2019-2020

Aiswarya Ravi is the CFO of Kinara Capital where she oversees the financial planning and analysis, regulatory compliance, investor relations, taxation, and related financial needs, for a fast-growth NBFC. Aiswarya has propelled Kinara Capital’s growth by staying on top of a changing industry landscape and refined Kinara’s unique risk-assessment methodology.

Aiswarya is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Certified Information Systems Audit (CISA) professional with rich experience in Corporate Finance, Compliance, and Internal Audit. At ITC, Aiswarya was conducting internal audits for all businesses of ITC and at the GMR Group, she was responsible for strategic planning, corporate finance, and board reporting.

Anila Ahuja is the Market Head – North & East at Sanctum Wealth Management, and a part of the Founding Management Team. Based in New Delhi, Anila heads a team of wealth managers and associates who manage clients in Delhi and other parts of the Northern Region in addition to Kolkata. Anila has over 20 years of experience in the wealth management industry in India. She has been a part of the RBS Group for over 12 years. Prior to joining the RBS group, Anila worked with Standard Chartered Bank and Mashreq Bank. Anila holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics (Hons) from Lady Shriram College, Delhi University. She completed her Masters in Management Studies (MMS) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai University. Anila is a strong advocate of continuous learning.

Anisha Singh is the Founder and CEO of mydala.com. The company started under her leadership in 2009 and since then mydala has grown to become India’s largest local services marketing platform. She won the Zee TV Outstanding Young Entrepreneur 2016 and the e-INC / eTales Awards for e-Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year 2016. She is a noted expert on entrepreneurship, women equality at the workplace and e-commerce, having spoken at international conferences like the Mobile World Congress, Wired, Tedx, the Boao Forum and Start-up India. Anisha sits on the advisory council for the Kogod School of Business, American University, of which she is also an alumnus. Anisha holds a master’s degree in political communication and MBA in Information Systems from American University, Washington DC. She is also a founding partner at SheCapital, a women focussed investment fund.

Anjali Singh is currently the MD at Deutsche Bank. She has more than 25 years of experience in financial services across many roles in Operations, Relationship Management, HR & Training, Strategy and PnL Management. She has worked with a broad range of global clients primarily in the Banking and Financial Services domain.

Anuradha is responsible for the Credit Risk function of the Company, leading a team of 100 + experienced credit risk persons. She brings with her 20 + years of experience spanning across MNC Banks and leading finance companies, having worked with HSBC, ABN Amro Bank (now RBS), American Express Bank, etc. The most recent stint was with Religare Housing Development Finance Corporation where she established teams and policies for affordable housing in South. She has multi-product experience having done underwriting, policy and portfolio management for Home Loans, Mortgages and Personal Loans.

She holds an MBA in Financial Management. Her earlier education has been across Indian and international formats having studied under IGCSE affiliated to Cambridge University. She is a national merits scholarship holder from Bangalore University for being among the top 50 rank holders at graduation level.

Kumar is a Business Management graduate from XLRI, who began her professional journey at Procter & Gamble in 1994, post which she joined Citibank in 1995, and stayed with the brand for over 22 years. She rose up the corporate ladder in Citi, working across geographies —the US, Middle East, Africa, Europe and South Asia. Amongst Kumar’s personal achievements, the one that really stands out is the fact that in 2007, she became the first South Asian woman to be appointed as the head-HR, global banking, Europe, Middle-East and Africa. She was also the first woman to be a part of the management committee at Citi.

In 2012, she was honoured by the World HRD Congress as one of the most powerful HR professionals of India. Subsequently, in 2013, Forbes recognised her as one of the most powerful women leaders.

Ashwini is a competent Marketing & Communications professional with experience in Corporate & Brand Marketing, Media Communications, Advertising, Digital Marketing, PR Management & CSR Projects. She is passionate about brands and loves to work in advertising. She enjoys communicating, cracking campaigns, building conversations and innovation. She is the Group Business Director and Director Brand Engagement at DDB Mudragroup. She completed her post graduation from Symbiosis institute of management studies. Along with business management, she is inclined towards social service and hence, has been volunteering for Indian Army for the past 23 years.

