Adit Jain established IMA India, an economic and business research company in 1994. He continues to serve as its Chairman and Editorial Director. Previously he worked with Lazard, an investment bank, as Vice President & Head of M&A. Adit has advised companies on their India strategy; deposed as an expert witness, at several commercial litigations in the United States and given testimony at Parliamentary proceedings in India and Australia. He provides briefings to Company Boards, speaks at emerging market seminars and has lectured on Business Policy as Adjunct Faculty at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and International Management Institute.
He has over the years authored over a thousand articles in the domain of economics, politics, conservation, international affairs and business practices. He is Editor of IMA’s Quarterly Country Report, CEO Connect (a monthly magazine for the Finance Function) and IMA’s principal economic commentator. His writings frequently focus on the economic role of governments. He is a non-executive Director on the boards of Sanmar Chemplast, Cuddalore Vinyls, PR Pundit Public Relations and SAMHI Hotels. He previously served on the boards of Shriram Transport Finance, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Engineers India Ltd, Certification Engineers International Limited and Indosolar.
Adit works closely with forest authorities in Madhya Pradesh towards education, community and social initiatives. His foundation sponsors the education of thousands of school children across the Indian Subcontinent. In 2009, Adit was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London. A keen wildlife photographer, he travels extensively in the Indian Himalayas and spends time at National Parks in India and East Africa.
He has authored a book – ‘Wildlife Chronicles’ on his travels in the forest of India, which is intended to create an awareness of our country’s national treasures. This was published by Rupa Publishers in October 2022. Written as a travel log the book contains information on various forests, their flora and fauna and the challenges they face in achieving the fine balance between the needs of conservation and the livelihoods of local communities. It is intended to explain the importance of conservation and generate an interest in the wider population to visit and generate opinion on their preservation. Over the past twenty years Adit has travelled extensively across wildlife reserves, spending on an average about one week each month.
He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology, India and a master’s degree in business administration from the Henley Business School.

Biren Ghose is Managing Director – Asia Pacific & Global Excom Member at the Technicolor Group, a global in animation, VFX and games for the entertainment industry. (Technicolor’s studio has won 7 Emmy Awards and has worked on several Oscar-winning projects.) Biren is a prominent industry voice in government policy formulation and advancing visual arts education in India. His vision is to make creative communications and arts an agent of change in community development and social economic upliftment. He is also a well-regarded marketing and business strategist, thought leader and industry evangelist. Biren received the National Order of Merit - a knighthood conferred on him by the President of France. He has also been awarded the Global Asian of the Year 2021 presented by ET AsiaOne. He is the Chairman for CII’s National AVGC Committee and has previously served on committees of NASSCOM, FICCI, ABAI and other trade bodies

Jatinder Singh Pabla is the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at ST Telemedia Global Data Centres India (“STT GDC India”). He also serves as the Co-Chairman of the ASSOCHAM National Council on Data Centre. In the last 5 years as CSMO, he led the sales and marketing team to drive a 25% CAGR revenue growth and make STT GDC India as the #1 Datacentre brand in India. He is also a key member of the Executive leadership team that drives mid-term and long-term growth and expansion strategy to maintain a 30% market share. He is instrumental in bringing the first liquid-cooled AI/ML-based high-performance public cloud into India.
In his 27+ years of experience, he has taken up challenging leadership assignments and driven transformation at scale at Microsoft, Wipro, HP and Convergys. Before STT GDC India, he held multiple leadership assignments at Microsoft India where he was instrumental in launching and mainstreaming cloud services. He has extensive experience in Public Sector digitisation projects through his 14 years of tenure in Microsoft and has played a critical role in the success of projects including Power Reforms (R-APDRP), Police Modernization (CCTNS), FCI-PDS and Postal Automation (DOP). Jatinder is an avid reader and is a regular speaker on cutting-edge technology and topics including Machine Learning, the Future of datacentres and People Analytics.

