AI Innovation
Summit – AIS 2024

CA. Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal

A seasoned professional with strong organizational skills, having a penchant for excellence and an academic acumen, CA. Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal ascends to the esteemed position of the 72nd President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the year 2024-25. His longstanding affiliation with the institute spans epochs, having been chosen for three consecutive Council terms say 23rd, 24th, and 25th Central Councils preceded by two consecutive terms in Regional Council. Demonstrating enthusiasm and commitment to keeping pace with technological advancements, he actively engages in the integration of Artificial Intelligence & Automation, to build futuristic workplace and workforce by emphasizing on continuous training, upskilling, and reskilling. CA. Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal's proactive work approach and unwavering commitment to embracing innovative concepts, exemplified by his fervent utilization of modern technologies, establish him as a guiding force and a source of inspiration for all.

CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda

CA. Charanjot Singh Nanda, FCA, New Delhi has been elected as Vice-President, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the apex body of the profession of Chartered Accountants in India for the year 2024-25. Academically brilliant, he passed B. Com from M.L.N. College in 1987 and was placed in Kurukshetra University Merit List during all three years. He was also a rank holder in CA Inter Examination and completed his Chartered Accountancy in 1991.

CA. Dayaniwas Sharma

He is currently leading a dynamic, technology-driven committee known as “AI in ICAI”. His dedication to integrating Artificial Intelligence into Chartered Accountancy is profound.

He was one of the instrumental person in success of Self Service Portal (SSP), UDIN, Finance and Tax Literacy, Developing World’s First Forensic Standards, Revising and mandating the Peer Review Process, First every skilling training on tax and financial reporting to IAS officers at COE Hyderabad, Developing the concept of NESCA – National Education Summit for Commerce and Accountancy, most importantly as Chairman Board of Studies – Academic, driving the new education and training policy “CRET 22” - Committee on Review of Education and Training and obtaining historical 25,000+ feedbacks from the members and students.

Present Credentials at ICAI:

1.AI in ICAI Chairman 2024-25

2.Chairman- Committee on Information Technology of South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA)

3.Vice Chairman – Digital Accounting and Assurance Board (DAAB – 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25)

4.Vice Chairman – Financial Reporting Review Board(2023-24 and 2024-2025)

5.Board Member - XBRL India (2nd Term)

6.Chairman – Centre of Excellence (COE) Hyderabad

CA. Umesh Sharma

Ms. Rekha Talluri

An accomplished leader with over 20+ years of senior leadership experience across emerging and developed markets. Extensive experience in building organizational capabilities, high-performing teams, and leading cross-functional and cross-geographical teams. Exceptionally skilled in driving New Business Models, Business/Finance Transformation, Change Management and leading businesses through New Product Launches.

Mr. Ankit Gheedia

A dynamic & Solution oriented Finance Professional(Chartered Accountant), I have 10+ year's of work experience .

Joined PepsiCo as industrial trainee in April 2013 and did roles encompassing planning , controls , commercial & operation finance across country . I was part of PepsiCo leadership programs such as YLA(Young leaders Academy) & was elected as Finance representative in YCOM(GenY Board within Pepsi having one member from each department)

Joined Gap Inc. in May 2019 as FP&A Manager for the sourcing division. I took up the role of Finance team lead of India GAPtech Division Starting August 2020.

I aspire to take up leadership roles, driving Brand/ product P&L objectives and Inspire & bring up people around me in the journey.

CA. Anil Bhandari

Experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. Skilled in Business Process, Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit, ISO 27001, and Banking. Strong professional with a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, DISA, CISA,CIA focused in Risk Advisory from University of Mumbai.

CA. Guru Prasad Makam

Mr. Guru is a CA and an alumnus of IIM Bangalore. He is actively involved as a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Over the years, he has been a member of Internal Auditing Standards Board, has structured their Digital Competency Maturity Model, is on the panel for technical review of financial reports and a member of the Auditing Standards Board.

He is an advisor to a couple of universities and has authored multiple books.

CA. Sanjay Jesrani

Sanjay Jesrani is the Founder & CEO of Go North Ventures.

Go North is a proprietary angel investment firm, focused on investing in & mentoring Startups.

