speakers



Vijay Kalantri




Mr. Vijay Kalantri, an eminent and versatile business leader, is a first generation entrepreneur who has made remarkable contribution to Industry & Trade Promotion, Infrastructure Development, Development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Sector, Financial Services and Globalization of Indian Business. His work with the central and state governments of India to promote trade and commerce is only matched by his contributions to leading International business organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), UN International Labor Organization (ILO) and UNIDO-India Industries Council.

Mr. Kalantri is the pioneering spirit behind the Balaji Group of Industries, which owns businesses in the Textiles, Leasing Finance and Infrastructure Development sectors.

Currently, he also serves as the Chairman & Managing Director of Dighi Port Ltd, Maharashtra’s first private sector port and port-based Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Mr. Kalantri is also the President of All India Association of Industries (AIAI), the Indian Council of Foreign Trade and the Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce & Industry, besides serving as the Vice Chairman of World Trade Centre (WTC) Mumbai and as a member of the Board of Directors of World Trade Centers’ Association (WTCA), New York. He also serves as a member on several committees of the Reserve Bank of India, such as the Standing Committee for Small Scale Industries, the Exchange Control Committee, and the All India Export Advisory Committee.

He is also a member of the Steel Consumers’ Council, the Bombay Stock Exchange Derivatives Council Board, the Advisory Board of Corporate Governance Committee of SEBI and the Central Council of Customs and Excise. He is on the national advisory board of Small Industries Development Bank of India and the Employees State Insurance Corporation. Previously, he has also served as director of many institutions such as the Maharashtra Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Limited, Dena Bank and Canara Bank.

As President of All India Association of Industries (AIAI), Mr. Kalantri has always represented the cause of industries to the respective central and state governments and tirelessly worked to create unique solutions. As the Vice-Chairman of WTC Mumbai, he has painstakingly worked to make the institution the premier trade promotion body in the nation. Under his leadership, WTC Mumbai and AIAI have jointly organized several unique initiatives, such as the Global Economic Summits (GES) and the ITM Expos, to name a few.

Throughout his long career, Mr. Kalantri has been at the forefront to promote social welfare and won a number of laurels from private institutions and government bodies alike.

The Government of Poland in 2005 conferred on him the ‘Commander Cross of the Order of Merit’, its highest civilian award. The Russian Federation has also commended his outstanding work by conferring on him the ‘Pushkin Award’ in 2014.

Dr. Paritosh Basu




Dr. Paritosh Basu is presently a practicing academician. He has served the corporate world for about thirty-four years. He was the Group Controller of Essar Group till June, 2013, preceded by the CFO of Reliance Communications Ltd. till August, 2008. Now he is a full time Senior Professor of the NMIMS University School of Business Management, Mumbai and engaged in several research and consulting activities.

He holds a Master degree in Commerce and was awarded Ph. D. on ‘Transfer Pricing’ by the Calcutta University in 1999. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and a life member of the Computer Society of India.

Dr. Basu’s experience in MNCs spans over a wide spectrum of functional areas, across continents and countries:

  • Corporate finance, treasury, strategic planning and controlling, accounting and reporting under IGAAP and IFRS, risk enabled performance management, due diligence, governance, management audit, etc. in MNC and conglomerate environment,
  • Mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, IPO and listing in overseas and domestic stock exchanges, FCCBs and other overseas loan market transactions;
  • Extensive IT enablement of operations, accounting and reporting with multiple systems development and integration, establishment of paper-less shared services centre, etc.; and
  • Teaching, corporate training, mentoring, knowledge management, MDPs, consulting and advisory services.

Dr. Basu is associated with management education and training for about twenty-seven years. He was a regular visiting faculty member of the Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management, Kolkata and NMIMS, Mumbai for about six years each while serving Corporates.

He has conducted numerous training programmes, for Professional Institutes, Universities, IIM, Chambers of Commerce and Corporate Houses. He has presented and published score of papers and research work, interviews, case-studies, conducted workshops, master classes both in national and international level summits, conferences and conventions. He has also participated in many programmes of national level electronic media.

