Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor of Reserve Bank of India, has been a career civil servant with over 43 years of distinguished service, primarily in the areas of finance, taxation, investment and infrastructure. 

Shri Das possesses a unique combination of experience in both policy formulation and implementation at the highest levels of state and central governments. He has served as Revenue Secretary and as Secretary, Economic Affairs, Government of India. In these positions, he played important roles in conceptualisation and formulation of key policies in the areas of economic reforms, fiscal and monetary policy, financial markets and investment policy. Some significant reform measures with which Shri Das was associated include the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and introduction of the Flexible Inflation Targeting framework. He also served as a Director in the Central Board of RBI rendering advice in the areas of Central Banking.  He was also on the Board of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the regulator for capital markets.

Shri Das has served as India’s Alternate Governor in the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), New Development Bank (NDB) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).  He represented India in several international fora like the IMF, G20, BRICS and SAARC.  

Shri Das has also acted as India’s G20 Sherpa and Member, Fifteenth Finance Commission. 
As Governor, Reserve Bank of India, he has spearheaded a series of measures taken by the Reserve Bank to support growth and strengthen financial stability in the country. Since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, he has steered the Reserve Bank’s response through several conventional, unconventional and innovative policy measures spanning monetary policy, liquidity conditions and regulatory policies to preserve financial stability while mitigating the adverse effects of the pandemic on the economy. 
Shri Das was conferred with the ‘Governor of the Year’ award by the Central Banking Publication, UK in 2023. He was rated ‘A+’ by the Global Finance Magazine in their Central Bank Report Cards 2023 and 2024. He was also conferred the 'Central Banker of the Year, Asia-Pacific 2020' award by the London based magazine – The Banker – which is a part of the Financial Times group.

Dr Florian Toncar has been a parliamentary state secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Finance since Dec. 2021. He served as a member of the German Bundestag from 2005 to 2013 and has been a Bundestag member again since 2017. From 2011 to 2013, he was the deputy head of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) parliamentary group, and from 2017 to 2021 he served as parliamentary secretary of the FDP parliamentary group. He worked as a lawyer specialising in financial market regulation until 2021. 

Ms. Madhabi Puri Buch assumed office as Chairperson of Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) with effect from March 2, 2022. 

Ms. Buch has served as Whole Time Member, SEBI till October 04, 2021. She has handled Market Regulation Department, Market Intermediaries Regulation & Supervision Department, Integrated Surveillance Department, Investment Management Department, Department of Economic & Policy Analysis, Office of Investor Assistance & Education, National Institute of Securities Markets and Information Technology Department.   

Ms. Buch has also served as  a Consultant to the New Development Bank in Shanghai.  Ms. Buch also served as the Head of the Singapore office of the Private Equity Firm,  Greater Pacific Capital. She also served as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at ICICI Securities Limited and as Executive Director, on the Board of ICICI Bank.  Ms. Buch also served as a non-executive director on the Boards of various companies.   

Ms. Buch holds  an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and is a Graduate in Mathematics from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi. 

Nandan Nilekani is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited. He was the Founding Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in the rank of a Cabinet Minister from 2009- 2014. Nandan has co-founded and is the Chairman of EkStep Foundation, a not-for-profit effort to create a learner centric, technology based platform to improve basic literacy and numeracy for millions of children. In Jan 2023, he was appointed as the co- chair of the “ G20 Task Force on Digital Public Infrastructure for Economic Transformation, Financial Inclusion and Development”.

Born in Bengaluru, Nilekani received his Bachelor’s degree from IIT, Bombay. Fortune Magazine conferred him with “Asia’s Businessman of the year 2003”. In 2005 he received the prestigious Joseph Schumpeter prize for innovative services in economy, economic sciences and politics .In 2006, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan. He was also named Businessman of the year by Forbes Asia. Time magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 & 2009. Foreign Policy magazine listed him as one of the Top 100 Global thinkers in 2010. In 2014, He won The Economist Social & Economic Innovation Award for his leadership of India’s Unique Identification initiative (Aadhaar). In 2017, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from E & Y. CNBC- TV 18 conferred India Business leader award for outstanding contributor to the Indian Economy-2017 and he also received the 22nd Nikkei Asia Prize for Economic & Business Innovation 2017. He has been inducted as International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.Business Standard Annual awards 2022 conferred, “The Life Time  Achievement Award”.

