Our speakers

Anjan Bose, Vice President & Business Head, Philips Healthcare India

Mr.Anjan Bose, Senior Director, Medical Systems, Indian Subcontinent, Philips Electronics India Ltd. He started his career as a Service Engineer with Philips Medical 30 years back and has been in various important functions within Healthcare industry since then. An Electronics & Electrical Communications Engineer from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mr.Bose's work experience goes beyond India. He has worked in Europe as Regional Manager, in the Philips Headquarters in Holland and also led organisations like Hewlett-Packard Medical in South Asia and Emerging Markets in Asia. He has played significant leadership roles in developing symbiotic commitment to partnership between Trade, Industry and Healthcare Deliverers. He has successfully participated in many leadership/management programs over the years including the one from Michigan University. Mr. Bose is also a Council Member of the European Business Group.

Anjan Mukherjee, MD, HyCa Technologies

An entrepreneur with more than two & half decades of combined experience in engineering, sales, consultancy and general management. Previously he was the India representative of a Norwegian multinational, has sailed on merchant ships as chief engineer, co-authored a seminal technical book and has a pending patent. He is nominated by the President of India as a member of the planning and academic board of the Indian Maritime University. He is also member of the ports and shipping sector committee of the National Innovation Council.

Presently he is co-founder and managing director of HyCa Technologies Pvt Ltd (www.hycator.com), a world pioneer in the usage of hydrodynamic cavitation technology of which he is a co-inventor.

Anjana Seshadri, ESG Officer, Neev Fund

Anjana has around eleven years of experience in the field of sustainability and ESG and leads Environment Social and Governance for all the Neev portfolio companies.

She has worked at IndusInd Bank in mainstreaming sustainability disclosures, investor led sustainability assessments and Environmental and Social Management framework for corporate banking. She holds a Master’s degree in Planning (specialisation in environment) from School of Planning & Architecture (SPA), New Delhi.

Anjani Sinha, MD, National Spot Exchange Ltd

Anjani Sinha, is a strategist for National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL), India?s first electronic spot trading platform, and Co-chairman of FICCI ? Agriculture Committee.

Mr. Sinha has over 24 years of experience with deep knowledge of commodity derivatives business and functioning of spot markets. His last stint was with the Ahmedabad Stock Exchange as executive director. Before that, he was associated with the Bombay Commodity Exchange Ltd. as its chief executive officer, during which period he was instrumental in launching futures trading in multiple commodities under the web-enabled screen-based trading system.

Mr. Sinha was also associated with the Interconnected Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (ISE), where he was responsible for expanding its trading terminals across the country. He was also part of the Magadh Stock Exchange as its chief general manager for a period of nine years.

Mr. Sinha, one of the directors on the MCX board, has been a key driver of the company?s business growth.

A chartered accountant and law graduate, Mr. Sinha also holds an MBA and a master?s degree in economics and commerce.

Mr. Sinha has written for a number of prominent financial dailies on topics related to his fields of specialization to spread awareness about commodity ecosystem. His analytical articles have been effective in sending positive vibes across the commodity ecosystem.

Anjuli Sivaramakrishnan, Partner, Kochhar & Co.

Anjuli Sivaramakrishnan is the Partner in charge of the transactional and private equity practice of the Firm. Her practice areas include banking, finance, private equity, mergers, acquisitions, foreign investments and securities laws including structured finance, cross-border financing, project finance, asset backed securitization, regulatory approvals and debt restructuring.

Anjuli has vast experience and expertise in negotiating and preparing project finance documents, structured banking transactions, external commercial borrowings, derivatives, trade credits, syndicated loans, corporate and retail banking documentation. She has advised banks, non baking finance companies and housing finance companies on regulatory and compliance issues and all aspects of structuring and documentation of funded and non funded facilities, creation and enforcement of security interest. She advises clients on issues relating to banking law, foreign direct investment policy, foreign exchange laws and securities law.  

Anjuli has hands on experience in conducting investor due diligences, business restructuring, compliance audits.

Anjuli has substantial experience advising clients from diverse sectors including but not limited to automotive, aviation, energy, financial services, private equity, infrastructure, oil and gas, pharmaceutical real estate and retail.

Anjuli also acts as the lead counsel in India for several multinational companies including numerous Fortune 500 companies such as Areva Renewables, Asian Development Bank, Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Wells Fargo Bank and Weston Solutions Inc. on a host of Indian law issues.

Anjuli regularly authors articles and makes presentations on diverse topics at various fora both internationally and in India.

Ankit Agarwal, Director, InnoVen Capital

Ankit is a Director at InnoVen Capital India where he is responsible for leading venture debt deals as well as managing the portfolio. He has successfully led numerous Venture Debt transactions across sectors like logistics, technology, financial services, travel, healthcare, and retail. In addition to his lending role, Ankit has led the firm’s initiative to work with seed and angel backed companies and position them for success by providing guidance on funding raising alternatives and connecting with investors, key business partners and peers.