He enjoys being a growth catalyst, as Coach and Advisory board member to several high potential businesses moving to their next orbit, driving significant outcomes and guiding founders & entrepreneurs across strategy, finance, organizational culture & go to market.

Sanjay, an active member of the Indian Angel Network, the premier global group of Angel Investors – has investments in startups across the Healthcare, DeepTech, Unmanned Aerial, Sustainability, Impact, Consumer and FinTech sectors.

A Charter member at TiE, Hyderabad (The Indus Entrepreneurs), he is also a member of the Executive Council at the IIIT Hyderabad Foundation and an independent Director on the board of a leading Cardiac care focused multi specialty hospital - Unimed Health (Star Hospitals) A TEDx speaker, he has covered new perspectives around Startups & Finance for Women.

CA. Rajiv Gupta

Rajiv Gupta is a finance and governance leader with over 20 years of experience in applying his Chartered Accountant, Certified Information Systems Auditor, and Diploma in Information System Audit credentials to improve internal controls and optimize the cost of controls. He is currently the Vice President at Flipkart, a Walmart Group Company, where he leads the audit and risk functions.

CA. Subrata Bagchi

Subrata is an accomplished Advisory partner with over 35 years of consulting experience with Deloitte, PWC, KPMG, Philips Electronics, and Protiviti. He now serves as the COO and Senior Managing Director of alliantTALENT and leads the Advisory and Client Accounting Services. Through this role, Subrata is helping business owners overcome hiring hurdles by delivering remote talent solutions to the underserved midmarket.

Throughout his career as a Chartered Accountant & CISA, Subrata has worked on a wide spectrum of risk and controls assignments. His credentials include, ERM experience in the Energy and Manufacturing sectors, Internal Audit, SOX, Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Governance and ESG.

During his decade long tenure with Deloitte, Subrata was a principal driver of several of the firm’s major initiatives including their remote delivery model for the Advisory practice and the firm’s Technical Content Development team for Global Audit and Advisory Learning. He also previously served as the Internal Audit Partner in Deloitte India and National Partner, ERS for the Energy sector.

Mr. Saurabh Agrawal

About:

Scaling businesses in an omni channel world through Tech, AI, and Growth Marketing.

Recognized as a “Top 100 AI Thought Leader in India” and top 1% career coach (TopMate) .

Honored as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Digital Marketing, Analytics, and Leadership.

An entrepreneurial leader with a first-principle approach to innovation, passionate about leveraging deep tech to drive hyper-growth and build scalable products.

Key Highlights:

• Tech-Driven Growth: Expertise in AI, Cloud, IoT, and product-centric solutions across Fintech, E-Commerce, Omni Channel, Retail, Manufacturing, and D2C sectors.

• AI & Analytics Leadership: Led enterprise AI and analytics initiatives, fostering data-driven decision-making with robust KPI and OKR frameworks.

• Innovative Solutions: Developed big data platforms for marketing and risk management; implemented AI-driven solutions for Procurement, Audit, and Smart Factory Industry 4.0.

• Growth Marketing Expert: Drove sales growth with SEO, SEM, CRO, and content marketing. Enhanced marketing efficiency with MarTech solutions and customer retention strategies.

• Thought Leader: Speaker at Economic Times, NASSCOM, CII, and top educational institutions. Active in board meetings and strategic evaluations.

• Passionate Educator: Enthusiastic about teaching management & marketing analytics, digital marketing, and technology topics. Visiting faculty at ISB.

• Career Coach and Talent Development: Recognized among the top 1% of career coaches in AI & Analytics, helping professionals navigate their career paths and achieve their goals.

Ms. Nithya Subramanian

An Astute Global Leader with 21 Years of rich & diverse experience across industries like CPG, Retail, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Technology, Services etc. Is highly Result Oriented with a Strong Industry Focus & Customer Centricity.

Has designed Effective Data and Analytics Strategies and lead Seamless Execution of Digital Transformation Initiatives including AI/ML, Automation & BI Solutions for improving Revenue Growth, Operational Efficiencies & Customer Satisfaction.

Extremely proficient in Data Science / Machine Learning / AI, Business Intelligence, ERP (SAP) & Product Management and is skillful in applying Design Thinking to provide comprehensive & integrated solutions towards customer requirements.

