Our speakers

PS Jayakumar, MD, CEO & Executive DIrector, Bank of Baroda


R Doraiswamy, MD, Life Insurance Corporation of India


R Ganesan, Head of Corporate Centre, L&T Construction

Mr. Ganesan is a Mechanical with 30 years of experience in Corporate Strategy, Project Management, development & implementation of project & business strategies in Construction, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Refinery industries.

At L&T, Mr. Ganesan’s portfolio includes:

1. Facilitating Corporate Strategy implementation
2. Heading the Supply Chain, Digital, IT and Analytics Organizations
3. Spearheading Digital Initiatives and Business Analytics
4. Special Initiatives like Business Process re-engineering
5. Sponsor for L&T EduTech Business


R Sivakumar, Head - Fixed Income, Axis AMC

Sivakumar is the Head – Fixed Income at Axis AMC. Siva has over two decades of experience in the Indian asset management industry working across asset classes and functions. He was part of the start up team at Axis joining in August 2009 looking after products and portfolio management services. He was responsible for leading the launch of Axis' signature & award-winning hybrid funds. In September 2010 he was promoted to Head - Fixed Income. He is responsible for the overall investment strategy, performance and risk management across fixed income investments.

Prior to Axis AMC, he was associated with Fortis Investments (formerly ABN AMRO AMC) where he held multiple positions chiefly as a Fund Manager - Fixed Income. He also led products, and - in 2009 - was appointed Chief Operating Officer becoming the youngest person in the asset management industry in that role. He has also worked with Sundaram AMC as Fund Manager – Fixed Income and with Zurich India AMC as Research Analyst.

Qualification:- Bachelor of Technology from IIT Madras, PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad.


R Subramaniakumar, MD & CEO, RBL Bank


R. Narayan Kumar, Chief Business Officer, Inox Wind

Narayan has proven credentials in the renewable energy space across multiple markets. He has led high-performance teams across global organizations like Vestas and Acciona Energy. He is an Engineering & Management graduate and an MIT AMP alumnus.


R.P. Gupta, Chairman & Managing Directo, Solar Energy Corporation of India


Rachna Bahadur, Partner, Bain & Company


Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss Mutual Fund

Radhika Gupta is the MD & CEO of Edelweiss Mutual Fund. Under her stewardship, the company has seen a meteoric rise in Assets Under Management (AUM), growing from over ?6,500 crore as of 31st March 2017 to more than ?1.40 Lakh crore by 31st July 2024. A graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Radhika is also a hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, and author. In 2022, she authored 'Limitless,' a ground-breaking guide steering the journey of self-investment towards success. Her dynamic presence in motivational sessions at corporate events and podcasts underscores her commitment to enlightening others on both fiscal understanding and mental resilience. 

Radhika has been listed by Forbes, Fortune, and Business Today among India’s ‘Most Powerful Women in Business’ and by Economic Times in their list of ‘India’s Hottest 40 Young Business Leaders.’ Further solidifying her global reputation in the finance domain, she was recognized as a Young Global Leader in 2022 by the World Economic Forum and received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2023 from the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology. She was also a judge on Shark Tank India (season 3) and has been named one of GQ India's 35 Most Influential Young Indians (MIYI 2024).


Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, EDELWEISS MF and Vice Chairperson, AMFI

Author of LIMITLESS (2022) & Motivational Speaker
LinkedIn Top Voices 2020: India & Top Voices 2020: Global (Finance & Economy) | ET 40UnderFourty India’s Hottest Business Leader-2020
Featured by World Economic Forum's Young Global Leadership 2022 list of the most prominent & inspiring young leaders of the world.

A graduate from the Management and Technology Program at the University of Pennsylvania (USA); with joint degrees in Economics from the Wharton School & Computer Science Engineering from the Moore School, Radhika Gupta is MD & CEO of Edelweiss Asset Management Limited, one of India’s fastest growing mutual fund companies.  She has recently been elected as Vice Chairperson at AMFI. 

Radhika is avid motivational speaker and author of the highly acclaimed book LIMITLESS (2022), in which she captures her personal experience and talks about overcoming adversity and attaining success.

Radhika started her career with McKinsey & Company, and then progressed to become a hedge fund manager with AQR Capital – one of the world’s largest hedge funds.   She then moved to India to start her own venture named – Forefront Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm, which was acquired by Edelweiss in 2014. An asset management professional with experience across asset classes and investor segments; she successfully led Edelweiss’s acquisition of JP Morgan’s Mutual Fund business and Ambit Capital’s AIF business in 2016.

A true global personality, having travelled across 4 continents, she is the founding President of the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Club, a member of the Global Leadership Council of the Management and Technology Program and a Board Member of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). A keen micro-blogger on Twitter and an avid Bridge player, her unique life story narrated in the video,  ‘The Girl with a Broken Neck’, has garnered over 2 Lakh views.