Aditya Ghosh is a business leader, entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist. He is committed to driving sustainable growth for the organisations he is part of and to creating social impact across geographies and demographics. Aditya is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and has been recognised as Fortune 40 Under 40 globally and Fortune India 40 Under 40 for three years in a row.
Aditya is the Co-Founder of Akasa Air, India’s greenest and fastest-growing airline. As of February 2024, Akasa has 24 aircraft flying to 19 destinations. It is the first Indian airline to fly overseas within just 19 months of inception.
Aditya was the President & Wholetime Director of IndiGo for 10 years and is credited with scripting the airline’s success story as India’s largest and most profitable airline, and also one of the fastest-growing low-cost carriers globally. In a previous appointment as CEO of OYO Hotels and Homes South Asia, Aditya is credited with recording revenue growth from the Indian business at 2.9x YoY, contributing 63.5% to the overall revenue of OYO. During his tenure, gross margin increased from 10.6% in FY18 to 14.7% in FY19 while also reducing losses by 40%.
Aditya’s management expertise makes him a much sought-after mentor to organisations. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at OYO Hotels & Homes, The ePlane Company, GreenCell Mobility, Hygienic Research Institute Private Limited (HRIPL) and Ashoka University. He is also an Independent Director at the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) International Airport and a member of Condé Nast Traveller's first-ever Global Advisory Board.
Aditya believes in the power of start-ups as a driver of growth and through his family office Homage Ventures has made multiple investments in a diverse range of consumer-facing businesses such as Blue Tokai, an Indigenous coffee roaster; Wholsum Foods, a packaged food company focusing on healthy products made from super grains; Genepath Diagnostics in the molecular genetics space; and Floqsta, a social travel platform designed to match like-minded people, adventures and travel experiences.
His other key investments include CreditEnable, an award-winning, UK-based AI-driven fintech company; SpeakIn, a first-of-its-kind platform of experts; Vsync, a brand and digital consultancy; Juggernaut, an Indian publishing company for the digital age; and Ladies Who Lead, a members-only platform for India’s top women leaders.
Aditya is committed to driving social change. He is the Chairperson of the Social Enterprise Central body of SEWA, a member-based organisation of underprivileged, self-employed women from the unorganised sector. A dedicated ally of the LGBTQIA+ community, he is a Board Member of TWEET Foundation (Trans Welfare Equity & Empowerment Trust), a community-based organisation.
Aditya is also a Member of the CII National Committee & Chairman of the CII National Committee on Skill Development & Livelihood, focusing on key areas such as increasing employment and employability, creating an inclusive workforce, policy advocacy, job creation and entrepreneurship.
One of the Founders of Ashoka University, Aditya is a member of the Board of Management as well as a Member of the Circle of Sponsors, where he heads the Service Excellence Committee.
A lawyer by training, Aditya is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School (HBS), having completed its flagship Advanced Management Programme.

With national award winning works, Raaja Bhasin has published fifteen internationally acclaimed non-fiction books and several commissioned booklets. His book 'Explore Himachal on the Road' was awarded India's National Tourism Award as the best tourism publication in 2015. He has also published a collection of short stories under the title, 'Flowerwoods Hotel and Other Stories'.
• Over two thousand five hundred articles, stories and reviews have appeared in various publications and he writes regularly for several leading magazines and newspapers in India and abroad.
• Assignments handled for: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Government of India’s Departments of Tourism and Culture, the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, various departments of the Government of Himachal Pradesh and various international hospitality chains and travel companies.
• Expertise in heritage and luxury travel.
• Television work includes research and on-camera appearances for BBC, Channel 4, Discovery Channel, Epic Channel, NatGeo and Doordarshan.
• TEDx speaker
• Co-convenor for Himachal Pradesh and Convenor for Shimla of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH).
• Lecturer for Martin Randall Travel, Great Railway Journeys and other travel companies and several academic institutions.
• Chairman at the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship India

Rahul Bhasin is the Managing Partner of Baring Private Equity Partners India and a Senior Partner and Global Board Member of Baring Private Equity Partners (BPEP) International. Rahul is a member of the Investment Committees and Advisory boards internationally including for the Barings and ING group entities. He was part of a group of three executive global board members that led the MBO of Barings globally. He has chaired the board of several listed and unlisted companies in India and abroad. He has served as the Chairman of Mphasis Limited and oversaw its transformation from a loss-making start up to fast growing profitable company. Introducing several managerial, hygiene, productivity and growth drivers, followed by a roll up strategy, the company now enjoys a market cap in excess of $6 billion. He has been on multiple government advisory bodies and forums.
Prior to Baring, Rahul managed propriety and third-party capital and was part of the global Asset Allocation Committee of at Citibank, overseeing a $83 billion portfolio. Besides his experience in the developed markets, he has actively invested in the emerging markets including Latin America, Eastern Europe, Russia and Asia. He has also managed a portfolio of derivative securities investing in the developed markets. Rahul also had oversight of an 800+ strong IT department and oversaw a unit in charge of all new business launches for Citigroup worldwide. He was the youngest ever Independent Treasurer at Citibank worldwide. Rahul is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has been a guest lecturer/visiting faculty at Harvard Business School, Wharton, ISB, IIM Ahmedabad and Ashoka University.