Audrey Clegg is the Group Talent Director at Coca-Cola HBC. She was a part of the executive education program and senior leadership development program at IMD Business School. She is a highly motivated, pragmatic and results-oriented international HR professional recognized for building strong teams through transformation and change management, from concept to completion. She has over 25 years experience in talent management, leadership development and diversity at large listed companies at both national and international levels.

Bani G. Anand is a graduate of the University of Warwick in accounting and finance. She completed her masters in real estate investment from Cass Business School and holds a diploma in investment management from the prestigious London Business School. She started her career as an intern at ATS Infrastructure Ltd. and today as its director, she heads Commercial and Retail Real Estate Development at ATS . She is also the CEO and founder of All About Eve which is a premier platform for women, bringing the best in fashion, lifestyle, home and health.

Dr. Monisha Sharma is the Therapeutic Area Head at MSD for South East Asia, including India, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. She has done her MSc. in Pharmacology and her PhD in Neuropharmacology from AIIMS, New Delhi.

Geetika Dayal is the Executive Director at The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Delhi-NCR. She started her career as an entrepreneur straight out of college. A five year entrepreneurial stint prepared her well for her role at TiE. She joined TiE in Delhi in 2001 during the early days of its inception in India and has seen its growth making a deep impact on the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Geetika actively engages and energises activities for women entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, youth and early stage entrepreneurs and creates a bridge with policy makers, academicians, corporates and investors.

Gopika Davar is the Chief Executive Officer at Hogarth India. She is also an Investment Professional at Smile Group which is a Company that invests in internet, digital media and mobile industries.

Gracy Tavamani oversees the strategy and execution of the HR & Admin functions for Kinara Capital. She has been instrumental in scaling the talent base from about 50 employees to 1000+ in less than five years. Gracy leads a diverse HR team at Kinara Capital that is responsible for talent acquisition for both the head office and field positions, resource management, employee engagement, employee relations and performance management. She also leads a separate Admin team that provides a myriad of services and operational support companywide.

Prior to joining Kinara Capital, Gracy was the President of HR & Admin at MVJ College of Engineering in Bangalore. She holds 15+ years of rich experience having worked in multiple sectors including financial services, education, infrastructure, technology, and apparel. 

Gracy holds an MBA in Finance & HR University of Mysore, and an Executive Development Program In Human Resources from XLRI Jamshedpur. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Business Management from American Business Management & Technology College.

Gunjan Sharma is the Director of Staffing (India) and APAC at bain and company. She has over 13 years of experience in human resource managemnet at bain & comapny. In her 13+ years at the same, she has fulfilled various responsibilities and roles like Human Resources Specialist and Senior Manager and APAC Staffing. She was a gold medallist and Scholarship holder at her PGDM (human resource) level from Aravali institute of management, Jodhpur.

Gunjan Soni currently leads ZALORA – Southeast Asia’s largest fashion e-commerce player with a prescence across 7 countries. As the CEO, she leads a talented team of over 1,600 employees to bring access & deliver exceptional experiences in the world of fashion to their consumers in SEA. Prior to ZALORA, she was the Chief Marketing Officer at Myntra and Head of Jabong. Her previous experiences also include Executive Vice President for Strategy and CEO Office with Star India (21st Century Fox subsidiary) and Partner at McKinsey in Consumer and Marketing Practice. She has over 13 years of diverse experience in strategy, operations and marketing with a passion for advanced big data analytics. She holds an MBA in finance from XLRI Jamshedpur.

