He is Technology driven Entrepreneur, specializing in business start-ups, social enterprises and shared value with 34+ years successful experience focused on ROI, Broad Leadership, and Operational Expertise.
He has been appointed as a Member of the Academic Council of University of Jammu for the period 2018-21.
He is on Computer Society of India’s (CSI) National Executive Committee as Regional Vice-President Region 6 (Maharashtra & Goa) for the period 2018-20. He is currently powering CSI’s startup initiative by mentoring social and commercial startups all India.
He is also currently Advisor cum Mentor to FIRST the startup incubator of IIT Kanpur, with TISS Mumbai he is jointly mentoring social startups and he is associated with eCell and Abhyuday of IIT Bombay as Incubation Partner for their events. He is attached to several colleges as Advisor & Mentor to their eCell and startup entrepreneurship program.
He is also Member on Advisory Board of Maritime Research Centre Pune for their education and upskilling programs. He is also one of lead consultant for CSR and Affordable Housing in India. In his corporate career he has headed Limited Companies and managed global operations. He is having business interests in Real Estate, Financial Services and Startup Incubation & Acceleration. Throughout his career he has been very active in implementing Rural Social Initiatives and he is part of several Charitable Trusts. He has done Business Management in Social Enterprises, NGO Management and CSR from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR).

He is the President of the Institute of Management Consultants of India (IMCI), over the last few years, done a lot of work in developing the consulting profession in India. He is the founder CEO of A.B. Associates, Finnoviti Consulting and Business Doctors a networked associate driven consulting firm. He also drives an NPA Advisory firm network under names of Shawmin and ICE Start-ups. He is also a Banking and Technology Consultant to IFC, World Bank. He has helped leading organizations such as Qualcomm, HSBC, DFSL, Telecom companies and others In the BFSI sector such as UTI, SHCIL, NSE, NSDL, Clearing Corporation, BSE, SEBI and Bandhan amongst others around their IT, Business Development and Startup phases. He was the CIO (Chief Information Officer) of HSBC. Earlier at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) he was a Senior Industry Practice Lead in the Banking and Financial Service and Insurance (BFSI) Practice of Tata Consultancy Services. He is an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.

A Corporate Honcho having over 27 years of all-round hand's on expertise of consumer durable industry operations. Worked with Videocon Group as Director HR & COO Central for Videocon, Sansui and Kelvinator brands. He was heading Administration, Customer service, Marketing, Sales, HR, Corporate Planning in his long tenure by managing work force of over 7000 employees including domestic and overseas. He is having in depth expertise of managing large businesses, Strategic Planning, Brand Building, Strategic Marketing with 360° approach, Product Development, Customer Relations and General Administration of resources & infrastructure. He has won several accolades like CETMA, RASBIC, HR FORUM, plus he is Strategic Advisor for many educational, social, business institutes.

Mr. Vipul Thaker (CEO of New Haribhakti Group) is a Fellow Chartered Accountant, Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Internal Auditor from the Institute on Internal Auditors, Florida, USA and Alumni of IIM,A with experience in all fundamental areas of Chartered Accountancy practice. As CEO of nhbs LLP, he has demonstrated his long term vision coincide with deeper understanding of client needs and ease of building team from scratch. With this, he has created a dedicated team of 300 + own resources and more than 1000+ liquid force to cater to 75+ eminent clients requirements on pan India basis, in a span of about 4 years.

He is currently Head of Innovation and Future Technology at Mahindra Finance. He is a Business Information solution Technologist with a strong background in Business Process and Technology creating Digital Business Information Technology Solutions using the available Technology at Affordable Cost and ensure the Rural Crowd gets adopted easily and use the Technology which is “Simple” to use. Strong people skills with a proven record as a problem solver recognized for focus on cost reduction, meeting aggressive deadlines, aligning teams, digitizing operations, leveraging the digital ecosystem, and maintaining a hand’s on approach to achieve organization’s business goals. Speaker, Trainer, mentor, coach, Thought Leadership, Digital Innovation, Value Creation, Transformation, Startup Mentor, Bringing new Business Models, CRM, Initiating Future Technologies, IT Governance, Compliance, Policy and Procedures, Staff Development, Data Center Operations, BCP/Disaster Recovery.

