Speakers

Shahnawaz (Shan)Kadavil is the Co- founder atFreshtohome.com– the largest vertically integrated e-commerce company in the Fish and meat space in the world delivering over 1.5 Million orders a month across 2 Million customers in 10 large cities in India and all of UAE. Shan and team are on the mission of providing Chemical-Free & Antibiotic Residue Free food to the masses and are re-inventing the food supply chain from scratch by disintermediating the middle men through the Freshtohome Platform vendors and providing higher value to the farmers and fishermen. Shan is also the Chairman ofDbaux Technologies – a technology start up in the Critical Infrastructure Security Domain,manufacturing indigenously built UTMs, Network Devices, Operating Systems and the like. Dbaux Products now power many of the Critical Government Infrastructure in India.

Shan is an entrepreneur and multi-functional leader who hasjump-started many of the popular technology companies and start-ups in United States and India. In his previous role as the India Founder& Country Manager, Shan is credited for having built the first and largest Studio outside the US for Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), a leader in social gaming and maker of popular titles such as Farmville, CityVille, Draw Something, Words with Friends and Mafia Wars. Under Shan's leadership, Zynga India had witnessed a rocket speed growth owning and launching a number of titles that are the largest at Zynga. Prior to Zynga, Shan ran Product at Support.com (NASDAQ: SPRT), a California based company considered as the market leader in the Support automation domain as their Vice President of Products. Shan has also served in senior management and advisory roles across a number of the leading companies in the world. He has been named twice in the Exhibit magazine "100 Top Tech Indians" list, has won numerous awards including the Economic Times “Most Promising Entrepreneur of 2019” and was also honored by the Prime Minister of India as part of the “Champions of Change” program. Shan holds a number of patents in the areas of Big Data & Cloud Computing and has also participated in the World Economic Forum.

Esha Nagar leads the country hat for Nepa India. She is based in Mumbai and overseas Nepa research and client development efforts across a range of vertical industries. Esha brings in vast experience through her multiple stints at Kantar & Nielsen prior to Nepa, where she led the West Region Media and Digital practices, among other roles. She holds a track record in consulting through Consumer - Retail panels, Digital focused solutions, Path-to-Purchase Understanding & Media Effectiveness. All things around content, campaigns and marketing come from a place of personal passion for Esha.

As Managing Director at Nepa India, she has the mandate to build this consumer science firm into one of the most preferred, fluid, and sustainable data to growth company in the market. She is also responsible for shaping the culture of Nepa in India.

Nepa is a Stockholm Headquartered leading consumer science firm with a mantra of delivering insights that matter. The India team is creating unconventional solutions in digital research for their clients in content & beyond. Keeping focus on the fast-evolving content ecosystem, Nepa has been supporting major OTT players, production houses and media majors tell incredible stories, develop impactful content, and optimize viewer experience. All through the Nepa Content Lab. Ranked as one of the fastest organically growing companies in the 6 of past 7 years of DI Gasell,Nepa helps some of the world’s most respected brands optimize Customer Experience and Marketing with services across 50 countries.

Nitin Mathur is the co-founder of 91mobiles.com, where he leads the business, strategy and product management functions. Nitin has close to 10-years' experience in the digital space, with 91mobiles being his third venture. He is a maths graduate from Hindu College in Delhi, and holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Elizabeth Venkataraman is the co-founder of 91mobiles.com, where he leads the business, strategy and product management functions. Nitin has close to 10-years' experience in the digital space, with 91mobiles being his third venture. He is a maths graduate from Hindu College in Delhi, and holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Sridhar H is a Senior Director, Digital Experience Solutions. He has over 25 years of experience across the entire spectrum of technology sales, strategy, solutioning and customer success. He specializes in using technologies such as e-commerce, digital marketing and analytics, to help companies deliver memorable customer experiences and has worked extensively with companies across India, APAC and the US.

