Yashasvi Yadav, IPS
Sr. Inspector General Police of Maharashtra Cyber Department

Mr. Yashasvi Yadav is an IPS officer of 2000 batch and is presently posted as Special IGP Maharashtra Cyber Department, which is the nodal agency for cybercrime and related matters for the state of Maharashtra.

He has graduated in Computer science and Engineering from IIT Roorkee and has earned MBA from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. He has trained several IAS and IPS officers in cybercrime as guest faculty in National Police Academy, Hyderabad and Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy, Mussoorie.

He has also undertaken Mid-Career and Cybercrime courses from University of Cambridge, UK. He has several patents in his name in the field of Information Technology and is a recipient of several prestigious international awards including Webber Seavy award instituted by International Association of Chiefs of police IACP and award from Kennedy school of governance, Harvard University. He is passionate about pre-empting and detecting cyber crimes.

He has been awarded black belt Dan 5 in Taekwondo and is also an international squash player.

Dr. Harold D'Costa
President, Cyber Security Corporation

Dr. Harold D’Costa has a formidable repertoire in the realm of Cyber Security, heralding his title as President of Cyber Security Corporation and CEO of Intelligent Quotient Security System. With a multifaceted career spanning across Corporate, Educational, Banking, and Governmental sectors, Dr. D’Costa's expertise shines through his diverse portfolio.

A luminary in the field, Dr. D’Costa serves as an esteemed Advisor to Law Enforcement Agencies and a sought-after International Trainer, specializing in Cyber Crime Investigation, Cyber Forensics, Digital Evidence, Cyber Law, and Cyber Security. His illustrious career is peppered with the successful resolution of over 5,300 cyber cases, ranging from Economic Offences, Cyber Stalking, IPR, Cyber Vandalism, Data Breaches, Cyber Terrorism to Social Media Frauds and everything in between.

Not content with merely combating cyber threats, Dr. D’Costa is a formidable educator. Over the past decade, he has imparted his knowledge to over 11,000 Judicial Officers and 60,000 Law Enforcement personnel globally, earning him accolades as an industry stalwart. Overall, he has trained more than 5,00,000 personnel. His contributions extend to academia, where he has developed pioneering courseware and curriculum for esteemed universities, corporates, judicial and police academies, revolutionizing the education landscape in Cyber space.

Beyond his professional endeavors, Dr. D’Costa's influence resonates in 34 international conference, where he shares his insights as a distinguished resource person. His efforts have not gone unnoticed, with six consecutive awards as Eminent CIO of India from 2017 to 2022, a testament to his unparalleled dedication and expertise.

In the corporate arena, Dr. D’Costa's leadership has propelled organizations to new heights. His tenure at AOL (India) and Greaves Limited saw the successful implementation of ERP systems, Networking solutions, and Supply chain management systems, earning him recognition as a visionary leader.

As President of Cyber Security Corporation, Dr. D’Costa has solidified his reputation as a trailblazer in Cyber Security and Forensics, with his organization consistently ranking among the top 10 in the country. His innovative approach and unwavering commitment to excellence have cemented his status as a pioneer in the ever-evolving landscape of Cyber Security.

Dr. Sujata Seshadrinathan
Director - Strategies & IT-Basiz Fund Services

Dr. Sujata Seshadrinathan is a Promoter and Majority Shareholder in Basiz Fund Services, a Global Leader in Fund Administration and Financial reporting services, working with upwards of 8000 funds per year. She holds a Doctorate in Business Administration focusing on Blockchain adoption for Accounting Applications. Her educational qualifications and work experience make her a fine amalgamation of software, finance and accounting knowledge. She has developed automated technology solutions and products for accounting applications in fund administration and holds 2 patents in this space. She has over 2 decades experience in IT/ITES across Syntel, Mastek, Foster Wheeler etc.

Sujata is an Adjunct Professor for management courses teaching Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation.

Among her many skills are proven results in the areas of Strategic management, go to market strategy, product and enterprise development, and Training and skills management.

Apart from the above she is an astute investor managing a proprietary portfolio that has returned in excess of 8.5% in dollar terms for the past 15 years.

She is a frequent speaker at events and panels and contributes regularly to publications on entrepreneurship and technology related topics.

Dr. Sujata has been recognised for entrepreneurial excellence and industry leadership with several awards, including "Women's Entrepreneur of the Year award for the SAARC region(Bronze)", 2023 by WCIC, Sri Lanka and Trailblazer Woman Achiever & Woman Entrepreneur award 2023 by FICCI FLO, Mumbai. She has also been honoured as India's Top Women in Finance 2023 at the Indian Women in Finance Summit and Top 10 Women Leaders in Accounting and Taxation – 2023 by Women Entrepreneur India.