Prior to joining InnoVen India in 2011, Ankit worked with the central Credit Risk Management team at YES Bank in Mumbai and was responsible for due diligence and credit risk evaluation of early stage companies. He started his career as a credit analyst with ICICI Bank.

Ankit holds a PGDM from IMT Ghaziabad and a Bachelor's in Commerce from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. Ankit is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAI) and Company Secretary (ICSI). He is an avid backpacker and a music junkie, loves photography and is always up to debate new ideas.

Ankit Agarwal, Global Head - Telecom Products, Sterlite Technologies Ltd

Ankit Agarwal heads the Telecom Products division at Sterlite Technologies. This includes the Optic Fiber, Optic Fiber cable, Fiber connectivity and Copper cable products.

He has been instrumental in expanding the global footprint of the Telecom business by successfully executing and managing Joint Ventures in China and Brazil. In addition to Join Ventures, he is also responsible for executing strategic opportunities such as Mergers and Acquisitions and Greenfield projects globally for Sterlite.

Prior to Sterlite, Ankit led the Corporate Strategy of Vedanta Resources and played a key role in Vedanta’s strategic transactions including its $8.6 billion acquisition of Cairn India, and $2.6 billion bid for ASARCO.  As an Analyst at the Investment Banking division of Deutsche Bank (London) prior to his stint at Vedanta, he played a significant role in cross-border transactions such as Tata Steel’s acquisition of Corus for US$12 billion & Eurasian Natural Resources $2.7 billion IPO.

Ankit also has an active interest in the Angel investment space and is a member of Indian Angel Network and LetsVenture. He has currently invested in 8 startups including POSist, ShepHertz, Freshworld etc.

Ankit holds a Bachelors degree from University of Southern California and an MBA degree from London Business School.

Ankit Agrawal, Founder and CEO, InsuranceDekho

Ankit Agrawal, Co-Founder and CEO, Insurance Dekho

Ankit Agrawal is the CEO and Co-founder of InsuranceDekho, the leading Insurtech in India. Launched in 2017, InsuranceDekho has achieved rapid growth, with the company growing 2x every year. The Gurgaon based company has 90,000+ advisor partners across 1370+ cities covering 98% pin codes in India. With 410+ insurance plans in tie-up with 46 insurance companies, InsuranceDekho is on its way to revolutionize the way India buys and sells insurance.

Ankit is also the recipient of several awards including being a part of the coveted BusinessWorld 40 under 40 list for year 2022.

In order to move closer to its vision of insuring every Indian, InsuranceDekho recently raised $150Mn in Series A funding from marquee investors like Goldman Sachs, TVS Capital and LeapFrog Investments; this is the largest Insurtech Series A funding in South East Asia.

A Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary, and a graduate from the Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi, Ankit worked for three years in the US before returning to India. Post returning, Ankit was associated with the technology industry as a part of Anand Rathi Advisors. Here, he developed an interest in startups and soon joined MoveInSync, a leading employee transport solutions startup in the country.

Ankit has set up and exponentially grown the Insurance business at CarDekho, with InsuranceDekho being formed in 2019 as a separate entity. InsuranceDekho has today become a leading player and an integral voice of the Indian Insurtech industry.

Ankit is passionate about startups and actively supports new businesses & founders in all ways possible; he’s an active angel investor having invested in several high-impact ventures. Outside of work, he enjoys playing with his son and cooking food for the family. Being an avid reader, he reads at least eight books a month. Ankit firmly believes education is the greatest leveler in anybody’s life. He coaches the children of his house help and driver because he feels education is the greatest gift to impart.

Ankit Bengani, Principal & Director, Marwar Capital

Ankit is the Principal & Director at Marwar Capital, where he leads the global investment efforts for the family. Marwar Capital is the single-family investment office of the Bengani Group and as a family office it’s been investing into Indian alternatives markets since 1998 and since 2009 have been gradually investing in funds selectively in US & Asian markets. The family owned business conglomerate has a continued history of over a century in conducting businesses across various sectors worldwide, while adhering to the highest standards of trust, ethics & integrity. Prior to Marwar, Ankit spent over 14 years gaining knowledge in the financial & capital markets by working with firms like Samena Capital as head of global fund raising, Motilal Oswal as head of international business and Kotak Investment Banking. Ankit holds a Finance degree from H. R. College of Commerce, Mumbai and post-graduate degree in Business Management from University of Mumbai. Ankit is been active in various social & philanthropic interests of the family, while also assisting in the education and healthcare focussed welfare activities in rural Rajasthan and Maharashtra.