Rishad Premji is an Indian business executive currently serving as the executive chairman of Wipro, one of India's largest IT companies. He took over the leadership role in July 2019 from his father, billionaire industrialist and philanthropist Azim Premji. Premji joined the company in 2007, serving as a general manager in banking and financial services, and later as head of investor and government relations. He also conceptualised Wipro Ventures, a $100-million fund investing in next-generation startups and AI software solutions.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the founder and CEO of Paytm and its parent company One97 Communications. After starting One97 Communications in 2000, he launched Paytm in 2010 as a mobile payments platform, which has since expanded into digital payments and financial services. Paytm parent firm went public in 2021 in what was then India's largest IPO. Sharma oversees the company's overall strategy, with a focus on payments, merchant services and financial services distribution.
Navi Technologies founder Sachin BansalSachin Bansal is one of the most prominent Indian technology entrepreneurs and investors, best known as the cofounder of ecommerce major Flipkart. Bansal exited Flipkart after its historic acquisition by Walmart and transitioned into the financial services sector with fintech startup Navi Technologies, where he serves as the executive chairman. The platform provides paperless digital banking, personal loans, home loans, health insurance, and mutual funds. He also operates as an active angel investor, backing emerging tech and consumer startups across India.
Irina Ghose is the managing director of Anthropic India, appointed in January 2026. She is responsible for leading the American AI safety and research company’s strategy, expanding operations, and driving the enterprise adoption of its AI assistant, Claude, across the country. Before transitioning to Anthropic, Ghose built a career spanning over 30 years in the technology sector. She spent 24 years at Microsoft India in multiple high-level leadership positions, most recently serving as its MD.
Mukesh Bansal is the founder and CEO of Nurix AI, a generative AI company focused on building AI agents for enterprises. Prior to Nurix, Bansal has built two major consumer technology companies in India — fashion etailer Myntra and fitness firm Cult.fit. Bansal cofounded Myntra in 2007, which was acquired by Flipkart in 2014. He later cofounded Cure.fit with Ankit Nagori in 2016. Bansal is also the founder of venture studio Meraki Labs, which has invested in startups including Groww and Skyroot.
Mithun Sacheti
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Mithun Sacheti, founder, CaratlaneMithun Sacheti is the founder of omni-channel jewellery brand CaratLane. In 2023, he scored one of the most successful exits by an Indian consumer internet entrepreneur when he sold his 27% stake in the company to watchmaker Titan for Rs 4,621 crore. He has since joined investment firm Singularity Growth as a general partner, also becoming the co-sponsor for its new fund. Sacheti's family runs Mumbai’s well-known jewellery store Jaipur Gems.
Abhiraj Singh Bhal is the cofounder and CEO of Urban Company, formerly UrbanClap, which provides home services, beauty treatments, massage therapy and domestic help services. Since 2014, Urban Company has onboarded over 55,000 trained and skilled service professionals and served millions customers. Urban Company won the ET Startup of the Year in the last edition of ETSA. Prior to starting Urban Company, Bhal was a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, where he advised Fortune 500 companies across India, Singapore and Germany.
CEO, Nykaa Fashion & Co-founder, NykaaAdwaita Nayar has headed several divisions of Nykaa's offline and online businesses for the past decade, as well as the company's latest venture into fashion. Even though the road has been filled with amazing milestones, like the IPO in 2021, she claims that the most fulfilling moments have been the subtler, day-to-day ones. “Meeting our customers face-to-face, hearing the role we've played in their lives, and watching young freshers grow professionally and personally in our company— it's instances like these where we feel we have made a real impact,” she says.Adwaita Nayar is the cofounder of Nykaa and CEO of Nykaa Fashion, where she oversees the fashion business and House of Nykaa portfolio. She joined Nykaa in its early years and has held several roles across the company, including leading its offline retail expansion before launching Nykaa Fashion in 2018. Under her leadership, Nykaa Fashion has expanded into apparel, accessories and lifestyle categories. Before joining Nykaa, Nayar worked at Bain & Company, Morgan Stanley and Citi.
Ajit Mohan serves as the chief business officer (CBO) at social networking platform Snap, after being elevated from his position as Asia-Pacific president last year. Mohan joined Snap in February 2023 from Meta, where he was vice president and managing director in India. Under Mohan’s leadership at Meta in India, the Facebook parent rolled out its short-video offering, Reels, on Instagram within days of the Indian government banning TikTok in 2020.
Paras Chopra
Paras Chopra is the founder of Lossfunk, an AI research lab supporting foundational research. Prior to Lossfunk, Chopra founded Wingify in 2009, a bootstrapped software company in customer experience and conversion rate optimisation space. He sold Wingify to Everstone Capital in January 2025 after he brought it to $50million ARR without external funding. Wingify was the winner in the Bootstrap Champ category of ETSA 2017. Chopra holds a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology from Delhi College of Engineering.
Aryaman Vikram Birla
Aryaman Vikram Birla is an Indian businessman and former cricketer, son of industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla. At 17, he moved to Madhya Pradesh to play cricket for the state and was also a part of the Rajasthan Royals IPL squad. Five years later, he stepped away from cricket citing mental health reasons. He serves as a director on the boards of major companies including Grasim Industries, Hindalco, and ABFRL. He founded Aditya Birla Ventures in 2021, which invests in new-age businesses in the early to mid growth stages.
Satyan Gajwani
Satyan Gajwani is the Chairman of Times Internet and Times Bridge, the digital and global investment arms of The Times of India Group. He is also a board member of the conglomerate's parent company, Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL). Gajwani, a Stanford University alum, was also involved in the consortium acquisition of IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
