Our speakers

Bhavdeep Singh, CEO, Fortis Healthcare

Mr Bhavdeep Singh is the CEO of Fortis Healthcare, this being his second stint as the Chief Executive Officer of the organization. At Fortis, Mr. Singh is driving a strong push towards bringing great patient care to every patient in every hospital, every single day.  In addition to driving patient care, the clinical team at Fortis is driving a strong push towards clinical excellence on multiple fronts. At a time when the disease burden continues to grow in India, Mr Singh and the Fortis Healthcare team are taking the lead in helping India becoming a healthier nation.

Mr Singh is an acknowledged business leader and a seasoned professional, with over 25 years of experience. He has held senior executive roles in Healthcare, Human Resources and Retail. He has worked across multiple geographies and has a strong track record of building and leading great teams whilst delivering exceptional results.

Prior to joining Fortis, Mr Bhavdeep Singh was with Ahold, a 26 USD billion retailer with almost 800 stores. He was with the company for almost five years and served on the company’s executive board. While there, he was EVP of HR and then went on to head Ahold’s US operations and the new formats business. In addition, prior to his initial stint at Fortis, Mr. Singh ran Reliance Retail in India and was at the helm when Reliance opened up more than 700 new stores in less than two years.

Mr Singh attended Pace University and completed several certified courses in Leadership and Executive Management from premier institutions such as the Harvard Business School, Cornell University, University of Hartford, Dial Institute of Management and St. Joe’s University in the United States.


Bhavesh Shah, MD, JM Financial

Bhavesh A Shah is Managing Director - Investment Banking at JM Financial. He currently heads the Financial Sponsor Group. He has an experience of over 15 years in Investment Banking and is focussed on deal origination and execution across sectors. He has been associated,as the key deal maker, with some of the significant and marquee deals in the Private Equity and capital markets space.In 2006, he was with Morgan Stanley, Hong Kong, for a brief period covering the private equity investors on Asia Pacific basis.Prior to Investment Banking, he spent four years in Equity Research with JM Financial group and CERC. Bhavesh is a CFA charterholder from ICFAI, India,as well asfrom the CFA Institute, Virginia, USA.


Bhavin Mody, Director, E-Billing Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Bhavin Mody, Director E-Billing solutions Pvt. Ltd., can be described as an ambassador of the electronic payments space and has been in the business for almost a decade. In his present role, he manages end to end business profitability, IT, Operation and Risk Management solutions. He is also responsible for designing the acquisition strategy and CRM strategy. He is a thought leader, who, through his profound industry knowledge, identifies and charts trends in the payment gateway space and forecasts the future industry potentials.

During his past experience, he has been instrumental in developing e-payment products in various brands like ICICI bank, in card and mobile payments, Electracard Services and Movida India Pvt. Ltd. He is recognized and appreciated in the industry for his Business management skills, Sales Channel Management, Portfolio Valuation etc.

Bhavin is a computer engineer by qualification and holds a degree in B.E Computers. He pursued his Post Graduation in Finance and Marketing from IIM Lucknow. Aided by strategic insights and a keen understanding of his domain, Bhavin envisions transforming EBS into a leading online commerce enabler and evolve it from being a product centric services firm to becoming customer-centric.


Bhavin Pandya, Co-Founder and co-CEO, Games24x7


Bhavin Pandya, Founder & CEO, Rummycircle

In 2006, Bhavin recognized the vast potential in bringing online games to a nascent market in India and discontinued his fully funded PhD program at New York University to establish the business in Mumbai. Bhavin truly embodies the age old maxim - where there is a will, there is a way. Bhavin’s strength lies in bringing together teams to deliver on exceedingly tough projects and timelines. As good as Bhavin is at organizing and managing people and tasks, his real effectiveness as a leader comes from his unfailing focus on the player. From the very first launch of rummy games on Games24x7.com (now RummyCircle.com) in 2008 to the launch of RummyCircle.com on smart phones in 2014, Bhavin has successfully led the RummyCircle team from one frontier to another. Bhavin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and a Masters degree in Economics from New York University.


Bhavin Shah, Deals Leader, PwC India


Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-Founder & CEO, Ola Cabs

Bhavish Aggarwal is the CEO and Co-founder of Ola cabs. Before starting Ola cabs, Bhavish worked with Microsoft Research for two years, where he filed 2 patents and published 3 papers in international journals.

Bhavish started Ola cabs in December 2010, along with Ankit Bhati, a fellow IIT Bombay alumni and aims to change the way we travel in and around our cities revolutionizing the personal transportation industry. He has a Bachelors in Computers Science from IIT Bombay.


Bhavna Thakur, Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets , Everstone Capital

Bhavna Thakur joined Everstone as the Head of Capital Markets in 2015. Bhavna has over 18 years of corporate finance, investment banking, M&A and capital markets experience and has worked with banks, financial services providers and legal firms worldwide. These include investment banking at Citigroup Global Markets and Morgan Stanley in Mumbai and Hong Kong respectively and capital markets and M&A law at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and London and Paul Weiss in New York. Bhavna holds a Bachelor of Laws from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and a Master of Laws from Columbia University, New York.

Bhavya Bhagrecha, Fund Manager, Bharat Bhoomi Fund

Bhavya Bagrecha has over two decades of leadership across real estate, investments, and strategic financial planning. He has managed over ?2,500 crore in investments and was instrumental in setting up India's first REIT-like structure under SEBI VCF guidelines.

Bhavya has a proven track record in leading high-stakes investment strategies, joint ventures, fund structuring, and regulatory navigation—across sectors like real estate, logistics, and infrastructure. His career includes senior roles at landmark institutions like Tata Steel, Milestone Capital, and Landmark Capital Advisors.

Bhavya’s strength lies in evaluating and scaling real estate opportunities with a sharp focus on value creation, risk mitigation, and tax efficiency. With a deep understanding of both onshore and offshore fund mechanisms, he ensures every investment is strategically structured and performance-driven.


Bhawna Agarwal, Country Head - Strategy & Growth, Hewlett Packard Enterprise