Our speakers

Ashish Bansal, Partner | Deal Advisory, KPMG India Private Limited

Ashish leads the Healthcare practice for Deal Advisory in KPMG India. He has advised on several transactions in the healthcare space in the last 8 years for both PE and strategic investments and is associated with transactions in both national and regional healthcare players. He is a Chartered accountant by profession and graduated from SRCC in Delhi University

Ashish Chauhan, MD & CEO, BSE

Ashishkumar Chauhan is the MD & CEO of BSE, Asia’s oldest exchange, World’s fastest exchange with 6 Micro seconds response time, World’s largest exchange with 5,000 plus listed companies and India’s first universal exchange to offer trading across all asset classes. He is credited with reviving BSE and completing its IPO - which was oversubscribed more than 51 times. He was instrumental in setting up India’s first International Exchange, India International exchange, inaugurated by India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in January 2017.

Prior to joining BSE, from 2000 to 2009, Ashish worked at Reliance Industries, India’s largest conglomerate as President and Group CIO, Head of Corporate communications and CEO of Cricket team Mumbai Indians in its formative years. From 1993 to 2000, he setup India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE), primarily on technology, Screen based trading system, satellite communications network, equities and derivatives businesses, and Nifty index amongst his many responsibilities. He is considered the father of modern financial derivatives in India due to his work at NSE.

He received several Indian and International awards including Distinguished Alumnus Awards from both his Alma Mater IIT Bombay and IIM Kolkata, a rare achievement. He has also been awarded “Digital Icon of Year” by Indian Express Group and ranked amongst the top CEOs in financial markets by Asian Banker, amongst top 50 CIOs in the world by Information Week US. He is a member of several committees of Government, Regulators and international associations. He is a member on the Board of Directors at IIM Raipur and NIFM Faridabad and served as the chairman of NIT Manipur. He is a distinguished visiting faculty at Ryerson University in Toronto and Honorary Professor at Nottingham University Business School. He co-authored a book on the history of the BSE titled “The Temple of Wealth Creation”.

Ashish Dhawan, Founder & CEO, Central Square Foundation

Ashish Dhawan is the Founder and CEO of Central Square Foundation (CSF). He worked for twenty years in the investment management business and ran one of India's leading private equity funds, ChrysCapital. In June 2012, he left his full time role at ChrysCapital to start CSF. Ashish is an MBA with distinction from Harvard University and a dual bachelor's (BS/BA) holder with Magna Cum Laude honours from Yale University. He is on the India Advisory Board of Harvard and a member of Yale's Development Council.

 

Ashish serves on the board of several non-profits including Akanksha Foundation, 3.2.1 Education Foundation, Teach For India, Centre for Civil Society, Janaagraha and GiveLife. As Founder and CEO of CSF, Ashish hopes to bring a fresh impact-based approach to philanthropy in India. He was recently recognized as the NextGen Leader in Philanthropy by Forbes India.

Ashish Fafadia, CFO, Blume Ventures

Ashish’s experience spans 16 years across Banking and Finance in areas like Treasury (Rupee & Forex), Venture Capital (investment structuring), portfolio management and exits of small and mid sized companies. An early member of the team, his current role as CFO has him oversee structuring of investments, portfolio monitoring, and fund raising and exits. A Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary by qualification, he has also been a visiting faculty and speaker at industry associations and premier business schools.

Ashish Garg, Co-founder, FabFurnish.com

Ashish Goel, Co-founder & CEO, Urban Ladder Home Decor Online Pvt. Ltd.

Ashish co-founded Urban Ladder with Rajiv Srivatsa in July 2012 with the aim of making it India’s leading online furniture and home décor destination. Today, Urban Ladder is a preferred choice for shoppers looking for reliable furniture with great aesthetics.

After his graduation from IIT- Mumbai and MBA from IIM- Bangalore, Ashish joined McKinsey & Company  as Engagement Manager and led project teams across banking, healthcare and real estate clients for over 4 years. He then went on to serve as Managing Director of India Book House and Chief Operating Officer at Amar Chitra Katha Media where he worked on developing a portfolio of products that use innovative technology and India-centric content. He played a key role in expanding ACK’s reach by strengthening distribution in India and key foreign markets, launching online services, and partnering with TV, film and other mass media.

Ashish Goyal, Co-Founder & CFO, Fibe

Ashish Goyal is the Co-Founder and CFO at Fibe, top consumer lending application for digital Indian in India. He oversees the overall strategic direction of the company and focuses on enhancing Fibe’s market position and growth strategy. He also focuses on building the liability side for the company.

Backed by over 22 years of experience across diverse financial services, Ashish has imparted a dynamic approach to his Fintech venture in India. Under his leadership, technology and analytics are at the forefront of consistently delivering a better customer experience while providing best-in-class risk management. He has envisaged a mission for Fibe to become the first credit choice for every digital Indian.

Previously, Ashish was associated with Bajaj Allianz Group as Chief Investment Officer — responsible for managing Assets Under Management (AUM) of $7 billion. As a veteran, he has a deep understanding of the financial markets. Ashish is a rank holder Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. When off work, he simply read.

Ashish Gupta, Senior MD, Helion Advisors Pvt. Ltd

Dr. Ashish Gupta is a co-founder of Helion and serves on the boards of Babyoye.com, Dhingana, InfoEdge, Jivox, Kirusa, Komli, MySmartPrice.com, Pubmatic, and SMSGupshup. He has co-founded two successful companies - Tavant Technologies and Junglee (AMZN). He has also worked at Woodside Fund, Oracle Corporation and IBM research. Some of his other investments are redBus (MIH), Mu Sigma, Daksh (IBM), Odesk, MakeMyTrip, and Merittrac (Manipal Group).

Ashish is a Kauffman Fellow, holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a Bachelor's degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur where he was awarded the President's Gold medal. He has authored several patents, publications, and a book by MIT press.

Ashish Gupta, CEO, DocPrime

Ashish Gupta is the CEO of docprime.com  (A Policybazaar Group company)  and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Policy Bazaar.com. docprime.com is the latest healthcare venture by the  Policybazaar Group intending to transform the role digital technologies play in the discovery and delivery of healthcare services.

Ashish joined Policybazaar in 2015 and since then has been responsible for providing seamless customer experience on the website. He has been instrumental in bringing the technological innovations in the company such as India’s first AI-powered chatbot PBee to sell insurance online.  He also leads all digital marketing activities in the company and has been instrumental in driving the revenue through market research, product marketing, and content marketing.

Prior to joining Policybazaar, Ashish served as Vice-President and CTO at HealthKart and was also the founder of online coupon-search portal CouponVoodoo.com. He started as a management trainee with the automotive division of ICI Paints and juggled in cross-functional roles. When not working, he loves to unwind himself by traveling, driving or watching TV. Ashish is a graduate in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi.

Ashish Gupta , COO and Global Business Unit Head, Evalueserve Financial Services