Ashutosh Sharma leads the lifestyle ecosystem for Prosus in India, driving strategic opportunities to strengthen Prosus' position as a leading lifestyle ecommerce player in the region. Since joining Prosus (formerly Naspers Ventures) in 2016, he has spearheaded marquee investments including Swiggy, Meesho, Eruditus, ElasticRun, PharmEasy, and Urban Company. Before Prosus, Ashutosh was Vice President at Norwest Venture Partners and earlier an Investment Manager at Qualcomm Ventures, where he focused on early-stage internet and mobile startups. He brings deep experience in venture capital, technology investments, and scaling high-growth businesses.

Rajesh Nambiar brings over three decades of global leadership experience in enterprise technology. A veteran of the industry, he has led large-scale digital transformations and built successful global businesses across TCS, IBM, Ciena, and Cognizant. Before assuming the presidency, he served as Chairman of the NASSCOM Executive Council, shaping India's technology agenda. His current priorities include positioning talent as India's biggest strategic advantage, accelerating industry growth, and strengthening investments in IP creation and R&D.

Abhishek Singh is an IAS officer (1995 batch) and serves as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, where he leads the national agenda on Artificial Intelligence, emerging technologies, cyber security, and digital skilling. He has helmed several key digital governance institutions, including serving as CEO of Karmayogi Bharat, and CEO of NeGD, DIC, and MyGov. From 2014-2017, he was Executive Director at the Food Corporation of India, overseeing major technology, engineering, and storage modernization initiatives.

Uma Ratnam Krishnan is the Managing Director of Optum India, the global capability center of UnitedHealth Group, a Fortune 3 healthcare leader. With over three decades of diverse leadership experience, Uma has led global teams, built P&L-driven businesses, and shaped enterprise-wide strategy across financial services and technology. She began her career in the Indian Foreign Service after securing an All-India Rank 13 in the Civil Services Examination. Before Optum, Uma served as CEO & MD of Barclays Global Services and held senior leadership roles at NatWest UK, ANZ Grindlays, HDFC Bank, and Polaris Software. She is a member of the NASSCOM National GCC Council and an active industry thought leader.

Ashish Dhawan is the Founder- CEO of The Convergence Foundation. He is also the Founding Chairperson of Ashoka University and Central Square Foundation, and serves on the governing board of the Gates Foundation. Before his second career as a philanthropist, Ashish was among India's most successful private equity investors. He founded and ran ChrysCapital, the country's leading private equity firm. He graduated from Yale University and received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Ashish is also on the India Advisory Board of Harvard and a member of Yale's Development Council.

Ruchi Kalra is the co-founder of OfBusiness and Oxyzo, two of India's most successful B2B platforms serving the procurement and financing needs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). An IIT Delhi and ISB alumna, she spent nearly a decade at McKinsey before turning entrepreneur in 2015. Since then, she has helped build OfBusiness into a fast-scaling raw-materials marketplace and Oxyzo into a profitable financial services company.

Prachi Mishra is a Professor in the Department of Economics and Director and Head of the Isaac Center for Public Policy at Ashoka University. Prior to joining Ashoka, Prachi was Chief of the Systemic Issues Division and Advisor in the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund. Previously, Prachi worked in several IMF departments in Washington, including the office of the First Deputy Managing Director. Between 2018 and 2020, she worked at Goldman Sachs as Managing Director, Global Macro Research, and India Chief Economist. During 2014-17, she served as Specialist Adviser and Head of the Strategic Research Unit at the Reserve Bank of India. During 2012-13, she was Senior Economist in the Office of the Chief Economic Advisor in India's Ministry of Finance, and at the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council.

Nilesh is the Managing Director of Kotak Mutual Fund, with a distinguished track record of leading teams to win the Best Fund House of the Year award across all the mutual funds he has served-Kotak, ICICI Prudential, and Franklin Templeton. He serves as a Part-Time Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, and is also a Part-Time Member of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).Nilesh contributes to several key regulatory and advisory bodies, including the Insurance Advisory Council of IRDAI, the PFRDA Committee on Investment Patterns for the Unified Pension Scheme, and SEBI's COBOSAC Committee. He additionally serves on the Board of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).