Dr. Basu was a member of the Research Committee of Central Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 2010-11 and 2012-13 and a member of its Jury Committee in 2012 for selection of awardees for best CAs. Presently he is a member of the HR Committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Advisory Board of The Entrepreneurship School, Delhi. He is an independent director of Future Sharp Skills Ltd. and a Trustee of VSO India Trust. Dr. Basu is also associated with Radisson Consulting Pvt. Ltd. as a Senior Advisor.

He is the founder of Innoventionians & Associates www.innoventionians.com and may be reached through LinkedIn and Twitter handle @paritoshbasu. One can know more about his work at http://sbm.nmims.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty/basu-paritosh/. Dr. Basu has travelled widely in India and continents.

 

R Kannan

Head, Corporate Performance Monitoring & Research, Hinduja Group



Mr.Kannan is an expert in Finance and Strategy with more than 30 years experience .His career spans as a Management Consultant and as a Key member of Corporate Head Quarters in Various corporates including TCS / PWC as Management Consultant, Hinduja Group as VP and Head of Strategy, ICICI Infotech as EVP and Head of Strategy, ICICI Bank as EVP Strategy. Carried out assignments relating to Corporate Finance, Fund Raising, Treasury Management, Strategy Formulation/Implementation, Organisation Restructuring, Corporate Performance Management, Business Development and Mergers/Acquisitions. At present he is heading the Corporate Performance Management Function at the Group level in Hinduja Group dealing in aspects relating to Planning, Budgeting , Performance Monitoring, Business Development M&A and Global Economic and Industry Research. He is a member of Expert Committees in FICCI/CII/ Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Indian Merchant's Chamber on Committees relating to States, Industry, Economy, Banking, Transportation, Environment, etc. At present Member of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The sectors where assignments completed include Airlines, Auto, Auto Components, Banking and Financial Services/Insurance/Venture Capital/ Mutual Funds, Cable/Internet/Media, Education, Engineering, FMCG, Healthcare, IT/ITES, Management consulting, Mining, Oil and Gas, Pharma. Power, Retail, Rural/Urban/Infrastructure Development, Telecom and Textiles. The assignments were carried out for Public, Private and Social Sectors. He had attended programmes organized by World Bank, International Institute of Finance and Asian Development Bank on International Finance and spoken in Seminars on Union Budget, Indian Economy, Banking and Management, Annual CFO and Management conferences as a speaker in various forums. He was a member on the board of Studies of SIES school of Management and Presently the Member of Academic Advisory council in Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida. He is the President of 75 year old Bombay Tamil Sangam. He has delivered guest lectures including Management Development Programmes for Top level Executives/Senior Bankers from India and abroad on various aspects of management in various forums. He has a personal interest in Global and Indian Economy and shared his ideas on Economic Development and Economic Crisis with the Government Stake holders from across the world and some of the recommendations on crisis resolution and Economic Development were implemented by the Government Authorities across the world. Received several awards from the employers. He has a blog on Indian Economy, www.indiaat10.blogspot.com.

Jitendra Jain

Chief Financial Officer – Corporate Finance of GMR Group



Jain has more than 23 years of strong background in financial sector in areas such as Corporate Finance, Equity / Debt Capital Markets, Structured Finance, Treasury and Forex Management, Investor Relations, M & A, Asset Liability & Risk Management.

Before joining GMR Group in July 2009, Mr. Jain has worked in Treasury department in one of the India’s leading public sector Bank in Kolkata, as a Fixed Income Fund Manager with a leading private sector Asset Management Company in India, and in Finance department of a major Corporate handling Treasury, Corporate Finance, and Investor Relations & Strategic planning functions. 