Adept in ensuring tight Collaboration across Cross-Functional Teams, Partners, Stakeholders & Customers to ensure alignment & integration of analytical solutions across organization and drive adoption to enable business outcomes.

Expert in building & nurturing Data & Analytics COEs to deliver efficient & scalable analytics to revolutionize operations and maximize ROI while enabling customers to achieve their strategic goals.

Proficient in designing and implementing Data Governance Policies to ensure data quality, privacy & security and driving Data Literacy initiatives to enable Data-Driven Decision-Making culture.

Mentor & Thought Leader with strong People Management skills, is immensely capable of Building & Managing High-Performing Successful Teams delivering business value through innovation.

Mr. Muqbil Ahmar

Mr. Muqbil Ahmar is a Tech Journalist with more than 15 years of experience, armed with rich interactions with CIOs, CDOs, CTOs, CISOs, CEOs, etc. on emerging technology such as , Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Blockchain, InternetofThings (IoT), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Big Data Analytics, etc.

He was LinkedIn Top Voice 2017, with more than 300 published articles on LinkedIn,

Mr. Muqbil Ahmar have been fortunate to have worked in some of the leading media houses of India such as NDTV 24x7 (TV), India Today (Main Magazine), and News Agency (PTI). Also skilled in Public Relations, Corporate Communications, and Digital Marketing. He is also a Writer, Director, Film Critic, Environmentalist, Food and Travel Blogger, Speaker and Columnist.

Possess a demonstrated history of Reporting, Storytelling, Editing, SEO Copywriting, Content Writing, Business-to-Business (B2B) media, and Digital Marketing.

I hold an MPhil (Science Policy) and double MA (English, Mass Communications)

Mr. Prashant Ganti

Ms. Geetha Ramadevi

Seasoned Engineering Leader with over 20 years of experience in creating high value and high-quality enterprise software products, possess strong leadership skills and a keen ability to inspire others.

I thrive working in rapidly growing, innovative organizations.

I’m passionate about technology and providing the best solutions to Customers.

Engineering Responsibilities:

• Proven experience in building and leading creative, high-velocity, culturally diverse, geographically distributed global teams in United States, Malaysia, Amsterdam, Israel, and Europe.

• Successful track record of creating, delivering, and managing high value and high-quality large-scale Consumer/Enterprise eCommerce Platforms and Solutions across diverse domains.

• Strong experience in Digital transformation around agile, Devops, Cloud, micro services and BigData

• In-depth experience in managing all phases of product life cycle using the CMMi, Agile, TDD, BDD etc to achieve best-in-class results.

• Strong focus on digital transformation to improve customer experience and provide the best solutions to Customers. Have great ability to engage with end user community/customers to articulate vision of the Tech teams and improve the C-SAT.

• Network and build great relationship with Senior management, stakeholders, product, customers peers, and team members. Work through processes and people.

• Strong ability to drive positive change, innovation & leadership development.

• Proven skills to engage with Executive Management and implement strategies to grow business.

• Believes in an inclusive style of management to foster innovation.

Site Leader Responsibilities:

• Create the Site/Tech Hub from scratch – which includes recruiting, interviewing, and mentoring new talent. Work closely with the CTOs of all the business to help, align them and drive hiring needs.

• Communicate and embody the company vision and values.

• Work closely with cross functional support functions like Facilities, Finance, IT and HR functions to manage day to day office operations as well as improve the overall employee experience.

• Bring in the culture of innovation and drive the Tech Hub with true tech behaviors.

• Ensuring HR Legal Compliance by implementing policies like POSH enforcement.

Dr. Srinivas Yanamandra

Compliance expert by profession, Regulatory researcher by qualification, and Fintech philosopher by passion. Specialising in areas relating to fintech policy & regulation, sanctions compliance, risk-based supervision, financial crime compliance, integrity and anti-corruption as well as code of conduct. Research scholar in areas at the intersection of fintech, law and economics focusing on metaverse, digital currencies, distributed ledger and deep learning. A keen observer of each of these areas of finance, tech and regulation from philosophical perspective.

