Prior to this appointment, Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran was a writer, author, teacher and consultant. He has written a weekly Mint column for fifteen years on Tuesdays, since 2007. He has co-authored four books:

Vinod joined “More” in April 2020. He has over 30+ years across transformational leadership assignments at Hindustan Unilever India and Colgate Palmolive. He has built and grown businesses across geographies spanning India, Romania, Italy, Greater China and the broader Asia Pacific region. In his various roles at Colgate over last 21 years, Vinod has scaled growth opportunities in diverse geographies through transformative leadership. He built strong JV and customer partnerships while building an inspiring organizational culture
and team.

Vinod brings a unique combination of inspiring leadership and first principles-based problem solving approach with passionate customer obsession. His strategic clarity coupled with a strong execution bias will drive exceptional results in the years to come.

Vinod has done his Master’s degree in Marketing from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Eric Broussard has been Vice President, International Seller Services since August 2012. In this role, based in Seattle, WA, he leads Amazon’s International Marketplace businesses in Europe, Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Australia, as well as Amazon Global Selling initiatives worldwide.

Prior to that, Broussard was Vice President, Amazon Services Europe for eight years,where he led development and implementation of Amazon Seller Services strategy in Europe and Japan. Amazon Services Europe offers eCommerce solutions for retailers who want to leverage the technical platform, operational capabilities, professional services and online retailing expertise of Amazon.com. Under Broussard’s leadership, Amazon Services Europe has become a leading Marketplace for hundreds of thousands of Sellers offering millions of products to customers in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Japan.

Before moving to Europe, Broussard was Amazon.com’s Vice President of Jewelry and Health & Personal Care based at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington. Broussard drove the creation of these two businesses and managed all aspects of their expansion.

Prior to this role, Broussard served as Amazon.com’s Vice President of partnerships and was responsible for the company’s alliances with third parties like Toysrus.com, Circuit City, Borders.com and drugstore.com.

From 1999 to 2002, Broussard served as Vice President of the Home group at Amazon.com, managing the Kitchen, Tools & Hardware and Outdoor Living businesses. Broussard also managed Amazon.com’s launch into the UK and German markets, drove the integration of Amazon.com’s acquisition of PlanetAll and was instrumental in establishing Amazon.com’s partnership with drugstore.com.

Prior to joining Amazon.com in 1998, Broussard was director of international Web business for Netscape Communications. There he developed marketing and sales strategies, negotiated contracts and managed public relations projects for Netscape’s European expansion activities. Prior to that, as a management consultant for Bain & Company, Broussard implemented corporate-wide strategies for Bain’s largest telecommunications client. Broussard’s experience also includes marketing positions and/or supervising projects at Cadence Design Systems and Valid Logic Systems.

Broussard holds an MBA from Stanford, a Master of Science in Information Systems from École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and a Bachelor of Science degree from INSEEC in Paris.

Amit Agarwal, Global Senior Vice President and Country Head of Amazon India, is the man behind the staggering rise of the company surpassing all internal milestones in the Indian e-commerce market. Known for his customer obsession and outstanding business development skills, he envisages Amazon to be the most customer-centric company by transforming the e-commerce industry in India. Amit Agarwal, a native of Mumbai, obtained his B.Tech. Degree in Computer Science in 1995 from IIT Kanpur and further went on to complete his masters in the same discipline from Stanford University in 1997. He began his stint at Amazon in February 1999 in Seattle. At the time he joined Amazon, the company was only into bookselling and was interested in expanding its operations. Mr. Agarwal played a pivotal role in accomplishing the company’s vision and mission. He started working at Amazon as a software developer and steadily rose to the top ranks becoming one of the youngest team members of the Senior Leadership Team (S-Team) of chief executive officer and president Jeff Bezos. He has always remained an important part of almost every single large bet made by the retailer that spans Amazon’s core online marketplace business, Amazon Web Services (AWS). In 2004, he moved to India to head AWS team as a managing director and oversaw the company’s expansion in the country. In 2007, he returned to Seattle and became a part of the Bezos’s much-coveted team of technical advisers prominently known as the Shadow Team. He served as a technical advisor for three years and then was promoted to be a VP International Expansion in 2009 and Vice President and Country Head, Amazon India in 2013.

Owing to his excellent track record and relentless endeavors to expand Amazon’s business in India, the company elevated him to the position of a global senior vice president in March 2017. Under his leadership, Amazon has grown in leaps and bounds over the past few years and is focused on bringing global innovations to India. Jeff Bezos has recently announced to invest $3 billion more to strengthen the company’s presence in the Indian e-commerce market.

