s Alumni Board as well as President of its India Alumni Chapter. In July 2010, he was appointed to the Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees, becoming the first Indian citizen, only non-US citizen and third Asian ever to join the board.

VS Kannan Sitaram, Partner, Fireside Ventures

VSS Mani, Founder& MD, Just Dial

V.S.S. Mani, Founder and Managing Director, Just Dial Private Limited, is a first generation entrepreneur. A strong visionary and an experienced management professional, he revolutionized the process of searching for information by allowing people to pick up the telephone and call for instant access to a huge database of information.

Mani started Just Dial with some borrowed furniture, rented PCs, a 3x5 feet garage on hire, a seed capital of Rs 50,000, and a dream! Today JustDial describes itself as India’s no.1 local search destination. The company caters to over 57 million unique users. It is accessible from across 2000 towns and cities in India on phone. JustDial employs a 4000 strong work force and has more than 1,35,000 paid advertisers.

VT Bharadwaj , Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India

VT Bharadwaj is a managing director with Sequoia Capital, and is on the boards of Vasan, Prataap Snacks, Lovable, Celon Labs and Genesis Colors. At Sequoia Capital, he spearheads investments in Consumer, Retail and Healthcare sectors. He was previously associated with McKinsey & Company where he advised senior management in energy, consumer, retail and manufacturing companies on key strategic and operational issues.

He is an alumnus of IIM-Ahmedabad where he was awarded the Presidents Gold Medal and an alumnus of BITS Pilani.

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Vyapak Desai, Senior Attorney | Arbitrator | Lead - International Disputes & Investigations, Nishith Desai Associates