Industry Mentors
We express our sincere gratitude to the following Industry Mentors who have been our Guides and Team in crafting and delivering our Knowledge Initiatives including our flagship MBA in Banking & Finance (With Super Specialization in Investment Banking, Corporate Finance & Wealth Management) with Chitkara University (Top-rated UGC recognized University)
Mr. Vinay Bansal
CA, CS, ICWA
CEO & Founder
Inflection Point Ventures
Vinay is a Finance professional with over 20 years of Global experience in Fortune 50 companies, Startups, and Private Equity. He has a track record of exceptional performance in positions of increasing leadership responsibilities. While having worked as CFO for GE South Asia in Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Sourcing vertical, CFO & CIO at Wildcraft, and Senior Advisor at TPG Global, he gained varied expertise in areas of Private Equity, Complex Accounting projects (Treasury/ Derivatives accounting, Lease structures & accounting, Forensic audits), Corporate Finance, Plant finance, M&A, Tax, Financial Services, Corporate Audit (US GAAP & Indian GAAP), Supply chain management, Compliance, and Sourcing.
Inflection Point Ventures is one of India’s fastest growing Early-stage angel investing platforms, which provides both monetary and non-monetary support to the startups, as well as complete transparency around valuations. Today, it has 2000+ angel investors and has raised & funded over Rs 125 Crores into Startups including Bharat Pe, Syook, MilkBasket, etc.
Mr. Nalin Jain
ME (University of Buffalo-US)
Exec MBA (MIT Sloan School of Mgt, USA), BE
Managing Director
Volvo Cars Ltd
Nalin, presently based in Malaysia, has over 23 years of work experience and his hunger for continuous learning led him to build both vertical and horizontal experience across diverse functions including Business Strategy, Corporate Finance, Financial & Operations Restructuring, Cost Engineering, Suppliers Management, HR consulting, Supply chain optimization, Value engineering, Project management, Business Analytics, etc. Prior to the present roles, he has also worked as CFO Volvo Cars India & Director Finance Volkswagen Group India. He has also earlier worked with reputed brands including Reliance, PwC, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Fiat.
Volvo (USD 36 Billion Entity – A Fortune 500 Company) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company manufactures and markets sport utility vehicles (SUVs), station wagons, hatchbacks, sedans, and compact executive sedans. Volvo is a big name in Car Manufacturing Industry.
Ms. Sandhya Sriram
Chartered Accountant
Vice President- Finance (Global Head of Audit & Risks)
Wipro
Sandhya is the Global Head of Audit and Risks for Wipro Enterprises (WEL). Before this, she was with Wipro Technologies as the Global Head of Finance for the Consumer Business Unit. Prior to joining Wipro, Sandhya worked for close to a decade and a half with Unilever in various roles including Business Partnering, Controllership, Shared Services, IT, Project Management, Supply Chain Finance, etc.
She was placed in India’s Top 100 Women in Finance by AIWMI (Mar’19). She has been awarded the CA CFO – Services Sector in Feb’15, CA CFO – Woman in Jan’14, and CA Professional Achiever – Woman in Mar’13 by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Sandhya was Placed in the Top 50 Young Leaders in India (Out of 27000 + Participants) by Economic Times in 2011. Sandhya is a regular speaker at the National and International Conferences of ICAI and CFO Forum on Various Topics.
Wipro (USD 9 Billion Entity- A Fortune 500 Company) is an Indian Multinational Corporation that provides Information Technology, Consulting, and Business Process Services. It is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Mr. Vineet Jain
Chartered Accountant
Chief Financial Officer
Medtronics
Vineet is a Finance Professional with experience in emerging (India) and developed (Australia and New Zealand) markets across different functions within Finance and has led a team of Finance Professionals with an interest in People Management, Capability Building alongwith Business Strategy, and Governance. Before joining Medtronic, he was working as Senior Finance Director in Pepsico.
Medtronic (USD 30 Billion Entity- A Fortune 500 Company) is one of the leading Global Healthcare solutions companies operating in approximately 160 countries. In November 2020 it completed the acquisition of Medicrea which would help Medtronic to expand in the area of AI. Recently, Medtronic has been named as FORTUNE’s 2020 World’s Most Admired Companies List.
