Nilesh is M.Com, CAIIB with 40 + years of working experience in Banking & Insurance. He was an Insurance Regulator and was a CEO in Asset Management Co. After initial Banking Experience of over 5 years, he moved to LIC of India as Officer in 1983 before taking VRS in 2015 as Executive Director to join IRDAI as Member. He has served LIC Nomura Mutual Fund as Director & CEO for 3 years and IRDAI as a whole-time director for 4 years. Presently he is on the Boards of Mahindra ManuLife Mutual Fund Trustee Co, TATA AIA Life Insurance Co.and PBFintech as an Independent Director. He is a nominee Director on the Board of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd. He is a Financial Consultant to Bajaj Finserv, Astute Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd, and National Highways Authority of India. He is a Senior Advisor to Solicitors,Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai. He has philanthropy position as Treasurer and Governing Council Member at the Liberal Education Society (Hadas High School, Nagpur) and is a Member of Siksha Mandal, Wardha (G S College of Commerce & Economics, Nagpur). He is a columnist in Loksatta, Sakal, Vivek Weekly and has written his autobiography titled “Never Give Up”.

Mrs. Shinjini Kumar has spent over thirty years in Indian financial services in senior roles across organizations including the central bank consulting firm, multinational banks and fintech. Presently, she is an Independent Director of the Paytm Payments Bank. Prior to this she was the Country Business Manager for Citibank's Consumer businesses in Fudia, which included complete executive responsibility over Retail Banking, resources, Wealth Management, Credit Cards, Small management Business Banking, Mortgage etc. In her twenty six years’ experience prior to joining Citibank, she held senior positions in Paytm, Pricewaterhouse Coopers India (Partner and leader, Banking and Capital Markets Business, India), Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Country Compliance Head) and the Reserve Bank of India (Various roles in Foreign Exchange Management, Currency Management and Banking Supervision. Currently, she is co-founder of Five Salts Private Limited, a newly incorporated company that is building a platform to facilitate more women to buy financial products.

Dr Ajay Data is a young techno-commercial Founder and CEO of multiple technology companies. His hard work, visionary approach, belief in teamwork and ingenious thinking made Data Infosys Limited a highly-respected IT company. As CEO of the leadership team of the company, he has been driving initiatives to build a skilled and culturally diverse global workforce. His innovation and execution of software products like BharatSync, XgenPlus, Spamjaoo, and DATAMAIL have got users the world over and won multiple patents. Making a modest start on April 18th 1999 as Rajasthan’s first private ISP, the company rapidly expanded its line of businesses in the areas of e-Governance, Software Products, Turnkey IT Solutions and Mobile Technologies. Recently Data Xgen Technologies got global recognition for bringing in first-of-its-kind IDN email supporting email addresses in 11 local Indian languages, including Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, and Marathi. Dr Data is Managing Director of Data Group of Industries with an annual business turnover of approx US $200 million and sought after leader by young entrepreneurs for mentoring and guidance. Recently, the Government of Rajasthan also started email services to every citizen on the innovation and technology built under his leadership and guidance. In his wide-ranging experience in these organisations, he has led the transformation of HR into a strategic partner, facilitated organisation- wide transformation and capability development, and has been instrumental in building a strong talent pool through a series of leadership development initiatives.

A passionate entrepreneur, Mahesh is a qualified CA, CMA and ACS. He started his career as an investment banker with SBI Capital Markets. He was associated with the Outlook group for 17 years and headed it for more than 10 years. Mahesh believes that the demographic dividend India seeks can turn into a nightmare if youth are not shown the right direction to maximize their capabilities. CAREERS360 is the result of his deep understanding of student issues, and the information gaps that need to be filled to help students take an informed career decision.

