Leading Speakers
Mr. Amitabh Kant (I.A.S), Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Government of India
Has extensive experience in infrastructure creation, International Marketing, Travel & Tourism and Hospitality industry...
Mr. Abhishek Chakraborthy, Executive Director, DTDC
An Electronics Engineer with Post Graduate Degree from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), Abhishek Chakraborty served a leading management consulting firm and is also experienced in the Investment Banking arena prior to joining DTDC as a Director on the Board...
Mr. Abheek Singhi, Partner & Director, Boston Consulting Group
Abheek Singhi leads BCG�s Consumer and Retail practice in Asia Pacific. He has worked with clients in emerging markets like India, China, South East Asia and Middle East for more than 15 years...
Mr. Ankur Warikoo, Regional Head- APAC Emerging Counteries & CEO- India, Groupon
Ankur Warikoo is the Regional Head of APAC Emerging Markets (APAC-EC) comprising India, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines. The APAC-EC region is part of the 48-country portfolio of Groupon...
Mr. Anurag Rajpal, Director & Chief Executive Officer, American Swan
With a professional experience of over 17 years, spanning across diverse fashion houses and India�s leading retailers, Rajpal�s valuable expertise and transcendent supervisory skills are an indispensable asset to the brand...
Mr. Ashutosh Garg, Managing Director, Guardian Lifecare Pvt. Ltd.
Armed with an MBA, Mr. Ashutosh Garg has worked in the corporate sector for 25 years. He worked for ITC Limited for 17 years, leaving in 1995 as Managing Director of one of the ITC group companies, based in Singapore. Thereafter he spent 8 years in the aerospace industry ...
Mr. Atul Ahuja, Vice President - Retail, Apollo Pharmacy
With an MBA from IIFT, New Delhi, and a Bachelor degree in Commerce from Delhi University, Mr. Ahuja leads the strategic initiatives at Apollo Pharmacy with the mandate to identify, evaluate and implement new opportunities in healthcare retail ...
Mr. Atul Bhatnagar, Chief Operating Officer, NSDC- National Skill Development Corporation
Mr. Bhatnagar is a quintessential banker with over two decades experience in the global banking business. As a Mechanical Engineer from IIT-Kanpur, his first stint in the corporate world ...
Mr. Atul Daga, Chief Finance Officer, Aditya Birla Retail Ltd.
Daga is finance professional with over 23 years of experience with the Aditya Birla Group in various businesses including Cement, Aluminium and Carbon Black. He was instrumental in creating a common MIS platform across various businesses of Aditya Birla Group...
Mr. Barkat Charania, Chief Executive Officer, Beyond Talent Management Pvt. Ltd.
Barkat Charania holds a Bachelor�s Degree in Management from Mumbai University, Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from Symbiosis, Pune and currently pursuing his PHD...
Mr. Bablu Tewari, Chief Operating Officer, International & E-Commerce, Gati
Bablu Tewari has over 20 years of experience in the express distribution business. In the last two years as COO of the company, he has created a new vertical called Gati E-Connect and driven operational excellence, improved efficiency and achievement of target based results...
Ms. Benu Sehgal, Vice President, Mall Head - DLF Place, Saket
Benu Sehgal is the Vice President, Mall Head of DLF Place, Saket. Prior to this she was the Vice President Operations of IRPPL. At IRPPL she was responsible for day to day functioning of The Great India Place mall, Metro Walk, Adventure Island and Worlds of Wonder amusement park...
Ms. Bhawna Agrawal, Chief Executive Officer, Luxury Retail
Bhawna Agarwal is a known Internet industry professional with over 15 years of experience in leading media houses, Internet companies and start-ups in India. She is known for starting up and scaling businesses through vision, intuition, technology and user-experience know-how...
Mr. Bikram Singh Bedi, Country Head - India, Amazon Seller Services
Bikram Singh Bedi is the Head of India for Amazon Seller Services Pvt. Ltd. Bikram leads the team that helps businesses of all sizes across the region learn about the Amazon Web Services cloud computing platform, allowing them to save money...
Mr. Bimal Sachdeva, Chief Operating Officer - APAC, Dynamic Vertical Solutions
Bimal has a great track record in scaling up the business and profitability, ensuring enterprise and strategic wins, channel management, and running customer loyalty development & enhancement programs...
Mr. C.K. Kumaravel, Founder & Managing Director, Naturals
Kumaravel is credited with eradicating the word 'housewife'. Naturals grew from a small idea and its success story dates a decade back when the seeds for the salon were sown by his wife, Mrs. K Veena. Today it is a 125 strong salon chain across the country...
Mr. Deep Mishra, Managing Director, Everstone Capital Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Deep Mishra has worked as an Executive Director in the investment advisory group of Everstone Real Estate. He previously worked with Och Ziff Capital Management, focusing on public and private investments in real estate, infrastructure and other sectors ...
