Our speakers

Parth Shah, Co-Founder, Indian School of Public Policy

Parth J. Shah is the founder president of Centre for Civil Society and the founder of National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA), a federation of 80,000 budget private schools in India. Dr. Shah’s research and advocacy work focuses on the themes of economic freedom (law, liberty and livelihood campaign), choice and competition in education (fund students, not schools), property rights approach for the environment (terracotta vision of stewardship), and good governance (new public management and the duty to publish). He has edited and published extensively in international and Indian journals and popular press on various issues ranging from currency regulation to education policy. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Auburn University, and has taught at the University of Michigan. He has been a visiting faculty at JNU and MS University and has served on the Senate of the Central University of Himachal Pradesh and of Tamil Nadu. He has been a member of several state and union government task forces, including the education task force of the governments of Delhi and Karnataka. He recently joined the Board of Directors of the Atlas Network, USA.

Piyush Goyal, Hon'ble Union Minister of Commerce & Industry,

Piyush Goyal, Hon. Union Minister for Commerce and Industry,

Piyush Shah, Co-founder, InMobi Group, President & COO, Glance

Pooja Sahgal, Chief Marketing Officer, Raymond

Influential marketing and business growth leader with +20 years of experience in driving brand preference, business transformation, and profitable revenue growth for leading brands. Savvy, data-driven strategist with varied and deep experience including category and brand development, brand portfolio maximization, innovation, and integrated channel deployment. Skilled at building, training, and inspiring high-performing goal- oriented teams. 

She has worked across Marico, Kellogg , Kellogg UK , Loreal and Raymond Consumer care.

Prabhjeet Singh, President, Uber - India & South Asia

Pradeep Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS International

Pradeep Tharakan, Director Energy Transition, ADB

Prajna Khanna, Global Head of Sustainability, Prosus Group

Prajna Khanna is the Global Head of Sustainability – Vice President at Prosus Group and Naspers Limited at Prosus Group. Prajna has two decades of working experience transitioning from being a development communication specialist to business sustainability. Before joining Prosus, Khanna was heading the corporate social responsibility department of Signify Foundation (formerly Philips Lighting). She also served as sustainability advisor at ING until October 2015. 

Khanna did her masters in media studies at Deakin University and is certified in executive education, leadership and transformation from Harvard Business School Executive Education.

Prakash Sankaran, Managing Director & CEO Invoicemart, A.TReDS Ltd