ICS X D2C Speakers
Ritu Agarawal
Position: Soch Apparels
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Chief Digital Officer
Ritu Agarawal
Chief Digital Officer
Soch Apparels
Richa Gupta
Position: WOW Skin
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Vice President - Innovation & Strategic Projects
Richa Gupta
Vice President - Innovation & Strategic Projects
WOW Skin
Malini Adapureddy
Position: The Deconstruct
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder & CEO
Malini Adapureddy
Founder & CEO
The Deconstruct
Sridhar Hariharasubramanian
Position: Salesforce India
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Senior Director, Solution Engineering
Sridhar Hariharasubramanian
Senior Director, Solution Engineering
Salesforce India
Aditya Sanghi
Position: Hotelogix
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: CEO & Co-founder
Aditya Sanghi
CEO & Co-founder
Hotelogix
Percy Avari
Position: Aramex
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Country Head
Percy Avari
Country Head
Aramex
Arpan Biswas
Position: AJIO
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: AVP - MarketingAVP - Marketing
Arpan Biswas
AVP - MarketingAVP - Marketing
AJIO
Boni Satani
Position: Zestard Technologies
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder
Boni Satani
Co-founder
Zestard Technologies
Shalini Vijayagopalan
Position: Consulting
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Numero Uno Partners & Sum Zero
Shalini Vijayagopalan
Numero Uno Partners & Sum Zero
Consulting
Sandeep Mukherjee
Position: AyataCommerce
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Director, Asia & Middle East
Sandeep Mukherjee
Director, Asia & Middle East
AyataCommerce
Saravanan Dhanabalu
Position: Fortune Park Hotels
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Area Manager South - Brand Operations
Saravanan Dhanabalu
Area Manager South - Brand Operations
Fortune Park Hotels
Divya Anand
Position: Stride Ventures
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Director
Divya Anand
Director
Stride Ventures
Sahanur Islam
Position: Kommo
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: PR Specialist (India)
Sahanur Islam
PR Specialist (India)
Kommo
Nalin Bansal
Position: NPCI
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Chief of Corporate, Fintech & New Initiatives
Nalin is a Product & Business Strategy Professional with a rich experience of 20+ years on global assignments covering Technology, Telecom & Payments domain.
He has spearheaded the launch of many initiatives in the telecom and payments business and incubated new age payment solutions with organizations like Airtel, MasterCard and NPCI. He has also been an advisor to multiple start-ups for their go-to-market strategy.
He started his career with Bharti Airtel in 2001 and was a part of the India’s telecom revolution. He had been responsible for spearheading some key projects for Airtel which included Strategic outsourcing, Telecom roll outs, Tower cost optimization and GIS based Market planning. Later as part of the principal team at Bharti group he evaluated and executed projects in new areas like DTH, Mobile wallets and International acquisitions. At MasterCard he led the product launch for and their Bill Payments platform in India.
Presently he is serving as Chief of Corporate Business and Key Initiatives at National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). Under his leadership, NPCI was able to swiftly launch the prestigious Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) platform for Reserve Bank of India (RBI), National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) for Transit operators and Smart Cities and rolled out solutions in the area of Contactless Payments, Secure Online Commerce and Tokenization.
At NPCI, he has been contributed extensively in building the ecosystem of payments enabling Governments, Corporates, Merchants, MSMEs and driving consumption for consumers in all segments. In his current role he is tasked to set up partnerships to drive new use cases for Fintech, Startups & Merchants not just in payments but also in areas of loyalty, analytics and identification.
Nalin is a Communications engineer from University of Pune and holds a Master’s degree in Diploma (Strategy) in Business Management from FORE, Delhi.
