Saurabh is the co-founder and CEO of India Operations at Livspace. Having handled businesses for brands across industries and geographies in the past, Saurabh is responsible for formulating the go-to-market strategy and acquiring new customers at Livspace.

His teams are collectively responsible for improving key metrics and strengthening the overall business strategy. Saurabh completed his B. Tech in Textile Technology from IIT, Delhi and holds a PGP in Management, Operations Management, and Strategy & Leadership from the Indian School of Business.

Jyoti Malhotra, Managing Director, Volvo Auto India, joined the company in 2016. He was elevated to the Lead Role in 2021. He is the first Indian to hold this post. A veteran of India’s automobile industry with over two decades of experience he has held national, regional and local positions in various automotive companies like Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki and Fiat Auto India before taking over as Director, Marketing and Sales in Volvo Car India.

Jyoti pursued MBA in Marketing from Bharati Vidyapeeth after completing Bachelor of Engineering (Production) from University of Pune. He has also completed Global Program for Management Development from Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Mr. Rajat Agrawal is a creative, enthusiastic, and a dynamic professional who has always aimed high and believes in creating value in each sphere of his work. He began his professional journey with Barista in 2015 as a Vice President-Corporate Finance and Strategy, where he was in charge of overseeing and managing the total food group's finances. Later in his career trajectory, he rises to the position of COO and was recently appointed as the CEO of the organization. Being the CEO of the brand he is responsible for the overall business operations and strategy along with team and Investor Management. He wishes to leverage his 17 years of experience to further strengthen the brand equity and grow the brand exponentially keeping in mind guest experiences and industry trends.

Founded in 2000, with the goal of becoming India's finest coffee house, Barista is a pioneer in the Indian coffee chain that provides an authentic Italian coffee experience in pleasant, friendly, and relaxed surroundings. With a distinct brand story, rich heritage, and legacy, the brand is pursuing a growth trajectory in the F&B sector.

Rajat has a strong academic background. He received his CA Charter from the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 2005, the world's second-largest accounting body. Prior to joining Barista, he has worked with Global Organizations like E&Y, Grant Thornton, Deloitte as part of Assurance & Financial Advisory vertical and have managed assignments across NBFCs, IT & ITES firms, F&B, Retail, Manufacturing, Telecom, Education.

Rajat aims to propel the brand to new heights and vistas by opening stores across formats. In addition, he is continually on the quest for new and exciting ideas to expand the brand. Moreover, in addition to being a workaholic, he believes that being physically and mentally active is incredibly energizing for both his mind and body and pursues sports whenever time permits. More importantly he believes in creating efficient teams with a sense of ownership.

43 countries, 168 cities and the rest of the world to go. Kamiya Jani gave up her full time media job to dare to live the life she always wanted. She set up Curly Tales to let people discover their love for food, travel & indulgences.

Curly Tales is now known to be India's top food and travel discovery platform with offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru & Dubai with a social media community of 10mn+. Her dream is to visit all the beautiful places the world has to offer & showcase it for the world to see. Her online conversations with famous personalities such as Rahul Gandhi, Aditya Thackeray, Virat Kohli, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Pankaj Tripathi, Shilpa Shetty, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kajol, Ajay Devgn and many more has made her show ‘Sunday Brunch’ as internet’s most popular show.

She believes that the wealth of beauty, culture & nature remains unmatched in India. It is with this pride that she brings to you a weekly show aptly named 'I Love My India'. She has also recently been recognized as A Cultural Ambassador of India by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

Kamiya is living her dream of being a nomadic traveller. Despite being a wife, mom & a full-time entrepreneur, she has not put a pause to her dreams & passion. Before this, she was working as a Business Journalist & Television anchor with ET NOW, Bloomberg TV and CNBC TV18.

Harish Bhat is currently the Brand Custodian at Tata Sons. In this role, he leads marketing and brand development for TATA, which is India’s most valuable brand. He is also a Director on the Boards of some companies of the Tata group.

Harish has held many roles in the Tata Group over the past 35 years, including as Managing Director of Tata Global Beverages, and Chief Operating Officer of the watches and jewellery businesses of the Titan Company Ltd.

An avid marketer, he has helped create and nurture several successful Tata brands. In 2023, Forbes listed him as one of the world’s top ten most influential Chief Marketing Officers for the second consecutive year.

Harish writes extensively and is a columnist for The Hindu Business Line and Mint. He has authored five books, including two national bestsellers. LinkedIn has selected him as one of their top voices in India.

