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Dhruv Shringi, Co-Founder & CEO, Yatra

Dhruv leads the company’s business initiatives across continents & has successfully led Yatra to its listing on NASDAQ in Dec'2016, making it only the second Indian E-commerce company to be listed on one of the world's largest stock exchanges. Since its successful launch in January 2006, Dhruv, has lead Yatra.com to grow from a 3 member organization to a 2,000+ people strong organization - thus making Yatra.com the leading travel brand in the country.

Dhruv currently chairs FICCI's Tourism subcommittee on Online Travel and Technology and in 2011, Dhruv was listed by Fortune magazine amongst the top 40 CEO’s under 40 (yrs) in India. He has also been actively involved in building out the internet framework in India and has previously served as the Vice Chairman of the Internet and Mobile Association of India.

His most recent role prior to Yatra.com was as Director Group Operations and Technology of the Ebookers Group in London. Prior to his stint at Ebookers, he worked with Ford Motor Company in their Business Strategy team based in London and with Arthur Andersen based in their office in Delhi/London. Dhruv holds an MBA from INSEAD and is also a qualified Chartered Accountant. Dhruv is an avid reader and enjoys playing golf in his leisure time.

Dhruv Shringi, CEO, Yatra Online

Dhruv returned to India after 8 years in Europe and his most recent role prior to co-founding Yatra was as director group operations and technology of the Ebookers Group where he was responsible for sales of over $850 million achieved thru multi channels including online, call centers and retail shops. With regard to technology, he was accountable for developing the IT strategy and for leading the technology development and infrastructure teams, some 150 employees over 13 locations. Prior to his stint at Ebookers, he has worked with Ford Motor Company in their business strategy team based in London where he was part of the European business turnaround team and also has significant work experience in India having spent over 6 years with Arthur Andersen based in their office in Delhi. Dhruv holds an MBA from INSEAD and is also a qualified chartered accountant.

Dhruv Suri, ?Principal Associate, PSA

Dhruv is a Principal Associate at PSA and co-heads the practice group that advises startups and investors, both financial and strategic, across a diverse range of sectors. With a keen interest in technology businesses, Dhruv mentors some early stage entrepreneurs and assists them in the execution of their projects. Some of the key sectors he has worked on are healthcare, food tech, ed-tech, delivery and logistics, e-commerce and retail, digital mapping, artist aggregator platforms, hospitality, wedding gift registry platforms, loyalty and rewards platforms, clean energy and waste management solutions. He regularly writes for yourstory.com and is an avid reader of technology blogs. Outside of this space, as a M&A lawyer, Dhruv also advises large manufacturing and services companies on the buy side as well as on the sell side of deals. He did his LL.B from Delhi and then went on to do his LL.M from Columbia Law School, New York.

Dhruv Suyamprakasam, Founder & CEO, iCliniq | @icliniq

Dhruv Suyamprakasam is the Founder and CEO of iCliniq.com, an online doctor consultation platform with a user base comprising more than 1,500 doctors from over 80 specialties and 1,20,000 patients spanning 160 countries. The idea was born out of a personal requirement that Dhruv experienced after struggling to find a doctor due to geographical limitations and thus founded iCliniq alongside Dr. Madhan to fill this gap in the market.

As an entrepreneur, Dhruv has worked tirelessly to build the category of online doctor consultations and grow the business. This has resulted in iCliniq being rated as the 5th best telemedicine company in the world by Healthline. It has also been rated as 4th best in Online doctor services by Treato due to popular reviews. The week magazine in 2014 named Dhruv as one of the healthcare innovators in India. Dhruv has a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the prestigious College of Engineering in Guindy. Dhruv is passionate about building a start-­-up ecosystem in Coimbatore and is a part of Coimbatore startup group helping young entrepreneurs realize their dreams of entrepreneurship in Coimbatore.

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Diane Jegam, Regional Director, Proparco South Asia

Digvijaysinh Chudasama, Partner, Risk Advisory, Deloitte India (Moderator)

Dilip Asbe, Md & Ceo, NPCI

Dilip Bidani, CFO, MobiKwik

Dilip Chenoy, Former CEO & MD, National Skill Development Corporation

Dilip was till recently, Managing Director & CEO of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The NSDC is a Public Private Partnership whose objective is to skill 150 million people in India by 2022 by fostering private sector investment and initiatives in training and skill development in 20 high growth sectors and the unorganized segment.

During his over five years at NSDC, the NSDC approved the funding of over 250 organisations and 38 Sector Councils. The NSDC partners trained over 5 million persons and placed over 62% of them. The 38 Sector councils created over 1500 competency standards and collaborated with over 2000 schools in 13 states as well as 31 universities to introduce industry led assessment and certification in the institutions.

He is Chairman of the Board of Management of the Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology and  also on the Governing Council of a Management School. Prior to NSDC, Dilip was Director General of the advocacy group for the automobile industry in India, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).  He also represented SIAM on various Government Committees as well as on the board of the National Skill Development Corporation and the Steering Committee of the International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association.

Before joining SIAM, Dilip was Deputy Director General responsible for Industry Sectors and Associations Council (ASCON) covering, Agriculture, Life sciences and ICT in the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Dilip was the CII spokesperson and coordinated CII’s international work relating to the ASEAN.

Prior to his last assignment in CII, Dilip was part of an India team working on the competitiveness of Indian industry with Professor Michael Porter, Harvard Business School. He worked in industry prior to joining CII.

@DilipChenoy

Dilip Dusija, Partner - Corporate Finance Leader - Private Equity Services, BDO India LLP

Dilip Dusija is Partner- Corporate Finance , Leader - Private Equity Services with BDO India. He has worked for more than 14years as a seasoned Investment banking professional having experience in deal making as well as transaction support with specialization in Private Equity Services. He has also worked with professional organizations like Axis Bank, Ernst & Young, RSM & Co (now PWC) and KPMG.
Also, he has end to end experience from origination till completion of a transaction, even covering transaction support activities such as due diligence and structuring.

He plays an active role in networking with Private Equity Funds and Promoters of mid-market growth oriented companies.

He is also a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.