Besides his work and professional commitments, Amit enjoys playing the electric guitar and listening to music. He was a vocalist in a rock band known as Algo-Rhythms during his post-grad days at Stanford. He is a die-hard fan of Kishore Kumar and Jerry Seinfeld.

Manish Tiwary manages the consumer business for Amazon in India. He is passionate about changing the way India buys and sells and has been driving the online transformation in India over the last three years. He assumed this responsibility in 2016 post a long and fruitful stint with Unilever.

Manish has close to 20 years of experience with Unilever in various sales, marketing and general management roles. Manish was part of the Unilever (India) Board with specific responsibility for Sales for South Asia. His last role was as the Managing Director for Unilever (Gulf) managing a cluster of 34 countries in North Africa and Middle East operating from Dubai.

Manish holds a Management degree from Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore) and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer science from BITS.

Mahendra Nerurkar heads Amazon Pay in India. Mahendra has worked at Amazon for 12 years across our Seller and Payments businesses. In these roles, he has worked with sellers and consumer problems worldwide. In this current role, he is focused on making payments trusted, convenient and rewarding for our consumers and merchants in India.

Raghava became the finance leader for IN Consumer in March 2014. Prior to joining Amazon, he spent 20 years with Unilever in India and International markets and in roles that span business finance, treasury, operations and buying. He was also Assistant to the CEO for Hindustan Unilever for India and South Asia, and his last role at Unilever was as Head of Treasury and M&A. His international experience comes from a role at the regional headquarter at Singapore, where he supported strategic finance for marketing and business teams in China, South East Asia, South Asia and Africa. Prior to that, he was Head of Finance for Kimberly-Clark Lever, a JV in India between Unilever and Kimberly-Clark Corp. He is a Computer Science Engineer from IIT Bombay and has an MBA from IIM Calcutta.

Puneet Chandok is the President, India and South Asia for Commercial Business at Amazon Internet Services Private Limited (AISPL). As the country MD and GM, his charter is to oversee and manage the incubation, planning, and demand for AWS Services from customers across industry segments, as well as build and lead customer-centric teams that help organisations innovate and transform using AWS services. At AWS, we work with customers to help retire their technical debt and drive innovation through our advanced services including Data and Analytics, AI/ML, and IoT.

Puneet joined AISPL in June 2019. Prior to joining AISPL, Puneet held leadership roles with McKinsey & Co. and IBM Global Services. As a Partner at McKinsey, Puneet built and led several practices, digital and technology capabilities across India and Asia. Puneet was also the Managing Partner for some of McKinsey’s highest growth offices in India. At IBM, Puneet held roles with IBM Business Consulting and was Deputy General Manager – Solutions, Transitions and Global Competency for Asia Pacific.

Puneet holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C).

Chetan joined Amazon after an almost 7 year stint at Google. He comes with a wealth of public policy and business experience, working in some of the most demanding and challenging Indian corporate policy environments. During his time at Google, he built an exceptionally strong team, initiated many proactive partnerships with Central and State governments, and strategically re-positioned the company and its reputation in India across a diverse set of political and policy stakeholders, including at the very highest levels.

Prior to joining Google, Chetan was Director, Corporate affairs at Dell India for five years, and previously led Public Policy at Intel, including serving as the TA to the President of Intel. At Intel he won the Intel Achievement Award (IAA) – the company’s highest award. Less than 1% Intel employees win the coveted award. Chetan began his career as a journalist and has worked for some of India’s most renowned publications, including the Times of India, where he headed the newspaper’s technology bureau.

Abhijit leads the Global Selling Program in India. Amazon Global Selling currently has more than 70000 sellers selling worldwide on 17 international marketplaces to over 300 million customers. Prior to taking this role in November 2016, Abhijit was responsible for launching and heading Seller Flex and Amazon lending programs. Seller Flex is Amazon's flagship fulfillment program which allows sellers to sell their products on Amazon.in using the FBA service without moving items out of their own warehouse. With over 10 years of experience in diverse roles, Abhijit joined Amazon in 2011 and was part of the core team working on launching the Amazon business in India. Post launch, he has donned multiple leadership roles across various functions like Product Management, Marketing and Operations. Prior to joining Amazon, Abhijit has experience working in the technology sector.

Karan Adani is the Chief Executive Officer of Adani Ports and SEZ (APSEZ), the 25 Billion dollar logistics business of the diversified Adani Portfolio. An Economics graduate from Purdue University (USA), Karan joined APSEZ in 2009, to gain expertise in core operations at Mundra port, the flagship port of APSEZ in Gujarat. Ever since, he has been able to rapidly expand the portfolio from just two ports to twelve ports and terminals dotting the entire Indian coastline. Following a series of strategic expansion deals, APSEZ is now India’s largest and fastest growing private sector port developer and operator with a pan-India logistics reach.

