Speakers

At SYNC, our speakers go beyond sharing ideas—they deliver real-world case studies and actionable insights to help you lead your industry.

From proven strategies to practical tools, our lineup of innovators and disruptors equips you with the knowledge to tackle today’s challenges and shape tomorrow’s success.

Bengaluru Edition - Speakers

Prasanna Kumar

AXIO

Chief Credit Officer

With deep expertise in credit strategy, risk analytics, and portfolio management, Prasanna plays a key role in driving responsible lending and financial inclusion. His insights shape Axio’s approach to balancing growth with prudent risk management.

Vamsi Krishna Ithamraju

Axis Mutual Fund

Chief Technology Officer

Vamsi has led large-scale digital, cloud, and core banking transformations across BFSI, GCCs, and retail sectors worldwide. A CIO100 award winner, he specializes in IT strategy, fintech innovation, and cloud architecture.

Sekhar Rao

ASHIELD

Founder & CEO

Ashwin Raguraman

Bharat Innovation Fund

Co-Founder & Partner

Ashwin is a co-founder and Partner at the Bharat Innovation Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund which invests in pre-series A to Series B rounds of world class deeptech startups originating out of India.

Ankur Dubey

Capria Ventures

Principal

Ankur drives growth for portfolio companies and fundraising in India. With over a decade in venture investing and operations across tech, healthcare, and consumer sectors,his investments include two unicorns, and several backed companies have raised $50M+. He holds degrees from BIT and IIM Raipur.

Anis Pathan

Chaitanya India Fin Credit Pvt Ltd

Chief Risk Officer

An accomplished Chief Risk Officer and ERM expert, Anis holds a Mechanical Engineering degree, an MBA in Finance, and certifications like FRM and CISA. With extensive experience in risk management and cybersecurity, he has led risk functions at Chaitanya Microfinance and NSDL Payments Bank, specializing in risk capital, cybersecurity, and fraud prevention.

Rajesh Fondekar

Comviva

Group VP & Head of Product Management, Digital Financial Business

Yashoraj Tyagi

CASHe

Chief Executive Officer

Yashoraj serves as the Chief Executive Officer at CASHe. With his exceptional leadership skills and technological expertise, Yashoraj plays a vital role in driving the company's growth and success. As the CEO, Yashoraj leads the multi-function executive team, orchestrating a unified strategy across all facets of the organization.

Harish Shashidhar

DBS Bank India

Executive Director, Consumer Banking Group

Harish is a finance and technology leader with 19+ years of experience driving digital transformation globally. A founding member of digibank by DBS, he has led FX derivatives transformation, SME lending digitization, and fintech ecosystem development, scaling digital financial services and partnerships.

Yuvraj Agawani

FINB

Co-Founder & CEO

Pratekk Agarwaal

GrowthCap Ventures

Founder & General Partner

Pratekk Agarwaal, an accomplished entrepreneur, start-up advisor, and early-stage investor with a proven track record of success. With his extensive experience in building organizations at scale, including at Bajaj Finserv, Fullerton, IndoStar Capital, and ftcash, Pratekk has become a sought-after Operator VC in the startup ecosystem.

Jay Dembani

Hyperverge

Head of Product

Jay Dembani is a Fintech Business Leader with 18+ years of experience in building and scaling B2B SaaS platforms across global markets. As a Fintech Business Leader, he has championed product innovation, regulatory tech, and platform growth across US, Europe & Asian Markets.

Paritosh Desai

IDfy

Chief Product Officer

Paritosh has over 20 years of experience leading product management function across the globe. He started his career in consulting – building tech strategies and implementing multi-year transformation projects across multiple industry segments – Telecom, Retail, Insurance and Financial Services with clients like Goldman Sachs, Allstate, Transworld, AXA, Alltel etc.

Bruce Keith

InvestorAi

CEO & Co-Founder

Bruce is the CEO and a co-founder of InvestorAi. He brings in 34 years of fund and investments management experience. He has worked with Akshaya in many different roles over the previous 15 years, most recently as the CEO of InfraHedge, which they co-founded. He built the company to be the market leader and a Porter Prize winner.

Pinaki Mishra

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Vice President of Products

Pinaki Mishra is a seasoned product leader specializing in building credit and wealth management ecosystems. With deep expertise in digital and data-led transformations, he is currently driving ecosystem externalization and unified desktop strategies in commercial banking at a top global financial institution.

Somu Vadali

JIO PLATFORMS LTD

Chief Product Officer

Neha Shivran

Kissht

Co-Founder | Chief Data and Growth Officer

At Kissht, Neha leads the data science practice. She is responsible for conceptualizing and productionizing the machine learning models across the organization. She also oversees growth, data management, creating data strategy, and improving data quality to extract valuable and relevant insights, leveraging data analytics and business intelligence.