Mr. Manish Sanghai
Chartered Accountant
Senior Finance Director
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Manish is a seasoned finance professional with 17 years of progressive multiple industry experience– Scientific Instruments, Pharma, Healthcare, Engineering, and Public accounting across countries (India, UK, and the USA) & Global Multinationals – PwC, BDO USA, and Thermo Fisher Scientific Holdings positions at leadership levels.
Thermo Fisher Scientific ($ 32.2 Billion) is an American provisioner of scientific instrumentation, reagents and consumables, and software and services to healthcare, life science, and other laboratories in academia, government, and industry (including in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors). Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Thermo Fisher was created in 2006 by the merger of Thermo Electron and Fisher Scientific, to form a company with US$ 9 billion in combined revenues.
Mr. Saurabh Agarwal
Chartered Accountant
Partner
Ernst Young
Saurabh is a Partner in Indirect taxes for EY in India and specializes in Advanced Manufacturing, Mobility & Infrastructure sector. He is also responsible for EY’s Government Incentive/ Concessions advisory practice across sectors in the North. Saurabh has over 13 years of experience in diversified industrial products, automotive, aviation, metro transportation, and infrastructure practice. He is currently involved in educating and assisting companies to deal with solutions involving indirect tax cost optimization in the supply chain and setting up new manufacturing units. Prior to joining EY in 2013, Saurabh has worked with other Big 4 companies.
Ernst & Young Global Limited, commonly known as Ernst & Young or simply EY, is a multinational professional services network with headquarters in London, England. EY is one of the largest professional services networks in the world. Along with Deloitte, KPMG, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, it is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms. It primarily provides assurance (which includes financial audit), tax, consulting, and advisory services to its clients. Like many of the larger accounting firms in recent years, EY has expanded into markets adjacent to accounting, including Strategy, Operations, HR, Technology, and Financial Services consulting.
Mr. Shagun Goyal
MBA, B.Com (H)
Digital Finance and Blockchain leader
Deloitte Consulting
Shagun, presently based in Canada, is a Digital Finance and Blockchain Leader at Deloitte Consulting LLP, focused on developing innovative Digital Finance solutions leveraging technologies like Blockchain, Robotics, Oracle Cloud ERP, etc. He is a trusted advisor to “C-level executives” of Fortune 500 companies for their Digital Transformation journey and has acquired significant knowledge of the business landscape in the US, in the European Union countries, and in several emerging markets (e.g., Brazil, India, China, Mexico) with a deep understanding of the processes necessary to overcome local legal and regulatory requirements.
Shagun is also the Founding Member of the Digital Finance and Blockchain labs at Deloitte and has established the Digital Finance and Blockchain offering from the ground-up. Shagun has led the ideation, design, and Go-to-Market efforts of various innovative Blockchain solutions including cross-border Business-to-Business (B2B) payments, Intercompany settlement, Source to Settle, etc.
Deloitte Consulting LLP (A $ 95 million Entity: A Fortune 500 Company) is an Anglo-American multinational professional services network. Deloitte is one of the Big Four accounting organizations and the largest professional services network in the world by revenue and number of professionals, with headquarters in London, England.
Mr. Saurabh Mehrotra
BE
National Director: Business Advisory
Knight Frank
Saurabh is an experienced National Director with a demonstrated history of working in the Real Estate industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Analytical Skills, Banking, and Feasibility Studies. He is an RICS certified Accredited Mediator.
Knight Frank LLP is an Estate Agency, Residential & Commercial property consultancy founded in London by John Knight, Howard Frank and William Rutley in 1896. Knight Frank together with its New York-based affiliate Newmark Knight Frank is one of the World’s largest global property consultancies. Its global network encompasses 500 offices in 60 territories and more than 19,000 employees handle in excess of US$817 billion (£498 billion) worth of commercial, agricultural, and residential real estate annually.
