Speaker Bio:  

Jaimin Vasa
Chairman, MSME, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Jaimin Vasa is Associated with many associations. He is the Chairman of the MSME Committee, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is also the President of Gujarat Chemical Association. Jaimin is the Vice Chairman of Gujarat Innovation Society (GIS) and a Member of State Level Inter‐Institutional Committee (SLIIC) of Reserve Bank of India. He is the President of Behrampura Industrial Association. Jaimin is the MD of Vasa Pharmachem and also Director of Vaishali Agencies and Vasa Foods & Beverages.
Rajendra Shah
MD, Harsha Engineers
Rajendra is the Founder Promoter of Harsha Engineers Limited (HEL) and serves as its Managing Director. He has over thirty-five years of rich and varied experience in Administration and Finance. Rajendra has done Mechanical Engineering from LE Engineering College, Morbi. He set out as an entrepreneur undertaking assignments on job work basis for small tools and engineering components. This effort, though on a small scale, gave useful entrepreneurial insight into running a small engineering firm. In 1972, Rajendra Shah with his partner Harish Rangwala started a small unit in Odhav, Ahmedabad, which set the pace by acquiring a prestigious order from Metal Box for the manufacture of Taper Roller Bearing Cages for SNR France. Rajendra is the Chairman & Director of AIA Engineering. He was awarded "Best Entrepreneur" by the Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad in 2001.
Hemendra C Shah
CFO, Elecon Engineering
Hemendra has a vast experience of 30 years in Finance, Cost & Management Accounting, Banking, Taxation Secretarial, Legal, Insurance and other related matters. Throughout his career, he shares an immaculate and passionate professional background of companies like Calico Mills, ONGC, and Adani Enterprise Ltd, apart from Elecon. At Elecon, his role is a multitasked approach which includes: to explore new requirement of the company as well as group in a challenging environment; strategist for revenue growth/preservation and cost reduction through better leveraging options for debt financing for the projects undertaken; managing finance function’s efficiency and service levels/effectiveness in the system; ensuring compliance.
Vikram Oza
Director - Finance, Jindal Worldwide
Vikram has 28 years of work experience. He is a Chartered Accountant. He has experience in dealing with Accounts, Taxation, HR, commercial and Finance related fields. He has contributed his expertise in Finance from domestic as well as international arena. Vikram has been associated with Textile Companies, Pharmaceutical companies, Engineering Company, Ice Cream manufacturing company and Paper manufacturing company among others.
Anurag Kothawala
Group President - M&A, Treasury, Anil Group
Anurag has over 20 years of work experience. He has played various roles in Anil Group of Companies like Chief Operating Officer, Material Head, Business Control, Finance Head and Chief Financial Officer. He has pursued various leadership, strategic and human process courses, programs and workshops conducted by the top institutes like FLAME, SUMEDHAS and IIM-A. Anurag has a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemicals) and a Master's degree in Business Administration (Marketing) from Gujarat University.
Yatindra R Sharma
MD, KHS Machinery
Yatindra is the past Chairman of CII Gujarat State Council 2010-11. He is actively associated with Ahmedabad Management Association, GCCI and CII Western Region. He has also served as the past President of Ahmedabad Management Association, past Chairman of CII Western Region - SME Council. Yatindra is also associated with Govt. of Gujarat on Industrial Policy and Industry matters. He serves as the Vice President of DDU Alumni Association which is engaged in supporting development of University in terms of student development, Industry-Academics Cooperation and so on.
Ashutosh Shukla
MD, Aerotherm Products
Ashutosh Shukla has completed his B.E (Mechanical). As MD & Promoter of Aerotherm Products, he has vast knowledge and experience to design and manufacture Heat exchangers for Petrochemicals and Fertilizer Plants and HVAC Systems for Industrial Application. He has designed and implemented various high tech engineering equipments. Ashutosh was appointed as Designing Consultant for 2 large Capacity Units funded by World Bank.
Hiranand Savlani
CFO, Astral Poly Technik
With 16 years of experience, Hiranand is a Gold Medalist & Rank Holder in CA. He has successfully completed IPO of Astral Poly Technik. His achievements include setting up a plant in Tax Free Zone @ Baddi & Plant in Kenya. He has done lots of Overseas Tie-ups’ for Astral. He has worked as programmer Coordinator at CS Institute–Ahmedabad. Prior to his current role, he has worked with companies like Dynamic Industries and Kalpataru Power Transmission.
Mukesh S. Mahajan
GM - Operations, Ferromatik Milacron India
Mukesh has nearly 28 years of work experience. Prior to his current role, he has worked with SLM Maneklal, D.G.P Windsor. The areas he has served in the industry are Machine Shop, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain and Assembly production. He has completed B.E. (Mech) in 1991 (after D.M.E in 1984) from L. D. Engineering, Ahmedabad.
Huzefa Motiwala
Regional Head – Technology Sales, Symantec India
Huzefa Motiwala is responsible for planning and execution of Technology Sales and Solution Evangelism for enterprises in India West Region. He is also responsible for building technical capacity and enablement for Symantec partner community. Having spent more than 14 years in the IT industry, Huzefa has been with Symantec for over ten years. He has been associated with Solution architecting and Technical Consulting roles, with an in depth understanding and active participation in strategic planning and execution with customers. Huzefa brings experience and expertise in transforming customer&rsquot;s business challenges into IT solution that can help achieve immediate and longterm success for IT deployments. Prior to joining Symantec, Huzefa was associated with Wipro.