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Deepa Krishnan heads Marketing, Category, Loyalty and Digital at Tata Starbucks Private Ltd, the 50/50 joint venture between Starbucks Coffee Company and Tata Global Beverages Limited. As part of her role, Deepa oversees all aspects of the brand related to Digital, Social media and other media communication, manages the My Starbucks RewardsTM loyalty programme and is responsible for all the Digital initiatives undertaken by the brand.

Prior to Starbucks, Deepa has been an Executive Director, Strategy at Kantar. She has also been the Head of Branding and Marketing Communication at Idea Cellular Ltd for a period of 2 years. She has played a key role in shaping the overall innovation strategy at Diageo India. As part of the Futures Company, Deepa has addressed the strategic business issues of renowned brands in areas related consumer trends, brand repositioning, marketing strategy and innovation.

Deepa holds a PGDM degree from IMDR (Institute of Management Development and Research). She is a passionate marketer and is constantly studying consumer trends and innovation across categories and is focused on delivering consumer insight with a business impact. Deepa is also an avid trekker and traveler and writes a travel blog.

Vivek Kumar Sinha is the Chief Marketing Officer for Home Credit India, in his present role he works closely with different business heads to devise innovative marketing strategies and accelerate Home Credit’s brand presence in India. He is responsible for effective planning and execution of marketing strategies including brand visibility, creative, product marketing, market intelligence and external communications.

Vivek joined Home Credit India in 2018, making customer marketing and brand coherence imperative to support Home Credit’s growth in building it as a trusted partner across all stakeholders. An accomplished professional with close to two decades of diversified experience in Sales and Marketing roles in financial services industry. As a prolific customer marketing professional, he possesses hands on experience while dealing with complex customer-oriented scenarios and implement appropriate strategic marketing counsel.

Vivek has been instrumental in introducing novel concepts by harnessing the power of digital media and drive new business for organizational growth. As a seasoned marketer and business leader, he possesses great business acumen with the capability to set & drive long term and short-term brand goals. Under his guidance, he initiated numerous customer focused marketing campaigns and made marketing communication integral to attain all business imperatives. Prior to Home Credit India, he has managed mandates for organizations like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and PAYBACK India (American Express group). He has won numerous accolades such as 2 ACE Awards, Spotlight Award and Silver Star Award to name a few, for spearheading major projects with utmost perfection and grit.

Vivek is a Post-Graduate in Marketing & Finance from Goa Institute of Management. He is fond of reading and likes to watch cricket and spend time with his family during his free time. He is health conscious and wants to reach a certain milestone in running.

Vipin Nair is Chief Marketing Officer at Malabar Gold & Diamonds. In fifteen years of industry experience, he has worked at a wide spectrum of organizations such as Aditya Birla Group, Titan and CaratLane in leadership roles across retail and marketing. He is a pass out of Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad (MICA, an avid writer and contributor to various online & business magazines.

Ruchika Gupta is the Chief Marketing Officer at Luminous Power Technologies. An accomplished marketing professional with over two decades of experience in Brand strategy, Marketing, and consumer insights, Ruchika has been responsible for leading marketing activities at Luminous across categories. Over the past five years, she has played a pivotal role in accelerating the company’s growth and strengthening the brand’s leadership in the consumer home appliances category.

Ruchika’s expertise lies in the areas of Brand Strategy, Digital marketing, Retail and channel marketing, social media marketing & communications. At Luminous, she has donned many hats and has played a crucial role in transforming the entire brand positioning and delivered high growth results in both brand health and sales with frugal budgets. She has also been remarkable in building and driving highperforming teams to realize their full potential.

Before joining Luminous, Ruchika was heading the qualitative research wing for Millward Brown for the Northern region. In her earlier roles, she has also served as a Director for Apps Marketing and Windows Consumer Strategy in Microsoft, Head of Retail and Customer Marketing in Nokia, and Head of Consumer and Market Insights in Nestle India. Her overall experience spans multiple sectors such as fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), telecom, tech and consumer durables.

