Our speakers
Deep Kalra, Founder & CEO, MakeMyTrip
The pioneer of online travel in India, Deep Kalra founded MakeMyTrip in April, 2000. Drawing on his experience from his years at GE Capital, AMF Bowling Inc. and ABN AMRO Bank, under his stewardship, MakeMyTrip has become the largest online travel company, as well as the largest e-commerce business in India.
Deep is a member of the Executive Council of NASSCOM and chairs the NASSCOM Internet Working Group. He is also a Charter Member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) and serves on the Board of TiE, New Delhi.
Deep is also a member of CII's Tourism sub-committee and a regular speaker at numerous internet and travel conferences across the world. He currently serves as an independent Director for IndiaMart.com, a leading B2B website.He is also a founding member of “I am Gurgaon”, an NGO focused on the improving the quality of life in Gurgaon.
Deep holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi (1990), and a MBA (PGDM) degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1992). His interests include adventure sports, swimming, yoga, quizzing and travelling to places off the beaten path.He is an active angel investor from Indian Angel Network.
Deep Kalra, Chairman and Group CEO, MakeMyTrip
Deep is the Founder, Group Chairman and Group CEO of India’s leading online travel company, MakeMyTrip Ltd. Launched in India in 2005, MakeMyTrip is today one of the largest e-commerce business in the country. Deep steered MakeMyTrip as CEO since its inception in 2000, to a successful listing on NASDAQ in August 2010. He took on the role of Group CEO in August 2013, to focus on Strategy, M&A and international businesses. He continues to lead the Group’s strategic development and overall execution excellence.
Deep served as the President of TiE Delhi Chapter from 2013 to 2016 and continues to serve as an active board member. He is the Vice Chairman of IAMAI and a member of Nasscom’s Internet Council. Deep is also closely involved with leading industry bodies like CII and FICCI as part of their Travel & Tourism sub-committees. He is one of the founders of Ashoka University and serves on their governing body. A believer in citizens effort, he is a founding member of “I am Gurgaon” – an NGO focused on improving the quality of life in Gurgaon.
Deep has been recognized by Ernst & Young as Entrepreneur of the Year – Business Transformation (2011) and as the most powerful Digital influencer in India (2012) by KPMG. TTG Asia awarded him Best Travel Entrepreneur of 2012 at the TTG Travel Awards.
Prior to his entrepreneurial venture with MakeMyTrip, Deep has had corporate stints with GE Capital, AMF Bowling Inc. and ABN AMRO Bank. He holds an MBA degree from IIM, Ahmedabad and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. His interests include swimming, yoga, adventure sports quizzing and travelling.
Deep Mishra, MD, Everstone Capital Advisors
Deep Mishra is a Managing Director in the private equity team of Everstone Capital Advisors.
Prior to joining Everstone in 2009, Deep had over 13 years of experience in private and public investments, investment banking and as an entrepreneur. Deep previously worked with Och Ziff Capital Management and Ernst & Young. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from IIT Kanpur and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Calcutta.
Deepa Dalal, Partner, Deloitte India
Deepak Anand, Co-founder & CEO, Housr
A dynamic and successful entrepreneur- Deepak Anand is the brain behind introducing the original co-living concept in India- Housr. As cities flourish, spaces vanish. But living in cities shouldn't always mean crunched spaces and a lower standard of living. Deepak recognized this problem and realized it could be solved via a shared economy model. Urban clusters have a high number of migrant population using rented accommodations. India, as the fastest growing economy in the world, has grabbed the attention of the world and is today on the radar of global investors, multi-national corporations, tourists, economists and more.
Moreover, India has a high population of millennials well-versed with using sharing economy on a day-to-day basis, it lays a solid ground for introducing co-living via Housr in the truest sense. Housr’s vision is to truly disrupt the way millennials live by providing high quality co-living spaces which makes their lives easier, more convenient, fulfilling and memorable.
Before founding Housr, Deepak was the Founder of Smartlease and has an extensive experience in the real estate industry. In the past, he has worked in leadership roles at Real Estate Private Equity Funds, HT Media and HSBC. Deepak is an INSEAD Alumnus and a graduate from Delhi University.
Deepak Bagla, Partner, Infrastructure, 3i Private Equity India
Deepak joined 3i in March 2007, bringing two decades of work experience starting with the World Bank in Washington DC, followed by a stint with a major Indian business conglomerate, where he was involved with corporate planning and establishing green field projects.
Deepak worked with Citigroup since 1989 in various roles including structured financial solutions for State Governments, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions and public/private Corporations. From 1996 he was involved with global equity offerings by Corporations in Europe and Asia.
Deepak was a member of the Banking & Finance Committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards (ISO afiliate 2005-06). He was also a member of the committee established by the Government of India to recommend corporate governance norms for independant directors (2006).
Deepak has a Bachelors degree with honours in Economics from St Stephens College, Delhi University, and a Masters in International Trade & Finance and Diplomacy, from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington DC.
Deepak Dhar, Co-founder, Nestaway
Deepak Gaur, Managing Director, SAIF Partners | @SAIFPartners
Deepak Gaur is Managing Director in SAIF Partners,one of the largest and active funds in the country across early and growth stage companies. Deepak joined SAIF in 2006 and in his prior role was a consultant with McKinsey & Company focused on Consumer products/services, IT, telecom and the automotive sector. He also worked with IBM Global services in their Telecom and Media services division. His primary area of focus is growth equity investments in technology driven businesses. Mr. Gaur was awarded the Chairman’s Gold medal in IIM Lucknow and has a B.Tech. in mechanical engineering from IIT Kanpur.
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Deepak Ghaisas, Chairman & Chief Mentor, Gencoval
- • Executive Member of The NASSCOM Executive Council
- • Member of Executive Council of Western India CII
- • Board member for several companies, particularly in pharma and retail
As Chairman, Deepak leads strategy development, visioning and conceptualisation of breakthrough business models for GENCOVAL. Prior to Gencoval, Deepak was Vice Chairman, Oracle Financial Services and CEO, iFlex India. His strategic, financial and operational acumen that drove the company into a true Indian multinational.
Deepak is the first Indian CFO to have been honoured the prestigious CFO Asia award.
Deepak is an active contributor to industry as:
Deepak is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and Company Secretary. In the initial stages he began his career with Radhakrishna Group and Tata Unisys
Deepak Gupta, Co-founder, Equity Crest | @EquityCrest
Deepak is the Co-Founder and CEO of Equity Crest which is India’s trusted platform for connecting promising young companies with high quality investors in order to fulfill their capital needs. He has 19 years of experience in investments & finance across angel investing, ventures, fixed income and financial management. Deepak holds a B.Tech from IIT Bombay & MBA/MS (Finance) degrees from United States.
Before joining Equity Crest, Deepak was Investment Director at Intel Capital- where he spent 8 years driving venture deals. At Intel, Deepak was an early investor in companies that went on to create more than $1B in value. He led investments in companies including Sasken (IPO), Future Software (Acquired by Flextronics), Omnesys (acquired by Thomson Reuters), Career Launcher, Tejas Networks and Savaari Car Rentals.
Deepak has also been playing in the seed stage eco-system for some time. Early in his career, he helped develop and roll-out a seed investment program for emerging markets for Intel Capital. More recently he has been an active angel investor with more than a dozen investments to his name.