Nandan Nilekani is the author of “Imagining India”, co- authored his second book with Viral Shah, “Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion Aspirations” and co-authored his third book with Tanuj Bhojwani, “ The Art of Bitfulness: Keeping calm in the digital world” released in Jan 2022.

Graduated in engineering and PhD in Economics from Graduate School of Economics at Fundacao Getulio Vargas (EPGE / FGV). Analyst of the Central Bank of Brazil since 1998, where he was Economic Advisor to the Governor’s Office and is currently Head of the Competition and Financial Market Structure Department. He also served at the Ministry of Finance in the areas economic policy and competition advocacy, and was visiting economist at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) between 2013 and 2016.

Shri. P. Vasudevan is the Executive Director in Reserve Bank of India, responsible for handling activities relating to FinTechs, Currency Management and Corporate Strategy.
He is a career central banker with over 30 years of experience in matters relating to payment and settlement systems, banking, and non-banking supervision, including a stint as Member of Faculty in Bankers’ Training College. He has headed and successfully implemented many large payment system projects in the country like CTS, NEFT, RTGS, UPI, BBPS etc.
As Executive Director–in–charge of FinTech related activities, he has been instrumental in publishing the framework to recognise Self-Regulatory Organisation for FinTechs (SRO-FT) as well in launch of FinTech and EmTech Repositories, apart from contributing to the pilots on CBDC, organising hackathons, operating the Regulatory Sandbox etc.
He has represented Reserve Bank on various international fora including the Committee for Payments & Market Infrastructures (CPMI), the SAARC Payments Council (SPC), the SEACEN Payments Group and the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) Regulatory Oversight Committee.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce and is a Fellow of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He has a master’s degree in Finance and Certifications in Information Systems Audit (CISA), Information Security Management (CISM) and FinTech (National University of Singapore). He is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) and an alumnus of the Wharton School.

Harish leads a global team working on financial inclusion; payments and market infrastructures; digital finance; and credit infrastructure topics. He represents the World Bank in several international working groups on these topics. He was a lead contributor to the IMF-World Bank Bali Fintech Agenda, co-led the Future of Finance flagship paper, and co-chaired the CPMI-World Bank taskforce on Payment Aspects of Financial Inclusion.

Prior to joining the World Bank, Harish worked in senior level positions at Visa in business development, operations, and risk management. He holds an under-graduate degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology -Madras, India and a Post Graduate Diploma, from Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta, India specializing in Finance and Systems.

Shri Ashwani Bhatia took charge as Whole Time Member, Securities and Exchange Board of India, in Mumbai on June 01, 2022.  Prior to this assignment, Shri Bhatia held the position of Managing Director, State Bank of India.  

Shri Bhatia handles the Department of Debt and Hybrid Securities (DDHS), Corporation Finance Investigation Department (CFID), Corporation Finance Department (CFD), General Services Department (GSD), Regional Offices, PQ Cell, RTI, Board Cell and NISM. 

Shri Bhatia comes with the experience of over three and a half decades in the State Bank Group where he joined as a Probationary Officer in 1985. Before becoming Managing Director in State Bank of India, Shri Bhatia served as MD & CEO, SBI Funds Management Pvt. Limited.    

He has wide experience in Treasury Operations, Retail Banking, Credit, Investment Banking and Asset Management. 

Shri Bhatia completed his schooling from Air Force School, Subroto Park, Delhi and did his Graduation in Physics and Mathematics from Dayalbagh University, Agra.  He is an MBA from Podar Institute of Management, Jaipur. 

Mr. Ananth Narayan is currently a Whole Time Member of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), looking after Market Regulation Department (MRD), Alternative Investment Fund and Foreign Portfolio Investors Department (AFD), Enforcement, Enquiries & Adjudication Department (EAD), Office of Investor Assistance & Education (OIAE), and Department of Economic & Policy Analysis (DEPA).  

Prior to this current role, Ananth has had extensive experience of academia, governance, and international banking. 

Between 2018 and 2022, Ananth was an Associate Professor at S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai. He also served on several boards, including as Independent Director on SBI Capital Markets, Additional Director (appointed by RBI) on Yes Bank Ltd., Public Interest Director (appointed by SEBI) on NSE Clearing Limited.  

