Our speakers

Deobrat Singh, Co-founder & CEO, Gazemetrix

Deobrat is the CEO and Co-founder of Gazemetrix which is disrupting the way brands interact with user generated photos in social media. Over the past several years he’s worked with startups and big corporations alike building scalable systems along the way.

Dev Khare, Principal, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Dev joined Lightspeed Advisory Services India in 2011 and invests primarily in the Internet and mobile sectors, including areas such as business software & services, commerce, financial services, location, marketing and social media.

Previously, Dev was at Venrock, a leading Silicon Valley-based venture firm, where he served on the boards of Aha Mobile (acquired by Harman), Appia, Lavante, Slideshare (acquired by LinkedIn) and Turnhere. He also was board observer and supported investments in Aria Systems, Asoka, BillFloat, CoreTrace, FutureDial, INRIX and Redbeacon (acquired by Home Depot).

Prior to Venrock, Dev led market development at Symbol Technologies’ Mobile Software Division (now part of Motorola). In 2003, Symbol acquired Covigo, a Silicon Valley-based mobile application software company that Dev co-founded in 1999. Prior to Covigo, Dev worked in product management at CrossWorlds Software and Aditi Technologies as well as in corporate finance and private equity at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Jefferies & Company.

Dev has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a BS in Economics from Wharton and a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He currently sits on the advisory board of the Wireless Communications Alliance.

Dev Lall, MD, Bakers Circle (India) Pvt Ltd

Dev Lall is Managing Director & CEO of Bakers Circle (India) Pvt Ltd. The company specializes in reverse manufacturing and R&D that enables clients to reduce costs using the frozen route.

It currently serves 1200 outlets across the country with expansion plans in the Middle East and North Africa. Prior to founding Bakers Circle, Dev was with Hyatt International, New Delhi where he was in charge of pre-opening operations of Hyatt properties and was also overseeing operations of 8 points of sales at their different properties, service procedures, training and development of man power.Dev completed his Bsc. Institutional management & MBA in International Business from Johnson & Wales University, USA

Dev Lall, CEO & MD, Bakers Circle (India) Pvt Ltd

Dev Lall is Managing Director & CEO of Bakers Circle (India) Pvt Ltd. The company specializes in reverse manufacturing and R&D that enables clients to reduce costs using the frozen route.

It currently serves 1200 outlets across the country with expansion plans in the Middle East and North Africa. Prior to founding Bakers Circle, Dev was with Hyatt International, New Delhi where he was in charge of pre-opening operations of Hyatt properties and was also overseeing operations of 8 points of sales at their different properties, service procedures, training and development of man power.Dev completed his Bsc. Institutional management & MBA in International Business from Johnson & Wales University, USA

Deval Sanghavi, Partner & Co-Founder, Dasra

Deval has provided philanthropists with intelligent investment strategies directing over USD 40 million into the Indian social sector over the past 14 years. He incubated the Indian Philanthropy Forum mobilizing over 500 members who are driving the philanthropy agenda in India. He also initiated India’s largest collaborative giving platform, Dasra Giving Circles, which combines in-depth research, funding and managerial support enabling 15 – 30x scale.

He has written articles for esteemed publications such as Business India and Alliance Magazine and has been quoted in media channels like Times of India, The Economic Times, Hindustan Times, Mint, Bloomberg TV and NDTV.

Before founding Dasra, he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. His background as an investment banker has equipped him to develop a unique philanthropic investment model that brings rigor and discipline to the sector. His experience in the social sector enabled him to play a vital role in the inception of the Times of India Social-Impact Awards 2011. He is engaged with both philanthropists and social entrepreneurs and has spoken about this unique investment model at leading events such as the Global Philanthropy Forum, Unconvention, Maidan Summit, SOCAP, CSR-CSO Bridge, ICICI Fellows Programme and Mint Conclave. He has been instrumental in building partnerships with top leaders from the sector such as Omidyar Network (ON), Vodafone Foundation and ICICI Foundation to name a few. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, completing his Bachelor of Business Administration with a dual Honors degree in Business and Finance and a minor in Asian Studies.

Devashish Khanna, CIO- Private Market Investments, Capri Global Family office

Devashish has been in the Family Office Investing space for the last 18 years and has led 4 Family Offices in India. He has spent time across asset classes with passion to invest in Private Markets. Current portfolio has more than 15 LP positions and 40 direct investments.

Devdutt Marathe, Vice President, Apax Partners

Devdutt Marathe is a vice president based in the Mumbai office. He joined Apax in 2009 and has focused on transactions in the Consumer, Tech & Telco and Services sectors, including AssuredPartners, Chola, Shriram City Union Finance and Zensar Technologies.

Prior to joining Apax, Devdutt was a Senior Software Engineer at OnMobile Global, India's largest mobile VAS Company, where he helped build their Mobile Advertising product. Devdutt holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras and Caltech.

Devdutt Marathe, Principal, Apax Partners

Deven Dharamdasani, Co-founder, Seventynine (SVG Media Pvt. Ltd.) | @79mobi

Deven Dharamdasani, co-founder of Seventynine, is a high achieving digital industry leader who has developed and executed strategy across varied portfolios and myriad business streams. His strong brand knowledge combined with his natural instinct to thrive in fluid and challenging environment has governed his 15 year stint in the digital eco-system.

Deven's entrepreneurial journey kicked-off at Quasar Media, where he was part of the founding team, followed by Blazar media which he co-founded and all through the span he was highly effective developing and cultivating deep relationships with top-level executives (CXOs) but also capable to interact and contribute at grass-root level (campaign managers, analysts). Both Blazar and Quazar were acquired by WPP group eventually.

He aces at new business creation; from business plan development, hiring and mentoring talent, revenue, to market leadership. For the past decade or so, he has been deeply involved with efforts to drive digital marketing growth in the region through advocacy, education, and innovation.

Devendra Chawla, CEO - Future Consumer Ltd & Group President - Food FMCG, Brands - Future Group

Mr. Devendra Chawla started his career working five years each for Asian Paints and Coca Cola before joining the retail industry in 2006. Subsequently, Mr. Chawla joined Coca Cola, India and served the company in various capacities as General Manager with P&L responsibility for a business unit turnaround role, Director - Area Operations with P&L responsibilities for one of its largest markets in India. He was promoted to a national role as Director - Route to Market, working with an international bottler. In 2006, he joined Reliance Retail as Concept Head - Super Markets, before moving on to become Vice President and Head of Merchandising & Format Marketing at Reliance Fresh. In early 2009, Mr. Chawla joined Future Group as Business Head - Private Brands with end-to-end responsibilities ranging from product development to launch. He was then promoted to President - Food and FMCG Category in 2011. In June 2013, Mr. Chawla became the CEO of Food Bazaar, managing the chain’s private label business. Then in January 2015, he was made Group President of Future Group’s food and FMCG businesses. Mr. Chawla was awarded the Most Admired Food & Grocery Retail Professional of the Year - Private Label at The Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards at 5th Edition of FGFI 2012. Under his leadership, Big Bazaar won the Most Admired Retailer of the Year - Private Label category at the above-mentioned awards for three consecutive years. Mr. Devndra Chawla is an engineer and an MBA, graduated from the Harvard Business School via its “Advanced Management Program” course.