Our speakers

Naveen Murali, VP, Head of Marketing, Pepperfry

With a career spanning over 12 years, Naveen has covered a wide spectrum of roles across marketing, sales, and product development across industries like FMCG and Technology. Naveen leads Pepperfry’s marketing and brand strategy with an aim to drive brand awareness across lucrative untapped markets as well as capture share in the furniture and home décor industry. As a new-age marketing evangelist, he works towards charting out a strategy that helps to break the barriers that consumers have towards shopping online, especially for big-ticket items. Prior to Pepperfry, Naveen worked with Asian Paints for about 10 years where he handled diverse marketing, sales, and international business responsibilities of increasing scope and complexity. For a couple of years, post his engineering, Naveen did a stint as an applications engineer at Oracle on ERP development. Naveen is a recipient of The Economic Times Young Leader award, a stellar achievement for any young professional. Naveen is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM K), and holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Warangal (NIT W)

Naveen Surya, Co-Founder, Beams Venture Capital

Navneet Munot, MD & CEO, HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd.

Navneet Munot is the MD & CEO of HDFC Asset Management Company Limited (HDFC AMC). He joined the firm in February 2021. HDFC AMC manages over Rs.7.5 lakh crore across Equity and Fixed Income Mutual Funds for over 1 crore investors across the country. Navneet is also the Chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).

A veteran of financial markets, Navneet has 3 decades of rich experience in the industry. Prior to joining HDFC AMC, he was the Executive director and Chief Investment officer of SBI Funds management Private Limited and was responsible for overseeing AUM over USD 150 billion across mutual funds and segregated accounts. Navneet was also a Director on the board of SBI Pension Funds (P) Limited.

In prior assignments, he was the Executive Director & Head – multi-strategy boutique with Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Chief Investment Officer – Fixed Income and Hybrid Funds at Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund.

Navneet Munot, CEO, HDFC Mutual Fund

Navya Naveli Nanda, Founder, Project Naveli

Nawal Saini, MD, Brookfield Renewable Power & Transition Group

Neelesh Surana, CIO, Mirae Asset Mutual Fund

Neelkanth Mishra, Chief Economist, Axis Bank; Head of Global Research (and member of the board), Axis Capital

Neeraj Gera, President & Head of Delivery, upGrad Enterprise

Neeraj Gera, President and Head of Delivery, upGrad Enterprise
Neeraj Gera comes with over 25 years of global experience across technology, services, and operational leadership and has a proven track record of scaling businesses and driving transformation. His previous stints include his role as Chief Operating Officer at Genpact’s Financial Services vertical, where he oversaw a global P&L and spearheaded service excellence initiatives across markets. At Dentsu Global Services, he led their captive unit, driving operational and strategic efficiencies. His career spans major accomplishments, such as scaling TBO’s international business to achieve 4X growth, securing strategic investments, and contributing to its IPO as a unicorn. Currently, at upGrad Enterprise, he is leading end-to-end delivery functions with a strong focus on designing innovative and effective 'skilling' capabilities for clients, empowering enterprises to address talent gaps and embrace the demands of tomorrow’s workforce.

Neeraj Menon, Partner, Trilegal