Harish is an incorrigible foodie and fitness freak. His wife, Veena, is a Data Scientist. They have a daughter, Gayatri, who has embarked on her professional career.

Malini Agarwal is among the first well-known Indian influencers, as well as the Founder & Creative Director of MissMalini Entertainment & Co-Founder of Good Creator Co. She is also the Founder of a community for women called Girl Tribe by MissMalini, which was created to serve as a safe place for women to talk, share, support, empower, network, and inspire each other to live their best lives.

MissMalini Entertainment's goal has always been to become a media brand that connects influencers and consumers. Good Creator Co. - India's largest and most comprehensive content and creator’s ecosystem, was founded following an acquisition by the Good Glamm Group and the desire to create the ultimate universe for Content Creators.

This community allows content creators to showcase their work, network with one another, and gain access to cutting-edge resources and masterclasses to help them grow and most importantly thrive in a community of like-minded peers with the mentorship and support of Malini herself.

She is currently working on her second non-fiction book, which addresses the need for empathy and kindness on social media and serves as a guidebook for being a good Netizen while dealing with unsavoury behaviour.

Most importantly, she lives her life online and believes she has understood both the risks and the benefits of doing so to be a strong advocate for positivity and prosperity online while highlighting the best the Internet has to offer.

Her greatest achievement is building a legacy brand in entertainment that stands for substance & positivity. She wants to encourage and inspire young women to live their best lives and aspires to enable them with everything she has built over the last two decades.

With over 20 years of marketing and advertising experience, and a trans-national career, across India and the Silicon Valley of America, Anusha is the co-founder and CEO of Autumn Worldwide, a hyper-specialized Digital Marketing firm. In Oct of 2018, Grey Group, a WPP company acquired majority stake in Autumn Worldwide. As of Jan 2020, Anusha has been promoted as Chairperson and Group CEO of Grey Group India, which includes both Grey and AutumnGrey.

In her current role, Anusha is responsible for Organizational Growth, Innovations, Planning and Operations. She is on the board of ASCI, AAAI and a council member with AIMA Aspire, a Women’s Business and Leadership Council. Anusha is on the prominent list of IMPACTs 50 most Influential WOMEN 2020 and 2022; the Economic Times Women Ahead award, Corporate Excellence Award for Women at Work and many more.

Prior to co-founding Autumn Worldwide in 2005, Anusha has held a number of progressive assignments in advertising & marketing and has served for brands like Intel, Titan, Unilever, Honeywell et-cetera and in globally reputed agencies, Lowe and Euro RSCG.

Ashish Goel is the CEO and co—founder of the Indian furniture brand Urban Ladder. Before starting his own venture, he had worked with various corporate houses and companies as well.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore graduate may have started his work-life somewhat predictably as a strategic business consultant with McKinsey & Co., but his next stint was selling comic books and reviving the storied children’s content brand Amar Chitra Katha.

Ashish was a COO in his friend Samir Patil’s company, Amar Chitra Katha from 2008 to 2012. While working in Amar Chitra Katha, he made a successful acquisition of India Book House – a leading distributor of books and magazines and became its managing director in 2011.

After almost 13 years of total experience, Ashish along with his friend, Rajiv, started his own Venture, Urban Ladder, in July 2012. Ashish Goel was voted as the ‘Game Changer Entrepreneur of the Year’ 2016 at Satya Brahma founded 8th edition of India Leadership Conclave 2016 by Network 7 Media Group Jury.

Geetika Mehta is the Managing Director of Hershey India. She has a proven track record of developing and nurturing small businesses as well as leading growth for large corporations, resulting in increased profitability and turnaround. She was featured in The Economic Times' 40 under Forty list of India's Top Young Business Leaders.

Prior to Hershey, Geetika has over 18 years of experience at Hindustan Unilever where she handled increasing responsibilities of commercial and consumer marketing within HUL. She has experience in Foods and Homecare in diverse markets including South Asia, Thailand, Brazil, and South Africa. She was previously the General Manager for Unilever's Home & Hygiene business, where she delivered market-leading results on both the top and bottom lines and helped to position the category for long-term growth. She was also on the board of directors for Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) India Chapter. TBC is a business-led collaboration with the goal of addressing the global sanitation crisis by accelerating the sanitation economy.

Geetika is an alumnus of prestigious educational institutions such as Sriram College of Commerce, Delhi and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. On the personal front, her interests include being an avid reader, traveller, marathon runner, and foodie.