Nalin Bansal
Chief of Corporate, Fintech & New Initiatives
NPCI
Malvika Jain
Position: SEREKO
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder & CEO
Malvika Jain
Founder & CEO
SEREKO
Jatinder Paul Singh
Position: Viacation
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder & Global CEO
Jatinder Paul Singh
Co-founder & Global CEO
Viacation
Harshita Gandhi
Position: Brio Food Ventures
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder & Director
Harshita Gandhi
Co-founder & Director
Brio Food Ventures
Chaitsi Ahuja
Position: Brown Living
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder & CEO
Chaitsi Ahuja
Founder & CEO
Brown Living
Biplove Belwal
Position: Nukebox Studios
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder
Biplove Belwal
Founder
Nukebox Studios
Kislay Shashwat
Position: Lumikai Fund
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Principal
Kislay Shashwat
Principal
Lumikai Fund
Swagat Sarangi
Position: Smytten
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-Founder
Swagat Sarangi
Co-Founder
Smytten
Saurabh Dubey
Position: IndiaMART
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Regional Director
Saurabh Dubey
Regional Director
IndiaMART
Sushruthi Krishna
Position: Saaki
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder
Sushruthi Krishna
Founder
Saaki
Chand Tiwari
Position: Happilo Foods
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Head of e-Commerce
Chand Tiwari
Head of e-Commerce
Happilo Foods
Rahul Kothari
Position: Razorpay
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: COO
Rahul Kothari
COO
Razorpay
Barathi Srinivasan
Position: Kearney
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Partner
Barathi Srinivasan
Partner
Kearney
Dinesh Kumar Kotha
Position: ConfirmTkt
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder & CEO
Dinesh Kumar Kotha
Co-founder & CEO
ConfirmTkt
Afzal Khan
Position: Adidas
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Senior Product Head
Afzal Khan
Senior Product Head
Adidas
Kahraman Yigit
Position: Olive Living
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder & CEO
Kahraman Yigit
Co-founder & CEO
Olive Living
Yashraj Kesharwani
Position: ANAROCK
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: AVP - Marketing and Strategy
Yashraj Kesharwani
AVP - Marketing and Strategy
ANAROCK
Monish Kaul
Position: Zivame
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: CTPO
Monish Kaul
CTPO
Zivame
Saksham Bhagat
Position: Swift Money
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder & CEO
Saksham Bhagat
Co-founder & CEO
Swift Money
Radhika Binani
Position: Paisabazaar
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Chief Product Officer
Radhika Binani ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/radhika-binani/ ) is a consummate professional with over 16 years of work experience across organizations such as Unilever, Citibank, Michael & Susan Dell foundation and currently at Policybazaar Group.
She is currently the Chief Product Officer of Paisabazaar.com – India’s largest online marketplace for financial products. Radhika has built her expertise over these years as a customer-centric, analytics oriented, implementation focused business professional.
Under Radhika’s functional leadership, Paisabazaar.com has registered explosive growth over the last 5 years, witnessing a growth of over 155X. Currently, Paisabazaar.com is the only independent online platform in India to disburse USD 1 billion of loans on an annualized basis.
Since its inception in February 2014, paisabazaar.com has been on a transformational journey to make personal finance decisions easy, transparent and convenient for customers – designing and launching customized digital solutions enabled by customer-centric product design, rigorous data science based algorithms, to help target the right customer profiles.
Radhika has been instrumental in creating a robust digital platform that has enabled the organization’s growth.
- Driving Credit Awareness: Paisabazaar’s objective is to help each customer achieve a high credit score and lead a healthy financial life. Being the first market player to offer ‘Free credit Score’ to enable millions of Indians to be credit score aware, Radhika has continuously innovated and built a robust platform. The platform covers all 3 key aspects to credit score management – checking, tracking and building. She has enabled free and instant check of one’s credit score from multiple credit bureaus, tracking of the score can be done seamlessly through WhatsApp, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. A chat-based service has been built to help customer build score.
- ‘Chances of Approval’ for each customer:Radhika realized that when a customer is looking for a loan, ‘will my loan get approved’ is the top most question on her mind. To address this customer need, she built a ‘chances of approval’ score with every bank offer. As soon as a customer visits the site, a ‘Chance of approval’ score is generated based on customer demographics, bank’s approval data and customer’s credit worthiness. This helps customers be directed to the right bank and help her avail loan in a frictionless manner.
- Paperless process:Riding on the Indian Government’s ‘India Stack’ initiative that aims to digitize customer identification and verification, Paisabazaar.com has developed solutions where processes are completed on its platform without the need for customers to either visit banks or do multiple sheets of paperwork. Paisabazaar.com works with over 90 financial institutions to ensure customers always have the best product and widest choice available to them. All of these institutions have integrations with Paisabazaar to enable instant
These have helped Paisabazaar to become India’s largest aggregator platform for Banking products (loans, credit cards, savings) in less than 3 years, beating older and well-established incumbents
- Achieve $1bn annualized disbursal run-rate
- Have~20M visits on Paisabazaar.com site per month with ~2M users benefitting from comparison and advice per month
- Won ‘Best Fintech Brand’ 2018, ‘Best Digital Platform for Credit Cards’ 2017 and ‘Best BFSI Brand’ 2016 by The Economic Times
Radhika’s contributions to the fintech and financial services space has been recognized by several forums including the Women Leadership Achievement Award in 2017 which identifies and celebrates the outstanding leadership and achievements by women leaders. Some of her significant achievements include:
- Her work has straddled across the customer pyramid: HNIs at Citibank, delivering financial products to the bottom of the pyramid through her work at Michael & Susan dell foundation and the middle of the pyramid at Paisabazaar.com. She has carried her learnings and applied them effortlessly across each of these segments and delivered value to the organizations that she has been a part of.
