Speaker Bio:  

Gagandeep Sachdeva
CRM Lead, Tectura India- A Microsoft Gold partner
Gagan is a Lead CRM Consultant having 8 years of progressive experience in CRM Consulting, Sales, Marketing and Product Management. Currently he is leading the CRM Practice for Tectura India and has worked on various CRM Systems available. He is a certified Microsoft CRM Functional Consultant and Trainer and has helped various companies to Re-Engineer and improve their Sales, Marketing and Customer Services processes.Gagan has worked on many Microsoft CRM projects and regularly works with Microsoft directly to assist with sales training for both Microsoft Partners and Customers.
Ashutosh Y Shukla
Managing Director, AEROTHERM PRODUCTS
Mr. Shukla is Managing Director of Aerotherm Products who 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.
Naveen Bohra
CFO, Metro TelWorks
Mr.Naveen is an CFO for Metro Telworks.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. He is having total experience of more than 6 years in Banking & Telecommunication sector. Prior to this he was a front desk Treasury dealer for West region in ICICI bank for 3 years. He is based at the headquarters of the Company and manages the company’s financial management, fund raising program, merger & acquisition and administration etc.
Subir Basak
Chief Executive Officer, Celestial Biologicals Limited
Dr. Subir Basak is Chief Executive Officer of Celestial Biologicals and Chief Commercial Officer at Intas Biopharmaceuticals. His extensive leadership experience includes Senior Director and Global Head Oncology Business at Dr. Reddys Laboratories and General Manager and BU Head at Biocon where he founded the Oncology and Inflammation franchise. He has received Advanced Executive Management training from the Wharton Business School, M.S. and Ph.D. in BioEngineering from Purdue University. He has been profiled in a Harvard Business Case Study related to Innovation in Emerging markets. He is the recipient of the Acharya P. C. Ray Award from the Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, Andrews Fellowship from the Purdue University and awarded a Merck Fellowship by Merck & Company.
Vishad Rahangdale
Chief Information Officer, Electrotherm India
Mr. 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.
Nanda Nandan Mahapatra
Vice Chairman, Textile Association India-Ahmedabad Unit (TAI)
Dr Mahapatra is having 27 years of experience in textile industries in India and abroad .He is also the Chairman cum Treasurer of Western Indian Section of Textile Institute ,Manchester (WISTI. He is Vice President(Technical Marketing) at Hindprakash Lonsen Industries.He is a Patron Member of Association of Chemical Technologist (India) Ahmedabad. He is a Senior Member of American Association of Textile Chemists and Colourists .He is also a Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers , Indian Chemical Society, Indian Colour Society ,UDCT Alumni Association ,Indian Science Congress Association , Indian Association for Science Fiction.He has contributed more than 130 papers in textile journals ,having international circulation and presented more than 15 technical papers in various seminars in the country and abroad
Vikram Oza
Director-Finance Jindal Worldwide , Jindal Worldwide
Mr.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.
Hemal Patel
Chief Executive Officer, Elitecore Technologies
Mr.Hemal Patel is a successful serial Entrepreneur and a Technology Executive with diverse skills and management experience, including general, sales, marketing,design, development and financial management.He is a Technology expert coupled with strong business acumen.He has created Cyberoam as the fast growing global brand and also the founder of Eclipse Micro Computer that has helped to build and manage large IT infrastructure projects.He has been recognized as Top 50powerful people of Gujarat by Zee Business Media.He has a bachelor degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (EC) from India, Masters in Computer Science from USA and Advanced Project Management from Stanford University, CA, USA
Jaimin R. Vasa
President, Gujarat Chemical Association (GCA)
Mr. Jaimin R. Vasa is President of Gujarat Chemical Association and Gujarat Pharmaceutical Association. He is also Chairman of MSME committee of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce an apex body of trade and commerce in the state of Gujarat. He has completed BE in Chemical Engineering and is a MD of M/s. Vasa Pharmachem Pvt. Ltd. and Director of M/s Vaishali Agencies Pvt.Ltd & M/s Vasa Laboratory & Chemical Pvt. Ltd having more than 30 years experience in manufacturing & marketing of Fine Chemical & Industrial Chemical and marketing activities of Pharmaceutical Raw Materials & Intermediates.
Sunil Kakkad
Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce (IACC)
Mr.Kakkad is the Chairman of the Indo American Chamber of Commerce (Gujarat). He is also the founder and promoter of Sai InfoSystems Ltd. He is the first generation entrepreneur over Nineteen years of IT experience,Spearheads the organisation with a vision of providing total ICT solutions in global arena.He is the pioneer for the launch of a revolutionary communication devise-VFONE- India&rsquot;s first &rsquot;SEE&rsquot; Phone. He has honorable positions like President of (GESIA),Member of CII (Gujarat). Served as Past president of ASSOCHAM Gujarat. His Immense Self belief and Strive for excellence has helped him win many awards and scale new heights at every stage.
Bipin Dudani
SVP & Zonal Business Head (All Products) , Religare
Bipin Dudani is Zonal Business Head at Religare and has 11 years of experience in various financial products which includes Auto loans, PL, Life Insurance, Mortgages, Housing loan, SME (Secured & Unsecured), Commercial asset. He was worked with reputed financial organizations like Reliance Capital, Royal Bank of Scotland, ICICI.
Hemendra Shah
Vice President (Commercial) & CFO, Elecon Engineering
Mr Hemendra Shah is a as Vice President (Commercial) & 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.