With 30 years of global experience. She is a brain-based coach focused on helping CXOs unlock their NeuroPotential™ to optimize performance and repurpose their lives by rewiring their brains. Drawing on her extensive global experience at GE, IBM, and Bank of America, she counts among her clients more than a dozen Fortune 500 MNCs including Unilever, Mercedes, Airtel, Deloitte, KPMG and multilats like the United Nations, World Bank and ADB.
Radhika uses neuroplasticity to help CXOs optimize their capability in strategic-thinking, decision-making, Executive Presence and communication, adaptability, emotional intelligence, and resilience. Her expertise includes succession planning, career transitions, organizational change acceleration, and high-performance coaching, for CXOs to thrive in today’s fast-paced world.
As a former CXO herself, Radhika is passionate about empowering women in leadership. She founded The Goddess Retreat Collective in 2022, with its signature offering an in-resident transformational experience for professional women. She was a finalist at CNBC’s CEOs Got Talent and is media house Glantor-X’s 50 faces of Women Leaders shaping social transformation in society in 2024.
Currently a doctoral student at the Swiss School of Business and Management, Geneva, she is exploring the dynamics between leadership and neuroscience. She is an avid golfer, swimmer and photographer. She loves to cook when in her hill home where she practices Living Consciously and is working with village women on Conscious Leadership.

Pramit Pal Chaudhuri is South Asia practice head for the Eurasia Group, fellow at the Ananta Aspen Centre, and editor of the Quad+ journal. He was formerly foreign editor of the Hindustan Times for 20 years. He also serves as an advisor to the Council of Energy Environment and Water and the Shakti Foundation. As a member of the Aspen Strategy Group of India, he is a delegate for a number of track two strategic dialogues including three with the United States, two with Japan and others with China, Israel, South Korea, Britain and the European Union. Recently he joined the advisory board of Policy 4.0, a digital policy think tank in Bangalore.
He served two terms on the National Security Advisory Board to two prime ministers of India from 2011 to 2015. He was a member of its task forces on maritime security, neighbourhood policy and China among others.
In the past he has been a media fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, fellow at the Henry Stimson Centre, Washington DC; a Hubert Humphrey Fellow at the University of Maryland-College Park; a South Asian fellow at Cornell University and a Schwarz Fellow with the Asia Society New York. He remains a non-resident Associate Fellow with the last organization.
He is a graduate of Cornell University and has lived in and travelled to over 50 countries.

Vikas has showcased his entrepreneurial qualities throughout his 25-year banking career. He played a key role in establishing Global Non-Resident Indian Wealth businesses across key markets worldwide, while successfully building Global Wealth Management franchises across Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Early in his career, Vikas was instrumental in setting up a successful business unit in Nairobi, Kenya that provided coverage to 7 frontier markets across Africa. He also has experience managing large business franchises. As a Business Head in the Middle East, Vikas built a team of 120 bankers, operations and compliance staff – offering coverage to over 1,000 clients across the region.Vikas is also a leader in business transformation. He successfully led the Citi Global Indian Business (Asia) through the global financial crisis in 2008 and increased client satisfaction scores to 86%, despite the uncertain times. Over the following 10 years, he transformed the business into an offshore business model through a series of digital engagement initiatives with clients in Asia and Africa.
Vikas works closely with ultra-high net-worth clients and families in the Indian diaspora and has built a strong reputation for providing sound advice on wealth management, succession planning and estate planning. He has been instrumental in hiring and mentoring some of the most successful private bankers in the wealth management business. His integrity and experience across business cycles is valued by clients, industry peers and business leaders alike.

Amisha Shroff has a keen interest in alternative therapies. She has been practising Access Consciousness for the last 4 years and facilitates hands-on sessions and workshops for people across the world. Access Consciousness is a process that empowers people to create more possibilities in every area of their lives. She also conducts online book reading sessions. Amisha loves to spend time with her husband, Pulin and their two wonderful children, Urja and Dhruv, who are currently studying and pursuing their passions. ‘Follow your passion’ is her mantra and she imbibes the same for her children. Spending time in nature, reading soulful books and exploring modalities that contribute to creating ease in and around oneself is her happy space.