Mr. Devendra Chawla, Chief Executive Officer, Food Bazaar - Future Group
Devendra Chawla joined the Future Group in 2009 as the business head of private brands. Previously, he had served as the regional manager for Asian Paints and Director of Area operations for The Coca-Cola Company ...
Mr. Dipak Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer, DLF Brands
Dipak Agarwal has been associated with DLF Brands since inception. He brings along his expertise of more than 20 years in retail, lifestyle and manufacturing businesses...
Mr. D K Jairath, Managing Director, Style Spa Furniture Ltd.
Armed with an Engineer-MBA background, Jairath began his professional journey as a Trainee Engineer with Hero Honda Motors and then moved on to hold several key positions with Escorts, Yamaha, Godrej and Hindware - Somany Group ...
Mr. Himanshu Chawla, Director - Business Development, Microsoft
With the experience of 20+ years of sales leadership in various roles panning into solution & relationship led information technology hardware & software sales in direct and indirect models...
Mr. Karan Ahluwalia, President & Country Head � Media & Entertainment, Fine Arts, Luxury & Sports Banking Group, Yes Bank
Karan Ahluwalia is a specialist knowledge banker with longstanding experience in the Indian Industry. As part of the start-up team at YES Bank since 2004, he has been instrumental in setting up ...
Mr. Kashyap Mehta, Head � eCommerce, Infiniti Retail
Kashyap is currently spearheading the ecommerce and all multi channel initiative for Croma (A Tata Enterprise) in the capacity of Business Head. His role is charted with developing strategy, preparing business plan with successful execution and operating P&L responsibility ...
Mr. Krsna Mehta, Director, India Circus Retail Pvt. Ltd.
Krsna Mehta was drawn towards art and design at a young age and started to earn accolades for his work and vision very early in his life. He has revolutionized the design space in India since he started his eponymous brand...
Mr. Manish Mandhana, Managing Director, Being Human
Mandhana serves as a Joint MD of the company and is also one of the Promoters, running it with 10 production units, 4,700 employees and offices at Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Paris...
Mr. Mahesh Gupta, Founder & Chairman, Kent RO
Mr. Gupta is an engineering graduate from IIT Kanpur in Mechanical Engineering. He is also an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun. In 1978, he began his career in �Sales� with Indian Oil...
Mr. Mohit Kampani, President & Chief Executive Officer, Spencer�s Retail
Mohit Kampani has worked with Spencer�s for the last 7 years in various operations and merchandising roles before taking on his current assignment in December 2013...
Mr. Nitin Bawankule, Industry Director � e-commerce local & Media, Google India
Nitin Bawankule is Industry Director of Ecommerce, Local & Media for Google India. He is responsible for driving Google�s advertising business for his set of verticals, focusing on acquisition, retention and partnerships ...
Mr. Pradeep Hirani, Chairman, Kimaya Fashions Pvt. Ltd.
Pradeep Hirani, Chairman, Kimaya Fashion Pvt. Ltd. is an MBA in Finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. Pradeep�s impeccable business acumen and entrepreneurial yearning made him tread the path less often chosen ...
Mr. Pramoud Rao, Promoter-Managing Director, Zicom Group
Pramoud Rao has been instrumental in bringing about a paradigm change in the Indian electronic security business with a vision that the future of safety and security lay in technology-driven security solutions ...
Mr. Pranav Bhasin, Vice President � Online Products, Makemytrip.com
Pranav Bhasin has 14 years of experience in building consumer products and currently heads the Mobile Products & Strategy at MakeMyTrip. Prior to MakeMyTrip, Pranav was the Founder & CEO of a social networking startup...
Mr. Praveen Sinha, Founder, Jabong
Praveen Sinha has played a fundamental role in establishing Jabong.com as a brand. In his current role at Jabong.com, he is a Co- Founder and a Managing Director of the company. Praveen�s role encompasses looking after the entire Operations capability along with Supply chain management...
Ms. Pushpa Bector, Senior Vice President, Head (Leasing and Mall Management), DLF Mall of India
Pushpa Bector is the Senior Vice President of DLF Utilities Ltd and heads the leasing and mall management division of DLF Mall of India, the largest upcoming retail destination of the country...
Mr. Rahul Sethi, Co-Founder, LadyBlush.com
Rahul Sethi has over 15 years of experience in general management, online marketing, category management, product development strategy and bootstrapping his own eCommerce Start-up LadyBlush.com...
Mr. Raj Jain, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Bharti Retail Ltd.