Mr. Girish Iyer
CA, ICWA, B. Com
Country Head
Citco
Girish is working in a senior management position involving decisions on Operations and Process Transitions. He has strong knowledge of the Banking and Financial Services sector with exposure to the integration of Technology and Processes. His has proven his Leadership and People Management skills in managing large teams to work in sync with the Corporate Set parameters. His concentrated emphasis is on Technology driven Process Re-engineering – customer delight through optimized Risk Management. Prior to Citco, he has worked with Giants like 3i Infotech, ING Vysya, HCL, etc.
Citco is a privately owned Global Hedge Fund Administrator headquartered in the British Virgin Islands, founded in 1948. It is the World’s Largest Hedge Fund Administrator, managing over $1 Trillion in assets under administration. Citco has been named ‘Best Administrator’ at the Hedgeweek US Awards 2020.
Mr. Ajay Thakur
Head - SME & Startup
Bombay Stock Exchange
Ajay is a professional with around 26 years of experience in Capital Market spanning India’s biggest Custodian to India’s biggest and largest Stock Exchange. The key roles have been setting up the depository by the Regional Stock Exchange, developing Derivatives and Equity markets, and setting up SME and Startup Platform. He is the Executive Committee Member of the Indian Merchant Chamber, Jury Member of India SME Forum, and Member of Advisory Committee of GLA University.
He joined BSE in December 1996 as Head – Arbitration and Business Development and presently he is working as Head – BSE SME and Startup, responsible for the development of these segments of BSE.
He is credited for launching the first-ever SME Platform and Startup Platform in India on 13th March 2012 and 22 December 2018 respectively.
BSE Limited, formerly known as the Bombay Stock Exchange is an Indian Government-owned stock exchange located on Dalal Street in Mumbai. Established in 1875, it is Asia’s oldest stock exchange. The BSE is the world’s 7th largest stock exchange with an overall market capitalization of more than US$2.8 trillion as of February 2021.
Mr. Alok Kedia
Chartered Accountant
Country Head
IndusInd Bank
Alok is a Chartered Accountant with 25 years of experience at Senior & Middle Management positions in reputed MNC / Pvt Banks in India. He has a diverse industry background with exposure to General Management, Client Relationships, Business Development, Products, and Credit Appraisals in Banking & Financial Services Sector. He has a proven track record of setting up and building New Businesses in Banks. He has handled various Corporate client segments viz Global Corporates, Large Corporates, Mid Market Corporates, SMEs etc.
IndusInd Bank Limited (A $ 5 Billion Entity) is a new-generation Indian bank headquartered in Pune. The bank offers Commercial, Transactional, and Electronic Banking products and services. The bank specializes in Retail Banking Services and is also working on expanding its network of branches all across the Country.
Mr. Sunil Daga
MBA
President
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Sunil is currently President for Business Banking Assets with Kotak Bank. He has been working with Kotak Bank for the last 15 years & prior to which he worked with the ICICI group as a part of Institutional Business, SME & Retail Banking.
Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (A $ 7.1 Billion Entity) is an Indian Private Sector Bank headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It offers Banking Products and Financial Services for Corporate and Retail customers in the areas of Personal Finance, Investment Banking, Life Insurance, and Wealth Management. As of February 2021, it is the third-largest Indian private sector Bank by market capitalization, with 1600 branches & 2519 ATMs.
Mr. Sudhir Goenka
Chartered Accountant
Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary
Hero Homes
Sudhir is a seasoned professional possessing over 25 years of record in Fund Raising, Strategic Planning, Financial Control & Operations, Corporate Finance, Financial Accounting, Budgeting, Taxation, and MIS Management. He possesses comprehensive experience in heading activities related to Financing and Accounting and is skilled in raising Funds.
Hero Homes is an initiative by Hero Realty, the real estate arm of Hero Enterprise, one of India’s most reputed business groups. They have developed approximately 150 acres of residential townships along with 230 acres of industrial parks.