Hardika Shah is the Founder & CEO of Kinara Capital, a social impact company addressing financial inclusion for small business entrepreneurs in India. Prior to launching Kinara Capital, she spent two decades as a management consultant with Accenture, driving billion-dollar client projects across multiple industries around the globe. She has a decade of involvement in the social entrepreneurship field as a mentor with Santa Clara University, Stanford University, Accenture Development Partnerships, the Acumen Fund and Columbia Business School. Recognized for her innovative and pioneering work with Kinara, Hardika was honoured as an Ashoka Fellow by the prestigious Ashoka Foundation, received the Financial Inclusion award from the Sankalp Foundation, won the people’s choice Live Audience award at the Wall Street Journal Financial Inclusion event, and received support from the Gates Foundation and the Dell Foundation. Hardika earned her MBA from Columbia Business School and Haas School of Business. She earned a B.A. in Computer Science from Knox College in Illinois.

Jijy Oommen brings 21+ years of IT experience from the financial services industry. Prior to joining Kinara Capital, she led departments at Wonderla Holidays Ltd and Bajaj Capital Ltd and Manappuram Finance Ltd. during which she successfully led high-impact transformation initiatives and built high-performing teams.

in her IT roles, she has demonstrated strong leadership and a well-balanced competency in all key areas of IT including Applications, Infrastructure, Communication Systems, Digital Technologies, Project/Program Management, Operations, and Governance.

She has been conferred with many prestigious industry awards at the national level such as CIO 100, CISO 100, leading Woman Technical Officer, Data Centre Specialist Award and also featured in leading IT Magazines and Publications.

Jijy is an M.Tech Graduate in Computer Science, MBA in Information Systems and Post Graduate in Banking & Insurance Management. She is a BITS Pilani alumni, trained in Strategic Management from IIM Bangalore, Advance Project Management from IIM Kozhikode and also certified in Project Management from PMI-USA.

Khyati Vileen Shah oversees the internal and external communications for Kinara Capital including PR, CSR, social media, and branding. She holds more than two decades of experience building a career in Silicon Valley focusing on disruptive tech. Khyati has broad-based communications and marketing expertise in devising and executing strategic campaigns for start-ups and large companies including Apple, Bose, Verizon.She has mentored in social impact incubator programs at Stanford University and University of Santa Clara, and assisted in the launch of a first-ever social impact bootcamp in San Francisco by Women’s Technology Cluster.Khyati holds a B.A in Political Science and Spanish from Knox College in Illinois. She also holds an MBA from a joint program from Columbia Business School and UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Kruti Bharucha is currently the Founder and CEO of Peepul India, an education non-profit that works closely with governments to ensure the delivery of high-quality education in government schools. Prior to Peepul, she was Country Head for Ark India and led Ark India’s work to pioneer PPP schools in Delhi as well as worked with governments on improving governance and accountability systems in education. She has an M.Sc. in Development Studies (with Distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, an MA in Economics from the University of Maryland and a BA (with Honors) from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi. She has also worked at The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, where she specialized in fiscal policy and financial sector reform.

Lopamudra Banerjee is an experienced HR professional who comes from a HR generalist background. She has over 10 years of experience in HR consulting working in global professional services organisations, project managing delivery of complex and diverse HR projects with both public and private sector clients. Lopamudra has worked extensively in developing and deploying HR solutions aligned with business strategy. This spans HR Strategy, Organizational Development, Talent Management & Effectiveness, Performance and Total Rewards Management, Organization Design, HR Process Design—both as a team member and in a project management role.

Mansharan Seth leads the public-private partnerships portfolio and product innovation for the Nutrition Team at Tata Trust. Her work spans product development, research and efficacy testing, designing the right distribution and marketing channels via innovative solutions. Prior to working at the Trust, she was the Co-founder and CMO at Yummade. Mansharan has an extensive career rooted in the FMCG industry spanning nearly a decade at GlaxoSmithKline and also 2 years at Procter & Gamble. She also led Global Marketing for Sensodyne, based in Weybridge, U.K. She completed her PGDM in Marketing Management from IIM, Calcutta.

