Our speakers

Bithal Bhardwaj, Global CISO, GMR Group


CAPT. CP Krishnan Nair, Chairman, The Leela Group


Carin-Isabel Knoop, Executive Director, Harvard Business School

Carin-Isabel Knoop founded and leads the Harvard Business School’s Case Research & Writing Group, which supports about a third of the School’s course materials output. In collaboration with leading management experts, she co-authored more than 200 case studies on organizations and managers worldwide, as well as athletes, artists, and chefs. A desire to improve their lives and those they touch led to the publication of Compassionate Management of Mental Health at Work with Professor John A Quelch (Springer, 2018), the development of Harvard Business Publishing resources on human sustainability and numerous speaking, publishing, and consulting engagements around the world. 


Chaitanya Chinchlikar, VP-CTO, Whistling Woods


Chaitanya Giri, Asso. Prof., Space Studies, FLAME University


Chanda Kochhar, Former MD & CEO, ICICI


Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, CEO & MD, Bandhan Bank


Chandresh Nigam, MD & CEO, Axis Asset Management Company Ltd.

A Mechanical Engineer from IIT Delhi and PGDM from IIM Calcutta who currently helms Axis Asset Management Company Ltd.

He joined the company in 2009, as Head of Equity, was part of the core management team since inception and has conceptualized the company’s fund management philosophy and fund processes that are key to its success today. In 2010, he was promoted as Head Investments and in 2013 as MD & CEO of the company.

He has worked with notable organizations like TCG Advisory Services, ICICI Prudential AMC & Zurich India AMC in the past.


Chetan Savla, CHRO, Kotak Mahindra Bank


Chetna Gala Sinha, Founder & Chairperson, Mann Deshi Bank