Event Schedule

PLENARY SESSIONS: STARTUP MANTHAN 4.0 TOWARDS BETTER TOMORROW

Session Plan
Special Address: Governmental Eco System for Startup
FiresideChat: Startup Talk : My Journey - Chat with Successful Startup Entrepreneurs
New Avenues in Startup
Panel Discussion: Art and Science of Startup Valuation
Panel Discussion: Government led Digital Infrastructure
Panel Discussion: Investing in People Vs Investing in Ideas
Startup Success: Lesson Learnt
Startup Tank
Power of Women Founders
Incubation and Innovation in Startup
Fire Side Chat: Entrepreneur Skills for StartUp
Legal compliances for Startup
Panel Discussion: Demystifying Start-Up Fundraising: Strategies, Challenges, Best practices
Angel investing and mentoring insights
Special Address: Startup towards Nation Building
Keynote Address: CBDC : Potential and Pitfalls-The World of Web 3.0: Opportunities Ahead
Panel Discussion: Digital Banking towards Business Globalization

TRACK 1 : TECH FUSION



Panel Discussions
Impact of Metaverse into real life Business case
CBDC and its impact on Global economy
Virtual Digital Assets and its related global regulations on CeFi/DeFi
Cyber security issues of Web 3.0
NFT and Smart contract
Block chain and its recent developments

TRACK 2: SCALING AND GROWTH STRATEGIES FOR STARTUP


Session plan
Understanding regulatory policies and Government support
Facilitating Startup Incubators and Accelerators
Journey From Bootstrapped startup to Angel investors
Cross Border Collaborations to Access Global market
Day 1 – 27th June 2023 (08:30 am to 07:00 pm) (IST)
08:30 AM to 09:30 AM Registration & Breakfast
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Inauguration of the event Chief Guest
Shri Uday Samant, Hon'ble Minister of Industries, Government of Maharashtra In presence of CA. Aniket Sunil Talati, President & CA. Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal, Vice President of ICAI and CA (Dr.) Debashis Mitra, Past President of ICAI
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM Special Address
Governmental Eco System for Startups
  • CA. Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India
  • Mr. Hiranmay Mahanta, CEO, iHub, Gujarat
12:30 PM to 01:15 PM FiresideChat
Startup Talk: My Journey - Chat with Successful Startup Entrepreneurs
  • Mr. Nithin Kamath, Founder & CEO, Zerodha
1:15 pm to 2:15 pm – Lunch Break
2:15 PM to 3:00 PM Panel Discussion: New Avenues in Start Ups

Moderator: CA. Kushal Lodha, Founder, KAGR
  • CA. Ankit Fatehpuria, Co – Founder, Zetwerk
  • CA. Guru Prasad, CoFounder, Guru & Jana
03:00 PM to 04:00 PM Panel Discussion: Art and Science of Startup Valuation Moderator:  CA. Aparajit Bhandarkar, Managing Partner, Varanium Capital
  • CA. Sunil Singhania, Founder, Abakkus Asset Manager LLP
  • CA. Anup Kumar Agarwal, South Asia Fintech Lead, IFC - International Finance Corporation
  • CA. Gaurav Samdaria, Co-Founder, Karza Technologies
04:00 PM to 4:15 PM – Tea Break
04:15 PM to 04:45 PM FiresideChat
Startup Success Story: Lesson Learned
  • Mr. Deepak Sahni, Founder & CEO, Healthians
04:45 PM to 05:30 PM Panel Discussion: Investing in People Vs Investing in Ideas  Moderator: Mr. Ninad Karpe, Partner, 100X.VC
  • Dr. Apoorva Ranjan Sharma, Co-founder, Venture Catalysts & 9Unicorns
  • Mr. Vikram Gupta, Founder &Managing Partner, IvyCap Ventures
  • Mr. Navin Honagudi, Managing Partner, Elev8 Venture Partners
05:30 PM to 06:00 PM Angel Investments as an Asset Class – opportunity for CA’s Moderator: CA. Ritesh Khandelwal, Director, RB Advisory
  • Mr. Mahavir Pratap Sharma, Chair, TiE India Angels and RAIN (Rajasthan Angels)
  • Mr. Milapsinh Jadeja, Founder, Iroller Capital
06:00 PM to 07:00 PM Startup Tank – I
Day 2 – 28th June 2023 (10:00 am to 7:00 pm)(IST)
10:00 am to 10:45 am Panel Discussion: Power of Women Founders Moderator: CA. Prachi Jain, Co – founder & CSO, Ednovate    
  • CA. Deena Jacob, Co-founder, CFO and Head, Revenue and Growth of Open Financial Technologies Pvt. Ltd
  • Ms. Sushma Kaushik, Partner, Aavishkaar Capital
  • CA. Nupur Garg, Founder, Winpe
10:45 am to 11:30 am Incubation and Innovation in Startup Keynote Speaker:  Dr. Chintan Vaishnav, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission
  • Shri Jitendra Vijay, CEO, MEITY Startup Hub
  • Mr. Hemant Gupta, Managing Director, BRTSIF, Head – BSE SSE
11:30 am to 12:00 pm Legal compliances for Start-up
  • Mr. Anu Tiwari, Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
  • CA. Nachiket Deo, Partner, Ernst & Young
12:00 pm to 12:30 pm