With his international perspective, Karan now aims to augment the company’s identity around an integrated business model that includes port operations, logistics and SEZ development, a combination that is rapidly transforming the company into an end-to-end logistics solutions provider. Following an increased focus on operational efficiencies through moves such as decentralizing of port operations and introduction of Internet of Things and Robotics, APSEZ under Karan Adani is all set to become a globally competitive player setting
a benchmark for excellence in port operations.

Karan is soft spoken and a modern leader who takes his team along with him to develop new ways of doing business. He is an active proponent of environmental safety and comprehensive developmental for the larger good of society.

When he isn’t aggressively pursuing growth plans for APSEZ, Karan enjoys working out in his
state-of-the-art gym and spending quality time with his two daughters.

Anil Bhardwaj is Secretary General of Federation of Indian Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME). He has worked extensively in the fields of international trade and SME development. He has advised or led several SME development projects supported by multilateral and bilateral donor agencies in India. His recent engagements include: Member, Damodaran Committee for Reforming the Regulatory Environment for Doing Business in India (Ministry of Corporate Affairs); Member, Drafting Committee for ‘National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic responsibilities of Business’ since notified by Ministry Corporate Affairs (Govt. of India); Member, Advisory Group of IICA-GIZ CSR initiatives; Member, Project Advisory Committee 'National Competition Policy and Economic Growth in India'.

Hailing from the pink city, this entrepreneur is truly representing the pink power of women entrepreneurship in the State of Rajasthan. Divya Arora, the director and co- founder of The Divine Taste Pvt Ltd, Kesar, a Mithai boutique situated in Jaipur, is a seeker for life.

A doctorate in Naturopathy & Yoga and also a Pranic Healer, she is currently pursuing her passion as an entrepreneur through Kesar. This Mithai boutique, unlike any other is inspired to redefine Indian sweets and honour the craftsmanship and art of making Indian sweets.

Having started this venture in 2013, Divya Arora had immense support from her family despite the hurdles that came from this extensively male dominated sector. Through her innovation and creativity, she was able to break through this glass ceiling and emerge as one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Jaipur. Having her boutique being featured on channels like Fox 5 & Discover with Michelin Chef Vikas Khanna, she started believing in her abilities and trusting the process. Being a true believer of, "What your mind can perceive, it can conceive", Divya Arora is always open to learning and building on new ideas.

CP Gurnani (popularly known as ‘CP’ within his peer group), is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tech Mahindra - a USD 5.1 billion digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services and solutions provider with 145,000+ professionals across 90 countries, helping 1191 global customers including Fortune 500 companies.

An accomplished business leader with extensive experience in international business development, start-ups and turnarounds, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, CP played a pivotal role in Tech Mahindra's transformation journey, and one of the biggest turnarounds of Indian Corporate History - the acquisition and merger of Satyam.
Living by the credo, ‘don’t work hard, work smart’, CP brings an inimitable leadership style combined with a laser-sharp focus on customer experience, which has helped Tech Mahindra emerge as one of the leading global digital transformation providers.

He strongly believes that one just cannot ride the growth path with resources that are out of sync with market dynamics. One of his many noticeable achievements in the past year has been an ambitious, company-wide initiative aimed at retraining Tech Mahindra employees to ensure they have the skills and knowledge to remain competitive and survive the age of digital transformation.

In a career spanning 40+ years, CP has held several leading positions with Hewlett Packard Ltd, Perot Systems (India) Ltd. and HCL Corporation Ltd. CP has also served as a Chairman of NASSCOM for the year 2016-2017.

He is an ardent supporter of Individual Social Responsibility, and often prods people to invest their time towards betterment of humanity and society, at large. He is on the Board of Tech Mahindra Foundation that was launched in 2007 to help the underprivileged children. He also founded ‘Titliyan’, a NGO that spearheads spreading quality education and developing life and social skills of more than 240 under privileged children.

A chemical engineering graduate from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, he is a distinguished and active alumnus of the Institute. CP has also been felicitated with an honorary Doctorate degree by Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology and Sharda University. He is on the Board of Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, a promoter of Tech Mahindra Limited. His passion for education is resonated in the various honorary positions he holds - He is on the board of Mahindra Educational Institutions (MEI) & a member of the Board of Management of Mahindra University, a private university promoted by MEI to educate future citizens for and of a better world. He is also the Chairman of IIM Nagpur and the Founding Trustee of Plaksha University.