Mr K.E Ranganathan is currently the Managing Director, Roca Bathroom Products Pvt Ltd, 100% subsidiary of Spain based Roca Group, world leader in the definition of bathroom space. He works closely on creating new strategies and opportunities to drive growth and further consolidate the company’s leadership position.

Ranganathan is a graduate in commerce from Madras University, an Associate of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and as Associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). He is also a Fulbright Scholar. He comes with more than 33 years of experience in finance, accounting, business planning, strategy, marketing & sales. He has held senior positions in various companies in Murugappa Group & TVS Group.

Not new to Roca Bathroom Products Pvt. Ltd, Ranganathan joined Murugappa Group in 1994 where he was Head of Finance for Parryware division and later took charge of the Sales & Distribution division. During his stint with Parryware, he brought a whole new perspective by refurbishing the key processes and focusing on result orientation, leading to sales growth at a CAGR of 25%. In 2005, Ranganathan headed Parryware business as the CEO and played a key role in transforming the business into a Joint Venture company with Roca Spain.

Mayank Bathwal is the Chief Executive Officer at Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd., a joint venture between Aditya Birla Group and MMI Holdings of South Africa.

Mayank has been with the Aditya Birla Group for 29+ years, and has leadership experience across insurance, financial services, manufacturing, energy and power. Mayank was the founding team member of Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance and in his last role, he was the Deputy CEO of ABSLI and had held multiple roles in the business in India and Indonesia.

Mayank set up Aditya Birla Health Insurance in 2015, and under his leadership, within a short span of time, ABHI has grown into one of the recognized and fastest growing health insurance company in India. Mr. Bathwal spearheaded a very well diversified strategy of entering the health insurance market with a differentiated ‘health-first’ business model and developed an efficient multi-channel distribution system by leveraging digital opportunities.

Mayank is a fellow Chartered Accountant and a member of the ICWA and ICSI. He is the co-chair of FICCI Health Insurance Committee and actively leads insurance industry forum of Nathealth.

Mayank is an avid reader, a fitness enthusiast, and passionate about every Indian having an access to good health ecosystem and lead a healthier life.

Tapan Singhel has a rich experience in the insurance industry of more than 30 years. He has been with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance for over 20 years and has been the Company’s MD & CEO for more than 10 years. He is the Chairman GI-Council, and he also chairs the CII National Committee on Insurance and Pensions. He is a Board Member of the Institute of Insurance and Risk Management (IIRM). He has been the President of Indo-German Chamber of Commerce and is now a board member. Under his leadership, the company has emerged as one of the largest and the most profitable private general insurer in the country ensuring growth, profitability and customer-centricity.

Customer obsession and passion to do good for the people are what drives Tapan and his success in the industry. A scientist by education, but an insurer at heart he works towards making a difference in the lives of people in whatever little way he can. Tapan has not only transformed the company, but has also been a trendsetter in the insurance industry by always taking the first leap towards innovating to enhance the customer service standards. Under his able leadership, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has transformed the distribution of insurance by being the first company in the country to start Bancassurance. He also envisaged and implemented, Virtual Sales Office, which is a 100% digital office. Addressing customer worries is what drives him to ideate and implement innovative products and services. For instance, settling motor claims in a matter of minutes with the help of Motor OTS, taking care of new-age cyber risk through Bajaj Allianz Individual Cyber Safe Policy, the industry’s first Pet Dog Insurance policy and introduction of Health Infinity, a health insurance policy with unlimited sum insured.

His leadership has been recognized across the globe. He recently won the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the 25th Asia Insurance Industry Awards 2021. He has won ‘CEO of the Year’ for India and Asia- Pacific region at the IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2021. He was honoured as the 'Personality of the Year' at Quantic’s BFSI Excellence Awards 2021, India Insurance Summit & Awards 2019, 22nd Asia Insurance Industry Awards 2018 and Indian Insurance Summit 2017. He was also awarded the title of Best CEO at Insurance Asia Awards and was recognized as the Most Promising Business Leaders of Asia 2018 by The Economic Times. By always imbibing the principle of empathy towards customers and employees, he has been instrumental in the organisation being recognised on various forums. To name a few, Best Digital Insurer in Asia for IDC Financial Insights Innovation Awards 2021, Non-Life Insurer Provider of the Year by Outlook Money Awards 2020, Best Motor Insurance Provider of the Year at the prestigious Business Today-Money Today Financial Services Awards 2021. The Company has also won the coveted Porter Prize award under the category of Creating Distinct Value in 2019.

Tapan is known for his ‘Communicative Leadership’ style, where he believes in engaging regularly with employees and customers through social media.