Between 2009 and 2017, Ananth was with Standard Chartered Bank, last as Managing Director & Regional Head of Financial Markets, ASEAN and South Asia. Between 2006 & 2009, he was with Deutsche Bank, last as Managing Director, Global Rates, South Asia. Between 1993 & 2005, he was with Citigroup, last as Director, Financial Markets, South Asia.  

Ananth has also served on several RBI and SEBI committees and working groups. Ananth holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, and is a Bachelor of Technology (Electrical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. 

Mr. Amarjeet Singh, is presently the Whole-time Member at Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). With a career spanning nearly 3 decades with SEBI, he has extensive experience in development, regulation and supervision of securities markets.  

Mr. Singh has been instrumental in introducing SEBI’s reforms in both primary and secondary securities markets including areas of Initial Public Offerings, Corporate Governance, Stewardship, Financing Reporting, T+1 Settlement and Risk Management. He has led SEBI’s engagements on sustainability reporting in recent years and also the conceptualization and formation of Social Stock Exchange and its related ecosystem in India. 

Mr. Singh is currently a member on the Board of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA). He has represented SEBI on numerous Committees set up by Reserve Bank of India and Government of India. He was a part-time member on the Board of the National Financial Reporting Authority (2019-2022) and on the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (2019-2023), set up by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He has also served on the Board of the National Institute of Securities Market. 

Mr. Singh has been involved in various international regulatory initiatives, including that of International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). He has acted as Sherpa for SEBI’s representation on the Board of IOSCO. As former Chair of the Assessment Committee of IOSCO (2016-2018) and member of its various policy committees since 2010, he has steered thematic assessments at the global level and contributed to the evolution of IOSCO Principles and Standards. 

Apart from an MBA, Mr. Singh holds a Master’s degree in Economic Policy Management from Columbia University, NY, USA. He is a recipient of the Rotary Foundation Educational Award, 2000 for promoting leadership development and international understanding by Rotary International, USA and of the Joint Japan – World Bank Graduate Scholarship Award, 2001 – 02. 

Shri Kamlesh Chandra Varshney took charge as Whole Time Member, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in Mumbai on 20th September, 2023.  Prior to this assignment he was Joint Secretary (Tax Policy and Legislation) in the Department of Revenue.   

Shri Varshney is MBA from IIM, Lucknow and is also a law graduate.  He has also worked in Merchant Navy after being trained in T.S.Rajendra. 

Shri Varshney is 1990 batch Indian Revenue Service Officer who has worked in various capacities in the Income-tax Department and Finance Ministry.  He was the first Commissioner of Advance Pricing Agreement and has a distinction of rolling out APA program successfully in India.  He is on the panel of tax experts of UNDP.  He has worked for five years with tax administration of Papua New Guinea helping them in investigation and capacity building.  Shri Varshney is recipient of the Finance Minister Award for his contribution to Indian Tax policy and Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme. Shri Varshney is a sports enthusiast and loves teaching 

Shri Varshney is handling various departments like Market Intermediaries Regulation and Supervision Department, Legal Affairs Department-LAD1, Integrated Surveillance Department, Information Technology Department, Recovery & Refund Department and Special Enforcement Cell. 

Allen joined IFC’s Financial Markets Department in 2006 as an Investment Officer in the Global Transactions Group. Between 2015-2018, he served as New Business Manager for FIG in West and Central Africa and between 2019-2022 was Regional Head of Industry and Senior Manager for FIG in Latin America and the Caribbean.  

Prior to joining IFC, Allen spent ten years in investment advisory and private equity in Africa.  

He holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology  

Sopnendu Mohanty, currently the Chief Fintech Officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, is responsible for creating development strategies, public infrastructure, and policies around technology-driven innovation. Mohanty has over two decades of public
and private sector experience in technology, operations, digital Finance, and investment strategies.

Mohanty extensively engages with global technology and financial services ecosystems and has championed notable collaborative public goods like API Exchange (APIX), Singapore Fintech Festival, Payment Rails, Data exchange platforms, and experimental programs like UBIN. In addition, Mohanty advises many international global advisory bodies on Fintech, Innovation and Inclusion. Within five years of his leadership, Singapore has become a leading global Fintech hub producing unicorns and home to many vibrant fintech companies.

