Amitabh Kant

Anish Shah

Naina Lal Kidwai

Naina Lal Kidwai is Chairman Rothschild India, Senior Advisor Advent Private Equity and TPG Rise Climate, Advisor Lightspeed Venture Partners, India, Member on The Mission board of EQT Future Fund and a non-executive Director on the boards of Global and Indian companies and Past President of FICCI. She retired as Executive Director on the board of HSBC Asia Pacific and Chairman HSBC India.

An MBA from Harvard Business School, she is the recipient of several international and Indian awards and honours including the Padma Shri for her contribution to Trade and Industry.

She has authored 3 books including the bestsellers “30 women in Power” and “Survive Or Sink: An Action Agenda for Sanitation, Water, Pollution, and Green Finance”.
 

Manish Sabharwal

Manish is Vice-Chairman of Teamlease Services, India’s largest staffing and human capital firm. Teamlease has over 300,000 employees in 5000+ cities, sponsored India’s first vocational university and operates India’s fastest growing national PPP apprenticeship program. The company has hired 2 million employees over the last 20 years. 
     
Manish serves on various policy committees for education, employment and employability. He served as an Independent Director on the Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He is a Member of Advisory Board of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and a governing board member of National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). He is also Managing Trustee of the New India Foundation that offers fellowships for writing books about post-1947 India and is a columnist for Indian Express. He got his MBA from The Wharton School and is an alumnus of Shriram College, Delhi and Mayo College, Ajmer.
 

Anup Rau

Anup Rau currently serves as the MD & CEO at Future Generali India Insurance. Anup is an industry veteran with an illustrious career spanning over 26 years. Of this, he has over two decades of rich experience in the insurance industry and has held unique positions to lead companies in both Life and P&C Insurance sectors. An impactful CEO, he is the recipient of multiple accolades and awards. Anup believes in the ‘human touch’, which explains the reason behind his passion and single-minded goal to make insurance a product accessible to one and all.

Rajendra Singh Pawar

Padma Bhushan awardee, Rajendra Singh Pawar is the Chairman & Co-Founder of NIIT Group and the Founder of NIIT University. He graduated with a BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi. 

He co-founded NIIT in 1981 with a vision of bringing people and computers together successfully. Over the last 40 years, NIIT has trained about 40 million learners in over 40 countries.

Mr Pawar serves on the Boards of the India School of Business (ISB) and The Scindia School. He also chaired the Board of Directors of the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) and was Vice Chairman of the NCAER Governing Body. Additionally, he has served on various other Boards including IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore.  

He chaired the NASSCOM Cyber Security Task Force (2016-2017), aligning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to make India a global cyber security hub. He was a member of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s National Council on Skills Development (2009-2014) and served on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s National Taskforce (1998) to develop India into an IT superpower.

Some of his recognitions include ‘Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Delhi’ (1995); 'IT Man of the Year' by Dataquest (1998), 'Master Entrepreneur of the Year' by Ernst & Young (1999), Lifetime Achievement ICT Award (2019) by Dataquest, and Lifetime Achievement Award for Education (2022) by FICCI.
 

Aastha Almast

Aastha Almast is the Co-Founder & CEO of The New Shop, India’s largest tech-enabled 24/7 convenience retailer. Aastha is a true born entrepreneur and has previously founded 2 technology startups. She was a student of Economics from the prestigious Hindu College of Delhi University after which she studied PGDM in Fashion Marketing from Pearl Academy of Fashion to pursue her passion in retail and branding. She is also an alumni of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. She is a serial entrepreneur, who is always looking for solutions to simplify businesses - making them more productive and efficient.

 

Prior to launching The New Shop, Aastha spearheaded a series of startups across diverse industries such as mobile gaming, online reputation management and consumer retail. She has previously also worked in Bankof America and Standard and Poor's Capital IQ. While studying for a Bachelor's, she joined her father’s stock broking firm making her one of the youngest certified stock-brokers from National Stock Exchange. She has lived an adventurous life and has amassed 15 years of diversified experience in entertainment, finance, branding, and retail. She has also acted in a Bollywood film as a Child actress. Her interests and pursuits are also reflected in her well-rounded personality.

Dharmakirti Joshi

Dharmakirti Joshi is currently the Chief Economist at CRISIL-An S&P Global Company. With over 34 years of experience in economic research and consultancy, his career began in NCAER where he spent 11 years. 

