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Kathira Santosh
Board Member at Actify Data Labs
Mumbai , India

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Kathira is an investment banker specializing in the tech and enterprise sector. He specialises in valuation, investment banking, financial modeling, private equity and corporate finance.

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Harshi Thodima
Founder at Rorosaur
Hyderabad , India
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Harshi is the founder of a baby food startup. Post her MBA from Wharton, she worked in the food and beverage industry in multiple leadership roles across marketing, strategy and product innovation and is now on an entrepreneurial journey. She would like to meet fellow entrepreneurs and investors in D2C space.

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Naveen Madan
Vice President - Retail at Haldirams
Nagpur , India
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Naveen is a seasoned professional offering 26 years of rich experience in handling challenging assignments, expertise in F&B concept development and building franchise model. I am currently working on new process development for the company.

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Soubir Bhatt
Chairman & CEO at V&E Consulting Group
Mumbai , India
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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.

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Dr Sugato Palit
Managing Director at Absolute Spark Solutions
Gurgaon , India
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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.

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Aditya Agarwal
Finance Head at Uber South Asia
Bangalore , India
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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.

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Kunal Rana
Head of Apple App Store India at Apple
Gurgaon , India
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Kunal is a business development and P&L leader in consumer technology space. He is currently working on growing iOS App ecosystem in India.

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Sunil Lulla
Founder & Chief Evangelist at The Linus Adventures
Mumbai , India
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Sunil is a professional with extensive experience in media, consumer and internet domain. He is a veteran with more than four decades of experience in diverse fields. He has been involved in building brands and growing business, start-ups and turnarounds across; media, digital, music, advertising, audience measurement and the FMCG space. He is currently working on education, skills, social sector, consumer digital and technology.

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Mehul Sharma
CEO and Founder at Signum Hotels and Resorts
Delhi , India
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Mehul is an experienced leader and a founder with a demonstrated history of creating and scaling the hospitality business. He is currently working on hospitality management operations and looking after his own hotels. Would love to meet CEOs and founders.

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Arun Krishnan
Director HR at Diageo
Bangalore , India

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Arun is a human resources professional with a progressive and growth mindset. I am currently working on mentoring a start up in the pharma space in addition to being the HR head for a global team/ entity in my current organisation.

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Vamsi Krishna Yevvari
Marketing Head International Operation at Manipal Global
Bangalore , India
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Vamsi is a performance/product marketing professional in the edu-tech industry. I am currently working on international launches/expansions.

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Sunil Pissay
Zonal Vice President at Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages
Mumbai , India
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Sunil is a marketing and sales professional with over 20 years of experience in the FMCG industry. He is currently looking after sales and marketing functions in his company. He would love to network with people working in the FMCG/retail space.

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Dhruv Wahi
Associate Director-Marketing at Grofers India
Gurgaon , India
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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.

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Vivek Kapoor
Co Founder at Dineout
Noida , India

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Vivek is an active investor. I am currently working on building Dineout. I would love to meet founders in their early stages.

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Tanul Mishra
CEO at Afthonia Lab
Bangalore , India
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Tanul is currently working on helping early stage fintech companies reach their next inflection point effectively and efficiently. I would love to meet founders from early-stage fintech, insuretech, and investors.

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Anuj Goyal
Associate Director Marketing at PepsiCo
Gurgaon , India

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Anuj is a passionate business professional with experience in managing large business and brands. I am currently working on handling the health business for Pepsico. I would love to meet founders looking for guidance on business plans, GTM strategy and overall brand marketing strategy.

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Sanjib Sarkar
Country Head at Bacardi Martini
Delhi , India
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Sanjib is thorough, goes step by step, always has a Plan B. I am currently working on turning around a loss making business. In line to turn it around before commited timeline. I woild love to meet professionals without blinkers, also looking for startups in clean energy, mechatronics, Robotics, AI field with unique, tangible ideas.

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Abhishek Gupta
Risk Manager at Olam International
Singapore , Singapore
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Abhishek is a finance professional. He is currently working on building a better risk infrastructure. Hd would love to meet interesting people.More about Abhishek: He is a fitness enthusiast.

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Rajiv Kumar
Strategy & Investor Relations at Devyani International
Gurgaon , India
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Rajiv is a numbers guy. always interested in interesting consumer products and services. I am currently working on helping people work more effectively. I would love to meet interesting people with fresh ideas.

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