Anil Sonkar is the Director & Chief Technology Officer for BNED LoudCloud and was Co-founder of LoudCloud Systems prior to its acquisition by BNED. While primarily spearheading design and development for various products, under his leadership, LoudCloud has designed and developed an enterprise SaaS- based Cloud architecture for both Higher Ed and K12 offerings. He has continued this work since joining Barnes & Noble particularly with the development of LoudSight, Digital Courseware and a soon to be released Integrated Degree Planner product. Prior to LoudCloud Anil led Software Solutions practices at Tata Interactive Systems for more than a decade. Having spent over 19 years in the ITES industry across various domains, especially in the education business he has spent considerable time in building products catering to K-20 users. During this time, Anil designed and developed various cross platform and distributed architecture in both open-source technologies and proprietary technologies using LAMP, Microsoft .Net, Mac and programming languages such as Java on Linux stack, and deployed on various application servers like JBoss, BEA Web logic, Apache Tomcat etc. Anil has setup cloud-based architecture and designed products to leverage the best of SaaS and cloud infrastructure. Anil went through a series of business and leadership programs while at Tata and was an internal assessor to audit the TBEM (Tata Business Excellence Models). He has been nominated various times at the leadership summits and strategic initiatives for the organization. Anil is an electronics engineer and also holds a Diploma in Corporate Finance and an advanced computing certificate diploma from IBM.

He is a part of the Office of Deputy CEO for Global Wealth & Asset Management at Edelweiss Financial Services, one of India’s largest financial services company. His responsible for business strategy & project management for asset management businesses such as Mutual Funds, Portfolio Management & Alternate Investment Funds having global presence. Prior to this, he was Head Compliance & Legal for the Global Markets division of Edelweiss. His activities covered both Domestic and International jurisdictions such as US, UK and APAC markets. Prior to Edelweiss, he was associated with DSP BlackRock MF (erstwhile DSP Merrill Lynch MF). His extensive experience in domestic and offshore jurisdictions makes him well connected in the industry and he possesses an excellent mix of Project, People & Product management skills. By qualification, he is an IIM-C alumni in addition to being a Company Secretary & LLB. His contributions beyond his professional life have made him an ‘influencer’. He is a member of student selection panel at 6 IIMs and We-School. He is a mentor for various start-ups and a guest faculty at B-schools such as IIMs, Bombay Stock Exchange, Welingkar, SIES etc. He is regularly invited as a jury at various start-up platforms such as VJTI, Upgrad, 91 Springboard & Jai Hind College.

His extensive professional experience attracts clients who desire coaching in the areas of Leadership Development, Team Success, Creativity, to be more Focused, live a Balanced work-life and assist clients to live a fulfilling personal life. He is Power Coach® rained by Coaching and Leadership Inc, Canada. He is also a Master Practioner on Neuro Linguistc Programming, USA. He is also been trained and certified on Gold Coaching model from Noble Manhattan Coaching Ltd – UK, which is exclusive coaching program for SME business owners. He is also Regional Director India for The Alpha Group (TAG) UK. TAG is leader and fastest growing Board Room, Peer-To-Peer coaching concept globally with presence in over 24 countries. He takes a wholistic approach to coaching. He specializes in Executive Coaching and Whole-Life Coaching and loves to coach a wide variety of clients to achieve success in all 7 areas of life. His clientele includes Entrepreneurs, Senior Management, HOD, Marketing & Sales Professionals and many others. He was Head - Mumbai chapter for International Institute of Coaching (IIC) from 2013-2015 and volunteers in building, maintaining, raising awareness and working to promote best practice in coaching industry. In the past, Hemal has worked in various industries like retail, training & education, telecom, etc. as Head of Franchising, Sales & Marketing and Operations with organizations like Cartridge World – A Div of AFL Pvt Ltd, CADD Centre to name a few.
Hemal’s Life Purpose: He is a student and teacher of purposefully opening the great doors to find our trueself. He impart the truism of the benefits of loving kindness to self and others.