Special Session
Startup : Towards Better Tomorrow
  • Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Hon’ble Former President of India
12:30 pm to 01:00 pm Fire Side Chat:
Entrepreneur Skills for StartUps
  • CA. Aman Gupta, Co - Founder & CMO, BoAt
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm - Lunch Break
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Panel Discussion:
Demystifying Start-Up Fundraising: Strategies, Challenges, Best practices
Moderator: CA. Sarthak Ahuja, Director, Niamh Ventures Private Ltd
  • Mr. Kamal Bansal, Managing Director, GVFL Ltd
  • Mr. Bhavik Vasa, Founder, GetVantage
  • CA. Sarvesh Agrawal, Founder & CEO, Transparent Capital Partners
  • CA. Abhishek Goenka, Managing Partner, RPSG Capital Ventures
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Panel Discussion: Investing and mentoring insights Moderator: CA. Anuj Golecha, Co-Founder, Venture Catalysts & 9Unicorns
  • CA. Siddarth Pai, Founding Partner, 3one4 Capital & Co-Chair Regulatory Affairs Committee, IVCA
  • Mr. Nikhil Vora, Founder & CEO, Sixth Sense Ventures
  • Mr. Hitesh Sachdev, Head, Start-up Engagement Innovation & Investments, ICICI Bank
  • Mr. Rajesh Sehgal, Managing Partner, Equanimity Investments
  • CA. Vignesh Shankar, Managing Partner, Artha99 Investment Partners
4:00 pm to 4:15 pm - Tea Break
04:15 pm  to 04:45 pm Special Session
Empowering MSME & Startups in Indian Scenario
  • Shri Sivasubramanian Ramann, Chairman and Managing Director, SIDBI
  • Dr. Omkar Rai, Executive Chairman, Startup Odisha
04:45 pm to 05:15 pm Fire Side Chat
Unlocking Value: How Start-up Impact Stock Market Performance
  • CA. Anil Singhvi, Managing Editor, ZEE Business
 
05:15 pm to 06:00 pm It’s time to become an angel investor Moderator: CA. Amit D Kumar, Co –
Founder, Ah! Ventures Fund
  • CA. Yagnesh Sanghrajka, Founder and CFO, 100x.vc
  • CA. Gaurav VK Singhvi, Co-Founder: We Founder Circle
  • CA. Mitesh Shah, Co – Founder, Inflection Point Ventures
06:00 pm to 7:00 pm Start – up Tank  
Day 1 – 27th June 2023 (11:30 pm to 04:15 pm)(IST)
11:30 AM to 12:15 PM Opportunities for Chartered Accountants in startup Eco system
  • CA. Mudit G Bhansali, Mentor for startups
12:15 PM to 1:00 PM Grow your practice with startup
  • CA. Alok Pansari, Senior Partner, ASL & Company
1:30 pm to 2:15 pm - Lunch Break
2:15 PM to 3:15 PM IPR – Why?  How? What?
  • Mr. Chirag Tanna, Founder, INK IDEE
3:15 PM to 04:15 PM Transition from finance professional to startup founder
  • CA. Anshul Gupta, CEO and Co-Founder, Quick Clean
Day 2 – 28th June 2023 (10:30 am to 6:00 pm)(IST)
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM How to get a Startup Idea (Discussing the ideation Matrix)
Founders
  • CA. Pankaj Baldeo Dara, Financial Services Professional
 