Monika is a founding partner and leads the healthcare practice at Areté Advisors. She has over 20 years of experience in management consulting. Her sectors of interest include healthcare, infrastructure and logistics. Monika has worked with leading corporates, private equity funds and various state and central government departments. Prior to founding Areté, Monika was the CEO of the Corporate Advisory Division of Feedback Infra. She is a management graduate from IIM Ahmedabad and a post graduate in Physics from Delhi University.

Mridula Singh is the Senior Social development Specialist at World Bank. She holds a M. Phil. in Economic Development. Her past experience includes being the Senior Social Development Specialist at International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Palak Shah’s family has been in the business of producing the Banarasi textiles used in saris for over 70 years and she always believed there was great potential in building a women-led global luxury brand that focuses on the traditional Indian garment. Shortly after graduating in 2012, Shah cofounded Ekaya, a handcrafted modern sari label. Ekaya has since seen collaborations with brands such as Ferragamo and Missoni and counts Indian superstar Aishwarya Rai and the South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook among its fans.With an annual turnover of ₹40 crore, Ekaya supports over 8000 weavers and has four stores in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Mumbai. Palak completed her bachelors from Kings College, London in Business Administration, Management and Operations. She also holds an MBA in entrepreneurship from Babson College, USA.

Pooja Marwah, currently the Director HR at Weber Shandwick, is an HR professional with over 12 years of experience. She was awarded the HR Person of The Year by Indian Agency Awards in 2019. Pooja has also worked with corporations such as Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd for 8 years.

Prabhjot Minhas is a technology marketing & communications professional with experience in strategizing, developing and launching scalable B2B marketing and communications programs. She is presently employed by SAP Concur and responsible for all marketing and communications functions for the Indian region. She has a deep understanding of technology and the IT ecosystem and specializes in innovation, content creation and customer experience. She completed her PGDM in marketing and finance from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies. She has led many marketing and public relations programs that cut across countries and has worked with various cross-functional teams globally to bring together impactful marketing and communications programs.

Preeti Reddy has been named the president and CEO of IMRB and is also the CEO of Kantar Insights which is home to some of the world’s leading research, data and insights brands. She has close to three decades of experience in research and consulting, working with leading Indian and multinational companies. Preeti has also headed Mindscape – the strategic consumer consulting division of India’s leading consulting firm, Technopak, and has been a Senior Vice President with TNS – one of the largest marketing information groups in the world. Preeti has earlier worked with the BAT group in India and in management consulting with Besant Raj Consultants. She holds an Honours degree in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi and an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur, India.

Purnima Sahnimohanty is a senior communications leader with outstanding skills and experience in spearheading and executing world class communications programs for Fortune 100 Companies. She is currently the Communications Director for Microsoft India and leads the communications function for the organization. Purnima is a senior communications leader with over 27 years of experience in the Industry and joined Microsoft in May 2019. She has a strong blend of global and local expertise having led strategic communications, reputation management, and citizenship programs at DuPont, GE, Samsung, Alcatel and Oracle. Purnima has received prominent industry recognition for her exemplary work in Communications and CSR.

Radhika Gupta is the Chief Executive Officer at Edelweiss Asset Management Limited. Gupta started at Edelweiss Global Asset Management as business head of multi-strategy funds and was responsible for setting the strategic direction for the team’s investment, distribution and platform. She is India’s only female head of a major asset manager and has set up the country’s first domestic hedge fund. Gupta is a graduate of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology from the University of Pennsylvania. She received the Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Computer Science from University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Bachelor of Science degree in Economics (Concentrations in Finance and Management) from the University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School.she is also a famous  Writer, storyteller, TEDx and Josh Talks speaker.

Ms. Rajkamal Vempati is the Head of Human Resources at Axis Bank, one of India’s largest private sector banks. In a career spanning more than 17 years, she has donned various hats successfully and has managed to carve a niche for herself in the industry. Having started her career in HR as a Consultant with Hewitt Associates, she went on to be a part of the Global HR Leadership Program at GE Capital. Prior to Axis Bank she was heading Human Resources for ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited.