He then moved on to senior positions in Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, New Delhi and CRISIL- An S&P Global Company. He has extensive experience in macroeconomic analysis, medium term assessment of Indian economy and forecasting as well as in public finance issues at the central and state levels. He was member of the Working Group of Savings for the 12th Five Year Plan. He was member of Working Group on Revision of Wholesale Price Index set up Government of India. 

He is the Chairman of Economic Affairs Group of FICCI and member of Economic Affairs council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He regularly writes for leading newspapers and expresses his views on the economy in the electronic media.
 

Vishal Sharma

He joined Godrej from Ecolab Inc. where his previous role was as Senior Vice President of the India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA) region, based in Dubai since June 2020. Prior to this, Vishal led Ecolab’s Industrial business for Asia Pacific and was based in Singapore. He joined Ecolab in 2013 after 12 years at Diversey, Inc., where post joining as the National Sales Manager in India, he held management roles of increasing scope, the last of which was serving as Global Vice President - Hospitality, Healthcare, Commercial Laundry and Food Safety, based in Amsterdam.

Vishal sees his mission in life as “making everything I touch better, and helping people be successful and happy" and is very passionate about sustainability. He has lived and operated across five continents, in both developed and developing markets, in operational as well as strategic roles over the last 27 years. Vishal has also led start-up businesses during his career and is credited with multiple transformational and scale-up initiatives. He proudly claims to be the “chief cheerleader" for the teams that he leads. 

Vishal has a Post-Graduate diploma in Management from IMDR Pune, and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from MIT Manipal in Mangalore.
 

Jagbir Singh Sidhu

Bhavin Pandya

A New York University-trained economist, co-founded Games24x7 in 2006, along with Dr. Trivikraman Thampy. Bhavin spearheaded the company’s operations and game development through its hyper-growth phase, leading it to become one of India’s most innovative, user centric, and scientific online gaming unicorn with a user base of over 120 million players. He plays a pivotal role in defining strategy, building exceptional teams, and fostering a strong company culture. Bhavin holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University. His leadership has been instrumental in establishing Games24x7's reputation for innovation, personalized consumer experiences, and data science expertise.

Amit Kapur

Sonalde Desai

Sonalde Desai is Distinguished University Professor Emerita at University of Maryland College Park and leads the National Data Innovation Centre at NCAER, New Delhi. She is one of India’s most respected demographers, dealing primarily with social inequalities in developing countries. The India Human Development Survey, which she leads, is a pioneering large-scale national panel survey tracking changes in Indian society since 2004. Desai’s scholarly work has been published widely across the world. She also serves on several government committees such as the Steering Committee for NSS and Expert Committee on Benchmarking RBI Statistics. She was elected president of the Population Association of America in 2022. 

Sameer Aggarwal

Sameer Aggarwal, the visionary Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Revfin, is a staunch advocate for financial inclusion and digitization. Under his leadership, Revfin has evolved into a trailblazing organization at the forefront of sustainable mobility in India. Sameer's profound thought leadership, coupled with his extensive expertise in credit and risk management, has positioned him as a formidable figure in the Electric Vehicle (EV) and financing landscape. Beyond being a key influencer in the EV sector, Sameer is actively shaping EV adoption policies. His strategic collaborations with influential entities such as the World Bank, RMI, and Niti Ayog underscore his commitment to driving positive change. Notably, Sameer has taken a pioneering step by establishing and leading the Electric Mobility Financiers Association (EMFAI), solidifying the position of EV financiers in?India,?and has emerged as a strong thought leader in the space of sustainable mobility and Fintech. 

Before embarking on his entrepreneurial journey, Sameer held key leadership positions at HSBC. His diverse global experience, spanning six continents with a significant portion in the United Kingdom, has enriched his perspective and strategic approach. He is an engineer who followed the dreams of millions and completed MBA from IIT Kharagpur but unlike millions he chose to stand out and after gaining required experience took a plunge to become an entrepreneur.??Sameer Aggarwal's professional journey is a compelling blend of leadership in traditional financial institutions and entrepreneurial triumphs in the dynamic realm of digital EV financing. His unwavering commitment to financial inclusion and groundbreaking solutions has positioned him as a driving force in the transformation of India's EV landscape, leaving an indelible mark on the industry. 