Mr. Praveen Subramanya
PhD, M. Tech, MSc, BE
Senior Director
Knight Frank
Praveen, with over 17 years of experience, is one of the reputed names in the Real Estate Industry. He is currently Senior Director with UK-based leading Property Consulting Giant Knight Frank and has gained diverse experience in the Infrastructure and Construction industry while having worked with reputed Financial Institutions like ICICI Bank Ltd., India Infoline Ltd. & Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. at Middle & Senior management positions earlier.. He is also a Governing council member of RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors), a Certified valuation specialist (ICVS, USA) and a Registered valuer as per Indian Companies Act 2013.
Knight Frank LLP is an Estate Agency, Residential & Commercial property consultancy founded in London by John Knight, Howard Frank and William Rutley in 1896. Knight Frank together with its New York-based affiliate Newmark Knight Frank is one of the World’s largest global property consultancies. Its global network encompasses 500 offices in 60 territories and more than 19,000 employees handle in excess of US$817 billion (£498 billion) worth of commercial, agricultural, and residential real estate annually.
Mr. Aseem Sachdeva
Chartered Accountant, PGDCA, B. Com
Head of Business Finance
Flipkart
Aseem is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of work experience having worked with some of the best brands in India & abroad. He started off his early years of work experience with one of the reputed most consultancy firms A. F. Ferguson & Co before joining Coca Cola India. While in Coca Cola India, he gained huge international exposure whilst handling assignments at multiple locations overseas. He is presently associated with Flipkart as Senior Director, wherein he presently heads Business Finance function for Market Place, Seller and Supply Ecosystem & 2GUD.com. He possesses vast experience in Risk Assessment, Controllership, GST Implementation, Strategic Cost Transformation, and Business Partnering.
Flipkart (A $ 15 Billion Entity) is an e-commerce Company headquartered in Bangalore, India, and is also registered in Singapore.
Mr. Umesh Hora
Chartered Accountant
Group Chief Financial Officer
Girnar Soft (CarDekho)
Umesh is a Business oriented Finance Executive with over 20 years of experience of working with start-up roles defining new products/services, new markets or both and operating in circumstances with higher risk. A hands-on problem solver with a high rate of achievement, appetite for new challenges and an eye on absolute essentials of bringing revenue into the business. Prior to this, he was working as CFO Zomato and has also worked at senior positions with PWC & WNS as well.
CarDekho owned by Girnar Software (A $ 70 Million Entity), has made 6 acquisitions and is growing by leaps & bounds. The Key Acquisitions being in Carmudi (Acq. for USD 3 Mn in Nov 2019) and Gaadi.com (Acq. for USD 11 Mn in June 2014).
Mr. Anil Valecha
Executive MBA (IIM-B)
Leadership Program (Harvard Business School)
Chief Financial Officer
Antuit (US based AI Company)
Anil is a seasoned Finance Leader with 22+ years of experience in the areas of Fund Raising, Start-ups, Strategic Finance, Financial Planning/Analytics, Investor/Management Reporting, M&A, Deal Structuring, Pricing & Costing, Business Performance Analytics, CXO level Stakeholder Management has led diverse teams, in starting new functions from scratch. Prior to this he has also worked in ISGN, Sutherland Global Services, WNS, Vertex India at Senior Management positions.
Antuit (A $ 52 Million Entity) is the world’s most advanced AI demand forecast &Omnichannel Inventory Optimization company. Recently it has acquired Chicago-based analytics company Prognos. Antuit is headquartered in New York and is successfully running various offices in the United Kingdom, Canada & India.
Mr. Gaurav Manihar
Chartered Accountant
Director – Franchisee Business
Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd
Gaurav, a successful Business Management professional with an extremely process-driven, goal-oriented, and result-focused approach has more than 16 years of rich experience in the Financial Services Industry in the areas of Broking, Third Party Products Distribution, Equity Advisory, Equity Sales, Business Creation, Business Growth, Training, and Creating Leaders &Mentoring People. Proficient in understanding the dynamics of the Equity Broking & Equity Markets in the Indian environment, he is a reputed name in the Financial industry.
Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited (A $ 169 Million Entity) is an Indian diversified financial services firm offering a range of financial products and services. The company was founded by Motilal Oswal and Raamdeo Agarwal in 1987. The company is listed on BSE and NSE stock Exchanges.