She has worked extensively in the area of Learning and Organization Development. At ICICI Lombard, she led organization-wide change interventions which have received global accolades such as the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) Award and the Golden Peacock award to name a few.

Ms. Vempati is the Chairperson, CII (Western Region) of the Indian Women Network and is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the “Young Achiever Award” in Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards and “Women Super Achiever” by the World HRD Congress.

Rama Iyer is the director general of WPP Foundation, established in the year 2015. WPP is the world leader in communications services. WPP Foundation aims to take an inch wide and a mile deep approach through its Education to Livelihood (E2L) program.

Ramya Venkataraman is the  Founder & CEO at Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA) Pvt. Ltd. She Was with McKinsey & Company for 15+ years for first 10 years in a range of sectors, and for last 5 years, building our education practice in India. Education has been an area of her passion for a long time. Ramya has been recognized widely including as one of 15 ‘Women Transforming India by NITI Aayog and United Nations. She was also an Ashoka Fellow and part of global network of social entrepreneurs. Beyond India, Ramya has played smaller roles in education and skills efforts in Bhutan, South East Asia, Middle East and North Africa.

In the first 10 years of her career (1999-2009), Ramya has worked in other industry sectors, especially manufacturing and infrastructure, and several geographies – India, North America, Europe, Asia – where she continues to bring a broad professional experience. Ramya holds a B.Tech. from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Calcutta, and has received prestigious awards for leadership at both institutes as well as a Distinguished Alum award from her high school.

Rashmi Dash is the Executive Director at PwC India. She has built and led multiple high value accounts across multiple domains, establishing a trusted advisor relationship at the highest levels of client leadership. Key client include State/Federal Government, Government related Entities and Development Institutions such as the World Bank. Having 18+ years of experience in enterprise scale transformation projects comprising strategic planning, performance management, performance improvement, stakeholder engagement and complex program management. She is an Expert trainer for delivering learning and development programs related to essential consulting skills. She completed her PGHRM in information technology from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

Rita verma is the Head of Human Resources at DDB Mudra Group and Interbrand India and Heading-Diversity and Inclusion for the group. At the Group, she partners the CEO in driving the organization’s culture, growth, and vision. She has implemented the HR strategy of the group to focus on a highly engaged workforce.

As a strategic partner to the CEO of the DDB Mudra Group, Rita has been in the helm of all major transitions that have taken place at the Group over the last decade. She has close to two decades of experience in HR consulting and HR strategy. She is a certified Life Coach, which helps bring empathy and humanity to our leaders in the organisation. She did her post graduation in HR Management from Welingkar Institute of Management.

Ritu Jain has 18+ years of experience in management consulting with PwC, IBM, Volkswagen and Genpact. She has worked across multiple industries in India and SE Asia in Strategy and Operations improvement projects. she is currently the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Genpact. She is an electrical engineer from VNIT Nagpur and completed her MBA from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research.

Ruchika Malhotra Bhatianiis is an experienced Scientist and team leader with 14+ years of rich experience from FMCG and Healthcare industry in a multi-functional global matrix. Strong research professional who is skilled in Research and Development (R&D), Food & Beverage, Formulation, Food Processing, Sensory Evaluation and Consumer Insights. Currently, she is the Principal Scientist & Lead-New Product Development at Unilever. She holds a MSc. in food sciences and technology from GB Pant university of agriculture and technology, where her Thesis was published in a reputed journal and presented at an International conference on traditional dairy foods by Dairy Technology Society of India & NDRI.

