Ms. Dawra is a 1991 Batch IAS officer from Andhra Pradesh Cadre. Currently serving the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, as Special Secretary, (Secretary equivalent), in Logistics division of DPIIT, she is in charge of implementation of Prime Minister’s flagship programme – PM GatiShakti National Master Plan.  

Earlier, from 1993-2008, she served in districts of the State of Andhra Pradesh in development and welfare programmes and later at the state level in various positions.  

Thereafter she was posted in the Ministry of Finance in GoI and subsequently at the Indian Mission in Beijing, PRC, as Head of the Economic Wing from 2011-2014.  

Upon completion of her tenure, she served as Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, and later as Principal Secretary, Department of Transport, Road & Building, from 2014-2017, in the state of Andhra Pradesh.  

While on deputation at the UNICEF, India, from 2017-2019, she handled several governance projects for India. 

Ms. Dawra holds Masters and M.Phil degrees in Economics, and two Master’s degree in Business Management and Public Policy, respectively. 

Currently she is serving on the Board of several public sector undertakings and investment firms.  

She has several publications including two books on public policy at National and international level. 

Abhijit Sengupta is the Director and Head of Sales, Southeast Asia for HERE Technologies. Abhijit brings over 20 years of experience in Sales and Business Development, Product Management, Product Operations, Sales and driving Customer Successes in Location Content and Telecommunication in B2B and B2C segments with market leading organizations. 

 Abhijit has extensive experience in working in startup phase in the Indian Telecom sector and has led some "first to the industry" and "first to the market" product launches. During last 11 years with HERE Technologies, in past Abhijit led Product Management and Product Operations to launch map and content in high growth SEA markets and India. Having worked with many key customers in the region, Abhijit has led thought leadership in defining the product and content strategy for SEA and India. 

 As the world is gearing to handle more and more data in the connected environment, Location context is going to be the key to usher the Autonomous World.  

Ashwani Bhargava is Senior Director of Supply Chain Management for Boeing in India. Based in Bengaluru, he is responsible for managing supply chain activities for in-country Enterprise requirements (Boeing Commercial, Defense and Global Services). Ashwani leads a multi-functional team that includes Global Field Operations, Supplier Development & Diversity, BDS/BDI//BGS Sustainment Supply Chain, India Procurement COE and Logistics. India Supply Chain capabilities are closely aligned with all elements of SCOR.

Prior to joining Boeing, Ashwani held key leadership roles at GE in Supply Chain, Program Management and Quality in support of various GE units including GE Power, Oil & Gas and Transportation. His responsibilities covered international regions such as Asia, Europe and Africa. In his last role at GE, Ashwani was the Sourcing leader for GE Transportation and based in South Africa, where he managed the supply chain of a $700M locomotive tender.

Ashwani began his career with Larsen & Toubro in Mumbai where he held positions of increasing responsibility in Manufacturing and Production Planning.

Ashwani holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and a Masters in Finance Management from NMIMS, Mumbai and he is currently a member of AMCHAM Manufacturing Committee in India.

Ashwani has represented his school in Table Tennis and Badminton. He loves watching movies and also enjoys spending time with his wife (Sangeeta) and son (Aryan).

Christian Hausherr is the European Product Head of Supply Chain Finance for Deutsche Bank’s Payables Finance solution, bringing to the role over 20 years of experience in Banking, In-house Consulting and Product Management for Cash Management and Supply Chain Finance. Christian spent his career within Deutsche Bank in various divisions and regions, mostly spanning across Europe and the Transaction Banking business. He holds a diploma in business administration from the University of Bayreuth and has worked in Germany, The Netherlands, Great Britain, Spain, the US, as well as in India and Uganda on Corporate Social Responsibility assignments in the financial and educational sector. Christian contributed to the Standard Definitions for techniques of Supply Chain Finance and authored the open account section of the Wolfsberg Trade Finance Principles. He also acts as the chair of the Global Supply Chain Finance Forum (http://supplychainfinanceforum.org/) and as a technical advisor for the Supply Chain Finance section of the ICC Trade Register. 

As the Head of Integrated Supply Chain Management at Bajaj Electricals Limited, Deepak Sharma is a seasoned leader with over 25 years of experience in the industry. At Bajaj Electricals, he is responsible for driving strategic initiatives, streamlining the existing frameworks & processes, building cost & operational efficiencies in the business. Under his leadership, the company has integrated the supply chain, new product development, logistics and manufacturing functions, paving the way for making this a #DecadeOfBajajElectricals. With a career spanning across multi-national companies such as General Electric, Schneider Electric and Vedanta Group, he is known for his ability to drive transformational projects and implement competitive strategic initiatives to enable growth, improve profitability, and increase value to customers.  He has also piloted to success various digitalization and sustainability initiatives in multi-country supply chain organizations. 

Deepak lays a strong focus on people, partner (suppliers and vendors), process, profitability, planet, and customer. As a leader, Deepak believes in the mantra of ”Failure is not a crime, but dreaming low is’’ and encourages Unconstrained thinking. He continually inspires his teams to follow this to create value for the organisation while affirming focus on the customer and environment. He also believes in giving back to the community and is actively involved with NGOs for participating and driving welfare initiatives for the underprivileged. 