Raj Jain is the Chief Executive Officer of Bharti Retail, a company which operates 200 retail stores under the Easyday Banner. Before joining Bharti Enterprises, he was President of Walmart India and also held the position of Managing Director and CEO of Bharti Walmart for over six years ...
Mr. Rajesh Jain, Chief Executive Officer & Director, LaCoste India Sports & Leisure Apparel Ltd.
Mr. Rajesh Jain is Director and Chief Executive Officer for Lacoste India. Lacoste is a leading French lifestyle brand operating in more than 114 countries. Lacoste ventured into the domestic market ...
Mr. Rajesh Vohra, Chief Executive Officer, Chicco India
Mr. Vohra is the CEO of Chicco in India and SAARC regions. He completed his MBA from LBSIM, Delhi and has been with leading FMCG brands like Unilever and L�Oreal....
Mr. Rajeev Chitrabhanu, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, JM Financials
Chitrabhanu manages the Financial Services business for JM Financial Group, which includes Equity Brokerage, Equity Financing Business, Currency and Commodity Brokerage, Wealth Management, Distribution, and Proprietary Arbitrage Business...
Mrs. Raseel Gujral, Creative Director, Casa Paradox
One of India�s leading lifestlye designers, Raseel Gujral has been ceaselessly valued for her outstanding ability in leading architecture and interior design trends over the past 25 years...
Mr. Ritesh Banglani, Director, Helion Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Ritesh Banglani has over a decade of experience in venture capital, business planning, product management and field operation roles in India and abroad. He serves on the board of TaxiForSure and helps manage investments in Eye-Q, Dhingana and Lifecell ...
Ms. Ritu Marya, Editor-in-Chief, Franchise India Holdings Limited
Ritu Marya is the Editor-in-Chief for Franchise India Media, a group company of Franchise India. She leads the editorial desk which comprises four business magazines including The Franchising World, Retailer, Estate World and Small Medium Entrepreneur...
Mr. Rohit Chaddha, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Food Panda
Rohit Chaddha is managing overall country operations, defining growth roadmaps, blueprinting business plans and strategizing business plans while establishing productive policies and processes...
Mr. Sachin Bhatia, Vice President and Co-Founder, Drishti Soft
Sachin is a new Markets specialist and has travelled to over 40 countries for�Drishti. He�is responsible for Global Business Development and leads Enterprise Sales. ...
Mr. Sachin Marya, President, Franchise India
Sachin has been an entrepreneur for the last 16 years. An architect by qualification, he is currently President of Franchise India, one of the largest consumer business media company with over 80 business shows in various verticals like Franchising, Retail, Entrepreneurship, Small Business...
Mr. Samir Jain, Director, Green Gold Animation
Mr. Jain is an energetic entrepreneur and is part of the SB Group of companies that has a total turnover of USD 45 million. His business interests are varied and spread across real estate, chemicals, plastics, pu foam and FMCG products...
Mr. Samarjeet Singh, Co-Founder & President, Iksula
Samarjeet Singh is a veteran in the Internet industry with 10 years of professional experience. He loves the challenge of setting new businesses and has passion for Internet enabled businesses...
Mr. Sanjeev Agrawal, Managing Director, Skechers, South Asia
Sanjeev Agrawal has enjoyed being part of the FMCG industry for 14 years. Having worked in a really competitive industry has helped him a lot. But an important event in his career was joining retail ahead of the curve...
Mr. Saurabh Mukherjea, Chief Executive Officer, Ambit Capital
Saurabh Mukherjea is the CEO of Institutional Equities business at Ambit and has been leading it since 2010. Prior to joining Ambit, he successfully built the Equities business for Execution Noble in India from its inception ...
Mr. Saurabh Kochhar, Co-founder and Managing Director, Printvenue.com
Saurabh Kochhar who has designed the future model of the printing business in India is now on the journey to take it to the next level. Before his current role, he has been associated with top notch companies like McKinsey & Co and Oracle India...
Ms. Shabnam Singhal, Managing Partner & Owner, Sirius
Shabnam Singhal is a Managing Partner of SIRIUS D&E (www.sirius-ed.com), a high end International property consultant. Sirius is a part of a multi diversified group of companies involved in various fields such as Biotechnology, Software Developments, and Real Estate....
Mr. Shailesh Chaturvedi, Chief Executive Officer & Director, Tommy Hilfiger
An industry expert in development of premium international brands in India, Chaturvedi is working for more than four years as Chief Executive Officer of Tommy Hilfiger Apparel business in India...
Mr. Shashank Joshi, Managing Director at My Mobile Payments Ltd.
Shashank Joshi has over 20 years of professional experience in the areas of IT and ITES, Outsourcing, Transition and Management consulting. He has been a pioneer in the successful execution of merchant Cash Advance and Merchant Processing businesses through the offshore route...