- Radhika has established herself as one of the most influential and prominent fintech leaders. She has managed to deliver in the fast-paced and demanding environment of a start-up.
- She has built a strong digital product and technology capability in the organization. She was the only Product manager in 2016. Now has a team of 20+ strong product managers in the organization with established product roadmaps, implementation processes and business-aligned metrics.
Radhika Binani
Chief Product Officer
Paisabazaar
Prabhakar Tiwari
Position: Angel One
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Chief Growth Officer
Prabhakar Tiwari
Chief Growth Officer
Angel One
Vaibhav Sisinty
Position: GrowthSchool
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder
Vaibhav Sisinty
Founder
GrowthSchool
Vikram Idnani
Position: Landmark Group
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: President- CIO
Vikram Idnani
President- CIO
Landmark Group
Dhiraj Agarwal
Position: Campus Sutra
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder
Dhiraj Agarwal
Founder
Campus Sutra
Preeti Gupta
Position: Nykaa
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Chief Business Officer
Preeti Gupta
Chief Business Officer
Nykaa
Arun Anand
Position: Flow Realty India
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder
Arun Anand
Co-founder
Flow Realty India
Madhu Chandan
Position: Organic Mandya
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder & CEO
Madhu Chandan
Founder & CEO
Organic Mandya
Shameek Chakravarty
Position: Farmizen
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder & CEO
Shameek Chakravarty
Founder & CEO
Farmizen
Neelima Burra
Position: Luminous Power Technologies
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Marketing & Strategy Transformation Head
Neelima Burra
Marketing & Strategy Transformation Head
Luminous Power Technologies
Anju Gupta
Position: IvyCamp
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS, JURY ICS BENGALURU 2023
: President & Co-Founder
Anju is the President and co-founder of IvyCamp (A global IIT/IIM Alumni-based initiative of IvyCap Ventures) that leverages the Alumni Ecosystem to help founders enhance their skills, accelerate their businesses, engage in corporate innovation programs, and connect with investors. Anju focuses on working with founders to explore their potential to the fullest through mentoring, corporate engagements, accelerator programs, and more. She is strongly committed to helping build out the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Anju is an IITD and Stanford Alumnus. She has over 15 years of experience in product management and marketing in the financial software industry. After her Ph.D. at Stanford, she worked in several roles at Risk Management Solutions Inc., in California, the leading provider of catastrophe risk models for the global re/insurance industry. Her roles included building risk assessment models for earthquakes, leading RMS’s first ASP weather derivatives product, leading the product management team for RMS’s core catastrophe software product, and helping to lay the groundwork for RMS’s next-generation modeling platform.
She has authored many publications in catastrophe risk management. She has worked on projects with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Office of Emergency Services, PG&E, Insurance companies, and risk managers in the commercial sector in the USA.
Anju Gupta
President & Co-Founder
IvyCamp
Yogender Verma
Position: Carzonrent
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: CEO
Yogender is responsible for leading the business growth and innovation at Carzonrent, India’s leading mobility solutions provider for personal ground transportation for corporate and retail clients. A computer engineer by training, he has over 19 years of work experience spanning across multiple technologies and various industries. At Carzonrent, leveraging cutting-edge technology, they are creating a global leader in the sustainable and innovative mobility solutions space.