Ruchika has to her credit prominent awards such as Marketing Influencer 2019 by DMS Asia as well as being awarded two prestigious Schneider Global Awards. She has also won the Nokia Innovation Excellence Award and multiple other team awards for her performance over the years.

Ruchika holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising and Communications from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Ruchika is an active blogger – with a special bent towards parenting and women empowerment. In addition, she has been a speaker in brand forums – Like the Advertising Club of Kolkata etc.

An avid reader and traveller, Ruchika has also a passion for music. Besides, she loves to spend quality time with her curious son.

Saloni Shah is a media and marketing professional with over a decade of experience within the CPG Industry. She has been with L’Oréal for over 8 years and in her current role, she leads Media & Digital for L’Oréal India, housing brands like Garnier, L’Oréal Paris, Maybelline New York, L’Oréal Professional, Kérastase, Lancôme, Kiehl’s, and Armani to name a few. She is in charge of leading the Marketing Services center of excellence with a focus on 4 key areas, Performance, Advocacy, First-Party Data, Digital & Media. She leads a team of high-performing people who have been consistently delivering measurable business results within each center of excellence.

Aravind Tambad heads Growth and Marketing for Uni Cards. He is a seasoned leader with experience in Marketing & Growth verticals across various categories such as FinTech, FMCG, eCommerce, Fashion & Food Delivery. With a track record of delivering revenue growth for iconic consumer brands like Myntra, Swiggy and HUL brand portfolio, he has also led growth for high tech startups across AI & EdTech in the past.

Vivek is a frontrunner in the digital revolution in India and has been one of India’s foremost digital evangelists. In 2020, he co-founded SaaS start-up ProfitWheel, a product company that has built a customer data-led marketing intelligence platform for the direct-to-consumer sector.

Vivek dons many hats. He began his entrepreneurial journey in 1997 when he founded Communicate 2. Since then he has led his company through an acquisition, becoming the Founder and Managing Director of iProspect Communicate 2 after his company’s acquisition by Dentsu International. Next, he was named CEO of the Dentsu Aegis Network’s Performance Group, looking after all of the group’s performance agencies.

Today, Vivek is an author, angel investor with investments in over 20 companies, and an eminent TedX speaker. He is the chair of the IAMAI Start-up committee and is focused on driving growth for the Indian startup ecosystem. Vivek is also an accomplished national level table tennis player, an avid chess player and an amateur paragliding pilot.

Mohua Das Gupta is the Head of Brand Marketing at Tata CLiQ Luxury, India's premier luxury lifestyle platform. She joined the company in 2020 and has been instrumental in driving platform growth by delivering successfully across brand metrics, customer acquisition, user retention, and platform performance.

With over 15 years of extensive work experience in e-commerce, fashion, and retail, Mohua brings in-depth knowledge and expertise across strategic marketing including brand and market strategy, social and digital marketing, product and brand launches, and consumer research. She has played a key role in driving brand marketing efforts using an ROI-driven driven approach to deliver business impact.

Prior to this, Mohua worked with Myntra for six years as the Director Marketing and was responsible for driving the overall marketing strategy to deliver leadership in fashion e-commerce and grow verticals such as fashion, beauty, sports, etc. She also built a strong portfolio of private label brands in a variety of categories, including sports, kids, ethnic, menswear, and more.

At Myntra, Mohua also led the brand strategy of the ‘Gold Abby’ winner ‘Bold is Beautiful’ Anouk campaign series, which not only defied stereotypes but also went viral across national and international media. The campaign also won the Bloomberg TV India 2016- Disruptor award as well as the Business World & Digital Market Asia awards 2016 - Grand Prix.

She has also worked at Arvind Lifestyle brands, Ogilvy & Mather, Amante Lingerie, and McCann Erickson in the past, where she managed the marketing and brand strategy.

Mohua holds an EMDP from XLRI in Marketing Analytics as well as a postgraduate degree in advertising and marketing from Wigan & Leigh College (India) Ltd.

In her leisure time, Mohua likes to unwind by travelling and reading.