Our speakers
Chakri Lokapriya, MD, TCG Asset Management
Chanchal Agarwal, Chief Investment Officer, Credence Family Office
Having started her career during Global financial crises, she brings with her about 17 years+ of Industry experience spanning across verticals like Family Office Investment Advisory, Portfolio management services, Investment banking, Offshore investing etc.
Over the past ~8 years at Credence, she was instrumental in institutionalising the whole advisory framework for HNIs, the one that relies on building long term approach to client’s portfolio needs. As a part of her role, she provided strategic guidance for investment decisions across asset classes including Equities, Real Estate, Fixed Income, Commodities and Alternatives with a focus on continuous product innovation.
Being a Chartered Accountant and CFA Charterholder, her focus was always interpreting beyond numbers and joining dots to understand the wholistic perspective.
In 2020, AIWMI recognized her amongst the “Top 100 women in Finance”. She regularly features on TV and Print media and is very vocal on LinkedIn for her views on Global Investing, Asset Allocation path for Investors, Personal finance etc.
Chandra Sekhar, Founder & CEO, Sports365
Sekhar is the Founder & CEO of Sports365, one of India's leading multi-channel Sports & Fitness company. Sports365 operates both in B2C (e-commerce) & B2B space and has been invested in & endorsed by India's leading sporting icons like Mahesh Bhupathi, Yuvraj Singh, Dipika Pallikal etc. Sports365 has been the fastest growing company in this space and has managed to claim leadership position in multiple business segments it operates in within the first 2 years.
Prior to starting Sports365, Sekhar had successful professional stints in companies like P&G and Mckinsey & Co for over 8 years. He is a management graduate from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. Needless to say, he is a sports addict.
Chandra Sekhar, President, Apollo Hospitals Group
Chandra Sekhar has an extensive work experience of over 24 years and has played a significant role in the Health Care and Health Insurance Industry in India for over 15 years. He currently holds the position of President - Corporate and International of the Apollo Hospitals Group and is responsible for spearheading the Group’s new business initiatives, new and international markets and provide strategic support to the various businesses of the Group. Besides, he also holds the position of Executive Director and a member of the board of HealthNet Global, the technology initiative incubated for Telehealth and Remote monitoring Devices by the group and its promoters.
For 5 years, before his current position with the Apollo Hospitals Group, he held the positions of Executive Director-Marketing & Strategy of the Global Hospitals Group and Consultant- Healthcare Investments with ICICI Venture.
Prior to this, in his first stint, he had a successful tenure of nearly 10 years with the Apollo Hospitals Group. He last held the position of the Group President-Marketing with the group. During that period of nearly 10 years with the group he led the formation and business launch of a Standalone Health Insurance company in JV with the Munich Re group, besides heading the business development, marketing and brand portfolios for the hospital division, playing a key role in the growth and development of a Third Party Administration (TPA) Company. He has a deep understanding of various other spaces in healthcare such as hospital projects, Primary care Clinics, Pharmacy chain, Wellness, Disease Management, health care information technology and the healthcare BPO space. He is also the Founding Member of the CII Working Group on Health Insurance.
He has travelled widely for business development, JV projects and strategic partnerships across India, SAARC, Far East, MEA, Europe and USA.
He also has a strong academic background with an MBA from Hyderabad, India and Advanced Management Programs from the Indian School of Business and the Kellogg’s School of Management, Chicago, USA.
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, MD & CEO, Bandhan Bank
Chandradeep Dass, Managing Director, India and Senior Vice President R&D, NextGen Healthcare India
Chandradip Dass, MD, India and SVP R&D, NextGen Healthcare India
Chandrasekar Kandasamy, Managing Partner, ePlanet Ventures
Chandrasekar Kandasamy is the Managing Partner in the Bangalore office where he focuses on the Fund’s activities in India/South Asia and the MENA region.Mr. Kandasamy brings over 21 years of U.S and India based private equity/venture capital experience to the ePlanet team with over 15 years of investment experience in the technology and healthcare sectors.