Yogender Verma
CEO
Carzonrent
Shiva Nandy
Position: Skyesports
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder & CEO
Shiva Nandy
Founder & CEO
Skyesports
Gaurav Manchanda
Position: Wellbe Foods
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: MD
Gaurav Manchanda
MD
Wellbe Foods
Manik Kinra
Position: Pin Click
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder
Manik Kinra
Founder
Pin Click
Seshu Kumar Tirumala
Position: Bigbasket
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Chief Buying & Merchandising Officer
Seshu Kumar Tirumala
Chief Buying & Merchandising Officer
Bigbasket
Abhishek Joshi
Position: WeiKFiELD Foods
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: GM e-Commerce
Abhishek Joshi
GM e-Commerce
WeiKFiELD Foods
Amit Sharma
Position: Fossil
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Head eCommerce
Amit Sharma
Head eCommerce
Fossil
Ashmeer M Sayyed
Position: DaMENSCH
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Chief Retail Officer
Ashmeer M Sayyed
Chief Retail Officer
DaMENSCH
Keerti Singh
Position: Hitwicket
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder & VP-Growth
Keerti Singh
Co-founder & VP-Growth
Hitwicket
Mohit Rathod
Position: Truly Desi
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder
Mohit Rathod
Co-founder
Truly Desi
Tejal Bajla
Position: AllThingsBaby
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder
Tejal Bajla
Co-founder
AllThingsBaby
Nitin Vishwas
Position: Ronin Wines
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder
Nitin Vishwas
Co-founder
Ronin Wines
Gulshan Sharma
Position: Falhari
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: MD
Gulshan Sharma
MD
Falhari
Satish Panchapakesan
Position: Arvind Fashions
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Sr. Vice-President & Chief Information Officer
Satish Panchapakesan
Sr. Vice-President & Chief Information Officer
Arvind Fashions
Subodh Jain
Position: HomeLane
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Sr. Vice President
Subodh Jain
Sr. Vice President
HomeLane
Anil Menon
Position: LuLu Group India
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: CIO
Anil Menon
CIO
LuLu Group India
Kanika Vats
Position: CosIQ
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder
Kanika Vats
Co-founder
CosIQ
Dr. Drishti Anand
Position: Letsdressup
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder
Dr. Drishti Anand
Co-founder
Letsdressup
Zoeb Ali Khan
Position: Sauce.vc
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founding Member (Senior Associate)
Zoeb Ali Khan
Founding Member (Senior Associate)
Sauce.vc
Abhijeet Anand
Position: abCoffee
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder & CEO
Abhijeet Anand
Founder & CEO
abCoffee
Rithish Saralaya
Position: RedBus (MakeMyTrip-Goibibo Group)
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: SVP of Engineering
Rithish Saralaya
SVP of Engineering
RedBus (MakeMyTrip-Goibibo Group)
Ashwini Seth
Position: Dennison India
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: CEO & Founder
Ashwini Seth
CEO & Founder
Dennison India
Aditya Kumar
Position: Niro
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder & CEO
Aditya Kumar
Co-founder & CEO
Niro
Prateek Ruhail
Position: Vanity Wagon
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder
Prateek Ruhail
Co-founder
Vanity Wagon
Annu Grover
Position: Zamia & Nurturing Green
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder
Annu Grover
Founder
Zamia & Nurturing Green
Hitesh Rathi
Position: Aadvik Foods
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder
Hitesh Rathi
Founder
Aadvik Foods
Prashant Kohli
Position: Wiggles
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: CMO
Prashant Kohli
CMO
Wiggles
Dr. Shashank Sinha
Position: Drools
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: CEO
Dr. Shashank Sinha, has always wanted to contribute positively towards the welfare of animals which made him take up veterinary studies and become a veterinarian. He calls himself a pet lover first, then a doctor, followed by a CEO.
A veterinarian by profession and an IIM alumni, he is a strong business leader with 14+ years of diverse and rich experience in Retail, FMCG & Agriculture. He is an extremely passionate, result-oriented and seasoned retail professional. Dr. Sinha’s exemplary business acumen helped the brand garner a 38% market share in the Indian pet food industry. His visionary leadership has taken the brand to a global platform and Drools has now spread its footprint across 18+ countries and is now aiming to take it up to 30+ countries within the next year, where south-east Asia and Russia will be the key focus.
He is an inspiration to many pursuing veterinarians who now understand that careers are not just restricted to being practitioners but also a CEO of leading MNC.
Realizing the gap in the Indian market has always made him want to give back to the ecosystem that help flourish his career. He has initiated multiple programs for students, mentors and veterinarians to encourage them build their career path.
