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Vikram Kailas
Vikram Kailas
Vice Chairman and Managing Director - Mytrah Energy
Vikram is Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Mytrah Energy, one of India’s leading pure play renewable power generators with a focus on delivering sustainable, clean energy solutions in a world without subsidies.
Vikram founded and scaled Mytrah energy into India’s 3rd largest renewable energy company. Mytrah has raised over USD 3 billion of capital from Marquee investors since its founding in 2011 while still holding majority stake in the company. Mytrah’s primary investors are Goldman Sachs, APG (Dutch pension fund), capital international and the Piramal Group.
Mytrah has recently ventured into electric mobility, and designed and operated India’s first intercity electric bus. It’s one of the few companies that has confirmed orders for 500 electrical buses. The Mytrah group had revenues of USD 450 million in the year 2020, this has grown from zero in the year 2012.
Mytrah operates in about 12 states in India and is looking to spread into the UK.
Prior to co-founding Mytrah Energy, Vikram had previously worked with the Energy & Utilities Investment Banking group of Credit Suisse in New York and Deloitte Consulting in India. Apart from running a successful business, Vikram also oversees the firm’s social initiatives that are run through the Mytrah Foundation with partner institutions like UNICEF, Govt. of AP, SIDBI and the Gopichand Foundation.
Vikram was involved in preparation master plan for ‘New India’ across sectors under the initiative named “Champions of Change” with Hon’ble Prime Minister on Transforming India. Post this, Vikram also drafted Sectoral Strategy& Action Plan for 2 subgroups.
Vikram has been featured also as keynote speaker and as a panelist at various global business conventions including World Future Energy Summit, Abu Dhabi, Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Hyderabad, CNBC Power Conclave, New Delhi, Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Lucknow, Power and Energy Week, Dhaka, Bangladesh, UN Young Change Makers Conclave, New Delhi, etc.
Vikram has been a member with YPO Hyderabad Chapter since 2011. He has been a prolific tech investor since early 2000 in the US and since mid-2010 in India. He has primarily invested through funds in the past and now is an active seed and pre-series A investor.
Vinod K Dasari
Vinod K Dasari
Director CEO, Royal Enfield India Ltd
Mr.Vinod K Dasari is amongst the top few CEOs in India with a proven track record of managing complex businesses globally. Before joining Royal Enfield, he held the position of Managing Director & CEO, Ashok Leyland since 2011. He joined Ashok Leyland in 2005 as the Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Vinod Dasari has held senior positions in Cummins India Limited, where he served as the President and went on to become its Joint Managing Director.
He joined Timken Company, a world leader in bearings and steel, after starting his career with General Electric in 1986. He served as the Managing Director of Timken India and thereafter as the President of its Global Railroad business in the USA.
In his career, Vinod has received several accolades for his leadership including the “CEO of the Year” by Business Today and more recently Business Standard. He has also been honored as the “CV Man of the Year” by CV Magazine and “Autocar Professional of the Year”.
Vinod has also served as the President of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) from 2015 to 2017 and as President of the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), from 2013 to 2015.
Vinod holds a Master’s degree in Engineering Management from the McCormick School of Engineering and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the Kellogg School of Management. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Louisville in1988 and a dual degree from Northwestern University.
Vinod is married to Sarita, a doctor with a specialisation in Nephrology and Hypertension. They have two sons, Vishal and Sanjay. Vinod enjoys cricket, movies, and golf.
Vivek Raghunathan
Vivek Raghunathan
Co-founder & CTO, Success4 Solutions Private Ltd
Vivek Raghunathan
Vivek Raghunathan is a visionary engineering leader with over two decades of experience across a
broad spectrum of technologies, currently serving as the Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer at
Success4. In this role, Vivek leverages his passion for technology to drive innovations in customer
success software, ensuring businesses can offer seamless, secure, and data-driven services. His
expertise spans embedded systems, system software, cloud backend, frontend applications, web
services, and more, with a strong foundation in Linux kernel development, optimization, and
system performance.
A staunch advocate for open-source, Vivek has contributed significantly to various projects,
showcasing his skills in embedded Linux, C, Java, APIs, ETL, IoT, and data analytics, among others.
At Success4, he applies his extensive knowledge in Cloud, Gen AI, Data to enhance customer
experiences. Vivek’s role at Success4 underscores his belief in the transformative power of
technology and his commitment to fostering growth and success in startups through
innovative solutions.
He’s also an avid investor in the Secondary IPO market in the US with successful exits with
technology companies like Snowflake, Nutanix, and Slack and holds active investments in other
innovative companies like Cohesity, Thoughtspot, Rubrik, Automation Anywhere, and Cerebras
Systems, to name a few. He continues to advise a lot of tech startups in Silicon Valley and Austin.
Vikas Chawla
Vikas Chawla
Digital Marketing Leader and Angel Investor
He is the Co-Founder of Social Beat, a trusted digital growth partner for top brands and hyperscaling startups in India. With a 300+ member team they are amongst India’s fastest growing digital marketing solutions companies. He is an alum of London School of Economics and was recognised as the Entrepreneur of the Year for Digital Marketing by Entrepreneur Magazine. He has been recognized as a 40 under 40 Leader by many publications including Business World & Agency Reporter. He is the winner of British Council UK Alumni Awards 2020 for India and South Asia. He is a member of the Meta India Client Council. He actively mentors and invests in startups in India, via The Chennai Angels. He is an active member of Entrepreneurs’ Organization and as a TiE Charter Member. He comes with close to 2 decades of experience with organisations like Murugappa Group, NSDC, Taj Hotels and AIESEC.
www.socialbeat.in
Yogeshwaran S
Yogeshwaran S
Founder Director, Matexnet Private Ltd
Yogeshwaran (Yogesh) is the Founder Director at MatexNet.com and a member of The Chennai Angels. Yogesh, an MBA graduate, started his career in the Financial Services industry in ’89 and then moved to Kotak Mahindra handling their Investment Banking Division before starting Matexnet.
Matexnet.com is India’s first Internet-driven B2B company started as an Internet-driven auction company and since then moved into procurement for large corporations.
Matexnet transacts 1500 cr through its platform, employing 150 people across 14 offices in India catering to 800 large corporates and 20000 SMEs and Traders.
Yogesh has the unique advantage of being an Investment Banker, Investor, and Entrepreneur for the past 23 years.
He has turned around several stressed companies and nurtured entrepreneurs in planning their growth strategies.
Yogesh recently co-promoted Kuwy.in, a Digital Lending Company for the Used Automotive Industry, and has also backed 2 more companies in the B2B space.
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