Mr. Jyoti Prakash Gadia
CA, CFA & PGDBA – Finance
Managing Director
Resurgent India Limited
Jyoti is an experienced Finance professional with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Risk Management, Corporate Finance, Banking, Project Finance, and Investment Banking, he is the Managing Director of the Company.
Resurgent India is one of the fastest-growing Investment Banks and a SEBI registered Category-1 Merchant Bank. It offers services in the line of Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Debt Solutions, Structured Finance, Capital Market Solutions, Transaction Advisory, Valuations, Enterprise Risk, and Tax services.
Mr. Kamal Kaushik
Chartered Accountant
Chief Operating Officer- MSME
Fusion Micro Finance
Kamal is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience in Financial services and is presently working as Chief Operating Officer to set up MSME business for a leading Micro Financial Institution of India. He successfully has underwritten and managed an aggregate portfolio of over $ 2 Billion. Prior to this, he was working as CEO & COO Religare Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd and has also worked at senior positions with GE Money, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank.
Fusion Microfinance provides Loans/Funding to MSMEs for new businesses or expansion of existing businesses. Warburg Pincus and Creation Investments Capital Management, the two Global Giant Investors own a stake in Fusion Microfinance and the company is expanding its roots into India by combining technological platforms & AI tools in the Financing domain.
Mr. Ravi Valecha
MBA, B.Com
Chief Executive Officer
India Factoring & Finance Solutions
Ravi is a Professional Banker with more than 20 years of rich and insightful experience in Banking, with expertise in Corporate and Retail Banking, Business Development, Product Development & Credit. He is a specialist in Factoring and Supply Chain Finance.
Currently, he is CEO at India Factoring and Finance Solutions (FIM Bank Group).
India Factoring and Finance Solutions Pvt Ltd (India Factoring) was established in December 2009 and operates out of India’s financial hub, Mumbai. India Factoring is a part of FIM Bank Group, which is the World’s One of the Largest Banks on the Trade Finance front.
Mr. Arshey Mohan
CFA (USA), CS, B.Com (H)
COO- Global Operations/Co-founder
Gallagher & Mohan
Arshey is a Co-Founder and the COO of Gallagher & Mohan where he leads Operations, Quality Control, Product Advancement, & Expansion Strategy. At Gallagher & Mohan, Arshey has handled a wide variety of projects spread across all asset classes such as Multi-family, Retail, Industrial, and Office. Prior to co-founding Gallagher & Mohan, Arshey was part of an Investment Banking (Credit Team) supporting Wells Fargo. His experience includes Equity Research for Hedge Funds and Investment Bankers.
Gallagher & Mohan is a US based Real Estate Investment Advisory Investment Bank having its office in India as well. They advise Large Real Estate clients and family offices of Senior Management/Promoter houses on Real Estate investments portfolios across India and America.
Mr. Dough Gallaghar
MBA, BA
CEO, Co-Founder
Gallagher & Mohan
Doug Gallagher is a Co-founder and the CEO of Gallagher & Mohan where he leads Business Development, Operations, and Future Growth Strategy. Prior to co-founding Gallagher & Mohan, Doug was a Vice President of Investments at a multi-family and senior living-oriented private equity firm, Bonaventure Realty Group. He was on a team that acquired and developed nearly 7,000 units, Doug was responsible for Deal Sourcing, Underwriting, and Raising Capital. Doug also worked for Newmark Knight Frank as an Associate Director, focusing on Office Leasing and Investment Sales. He was the company representative to the US – Indian Business Council (USIBC) and contributed to the memo “Smarter Finance for Smart Cities” which was presented to Prime Minister Modi.
Named as Newmark Rising Star in 2016. Doug received his Bachelor of Arts from Lafayette College in International Affairs and Finance.
Gallagher & Mohan is a US-based Real Estate Investment Advisory Investment Bank having its office in India as well. They advise Large Real Estate clients and family offices of Senior Management/Promoter houses on Real Estate investment portfolios across India and America.