Mr. Kandasamy has a distinguished investment track record, as more than 30 of the transactions he has led, have been successfully exited through secondary acquisitions or initial public offerings. Since he joined ePlanet in January 2006, he has been responsible for ePlanet's investments in India including Manthan Systems, Trivitron Healthcare, Sree Ramcides Chemicals, Continental Warehousing Corporation, Delex Cargo and Medfort Hospitals where he sits on the Boards of these Companies.
Previously, he worked for five years with The Carlyle Group as a Director and Vice President. In this capacity, Mr. Kandasamy was instrumental in setting up Carlyle’s India operations and responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing transactions in the technology, healthcare, education, auto ancillaries, logistics, consumer and infrastructure sectors. Mr. Kandasamy co-led investments and held board seats in a range of successful India-based growth and venture capital investments including Educomp Solutions, Financial Software and Systems, Quest , Newgen, and Learningmate.
Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Kandasamy worked for Intel Capital, where he was the Manager of Strategic Investments in India and assisted in the deployment of approximately $60 million in less than two years. Mr. Kandasamy began his career at ICICI Ventures where he worked for ten years. As an Assistant Vice President at ICICI Ventures, Mr. Kandasamy managed a team of four investment professionals and monitored 80 portfolio investments.
Mr. Kandasamy was a World Bank sponsored intern at Poly Ventures in New York, holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Anna University in Chennai, India, and an M.B.A from the Bharathidasan Institute of Management, India.
Chandru Chawla, Head - Corporate Strategy, M&A and New Ventures at Cipla, Cipla
Chandru has over 25 years of experience in leading and managing bio pharmaceutical businesses across diverse geographies and segments. He has a proven track record having managed P&Ls and Strategy and Business Development globally. His varied experience straddles start-ups, acquired companies and multiple product segments. In his last role as Senior Vice President – International for Lupin, he headed business operations spread across emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Africa with directorial responsibility in multiple subsidiaries. Prior to this, Chandru has worked with Wockhardt as General Manager for emerging markets.
At Cipla, he has played a leadership role in its transformation from a “partner led” business model to a business that stands on innovation and meaningful commercial presence in key markets driving initiatives across emerging markets, biotechnology, specialty and consumer health. Chandru championed the creation of a business and innovation incubator called Cipla New Ventures (CNV), where it is nurturing in venture style, businesses that require unique entrepreneurial and start up like eco systems. This included investments in Consumer health, regenerative medicine, drug repurposing and Bio-similar drugs. Cipla Health was recently spun out as a FMCG style consumer health company with a Series A investment from a marquee investor, Fidelity. Its investments in Chase Pharma, an Alzheimer’s company, saw a successful.
His current focus is to build a Branded Specialty business in the US Chandru is an alumnus of IIT Mumbai and IIFT New Delhi.
Chandru Chawla, Head - Corporate Strategy and New Ventures, Cipla Ltd | @Cipla_Global
Chandru has over 25 years of experience in leading and managing bio pharmaceutical businesses across diverse geographies and segments. An alumnus of IIT Mumbai and IIFT New Delhi, he has a proven track record having managed P&Ls and Strategy and Business Development globally. His varied experience straddles start-ups, acquired companies and multiple product segments. In his last role as SVP – International for Lupin, he headed business operations spread across emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Africa with directorial responsibility in 5 subsidiaries. Prior to this, Chandru has worked with Wockhardt as General Manager for emerging markets.
Chandru championed the creation of a business and innovation incubator called Cipla New Ventures (CNV), where it is nurturing in venture style, businesses that require unique entrepreneurial and start up like eco systems. Cipla Health was recently spun out as a FMCG style consumer health company with a Series A investment from a marquee investor, Fidelity. CNV is actively exploring the digital health space and looking to support start-ups that can bring true disruption in the areas of bridging the health infrastructure gap, empowering the patient and making physician and patient lives simpler.