Mr. Rajiv Gupta is the Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group since 2019 and Leads Digital BCG in India supporting clients in Telco, Media and Technology (TMT), Consumer Goods & Retail (CGR) and Travel & Tourism.

Rajiv has worked for over 24 years as a consultant, assisting clients in UK, US, Western Europe, Africa, APAC, and India in their technology-led business transformation initiatives. He has significant expertise in digital strategy and execution, target operating model involving next-gen technology functions, setting up Analytics and Digital Centers of Excellence, and program management of large IT and digital enablement programs.

Prior to joining BCG, Rajiv worked at Accenture UK, GE and KPMG. Rajiv did his B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics from IIT Kanpur in 1995 and later completed his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1997.

Ashish is a prominent leader and a global knowledge services visionary with 25 years of experience in consulting and knowledge services.

Ashish is currently the Founder & CEO at Benori Knowledge – an Insights and Data Company. After a successful career at McKinsey, Ashish founded the global KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing) industry. After working at Evalueserve for 15 years, Ashish started Benori Knowledge (www.benoriknowledge.com) - a modern-age KPO. He is a founder and trustee of Ashoka University – focussed on liberal arts and Plaksha University which is in the technical domain.

Ashish completed his B.Tech graduate from IIT Delhi in 1992 and later did his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University in 1994. He is a Harvard Business School Alumni where he completed his Senior Executive Leadership Program in 2017.

Utsav Baijal is Partner and Head of India Private Equity at Apollo, where he also manages AION Capital Partners, a strategic partnership between Apollo and ICICI Bank Ltd. that advises on India-focused investments. Utsav has worked across private equity, mezzanine and credit investments across the US and Asian markets and has served on the board of directors of IGT Solutions, Clix Capital, PlanetCast Media Services, Welspun Corp, and DishTV.

Prior to joining Apollo in 2008, Utsav was with the private equity team at Bain Capital. Previously, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Co. across the New Delhi and Hong Kong offices and one of the founding members of the Firm’s corporate finance practice in India.

Utsav graduated from St. Stephen’s College/University of Delhi with a degree in Economics in 1998 and received his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) in 2000. He is a Fellow of the Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellowship and an Aspen Fellow.

Shantanu did his B.Tech in Computer Science from NIT Nagpur in 2009 and is an IIM Lucknow 2011 alumni. Shantanu worked for over 4 years at McKinsey & Co as an Engagement Manager and later ventured into the world of entrepreneurship with Bombay Shaving Company. He is passionate about building an organization that solves for real needs, disrupts a traditional industry through technology.

Shantanu is also the External Advisor at McKinsey & Co. and helps the firm on topics related to digital commerce and consumer.

Rashmi is the founder of Cocomo.in - a brand of natural, sustainable and safe personal care products for kids and teenagers. Rashmi’s passion for providing toxin-free, natural products to kids led her to her entrepreneurial journey.

She is a seasoned banking professional with almost 15 years of experience in Axis Bank and HSBC. At HSBC, she held various senior management positions across strategy, operations, client management, learning & development, and risk assessment.

Rashmi graduated in Economics honours from Calcutta University and completed her MBA in International Banking and Finance from Birmingham University.

Jaimin retired in March 2024 as Group CFO, Kotak Mahindra Bank, a post he held since 2003 when the NBFC converted into a bank. As head of Corporate Centre, he was responsible for finance, taxation, legal, secretarial, operations, facilities, investor relations and group strategy. He earlier headed the mergers and acquisitions team at Kotak Investment Bank and led several large transactions. He was a member of the Group Management Council.

He is a commerce graduate, a Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant.

Prior to joining the Kotak, he was with Indus Venture, a private equity fund and the Godrej Group.

Maya has a bachelor’s degree in English, Economics and Psychology from Mount Carmel College. Despite the courses she pursued academically, her passion has always been associated with all things that inspire visually. This lead her to pursuing various work experiences in both the fashion and the advertising industry in multiple roles in Bangalore and Bombay, before she slowed down for a while to take care of her kids.

Maya during her senior school years, was a state champion in long and triple jump and has represented Karnataka at the nationals, winning the bronze medal as a junior athlete. She is passionate about all things sport and has a fierce national pride when India is competing at anything.

Passionate about design, art, culture and heritage, she is a member of International Council of World Monuments Fund (WMF), the leading independent nonprofit organization devoted to saving the world's cultural treasures.

Maya has dedicated the last 10 years of her career to children's education - running a school and children's home for the economically and socially disadvantaged (The Lady Nye MRT-1 High School and the Seva Samajam Children's Home) located in Chennai. She has contributed in modernising the school and expanding its boundaries to include a robotics lab, music courses, outbound educational experiences, sporting events and enabling the students to experience a more holistic approach to learning and living, and transitioning it from a Tamil to English medium school. The school has consistently produced 100% pass percentages in the last few years, and have had a large number of their students go on to complete their graduation and post-graduation degrees.

Maya is an Office bearer with the Down Syndrome Association of Tamil Nadu (DSAT) and the Down Syndrome Federation of India. She was part of the Organising Committee of 12th World Down Syndrome Congress (WDSC) held in Chennai to create worldwide awareness and support for people with this medical condition. Maya is also an office bearer with the Squash Racquets Federation of India as well as the Tamil Nadu Squash Rackets Association.

Rahul is the Co-Founder and Group Managing Director of Tattva Group, headquartered in Chennai, India.

In addition to managing the Tattva group family office, Rahul successfully led the acquisition of Aberdeen based Project Development International (PDi) by the Tattva Group in 2016 and now serves as the Executive Chairman of the BoD. PDi specialises in Subsea and Decommissioning services and is a leading provider of Engineering, project management, secondment and consultancy services, historically to the Oil and Gas Industry and more recently to the larger Energy sector.

Rahul also serves as an independent director on the Board of Amara Raja Energy and Mobility limited (formerly Amara Raja Batteries) and has previous experience as an independent director with other listed entities.

Rahul is a Post Graduate in Commerce from Madras University and has been a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Chennai, India for over 10 years.

Rahul was an active athlete during his school and college years having won multiple medals at the state and national level in Swimming and Triathlon. He continues his love for sport today as an amateur triathlete and enjoys participating and watching a number of sports. Rahul is a Vice President of the Tamil Nadu Squash Rackets Association and the Tamil Nadu Triathlon Association. He is also an active scuba diver and has previously earned a private pilot’s license.

Rahul is a past Chairman of Madras Round Table 1 (MRT1), that champions the cause of education and Healthcare for the under privileged. As a member of the Down Syndrome Association of Tamilnadu (DSAT) he participates regularly in events to raise awareness about the condition and the need for an inclusive society.