Mr. Jain academic qualifications include PG Diploma in Financial Management (NMIMS, Mumbai) and Bachelor of Engineering (Nagpur University). Besides these, he has also completed Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB-I), and Diploma in Operation Research from Operation Research Society of India and  Diploma in Business Finance – ICFAI, Hyderabad – All India Gold Medalist.

Mr. Jain is a regular speaker at various financial markets, seminars, conferences and forums. He has been extensively quoted on various newswires.

Mr. Jain has great interest in policy advocacy and presented various papers to MoF/SEBI/RBI on various policy initiatives on Infrastructure Financing. Mr. Jain has been member of various RBI/SEBI Committees.

S Bhaskar

Chief Internal Auditor Tata Capital Limited



r. S. Bhaskar, Chief Internal Auditor of Tata Capital Limited, heads the Internal Audit function for the Tata Capital Group comprising of Corporate Finance, Consumer Finance, Housing Finance, Private Equity, Investment Banking, Broking, Wealth Management, Forex, Travels, Cards, BPO & International Business across multiple legal entities spanning India, Singapore & the UK.

He has over 28 years of rich and varied experience. He has been with the Tata Group since 2008 preceded by stints with several reputed companies like Hindustan Unilever Ltd for 15 years, Sical Logistics Ltd. Shaw Wallace, Marico and New India Assurance.

He is widely experienced in the field of Internal Auditing, Business Excellence, Finance & Supply Chain. He is a regular speaker on the topics of Internal Audit, Ethics & Innovation, for IIA, ICAI, Marcus Evans, Goldman Communications etc & a regular participant in the IIA events both Internationally and in India.

Mr. S Bhaskar is a member of the IIA Inc's Global IRC Committee. He was the past President - IIA, Bombay Chapter and he is currently a member of the IIA India - Advocacy Committee apart from continuing to be a member of the Board of Governors –IIA, Bombay Chapter.

He is also in various committees both the National and Regional levels like
  • Member of the ASSOCHAM National Council on Internal Audit & Corporate Fraud.
  • Core Committee Member of the Bombay Chartered Accountants Society (BCAS)'s Membership & Public Relations Committee.
  • Member - CMII - WIRC of the ICAI
  • Member - Study Group of IASB - ICAI

Mr. Bhaskar has carried out TBEM (Business Excellence) assessments of the Tata Group of Companies as a Senior Business Lead Assessor.

Mr S.Bhaskar is an Associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Bombay. He is also an Alumni of the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, USA (Advanced Management Program).

Malay Paul

Partner -Internal Audit and Risk Advisory B K Khare & Co



Master of commerce from kolkata university with professional qualification of chartered accountancy and management accountancy from institute of chartered accountants of india; cost and management accountancy from institute of cost and management accountants of india; having post qualificatory experience spanning over 23 years in internal audit and risk management discipline with companies of repute like philips india limited, hindustan motors limited, tata chemicals limited and essar group assurance.presently heading the audit and assurance function of shree cement limited.

At present heading the internal audit and risk management function (partner ) with b k khare & co. ,chartered accountants ( a ksi morrison international member firm).

Demonstrate attributes of loyalty, empathy, accountability, determination & dutifulness, encouragement, respect, selfless, humble, integrity & innovation, passion for which the word ‘leadership’ stands for.

Nabomita Mazumdar




Nabomita Mazumdar is  an Indian businesswoman who was named a Top 100 Women Achiever's Award winner by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in 2016.[1] She worked as a Partner to an online community, Cite Community,[2] serving more than 3 million management professionals worldwide.

Mazumdar is a speaker for Future of Work, HR, Startup, Women and Business, Social media and Technology. She has been invited by forums worldwide including Adobe Think Tank at San Francisco.[2]

Mazumdar has received acknowledgements and awards for her work. She was ranked second in the Top 20 HR Influencers in Social Media by SHRM India 2015.[3] She received Best 100 Young Speaker Award Cambridge English in Asia, 2011 Western Region. She was named one of the Top 25 Influential Women on Twitter by CIOL India.