Dr. Shashank Sinha
CEO
Drools
Mohit Khatri
Position: Perfumery
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder
Mohit Khatri
Founder
Perfumery
Rishabh Jindal
Position: Jockey
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Head of D2C Business & Growth
Rishabh Jindal
Head of D2C Business & Growth
Jockey
Shivani Agarwal
Position: Uptownie
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder & CMO
Shivani Agarwal
Co-founder & CMO
Uptownie
Smerth Khanna
Position: Dabur India
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Business Head - eCommerce & Modern Trade and Head of Innovations
Smerth Khanna
Business Head - eCommerce & Modern Trade and Head of Innovations
Dabur India
Puneet Tripathi
Position: Wakefit
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Head of Data Science
Puneet Tripathi
Head of Data Science
Wakefit
Satish Singh
Position: Joker & Witch
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder & CEO
Satish Singh
Founder & CEO
Joker & Witch
Vaibhav Mehta
Position: Kapiva
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Director- Acquisitions (Growth)
Vaibhav Mehta
Director- Acquisitions (Growth)
Kapiva
Mayur Bhimjiyani
Position: Hypernova Games
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder & CEO
Mayur Bhimjiyani
Founder & CEO
Hypernova Games
Vinay Kothari
Position: GO DESi
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder
Vinay Kothari
Founder
GO DESi
Aashish Batra
Position: myPAPERCLIP
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder
Aashish Batra
Co-founder
myPAPERCLIP
Aditya Khanna
Position: Assembly
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder
Aditya Khanna
Co-founder
Assembly
Ramneek Khurana
Position: Lenskart
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder
Ramneek Khurana
Co-founder
Lenskart
Prakash Venkataramani
Position: Flywire
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Senior Director & Global Payments
Venkataramani Prakash is a thought leader in the payments and cross border remittance space. And has worked extensively towards easing up cross border payments out of India. Prakash currently oversees payments strategy in India for Flywire. Before that Prakash has had extensive leadership stints in EBIXCASH and Thomas Cook. Prakash’s papers around evolving payments eco-system globally have been published in Journal of payment strategy and systems and Times of India. Prakash has been endorsed as a Global Talent by UK catalyst body Tech Nation (affiliated to the UK government).Prakash interests spans across card issuance,cross border payments and settlements and foreign exchange.
Prakash Venkataramani
Senior Director & Global Payments
Flywire
Prayag Mohanty
Position: Fireside Ventures
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Principal
Prayag is passionate about investing and scaling consumer businesses. He has been investing in the early-stage ecosystem since 2013, and been involved as an investor with BiryaniByKilo, Bluestone, and Vinculum.
He has been a Principal at IvyCap Ventures where he focused on consumer and enterprise technology startups. He has been an Investment Banker with SBI Capital Markets, as well as a software developer for Infosys Technologies.
At Fireside, Prayag works closely with MamaEarth, AlphaVector, Yogabar, Slurrp Farm, Wellbeing Nutrition, Smytten, and The Bakers Dozen.
Prayag holds an MBA from XIMB and a BE(Computer) from Pune University.
Prayag Mohanty
Principal
Fireside Ventures
Agnes Raja George
Position: De Moza
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder & MD
Agnes Raja George
Founder & MD
De Moza
Vin Sharma
Position: Junior’s Brands
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Director
Vin Sharma
Director
Junior’s Brands
Pritesh Asher
Position: Juicy Chemistry
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder & CEO
Pritesh Asher
Co-founder & CEO
Juicy Chemistry
Abhinav Mathur
Position: Something's Brewing
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: CEO & MD
Over 20 years, Abhinav has been instrumental in setting up new businesses and scaling them up.
Abhinav joined Kaapi Machines in November 2017 and since then has been the force driving the growth of several new age coffee equipments in India.
A true visionary in the coffee industry, Abhinav, over the years, elevated the company from a pureplay equipment supplier to a full-service coffee consulting, innovation and community-leading organization. During his leadership, the company launched several new-age coffee equipment in India such as Ripple Maker, PuqPress, Brood Nitro-Coffee and La Marzocco Modbar, with the purpose of elevating the coffee brewing and consumption experience. The brand is also providing consulting, training and other services to top coffee businesses like McCafe, Starbucks, Slay Coffee, Third Wave Coffee Roasters, Araku Coffee and many more.
Passionate about promoting and enabling fresh and good coffee to all coffee lovers, Abhinav started India’s first ecommerce portal for all things coffee – Something’s Brewing in Year 2020. The home brewers community took to the brand instantly due to a one stop solution for all things coffee under one platform, meetsups and events.