CP has been conferred with CEO’s Choice ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ 2021 – the nation’s highest independent civilian honour – instituted by SKOCH Group and CEO’s Association for Inclusive India (CAII). He has also been featured in a Harvard Case Study on ‘Tech Mahindra and the Acquisition of Satyam Computers’.

He is the recipient of many prestigious awards including:

Ananth Narayanan is an Investor and an Entrepreneur in the consumer internet space in India. He is the founder of Mensa Brands. Mensa brands looks to invest into and work with founders of digital first brands and scale them globally.

Most recently he was the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Medlife, one of the largest e-health company in India, with business verticals including pharmacy, diagnostics, and e- consultation.

After scaling the business, he successfully merged it with Pharmeasy creating a billion plus dollar business which is a clear market leader in the healthcare technology space.

Prior to this he served as the CEO of Myntra, the country’s largest platform for fashion and lifestyle products and part of Flipkart/Walmart. Under his leadership, the company witnessed 6x growth in a span of 3.5 years, while improving profitability, with the right foundation for long term success. He was also instrumental in buying Jabong and consolidating Myntra’s market leadership.

Featured as one of “India’s Hottest 40 under 40 Business Leaders” in 2014, Ananth has deep expertise in driving performance improvement and digital transformation.

Prior to joining Myntra, Ananth was a Director at Mckinsey & Company for 15 years and has worked across four offices (Chicago, Shanghai, Taipei, and Chennai). He serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Marico and is an active member of YPO, the Global Community of Young Leaders and Chief Executives. He is a part of the Champions of Change, Transformation Conclave set up by Niti Aayog, under the aegis of Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. He is also on the Board of Arghyam, a foundation set up by Rohini Nilekani to improve access to safe water. He also is passionate about the topic of Mental Health and Serves as a Trustee for Deepika Padukone’s Live Love Laugh foundation. He is an active member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and is also on the Industry Advisory Board of the University of Michigan.

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Montek Singh Ahluwalia, an economist, and civil servant, was former Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Government of India. He joined the Government in 1979 as Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance, after which he held a series of positions including Special Secretary to the Prime Minister; Commerce Secretary; Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs; Finance Secretary in the Ministry of Finance; Member of the Planning Commission and Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. In 2001, he was appointed as the first Director of the newly created Independent Evaluation Office of the International Monetary Fund. He resigned from that position in 2004 to take up the position of Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission which he held from 2004 to 2014.

Mr. Ahluwalia has been a key figure in Indian economic policy. He writes on various aspects of development economics and has been published in prominent Indian and international journals and books. He co-authored Re-distribution with Growth: An Approach to Policy, which, published in 1975, was a path-breaking book on income distribution. In February 2020, he published his book, Backstage: The Story Behind India’s High Growth Years, an insider’s account of policymaking from 1985 to 2014. For his outstanding contribution to economic policy and public service, he was conferred the prestigious ‘Padma Vibhushan’ in 2011, India’s 2nd highest civilian award for exceptional and distinguished service.

DR. R. Ramaseshan is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has over 30 years of experience in finance and treasury. He is an executive committee member of the Tamil Chamber of Commerce and former panel member of Economic Affairs & Taxation panel of CII. He has worked as an auditor under various government companies such as Tamil Nadu Magnasite Limited, Anna Transport Corporation (a Government of Tamil Nadu undertaking in the field of transportation) and Tamil Nadu tourism Development Corporation. He has corporate expertise in roles encompassing Finance, Treasury, Audit, CFO and CEO, currently as Chief Executive Officer & Director of Berggruen Holdings Limited, a multinational, multibillion conglomerate in the field of Real Estate and Power. He has also worked with IREO Holdings as CFO, Price Water House Coopers Pvt Ltd (handled the Inbound investments and SEZs), Wartsila India Ltd, Unilever Limited and Madras Cements Limited.

He is also a member, Board of Studies at Vellore Institute of Technology (Deemed University) Subjects handled - International Finance &Management Information Systems, a member of Board of Studies at SRM Business School (Deemed University), as well as a Guest lecturer at Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Based in Delhi, Davneet Kaur is the founder of The Umbrella Store- a one stop portal for sustainable products. The brand offers consumers products like soywax candles, wheat fiber plates and more. Right from her school days, Davneet hoped to run a successful business, but was confused about how to start. It was during her first year of college that she began taking concrete steps towards a career in business. She did face setbacks though, with her first venture- an online thrift store that she started in 2017, not taking off the way she hoped. Soon after graduating college, Davneet joined a corporate job, working over 9 hours a day. She was tired and felt defeated by the routine of a corporate job.