Ruchira Jaitly is the CMO - India at HMD Global. She leads Product Portfolio Planning and Launch, Marketing and Go-To-Market for India in the extremely dynamic and highly competitive Mobile Devices category with HMD Global, a Finnish start-up marketing and distributing Nokia devices. She is a marketing professional with over 23 years of experience in Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Innovation, Business, Start-Up, Impact Business Creation and Market Consumer & Customer Engagement at Unilever, PepsiCo, Royal DSM and HMD Global. She completed her PGDM in marketing from IIM, Ahemdabad. She is a a member on the CII National Committee on Women Empowerment & Indian Women Network (IWN) and also contributes to higher education in India as a Founder of Ashoka University, Haryana.

Sarah Dovlo is the Head of Global Employer Branding and HR marketing at Deutche Telekom. She was previously the Head of Employer Branding Europe and Head of HR marketingat ABB. Prior to this she had worked with Schweizerische Bundesbahen SBB and Blue Spirit Communications AG. Sarah has studied Media and Communication Management from the University of St. Gallen.

Savita Pai is the Chief Digital & Media Officer at Diageo India. She has worked in strategy development and deployment mostly in technology & retail sectors for over 14 years - first as a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Co., then in Corporate Strategy at Diageo, HP & Flipkart, running Cisco’s startup accelerator LaunchPad as well as setting up new businesses for Amar Chitra Katha. She has a Post Graduate diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and has completed her Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from PESIT Bangalore.

Shanoo Singh is the Director Talent Acquisition for MSD Asia-Pacific Region. Shanoo is aproactive and results-oriented senior management professional with over 17 years of experience in talent acquisition, staffing models, driving change management & employee engagement strategy and leading organizational objectives across various divisions of the pharmaceutical industry. She isproficient in working on recruitment & staffing initiatives, leading projects and managing large teams across countries including Singapore, China, India, Australia, NZ, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan and Hong Kong. She is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Shobhini Mukerji is the Executive Director of J-PAL South Asia’s regional center, hosted by the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR). She has extensive research and evaluation experience, ranging from designing and managing large scale primary data collection and analysis to providing advice to organizations and governments on research design, monitoring, and evaluation strategies. She is on the Board of Directors at CARE India, a large non-profit in India focusing on empowerment of women and girls through programs in health, education, livelihoods and disaster preparedness and response. Shobhini holds a master’s degree in social research methods from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) with a concentration in development economics and social policy.

Shubhangi is a Development sector professional with 25 plus years of professional experience, and a PhD in Economic Administration & Financial Management from University of Rajasthan. She has worked with range of organizations including DFID (British High Commission) , UNESCO. UNDP, Reliance Foundation, OXFAM, Education Above All ( QATAR) as well as Foundation for Education and Development in India in the roles of leadership as well as technical specialist. In all her associations, she has extensively engaged with National and International NGOs, Corporate Foundations, networks/coalitions, Government Ministries and agencies at the federal and state level, the media, and the academia. She has alongside worked as a consultant to several countries including Lao PDR, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan where she has reviewed and evaluated large programs of significant impact.

Shveta Verma is the Human Capital and Diversity and Inclusion head at PWC  with an overall HR experience of 21 years. She has spent 15+ years within consulting in various leadership roles. She has held a variety of roles within India and Global HR core functional areas such as Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Diversity and Inclusion, Culture Transformation. Presently splitting her  time by working with PwC Global in the Global People Experience CoE and PwC India as Diversity and Inclusion Lead. During the course of her tenure, the India PwC has grown multifold year on year with a corresponding headcount growth from 2500 in 2004 to 15000 today.

Simar Deep Kaur is the head of Human Resources department at MaxSkill First. As the head of People function, Simar is responsible for design, delivery and execution of world class processes and systems. She manages to impact business outcomes and helps in building a value driven culture. She has more than 13 years of HR experience with corporations such as Larsen and Toubro Limited, Dr. Reddy’s Limited and Kotak Mahindra group. She closely works with the CEO and Board of directors to create to impact the bottom line and future growth of MaxSkill First. Simar is an MBA graduate from SCMHRD, Pune.

