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Bijaei Jayaraj, Founder & CEO, Loylty Rewardz | @loyltyrewardz

Bijaei Jayaraj is the Founder & CEO of Loylty Rewardz Mngt. Pvt. Ltd. In a short period since inception, he has grown Loylty Rewardz into one of the largest consumer relationship management and consumer behaviour analytics companies in India.

With a team of over 500+ professionals who have expertise and capabilities to develop and manage large-scale turnkey loyalty solutions, Loylty Rewardz manages loyalty programs for a growing consumer base of over 1 Billion profiles in India under its flagship brand – Max Get More and enjoys more than 70% market share of all debit cards issued in India. Loylty Rewardz currently processes over 2.5 billion transactions yearly and has awarded more than 30 billion loyalty points to consumers in India till date.

Bijaei has raised over INR 160 crores as Venture Capital Investment for Loylty Rewardz since its inception, with the Series B investment coming from Canaan Partners, a globally reputed Venture Capital firm. Bijaei is also one of the few prominent entrepreneurs in India to have offered multibagger exits to his Venture Capital investors.

Prior to founding Loylty Rewardz, Bijaei worked with MasterCard Worldwide as the Head of MasterCard’s relationship with the largest bank in India, the State Bank Group. While at MasterCard, Bijaei was twice conferred with the MasterCard SAMEA Star Award (South Asia, ME & Africa) & once with the APMEA Star Award (Asia Pacific, ME & Africa) for his contributions to MasterCard businesses worldwide. Previously, Bijaei was the Head of Jet Privilege, the loyalty program of Jet Airways. He has also worked in the advertising industry with McCann Erickson Worldwide in Dubai, UAE.

Bijaei earned his degree in business management as a part of the Founding Class of the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.

Bijou Kurien, President & CE - Lifestyle, Reliance Retail Ltd

Bijou Kurien has about 27 years of experience in Indian Industry. A post graduate in Management from XLRI, India, he joined Hindustan Lever Ltd., as a management trainee in 1981. After a successful stint of 6 years in various capacities in Sales, Marketing and Projects, he joined Titan Industries Ltd, India’s leading manufacturer and marketer of watches and jewellery. He also headed the team which established Timex Watches Ltd. in India.

Biju Mohandas, Director, Acumen Fund

As Business Manager, Biju Mohandas assists the country director in managing investments across portfolios and also heads the compliance and financial operations of the India office. Biju has about a decade of experience in the health care sector which has ranged from clinical care and operations management to venture capital investments in early stage healthcare companies during his tenure at the Acumen fund. He has an MBA from the Indian school of business specializing in analytical finance and strategic marketing.

Bikash Jhawar, Partner, L&L Law Offices

Bikash’s practice focuses primarily on rendering corporate legal advisory, and assisting clients undertaking investments, Joint Ventures and M&A activities in India, or Indian clients looking at similar activities offshore.

He has a vast experience of Indian foreign investment regulations & practices, and is sought out for advice on structuring investments into India.

His work has covered multiple sectors including Logistics, Infrastructure, Media & Technology, Renewable Energy, Real Estate, Stressed Assets, Financial Services and Asset Management.

Bikash, as part of the Insolvency and Restructuring Practice, has acted on mandates on behalf of resolution professional, committee of creditors and prospective and successful resolution applicants in the restructuring and resolution of companies undergoing corporate insolvency resolution process.

He also assists Indian and foreign clients in legal risk management, and continuous legal review & support of their operations in India.

Bikram Mahajan, Director - Neev Fund, SBICAP Ventures Limited

Bikram has over a decade of experience in private equity with investment experience spanning North America, Europe and Asia with a specific focus on India.

Bikram holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Allahabad.

Bill Spindle, South Asia Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal

Based in New Delhi, Bill Spindle is the South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal. Prior to this assignment, he was the Journal's senior reporting covering global energy issues and before that the Middle East bureau chief. He has also overseen coverage of Africa and Central Asia, served as the assistant foreign editor and worked as a correspondent covering the financial industry in Japan.

Bimal Ramesh Thakkar, MD, ADF Foods

Binay Tiwari, Director - Global Marketing & Product, Vserv.mobi

Binay heads Global Marketing & Product development efforts at Vserv. Prior to this, Binay led the Vserv Marketplace and was instrumental in growing it to global scale. His passion for the Internet has been the ‘pole star’ of his career journey spanning Tata Broadband, Vodafone & InMobi.

Binil Antony, Co-Founder, Dexetra

Binil Antony, a Co-founder at Dexetra is responsible for the Business and Marketing activities of the company apart form dealing with the Finances and the Operations aspects.

Binil completed his Bachelors in Technology from M.G. University in 2007 and subsequently completed his Masters from the University of Plymouth in 2009.

Binny Bansal, COO & Co-founder, Flipkart.com

Binny Bansal, 27, from Chandigarh, is the co-founder and COO of Flipkart.com. A Computer Science Graduate from IIT Delhi(classmate of Sachin Bansal), Binny started his career at Sarnoff India as a software engineer, working on US Defence Projects. His next destination was Amazon.com, where he realized his interest in and the potential of e-commerce in the country.

In 2007, Binny along with long time friend, Sachin, launched Flipkart.com; retailing books to begin with but with dreams of dominating the Indian e-commerce market. At Flipkart, Binny is the force behind getting the customer interface and logistics right and that has been a constant challenge with Flipkart continually exploring new product categories and market segments. Binny believes that with its strong focus on technology and delivery, the Flipkart team will constantly better their services to match customer expectations and compete with the best, globally. Binny is passionate about sports and loves to travel when he has the time!