This eventually led her to restart her journey, follow her passion and dreams to start her own business. The Umbrella Store was launched with just 3 products in its portfolio. Davneet began selling on Amazon and gradually built a range of products as part of her brand. She initially juggled her corporate job and her full-time business, but in Jan 2020- she finally took a leap of faith and decided to quit her corporate gig and focus solely on her business. Davneet continues to face challenges, most recently having to navigating the growth of her business during the pandemic. Despite this, The Umbrella Store has been able to successfully complete more than 5,000 orders, and launch new product categories as part of its portfolio. These wins keep Davneet optimistic about the future, who has big plans and aims to transform the business by next year to sell 100% Made in India products.

Sri K Bhasker Reddy hails from Suryapet District of Telangana State, graduated in Dairy Technology from Osmania University and completed his Executive MBA from Indian School of Business (ISB) – Hyderabad. He is the founder and Managing Director of Creamline Dairy Products Limited, Hyderabad.

Creamline Dairy has operation across southern states and 11 processing plant with the capacity of 1 million liters per day. Its milk and dairy products are sold under the popular brand name “JERSEY”. The Company has achieved a turnover of Rs. 1200 crore for the financial year ended March, 2020. Creamline Dairy Products Limited has become a subsidiary company of Godrej Agrovet Limited in 2015.

He has been conferred with the Entrepreneur of the Year 2001 awarded by Hyderabad Management Association, Hyderabad. He is an active member of Indian Dairy Association (IDA) and Chairman of combined A.P. & Telangana State.

- Mr. Ashok Agarwal is presently the National President of Indian Industries Association.
- Born in the year 1960 in Shahjahanpur district, Mr. Ashok Agarwal is a alumni of Lucknow University.
- Shri Ashok Agrawal started his industry in 1887 in the name of Vidya Ply & Board Private Limited.
- Mr. Ashok Agrawal was honored with the Power Brand Industry Traincenter award in the year 2019 by the former President Late Mr. Pranab Mukherjee.
- Shri Ashok Agrawal is associated with IIA since 1998 and has previously held various positions in the Association at Chapter, Divisional, State and National level and made his important contribution. For 5 consecutive years as IIA Shahjahanpur Chapter Chairman, he did many things to strengthen IIA. Due to the efforts of Mr. Ashok Agarwal during the second wave of COVID, Uttar Pradesh became the first state in the country to allow the use of oxygen for industries.
- Shri Ashok Agrawal has been honored twice by the State Government at the state level and Jagran Group by Bareilly Gaurav, Shahjahanpur Gaurav and Janpad Ratna Aati Alankaran and other social organizations.
- Under the presidentship of Mr. Ashok Agarwal, IIA achieved many milestones by pursuing government in a very effective manner.

Shailesh Indaradamanbhai Patwari was the Former President of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Ahmedabad and a member of the Governing Council at Asian African Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He has held the position of Chairman at the Naroda Enviro Projects Ltd. since its inception in 1995. He also holds a series of various positions and leadership roles at industry organizations like ASSOCHAM, New Delhi and National Indian Merchant Chamber, Mumbai (IMC), where he is an Executive Member. He is the Promoter Director of Centre for R & D in Chemical & Allied Industries where MSME, GOG, sanctioned a grant of Rs. 15 crore for the R & D Project under his leadership. He is also associated with Naroda Industries Association as the Former President, and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI, New Delhi), among others.

Mr. Patwari has played a key role in running various trade associations and companies under his leadership. He has been recognized and awarded with Greening in Gujarat Award at the august hands of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, Bhamashah Award at National Level by Shri Murlimanohar Joshi and Shri Dharmendrapradhan, Minister of Petroleum, GOI, Pride of Gujarat Award by Feelings Gujarat, Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani Trophy, Gold Excellence Award by H.E. Governors of Chhattisgarh & Meghalaya, and Indira Gandhi Sadbhavana Award by H.E. Governor of Sikkim, among others. He was also selected as one of the 7 representatives by the World Bank to visit Australia for Cleaner Production activities and many more.

Dr Aruna Limaye Sharma, is a retired IAS officer of the 1982 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre. She is an avid practitioner of Development Economics and has successfully employed her craft in her professional career. A catalyst of positive change, she has played a pivotal role in chalking out development-related blueprints and ensuring that its benefits percolated to all sections of the society. Steeped in traditions, she is a Dance and Music aficionado.

Vivek has been with Amazon (US and India) for about 15 years across various functions. He currently leads Fulfillment Channels and Global Trade for Amazon India. He spearheaded the launch of Seller Flex, a unique India first fulfillment channel. He and his team have led the growth of FBA to a base of over 40K sellers, Easy Ship to 350K sellers, with Seller Flex and Easy Ship now live in 8 WW marketplaces.
Under Global Trade he leads the Global Selling business ($1.5B GMS FY’21) and the Out of Country to IN businesses plus product development (registration, payments, logistics) to support Global Selling from Emerging Origins (IN, SEA, MENA, LatAM)

Vivek’s prior roles at Amazon include leading Customer Service operations, Supply Chain operations and a stint developing technology platforms (as a SDE).

