Anitesh Dharam, Business Head, VCCircle & VCCEdge
India’s maturing private equity landscape is witnessing a marked surge in both control-oriented buyouts and ambitious growth equity investments. With buyouts now accounting for over half of deal value and growth capital rounds dominating in number, Limited Partners must reassess risk, return, and market timing strategies. How can LPs navigate between the scale and control of buyouts and the acceleration opportunities of growth equity in this uniquely Indian market cycle? What structural and market factors are driving the recent rise in buyout transactions in India, and how do these deals differ from global comparables? How do exit environments, valuation cycles, and regulatory conditions shape LP appetite for buyout versus growth equity strategies? Are local or global GPs better positioned to capture returns in buyout and growth equity segments?
Speakers:
Gopikrishna Shenoy, CIO, SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.
Imran Jafar, Managing Partner, Gaja Capital
Dushyant Singh, Managing Director, Playbook Partners
Moderator:
Aman Malik, Senior Editor, VCCircle
Private credit is becoming a cornerstone in LP portfolios, offering floating-rate yield, tailored structuring, and access to both direct lending and specialty finance strategies. As the market matures and expands beyond traditional direct lending into areas like asset-based lending and opportunistic strategies, LPs are adapting their playbooks to navigate risks, manager selection, and alpha sourcing. What allocation models are LPs adopting to balance direct lending, specialty finance, and opportunistic credit? How do macroeconomic trends—rates, regulatory change, and bank retrenchment—shape LP appetite for private credit? How are LPs vetting the quality and health of private credit portfolios? Will LPs find true portfolio resilience and alpha in private credit, or is the market’s rapid growth masking new risks?
Speakers:
Jai Rupani, Head, Dinesh Hinduja Family Office
Anoop Tulsyan, Group CFO, Ashok Goel Family Office
Dr. Amit Goenka, Chairman & Managing Director, Nisus Finance Services Co. Ltd.
Vikas Biyani, Associate Director & Portfolio Advisor, Multi-Act
Moderator:
Ajay Ramnathan, Spl Correspondent, VCCircle
Speaker:
Joy Bhakat, Co-founder & Head of Investments, Steadview Capital Management
Moderator:
Anitesh Dharam, Business Head, VCCircle & VCCEdge
Girish Malhotra, Head – New Economy Group, IDFC FIRST Bank
Large deals were a preserve of bulge bracket buyout firms till recently. But a few home-grown PE franchisees have started crossing the rubicon of billion-dollar corpus and have been participating in large buyouts as a coinvestor. What are the challenges in raising large sized India-anchored funds? What sort of apprehensions have LPs for backing such funds? More importantly, how is the deployment opportunity of large funds? Should it be seen as a new benchmark for larger mid-market deals as larger buyout majors step up to a billion dollar plus transactions?
Speakers:
Saurabh Chatterjee, Managing Director, ChrysCapital
Paras Nayyar, MD & CFO, Kedaara Capital
Moderator:
Aman Malik, Senior Editor, VCCircle
Institutional LPs, family offices, and funds of funds must balance illiquidity, long horizons, and uncertain outcomes against the promise of transformative returns in VC space. What frameworks are LPs using to assess VC fund managers’ alignment, sourcing edge, and sector focus? How are LPs responding to current trends in fund size, continuation vehicles, and evolving exit environments? Is the rise of venture debt and non-dilutive financing changing portfolio construction for LPs? How are LPs adapting due diligence, risk management, and pacing of commitments in a globalized VC landscape? What lessons do recent cycles teach about timing, diversification, and technological disruption in LP VC allocation?
Speakers:
Mitra Sen, Senior Director, Sen Family Office
Srikanth Tanikella, Founder & Managing Partner, Pavestone
Eshan Kaul, Global Investments Head, Sinarmas Technology
Ankur Shah, VP-Investments, Patni Financial Advisors (Patni Family Office)
Moderator:
Asha Shankar Menon, Senior Editor, VCCircle
Limited Partners face a strategic dilemma: should they back generalist funds with diversified exposure across industries, or allocate more capital to sector-focused managers who bring deep domain expertise? As global markets become more fragmented and technology permeates every sector, the traditional diversification argument is being tested. How do macroeconomic cycles and geopolitical factors affect the performance resilience of generalist vs. sector-focused funds? Do focused funds consistently outperform in specialist sectors such as tech, healthcare, or renewables, or do they expose LPs to concentration risk? How are LPs balancing both strategies within their allocation models? Has the rise of thematic investing blurred the lines between “generalist” and “sector-focused”?
Speakers:
Vinay Rangani, CIO, Graviss Group
Neil Cabral, CEO - Family Office, GFG Alliance
Abhimanyu Sofat, Head – Family Office & Chief Investment Office, Dempo Group
Aneesh Srivastava, Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Ltd
Moderator
Ajay Ramnathan, Spl Correspondent, VCCircle
Fund of funds and institutional LPs remain vital anchors of the alternative investment ecosystem, balancing rigorous allocation frameworks with the agility needed to capture emerging opportunities. As capital cycles evolve, these institutional allocators are redefining how scale, selectivity, and sustainability shape their commitment strategies across private equity, venture, private credit, and infrastructure. How are fund of funds adapting their models to stay relevant amid growing direct and co-investment momentum? Where are institutional LPs leaning—toward consolidation with proven managers or exploring niche strategies for higher alpha?
Speakers:
Rohit Bhayana, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Oister Global
Saravana Kumar, Director & Chief Executive Officer (Self Reliant India Fund), NSIC Venture Capital Fund
Sandeep Pandey, CIO Fixed Income, SBI Pension Funds
Dominic Goh, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners
Moderator:
Aman Malik, Senior Editor, VCCircle
Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) play a dual role in emerging markets—acting as cornerstone LPs in alternative funds while also engaging directly in private investments. As these institutions seek to unlock sustainable growth and attract commercial capital, their approach to structuring investments, managing impact goals, and balancing risk-return objectives is evolving rapidly. How do DFIs decide between participating as LPs versus executing direct deals in key sectors like infrastructure, climate, and inclusive finance? What catalytic models have proven most effective in mobilizing private capital alongside DFI investments? How are DFIs using blended finance structures to derisk entry for institutional investors? Lessons from recent success stories: when has direct investment generated greater developmental impact than fund commitments? Can DFIs strike the right balance between being market enablers and active investors in the next phase of emerging market growth?
Speakers:
Michael Steidl, Head of Regional Representation to South Asia, European Investment Bank
Neha Grover, South Asia Lead, Private Equity, IFC
Ajit Nath Jha, Chief General Manager & Head of Treasury, SIDBI
Moderator:
Prithvi Durai, Sr. Correspondent, VCCircle
Speaker:
Rehan Yar Khan, Managing Partner, Orios Venture Partners
Moderator:
Anitesh Dharam, Business Head, VCCircle & VCCEdge
Family offices are emerging as sophisticated Limited Partners in the alternatives landscape, bringing flexibility, longer investment horizons, and a growing appetite for direct and thematic investments. As traditional institutional LPs face structural constraints, family offices are shaping a new model of capital deployment across private equity, venture, real estate, and private credit. How are family offices evolving from passive allocators to active partners in alternative investments? What strategies are driving family office participation in co-investments, club deals, and direct opportunities? How do family offices balance diversification and control in their alternatives portfolios? Is the generational shift in wealth ownership influencing risk tolerance and thematic focus within family offices?
Speakers:
Nirav Shah, CFO, Famycare Family Office
Ketki Paranjpe Bapat, Partner - Private Investments, AYRA Ventures (Samina Hamied (Cipla) Family office)
Harsh Kr. Dhanuka, CIO & Head, SAR Group Family office (Livpure)
Manish Agarwal, Associate Principal - Investments & Strategy, HDFC Capital Advisors Ltd
Moderator:
Prithvi Durai, Sr. Correspondent, VCCircle
First-time fund managers often bring fresh thinking, sharper focus, and differentiated sourcing strategies, yet they require higher conviction from LPs. As the alternatives landscape diversifies across private equity, venture, credit, and real assets, Limited Partners are re-evaluating how to balance institutional risk management with the potential for outsized alpha from emerging managers. Many first time fund managers break off from established fund houses to go solo, how do LPs assess such GPs? What due diligence frameworks can be applied that go beyond track record to assess team chemistry, sourcing edge, and operational discipline? What governance structures and co-investment models can help derisk commitments to debut managers? Is the next wave of alpha in alternatives more likely to come from new faces rather than established franchises?
Speakers:
Anand Shankar, Head-Family Office, Sattva Group
Craig Gifford, Investment Director, BII
Abhay Garg, Investment Head, Brigade Family Office
Norbert Fernandes, General Partner, Kenro Capital
Moderator:
Asha Shankar Menon, Senior Editor, VCCircle
Speaker:
Venkatram Natarajan, Country Head, CDPQ India
Moderator:
Aman Malik, Senior Editor, VCCircle
Limited Partners are increasingly examining private investment strategies targeting listed companies—through PIPES, pre-IPO rounds, and crossover funds. This convergence of private and public investing is reshaping return expectations, governance frameworks, and exit timelines. What drives LP interest in crossover and PIPES strategies amid volatile public markets? How are private market managers adapting their skills to engage in listed company deals while maintaining alpha generation? Do PIPES offer asymmetric opportunities for LPs or blur the risk-return clarity normally found in private investments? What allocation frameworks are LPs using to integrate PIPES into broader private market portfolios? Are private-style investments in public markets the bridge LP portfolios need between liquidity and long-term value creation?
Speakers:
Nikhil Chandak, CIO, Shanghvi Family Office
Rahul Bhuskute, CIO, Bharti Axa Life Insurance
Dr. Devendra Singhvi, CIO, Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance
Raj Sekhar Ghosh, CVP Investments, Axis Max Life Insurance, Company Limited
Moderator:
Prithvi Durai, Sr. Correspondent, VCCircle
Speaker:
Peter Hughes, Founder & CEO, Apex Group
Moderator:
Anitesh Dharam, Business Head, VCCircle & VCCEdge
Dr. Subhransu Sekhar Acharya is the Chairman- cum- Managing Director (CMD), The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd., A Public Sector Organization of Government of India. Prior to his present assignment, Dr. Acharya was the Chief General Manager, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), New Delhi.
Dr. Acharya is a Ph.D. in Management, Post Graduate in Science (M.Sc.), a Post Graduate in Business Administration (MBA) and a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (CAIIB). He has experience of over 3 decades in various facets of MSME Financing and Development including Credit, SME Rating, Risk Management, Bills Financing, New Product Development, Business Planning, Entrepreneurship Development, Innovation financing, Micro-Finance, Start-Up mentoring etc.
Dr. Acharya was a recipient of Prestigious Chevening Fellowship wherein, he underwent a course in Environment Management & Sustainable Development. The program was organized by University of Bradford and University of Manchester, UK on behalf of British Foreign Office who administer the Fellowship through British Council. During his stint there, he had exposure to the working of SMEs in UK where he worked on establishing the commercial benefits of adopting environment friendly technology by comparing the same for SMEs of India and UK. Besides, he has also attended “SME Cluster Development Program” at the prestigious International Training Centre of ILO at Turin, Italy.
Shri Acharya was invited by World Bank to discuss India’s SME Development
Financing Story at Harare, Zimbabwe. He is regularly invited by various B’Schools / Universities / IITs etc. for delivering talks and taking sessions on various facets on a whole range of topics ranging from “Corporate Social Responsibility”, “Entrepreneurship”, “MSME Financing”, “Financial Inclusion”, “Motivational aspects” etc. Shri Acharya has several publications / articles published in various journals to his credit. He has co-authored to book on Managing Innovation & Incubation titled “Seed to Sapling” : The Incubator Way”.
Dr. Acharya is an adjunct Professor in Innovation & Entrepreneurship Area at ‘Birla Global University,’ Bhubaneswar.
Dominic Goh joined HarbourVest in 2012 and focuses on secondary investments. This includes analyzing, structuring, and monitoring a wide range of secondary transaction types.
Dominic was previously at Coller Capital where he evaluated secondary opportunities, and contributed to deal sourcing and fundraising efforts in Asia. Prior to that, he was an investment banking associate at ABN AMRO London in the Financial Institutions Group.
Dominic received a BSc (first class honours) in Accounting & Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2005. Dominic is fluent in Mandarin.
Craig joined BII in 2005 and has spent the past 17+ years focusing on impact fund investments, primarily in South Asia. He’s worked on numerous fund investments, including BII’s first fund investments into new geographies or sector, and back many first time and established team. Prior to joining BII, he was an accountant in Sydney, Australia. Craig has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Macquarie University and he is a member of CPA Australia.
Mr. Saravana Kumar is a Post graduate from IIM- Bangalore, holds degree in B.Tech., Risk management program from GARP- USA, CAIIB from Indian Institute of Bankers and attended Management Development Programme at Merrill Lynch Global Headquarters at New York. He has over 35 years of professional experience in Venture Capital, Private equity, AIF, AMC, Insurance Industry, PMS, SME sector, Finance & Accounts, Risk Management, Resource mobilisation, Treasury management and Corporate planning.
Mr.Kumar is the CEO of the NSIC Venture capital Funds. The above said Venture Capital Fund manages the Self Relaint India (SRI) Fund -a fund of funds scheme of Government of India for SMEs. He worked as a Senior management professional in ICICI Ventures and ICICI Bank and worked as Chief Investment Officer in SBI Funds Management, LIC Nomura Funds Management, etc.
He was a Consultative working group committee Member of (a) IRDAI on restructuring the investment for life insurance sector in 2011 (b) SEBI on developing the AIF funds and (c) Core investment committee member of American International Assurance (AIA)-Hong Kong. He had received in person the "World Finance" Award for the Best AIF Fund from London Stock exchange in March 2013. "World Finance" i.e. UK based investment publication had distributed above award.
Dr. Devendra Singhvi is associated with ABSLI since May 2006. He has over 20 years of experience in capital markets such as Fixed Income, Equity, Treasury, Forex and Derivatives etc. His previous three assignments have been with Reliance ADA Group Treasury, Prebon Yamane and Hindalco Industries Ltd. Devendra has done his graduation in Mathematics and an M.B.A. in Finance along with a Ph.D.
Mr. Gopikrishna Shenoy is a CIO @ Sbilife Insurance Company Ltd.
He has been in the Company since 2008. He became the CIO in 2014. Currently, Handles Fixed Income Equity and AIF.
He is a Post Graduate in Management and has done his AMP @ Harvard. He has a in total 30 years of experience.
Prior to joining Sbilife, he had worked with Birla Sunlife Insurance, IDBI Capital Markets & Canbank Mutual Fund.
Raj has been leading the private market investments practice at Axis Max Life Insurance, for over a decade.
He is a seasoned leader in private markets and alternative investments space, with more than twenty years of demonstrated investment track-record. He has invested across the spectrum of private markets, covering strategies like direct real estate (PERE), fund of funds, co-investments, pre-IPOs, REITs and InvITs. In his previous role, he served as an Associate Director, Investments at IL&FS Private Equity.
Raj is an alumnus of INSEAD, Fontainebleau and Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Sandeep Pandey has more than two decades of experience across the financial sector. He has been associated with SBI Pension Funds since 2014, currently as CIO-Fixed Income he looks after the fixed income and alternate asset portfolio of the Company. SBI Pension is the largest NPS fund manager with total AUM of Rs. 5.7 trillion. Prior to joining SBI Pension Funds, he has been associated with D. E. Shaw (India), part of US based Hedge Fund and a boutique investment banking firm. He is a Commerce graduate and has completed MBA in Finance along with CFA Level II from CFA Institute, USA.
Rehan Yar Khan is the Managing Partner of Orios Venture Partners, which is ranked amongst India's top performing VC funds and manages over ?3000cr. Orios’ portfolio includes Country Delight, PharmEasy, Zupee, Now Purchase, Battey Smart, NxtWave, Vedantu, Mobikwik, Nazaara and Ixigo. Rehan previously led 1st round investments in Ola & Druva.
Rehan has been a founder since 1992 building 3 companies, 2 of them in tech; and was also closely involved in the establishment of Indian Angel Network's Mumbai Chapter. He is an active supporter of entrepreneurship development in India as a TiE Charter and policy development as past Chair of IVCA's VC Council.
He is the co-author of Make Your Own Luck, an Amazon bestseller, that encourages people with startups, careers and life.
He studied Political Science and Economics at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and has done his MBA from Columbia Business School, New York.
Rehan lives with his family in Mumbai. Together they enjoy cooking, hiking, running, swimming, friends & family gatherings and arts & culture.
Girish Malhotra brings 35+ years of experience in banking and financial services, including a 16-year stint with Citibank in India and leadership roles abroad in Vietnam and Dubai. Currently, he heads the New Economy Group at IDFC FIRST Bank, strategically empowering the startup, VC, and PE ecosystem.
Nikhil Chandak is the Chief Investment Officer of the Shanghvi Family Office (Sun Pharma Group) and has over 27 years of experience in M&A, Equity Markets, and Investing. Prior to heading the Shanghvi Family Office, he was Managing Director and Head of Investments at the Kampani Family Office (JM Financial Group). He has also worked with organisations such as Arthur Andersen, Ernst & Young, Kotak Investment Banking, and the family office of the Dubai-based Landmark Group. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
Jai is a man who wears many hats. As the Head of the Dinesh Hinduja Family Office (DHFO), he oversees investments across all asset classes for the group: real estate, equities, bonds, structured products, private equity, and venture capital. Mr. Rupani led the real estate development efforts at Gokaldas Lifestyle, a group company of DHFO, for several years before taking the helm at the family office.
Before joining the Gokaldas Group, Mr. Rupani was part of the investment team at True North (erstwhile India Value Fund), a USD 2.2 billion private equity fund in Mumbai. During his tenure at True North, Jai led the investments into Merucabs (one of India’s first taxi-aggregation companies) and ACT Broadband (a leading IPTV and broadband service provider). Prior to True North, Mr. Rupani was an investment banker with The Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets Group in their San Francisco office for several years. At RBC Capital Markets, Jai was integral to the technology investment banking team managing IPOs, private placements, and M&A deals. He has completed his formal education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (BBA) and the University of Texas at Austin (MBA) in the United States. In his free time, he enjoys mentoring start-ups, playing golf, and spending time with his family.
Harsh Kr Dhanuka is the Chief Investment Office at SAR Group Family Office (Single Family Office of founders of Luminous, Livpure, Livguard, Lectrix). An accomplished financial Services professional with deep expertise and leadership experience in Family Office environment and the Investment management space. He leads the Investment Strategy and is responsible for setting up and managing the people, processes, policies, succession and estate planning for the Single-Family Office.
His investment expertise spans a broad array of asset classes and markets (domestic and global), giving him years of rich experience and an extensive network. He has more than a decade of experience of cross-functional leadership across Foreign Private Bank, Corporate treasury team of a large Indian MNC and an Institutional Single-Family Office. Harsh has worked closely with Ultra High Net worth Families, Corporate Treasuries, and highly placed professionals and entrepreneurs.
Harsh holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from St Xavier’s College, Kolkata & is a qualified Chartered Accountant & Company Secretary.
Harsh’s interests and expertise lie in dealing with complex structural issues (working on designing and implementing solutions for global wealth preservation and transmission) and also in implementing portfolio risk-reward optimization techniques (in theory as well as in practice).
Anand currently heads the family office of the promoters of Sattva Group, one of India’s largest real estate conglomerates headquartered in Bengaluru. He was previously part of the early core team at Sharrp Ventures, the private investment office of the Harsh Mariwala family, where he focused primarily on consumer-sector investments.
Prior to specializing in family office investing, Anand held investing roles across private equity and venture capital with Incofin Investment Management, GVFL, and Axilor Ventures. Earlier in his career, he worked as an Audit Associate at boutique accounting advisory firms and subsequently as a Team Leader on the Financial Markets desk at Standard Chartered Group India, where he was responsible for performance strategy analysis and reporting to senior group management.
Anand holds an MS in Applied Finance from Singapore Management University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Loyola College, and is a Chartered Accountant certified by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
Ankur leads Seed to Series C investments at the Patni Family Office, where he invests across sectors and also works actively with the portfolio companies. He is an alumnus of IIM Indore and a CFA charter holder. He comes with a decade of experience in the investments space, having earlier worked at the Aditya Birla Group and a VC fund Tomorrow Capital.
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from CFA Institute USA and Masters in Finance with close to 2 decades of hands on Investments experience for Family Office and LP's across Alternatives (Real Estate), Equities (Private & Public) and Structured Debt
-Seasoned Investment Professional with end-to-end experience across Investment life cycle – asset allocation, evaluation and finalising transactions as well as monitoring and exiting at appropriate time.
-The family office’s investments are across various asset classes and investment types in both private and public markets as well as other alternative investments. Strategic guidance for family office investments in operating companies in D2C space for The Brooklyn Creamery, Zaffran amongst others.
-Prior experience includes leadership positions at organisations such as K Raheja Corp, Colliers International, Cube Capital Consultancy, Citigroup.
Joy Bhakat is Co-Founder and Head of Investments at Steadview. Since 2011, he has shaped Steadview’s approach in India working closely with founders and is on several private company boards.Under Joy’s leadership, Steadview has established itself as one of the largest and most respected venture investors in India.
Steadview has a 16-year track record managing ₹22,000 Cr of AUM across public and private markets, with offices in Mumbai, San Francisco, New York, and London. The firm is backed by leading global institutional investors, including university endowments, pension funds and family offices. Steadview has deployed ?8,500 Cr since 2014 across 50+ private investments, delivering 20 exits, including 16 IPOs. The India venture portfolio includes Zomato, Lenskart, Nykaa, PolicyBazaar, INDmoney, Urban Company, Flipkart (exited) and Freshworks (exited) among others. Steadview was one of the earliest tech investors in India and has played a formative role in the country’s venture ecosystem.
Before Steadview, Joy gained equity research experience at Edelweiss and Credit Suisse.
He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and a B.Tech. from the International Institute of
Information Technology, Hyderabad.
Saurabh Chatterjee is a Managing Director at ChrysCapital where he manages the Fundraising and LP Relations functions, and is also a voting member of the firm’s investment committee. Prior to joining ChrysCapital in 2016, he was with Providence Equity Partners’ investment team in their New Delhi Office. Before Providence, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group and CIVC Partners, a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm. Saurabh received an MBA from Kellogg School of Management and a BA in Economics from Carleton College.
Imran is a Managing Partner at Gaja Capital. He is responsible for investing activities, operations and team development.
At Gaja Capital, Imran leads investments in the Education, Software and Consumer clusters. He has been closely involved with Gaja Capital’s investments in Amber Student (Global marketplace for student accommodation), Signzy (SaaS platform for BFSI), LeadSquared (Sales automation SaaS platform), Ei (B2B Learning Software), Sportz Village (Youth Sports), Lighthouse Learning (Pre-K and K-12), John Distilleries (AlcoBev) and CL Educate (Supplemental Education).
He holds a Master’s of science degree in software engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan and has completed a post-graduate diploma in management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Karnataka. He has over 26 years of experience in various industries which includes 20 years of experience in private equity.
Norbert is one of the most experienced secondary investment specialists in India. He is a General Partner at Kenro Capital, a growth-stage focused Secondaries fund investing in India and Southeast Asia.
Having led TR Capital’s India investments from 2017 till recently, he has closed several noteworthy secondary transactions in India, and is also a founding member of the IVCA Secondaries Special Interest Group. Norbert started his investing career with Temasek and then went on to co-found IvyCap Ventures, creating a strong track record of returns. His work has won industry recognition, including from PEI and IAAIF. Norbert holds an undergraduate degree from IIT Kanpur and a management degree from IIM Calcutta.
Peter Hughes founded Apex Group in 2003 with a vision to create a business that could offer an end-to-end service to clients, delivered by local experts on a global scale. Through this vision, Apex Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry by evolving its capabilities and delivering a unique single-source solution to asset managers, allocators, family offices and financial institutions which supports the entire value chain across the financial services ecosystem. The Group harnesses leading innovative and transformative technology and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a highly integrated global team of 13,000 people across 50 countries. Peter’s desire to drive positive change extends beyond asset servicing. In 2022, he provided a cornerstone donation to the Apex Foundation, a not-for-profit entity, which supports the environment and climate change; women’s empowerment and economic independence; and education and social mobility.
Dushyant is Managing Director at Playbook Partners, an operator-driven growth capital fund investing in digital India.
He has over 25 years experience in consulting, private equity and technology, including executive and leadership roles at McKinsey, Deloitte, PwC and IBM. Along the way he has advised on nearly $4 billion in PE and M&A deals across diverse sectors, and advised Indian and global MNCs on profit improvement, M&A value creation, organisation development, and performance management.
Dushyant has an MBA from IIM Calcutta and a B.Com from Sydenham College, Mumbai.
Rohit Bhayana is a seasoned entrepreneur, private markets leader, and startup mentor with over 25 years of experience spanning venture capital, private equity, and corporate leadership.
As Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Oister Global, India’s premier alternative assets manager, Rohit is at the forefront of building the country’s alternative investment ecosystem. At Oister, he drives the firm’s mission to enable sophisticated capital to participate in top-tier funds and differentiated secondary opportunities in latestage, high-growth businesses, ensuring India’s breakout ventures are not only built here but also backed here. Under his leadership, Oister is shaping how India’s smartest capital powers the next decade of innovation and ownership.
Rohit is also the Co-Founder of Lumis Partners, an operating investment firm dedicated to unlocking value in fragmented value chains and building sustainable businesses. His career reflects a consistent focus on creating impact while delivering strong returns, a philosophy he describes as “returns with impact.”
Before stepping into the world of private markets, Rohit spent eight transformative years at General Electric (GE), where he served as CEO of GE Software Solutions and Senior Director of Global Outsourcing. At GE, he played a pivotal role in driving global growth, operational excellence, and innovation.
Widely recognized as a thought leader in the investment and startup ecosystem, Rohit has served as the Chair of the Startup Council at ASSOCHAM, where he advocated for policy reforms to strengthen India’s entrepreneurial landscape. Beyond institutional investing, he is deeply committed to mentoring founders and advising startups on scaling sustainably and navigating private markets with clarity.
Rohit holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Delhi University and a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics.
Srikanth is a Founder and Managing Partner at Pavestone with more than 25 years of experience in leading strategic growth and scaling in Global and Indian B2B Outsourcing, influencing and managing P&L and driving industry-leading product-led and pure-play service delivery models in Accenture, Infosys BPO, HP, Williams Lea and CAMS.
He has over 12 of experience in financial services in India including the last 5 years in Venture Capital through Pavestone. In support of startups and their growth journey, he brings to bear his significant exposure to international consultative sales, complex migrations, change management, operations management, process transformation, business technology and product transformation.
Prior to setting up Pavestone, he was the COO of CAMS and part of the KMP team that led CAMS to a pathbreaking IPO in 2020. At CAMS, he led the creation and transformation of several products for Distributors and Investors including the digitalization of SIPs and loans against MFs, which have since become the most successful investment vehicles for investors. He was part of working committees for Mutual Funds at SEBI. He has closely worked with the industry, and the regulator on improving ease of access and business for Mutual Fund investors.
His engagement with startups started at CAMS where he worked with several Fintech firms enabling them with access to MF capabilities and then deepened in the last 5 years through managing Pavestone Technology Fund.
Amit Goenka is the Founder and Chairman of Nisus Finance Services Co Limited (NiFCO), a premier alternative asset manager and lender with current AUM of nearly USD 2 billion across India and Middle East. Under his leadership, Nisus Finance got listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange as the first public listed fund manager in India. He has successfully invested, managed and exited over USD 700 million in real estate structured credit investments.
Amit has managed transactions and assets of over USD 16 billion spread over Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa spread over hospitality, manufacturing, real estate, automotive and other sectors.
He was the Founder MD & CEO of Essel Finance, part of the USD 7 Billion ZEE Media Group. With over 25 years of top tier experience, Amit has created a niche for himself as a lending expert on real estate and investment, infrastructure, financial services, investment banking, strategy, private equity and asset management.
Amit is one of the foremost thought leaders across India & Middle East on real estate & urban infrastructure known for his views on the developments in affordable housing, taxation, regulatory, statutory and structural developments in affordable housing, taxation, regulatory, statutory, and structural frameworks. He is a leading expert voice across electronic, print and digital media including CNBC, ZEE Business Economic Times, Mint, VCCircle, Money Control, Bloomberg, Gulf News, Khaleej Times, Gulf Business and Al Khaleej.
He has chaired conferences in association with NAREDCO, PwC, FICCI, IMC and APREA, GRI on subjects like Banking, Private Equity, REITs, Union Budget, RERA etc.
Amit established his family office with USD 1.5 billion corpus to focus on social impact, education, sustainable technologies amongst others.
He holds a BE Mumbai, MBA (Texas A&M, USA), Certified in Corporate Finance/Masters in Financial Management (USA) and MRICS (UK), CCF (USA).
Vikas leads the Client Advisory team at Multi-Act, bringing over two decades of experience across equity research, capital markets, and portfolio advisory services. He works closely with high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional clients.
Over the past decade, he has played a key role in strengthening Multi-Act’s advisory desk, building a comprehensive review repository of over 1,000 securities spanning equities, mutual funds, PMS/AIFs, private and global investments, and precious metals.
He currently leads a team of eight professionals, including CAs, CFAs, and MBAs, delivering independent, high-integrity advisory and capital market consulting services.
Vikas’ investment approach reflects a preference for high-quality businesses, strong corporate governance, and a margin of safety. His approach is guided by Multi-Act’s proprietary RA/RI framework, with advisory mandates designed to generate superior risk-adjusted returns across Indian and global markets while maintaining a sharp focus on capital preservation.
He has been with Multi-Act since 2003, the same year he qualified as a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
Mr. Manish Agarwal is Associate Principal - Investments & Strategy at HDFC Capital Advisors Ltd (HCAL).
With more than 18 years of diversified experience across real estate investing and cross-border M&A, he brings deep expertise in capital formation, investment strategy, and portfolio value creation. His real estate work spans the full investment lifecycle, including fund-raising, deal origination, structuring, equity and credit deployment, and asset management. Earlier in his career, he held roles at leading global investment banks, advising companies on private equity capital raising and complex cross-border transactions. Since 2018, he has been part of HDFC Capital, where he leads fund-raising efforts, spearheads real estate and technology investments, and drives critical strategic initiatives for the platform.
Mr. Anoop Tulsyan has a wealth of experience spanning more than 20 years in the financial services industry. He is thorough professional with a diverse background in the areas of Accounts & Finance. Prior to joining Ashok Goel Family Office as the Group Chief Financial Officer, Mr.Tulsyan has held positions at AION Capital Partners, a private equity funds managed jointly by ICICI Venture and Apollo USA, and at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited. He has made significant contributions to the growth of these organizations during his tenure, and has gain extensive experience in portfolio monitoring, financial advisory, equity research, financial analysis and taxation. He has also worked in the private equity fund industry for over 10 years.
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