Upendra Deglurkar
President, Bobst India Pvt. Ltd.

Board experience of 20 years as local director on board of Kimberly-Clark professional (US MNC) and Bobst India Pvt. Ltd. (Swiss MNC)

Senior Level Executive, 35 years of successful hands-on experience in providing strategic and operational leadership in uniquely challenging and developing B2B business environment in the Asia-Pacific region with India as a focus.

Track record of setting up new MNC businesses as well as turning around/expanding existing businesses in India and Southeast Asian countries.

Additional areas of expertise include:
(1) Building and executing challenging business plans
(2) Sales and marketing leadership
(3) Respecting and leveraging Human Capital by Motivating & providing strong leadership to all departments and functions.
(4) Working on the strengths of people to organizational benefit.
(5) Strategic alliance development and relationship building.
(6) Capability of resolving complex and multiple issues with strong emphasis on skill development.
(7) Understanding and developing local products suitable for the local growth and always looking for innovation for customers either organically or inorganically.
(8) Strong work ethics and irreproachable integrity.
(9) Understanding of matrix organization and using it for the organizational benefit.
(10) Decisive and forward thinking, with strong vision and strategic capability.
(11) Operationally strong, financially aware and commercially astute.
(12) Always think global organization than local in terms of people, business and revenue streams.

Amit Ghaisas
Managing Director, YashPrabha Group

Amit Ghaisas is a Postgraduate in Business Administration from the Robert Kennedy College, University of Wales, UK and a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from Pune University, India.

He is working as the Managing Director of the “YashPrabha Group”, an Industrial group working in diverse fields like Engineering, Electronics, Biotechnology and Real Estate.

In Engineering the Group works in Surface Coating Applicators and Customised Painting Plants, Material Handling and Automated Storage Systems.

In Electronics it works in the fields of Protection and Control Relays, Micro Processor based Annunciators, Transducers and Scada based systems.

In Biotechnology it works in the field of Bio-Lubricants and Organic Manure.

And In real Estate it works in Second Home Development.

Amit has been working in the field of Electrostatics for painting for the last two decades and has developed a mechanism for “Online Sieving for Powder Recovery Chamber” (Patent Pending)

He has been working on engineering optimisation of Biodiesel and its allied & byproducts and has been a speaker at various International Biodiesel conferences across the globe and has been a guest lecturer for a master’s Course on Biofuels Processing Technology in UFPR, Brazil.

He is currently.
(1)Director Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd. Pune
(2)Vice President, Laghu Udyog Bharati, Maharashtra Pradesh , the largest national level organisation of MSMEs in Indiabr> (3)Convener of Banking Finance and Taxation Committee Laghu Udyog Bharati, Maharashtra
(4)MSME Panel Convener, Pune Zonal Council CII.

Meghana Mulye
Jt. Managing Director, Poona Couplings Private Limited

Meghana Mulye is a second-generation entrepreneur and is Joint Managing Director at Poona Couplings, a company engaged in the design, manufacture of couplings.

In her current role she is involved in driving business growth, setting up long term strategy and vision through innovative solutions and focus on growth with profit. Meghana has 22+ years of experience in fields of international business, project management, marketing, and public trust administration.

Her key skills are to drive results through emphasis on growth with cost awareness and increased productivity. An excellent communicator and motivator, she has driven a culture of inclusion, a sense of purpose in the companies that she has worked with.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in commerce from Pune University, a postgraduate in Management with Marketing specialization. She stood 1st in the world in studies on Marketing Environment in a course conducted by CIM UK. Meghana is a mentor at the Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust and supports women entrepreneurs through programs. She is the honorary executive council member of Indo – American Chamber of Commerce – Pune and a member of the Pune International Chapter. She is also a honorary member of the Institute of Directors and a Certified Corporate Director from the Institute of Directors.

She is a wildlife photographer and supports wildlife conservation.

Ajay Gadiya
Chief Operating Officer - MahaIT

Diligent, forward -thinking with 25+ years of experience including 20+ years in banking domain. Versatile leader with Computer science engineer, ITIL and Six sigma certificate who thrives in dynamic, challenging and fast paced professional environment. Process comprehensive knowledge of project and program management and application support. Motivated with solid experience managing all levels of large-scale projects, including budgeting and administration.

Devender Kumar
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Persistent Systems

As the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), I lead a team of cybersecurity experts who are responsible for protecting the company's data, systems, and reputation from cyber threats. I have over 27 years of experience in the field of information risk, cybersecurity, and continuity management, spanning multiple industries and geographies.