He is passionate about Formula 1, running, chicken recipes and writing COEs (☺)

Ajith Pai is the Chief Operating Officer of Delhivery. He has been associated with Delhivery since April 6, 2013. He holds a bachelor’s degree of engineering in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, and a post-graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He was previously associated with the Lodha Group as Associate Vice President - Procurement.

He has worked as Executive Director, Foods & Refreshment at Unilever Ltd where he joined in 1999. Before his appointment as the Executive Director, Refreshment, Sudhir was Regional Category Vice President, Refreshment (South Asia & Africa), Unilever. Before his appointment as the Regional Category Vice President, Refreshments (South Asia & Africa), Unilever, Sudhir was the General Manager of Personal Wash Category for HUL.

He is currently the Co-Chair of the CII National Committee of Food Processing and is a past Co-Chair of the FMCG Committee. He was also a member of the advisory board of Flipkart in 2015.

Sudhir has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a B.Sc in Math with Economics Honours from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.

In 2017 Sudhir was awarded the Young Alumni Achiever at his alma mater IIMA.

He writes periodically, on a variety of subjects, in national newspapers. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis, the sitar and farming.

Debjani Ghosh is the President of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM). A veteran of the technology industry, she is the first woman to lead it in the organisation’s three-decade history. A staunch champion of inclusion in corporate India, Debjani is a firm believer in the power of technology as the greatest equalizer. NASSCOM under her leadership had coined the term “Techade” in 2020, to define a decade where technology will transform from being an enabler to business and governance to becoming the foundation of how we live, work and play. Where the focus will shift towards the impact of technology on lives and livelihood, above all and inclusion and innovation will go hand in hand. Debjani is a firm believer that India is best positioned to lead in this Techade, with focus on Trust, Digital Talent, Inclusion, and Security as its key differentiators.

As the NASSCOM President, she actively works towards accentuating human-centric innovation and digital skilling to lead India in its journey of becoming a global hub for digital talent & Innovation. With multiple feathers in her cap, Debjani has been honored in 2018 by the President of India under the auspices of the ‘First Ladies’ program (which honors exceptional women pioneers in their respective fields) and Vogue declared her as the Tech Leader of the year 2020. Recognizing her contribution to technology, she was also facilitated in ‘40 over 40 - World’s Most Inspiring Women’ list by Fe:maleOneZero (F10) Magazine in 2022.

Piyush Pandey is Chief Creative Officer, Worldwide since 1st of January 2019. He took over the job as Executive Chairman and National Creative Director of Ogilvy India in 2004. He joined Ogilvy in August 1982 as an Account Executive and switched to the Creative department in 1987.

He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Advertising Agencies Association of India in 2010, the Clio Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, the ‘Padma Shri’ (Indian National Civilian Award) in 2016 and the Lion of St. Mark, alongwith his brother Prasoon Pandey at Cannes in June 2018.

He published his first book ‘Pandeymonium’, a Number 1 best seller on his life and times in advertising.

Ogilvy India has been India’s Number 1 creative agency for over two decades and Piyush has been named as the Economic Times’ Most Influential Person fourteen years in a row.

Piyush is an ex-cricketer and has been personally involved in the launch of the Indian Premier League, the Pro Kabaddi League and the Indian Super League.

Ogilvy was the first advertising job that he got and that’s where he continues to be.

A well-rounded business leader with over two decades of experience across General Management, Sales & Customer Development, FMCG Marketing, Internet companies and Advertising.

Kedar's purpose is to unleash the hidden energy that brings success and happiness to people, business and society.

Working with Unilever over the last 18 years, Kedar has demonstrated strong leadership and performance track record across General Management, Customer Development and Marketing. Having led diverse Businesses (ice-cream, infant & feminine hygiene) and channels (Shakti, Rural, Modern Trade, and eCommerce) he also brings a comprehensive understanding of India (having lived in 16 cities in India & Bangladesh) and its inherent complexities. People Leadership, Business Strategy, External Relationships & Alliances, Go-to-Market Planning & Execution are his key strengths.

Shashank started Razorpay, along with Harshil Mathur, after discovering the dismal state of online payments
in India. He graduated from IIT Roorkee and before taking the entrepreneurial route with Razorpay; Shashank also worked with Microsoft US as a Software Developer. With an idea to change the way online payments function in India, Shashank quit his full-time job.

