PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO CM BIHAR AND ACS Education AND CABINET, GOB
Dr S.Siddharth is a 1991 batch IAS officer. He obtained his Doctoral Degree in Information Technology from the IIT, Delhi. He had graduated in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT, Delhi (1987), and also an MBA to his credit from IIM, Ahmedabad (1989). He is presently the Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Bihar. He also holds the additional charge of Principal Secretary, Industries Department and also Industrial Development Commissioner. He has held various posts in his long career of more than 25 years as District Magistrate of Districts of Muzzafarpur, Bhojpur, Aurangabad and Lohardaga. He served in the Government of India as Director, Ministry of Heavy Industries. The officer also worked in the capacity of Secretary to Hon’ble Chief Minister, Bihar, Secretary Urban Development, Secretary Rural Works Department, Secretary Labour, Secretary Info & Tech Dept. and Principal Secretary Industries Department. He was responsible for drafting the Bihar Urban Planning and Development Act 2014, Bihar Urban Planning and Development Rules 2014, Bihar Building Bye-laws 2014. He was very instrumental in initiating the process of preparation of DPR for the Patna Metro and the master plan for Patna Metropolitan Area. Dr Siddharth was the one who drafted the Bihar Industrial Policy 2016, Bihar Investment Act 2016, Bihar Investment Rules 2016 and Bihar Startup Policy 2017. The officer was also responsible for guiding Ease of Business reforms in all other departments which are responsible for giving clearances with respect to setting up of Industry. The officer was also the Principal Secretary, Sugar Cane Department, Chairman BIADA, Chairman Bihar Khadi and Village Industries Commission and CEO Bihar Foundation. Dr. Siddharth specializes in areas of Commerce, Industrial Investments and E-Governance. He is also a professional wild life photographer, loves to play badminton, and has recently edited a book on Handicrafts in Bihar.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND HEAD CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND INCUBATION, DALMIA BHARAT GROUP
Executive Director and Head Corporate Affairs and Incubation , Dalmia Bharat Group.
CEO, CARATLANE
Avnish is a CEO at CaratLane.
Avnish is passionate about building new businesses and has spent more than 15 years in the consumer internet space. In one of his previous roles at Times Internet, he built Code Gladiators, which is now the largest coding competition in the world.
He is a graduate of IIM Lucknow and Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Outside of work, he loves to read a wide range of topics and actively follows a lot of different sports. He writes about his interests from time to time.
INDIAN ACTOR, AGRI-PRENEUR AND FOUNDER – MERA FARMER FAMILY
Rajesh Kumar (born 20 January 1975) is an Indian actor and producer, best known for his roles in Indian television shows such as Baa Bahoo Aur Baby and Sarabhai vs Sarabhai Rajesh is an alumnus of Hindu College, University of Delhi He was last seen in the role of Gagan Rastogi in the second season of the Netflix series Kota Factory.
Rajesh Kumar resides in Mumbai with his family. His Ancestral Home is in Gaya District, Bihar.23 years in TV & Film Industry.
He is also an Agri-preneur, He founded a startup called My Family App and does Organic Farming in many parts of India. With 1000 Acres under his scheme of things he is scaling it very fast.
CEO & CO-FOUNDER, ZIMYO
Kumar Mayank is the CEO & Co-founder, Zimyo.
A graduate of IIM Lucknow, Mayank comes with a decade’s worth experience in Product Management working across Banks and Microfinances with his last stint as AVP – Payments and Digital Innovations for MFI-turned Small Bank. It is during his stint with the Microfinance working with SMB Employees that he realized the absence of “financial education and products” for SMB employees and decided to work on the cause.
So Zimyo was founded to help organizations streamline their entire HR and Payroll processes with a full-fledged HR SaaS, with a particular focus on helping their employees with benefits like salary advance, personal loans, salary cards, health insurance, etc. Currently, Zimyo is present across 10 Countries serving over 2 Lakh+ employees from 1000+ Organizations
GEO HEAD, EASTERN INDIA, DELL TECHNOLOGIES
Presently responsible for driving Eastern India Business for Dell Technologies.
With an enriched experience of about 27 years, of which he has spent over 15 years with Dell EMC where he has led many roles such as Director & GM - Modern Data Center -India, Regional Director – PSU & Defense, East and SAARC and as a Strategic Director for Telecom Business.
During his career, he has worked with leading brands such as HPE, DellEMC, IBM, Reliance and Fujitsu ICIM Limited where he has actively led sales which resulted in his expertise in the field. He completed his education from IIM-Lucknow on General Management & Graduated from Calcutta University with Business and Economics as Major and is passionate about reading & travelling.
Niladri is presently based out of Gurgaon with his family comprising of his son who is pursuing economics in his second year at college and a wife who’s a homemaker.
FOUNDER & CEO LEGALPAY
Mr. Kundan Shahi isthe founder and CEO of LegalPay, LegalPay is a fintech operating in legal domain. We are the only company in India which provides different financing solutions to businesses for their legal services and/or litigations. Started with just Kundan Shahi, now we are a team of more than 100 amazing and talented people.
He is also the founder and former CEO of advok8, a platform for law students and professionals, which helps this fraternity to collaborate and connect with India's fastest-growing online professional network of lawyers, and he is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore's startup incubator, NSRCEL.
Mr. Kundan Shahi is a 1st generation serial entrepreneur and is resolving major business problems by funding their legal and insolvency concerns.
COUNTRY DIRECTOR, HUSK POWER SYSTEMS
Saugata Datta is the India Country Director at Husk Power Systems, overseeing a fleet of about 150 community solar minigrids in Bihar and UP, and ancillary energy services such as appliance sales and rural C&I. He is a veteran of the solar industry, spending more than two decades in corporate leadership positions across the value chain: sales and marketing, project development for rooftop, C&I and utility-scale, and systems integration.
DIRECTOR CIMP
DIRECTOR - CIMP, PROFESSOR AND DEAN ACADEMICS, PHD, MBA (GOLD MEDALIST)
Research Areas
Corporate Finance, Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management, Treasury and Forex Management, Strategic Finance, CSR, Financial Modeling
HEAD CORPORATE AFFAIRS - DALMIA BHARAT CEMENT
Rajesh leads the Corporate Affairs department of Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd. in Bihar. He has held
several important profiles in his career spanning more than 21 years such as General Manager
Kalyanpur Cement Ltd., Chief co-ordinator Prabhat Khabar, Vice President CNEB TV channel,
Associate Vice President Live India & Janmat TV channel and Mukund Ltd. (a largest manufacturer of
steel). He is a law graduate and holds a MBA degree too. He is fond shooting and has secured
second position in Bihar State Rifle shooting championship. He has attended several training
programs conducted by Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI) at Delhi and that too of FICCI on single
window system.
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