My core competencies include cybersecurity strategy and governance, risk and compliance, third-party risk management, security engineering, security awareness, application security, global security operations center, and cyber incident response. I have an executive MBA from IIM Kozhikode and I hold industry-recognized certifications such as CISSP, CISA, and CBCP. Recently, I was invited by Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, USA to attend a program on OT Security and lead a Red Team/Blue Team exercise comprising a multi-country team of cybersecurity professionals. I am passionate about learning and sharing best practices in cybersecurity, and I have been invited by various agencies and forums to speak and participate in cybersecurity events and exercises.

Chandrashekhar Chincholkar
Director - Corporate Advisory, CES India Pvt. Ltd.

Experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. Skilled in Business Planning, Management, Risk Management, Business Development, and Financial Analysis. Demonstrable Skills :

1. Corporate Performance Management.
2. Finance / Legal / Risk Management.
3. Business Strategy.
4. Corporate Communication / Investor Presentation / Road Shows.
5. Mergers & Acquisitions.
6. Employee Appraisals thru EBIDTA analysis.
7. Capex Analysis.
8. Business Valuations.
9. Fund Raising.

At CES India , my work profile includes Start-ups and Growth Companies Fund Raise for Corporates , Sustainability Services - solutions for Industry to Decarbonize faster.

Miitesh Haria
Ex Regional Governance Compliance & Legal (Asia) - ING Investment Management Hong Kong

Expert in compliance, risk management, legal and corporate governance with Hong Kong and Asia experience across financial services sector primarily covering investment management, trusteeship, custodian, fund administration, broker-dealer (online/digital platform) B2B & B2C businesses. 20+ years’ experience.

A consummate professional with an ability to operate across silos of risk management, legal, regulatory compliance, internal audit and solve complex problems at the intersection of legal, compliance and risk across Asia region without losing sight of business interest or strategic direction.

Varied experience that provides valuable perspective to boards/committees, enhancing the risk and compliance culture across the organization, conducting compliance dialogue with senior management and boards, advising on emerging risks & managing of business as per defined guidelines and evolve strategies to distil complex legal/compliance issues into more manageable components with control rationalization.

Executive Leadership:
(1) Regulatory Change Management
(2) Establish Risk Management & Control Framework
(3) Risk / Audit / Fiduciary Committees
(4) Regulatory Audits & Investigations
(5) Board of Directors Liaison & Collaboration
(6) New Business Ventures, COE Units, JVs, M&As

Technical Expertise:
(1) Global Compliance & Corporate Governance
(2) Risk Management & Risk Assessments
(3) Compliance Testing, Assurance & Audit
(4) Fiduciary Risk, AML & KYC and Data Privacy
(5) Internal Control Framework
(6) SOPs and Work Flow Digitization

Devdatta Modak
CMD - Axar Digital Services Pvt. Ltd.

He is a serial entrepreneur. He was among the first software entrepreneurs to venture into development of software products and licensing. He began with the development of India’s first law information database and also law information access service, which in its heyday served thousands of CAs, Lawyers and CS’ both in employment and in practice, both in private and public enterprises, and also in law enforcement and justice delivery.

Currently, he is the chairman of Axar Digital Services Pvt Ltd with a focus on governance and compliance solutions. Starting from May 2020, together with Mr Makarand M Joshi, he conducted 21 webinars on SEBI PIT Compliance. He writes and speaks on governance, compliance, the impact of technology, water resources, Health care, futuristics, and other subjects in different fora. His passion and focus is helping mid-sized corporations achieve ‘continuous’ board governance and conduct product board evaluations through Axar’s BoardEye and BoardGauge solutions.

Nitesh Kankariya
Co-Founder and CTO - NSquare Xperts

Nitesh has a strong interest in applying my technological knowledge to solve complex business problems. Throughout my more than fifteen years in the industry, I have collaborated with business stakeholders to deliver innovation on behalf of customers. These are a few of my achievements.

(1) Delivered product and technical solution for business to process billions of dollars of transactions.
(2) Delivered solution to onboard an API from 4 weeks to 1 Day. 97% reduction in onboarding time.
(3) Delivered API Gateway from scratch - with 99.99% availability and less than 20 ms latency.
(4) Delivered payment integration solution to reduce integration time from 4 weeks to 1 week. 75% reduction.
(5) Delivered solution that reduced data processing from 1 hr to 10 mins.

Luv Tanwani
General Manager -Legal, Cummins India Limited

Luv presently serves as the General Manager – Legal at Cummins India (Fortune 500 US MNC) and provides strategic oversight to its Power Systems Business on all Legal aspects. Luv sits on the staff of Power Systems Leadership Team and also acts as the Compliance Officer for its Cummins Generator Technologies organization in India. Luv also supports Ethics and is also a part of core group on Labour & Employment. Luv also serves as honorary Vice Chairman at Indo American Chambers of Commerce. https://www.iaccindia.com/pune/

Jambunathan Mallik
Non-Executive Director, Sulzer India

J Mallik, a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary, General Laws & accreditation in Management by academics.