Sonali Misra is the VP - Talent at Bain & Company (India). She is an HR professional with 21 years of experience across best in class organisations in Management Consulting, Travel and IT. She is passionate about working with leadership teams to develop and optimise their talent strategy and mentoring the next generation of HR professionals. She is an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was awarded the 101 HR Super Achievers Award, India’s national recognition from the World HRD Congress and Times Ascent in 2019.

Sumeet started her career with a job at NIIT, Delhi in their ETG deptt as a Management trainee and moved on as area manger sales. From there she went on to CII-Northern region based out of Chandigarh and started their IT division. She also served on the advisory commitee of various states and helped draft their IT policies.she was also the founder Execuive Director for The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) in Delhi, was also the executive director of the Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA). Currently, she is working with Infoedge, the parent company of naukri.com as their VP Marketing, Alliances and Corporate Communication. She is a noted alumni of Savitribai Phule Pune university. 

Suparna Dua is the managing partner of SheCapital and associate director at KNAV india. A chartered accountant by education, she is a finance professional with 18 years of transaction advisory and investment banking experience. She has co-led the I-Bank at KNAV and is a part of the investments team at Sherpalo Ventures/Kleiner Perkins for investment in consumer tech businesses.

Supria Dhanda is the VP and Country Manager at Western Digital, expanding strategic customer relationships with 20+ years of experience in business and leadership. She is an action oriented leader with a proven ability to lead organizational change and deliver business results. She has an excellent understanding of various organizational functions: Talent Acquisition, Compensation & Benefits, Talent Management and Organizational Development, Employee Engagement, Performance Management, Payroll and Operations Management, Transition Management and above all Team Dynamics and People Management.

Swati Rustagi is currently the Director of Human Resources at Amazon. Formerly she was the Max Healthcare’s Chief People officer where she was responsible for designing and implementing differentiated, best in Class People & Leadership practices for the 15000 people of Max healthcare with a view of enabling them to succeed both professionally and personally. With over 19 years across Hindustan Unilever Limited (9 years), DSP Merrill Lynch (1 year) and Johnson & Johnson Medical (3.5 years), followed by Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (4 years) and Max Health Care (2 years), her experience spans across various specialities of Human Resources management such as Employee Relations, OD, Talent Management, L&D and HR business partner roles. She is an alumni of the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

Toru Jhaveri is the Strategy Head at DDB Mudra West. She teaches courses at the intersection of psychology and contemporary life as part of St. Xavier’s College Honour’s Programme. She has also taught at the United World College of Business (Mumbai), the Xavier’s Institute of Communications & MICA. She has been shortlisted for Impact’s 40 Under 40 Awards (2019) and Impact’s 50 Most Influential Women Awards (2020). She has done her master’s in organizational and social psycology from London School of Economics and Political Science. She cares deeply about mentoring and authentic leadership.

Vaishali Neotia is an engineer, entrepreneur, speaker and revolutionist. She is also the cofounder and CEO of Merxius, a company that solves real world business problems using Extended Reality (Augmented, Virtual, Mixed).Vaishali is an alumnus of La Martiniere, Osmania University, Indian School of Business -Goldman Sachs 10000 women, Stanford Graduate School of Business Ignite, Startup Leadership Program and Sonder Connect. She was selected for a mentorship program conducted by the US State Department with Fortune 500 companies where she was mentored by Ms Dina Powell, Vaishali has been a TEDx speaker and also speaks at various conferences and educational institutions on technology, innovation, augmented and virtual reality, entrepreneurship and feminism. She is a mentor for various initiatives including Girls in Tech, US Exchange Programs, Sheroes and Startup Leadership. She is a board member of the GS-ISB-10000 women alumni and president of the Hyderabad chapter. She has previously chaired the Women in Engineering committee at VLSID, been a committee member at Grace Hopper conference and HYSEA SME, and is a member of Fortune Most powerful women, Vital Voices, U.S Exchange alumni, 10,000 Women, Startup Leadership, COWE, ALEI, Nasscom Women in Tech and Weconnect International networks.