Puneet Chandok is President, Microsoft India & South Asia and is responsible for Microsoft's overall presence and business in the area. He leads the company's digital transformation in the era of AI and intelligent cloud. At Microsoft, Puneet drives the company's mission of 'empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more', aligned with India and South Asia's inclusive growth agenda. He leads a team that is committed to accelerating India & South Asia's growth with AI and cloud at its core, and helps businesses reimagine how they bring intelligent data and technology to create value for their customers in a digital-first world. Puneet has received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) from Bennett University, acknowledging his achievements. He chairs the CII AI Council, is a part of the Executive Council at NASSCOM, and is on the Advisory Councils of Penguin Random House and NAMTECH.

Piyush Doshi is an Operating Partner with The Convergence Foundation, focused on the organization's initiatives around helping rapid and sustained economic growth in India. Over the last four years, he has worked on building and scaling initiatives and championing policies in areas like deregulation, labour-intensive manufacturing, tourism, MSME enablement and education exports. Before joining TCF, Piyush spent 25 years in the corporate world in roles across consulting, executive search and private equity. Most recently he was a partner with PwC Strategy& and then a Director with Faering Capital, where he helped several startups in their scale-up journey. Earlier, he worked with Booz Allen in the London office for seven years, serving clients across India, Europe and the Middle East on strategy and operations issues and subsequently with BCG in India.

Indu Bhushan is a development economist and public-policy leader with more than three decades of experience across government, international development, global health, and corporate governance. He is widely recognised for designing and leading complex reform programmes at scale, and for bridging high-quality research with actionable policy. A former Indian Administrative Service officer, Indu served as the founding Chief Executive Officer of India's National Health Authority, where he led the design and rollout of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, the world's largest publicly funded health assurance programme, serving over 500 million people. He also spearheaded the creation of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, which laid the foundation for nationwide digital health infrastructure.

Alok Kumar is a senior IAS officer of the 1998 batch, currently serving as the Principal Secretary, Planning and Programme Implementation, and the Nodal Officer for the One Trillion Dollar Economy Mission of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. With over 25 years of experience in public administration, his leadership has been instrumental in shaping transformative reforms across Governance, Health systems, Education, Public distribution, and strategic economic planning. As the Nodal Officer for Uttar Pradesh's ambitious One Trillion Dollar Economy target, along with the broad vision of Viksit UP@2047 under the theme of Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat@2047, Alok Kumar has led high-level interdepartmental coordination, successfully engaging Deloitte India as the state's strategic consultant. His role has been central in developing convergence strategies across departments to align state objectives with national economic aspirations.

Professor Anurag Agrawal is Dean, BioSciences and Health Research, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, India, and former director of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, a national laboratory of CSIR, India. After completing graduate medical education at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, he further trained in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, followed by a PhD in Physiology from Delhi University. His primary research is in respiratory biology, and his broader interests are in a new vision of health and healthcare seen through the lenses of emerging technologies. He has served on numerous national and global advisory groups, chairing the World Health Organization technical advisory group for SARS-CoV-2 viral evolution, the Lancet-Financial Times commission for governing digital health futures, and the Responsible AI subgroup at the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence, amongst others. He has been awarded the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize, the Sun Pharma Foundation award, the JC Bose fellowship, and has been elected as a fellow of national and international science academies.

Saiyami Kher is a rare blend of artistic talent and athletic excellence. A former state-level cricketer with training across multiple sports, she later made a powerful debut in cinema, earning 10 award nominations from leading platforms, including Filmfare and Zee Cine Awards. Alongside her growing filmography, she built strong credibility in cricket analysis, appearing with experts like Harsha Bhogle, Michael Vaughan, and Virender Sehwag. In 2025, she became the only female actor to complete the IRONMAN 70.3 in Jonkoping, Sweden-finishing two IRONMAN 70.3 races in the same year.