Our speakers
M. Rajeshwar Rao, Deputy Governor, RBI
Madhavi Lall, Managing Director, Head - HR, India, Deutsche Bank
Madhu Iyer, Partner, Rocketship.vc
Madhulika Sharma, Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer, ITC
Madhurima Nandy, Senior Editor, Mint (Moderator)
MAE MARIYAM THOMAS, Founder, Maed in India
Mahavir Chopra, Founder, Beshak.org
Mahavir Chopra is the founder of Beshak.org, India’s only independent insurance platform. With over 20 years of industry experience, Mahavir has held prominent leadership roles, including Chief Business Officer at Coverfox and Practice Leader for eBusiness at Marsh. His deep expertise in health and life insurance has made him a recognized voice in the media, where he is frequently quoted for his insights. Passionate about consumer-first solutions, Mahavir has been instrumental in bringing transparency and improved trust to the insurance sector, shaping how insurance is perceived and accessed in India.
Mahendra Jajoo, CIO - Fixed Income, Mirae Asset Investment Managers (India)
Mahesh A. Chikodi, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, L&T Group
Mahesh A. Chikodi is an experienced Digital Transformation Leader and Technology Officer with 25+ years of demonstrated success in transforming businesses around the potential of digital and a proven track record of creating new digital products, services, and business model innovations.
Presently, Mahesh is the Chief Digital and Technology Officer for Larsen and Toubro (L&T), a $24 Billion multinational engineering, construction, and manufacturing conglomerate. His role at L&T is as follows:
- Member of the Larsen & Toubro Group Digital & Technology Executive Board
- Responsible for L&T's digital and technology transformation strategy, leveraging technology, AI, and analytics to elevate the customer experience, create new growth platforms, and transform end-to-end operations.
- Developing new digital and physical technologies and capabilities to enhance current products and services and enable future innovative business solutions.
Working in close partnerships with the L&T businesses to leverage cutting-edge digital technologies and capabilities to deliver operational improvements for these businesses and accelerate business impact.
Mahesh also comes with excellent local and international P&L and operations management backgrounds and a track record of delivering profitable revenue growth and margin expansion. In his career profile, he has worked out of Germany, the UK, and India, managing global teams for digital and technology transformation programmes.
An entrepreneurial and inspiring leader, he drives impact for global companies without losing sight of the need to "roll up the sleeves" when required. focused on cloud computing (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS), with particular interest in and knowledge of the IoT, I4.0, machine learning, and big data analytics.
+ Highlights:
> 25+ years of digital, technology, and strategy experience managed teams of 2,000+ global staff
> Oversaw the growth and scaling of a digital business from zero to $150 million.
> Launched 14+ new product offerings
Awards and Recognition:
> Year 2024 – Best Digital Enterprise Award winner at ET CIO Awards for L&T Group
> Year 2023 – Best Future Ready Digital Enterprise Award for L&T
>Year 2021-2022 - AWS Digital Product Innovation Award winner for Impelsys
> 2021–2022 - Top Executive Management for certifying Impelsys as a Great Place to Work
> 2017-2018 – Best Global Industrial IOT & Digital Award at IOT World Congress Barcelona for Bosch
> Winner of the Top Digital Business Growth Awards at Bosch for consecutive years
> Top Division Percentage to Goal and Dollar Growth Contribution
> Division with the Highest Employee Engagement Score
Mahesh Babu, CEO - India & COO, Switch Mobility