He has co-authored several patented works in the application of digital technology in Finance and won many industry recognitions.

Jay Surti heads the IMF's Financial Supervision and Regulation division, holding responsibility for the management and execution of the IMF's work program in these areas, covering policy development, implementation assessment, and capacity building. His previous responsibilities at the IMF include management of the work on supervision and regulation of capital markets and nonbank financial institutions and leading the thematic chapters of the Global Financial Stability Report. He has represented the IMF at several committees and working groups of the Financial Stability Board, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, and IOSCO, and has led the IMF's Financial Sector Assessment Programs in Spain and Tanzania. During 2018-20, while on leave from the IMF, he served as special advisor to top management of the Reserve Bank of India. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Boston University. 

MBA, CPA, Expert in Central Banking Strategic Planning and Project Management.

Daranee Saeju is the Assistant Governor in charge of Payment Systems Policy and Financial Consumer Protection Group. She oversees payment systems policies and regulations, as well as supervision of IT/cyber risks, market infrastructures, payment services providers, and non-banks. Fostering innovations in payments and fintech also come under her purview. In addition, she oversees works on market conduct, consumer protection and financial literacy. 
 
Daranee has served the Bank for over 20 years in various critical functions including risk management, monetary policy formulation and implementation, foreign exchange policy and intervention strategy, markets and financial sector developments, financial stability, micro- and macro-prudential regulations, as well as international strategy. 
 
During 2009-2011, she was seconded to the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the IMF in her role as an expert on monetary and foreign exchange operations and market developments. 
 
Daranee obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Rochester in the United States, and a B.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science in England. 

Ryosuke leads innovation policy in financial sector as the Chief FinTech Officer. He also serves as the Co-chair of Virtual Asset Task Force of the FATF. Prior to his current position, he has conducted a research on regulatory framework and governance mechanism in decentralized financial system as the Senior Fellow of Cyber SMART research center at Georgetown University from July 2019 to June 2021. He holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School. 

Khaled Albasias is the Director of Financial Sector Development at Saudi Central Bank, where he is leading the change and transformation agenda for the Kingdom‚Äôs financial sector under Vision 2030. 

He is spearheading the national initiatives of developing the Fintech sector and ecosystem in Saudi Arabia, including the Financial Sector Development Program and the National Fintech Strategy as part of it. He has played a vital role in making the Kingdom emerge as an important player in Fintech space in the region.

Jose Luis Vasquez is currently Deputy Manager of Strategy and Development of Retail Digital Payments at the Central Bank. Previously, he served as Head of the Payment Interoperability Project, Head of the Financial Infrastructure Department of the Monetary Operations and Financial Stability Management; Likewise, he served as Head of the Currency Programming Department of the Currency Management of the Central Bank. He has 25 years of experience as a central banker and holds a Master's degree in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan, United States, as well as a Diploma in International Monetary Policy from the Kiel Institute in Germany. He is economist from The Catholic University of Peru.

As an Acting Director of the Financial Technology Department of the Bank of Russia Stanislav Korop is in charge of the development of several digital public infrastructure projects, including national biometric system, digital profile, data exchange platform, Open APIs and consent management platform. Prior to joining the Financial Technology Department Stanislav Korop was Deputy Director of the Reporting Department and later Data Management Department of the Bank of Russia. 
 
Mr Korop holds a degree in finance and credit from International University in Moscow. 

Camilo Tellez-Merchan is Deputy Managing Director for the Better than Cash Alliance. Prior to joining the Alliance, he worked at CGAP in Washington and the GSM Association in London where he supported providers in the area of digital financial services. He has also worked at the UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, and at the Microsoft Labs in Bangalore where he conducted ICT4D research in the technology for emerging markets team. 

Graduated in engineering and PhD in Economics from Graduate School of Economics at Fundacao Getulio Vargas (EPGE / FGV). Analyst of the Central Bank of Brazil since 1998, where he was Economic Advisor to the Governor’s Office and is currently Head of the Competition and Financial Market Structure Department. He also served at the Ministry of Finance in the areas economic policy and competition advocacy, and was visiting economist at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) between 2013 and 2016.