Neeraj Dotel

Managing Director, India and SAARC Concur



Neeraj Dotel is the Managing Director for Concur Technologies India and SAARC operations. He has translated Concur’score values to its Indian operations with a rich experience in building and diversifying the business. Neeraj has translated Concur’s Indian identity and joined the company at a time when Indian enterprises are actively moving towards digitally transforming the way they manage their travel, expense and invoicing to increase business efficiency and employee productivity Prior to Concur, Neeraj was with Compuware, heading the company as the Managing Director from 2011-2014 and Microsoft in various roles for 11 years.With over 21 years of experience in sales and marketing, he brings with him a combination of industry knowledge and thorough understanding of the sales market in India. His work experience cuts across financial services customers, vendors and regulators. He is an expert on technology in banking, especially around financial inclusion and mobile payments. Neeraj likes to spend time in nature and contemplate the complexities of life through literature and philosophy, and is also an avid biker. He is an alumni of VeermataJijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai, one of the oldest engineering colleges in Asia.

Mr. Kailash Kulkarni

Chief Executive – Investment Management L&T Financial Services



In his current role at L&T Investment Management, Mr. Kulkarni is responsible for driving overall business growth as well as leading the marketing initiative for L&T Financial Services. Mr. Kulkarni took control at a time when the Group was in the midst of acquiring Fidelity Investments, and led a seamless acquisition of the business. Under his leadership, L&T Investment Management has seen a tenfold rise in assets since 2012.

Mr. Kailash Kulkarni has over 25 years of work experience, most of which includes heading sales functions of businesses across BFSI. Previously, he was the Head of Sales at Kotak Mahindra Asset Management.At MetLife India Insurance, Mr. Kulkarni set up and expanded the agency network.His journey in the BFSI space began with growing the third party distribution network first for JM Financial and subsequently for ICICI Bank.He has also worked in Eicher Motors in distribution, sales and marketing functions.

Currently Mr. Kulkarni is on the board of the Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI) and has previously headed the Financial Literacy Committee for AMFI. 

Mr. Kulkarni is a management graduate from the Institute of Management Development and Research. He loves to travel around the world and is passionate about adventure sports.

George Verghese

Head of Solution Consulting India ,Oracle



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  • Specialty in Financial and Professional Services
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Jenil Shah




Being a chartered Accountant and an Actuary, Jenil has over 9 years of diverse experience in the fields of Pension & Employee Benefits, Non-Life Insurance, and Audit & Taxation.
He is a consulting actuary to more than 600 companies assisting them on various aspects relating to Employee Benefits Space. He has a passion for Finance and Investments apart from Employee Benefits. At the firm, he looks after the investment advisory, valuation, reporting and scheme designing relating to employee benefits. He also looks after valuation, reporting and design of other financial instruments as covered by IFRS 9.
He also is taking care of the over-all team management and client relations.

He has been an active speaker at seminars on employee benefits and actuarial science. He writes articles and papers for the firm.

Education:

  • Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, India
  • Chartered Accountant (CA)
  • Bachelor of Commerce

Terry Edwards

Partner - Media Services



Terry joined FirmDecisions in 2001 and brings nearly 20 years of media experience to the company. Having worked as a director for media companies in the Interpublic, Omnicom, and WPP groups as well as for a privately-owned venture, Terry brings valuable insight into the workings and buying processes of the media agency. Terry’s wide media knowledge and experience gives FirmDecisions’ clients the advantage of a speedy and accurate understanding of the reasons behind media non-compliance issues and the actions required to resolve them

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Abhimanyu Choudhary

Chief Business Officer


Abhimanyu has 10 years of experience in Sales & Marketing. In his last stint, he was associated with Allied Strips Limited where he was majorly involved in planning and strategizing for developing business and achieving the company’s sales goals. Abhimanyu holds a degree in B.A, LLB and PGDM from IMI Belgium. During his leisure, he loves to spend time with family and friends. At Xoxoday, Abhimanyu will be heading the PAN India sales team.
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