In the vast career spanning 18+ years, Abhinav has performed various roles in the product, marketing, key account management, operations and sales & distribution, working in diverse sectors including Consumer Durables and FMCG. He started his career with Wipro Lighting as an Area Manager and then moved to Philips, setting up a new Trade Marketing function with a focus towards Modern Retail. He worked for Stanley Black & Decker, setting up its Modern Retail, Ecommerce and consumer business before moving to Indulge Beverages, a start-up into the coffee capsule space. Prior to his stint at Kaapi Machines, Abhinav was the Vice President at Stovekraft in Bangalore where he oversaw product, marketing, modern retail, and e-commerce functions for the company.
For him ‘dreaming big’ means to make Kaapi Machines India’s Premier Coffee Equipments Company.
Overall, with a rich experience of 15years in sales and marketing, Abhinav wants to continue setting up growth-driven businesses and initiatives.
He has earned an MBA degree in Marketing and Operations from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Abhinav Mathur
CEO & MD
Something's Brewing
Arjun Vaidya
Position: V3 Ventures
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Co-founder
Arjun Vaidya is the Founder at Dr. Vaidya’s: New Age Ayurveda. Prior to his entrepreneurial stint, Arjun graduated from Brown University, USA with a BA with honors in International Relations and Economics. He then worked in private equity at a consumer sector focused fund, L Capital Asia (the private equity arm of the Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy Group) where he focused specifically on consumer brands and consumer tech.
In October 2016, Arjun quit his job to take on his 150-year-old family legacy of Ayurvedic formulations that his grandfather left behind. Dr. Vaidya’s repackaged the ancient Indian science of Ayurveda and emerged as India’s largest Ayurveda brand online. The brand successfully reached 2m+ consumers across 500+ cities and 16,500+ pin codes in India. Arjun was the first Ayurvedic Entrepreneur to be featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List for and Business World 40 Under 40 List! Dr. Vaidya’s also won Youth SMB of the Year from Amazon and the Retail Startup Award from the Retailers Association of India. In June 2019, Dr. Vaidya’s partnered with the USD 4b RP Sanjiv Goenka Group and has now been acquired by the group – making it one of India’s first successful D2C exits.
Currently, Arjun leads venture investing for Verlinvest ((one of the world’s largest consumer brand focused funds) in India through a new fund called V3 Ventures. Here he focusses on investing in early-stage consumer facing businesses. He is also an active angel investor (with 80+ portfolio companies) and a mentor to brands in India’s D2C and ecommerce ecosystem.
Outside of work, Arjun hosts a podcast called ‘Direct to A Billion Consumers’ and one of India’s largest cohort-based courses on D2C. He is also a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and a member of Brown University’s Young Alumni Advisory Council.
Arjun Vaidya
Co-founder
V3 Ventures
Kapil Mittal
Position: Power Gummies
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Chief Strategy Officer
Kapil Mittal
Chief Strategy Officer
Power Gummies
Supriya Shirsat Satam
Position: FOReT® Sustainable Fashion
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Founder
Supriya Shirsat Satam
Founder
FOReT® Sustainable Fashion
Shreyans Gangwal
Position: Fireside Ventures
Categories: 02-D2C CONCURRENT SHOW 2023 - SPEAKERS
: Principal
Shreyans Gangwal
Principal
Fireside Ventures
Mehul Manjeshwar
Position: Bare Necessities
Categories: 01-ICS BENGALURU 2023 - SPEAKERS
: CMO
Being a firm believer in the impact of communication, raising awareness, and education being the foundation of change, Mehul Manjeshwar has always been passionate about sustainability. Mehul completed his MBA in the field which has enabled him to distinguish between environmentally friendly practices and those that harm the environment, and has taught him how to encourage businesses, individuals and households to adopt behaviours that preserve our planet for future generations. Mehul is a Climate Reality Leader having had the opportunity to be trained during the Climate Reality Leadership Corps with former Vice President Al Gore among other knowledgeable experts in the sustainability field.
Currently, he works as the Chief Marketing and Sustainability Communications Officer at Bare Necessities Zero Waste Solutions, contributing to sustainable innovation, marketing authentically to raise awareness of sustainability, and building educational platforms to create content that promotes a green lifestyle.
Most recently, Mehul is a Certified Health + Wellness Coach and strongly believes in bridging the gap between our lifestyles and how it can help build a sustainable environment.
Mehul’s work experience as one of the first few employees in a unicorn startup company in Canada has taught him to adapt to a constantly changing environment and understand various aspects of running a successful business. He is excited to engage with organisations that aim for a green future and emphasises environmental sustainability, considering challenges as catalysts for creativity and positive change.