By early 2014, Razorpay was conceptualized with a vision to simplify online payments. Razorpay is one of the only two India-focused companies to be selected for the prestigious Y Combinator (YC) program. Along with 33 reputed investors, the company is also backed by Lone Pine Capital, Alkeon Capital, TCV, GIC, Ribbit Capital, Sequoia Capital India, Tiger Global Management, Y Combinator, Matrix Partners and Mastercard with a funding of $741.5 Mn from Series A, B, C, D, E & F rounds.

Three years after its founding, Razorpay rebranded itself in 2017 as Razorpay 2.0, a Converged Payments Solution company with a product suite designed to ease businesses of managing concerns around the flow of money in their financial systems. Over the course of time, Razorpay has acquired five companies - IZealiant - A mobile-first, API-enabled, and cloud-ready payment solution Opfin, a Payroll and HR Management Software company, to solve for seamless automation of a business’s entire payroll process and Thirdwatch- an Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven company specialising in big data and machine learning for real-time fraud prevention, TeraFin Labs - The AI-based SaaS platform that facilitates digital financing solutions.

Recently, the company made its first international announcement by acquiring Curlec - A Recurring revenue platform. Progressing in its journey that started with Razorpay 2.0, the Company also launched it’s neobanking platform, RazorpayX and lending platform, Razorpay Capital - both designed to power the financial systems for disruptive companies.

Razorpay has been charting exponential growth since its inception. In the last six years, the company has powered digital payments for over 8 Mn businesses including the likes of Facebook, Airtel, BookMyShow, Ola, Zomato, Swiggy, Cred, ICICI Prudential among others and The company is all set to reach 10 Mn by 2022. In the last six months, Razorpay has witnessed a 40-45% growth, month-on-month. Currently, the company aims to further solidify its position as one of the largest full-stack fintech companies in the country.

Shashank has recently been recognized as the "Entrepreneur Of the Year, 2021" under the Financial Services category by Ernst & Young and has also been featured in an eclectic list of 30 promising young Indian talents under the age of 30, by Forbes Magazine (2017) and 40 Under 40 by Fortune India (2019). Shashank has also been featured in Entrepreneur magazine as ‘Top 35 Under 35’ entrepreneurs (2021).

Alok is Co-founder and CEO of Indifi, India's leading full-stack platform for enabling debt financing for small businesses.

Alok is also an active angel investor, co-founder of Indian Angel Network, and on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi.

Prior to starting Indifi, Alok setup and ran Canaan Partners' venture investment business. Earlier, Alok co-founded JobsAhead.com, a leading web-based recruitment business in India. Alok earned a BE in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a MS in computer science from UC Berkeley.

Shashank started his fitness journey at over 100kgs, 15 years ago. In the decade that followed, he taught himself fitness, lost 40kgs, ran several marathons, and helped many friends and colleagues get onto the fitness bandwagon. An IIM graduate, he has self-experimented with every fitness-fad and quick-fix out there, and now runs India's first 100% clean label food brand called The Whole Truth. They make super clean (and super yumm) Protein Bars, Mueslis, Chocolates & Peanut Butters. You can check them out at thewholetruthfoods.com.

T Koshy is the Chief Executive Officer of ONDC, the company established recently with an objective to strengthen and transform the ecommerce sector in India with a broad-based participation from both buyers and sellers across the country.

Prior to assuming this role T Koshy served as the Senior Partner with Ernst & Young (India) in the Government & Public Sector Practice. leading consulting practice in Identity & Social Protection, Digital Service Delivery, Health, Education and Public Finance. and was involved in multiple projects in India and other developing countries. Major Projects in India in which he has played key roles include, Unique Identity (Aadhaar) Vaccine Intelligence Network, National digital education platform, GSTN, Co-WIN etc . He has also been supporting many global projects funded by Developmental Agencies like the World Bank & ADB in the area of Identity & Social Protection.

Koshy joined EY after his stint as the Executive Director of National Securities Depository Limited, the first securities depository in India, which completely changed the phase of the Indian Capital Market. He was part of the start-up team that set up NSDL During his tenure in NSD he spearheaded the foray of NSDL into non-depository areas which include Tax Information Network (TIN) set up by NSDL on behalf of Direct Tax Authority Central Record Keeping Agency for New Pension Scheme, SEZ online, pilot implementation of GSTetc..

