Amit Goenka

Chief Mentor of Esselerator & CEO – International Business

Mr. Amit Goenka is a Business Leader par excellence.
His intense knack in identifying & pursuing new business opportunities was instrumental in the success of 'Playwin' - India’s 1st online lottery, wherein he introduced the concept of MyPlaywin.com cards, enabling an online purchase of the lottery tickets. Furthermore, his innovative ideas gave birth to India’s 1st pre-paid cash cards service - ITZ Cash Card.

Mihir Modi

Chief Business officer

Mr. Mihir Modi is a veteran strategist.
His expertise include M&A, Investor Relations, Corporate-Business Strategy, and Decision-making.

Sidharth Balakrishna

Group Strategy, Essel Group

Mr. Sidharth is a catalyst at Group Strategy level in Essel Group.
He has Authored 5 books, presented in 10 countries at several international seminars and given lectures at several top institutes across the world."

Punit Misra

CEO - Domestic Broadcast Business

Mr. Punit Misra is one of the leading names in the Media Industry
He has expertise in Customer Development and organization level strategy"

Anand Desai

Managing Partner, DSK Legal | President, TiE Mumbai

Managing Partner, DSK Legal | President, TiE Mumbai Mr. Anand was appointed by the Government of India, Ministry of Law and Justice, as Chairman of a Committee to recommend amendments to the Specific Relief Act, 1963.
He has consistently been featured in top 100 legal expert list by various journals. DSK Legal’s clients include Government ministries, departments and public-sector bodies, as well as large private sector companies like McKinsey, GSK, Tatas and several Bollywood celebrities, including Amitabh Bachchan, amongst others."

Ankit Goel

Founder, Manotr

Mr. Ankit is an entrepreneur and researcher in the space of Artificial Intelligence and its allied fields of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning.
He loves to work on all kinds of fun algorithms and enjoys discussing technology and politics."

Ashok Agarwal

Whole Time Director & CEO ( New Businesses) -Essel Infraprojects Ltd.

Mr. Ashok has been Nominated as one of 200 young CEOs on Champions of Change forum of NITI Aayog, led by Prime Minister of India.
His passion is to identify challenges humanity is facing and promoting affordable technology solutions to meet those challenges using PPP business models.

Rakeshh Gupta

A Business Leader and a Visionary. Global speaker on Finance and Technology

A Business Leader and a Visionary. Global speaker on Finance and Technology. Mr. Gupta is an International Investment management professional with over 22 years of experience in Banking & Finance with a formal educational background in the field of Information & Technology.
His domain experience and expertise in managing other core Banking verticals e.g. Treasury, Retail & SME, AML & MLRO functions, Risk & Compliance Management, where he worked to create and Grow Business Divisions, Formulate and Implement Strategies, structure high calibre professional teams to optimise financial performances, help manage organisational changes and maintain stability through number of financial crisis."

Manish Aggarwal

Chief Marketing Officer

Manish is a seasoned marketer with cross category experiences across different marketing verticals (Brand, Media, Research, Portfolio) with Fortune 100 Companies like Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and start-up experiences with LeEco & Myntra. In 2011, Manish was recognized as the ‘Account Person of the Year’ for the India sub-continent by Campaign Asia Pacific magazine for his contributions to the Mindshare India business.
Manish is an aspiring marathon runner, doting father and traveller at heart."

Rajesh Kachroo

Business Head - Education Vertical

Mr. Rajesh Kachroo is a subject matter expert in Education.
His expertise includes managing country wide businesses, P & L management, market analysis, pricing strategy, legal compliance, sales and marketing, project management and operations.

Rohit Chadda

Founder @ PayLo, Co-founder @ foodpanda, Fortune 40 under 40

Mr. Rohit is an investment banker turned serial entrepreneur and is the co-founder of the world's largest food ordering platform - foodpanda.com. He introduced online food delivery in India when the category was virtually non-existent and was responsible for developing the category to one of the fastest growing ecommerce verticals.
Rohit has received various awards for business leadership, entrepreneurship and ecommerce across the globe. He speaks on various subjects like digital strategy, ecommerce, venture capital, consumer technology, digital payments, retail, food tech & entrepreneurship at various forums worldwide.

Sanjay Mehta

CEO - Domestic Broadcast Business

Angel & PE Investor Director CORE Media, Investor Cryptocurrencies Mr. Sanjay is an serial entrepreneur with 2 exits turned Angel Investor with 63 start-up portfolio companies, member with CIO Angel Network, Let'sVenture, Indian Angel Network etc.
Member of PE VC Committee at IMC. Listed in Forbes 2016 as the 8th most prominent angel investor in India.

Chamli Tennakoon

Vice President & Chief Digital Officer

Mr. Chamli is a Digital leader with proven ability in Innovation, reinventing media brand with digital, expending to e-commerce, OTT strategy, offering customization, leveraging of digital data, UI and UX and spreading digital culture

Siddharth Narula

Chief Revenue Officer – Digital ZEEL

Mr. Siddharth has had a successful Career in Media Sales panning across Inventory sale, Advertiser funded programming, Intellectual properties for TV and Digital Content Strategy.
He has worked with Brands like ESPN, SONY, DISNEY, UTV, CNBC, NDTV and a start-up called Culture Machine for 4 yrs."

Mukund Galgali

Executive Vice President & Finance Controller

Mr. Mukund Galgali is a Financial business leader. With over 20 years of global financial leadership experience, including over 10 years at Zee/Essel group, he has done it all.

Shaurya Mehta

Chief Operating Officer – Living Foodz.

Mr. Shaurya is a strategy consultant turned entrepreneur.
He is a digital evangelist and has proven expertise in digital transformation across various industries. He shares deep passion for entrepreneurship and believes simple ideas solve complex problems. Other areas of interest include Retail, Fintech and Cryptos.

Prathyusha Agarwal

Chief Marketing Officer, ZEEL

She is responsible for building the ZEE brand, marketing capability and drives key strategic initiatives across channels and businesses under the ZEE umbrella.
With 16 years of professional experience in marketing and analytics across sectors, Prathyusha has worn various hats helping organizations deliver great brands and sharpen their marketing output and capabilities."

Rohit Paranjpe

Director - Strategy, Technology & Media at Digitainment