Bhawna is a digital entrepreneur, board advisor, mentor, and angel investor. She is currently helping companies and founders accelerate their growth strategy. She would love to meet founders and investors in tech companies.

“Life is either a great adventure or nothing’-Helen Keller. The quote fits in very well with Shumone. A street food lover, RD Burman fan, guitarist, and a business strategist (or should we say business magnet!). Shumone has more than 30 years of experience across the spectrum, right from Unilever, Levi Strauss, SC Johnson to now Lenskart. He believes that his kids are his best teacher and millennials, his mentors.Shumone is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) with Lenskart, wherein he is responsible for driving the omnichannel strategy of the brand and revolutionize eyewear in India. Shumone is passionate about making Lenskart a household name. Before joining Lenskart, he was the MD of SC Johnson, a household cleaning supplies and consumer chemicals conglomerate. Shumone has also served Levi Strauss India as its MD. He has also worked with International Best Foods and Unilever.Shumone has lived in 18 different homes across six cities. His soul mate kept the music alive in his life, and his two kids, one an economist and another a budding scriptwriter, keep him going.An IIMA alum, Shumone loves to spend time with entrepreneurs and business leaders sharing a tip or two on business strategy, RD Burman, and street food (not necessarily in that order!). He is a great listener, and one of the most humble soul you will come across. It is a privilege of the CoffeeMug platform to have him as a member.

Gopal is an accomplished senior executive, currently heading the overall operations and finance vertical of an Indian chain store retailing garments, furnishings, fabrics and ethnic products handmade by craftspeople across rural India. His areas of expertise include strategic financial planning and business strategy.

Sachin is chief information and innovation officer and holds over 32 years of work experience in information technology, strategy and hotel and restaurant management. He holds exceptional track record in integration, consolidation and bringing operational excellence to various companies.

Nitin is an experienced business leader in the consumer goods industry with an unique experience of working with tech start-up, Indian FMCG and multi-national company. He is currently heading finance of a well known pharmaceutical company.

Pawan is the CEO of Trident Group India. He is experienced in team leadership, kaizen, kanban, root cause analysis and total productive maintenance.

Abesh is a mission-oriented leader with an industry experience of over 32 years. He is specialized in business transformation, sales marketing and leading teams through cultural change. Currently, he is the CEO of the steel business at IFB industries.

Siddhartha is a renowned leader in B2B tech world. He leads an exciting global technology-focused assessment company. He joined his current company when it was an exciting B2B start-up out of India in 2016 and with help of many brilliant individuals, built it into a global setup growing at a breakneck speed, striving for leadership in this space.

Joydeep is the Co-Founder of Being The Parent - an AI backed app to surround today's mom with support at every stage of parenting journey through content, community and commerce. After 2 decades of experience in CXO roles at 3M, Hicare ( PE owned, erstwhile Godrej-Hicare) his transition to start-up, he feels, is starting all over again - from the ground zero bit by bit.

Rajeev is promoting project-based learning in engineering studies through engineers without borders - India. He is currently working on project-based learning through social projects addressing selected sustainability goals.

Faisal is a senior level business executive with expertise in operational risk management and workforce strategy. He is currently working on products and services that not only satisfy the customers but make the customers demonstrably more successful in what they do.

Manish is an accomplished, multidisciplinary business and operations executive with a reputation built over 30+ years of national and international experience in financial services, cable and DTH and consumer durable industry. He is currently looking after business operations and also working on a fintech start up.

Anjan has over three decades of industry experience in executive management, business leadership, product development and business development. I am currently working on facilitating product development in collaboration with IIT institutes and the industry. I would love to meet idea, technology and thought leaders for partnership, advice and donor support.

Sharath is a conversationalist, history buff, sports nut and a turnaround specialist. I am currently working on mentoring early stage statups or ideas, anything that catches my fancy. I would love to meet anyone who wants to interact with me.

Balasubramanian is a multidisciplinary executive and business leader with 20+ years of experience spearheading operational and cultural transformations, maximizing bottom-line savings, and driving profitability. He has prior experience working as CTO. He is currently working in the media industry.

Vikas is a business leader with background of manufacturing operations and engineering. He has wide exposure in handling multi cultural teams with expertise in strategy planning and plant operations. He is currently heading the business vertical at Panasonic.

Diptarag is a senior management professional who is adept at making decisions and leaderships. He is has over 3 decades of successful experience in providing fiscal, strategic and operations leadership in uniquely challenging situations; vast experience with business practices and economic conditions; excellent ability to quickly close deals with an emphasis on profitability. He is a dynamic and results-oriented leader with a strong track record of performance in turnaround and high-paced organizations. Utilize keen analysis and insights and team approach to drive organizational improvements and implementation of best practices. Superior interpersonal skills, capable of resolving multiple and complex (sales, human resources, legal, financial, operational) issues and motivating staff to peak performance. Strong ability to solve complex company problems using excellent judgment and decision-making skills. Highly proficient negotiation and persuasion skills make it easy to come to agreements and persuade people, organizations, and vendors to meet the company in the middle. Ability to identify complex problems and use critical thinking skills to implement plans for overcoming those problems for the company’s benefit. Systematic and organized with quick adaptability to changing trends/processes and possessing comprehensive problem detection/ solving abilities and a highly analytical bent of mind thus being able to comprehend & explain complex financial data easily. Adept at formulating and implementing strategies to track flaws, and drawing inputs to realign tactics/strategies to streamline the proper functioning.

Malay is a seasoned business professional in a leading logistics and supply chain firm. I am currently working on new age technologies within the logistics space.