Our speakers

Ashok Jain, MD & CEO, Lifespan

Ashok’s own tribulations with diabetes and those of his various family members caused him to grapple with the question of how control over diabetes could be achieved. His work in the Healthcare field brought him in close contact with doctors, pharma companies, and patients.
And the crystallization happened.

An action plan started to take shape. Something that would reach out and check the alarming spread of diabetes, as well as improve the quality of life for diabetics. It had before it, four issues: the increased incidence of prediabetes, the poor doctor-to-diabetics ratio in India, the use of information to bring about change, and the creation of an extensive support system for those affected.

Ashok had noted the fact that India is among the severely affected countries, and there are now many more people with Prediabetes. This condition, where the blood sugar level is above normal, can't be ignored as long-term damage of the heart and circulatory system could have already begun. Therefore, the country should equip itself better to tackle prediabetes too.

Secondly, Ashok realised that any solution had to include and mobilise a large number of doctors in order to respond to the magnitude of the situation. Lifespan Clinic has started doing this.

And to get our society to give more attention to diabetes, Ashok strategically sought the support of a media giant. Lifespan clinic has the support of the Spring Board initiative of the Times of India group to propagate its message of timely action with regard to diabetes.

An eminent advisory panel of diabetes specialists at Lifespan Clinic ensures it has a strong and constantly updated knowledge base. Ashok has assembled a select management team to strengthen the brand in other functions. They bring a lot of experience in the Healthcare field and have contributed with their knowledge of logistics management, designing for service quality, IT systems and user interfaces, marketing and market research, and have abundant empathy with those affected by diabetes.

Lifespan Clinic has a clear set of standards to be maintained across locations. Its agenda includes training, educational materials, and the latest patient care procedures including electronic medical records. Ashok has put a special emphasis on support systems. In addition to personal consultation, clients can get help through e-mail, web chat, phone and video-conferencing.

The mission is to help those with prediabetes to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes, and to help diabetics to keep away its complications, and maintain their productivity and quality of life.

Ashok Kaul, Dy. Director-General, NIC, MeitY, Govt. of India.

Ashok Motiani, CMD, Freshtrop Fruits Ltd

Ashok V. Motiani is the founder & Managing Director of Freshtrop Fruits Limited. Established in 1992, Freshtrop was one of the first private sector companies to foray into the business of exports of fresh produce. The company initiated a successful trial consignment by sea of Kesar Mangoes from South Gujarat to UK in association with Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation. Freshtrop is today the largest Indian exporter of Table Grapes and Pomegranates to the EU. Its post harvest handling facilities are located in Nasik, Sangli and Satara.

Under the leadership of Mr. Motiani, Freshtrop has established a well reputed client base spread across Europe. ASDA (a subsidiary of Wal-Mart) & Tesco in United Kingdom (UK), Delhaize in Belgium and Migros in Switzerland are among its other major customers.

Before founding Freshtrop Fruits Ltd., Mr. Motiani had established a business for manufacturing corrugated boxes in the name of Capital Packaging Pvt. Ltd. in Gujarat. Mr. Motiani received his education in Aeronautical Engineering from IIT Mumbai.

Ashok MS, COO, Accentiv' India

Ashok has over two decades of sales and marketing experience, with the last 12 years focused entirely on loyalty and relationship marketing space. Ashok has worked with companies like Bharat Petroleum, Reliance Industries Ltd. and Direxions Marketing Solutions and has provided customer engagement solutions for various industry verticals including Retail, Oil & Gas, BFSI, Pharmaceuticals, Media, Telecom and Technology. Over the last 5 years, he has been guiding loyalty professionals in successfully conceptualizing and executing loyalty and relationship programs.

Ashok Rajgopal, Partner Recovery & Reorganisation, Grant Thornton Bharat

Ashok Tiwari, Chief Information Officer, Finolex Cables Limited

Ashutosh Garg, CMD, Guardian Lifecare Pvt. Ltd

Mr. Ashutosh Garg is an MBA and has worked in the corporate sector for twenty-five years. He spent seventeen years of his career at ITC Limited, where he rose to become the youngest ever managing director of any ITC group company. In January 1995, he was recognized as the &lsquoGlobal Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland. He left ITC the same year and spent eight years in the aerospace industry. In 2003 he started the chain of health and beauty retail outlets in north India under the brand name Guardian Pharmacy, which has now grown to over 117 outlets. He is also the author of the bestselling book &lsquoThe Buck Stops Here.

Mr. Garg is the member of the Young President Organisation since 1994 as well as a charter member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs). He serves on the board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization and several companies.

Ashutosh Goel, VP- Group M&A, Mahindra

Ashutosh Khurana, Co-founder & CEO, Mind Edutainment Pvt. Ltd (ThotsLab.com)

Ashutosh Mayank, VP, Lumis Partners

Ashutosh is a Vice President at Lumis Partners. He is the Domain Leader for the Supply Chain portfolio of Lumis. He has a dual role of Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis. In the Portfolio Management role, he helps in building expansion strategies, developing sales & marketing processes and in M&A. In the Investment Analysis role, Ashutosh is actively involved in investment evaluation, financial analysis, structuring, documentation, review of contracts etc.

He is respected among the entrepreneur community, specialist advisors in technology domain and investment bankers.

Prior to joining Lumis, Ashutosh has worked with the Transaction Advisory Services team of Ernst & Young whereby he was involved in all phases of the M&A sell-side transaction. Prior to working with Ernst & Young, Ashutosh worked with JP Morgan Chase’s derivative division and also at Tata Motors.

Ashutosh has a Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from IIM Calcutta.