“Within five years, if you’re in the same business you are in now, you‘re going to be out of business!”
- Shakti Leekha
An authority about sales & marketing, Shakti Leekha is an inspirational and visionary business leader, with expertise in driving business transformation. He has created many award-winning successful businesses. He is a firm believer of the law of service and well-being for others.
An engineering graduate with sound management education, he is an expert in selling, marketing and business management. He has been the keynote speaker and a thought leader for various industry forums.
Presently associated with multiple companies enabling business growth. Passionate about contributing to sustainable success of people, planet & profit. A thought leader, whose expertise is frequently published in leading publications. He is a mentor and advisor to early-stage entrepreneurs throughout the nation and speaks at events to promote innovation, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship is part of various Think-Tank forums and on Jury Panels for Sales, Marketing & Business Leadership across Asia. In his journey with various startups and created Unicorn’s from India. As an independent director in board of Allied Digital Services since 2022. ESG expert and part of government policy body on environment and climate change, guides corporates in drawing up ESG plans, deploy and measure so that we create more robust globally sustainable businesses.
Done more than 100+ workshops & keynote speaking covering various aspects of Business – sales, marketing, entrepreneurship, technology & Innovation.
An author of Amazon’s Best Seller & Golden Book Award winning Book “Reimagine High Value Sales”. Authority in B2B both complex sales and SaaS modeling.
Mohana Chattopadhyay is a seasoned Technopreneur and Business Professional with over 30 years of varied work experience and hands-on exposure in managing all functional aspects of business across industry verticals.
She is based out of Kolkata, and serves as Founder Director and CEO at ValueCare Inc, Delaware, Founder Director and CEO at ValueCare Solutions Private Limited, Kolkata, Certified Independent Director at Pinstorm Technologies Limited, Mumbai, and Venture Partner at StartupLanes.
With specific skill sets in Information Technology and Information Communications Technology acquired over the past 15 years while spearheading ValueCare, she has had direct experience in all functional aspects of business and a thorough understanding of Statutory Compliances mandated under Corporate Law. She brings to the table gender-specific Best Practices, including those that govern and are built around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She is also a Professor of Practice under University Grants Commission in Entrepreneurship and Startup Management.
Pradeep Patil is a seasoned sales and marketing professional with 38 years of experience. Currently, he serves as a Director on the board of an MSME, a position he has held for the past three years. Previously, he was the CEO of Spherehot from 2019 to 2021. Patil has also held various leadership roles at Bajaj Electricals Ltd, including EVP and Global Business Head, EVP and Business Unit Head of Kitchen Appliances, and Marketing Head, spanning from 1996 to 2017.
Before joining Bajaj Electricals, Patil worked at Real Value Appliances Limited, makers of Ceasefire, as a Branch Manager from 1994 to 1996. He began his career at Eureka Forbes Ltd, where he worked from 1986 to 1994, rising through the ranks from Sales Executive to Branch Manager in various locations, including Mumbai, Rajkot, Surat, and Ahmedabad. Patil is a “Living Legend” of Eureka Forbes Ltd and has been recognized as a SuperAchiever, qualifying for the prestigious SuperAchiever’s Club and Silver Circle Club seven times in a row.
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Rajpal Singh holds a post graduate degree in Pharmaceutics with an experience in Sales & Marketing along with Man management skills for over 28 years (10 years in domestic, 18 years in international markets) in Pharmaceutical & Nutraceutical companies. An exposure to different ecosystems with hands on experience in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kenya, Uganda, Vietnam has rendered the maturity to adapt to new work culture with ease.
Specifically in CIS, knowledge of Russian Language along with continued relationship with Key distributors / clients and regulatory agencies gives an edge to clients to expand its business.
In East Africa, variable pricing strategies and good distribution network became the leverage point to success story. Over the years; he has developed a strong relationship and network across the globe.
Manishankar Prasad is an experienced Business & Human Rights Professional with extensive experience in modern slavery and forced labour assessments in global value chains stemming from SE Asia to India to the Middle East. He has in the recent past worked on audit study for a palm oil major with respect to worker welfare to studying processes of un-documentation for the IOM. He has built a responsible supply chain institutional competencies through advisory, coaching, training and research across SE Asia, the Arab Gulf and India. He led the first Resettlement Action Plan in Oman for an AIIB funded Solar Park, which is currently operational. He has led migrant worker research projects in Singapore and Jakarta while reading graduate coursework in human geography at the National University of Singapore. Manishankar is widely published in the ESG/BHR realm and contributes to the public discourse regularly through thought leadership and speaking at various conferences as an invited speaker. He speaks conversational Hindi, Bangla, Marathi, Bahasa, and Arabic given his upbringing across the Indian Ocean Region as a child of a migrant himself.
Anish Maria is a result driven marketing, communication & strategy professional with over 23 years exposure in Home Appliances, Alcobev Spirits, Consumer Goods and Industrial Allied categories.
Proven track record in achieving business objectives through knowledge of brand characteristics, future prospects, white spacing and market variables. Having held senior level positions in established INDIAN & MNCs, while playing a multidimensional role. Laser-focused on driving transformative brand strategies while being committed to understanding the human stories behind every market shift. Blending strategic insights with analytical rigour into business operations at various stages of life cycle.
Meet Abhas Mangal, a visionary digital marketer and founder of The Digital Chimp, a cutting-edge marketing agency dedicated to delivering exceptional ROI. With a strong foundation in computer science engineering, Abhas transitioned into the world of digital marketing, where he’s spent the last 5 years mastering the art of performance marketing. Driven by a passion for empowering individuals and businesses to thrive online, Abhas is a sought-after expert in his field, known for his data-driven approach and innovative strategies that drive real results.