J Mallik has wide experience with international leadership roles in past in various countries (India, Middle East, Europe, USA, SEA, China and Oceania) at Regional & Global positions, with Sulzer Ltd, a Swiss MNC in Engineering Industry (with more than 2 decades of executive positions), and has a broad industrial outlook with a thorough strategic approach combined with a practical perspective on businesses.

He brings in 3 and 1/2 decades of track record of strong operational experience with accomplishments in business in International/Indian environment. A deep understanding of finance, human resources, risk, strategy planning and business development functions across industries, spanning a wide range of businesses from cement to pharmaceuticals to auto components to Water & Waste Water treatment plants to Oil and Gas equipment’s/services. Possesses a wide breadth of international experience in Manufacturing, Turn around services, EPC projects, M & A and Corporate activities. Founded on his former executive positions in several countries, with strong Financial & Strategic Planning skills and International Governance provides valuable insight in non-executive positions to bring fresh insight and industry understanding to Board discussions.

A Passionate ESG ambassador and a “Certified ESG Professional” from the first batch of IOD has wide exposure to sustainability practices, engaging employees and communities to build a more inclusive and sustainable future. A Certified Corporate Governance Professional from ICSI and IICA. Presently getting Certified as “Startup Board” Professional from IICA-IVCA – First Batch. Also currently pursuing Diploma in Arbitration and Mediation.

Sunil Khetwani
Associate Director - LTIMindtree

(1) 23 years of experience in the IT Industry which includes 21 years of diverse experience in Project Management, Risk and human resource management.

(2) Managing delivery of ERP deployment, rollout and upgrades using JDE software.

(3) ESG enthusiast, knowledge of DPDPA act 2013.

(4) Devising and implementing strategies to address RFP and business needs, converting them into successful win.

(5) Managing client and offshore resources, worked closely onsite for revenue influencing by identifying growth opportunities.

(6) Onsite Lead for Data conversion activities for Global ERP program including planning, monitoring defining data conversion activities, facilitating business requirement gathering, tracing it as deliverable till deployment completion.

(7) Travelled USA, UK, Mexico for consulting assignments.

(8) Organizational In-house tool owner.

(9) IT experience includes exposure to areas like implementation of JD Edwards ERP Software, Integration, IBM AS/400 System Administration, Information Security Management, System Analysis & Design (SDLC), Software Validation & Quality Management and Computer Programming.

(10) Good working knowledge of system methodologies & documentation.

(11) Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.

Anurag Chottani
Chief Operations Officer, Bajaj Finance Ltd.

Anurag Chottani is chief of information technology at Bajaj Finance managing line of business applications, IT infrastructure, business intelligence and advance analytics at the company. With over sixteen years of senior roles in the industry, he has been with Bajaj Finance for over nine years

Dharmarajan Subrahmanian
Founder & CEO - Impactsure Technologies

Dharmarajan is the CEO of Impactsure Technologies, a Web 3.0 SaaS firm using AI/ML for document analytics. With 25+ years of leadership spanning corporate, family business, and startups, he's a Certified Corporate Director and Forbes Technology Council member. He contributes to Forbes on Digital Transformation and ESG. He's active in industry bodies, including CII and ICC, and previously influenced health policy as a National Core member for the Prime Minister’s office. Dharmarajan held leadership roles at Philips, Johnson & Johnson, and Telenet Systems. He's on advisory boards of MSMEs, a keynote speaker, and faculty at top management institutes. His mission: aid enterprises through tech, strategy, governance, and leadership.

Bank of Maharashtra was established in the year 1935 by visionary founder members with firm ethos “Mudreyam Lokmangala”. Since inception of the bank, this slogan has been always followed in its true letter and spirit to serve the common man and establishing itself as an integral force of nation building. In its 89 years of momentous journey from starting its First Branch at Bajirao Road, Pune to more than 2400 branches at the end of December ,2023, the bank has navigated through many challenges just like any other organization and has successfully etched a narrative of triumph, transcending adversity to redefine its trajectory. The efforts of the visionaries started serving the great purpose and soon Bank of Maharashtra earned the tag of common men’s bank, catering various banking services and fulfilling aspirations of people including the ones at bottom of pyramid.

The Bank has been doing consistently well from the last 3-4 years, from a business which is evident in its performance, holding the top position in credit and deposit growth during the H1 FY’24. As per the Q3-FY2023-24 results the business of the Bank has touched a figure of more than Rs.4.34 lakh crore with a Net Profit of Rs. 1,036 crore an increase of 34% on a Y-o-Y basis. All this has strongly reflected in the strength of character shown by the Mahabank family and the firm resolute to strive to become one of the most preferred bank in the country.

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