Mr. Sumesh Balakrishnan

A Finance Transformation Leader worked in industries across Oil & Gas, Consulting and Information Technology Services partnering business growth over 20 years leading global teams and growing businesses organically through strong fiscal governance and inorganically leading multiple M&A in India , US and APAC . Have grown through ranks starting at $20M Organisation and enabling it to scale at $500M +. For the accomplishments as the Finance Leader in APAC @ Singapore , was selected as one of Asia’s Top 100 Power Leaders in Finance , was also privileged to be awarded Global 200 Power Leaders in Finance in 2023..

Key Expertise on :

*Financial Governance and Management, Implementing Financial Systems | Processes | Controls understanding and implementing GAAP-IFRS globally by regions.

*Cross Border Taxation , Transfer Pricing -MAP | APA & Compliance Framework for risk mitigation.

*Leading Digital Transformation in Financial Operations from ERP to Forecasting and Budgeting.

*Business Turnarounds and Transformation to Profitability achieving Financial Goals.

*M&A and Post Merger Integrations .

*Start Up - Incorporation | Financing - Fund Raise | Investor Relations | Term Sheet & SPA Discussions , preparation & Closure .

Post my return to India in Dec 2021 after a successful stint for over 5 years in APAC , started a new journey @ Cognida.ai which I co founded together with a phenomenal team based in US & India.

Cognida.ai is a new age technology company that's enabling Decision Intelligence through Augmented Analytics powered by Machine learning automating the most complex business problems for the business users by democratizing data and predicting the outcomes and its been a fascinating start on jet speed !!

CA. Sachin Chitlange

A dynamic professional with 24 years of experience in the areas of Finance Transformation, Data Analytics, Digitization, Accounting and Finance, Shared Services Management, ERP implementation and Audits

Working on NextGen finance with Robotics, Power BI, Data visualization and AI / ML to lead the India finance digitization team

Proficient in managing & leading multiple teams for running successful finance operations & experience of developing standard, industrializing processes for business excellence. A keen strategist, innovator and a self starter in managing independent operations & ensuring optimal utilization of resources with reporting to multiple senior stakeholders in matrix structured organizations

Was Leading the Employee Shared services, Transformation and systems team within finance

Currently lead the Group Analytics function with Global Delivery Center Transformation part as well as leading the India Finance Transformation team to drive Digitization / Automation in Finance function

He is also an avid speaker on Digital technologies and how it can disrupt the financial ecosystem

Specialties: Finance transformation, IFRS, Oracle financials, Shared Services Management, Accounting and Finance

CA. Shri. Mamidipudi Ravindra Vikram

He graduated from Osmania University and joined his family firm of Chartered Accountants, M. Anandam & Co (estd by his father M.Anandam) in 1980. During the four decades of his work as a Partner, he transformed the firm from a largely tax advisory services firm to a leading Audit and Corporate Advisory services firm.

He was earlier a Director of Indian Bank and Indian Overseas Bank as a Chartered Accountant Director. He was also a nominee of the RBI on the Bank of Rajasthan Ltd . Presently, he is Chairman of ASM Technologies Ltd (ASM), Bengaluru, a leading Engineering Services company. and Sai Silks kalamandir Ltd, both listed entities. He is also an Independent Director of 10 other companies including T.I.M.E., Facebook India & Chettinad Cements etc

He is the Managing Trustee of M.Venkatarangaiya Foundation, which is known nationally and internationally for its pioneering work in fighting child labour and has mobilised more than a million children to schools, in three decades of its work.

He is also the Founder Trustee of Manthan, a leading discussion forum in India on issues of public interest set up with the intention of nurturing an intellectual platform on matters of public interest and also Trustee of the Centre for Collective Development which works on farmer issues in Andhra Pradesh. He is also the Founder Trustee of Project 511. The project works with more than 1000 schools in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

Vikram was formerly Chairman of the Hyderabad Branch of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and also a treasurer of the Southern India Regional Council of ICAI.. He is a regular speaker on issues of AI Ethics, Economics, Governance and CSR.

Ms. Pooja Jain

Pooja Jain is a Global AI and Security Consultant, thought leader, productivity and collaboration specialist, international speaker, author and Customer Engineer with Google Cloud.

Ms. Jain is a speaker on Generative Artificial Intelligence, Productivity, Stress Management, Leadership and NLP. With more than a decade of experience, Ms. Jain has held different roles throughout her career in Technical Advisory services, sales, consulting and Product Management.