Solomon Damtew is the Director of the Payment and Settlement Systems Directorate at the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE); he has demonstrated over 14 years of dedicated service at the NBE. In his current position, Solomon oversees the development and modernization of digital payment systems and financial services in Ethiopia. He has played a pivotal role in leading initiatives to enhance regulatory frameworks, policies, and strategies to promote financial inclusion and advance digital payment systems. Solomon has also been instrumental in modernizing and implementing the interbank payment system, RTGS, a critical component of interbank payment processing in Ethiopia. Before his current role, Solomon served as the principal (Division Head) for payment system oversight and development, where he confidently led efforts to draft various payment system-related regulatory instruments, including the National Payment System Proclamation. He also led the formulation and implementation of the Ethiopian first ever National Digital Payment Strategy (NDPS) 2021-24, which laid down the groundwork for the country's current digital payment landscape. 

Maha is Centre Head, BIS Innovation Hub Singapore. The centre develops public goods in the technology space to support central banks in how they discharge their roles in a digital economy and improve the financial system using novel ideas and emerging technologies.

Prior to this, Maha was Head of Department for Early and High Growth Oversight leading the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) response to the Kalifa review of Fintech. A Senior Leadership Team member, she is setting up this new department from the ground up as part of the FCA’s strategy.

Maha served as Chief Payments Officer at Pay.UK on secondment from the FCA, responsible for running the payments operations of BACS, Faster Payments, Image Clearing Services and related managed services.

Maha joined the FCA in 2017 to set up the first Payments Department and was responsible for crafting and implementing the FCA supervisory strategy for the UK Payments Sector. This included leading the implementation of the Second Payments Services Directive (PSD2) and Open Banking.

Maha has a keen interest in observing and participating in the many exciting changes that are unfolding in the financial services, innovation and fintech environment. She recently sat on the SteerCo developing the strategy and blueprint for the UK’s newly created Centre for Finance Innovation and Technology.

Maha is the author of Fintech Regulation in Practice. A book that provides a clear, hands-on guide to the practical considerations that fintechs, banks adopting fintech and other key players in the fintech ecosystem need to take into account when embedding regulation.

She has a Degree in Commerce from Macquarie University and a Masters in Public Administration from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ana Maria is currently the Head of the Payment System Department at the Central Bank of Colombia. Previously worked at the Unit of Financial Regulation of the Ministry of Finance, the Securities Self-Regulatory Organization and the Colombian Banking Association.  In 2020 Ana Maria received a special award of the Prize Juan Luis London, given to economists under 40 who demonstrate significant contributions to the design of social policy. She owned the prize due to her leadership in the implementation of Ingreso Solidario, the Covid-19 G2P emergency program of Colombia. 
  
Mrs Prieto holds a Master in Public Policy from Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) a Master in Economics from Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) and has participated in several academic programs in financial inclusion, innovation and leadership at Oxford University, Georgetown University and Harvard University. 

Ms. Sirirat Junwongsasin has over 15 years of experience at The Bank of Thailand. She specializes in payment systems policy, Fintech innovation, and regulatory frameworks, fostering a sustainable FinTech ecosystem through open infrastructure and stakeholder collaboration. 

He is the Chief General Manager of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) currently heading the FinTech Department at its Central Office, Mumbai. The key responsibilities include Central Bank Digital Currency, Fintechs- regulatory approach / framework, Fintech Innovation, Regulatory Sandbox, RegTech, Suptech, account aggregator P2P lending, policies relating to virtual digital assets, emerging technologies, activities of RBIH etc.
He represents India in Financial Stability Board, Basel’s Working Group on Unbacked Crypto Assets. 
In RBI has been for the last 27 years and has more than 15 years’ experience in Supervision encompassing commercial banks, large NBFCs and cooperative banks. He has handled other different core functions of RBI including Currency Management, Foreign Exchange, Rural Credit, Planning, Auditing & Budgeting. 
He has also served on the Board of a commercial bank. 
Apart from MBA he has MS in Finance and Financial Regulation from UK.