An entrepreneur. Director, Promoter of Techlink Infoware Pvt. Ltd., leading IT Solutions Company in the IT Infrastructure, Business Applications Products and Software Services space. He has more than 25 years of experience on understanding, planning, implementation, change/expansion to the supporting IT infrastructure, business applications of the organization in association with the corporate leadership. Strategic Technology Consultant. Well known in the IT ecosystem for his strong relationship management and dynamic leadership. President of Trade Association of Information Technology (TAIT), India’ s leading IT Association and Chairman of Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai Chapter. He is associated with Social organization in various capacities. Recipient of the accolades/recognition towards his leadership and industry related activities at various forum. He is an active industry speaker and authority on technology and management issues. He is done Bachelors in Electronics Engineering.

Having 26 years of experience in the Software Application Development Industry associated with the Healthcare & Education Domains. Has worked across countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Qatar, Dubai, Bahrain and Kuwait. Has built, nourished and ran several start-ups and mid-sized organizations. His other expertise lies in Business Transformation, Competitive Landscape Research and Brand-Building.

Transforming ideas into reality and finding a right solution for the business is what Kunal specialises. He has a vast experience in investments and research in India and London which gives him a good market connects and business understanding. Kunal is always keen to know about new technologies and welcomes proposals from any sector with range of investments required. He has been an investment banker for more than 9yrs and worked in Indian and London. Kunal has completed his MBA from University of Liverpool, UK specialising in accounting and finance. He likes to work and meet positive people and always a front runner to work on unique business solutions.

Vivek is a London Business School MBA who forayed into the movie production business after spending time in the Automotive (JK Industries Ltd) and Retail (Future Group) businesses and after actively promoting and marketing Cricket (Sri Lankan Cricket Board) and Motorsport (JK Tyre). He Produced the Hrithik Roshan - Saif Ali Khan starrer NA TUM JAANO NA HUM (2002) followed by CHURA LIYAA HAI TUMNE (2003) where he launched Zayed Khan. He was Consulting Producer on NAMASTEY LONDON (2007) and AAP KAA SURROOR (2007). His International film KARMA (2008) won awards at Greece and Spain and was an official selection in competition at the Shanghai International Film Festival (2009) in CHINA. He coproduced German films INDISCH FUR ANFANGER (2011) and THE BIG BLACK (2011) and Hollywood film SEAL TEAM SIX: THE RAID ON OSAMA BIN LADEN (2012). He is now producing Web Content and product and brand promotion videos for Future Group.
Vivek has expertise in Strategy and Branding and has developed strategies for many leading businesses around the world. His main area of competence is for start ups and for family businesses that want to take that leap into the world of publicly listed companies. Vivek's easy going charisma and indepth knowledge of the macro environment help him to delve right to the heart of where the problems lie in the industries where he consults or mentors.
He has led business delegations to Italy, Thailand, The Philippines, Los Angeles, Germany, France, Spain, Kyrgyzstan, etc. Together with renowned Austrian Director Bernhard Kammel, he has started the REAKTOR INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL in VIENNA, AUSTRIA where he will be curating arthouse Indian feature films in all Indian languages.

Founder, Strategy Thinker, Creative Director & Producer, Adviser to Scale Business, Active Rotarian, BNI and Tie Mumbai Member, Influencer, Social & Impact Investor, Support #SDG2030. 18 years of experience in Broadcast Television (Pre & Post-Production), Programming, Operations and Business Development in the Media sector. Performance Driven Professional, steering innovative and profitable functions that simultaneously assure guest enjoyment; significant contributions in elevating the industry reputation and image of the host. Vast experience steering high-impact campaigns, restoring relationships and competing in media industry. Experience in production and programming in television. Demonstrative competence in creativity, imagination and the ability to visualise the final product coupled with sound technical knowledge. An impressive communicator with a pleasing personality and detail-oriented approach.

An award-winning Strategy and Innovation Professor at Southampton Business School, JP facilitates practical understanding through industry leading research and insight, allowing businesses to identify opportunities, manage risk, and execute change. Previously, he was on the faculty of Aston Business School, and held visiting fellowships at Harvard Business School and Kellogg School of Management.

An award-winning strategic and corporate development expert, who has driven and delivered profitable growth for business units and subsidiaries via partnerships, joint-ventures and M&A across international markets in traditional and technology sectors, as well as senior directional involvement in education, charity & political sectors.