Speaker Bio:  

Paritosh Basu
Group Controller, Essar India
Dr. Paritosh C. Basu is the Group Controller of Essar Group, one of the largest business conglomerates of India. He was with Reliance Communications as Joint President and CFO till mid August, 2008.
Vardhan Dharkar
Executive Director - Finance, KEC International
With over 25 years of experience, Vardhan is currently serving as the Executive Director - Finance at KEC International. His previous stints included as the CFO at Dabur Pharma and VP Finance at Wockhardt.
Rajarathnam Kannan
Head - Corporate Performance Management, Hinduja Group
Rajarathnam Kannan is an expert in Finance and Strategy with more than 25 years experience and during his career as a Management Consultant and a Key member of Corporate Head Quarters in Various corporates. He has also delivered guest lectures in Leading Management Institutes on Finance, Strategy, Organisation Restructuring and Turn Around Management.
Rohit Mahajan
Partner and co-Head, Forensic Services, KPMG in India
Rohit co-Heads KPMG India Forensic practice, besides leading the Investigations and Anti-Bribery and Corruption service lines within the practice. He has over 16 years of experience in handling projects in the areas of Fraud Investigation, Process Risk Consulting, Anti Bribery and Corruption diligence and compliance reviews, Financial Due Diligence and Valuation and Business Fraud Risk Review. He has successfully mentored the preparation and launch of publications like the India Anti Money Laundering Survey 2012, Survey on Bribery and Corruption 2011 and India Fraud Survey 2010; including point of view documents on the Lokpal Bill.
Gaurav Sundaram
Country Director, India, Egencia
Gaurav, with over 20 years of executive leadership experience in the Business Travel Industry, with prior stints with ProKonsul Thought Leadership, Lionel India, Rosenbluth International, Utell International & Thomas Cook, has established Egencia India as the market leader & innovator with introduction of global best practices to the Indian Business Travel Industry. Currently, he is the Country Director, India at Egencia.
Vinit Teredesai
CFO, Sungard
In his current role as the Chief Financial Officer at SunGard Global Technology, Vinit is responsible for finance, accounting, auditing, tax, treasury and procurement functions for SunGard global solution centres in China, India and Tunisia. He has also been responsible for setting up shared services finance functions and growing the team to 120+ in less than 2 years time frame. Prior to joining the organisation in 2006, he had worked in companies like Cognizant, Bajaj Auto and ABB. Vinit is also a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost and Works Accountant and Certified Public Accountant with over 18 years of experience in the manufacturing and IT sectors.
Sitaram Taparia
CFO & Company Secy, Hindustan Colas
A Chartered Accountant cum Company Secretary with positive outlook, team building capabilities, drive for consistent learning, self initiative, keen sense of ownership & organizational perspective, Sitaram has experience and rich exposure in varied fields of Financial & Tax Management, ERP & Management Accounting, Risk Management and Internal Audit and Commercial functions.
Hiranya Ashar
CFO, Rolta India
Hiranya has extensive experience in finance, accounts, taxation and audit. He is a commerce graduate and an Associate member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has extensive experience of managing corporate finance, project management, financial planning & analysis, budgetary control, fund management, taxation, audit, mergers & acquisitions and investor relations. He possesses strong analytical and management skills and is an effective leader in rapid growth situations.
Sanjeev Varma
CFO, Steria India
With over 25 years experience, Sanjeev has controlled and marked focus in key business areas such as Business Planning Strategy, Corporate Finance and M&A. His expertise spans business strategy formulation, financial and risk management; profitable turnaround of operations through effective business strategies; and building new businesses. Prior to joining Steria, he was based out of US in his role as CFO with HCL Technologies America. He has also played many key roles in HCL Infosystems, HCL Hewlett Packard and National Fertilizers.
Sanjay Modi
Vice President, Resurgent India
Sanjay has versatile Corporate Banking, Infrastructure Finance & Consulting experience of over 12 years. An MBA and an Engineer, he has worked with organizations like ICICI Bank and IL&FS Financial Services before taking on a more entrepreneurial role with Resurgent India Ltd. He has the ability to add perspectives to complex situations and believes that Innovation and Communication remain the two key winning cards for any professional.