Mr. Shaji K V took over as Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on 07 December 2022. NABARD is the Government of India owned apex bank for agriculture and rural development and acts as a development bank, regulator of agriculture credit and Supervisor of Rural Financial Institutions in the country. Previously, he served as Deputy Managing Director of NABARD from 21 May2020 to 06 December 2022.
Prior to joining NABARD, Mr. Shaji was associated with Canara Bank. His area of expertise includes Retail Banking, SME Banking and Corporate Banking in rural, urban and metro areas. Mr. Shaji has also handled banking coordination and policy matters for over 6 years as in-charge of State Level Banker's Committee, Kerala. He was instrumental in the merger of Syndicate Bank with Canara Bank. He also handled amalgamation of two Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to establish Kerala Gramin Bank.
A post-graduate in agriculture science, Mr. Shaji holds a Post Graduate Degree in Management (PGDM) with specialisations in Public Policy and infrastructure finance from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. He is also a certified associate of the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF) and holds a Diploma in Treasury, Investments and Risk Management.
Mr. Shaji currently serves as Chairman of subsidiaries of NABARD viz., M/s NABARD Consultancy Services Limited (NABCONS), M/s NABSanrakshan Trustee Company Private Limited, M/s NABVENTURES Limited and M/s NABFOUNDATION. He is also Chairman of the Governing Council of the Bankers Institute of Rural Development(BIRD) and a member of the Board of Directors of Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC).
As an industry leader, he was also Director of various organizations such as National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Canara HSBC OBC Insurance Company Ltd. and Canara Bank Securities Ltd.

Fares is the head of Fintech Development within Financial Sector Development Department at Saudi Central Bank, where he is leading the strategic initiatives aimed at developing the Fintech sector and ecosystem in the Kingdom. He also heads the Regulatory Sandbox which is playing a pivotal role in exponential growth of the Fintech sector, in alignment with the national Financial Sector Development Program under Vision 2030. 
 
Prior to his current role, Fares held senior positions within Investment Deputyship at Saudi Central Bank, where he played an instrumental role in enhancing SAMA's Asset Allocation Strategy and Investment Policy, and also brought SAMA into compliance with the GIPS. 
 
He also spent time in private sector with Morgan Stanley in New York, where he worked closely with their Investment Management on optimizing investment strategies. 
 
He holds a BS degree in Financial Technology from the US, and also completed Executive Coursework from MIT Sloan School of Management. He is a subject matter expert in Fiscal and Economic Policies, Sustainable Finance and Investment Risk Management. 

Mr. Mayank is working as Scientist-E in Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. Currently, he is leading the Techno-Legal matters relating to Social Media and other IT Intermediaries under Cyber Laws and Data Governance Group of the Ministry.

He is working with Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, Deptt of Telecommunications, other Law enforcement agencies, Google, Meta, X Corp, sectoral regulators and others to have Open, Safe, trusted and accountable Cyber Space. In his 20 plus years of career in government, he has worked in different functional areas of Telecommunications, IT and BFSI sector. He was previously working under DIGIDHAN Mission in Ministry of Electronics & IT for 7-8 years and was leading the Digital Banking products, Banking Score cards, Fintechs and others for promotion of Digital payments. He was also working for Globalisation of UPI and RuPay cards across various geographies. He is an alumnus of Faculty of Engineering, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra.

Apart from Digital payments, he has also worked under ' Emerging Technologies Division' and was handling Artificial Intelligence Mission, Startups, Centres of Excellence in Internet of Things, Blockchain, AI and other Emerging Technologies.

Axilor Ventures is an accelerator that helps start-ups during the early stage of their business journey. Kris served as the vice chairman of Infosys from 2011 to 2014 and the chief executive officer and managing director of Infosys from 2007 to 2011.

Kris is one of the co-founders of Infosys. Recognized as a global business and technology thought leader, he was voted the top CEO (IT Services category) in Institutional Investor's inaugural ranking of Asia's Top Executives and selected as one of the winners of the second Asian Corporate Director Recognition Awards by Corporate Governance Asia in 2011. He was elected president of India's apex industry chamber Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2013-14 and served as one of the co-chairs of the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2014.

In January 2011, the Government of India awarded Mr. Gopalakrishnan the Padma Bhushan, the country’s third-highest civilian honor. Mr Gopalakrishnan serves on the Board of Governors of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), is the Chairman, The Council, IISc Bangalore, and is the Chairman, Board of Governors of IIIT, Bangalore. He is the Chairman of the Vision Group on Information Technology of Karnataka Government, the Chairman of RBIH (Reserve Bank of India Innovation Hub) and the Chairman of CII Centre of Excellence in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Start-ups (CIES).