Ms. Soigne Kothari, Founder & President, Soigne K
Soigne Kothari runs a high-end store on Madison Avenue, where over the years she has introduced many high-end Indian couture designers to the US market...
Ms. Suchi Mukherjee, Founder, Limeroad.com
Suchi Mukherjee specializes in scaling businesses by setting direction and managing execution around product development, marketing, sales and operations. Her sole objective is to make the discovery experience on Limeroad delightful...
Mr. Subodh Mehta, Sr. Vice President (Marketing), Godrej Interio
Subodh Mehta is positioned currently as Senior Vice President (Sales & Marketing), B2C Business at Godrej Interio Division. He has contributed in taking Godrej Home furniture business to leadership position...
Ms. Sukanya Dutta Roy, Managing Director-Consumer Goods Business, Swarovski India Pvt. Ltd.
Sukanya Dutta Roy heads the Consumer Goods Business (CGB) division of Swarovski India since early 2008. In her role, she leads the strategy and development initiatives of the consumer and retail arm of Swarovski...
Mr. Tanmay Kumar, Director- Commercial Business Planning, Yum Brands
Tanmay Kumar is Director, Business development at Yum! Restaurants, India, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands.Tanmay is a Delhi University Graduate and a chartered accountant. Prior to joining Yum! Brands, he worked with PepsiCo in a variety of roles...
Ms. Upasana Taku, Head - Business Developement & Merchant Operations - Mobikwik
Upasana manages Merchant Business & Talent Acquisition at MobiKwik. Upasana spent her early professional years as a senior product manager with PayPal (an eBay company) in Silicon Valley...
Mr. Vasanth Kumar, Executive Director, Max Retail
With a career spanning over 22 years, Kumar has a rich and diverse career in Marketing, Sales and Retail Management in various industries including Apparel, FMCG and Consumer Durable...
Mr. Veneeth Purushotaman, Senior Vice President Technology & Supply Chain, HyperCity Retail India Ltd.
With over 19 years of experience in technology, Purushotaman is known as a business friendly CIO and leader. He joined HyperCity in 2006 and prior to that was at Shoppers Stop ...
Mr. Venu Nair, Managing Director, Marks & Spencer
Venu Nair is M&S� Managing Director for Marks & Spencer Reliance India, responsible for M&S� 33 stores in India and growing its store presence across the country. His role includes bringing the best of M&S to customers across India offering high quality, stylish and innovative fashion ...
Mr. Vijay Kasireddy, Senior Director, WW SMB Cloud Marketing
Vijay Kasireddy is a Senior Director at Microsoft Head Quarters in Redmond, with responsibility for Global SMB go-to-market strategy of cloud services such as Office 365. Vijay had variety of leadership roles at Microsoft over the past 9 years in business, marketing and operations. ...
Mr. Vijesh Sharma, Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, donebynone.com
Sharma is the Founder and CMO at DonebyNone.com, a fast fashion brand for young urban women, which stands for freedom, self-expression and fun...
Mr. Vikram Chopra, Co founder, Fab Furnish
Vikram Chopra is the Co-founder and CEO of FabFurnish.com � India�s leading online retailer of furniture and home d�cor. Prior to this, he has worked with McKinsey & Company and Sequoia ...
Mr. Vikram Raizada, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, Tara Jewels Ltd.
Vikram Raizada has over two decades of experience in industries including fashion and lifestyle, media and advertising. In his current role, he plays a central part in ideating and developing ...
Mr. Vinod Bidarkoppa, Chief Information Officer and Group Director (IT), Member of Board at Tesco HSC
Vinod Bidarkoppa brings over 20 years of experience in diverse operational and strategic executive IT leadership roles with companies across verticals including Airlines, Retail Banking and Manufacturing ...
Mr. Vinod Krishnan, CIO, Walmart
Vinod Krishnan is Head, e-Commerce & CIO at Wal-Mart India since March 2012. He has over twenty one years of work experience, primarily in the Business Technology space in roles of increasing responsibility...
Mr. Yogeshwar Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, Select Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.
An exemplary Shopping Centre Professional, Mr. Yogeshwar Sharma is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Select Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Sharma has successfully been a part of Country�s most admired shopping centre, Select CITYWALK...
Mr. Yashpal Hooda, Head Operations - B2C, Safexpress Private Limited
Yashpal Hooda is Head - Operations of Safexpress B2C. He has been spearheading Safexpress B2C business, which is aimed at providing world-class supply chain & logistics services to the ever-growing Indian e-commerce industry...
Mr. Pranay Sinha, Chief Executive Officer, Star Centres
Mr. Rahul Narvekar, Chief Executive Officer, NDTV Ethnic Retail Ltd
Ms. Rakhi Nagpal, Founder & MD, Dynamic Vertical Softwares
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