Our speakers

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


Bhawna Agarwal, Country Head, High Velocity Growth & Compute, HPE India


Bhola Meena, Founder & CEO, OnlineTyari

Bhola is a computer science graduate from IIT Kanpur. He is an Ex-Microsoft professional and a serial entrepreneur of GetMeCab.com - First online Taxi booking services in India , HinKhoj.com - Largest community of Hindi Translation in India, OnlineTyari.com - Leader in Test preparation for Government recruitments. He is currently the CEO & Founder at OnlineTyari.com.

Bhola is a computer science graduate from IIT Kanpur. He is an Ex-Microsoft professional and a serial entrepreneur of GetMeCab.com - First online Taxi booking services in India , HinKhoj.com - Largest community of Hindi Translation in India, OnlineTyari.com - Leader in Test preparation for Government recruitments. He is currently the CEO & Founder at OnlineTyari.com.


Bhupendra Khanal, CEO & Co-Founder, Simplify 360

Bhupendra has great depth of experience in Analytics working for companies such as Global Analytics, Fair Isaac (FICO) and starting Marketelligent, an Analytics Consulting firm in the past. He shapes and leads our vision of actionable intelligence at Simplify 360.