12.30 PM to 1.30 PM How to become an Angel Investor
  • Mr. Arjun Vaidya, Co-Founder,V3 Ventures
1:30 pm to 2:15 pm - Lunch Break
2:15 PM to 3:15 PM Evaluation of startups
  • CA. Mitesh Shah, Co-Founder, Inflection Point Ventures
03:15 PM to 6:00 PM Pitch deck competition for CA students (National Level)
Day 1 – 27th June 2023 (11:30 am to 05:45 pm) (IST)
11:30 AM to 01:00 PM Panel Discussion: Impact of Metaverse into real life Business case Moderator: Mr. Nikhil Velpanur, Head – Web3 & JIC, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • CA. Krishna Vatsal Tyagi, Head of Web3, KPMG
  • Pradeep Khanna, Executive Director Asia Pacific, CEO of Global Mindset
  • CA. Anil Bhandari, Chief Mentor ANB & Arcon
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm - Lunch Break
02:00 PM to 03:30 PM Panel Discussion: CBDC and its impact on Global economy Moderator: Mr. Prasanna Lohar, CEO - Block Stack, Head of Technology (Digital Banking) at DCB Bank Ltd
  • Mr. Ajay Rajan, Head of Transaction Banking and Supply Business, Yes Bank
  • Mr. Gaurav Mehta, Co-founder & CEO, Catax - Simple Crypto Taxes
  • Mr. Kamlesh Nagware, Chief Technology Officer, Snapper Future Tech
04:00 PM to 4:15 PM – Tea Break
04:15 PM to 05:45 PM Panel Discussion: Virtual Digital Asset and its related global regulations on CeFi/DeFi Moderator:  Mr. Sunil Aggarwal, Dean, Blockchain Programs, TalentSprint  
  • Mr. Dilip Chenoy, Chairman, Bharat Web3 Association
  • Mr. Kiran Mysore Vivekananda, Chief Public Policy Officer, CoinDCX
  • Mr. Ashish Singhal, Co – Founder & CEO, CoinSwitch
Day 2 – 28th June 2023 (10:00 am to 05:45 pm)(IST)
10:00 AM to 11:30 PM Panel Discussion: Cyber security issues of Web 3.0 Moderator: CA Jayjit Biswas, Founder of Elite Web3 Forum
  • Rohit Srivastwa, Founder, Bharat  Verse
  • Dr. Pavan Duggal, Founder & Chairman of International Commission on Cyber Security Law
  • Preetam Rao, CEO, Quill Audits
  • Mr. Pankit Desai, Co – Founder & CEO, Sequretek
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm - Lunch Break
02:00 PM to 03:30 PM Panel Discussion: NFT and Smart contract Moderator: CA. Vikram Pandya, Research Head, Varanium VC
  • Ms. Lisa Ray, Co – Founder, The Upside Space
  • Mr. Ravikant Agarwal, Web3 mobile strategy and ID, Polygon Labs  
  • Mr. Anshul Rustaggi, Founder, Totality Corp
04:00 PM to 4:15 PM – Tea Break
04:15 PM to 05:45 PM Panel Discussion: Block chain and its recent development Moderator: Mr. Varun Dube, Head of Blockchain at Lab45, Wipro
  • Mr. Sharat Chandra, Co-Founder, India Blockchain Forum  
  • Mr. Punit Agarwal, Founder, KoinX
  • Mr. Sudeep Saxena, Co – Founder, Coin Gabbar
Day 1 – 27th June 2023 (11:30 am to 04:00 pm)(IST)
11:30 AM to 01:00 PM Special Address:
Cross Border Collaborations to Access Global Market  
  • CA. Nihar Jambusaria, Past President, ICAI
  • Mr. Adolfo García Estrada, Consul at Ministry of Foreign Relations of Mexico
  • Mr. Seewraj Nundlall, Counsellor (Investment & Trade), Consulate of the Republic of Mauritius
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm - Lunch Break
02:30 PM to 04:00 PM Panel Discussion: Start – up towards Make in India Moderator: CA. Gautam Pai, CEO, Awfficacy Capital
  • Mr. Anil Mathew, President Policy Advocacy and Chief Risk Officer, Hindalco Industries Limited
  • Mr. Ajai Thandi, Co – Founder, Sleepy Owl Coffee
  • Mr. Ashish Fafadia, Partner, Blume Venture
Tea Break 04:00 PM to 04:15 PM
04:15 PM to 05:15 PM Panel Discussion: Role of Financial Content Creator in Supporting Growth Stories of Indian Start-up Moderator: Mr. Udayan Adhye, Founder & Creator, Udayan on Money
  • CA. Anant Ladha, Founder, Invest Aaj For Kal
  • Mr. Shavir Bansal, Founder, Kifaayat (bekifaayati)
  • Ms. Himani Chaudhary, Founder, Financial Vines
Day 2 – 28th June 2023 (10:00 am to 04:00 pm)(IST)
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Panel Discussion: Understanding regulatory policies & government support Moderator: em>CA. Amit D Kumar, Co –
Founder, Ah! Ventures Fund
  • CA. Ruchi Singhania, Manager, Corporate Affairs, Maharashtra State Innovation Society
  • Ms. Namrata Thakker, Founder, Entrepreneur Excel
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm - Lunch Break
02:30 PM to 04:00 PM Panel Discussion: Startup Era –Opportunities for CA’s Moderator: CA. Anil Goyal, Founder, CapSavvy
  • CA. Sunil Garg, Partner, Verma Garg & Associates
  • CA. Mukesh Mohan Gupta, President, Chamber of India MSME
  • CA. Deepak Dhanak, Co-Founder & CEO, DocuX.ai
  • CA. Sunil  Garg, Director, Corporate World Samadhaan P Ltd
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