Our speakers

Ankur Gupta, Managing Partner, Real Estate, Brookfield Asset Management

Ankur Gupta is a Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Real Estate Group, Country Head for Brookfield in India, and Head of Real Estate for India and the Middle East. In these roles, he oversees all of Brookfield’s activities in India, and Brookfield’s real estate business in India and the Middle East.

Prior to joining Brookfield in 2012, Mr. Gupta worked for a leading real estate development firm.

Mr. Gupta holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Ankur Jain, Founder, Cerana Beverages Pvt. Ltd.

Ankur Panchbudhe, Co-founder and CTO, Vaultize

Ankur drives strategy and R & D efforts at Vaultize. He brings more than 13 years of product research, development and strategy experience in data protection and security, content management and storage software.

Earlier, through acquisition of Reconnex, Ankur was a Software Architect for the market-leading Data Loss Prevention (DLP) product at McAfee. Before Reconnex, Ankur worked for Symantec in their Data Protection and Archiving groups. He also worked with VERITAS Software in their Volume Manager group and at the CTO office.

Ankur holds 30 US patents and has more pending in the fields of data protection, information security, electronic discovery, archiving, content management, compliance software and storage software.

Ankur did his Masters in computer science and engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay (Mumbai). He did his Bachelors in computer science and engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur.

Ankur Shah, Head of Sector - Strategies & Education Portfolio Lead, Acumen Fund

Ankur leads overall sector strategy for our investments and has direct responsibility for the Education portfolio. Prior to this, Ankur has played multiple roles at Acumen, including Interim India Director and global Business Development Manager. Before he joined Acumen, Ankur worked for several years with leading private investors focused on financial access, energy and clean water for low-income markets in India. He also helped set up WaterHealth India, which now serves ~600 villages with drinking water; and managed a project for Robin Hood Foundation to build libraries in 25+ New York City public schools, now serving ~20,000 students. Ankur started his career with McKinsey & Company advising Fortune 100 companies in the US and Europe on M&A and growth opportunities.

Ankur has an Architecture degree from Cornell University, and a Masters in International Development from Harvard's Kennedy School, where he was a Reynolds and a Soros Fellow. Ankur is also an Advisory Board member for the Centre for Civil Society, an independent non-profit research and education organization in Delhi. 

Ankur Singla, Founder & CEO, Akosha

Ankur is the founder and CEO of Akosha. He left his cushy job as a corporate legal advisor at Linklaters LLP, London to start Akosha in 2010. Akosha helps consumers and brands in resolving customer service issues. He has built Akosha from scratch to a 100+ organization. A graduate of National Law School of India, Bangalore, Ankur is a classic-film buff, and loves reading biographies.

Ankur Thadani, Partner, TPG

Ankur Thadani is a Partner with TPG Growth and RISE Funds, and co-heads the India office. He leads healthcare, consumer and climate investing across TPG Growth and The Rise Fund platforms in India and the region. Prior to joining TPG in 2013, he worked with an Indian private equity fund, India Equity Partners, focusing on investments in consumer and healthcare sectors. Ankur received his MBA from IIFT and was awarded Gold Medal for outstanding overall achievement. He currently serves on the boards of API Holdings, Stelis Biopharma, Steriscience Specialties, Asia Healthcare Holdings, Asiri Healthcare, Campus Activewear, Fourth Partner Energy and Solara Active Pharma.

 

Ankur Varshney, Chief Technology Officer, SBI Payments

Ankur Warikoo, CEO, Groupon India

Ankur Warikoo is the CEO of Groupon India, responsible for India operations. Groupon India is part of the 48-country portfolio of Groupon Global spanning 200million subscribers and over $5bn in annual sales. Ankur has been with Groupon India since its entry in April 2011. 

Post his management degree from the Indian School of Business, Ankur joined A.T. Kearney Consulting, overseeing projects across multiple industries including Media & Entertainment, Retail, Real Estate. He worked in Delhi, Dubai and New York during this time. 

He joined Accentium Web in 2007as a part-time co-founder, while continuing with his role at A.T. Kearney. In 2009, he left Kearney to work on Accentium full-time. Accentium runs websites such as Secondshaadi.com, Gaadi.com, Taaza.com amongst others. After Accentium Ankur joinedRocket Internetin 2010.As a Venture Partner, he supportedinternet startups across the world including Groupon, Jabong, Zalando, Wimdu. 

Ankur holds a management degree from the Indian School of Business (Class of 2006) where he was awarded the Young Leader Award. He also holds a Masters degree in Physics from Michigan State University and is a graduate of Hindu College, Delhi University. 

Ankush Arora, Vice President & Head- Human Resources, Grofers

Ankush Arora is a highly accomplished HR Executive Leader, with nearly two decades of experience, working with reputed organizations. His forte lies in seeking new opportunities in building and sustaining national competitive advantage through people management and tangible value creation.

Ankush has been associated with Grofers since 2017 as Vice President & Head - Human Resources where he is enabling Grofers India to establish a strong HR function that acts as an enabler of organizational growth and change. In his past roles, he has worked with major enterprises such as Havells India Limited, Jubilant Life Sciences Limited, SAP Labs, L&T Infotech Limited, Tata Interactive Systems amongst others.

As a highly skilled and widely endorsed name in the industry, Ankush is responsible for optimal functioning of tasks being carried out by the HR team at Grofers. He carries with him an exceptional track-record of performing best HR functions at the organization, at both, regional and corporate levels.

What drives Ankush is his passion for developing people and helping them grow as a person and a professional. Across organizations, he has nurtured a value & performance based culture in teams by providing cross industry perspectives and implementing best practices.

Ankush graduated in Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Techonology, Rourkela and obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.

Ankush Goyal, Partner - Corporate, Strategic M&A | Private Equity | Distressed Assets, Trilegal