 

Pronab Sen

Rajesh Magow

Rajesh is the Co-Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer of MakeMyTrip Limited, India’s leading online travel company. He also serves as the Vice-Chairman for IAMAI, and Chairperson of ASSOCHAM’s National Council on Travel & Tourism. A believer in India’s digital opportunity and a backer of many young Indian tech companies, Rajesh is passionate about transforming businesses and leveraging technology to create disproportionate value for customers.

Over the years, Rajesh has played a crucial role in multiple landmark events of MakeMyTrip, including its listing on NASDAQ in 2010, the merger of MakeMyTrip and Ibibo group, and most recently, played a pivotal role in ensuring MakeMyTrip showed resilience and bounced back stronger post the pandemic.

Rajesh has received multiple industry awards, including The Economic Times Human Capital Awards as the People-Focused CEO of the Year, Bloomberg Best CFO Award and ET Retail eDNA E-commerce Leader of the Year. Rajesh has served as Director on the board of Flipkart.

Amit Jain

Manish Kumar

Raghav Narsalay

Ankush Wadhera

Videh Kumar Jaipuriar

Sundar Srinivasan

Vivek Vikram Singh

Vivek is the Managing Director and Group CEO of Sona Comstar, one of the world’s leading mobility technology companies, designing, manufacturing, and supplying highly engineered, mission-critical, complex and bespoke systems and components for global OEMs for both electrified and non-electrified powertrain segments. 

Since joining in 2015, Vivek has led sales, operations, strategy and M&A across Sona’s operations in India, China, Mexico and the US. Vivek plays a crucial role in capital allocation, strategic decisions for organic and inorganic growth, business development, managing financial stakeholders and performance monitoring of individual business units. 

Vivek spearheaded the company to foray into the electric vehicle segment and constructed a technology roadmap for futuristic innovation for electric, personalised, intelligent, and connected – EPIC mobility. His EV-focused approach led the company to be one of the leading global EV suppliers, with 33% of its revenues being derived from the EV market. He also led Sona Comstar to a successful ~USD 750 million IPO, which was one of the largest IPOs in the Indian automotive industry. 

Vivek also contributes to industry. He is the chairperson of ACMA’s (Automotive Component Manufacturers Association’s) Electric Mobility and Telematics Pillar and a member of ACMA's Executive Committee and CII’s (Confederation of Indian Industry’s) Haryana State Council.  

Prior to his current role at Sona, Vivek served as the Group COO & President - Finance for the Sona Group. Before Joining Sona, Vivek spent a decade in advisory firms KPMG and Grant Thornton. Vivek studied at The Doon School, following which he completed his Bachelors in Technology degree from Harcourt Butler Technical University in Kanpur, India. Post his graduation, he went on to complete his management studies at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. 

He was awarded “Entrepreneurial CEO of the Year” by EY India in 2022. He was also adjudged by the Economic Times as one of India’s “40 under Forty hottest business leaders” in the awards’ 2018 edition. 

Anamika Bhargava

Anamika is the Global head: Marketing strategy and Policy advocacy for LTSCT.   

Anamika has 3 decades of experience in Strategic Business growth in Fortune 500 MNC’s.?She has held Progressive Leadership roles in Multinational like AMD, Applied Materials, GE, Honeywell, Siemens, Hitachi, Schneider etc. consistently driving Profitable growth in India, South East Asia & Global Mandates. 

As P&L Leader she has held many roles like Head of Infra Group-Hitachi India Ltd. (Sr. V.P ) and Commercial & Marketing Director –GE India. She delivered Corporate roles with equal acumen at?Schneider Electric India Ltd. as Vice President Strategy, Marketing, Energy Efficiency & Partnerships & Alliance. In her long career, she also took global roles with equal aplomb at Bombardier Singapore Pte Ltd as Head of Sales & Business Development for Fast Growing Cities and at Honeywell International Ltd as Director Licencing.  

She has championed investments into India with Three M&A to credit with various MNC’s and has been on Board of “Schneider Electric Foundation” and “Rio Tinto India Ltd”. As a leader who is committed to Society, has Lead Corporate Social Responsibility at Schneider in 2016-17 as Board Director & Executive head “Schneider Electric Foundation”.  

A professional in Engineering (B.Tech – Instrumentation), was invited in 2015 ?by “University of Hongkong” for “Women Directorship Program” and successfully completed Masters Degree. Attended Executive leadership training program at Harvard, HCLI Singapore and the Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore.