A B Chakravarthy is a seasoned impact investment professional with over a decade of experience in technologies for emerging markets. In his roles at Agri Newgen Ventures, Menterra & Villgro, he has worked with many early-stage enterprises across AgriTech, CleanTech, EdTech, HealthTech, among others and has played a key role in growing their business and raising follow-on capital. He has served as non-executive director on the board of various companies and advisor to several others, shaping their growth strategy and corporate governance.

Ankita is an experienced venture capital investor and entrepreneur. She is passionate about entrepreneurship and has worked with startups with a vision to scale across markets. She founded Saha Fund, India's first venture capital fund to invest and promote women entrepreneurship in technology. She is currently working on promoting women’s participation in the economy through value investing and is also interested in  supporting companies which are working towards women’s wellness and mental health space.

Archana has over 13 years of experience across management consulting, social development, and impact investing. She works to explore the cusp of private sector innovation and social impact for the foundation’s programs through strategic investments in innovative technology-enabled companies. Before joining the Strategic Investment Fund team, she worked across several of the foundation’s programs in India. Prior to joining the foundation, she spent six years at KPMG, advising CXOs of multinational corporation clients in India.

Dheeraj has over a decade of experience in the banking sector. Dheeraj is presently taking care of Rural and Development Banking at Rabobank. Prior to Rabobank, Dheeraj has worked with SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd., Induslnd Bank, Citibank and ICICI bank.

Ananya Finance is an NBFC that provides lending support to a large section of microfinance institutions (MFIs) and grass-root entities. Gaurav is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience in banking, finance and a clean-tech start-up entrepreneurial venture. He presently works in the capacity of Managing Director at Ananya Finance.

Gouri Shankar has experience of working in the financial services industry, with institutions on repute. His expertise lies in portfolio building & management, fundraising, compliance, inclusive credit, and commercial banking. At present, he is the Managing Director at Maanaveeya Development and Finance. Maanaveeya is an Indian subsidiary of Oikocredit, that provides loans to stimulate sustainable development.

Hari Rajagopal is a banker by profession and has a rich experience of 12+ years. He heads Capital Markets & Strategic Initiatives vertical at Samunnati and is responsible for developing access to different types of capital markets for customers in agri value chains, raising funding resources as well as developing strategic partnerships with other like-minded agencies. Prior to Samunnati, Hari had a long stint with Rabobank, the Dutch food & agribusiness bank in various capacities in corporate banking and microfinance.

Karan works with the Materials Programme at Laudes Foundation, where he focuses on supporting and driving a transformation towards sustainability in the global material mix of the textile & apparel industry. His experience spans multiple sectors including agriculture and fashion; and his expertise lies at the intersections of sustainability, technology, and innovation for social and environmental good. He is also a member of the Mumbai hub of the Global Shapers Community (World Economic Forum initiative).

Karthik actively works to improve the clean technology entrepreneurial ecosystem for India. He started his investment journey with TVS Capital Funds, then at Ventureast and finally Acumen, an impact investment fund, before starting Sangam. He started Sangam to find a new model to provide early-stage support for climate change pioneers. He is also the Chairman of AIC-Sangam Innovation Foundation, India’s first dedicated Cleantech Incubator set up in partnership with the Government of India’s Niti Aayog.

K. P. Philip has been associated with Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) for more than 2 decades and has rich experience in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency. At IREDA, his primary responsibility is to carry out diligence of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects for project financing. He has also handled several capacity-building activities under Technical Assistance extended by various multilateral and bilateral agencies as accompanying measures to their main lines of credit to IREDA.

Mr. Pariphan Uawithya leads the Power & Climate’s initiative in Asia aimed at expanding clean energy infrastructures to drive economic and social development in underserved, low-income communities. In India, he manages a growing portfolio of investments in power companies that plan to build more than 10,000 mini grids. Separately in Myanmar, he leads Smart Power Myanmar, an entity dedicated to support the acceleration of last-mile electrification for 10 million people.

Rama presently serves on the boards of two companies as an independent director and also teaches social entrepreneurship. She has been a coach and mentor for over a decade. She has over 20 years of experience in strategy and marketing and has worked in Corporate and Development sectors in the Asia Pacific region. She has served as a mentor for Afghan civil servants through the UN for ten years.

Ratna heads the Wadhwani Catalyst Fund which invests in high quality entrepreneurs with scalable business models and programs, with the overall objective of accelerating economic development by creating livelihoods / jobs. She is a private equity investor with 20 years of experience across growth/ buyout and early investing, consulting and banking. Prior to joining the Catalyst Fund, she has worked with BCG, Everstone Capital, JP Morgan and Arthur Andersen. Ratna is a rank holder CAand has completed all levels of the CFA program.

Smita leads the Clean Energy and Climate Action Portfolios at Social Alpha. She has been engaged with the global energy access ecosystem for more than 12 years, contributing across a wide spectrum of interventions in public, private and development sectors. Passionate about catalysing large-scale yet inclusive social change through responsible investments and honest engagement with the primary stakeholders, she is a believer in market-based solutions and a strong advocate of better-contextualized solutions.

Sreejith has over 15 years of diversified professional experience in start-up funding, early-stage incubation, social entrepreneurship and MSME and SME financing. He is currently Head, Cluster Development, Livelihoods at Svakarma Finance and also a Director at ROPE Enterprises. Prior to this he was India Director at Upaya Social Ventures. Before Upaya, he was Co-founder and Managing Director of ROPE Enterprise

Sunanda has over 13 years of diversified professional experience spanning impact investing, economic development, and investment banking. Currently, she leads the Agriculture Practice for Acumen Fund in India focusing on sourcing, screening and closing high impact investments, developing strategic partnerships with key stakeholders and ecosystem players, and driving thought leadership to amplify Acumen's work in the sector. Prior to Acumen, she worked with TechnoServe India leading projects that focus on design and implementation of business-oriented strategies for poverty alleviation

Sushant is currently with Caspian Debt, where he leads the deal origination and portfolio strategy for South India. He helps high impact enterprises access customized debt capital, and manages the portfolio of enterprises building sustainable businesses in sectors like Healthcare, Education and CleanTech. He started his professional journey in 2010, and worked for initial 4 years in operations and technology roles. He is always on the lookout for partnerships with entrepreneurs, ventures, investors and incubators that can support growth of the Indian Venture Ecosystem.

Tanya supports the growth of Shell Foundation's India partners and portfolio and has been leading their gender inclusion work in India for the past 2 years. Shell Foundation supports scalable business solutions creating impact in the access to energy and sustainable mobility sectors across India and Africa. Before joining Shell Foundation, she spent almost three years working in diverse commercial and technical roles within Shell Group.