Dr Ritesh Malik is a medical graduate who took a detour from conventional medicine to follow his passion for entrepreneurship. In 2016, Dr Malik started a coworking platform called Innov8. A venture, which started with Ritesh’s sheer love and thirst to promote entrepreneurship in the country, is now one of the leading names in the coworking ecosystem of India. Innov8, a Y-combinator backed coworking space, is a platform to connect communities of freelancers, entrepreneurs, corporates, tech innovators and investors under one roof and in a social environment. In 2019, Innov8 Coworking was acquired by Softbank-backed OYO Group. Innov8 has a presence in over 14 cities of India, panning over 30 campuses. Dr Malik has been one of the most active angel investors in the country and has invested in over 50 companies in the last six years. WittyFeed, Sarva Yoga, Sheroes, Sattviko, Josh Talks, PeeSafe, SectorQube, Inc42, QDesk, Leverage Edu, CivilCops, Pesto, OrangeWood (YC), Inito (YC), StylDotMe, TapChief, Asimov Robotics, and Ketto, are some of the companies that are a part of his investment portfolio. Dr Malik’s leadership and contribution to the Indian startup ecosystem is widely recognised by the startup industry and media fraternity with recognitions like Forbes 30 under 30 Asia (2016), Fortune 40 under 40 India (2018), PWC & SPH 40 Influential Indians, Business World 40 Under 40 (2017), Entrepreneur Magazine 35 Under 35 India (2017), Star of Delhi award by Hurun Report, CEO of the year (Real Estate Tech) by Economic Times, and ‘The Coworking Wonder’ title by Entrepreneur Magazine to name a few.

Rohan is a passionate entrepreneur on a mission to make our world better through maps and location technologies. He has significant experience as an industry leader in the digital mapping, geospatial technologies and automotive mobility technologies sectors. In 2004 while still an undergraduate at Stanford University, the then 19 year old Rohan created India’s first interactive internet mapping portal, MapmyIndia.com. And on July 26, 2007 he joined the MapmyIndia board as a full time Director and thus began a period of high growth for the company and sustained value creation for the stakeholders. But his finest hour came in December 2021 when MapmyIndia was recognized as a ‘Unicorn’, post the company’s blockbuster IPO that was oversubscribed by more than 154 times and the stock listed with an opening day premium of 65% despite uncertain market conditions. Rohan has had experience in geospatial industry at various stages of its evolution, he has focused on bringing significant benefits of maps and location technologies to individuals, businesses and governments. He has previously worked with leading technology and consulting giants like Microsoft Corporation in Washington, USA and with McKinsey & Co. and Intel Corporation in California, USA. This experience has proved invaluable in the discharge of his current responsibilities as CEO and Executive Director, at MapmyIndia, where he drives corporate strategy/growth, sales/marketing, product and technology/innovation. Rohan has global ambitions for MapmyIndia. And work has already begun in earnest to take company’s products and solutions global, under the brand ‘Mappls’. A technocrat at heart Rohan believes that there is a limitless potential to make the lives of millions of people better. A meritorious student, Rohan has been the recipient of the prestigious President’s Award for Academic Excellence at Stanford University, USA from where he pursued Electrical Engineering. He also holds a master’s degree in Business Administration with Distinction from the London Business School (2015). And here too he distinguished himself by earning the Dean’s List Award. Being a tech evangelist with rich entrepreneurial experience, Rohan is sought after by leading industry bodies and companies. He is a member of the CII National Committee on Space and represents MapmyIndia as a Core Member in the Indian Space Association. He sits on the Board of the publicly listed Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company, the financial services arm of Murugappa Group, with a loan book of INR 50,000+ crores, where he advises the company on how to leverage technology and phygital innovations for future growth and success.

Snehil Khanor is a serial tech entrepreneur who has founded startups from his school days and is currently the Founder & CEO of TrulyMadly . Snehil is a firm believer in creating sustainable business practices or he likes to call it ‘Frugile Methodology’ (Frugal+Agile) for startups. Under his excellent leadership, TrulyMadly has become one of India’s largest matchmaking app. TrulyMadly has nearly ten million downloads and has redefined the way Indian millennials are finding their partners.

From being known as the father of the Indian gaming industry Vishal Gondal is now a pioneer in the health metaverse space. His passion for technology, fitness, and gaming, led him to start GOQii, which is focused on preventive healthcare. GOQii helps people make a positive change towards a healthier lifestyle and be a force for good. Now, GOQii will be a combination of preventive healthcare + gaming, + the metaverse in 3D. Vishal believes that the metaverse will combine the two worlds, making living healthy in the real world more fun and rewarding. He sold his first entrepreneurial venture, India Games, to Walt Disney. He was listed among the top 50 executives in the mobile content space by the UK-based 'Mobile Entertainment' Magazine alongside noted people like Steve Jobs. A notable angel investor, he has brought his knowledge and love for interviewing people to a whole new platform by hosting a podcast series ‘Beneath the Force: The Vishal Gondal Show'. On the show, he converses with personalities from various walks of life, providing a sneak peek into their fascinating lives. Vishal is also a fitness enthusiast, runs marathons, goes on treks, and also enjoys skydiving.