Jacob is an engineering leader with 20 years of experience in building products and teams, delivering services and consulting exclusively. He is currently working on product management and supporting startups by scaling them. He is working for an investment and venture capital firm.

Deepak is a senior advisor. He is skilled in marketing and business development. He is currently working in the telecommunications industry.

Rishi is a senior corporate professional. He is skilled in public policy and management. He is currently working in the food and beverages industry.

Atul is an accomplished senior corporate finance professional and an impact investor. He is currently working on investment management. He would love to meet peers in finance.

PROFILE OF DR. SOUBIR BHATT Soubir is a Diplomat, Doctor, Investment Banker, Management Consultant by profession and an Entrepreneur by Passion, holding Multiple Global Positions and pursuing the completion of MD in Naturopathy Medicine & thereafter DM/PhD in Alternative Medicine Research in Immune System, Pulmonary Health and Reproductive Health. Soubir earned his Honorary Doctorate from World Peace Institute Of United Nations in co-operation with The United States Government, US Department Of Homeland Security and Government Of India in January 2023. Mentor Of Change (MOC) at NITI Aayog -Atal Innovation Mission, Government Of India Soubir is also working to earn his Commercial Pilot Licence from Flying Academy in Vienna, Austria. Recipient of The Atal Achievement Award 2022 and The Rising Star of The Year Award by Government Of India, followed by Golden Pinnacle Award for Emerging Company, Influencer and Iconic Young Entrepreneur. ??Indian born ?? ??Raised in the United States ?? ??Backpacked around Europe?? from London ?? to The Vatican City ?? Educated in New York from State University of New York at Albany (Ualbany) and also was a part of Accenture, KPMG, E&Y from University Workshops in Audit, Tax, M&A and Consulting. Summer Interned at Unilever in the Asia Pacific and was deputed to Lakme Levers - Popular Cosmetic Brand in the Asia Pacific Region. Soubir started his Career from New York with KeyBank and later moved on with Global Investment Banking giant JP Morgan Chase. Volunteers as a StartUp Mentor to Entrepreneurship Cell at DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering in Mumbai and Career Mentor to MBA Students at SVIM - Pune, India. Aviation, Automotive, FMCG, Fashion, Investment Banking, Management Consulting, Law, Medicine, Healthcare-Wellness, Luxury Real Estate and Luxury Hospitality are his Forté. Soubir believes an Entrepreneur has No Retirement Till Life Goes On, Thirst for Knowledge never ends and Age is a Random Combination of Digits.

Dr Sugato is a skilled HR professional. He has worked both in start-ups, as well as established corporations leading the HR functions at a Group/Global level. He has worked in several industries, including FMCG, beverage alcohol, FMCD, retail, QSR and real estate. Some of the companies where he has worked in senior HR assignments include Marico, SAB Miller, Pernod Ricard (Seagram), Perfetti van Melle, Yokohama Tyres (ATG) and Pepsi (Varun Beverages). He has had the opportunity to build up organizations from scratch, increase their valuation for the PE and transition them. Additionally he has worked with mid-sized and larger organizations to build scalable and sustainable processes. In a recent corporate initiative, he has successfully transitioned the PepsiCo company owned businesses in the South and the West, to its bottling partners, in one of the largest trains in the beverage industry. This involved transiting and stabilizing 11 plants, 6 sales states and 2500 PepsiCo employees being transitioned to Varun Beverages, at one go, without a single day’s loss of business, in a US$ 285 million deal. In the past, he has worked on such transitions/ integrations in organizations like Alliance Tire Group (ATG) which was transitioned from Warburg Pincus to KKR (currently acquired by Yokohama Tires). He has also been a critical facilitator in the acquisition of Seagram by Pernod Ricard and streamlining van Melle by Perfetti, in the Indian subcontinent, looking after HR, industrial relations and strategy. He is also a communications specialist and has handled sales as well. Currently, Sugato provides strategic business advisory to leadership teams, conceptualizes and executes transformational leadership, innovation (certified in the De Bono system), scale-ups, sales effectiveness (certified by Franklin Covey) both in corporates as well as educational institutions. He has often been quoted in the press, referred to for strategic roundtables and recognized with several National and International HR Awards. He is currently working on a startup in the organizational excellence, design thinking and innovation space.

A Chartered Accountant by qualification, Aditya is a finance professional in the consumer internet industry with expertise in Strategy and Business Finance. After stints in companies like Amazon & Swiggy, he is currently heading the Strategic Finance function for Uber India.

Kunal is a business development and P&L leader in consumer technology space. He is currently working on growing iOS App ecosystem in India.

Dhruv is a marketing professional with 8 years of proven experience in the FMCG sector. He is leading the f&b section of Grofers. He would love to meet interesting people.

Hitesh is a global technology, digital transformation, operations and business leader in financial, manufacturing, retail and technology services domains. He has over two decades of experience across blue chip organizations: Yum Brands Inc, Max Life Insurance, Bank of America, Polaris Financial Technologies, NIIT Technologies, and Nucleus Software, across Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific.

Karthik is a highly proficient business leader in the e-commerce industry. He is currently managing the entire business and product end-to-end vertical of an internet firm.

Subroto is an experienced professional with global leadership experience across roles in sales, marketing, operations and innovation programs in large B2B and B2C companies. He focuses on driving organizational transformation through practical application of digital technologies, big data, design thinking and new business models. I am currently working on developing a long-term strategic framework for the Compass Group India business to help identify growth opportunities and risk areas based on the assessment of the external environment and evaluation of internal capabilities.

Ashu is heading business for Peel Work, a b2b e-commerce platform, llooking to network. I am currently working on joining a new startup in a domain which is new to me. I would love to meet anybody who likes a good conversation.

Vivek is a business turnaround specialist with a proven and exceptionally consistent track-record of exponential growth in business revenues, market shares, profits & innovation in all the assignment. He is leading sales for a leading beverage company. He would love to meet investors and sales professionals.

Pankaj is passionate about building businesses. I am currently working on scaling up my business in the dairy space. I would love to meet investors, management leaders and people who can help.

Aseem is a startup enthusiast and a techie at heart with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. He is growing his business and helping others with his experience. He would love to meet interesting people from different domains.

Akash is building Living Food Company, that delivers fresh and healthy food directly to consumers. From freshly baked breads togreens and vegetables harvested and delivered on the same day,they fill up the market place with thefreshest and cleanest food imaginable. He would love to meet folks who want to join him in building the future of food. He is looking for great technology professionals.

Asit is a sales operations professional who started working with Zomato in 2015 and led the incomparable growth and strategy. He has more than 8 years of experience in the management consulting industry. He is currently responsible for heading strategy, vendor management and global operations.

Abhishek is a strategy and execution leader. I am currently working on a success enablement platform for highschoolers.