Mr Gopalakrishnan is the chairman of Itihaasa Research and Digital which publishes history of Indian IT industry as “itihaasa” (http://www.itihaasa.com/) app as well as reports on industrial and academic research in India. He is the Co-author of “Against All
Odds – The IT Story of India”.

Mr Gopalakrishnan invests in promoting research on Brain sciences, aging related disorders as well as investing in start-ups and start-up ecosystem. His family philanthropy is Pratiksha Trust and investment arm is Pratithi.

Mr. Gopalakrishnan holds master’s degrees in physics and computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Kris is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE) and an Honorary Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) of India.

Chihiro contributes to the planning and management of Japan Fintech Week at Financial Services Agency of Japan, facilitating international collaborations and conducting research on fintech and business trends. She experienced internships at research institutions, think tanks and IT companies with roles focusing on innovation. After graduating from Kyushu University in 2021, she joined Money Forward, Inc., and was in charge of driving digital transformation for regional financial institutions. 

Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India currently heads the group for prudential regulation relating to credit risk. He has close to 25 years of cross-functional experience in banking regulation and supervision, as well as financial markets regulation and development. He has been part of several internal and external committees, including the recent Task Force on Evaluations, constituted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to evaluate the the impact and efficacy of the Basel III reforms. He holds a Masters in Economic Policy Management from Columbia University, US and Master’s in Financial Engineering from National University of Singapore. 

Mr. Rajesh Bansal is the CEO of the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) - a wholly-owned subsidiary of theReserve Bank of India (RBI) that was set up to promote innovation in the financial sector. He has more than threedecades of experience across digital financial services and infrastructure in Asia and Africa, and has been a keyarchitect in India s journey towards a cash-lite economy, playing a crucial role in the creation and design of Aadhaar,Direct Benefits Transfer, and IndiaStack.

Mr Sumnesh Joshi is an officer from Indian Telecom Service Cadre and at present is posted as Deputy Director General , at Joint Secretary level in Ministry of Communications at DoT Mumbai. He is working in area of expanding 5G use cases , IoT and ensuring the connectivity. He has also been made Nodal officer for monitoring of 4G network saturation Project in East and West region of the country. 
 
He worked with UIDAI as a first officer at UIDAI Regional Office Mumbai in April 2010 as a part of the founding team under leadership of Mr Nandan Nilekani. He was instrumental to roll out the implementation of biometric based Digital Identity “Aadhaar” project in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu. He worked with the Aadhaar Eco System Partners like State Governments, Regulators, Banks, Insurance Companies and  Fintech Companies and guiding them in designing the solutions for the convenient delivery of various services using “Aadhaar”.  He facilitated the use of Aadhaar-a Digital Identity Platform in E-Governance for Targeted Delivery of Services and Benefits. He also headed Enrolment & Update vertical of UIDAI PAN India. He was  in various committees to look into the Strengthening of Aadhaar Enrolment Processes, Revisiting the regulations and SoPs, Automation of  various Processes and Universal Client for Enrolment & Update. 
  
MrJoshi is an officer of 1993 Batch of Indian Telecom Service and has over 25 years of experience at various positions in Government of India. Earlier years of his career He worked with Department of Telecommunications, Government of India and was involved in  Telecom Traffic Planning , Data Analytics, Project implementation, Marketing of Services, Market Strategies, Market Intelligence, Product DevelopmentandBrand building. 
  
Mr Joshi did his engineering in Electronics &Communications from Rajasthan Technical University Kota Rajasthan India. He holds Micro Masters in Data Economics and Development Policy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. He pursued a Certificate course in Public Policy from University of California Berkeley and MBA from the Management Development Institute Gurgaon, India. 

Christian Kajeneri is the Director of Payment Systems at the National Bank of Rwanda. He has significantly contributed to the growth of MoMoPay as a strategic growth opportunity post-COVID19 pandemic during his tenure at Mobile Money Rwanda Limited, a subsidiary of MTN Rwanda. His previous roles include strategic fintech positions at Mobile Money Rwanda Ltd, Equity Bank Rwanda, and participation in key fintech forums and events.