Ms. Jain graduated from University of California, Berkeley and has obtained specialization from Stanford University. She has presented at Google Next 24, Las Vegas, Generate London, Canada.

CA. Anand Prakash Jangid

At ajalabs.ai, my focus is on pioneering transformative strategies in Finance and Audit through the lens of artificial intelligence. The essence of my role as Chief Change Agent is to lead a team in challenging the status quo, with a steadfast commitment to innovation and excellence. Our collective endeavor is to elevate industry standards by integrating robust AI solutions.

My tenure as a Visiting Professor at IIM Bangalore complements my practical expertise, where I impart the intricacies of financial innovation to the next generation of leaders. With a strong foundation in Consulting, Business Analysis, and Financial Risk Management, my mission is to drive progress and thought leadership within the realms of AI application in Finance and Audit functions.

CA. (Dr.) Durgesh Pandey

Fellow Chartered Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner - USA. PhD on Financial Forensic and Financial Crime Investigation from National Forensic Science University ( An Institute of National Importance under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India). Managing Partner in a Boutique Firm predominantly practicing in the domains of Forensic Accounting, Financial Forensics, Investigative Audits and Dispute Resolutions. Worked on Forensic and Investigative Audits Assignment abroad on multiple projects.

Core Strengths

• Forensic Accounting

• Fraud Investigation

• Fraud Risk Management

• Incidence Reporting and E-discovery of Evidences

• Interview and psychological methods of Crime Investigation

• Arbitration and Dispute Resolutions

• Other Management Audits

• Training on the all the topics of Financial Crime Investigation

Professionally associated with Multiple Law Enforcement Agencies like Enforcement Directorate, Economic offences Wing, CID – Crime, Anti-Corruption Bureau and others on active cases of Financial Crime Investigation. Have Investigated some of the most controversial cases involving multi-million dollars of frauds.

An avid reader and voracious speaker having spoken on multiple forums and trained multiple stakeholders. Part of expert Study Group with ICAI on drafting of Forensic Standards. Some of the training provided as under

o Trained over 15000+ Chartered Accountants on topics of Financial Forensics across the India

o Conducted workshop for Chartered Accountants from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Bahrain and Nairobi.

o Conducted workshop for Police Training at Royal Malaysian Police

o Participated in Interactive Workshop with ASEANAPOL on Financial Crime Investigation

o Trained senior IAS officers, IPS Probationers (National Police Academy – Hyderabad), ICLS officers (IICA – Manesar), Income Tax Officers, officers at SFIO, Directors and Senior management at SBI, Officers of Enforcement Directorate, Anti-Corruption Bureau officers, Gujarat Police etc

o Trained Senior Bank Officers, Vigilance Officers, Police Officers from over 30+ Countries. Regular Trainer to Bangladesh and Myanmar Police

Ms. Anitha Sivasubramanian

Anitha Siva is a highly accomplished and driven professional with extensive experience in the financial services industry. Currently serving as the Deputy Vice President at Axis Bank, Anitha has demonstrated a strong track record in strategic planning, team leadership, and project management. She holds a B.Com in Commerce and Economics from Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, further bolstered by a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Institute of Financial Management and Research.

Anitha's career is marked by a series of impactful roles where she has consistently delivered exceptional results. At Axis Bank, she is responsible for driving key initiatives, optimizing processes, and enhancing customer satisfaction. Her previous roles at SBI Life Insurance, ICICI Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank have equipped her with deep insights into banking operations, product development, and risk management.

With a keen focus on innovation and digital transformation, Anitha has successfully led multiple projects that have streamlined operations and improved efficiency. Her strong analytical skills, coupled with her ability to build and lead high-performing teams, have earned her recognition and accolades throughout her career.

Anitha is passionate about continuous learning and development, evident from her participation in various training programs and certifications. She is committed to leveraging her expertise to drive growth, foster innovation, and contribute to the financial industry's evolution.

CA. Deepak Gupta

CA. Pranjal Jain

CA. Ramajayam Jayachandran

CA. Rishir Soni

CA. Himanshu Singh

CA. Shantam Agrawal

CA. Vijay Shrinivas Kothapalli