Our speakers

Akshay Garkel, Partner & Leader, Cyber, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP

Akshay Ghulati, Co-Founder - Global expansion and Strategy, Shiprocket

Akshay Ghulati is the Co-founder, Shiprocket Global & Strategy, a leading tech-enabled e-commerce fulfilment platform in India. Akshay leads the Strategy and Global Expansion team and is responsible for managing the overall revenue functions of the business including marketing, account management and customer service. His key responsibility is to make Shiprocket the most trusted logistics and fulfilment platform for e-commerce sellers. 
 
Akshay has an exemplary academic background and extensive experience in the e-commerce industry. Having graduated from the prestigious Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania with a BSc degree in Economics he then went on to pursue his MBA from Harvard Business School. Akshay joined Shiprocket in 2016 as the Chief Business Officer and in January 2020 he was appointed as a Co-founder.
 
Throughout the course of his career, Akshay has worked with notable organizations in senior positions. Prior to joining Shiprocket, Akshay was associated with e-commerce heavyweight Amazon in the UK where he served as a Senior Manager for the Pan-Europe FBA division. Before joining Amazon UK he worked with Smile Interactive Technologies as Director for Incubations and Investments. He was also associated with A.T. Kearney as a Senior Business Analyst at the start of his career and later with The Parthenon Group in the UK as a Principal.
 
With exceptional business acumen, Akshay’s career features several milestones. He was the youngest full-time employee for A.T. Kearney India post his bachelor’s degree at a time when the firm only hired MBA graduates. Akshay also helped set up the United Stock Exchange, which was the 4th pan India stock exchange. The organization was later acquired by Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Akshay was also recognized as the top performer at Amazon and was awarded the Just Do It award.
 
Akshay plans to make Shiprocket the leading SME e-commerce fulfilment platform both in India and key international markets. Passionate about the food supply chain in India Akshay is learning more about sustainable farming. A movie buff, he loves travelling and playing poker. He also frequently works with and supports NGOs that work towards educating girls.  
 

Alan Leibman, President & MO, Atlantis the Palm

Alaric Diniz, Partner, Deloitte

Alisha Sachdev, Assistant Editor, Mint (Moderator)

Alok Kumar, Union Power Secretary,

Alok Verma, Head Corporate Strategy & ESG, Ashok Leyland

Alok leads the Corporate Strategy & ESG, and is responsible for driving growth, partnerships, sustainability and other strategic initiatives at Ashok Leyland. He brings strong expertise across corporate strategy, mergers & acquisitions, market entry strategy, innovation & performance improvement.

Alok is a Mechanical Engineer from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Bangalore and has had extensive domain experience across Auto, Industrial, Technology and Analytics being based out of US, India, Europe, and APAC.

Alok works actively with Industry forums like SIAM, CII, Assocham, FICCI, ET, ACMA, IACC and other trade forums/ academia interfaces across Strategy, Sustainability and Innovation expertise areas. He has worked closely with CII National Competitiveness Council and has been a part of CII Future Business Council. Alok has been a keynote speaker at multiple events and has several publications which captures his perspective on Innovation and disruption across Industry segments.

Prior to Ashok Leyland, Alok has had leadership stints as Strategy & Operations Leader at PwC Strategy&, as well as Grant Thornton. He has worked with Global Corporate Boards, Promoters, CEO’s, PE players as part of his Strategic Advisory efforts.

Alokesh Bhattacharyya, Deputy Managing Editor, Mint (Moderator)

Amber Dubey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India

Shri Amber Dubey is Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India.

He is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and IIM Ahmedabad and has a professional experience of over 28 years. He was one of nine professionals selected in 2019 by the Government of India to join as Joint Secretaries on a lateral entry basis.

At Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Shri Dubey is looking after drones, aerospace manufacturing, MRO, flying schools, IT and skill development etc.  He's also the Acting Vice Chancellor of the Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU), Amethi (UP).

Earlier, Shri Dubey was India head of aerospace and defence at global consultancy KPMG. While at KPMG, Shri Dubey worked closely with MoCA in drafting the Vision 2040, National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP 2016) and the policy framework for the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS).  He had assisted MoCA in drafting the 12th Five Year Plan for aviation.  He had also advised various airports, airlines, cargo, MRO and ground services companies in Indian and abroad.

In 2012, Shri Dubey was honoured for ‘valuable contribution to Indian aviation’ by the then aviation minister.

Ameera Shah, Managing Director, Metropolis Healthcare Ltd