Christian is an alumnus of the Africa Leadership University School of Business, where he earned an MBA with a major in Leadership. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications from the University of Rwanda.

Joseph Joshy is Chief Technology Officer and Chief General Manager, Head of FinTech & IT at International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), a unified financial sector regulator for IFSCs established as a statutory authority by the Government of India.

He is a Senior Technology Leader driving FinTech, Supervisory Technology (SupTech) and other strategic initiatives including contributing to the FinTech Agenda at India UK Financial Partnership, India US Financial Regulatory Dialogue, India Japan Macroeconomic Policy Dialogue, Joint Working Groups on FinTech between India and countries namely Singapore and UK, Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN), Inter
Regulatory Technical Group (IRTG) on FinTech under the Financial Stability and Development Council - Sub Committee (FSDC - SC), FinTech bridges with Overseas Regulators [like Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)] among others.

1. Lt General MU Nair, Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Sena Medal is an experienced Cybersecurity mentor, who has tenanted the appointment of National Cyber Security Coordinator in the National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India with effect from 01 st July 2023. In this capacity, he is responsible for coordinating all activities across multiple sectors to ensure a secure and resilient cyberspace in the country.
2. General Nair was commissioned into the Corps of Signals of the Indian Army in 1984. He has held several key appointments at all levels of military
hierarchy in operational, logistics and technical command and staff assignment. He is a scholar warrior, who has used technology for deriving operational benefits, in key areas of intelligence gathering and information systems. He also was instrumental in steering several key projects on AI, Quantum, Cryptology and Cyber Operations while serving with the Armed Forces. 
3. He was the Signal Officer-in-Chief of the Indian Army, when he took up the assignment of the National Cyber Security Coordinator with effect from 01 July
2023. He retired from the Army on 31 May 2024.

Dr Sanjay Bahl has almost four decades of experience in the ICT industry.

Dr. Sanjay Bahl is currently the Director General, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India. 

His background includes broad and deep skills and knowledge encompassing unique experiences in technology, business, global trade, and policy in the private and public sectors along with academic, public policy and legal areas. 

He was the Global Chief Security Officer (CS0O) for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and the CSO for Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd. He was the Chief Information Officer (ClO) for Hughes Tele.com (India) Ltd on secondment from TCS. 

While at PT Infotimur Sistimatama, Jakarta, and CMC Ltd, New Delhi, he developed, executed and managed large complex software and turnkey projects.

As resource person for UN-APCICT, Dr. Bahl has delivered the security and privacy training module of the Academy of ICT Essentials for government leaders. 

Member of various Security committees at National and International level. 

Winner of various awards at international and national level.

Shri Manish Bhardwaj belongs to the 1997 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of the Gujarat Cadre.

He holds MTech in Optical Fiber Communication from IIT, Delhi and BE in Electronics & Communication from University of Roorkee (now IIT, Roorkee). Sh Manish Bhardwaj has over 26 years of rich experience of public service in various positions in the State & Central Government with exposure to Urban Governance, Finance, Technical & Vocational
Education, Revenue Administration, Developmental Administration & Census.

He is presently serving as Deputy Director General, UIDAI- HO, New Delhi from 25 September 2023.

Lateral entrant in Civil Services in Government of India in charge of Digital Economy and Fintech in Department of Economic Affairs. He is an engineering graduate from REC Surat in Mechanical Engineering and completed his MBA from IIMC. He is currently looking after Fintech policy issues and is also leading India in G20 GPFI working group. The various policies in which he has contributed included Digital Payments, KYC, MSME Lending, Digital Banking, Data and Information Architecture. He also deals with issues related to ‘India Stack’ and DPI and represents India in G20 GPFI working group meetings deliberating on Digital Financial Inclusion, MSME Financing, Reducing Cost of Remittances etc. As part of his work profile, he is also deals with many bilateral initiatives with many countries in the area of Fintech and also promotes policies for Fintech Investment in startups by identifying gaps or opportunities. His area of work also encompasses cyber frauds, SupTech, RegTech, InsureTech, e-commerce, data aggregation, digital financial literacy etc. as well as keeping track of all the emerging technologies.