Deepak has won multiple awards - “Most Influential Digitalist Thought Leader for Supply Chain & Business Network”, “Transformation Leader in Sustainability & Supply Chain Visionary of the Year”, “Outstanding Supply Chain Leader for Consumer durables”, amongst many others. He holds a degree in engineering, as well as global management programs in leadership and management excellence from prestigious institutions like Harvard Business School and Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore). In his free time, he enjoys following various sports, exploring culture through travel, and spending quality time with his family.  

Dipali Goenka is the CEO and MD of Welspun India Limited (WIL), one of country’s largest home textiles exporter.

Her focus on integrating Sustainability in the business processes has made the company one of the Sustainability leaders in the textile industry. The company scored an overall score of 59 received an overall score of 59 which is a significant improvement of 23% over last year’s score of 48. Under her leadership, Welspun India’s Sustainability Case Study’ is now a part of curriculum across global Universities. She has taken path breaking initiatives in the areas of Energy transition, circularity, women empowerment & governance.

With her innovative ideas, Dipali revolutionized the Indian textile industry that was previously dominated by men. Her creative suggestions for utilizing innovation and digitization to change conventional manufacturing processes have been highly accepted at the World Economic Forum (Davos) for a number of years. With a strong belief of how educating women has a direct impact on the upliftment of the community, Dipali has been transforming lives and continues to dedicate efforts to this aspect. To Dipali’s credit, Welspun’s workforce now comprises of close to 30% women, stellar growth from a mere 7%, just a decade ago.

Dipali has been a pioneer in her progressive and reforming approach. By successfully growing internationally recognized brands like Christy and Martha, her domestic brand, Spaces also thrived marvelously. She has been recently conferred as the Most Powerful Women in Business by Business Today and Most Influential Women in India by Business World in 2022 and 23. She has been also recognized as 16th Most Powerful Woman in Asia and 4th in India by Forbes in 2016.

Dipali Goenka is an alumna of Harvard University and majored in OPM Psychology.

Mr. Matteo Boddi is the Head of Supply Chain at Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd and leads the entire value chain of sales planning, execution, inbound logistics, purchasing, and distribution for both domestic and export products.

He has been key to ensuring the seamless integration of all internal stakeholders of the business resulting in high product quality at the most competitive costs. He also greatly supports the R&D function for new product development with an aim of continuous product improvement along the supply chain.

Matteo started his career in 2007 with Piaggio group and in 2010 was appointed as the Purchasing Manager – Global Sourcing in China and Taiwan. In 2015 he joined Piaggio Vietnam Co. as the Head of Asia Pacific Purchasing. Since 2018, Matteo is leading the project of Piaggio Np6, a brand new 4W Commercial Vehicle in cooperation with Foton Motor Group focusing on the new mobility and EV application of Piaggio Group.

Matteo Boddi has graduated in Managerial Engineering from the University of Pisa and holds a Master’s degree in Business Community Management.

Puneet Agarwal is an ISB graduate and president at CJ Darcl Logistics Ltd., one of the leading logistics companies.  Having 25+ years of experience in the field of technology, he’s also a 2nd generation leading entrepreneur, playing an instrumental role in saving over 400 cr in freight costs for his customers with over 20,000 cr freight speed. He developed the "DSAO Framework," which has completely transformed and revolutionized logistical operations. He is also the author of the popular book "Take Control of Your Logistics." 

Puneet is a firm believer that technology has the power to make people’s lives better. The keen areas that charge him up are the latest innovations and developments in technology. He’s also an angel investor in the social networking, ed-tech, and logistical technology sectors. 

In his little off time from work, he takes pleasure in playing games like squash and poker and watching Netflix. 

Shridhar Kulkarni is currently based out of Gurgaon and works for Perfetti Van Melle, one of world’s largest confectionary companies as Director Operations. In a career spanning over three decades, he has assayed multiples roles in diverse industries Petrochemicals, Glass, Food & Beverages and now confectionary, both in India and outside the country.  

He is an industry Leader with multi-country experience in Source, Make and Move aspects of Supply Chain and believes in crafting strategy, building human capital structure & delivering mission critical results. He is passionate about transformation both culture and technology…with the aim of delivering sustained excellence. He has delivered multiple projects in Digital Transformation, Go-To-Market Transformation, Operational Excellence, Lean Six Sigma & Productivity, Water Stewardship & Environment Sustainability.  

Venkat Venepally is Vice President – Integrated Supply Chain at Mondelez India and is responsible for leading the end-to-end supply chain in this dynamic and emerging market. Venkat is a part of the India BU Leadership team and Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) ISC (Integrated Supply Chain) Leadership Team

With close to two decades of management experience in Green field, Brown field, planning, logistics, Customer service and manufacturing, he has in-depth understanding of end-to-end supply chain covering Source – Plan – Make – Deliver.

Prior to joining Mondelez in Middle East, he was associated with Al Sallan Foods in Oman, in various supply chain leadership roles. He has worked in Middle East & Southeast Asia Markets and held responsibility for roles spanning across AMEA.

He holds Global supply Chain MBA from University of Tennessee, USA, along with a Bachelor’s in mechanical engineering.