Our speakers

Arjun Lall, Partner, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.

Arjun is a partner in Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co. and has been with the firm since 2001. He heads the firm's Technology Law practice and advises his clients which range from start ups to leading listed technology companies through various stages in their life cycle.

He advises technology companies ranging from startups to leading listed companies including Google and Amazon on their core information technology operations. This includes structuring and negotiating outsourcing transactions, technology transfer and licensing transactions, software and hardware development contracts and advising on the Indian regulatory framework surrounding internet service provider liability, GPS mapping and navigation, transcoding, VoIP and other technologies to clients. The Firm's Technology Law practice is been ranked as a Tier 1 practice in India by Chambers and Partners, UK in 2009.

He also advises technology companies through their core corporate life cycle ranging from structuring entry strategies and early stage operations to early, middle and late stage funding. As a co-head of the Firm's Securities Law group, he advises technology companies on domestic and international exit and fund raising transactions by way of capital markets issuances including IPOs, ADR, GDR, FCCB and QIP issuances for clients including Infosys Technologies, OnMobile Global, MindTree Consulting and Opto Circuits. The Firm's capital markets practice was also rated as a Tier I practice in India by Chambers and Partners, UK in 2009.

Arjun Mohan, CEO, upGrad

Arjun is the CEO - India, at the Asia’s higher EdTech major - upGrad, which within 7 years of its inception, has impacted over 2 million total registered learners over 100 countries.

Arjun started his career with the Think & Learn Pvt Ltd, commonly known as Byju’s, as a teacher and moved up the ranks into a leadership role. He ran most of the Sales and Marketing in the company’s early years and was until recently running its International Business. He held several leadership positions throughout his tenure including Vice President - Marketing and most recently, Chief Business Officer (CBO).

Prior to Byju’s, Arjun drove Sales and Operations at Titan Industries and did his stints with Tata Motors, Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd. (TRIL) and Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts. He started his career as a Tata Administrative Services Manager after passing out from IIM Kozhikode with Gold Medal.

Arjun Nair, Co-founder & Director, Great Learning

Arjun Nair is a co-founder at Great Learning. Having launched and scaled new programs online and at centers across India, he is an ardent believer in the power of technology to consistently deliver high quality learning experiences and transform the lives.

Arjun has been part of the leadership at a number of VC funded startups in the US and India. Prior to Great Learning, he headed Strategic Initiatives at ZipDial, which was acquired by Twitter. Arjun completed his MBA from MIT Sloan where he received the prestigious Legatum Fellowship awarded to entrepreneurs from emerging markets. He received an MS from Duke University and has worked on building products and scaling operations at Siemens for a number of  years before his entrepreneurial journey. 

Arjun Pillai, Co-founder and CEO, Profoundis | @Profoundis

Arjun completed his undergraduate degree in Engineering in 2010 from Cochin University of Science and Technology. On graduation, he joined Infosys and worked as an SAP Consultant for 2 years. Pursuing his dream, along with 3 of his batchmates, he started a Data Analytics startup, Profoundis, in 2012 as the co-founder and CEO.  

Profoundis created Vibe, which is a B2B Data Intelligence Solution for Sales and Marketing. As the CEO, Arjun has raised more than 750,000 USD in 2 rounds from investors in US and India. He is also a graduate of Microsoft ventures, Startup Chile and Blackbox Silicon Valley Connect programs. Vibe has more than 100,000 users and 400 companies from 180 countries. The team has grown from 4 to 63 in less than 4 years.

Arjun is an active IEEE volunteer for the past 10 years. He has been serving on the boards of some of global engineering causes, having received international awards and recognitions for his contributions to the network.   Arjun is an avid traveler, having travelled over 15 countries in 5 continents and lived in 13 cities including some of the best startup eco systems. He is also a regular speaker, blogger, music and games lover.

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Armaan Gandhi, Co-Founder, Xyra

Arnika Dixit, Vice President-Marketing, Head of Central Marketing Organization, American Express

Arnika Dixit -Vice President-Marketing, Head of Central Marketing Organization, Ameri-can Express, India. Arnika currently leads the integrated marketing organization for American Express in India and is part of India Business Leadership Team. She leads a team of marketers working across all Lines of Business of American Express in India: Consumer Services, Global Corporate Payments, Merchant Services and Global Prepaid. Functionally, she is responsible for Customer Marketing, Brand and Marketing communi-cations, Loyalty, Digital Capabilities such as Online and Cross Border commerce, Social & events. Arnika has held multiple roles within American Express starting from Member-ship Rewards, Customer Engagement to Product Management, Lending and Insurance. Arnika  is a post graduate in Management and is a bachelor in Honors in Economics.

Arpan Sheth, Partner, Bain & Company

Arpan Sheth is a partner in Bain & Company. He leads Bain’s Asia Pacific Information Technology and Digital practice as well as Bain India’s Private Equity practice. Arpan has been a part of the leadership team in Bain’s New York, Sydney and India offices over his career at Bain. He serves as office head for the firm’s Bengaluru office.

Arpan has nearly 25 years of consulting experience in the IT industry working with both CIOs and providers of enterprise technology products and services. Arpan has led large-scale transformation efforts in the IT organizations of leading companies across financial services, technology and telecommunications. He has also led strategy and customer-focused engagements with leading tech and IT enterprises across the US and India as well as focused-growth efforts with providers of enterprise software and hardware.

Prior to joining Bain in 2003, Arpan was a vice president of a systems integrator where he led large-scale SI programs. He was also a manager in the Strategic Information Technology practice of A.T. Kearney, where he focused on IT strategy and business technology issues in financial services.

Arpan received an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia and has a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia.

Arpi Mehta, Co Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Toothsi

Arpinder Singh, Global Markets & India Leader, EY Forensic & Integrity Services

Arpinder has 25 years of experience in multi-jurisdiction investigations, forensic accounting and dispute advisory. He is the practice’s Global Managed Services Leader and a member of the Global Leadership Team. He has worked with corporates, regulators and law enforcement officials on many high profile and global investigations across sectors. Having acted as an expert forensic accountant in a number of disputes, he is consistently recognized as one of the foremost legal practitioners in the Who’s Who Legal

Arpit Agarwal, Director, Investment Team, Blume Ventures