Solomon Ashok

KAZH Fintech

Founder

Rohan Padhi

KPMG

Partner, National Co-Lead, Digital Risk and Cloud Security

Sanjay Aggarwal

Moneyview

Co-Founder

Sanjay Aggarwal is the Director and Co-founder of Moneyview. Sanjay comes with over two decades of experience in the technology domain. In his illustrious career, he has worked with several IT companies, including Infosys, to help scale their engineering and technology. He worked at Yahoo before launching his first venture, Mingle Box, an ed-tech platform, and later co-founded Moneyview with Puneet Agarwal.

Aman Nurullah

PayPal

Director - Global Credit Risk

Anit Shanker

PwC India

Partner- Financial Services, Markets

Anit is a performance-driven and entrepreneurial professional with over 22 years of experience in both enterprise and public sector business. Currently serving as a Partner – Market Maker for Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) & Global Captives at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

S Anand

PaySprint

Founder

S. Anand is a visionary entrepreneur and a senior techno functional professional with over 20 years of diverse experience, driving innovation in the FinTech industry as the Founder & CEO of PaySprint, a leading Banking FinTech Infratech Company.

Venkata Ramana Ratnakaram

Spandana Sphoorty Financial Limited

Chief Information Security Officer

As CISO at Spandana Sphoorty, Venkata leads information security, ensuring compliance with ISO 27001, RBI, and other standards. His expertise spans cyber risk, fraud prevention, and identity management. With 25+ years in IT and InfoSec, he leverages AI, ML, and analytics to enhance security, drive innovation, and optimize operations.

Krithika Muthukrishnan

SCRIPBOX

Chief Data Scientist

Vinod G

South Indian Bank Ltd

Head - Data Science & Analytics

Vinod G is a seasoned strategic leader with over 30 years of experience in Data Science, Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Risk Management. He currently leads Data Science and Analytics at South Indian Bank and has previously held key roles at Tata Motors Finance, ICICI Bank, IDBI, and United India Insurance.

Madhu Srinivas

Signzy

Chief Risk and Compliance Officer

Madhu Srinivas is the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Signzy. Before joining Signzy, Mr. Srinivas built his own risk management company—Difenz, and has headed risk and compliance for many organisations such as HDFC, Ezetap, Instamojo, and more.

Harsh Mittal

Spice Money

Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO) | Head of SpicePay

Rupa Rajamani

TATA DIGITAL

Head of Growth - Financial Services

Madana Gopalaswamy Gopineedi

The Adarsh Cooperative Urban Bank Ltd.

Chairman

Madana is a management professional with a demonstrated history of working in the finance and banking industry. He is currently working as a managing director at a cooperative bank.

Meghha P Kukreja

Transunion

Sr. Director- Product Management, Fraud Prevention

Meghha is a fintech veteran and Fraud Prevention Global Product Head at TransUnion. With two decades of hands-on experience across 8 countries, she blends practitioner expertise and coaching insights to transform fintech challenges into unique 'Purple Cow opportunities.

Rajaram Manian B

Tyger Capital
( Formerly Adani Capital)

Chief Risk Officer

Rajaram Manian B is a seasoned financial leader with extensive experience in risk and credit management. He has held key roles, including Chief Risk Officer at Adani Capital, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at Motilal Oswal, and leadership positions at IDFC Bank, Reliance Capital, ING Vysya, GE Capital, and ICICI Bank.

Anupam Bagchi

Upswing

Co-Founder

Abhijit Ray

UC Inclusive Credit

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Abhijit has over 27 years of diverse experience in development finance, commercial banking, and microfinance. At Unitus Capital, Abhijit played a key role in developing and building the firm’s business, particularly in the financial inclusion sector.

Timmana Gouda D

WhatsLoan

Founder & CEO

Anish Patil

Z47

Vice President

Anish strongly believes in India's growth story and sees tech-driven business models as key drivers of GDP acceleration. He is passionate about collaborating with founders who tackle complex, long-standing challenges with innovative, India-focused solutions, helping shape the future of the country’s economic and technological landscape.

Prabhakar Tiwari

FinTech Growth Specialist

Angel Investor

An IIM Bangalore Marketing Gold Medalist, Prabhakar is a dynamic FinTech CXO with 21 years of experience in scaling technology and consumer goods businesses. A strategic leader passionate about fintech innovation and CX, he drives growth through clarity, innovation, and execution. Actively engaged in industry forums, he mentors future leaders.