He also acted as a resource person for a number of initiatives like Tax Administrative Reform Commission (TARC), Unique Id project, Expenditure Information Network, project PLATINUM for developing legal and IT framework for the guaranteed land title of Ministry of Urban Development, Common Data Repository for Insurance Sector, E-Stamping, Automation of VAT functions and in a number of international assignments on behalf of the World Bank and ADB

He holds a graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and a postgraduate degree in management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Karthik Rajaram is the Country Head for India Business at Freshworks. He leads the company’s digital transformation projects for marquee customers in the region. Karthik has extensive experience working with both digitally-native Indian unicorns as well as multi-industry conglomerates on the path towards digitization.

He is a thought leader in the customer and employee experience space and helps businesses find the right mix of Freshworks products to realize their vision for delighting their customers and employees.

Before Freshworks, Karthik has worked in Akamai, Salesforce and Microsoft.

Dave has served as CEO Worldwide Consumer since January 2021. Dave has been at Amazon since 1999 and has held a variety of positions, including Senior Vice President - Worldwide Operations, Vice President - Worldwide Operations, Vice President - Global Customer Fulfillment, and Vice President - North America Operations.

Dave graduated with an MBA from the University of Tennessee and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Auburn University.

Dr Vibha Dhawan is the Director General of India’s premier research institution- The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and has been associated with TERI since 1985. Dr Dhawan is actively involved in research as well as policy development at the national and international levels. Dr Dhawan is a well-published researcher and has been instrumental in the establishment of the highly successful Micropropagation Technology Park at TERI. In the area of advanced biofuels, she guides the activities of the DBT-TERI Centre on Integrated Production of Advanced Biofuels and Biocommodities.

She held several leadership postions such as being the Vice-Chancellor of TERI School of Advanced Studies from 2005-2007. She is currently serving as Adjunct Professor, Consul General of South Asia Partnership, Michigan State University. She is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. She is a task force member of a number of committees with entities such as the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), the Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL), among others. She has served on the boards of prestigious organizations in India and overseas including Jawaharlal Nehru University, Ambedkar University, Ayurvet Foundation and Centre for Bioscience and Agriculture International (CABI). She has also successfully completed a number of international assignments such as Coordinator for the Asia Pacific Consortium on Agriculture Biotechnology (APCoAB); Advisor to Director General, The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT); and Deputy Director, Research Partnerships & Co-ordination with the Borlaug Institute for South Asia. Her other contributions include developing e-contents for the post-graduate programme in biotechnology for the University Grants Commission. She was also an Advisor, Bio-resources & Biotechnology, to the Late Tarun Gogoi, the former Chief Minister of Assam.

She is the winner of Indian Women Achievers Sammaan 2017 by NRI Achievers; Women Leadership Agriculture Award 2016 by the Indian Council of Food & Agriculture; First Biotech Product and Process Development and
Commercialization Award of the Department of Biotechnology in 2000, the Kamal Kumari National Award for Science and Technology and the first All India Biotech Association (AIBA) award in 1998.

Deep Bajaj is the Co- Founder & CEO of Sirona, an award winning startup known for solving unaddressed intimate and menstrual hygiene issues faced by women with their unique products. They are most popular for India’s highest selling Menstrual cups - Sirona (used by over 1 million Indian women, thereby saving tons of non-degradable pads from going to landfills), and PeeBuddy - India’s 1st Female Urination device (over 3 million units sold, helping women get through pregnancy / arthritis and travel better).

Sirona has won many awards including ‘National Entrepreneurship award’ (Government of India), TiE ‘Spirit of Manufacturing Award’, PhD chamber of commerce- ‘Award for Excellence - Start-Up’, Economic Times ‘‘Start-up of the year’ award (Social Enterprise), ET Top 25 startups etc.

Deep himself has won numerous awards including Business World ‘Young Entrepreneur Award’, ‘Social Entrepreneur of the year’ by Entrepreneur Magazine and has been on ‘Fortune’, ‘Economic Times’ and ‘Business World’ 40 under 40 list. He is an Alumni of ‘Australian National University’, Canberra and ‘Stanford Seed’.

Kanwal Singh is Founder and Managing Partner of Fireside Ventures. Fireside has invested $50Mn across 18 investments in the early stage consumer brand companies and is in the process of closing a $100Mn second fund.

Kanwal has been passionate about mentoring and helping build consumer brands in India and has been involved as an investor with brands like Paper Boat, ID Fresh, Epigamia, Yogabar, Licious, Mama Earth, Vahdam Teas, boAt etc. Kanwal has been investing in the early stage ecosystem in India for the past 19 years, first as a Director of Carlyle Group, India and later as a Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director of Helion Venture Partners.

Prior to his investing career, Kanwal spent over 13 years in consumer marketing with Hindustan Unilever and Intel India. He has over 30 years of experience in venture investing, marketing, sales and business development across diverse sectors.

Mr Singh holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Marketing and Finance from the Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi; and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Punjab University.