Speaker Bio:  

Mihir Joshi
Chairman, Indo - American Chamber of Commerce
Mihir heads GVFL, India premier Venture Capital Company. His multi sector experience brings value to Investee Companies. Mihir has advised senior management of Investee companies on business model, growth strategies, pricing, customer segmentation etc. As a VC partner he ensures strong implementation of Corporate Governance Practices. He is speaker in various events organized by CII, FICCI etc. He is a member of Screening Committee of TePP of DSIR, Govt. of India. He was also an evaluation panel member of setting up of Biotech Incubation Center in India by Dept. of Biotechnology, GOI. He has also played a key role in promoting entrepreneurship. He is member at Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Management, Governing board member at Incubation Center of DA-ICCT.
Vishad Rahangdale
Chief Information Officer, Electrotherm India
Vishad has 16 Years of experience in various industries in India & abroad namely Steel, Capital Goods, Renewable Energy, Transmission Line Tower, Automobile, Media, Textile, Engineering & Construction Industries. Hardcore technocrat with business outlook and specialize in devising Business-IT alignment strategy, IT governance, Enterprise Applications implementation & Enterprise Infrastructure. He has also worked for eminent companies like Morarjee Brembana (Piramal Enterprise), Bhartia Cuttler-Hammer, Hindustan Times, KazStroy Service (Kazakhstan) He brought IT transformation in Electrotherm such as defined IT strategy, roadmap, Security Policies etc and have also Implemented latest technology like Microsoft solutions, SAP, HP solutions etc.
Vikram Oza
Director - Finance, Jindal Worldwide
Vikram is Chartered Accountant and Director-Finance at Jindal Worldwide Ltd. He has a post CA experience of 27 years. He has experience in dealing with Accounts, Taxation, HR, commercial and Finance related fields. He has also contributed his expertise in Finance from domestic as well as international arena. He is also been associated with Textile Companies, Pharmaceutical companies, Engineering Company, Ice Cream manufacturing company and Paper manufacturing company among others.
Hemendra C Shah
CFO, Elecon Engineering
Hemendra is CFO at Elecon Engineering. He has a Vast experience of more than 30 years in areas such as Accounts, Costing, Banking,Financial and secretarial matters.He was elected as Chairman of Ahmedabad Chapter of Cost Accountants and for Western India Regional Council of Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India.He has won prestigious Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance from The Institute of Company Secretaries of India at New Delhi.
Naveen Bohra
CFO, Metro Tel Works
Naveen is having total experience of more than 7 years in Banking & Telecommunication sector. Prior to this he was a front desk Treasury dealer for West region in ICICI bank for 3 years. Naveen is based at the headquarters of the Company and manages the company’s financial management, fund raising program, merger & acquisition and administration etc. He is an Associate Chartered Accountant , Information System Auditor from The Institute of Chartered Accountant Of India and Bachelor of Business Administration from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.
Hiranand Savlani
CFO, Astral Poly Technik
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Ashutosh Shukla
MD, Aerotherm Products
Ashutosh enjoys high reputation as an expert designer and entrepreneur since 1974. He was appointed as consultant for prestigious World Bank aided projects to design industrial air conditioning systems. He was also identified as "Outstanding Entrepreneur" by the Rotary Club of Ahmedabad in 1996. He has been a visiting professor at CEPT university, which is one of the most coveted educational institutions of India in the field of Architecture and Construction.
Kantibhai Bhuva
Chairman Legal Committee, GSPMA
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Yatindra R Sharma
MD, KHS Machinery
Yatindra is the past Chairman of CII Gujarat State Council 2010-11. He ctively 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 actively associated with Govt. of Gujarat on Industrial Policy and Industry matters. He participated in Business Delegation for Vibrant Gujarat - Global Investor Summit-2009 to Europe. Recently attended Indo-US Higher Education Summit 2011 with CII and Govt. of India Delegation to Washington. He serves as the VP of DDU Alumni Association which is engaged in supporting development of University in terms of student development, Industry-Academics Cooperation and so on.