Dr. Hemant Kumar Manuj is a Professor & Executive Dean at Jindal School of Banking & Finance, Sonipat. Prior to the current role, he was an Associate Professor and Chair of the Finance & Economics Department at SPJIMR. He has taught courses in Finance including Corporate Finance, Securities & Portfolio Management, Derivatives, and Financial Risk Management. Prior to his teaching profession he has worked in the industry for over two decades in leading financial institutions of India. He has worked in the areas of Securities Regulation, Fund Management, Risk Management, Loan Portfolio Management, and Stressed Assets Management.

He is a B.Tech from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and an Associate of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India. He is a Fellow in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata and a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) from Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).

He was a part of the founding team at the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and was principally involved in setting up the desk for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in the early 1990's. Subsequently, he had been the Head of Research and the Investment Strategist at a prominent Financial Institution and Mutual Fund, managing domestic and offshore equity and debt assets.

For two decades he was engaged in leadership roles in Market Risk, Asset Liability Management (ALM), Loan Portfolio Management, Stressed Assets Management, and Early Warning Signals (EWS) for IDFC Ltd and IDFC Bank.

Apart from his current teaching role, he also engages in consulting with prominent corporates. He researches and publishes frequently on the current topics in Securities Markets, Risk Management, and Stressed Assets Management.

Dr. Medha Tapiawala is a Dean of Faculty of Humanities at SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. Previously, she was a professor at Mumbai School of Economics and Public Policy at University of Mumbai. She has been in academics for more than 30 years with rich experience of teaching students at various management and think institutions. She has organised and participated many international and national level conferences. Her area of expertise is Development Economics in broad and gender economics and Economics of climate change in specific. However, her doctorate is in Banking Productivity.

She has published books and many research papers in reputed journals and edited books in the areas of her interest like Women Entrepreneurship, Gender Budgeting, Waste Management, New Education Policy etc. Her latest book is on ‘Covid 19, Climate Change and Environmental Governance’. She has completed research projects funded by national institutions like ICSSR, UGC and also by University of Mumbai. Her project to measure “Happiness Index” for an educational institution, is an innovative project in the said area.

She has worked as Director of University of Mumbai’s Garware Institute of Career Education which is the only institution at university campus to enhance vocational skills. She is on the panel of Lokseva Ayog (UPSC), New Delhi. She is on the Board of studies and subject boards of colleges affiliated to University of Mumbai and on the board of studies of Sardar Patel University of Balaghat (MP). She has media appearances in programmes related to women like “Sakhi” and “Mahacharcha”, which is on political economy, on Sahyadri Channel.

She has been awarded Nari shakti award in 2019.

Mr. Vikas Gadre is a senior professional with over 47 years of experience in Industry, Academics, and Consultancy.

During the last 5 years, he has been working as Senior Adjunct Faculty at NMIMS University, School of Business Management, Mumbai. He teaches subjects related to Technology Applications to Business and Business Analytics. He is on various committees of the NMIMS University and involved in student activities such as summits, for mentoring/ guiding them in industry projects.

Mr. Gadre was chosen as one of the top 50 CIOs in the World by Information Week through an independent survey conducted by them in 2007- 2008. He was previously nominated by Central Government for 4 years as a member of the Board of Governors of NITTTR Bhopal (a central govt institution) and currently on the Academic Council of Presidency University.

He worked as a Director General in Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry and contributed to maintain financial stability, vibrancy and agility and improved its brand image. He has also worked as a global CIO of Tata chemicals and was responsible for Information Technology strategy, projects and budgets and successfully re-implemented SAP and initiated IFRS conversion. Prior to Tata Chemicals, he worked with Rallis India Limited from 2002 -2007 as Vice President of IT and with Eureka Forbes from 1997-2002 as Vice President of Corporate Planning and IT.

He has a B Tech in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Business Management from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and is a Company Secretary from Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He is also a certified Quality Analyst and Examiner for Tata Business Excellence Model and a Certified Mediator from the Bombay High Court.

Ms. Vaisshali Babu has assumed office as the Managing Director & CEO, Indian Clearing Corporation Limited (ICCL) effective 1st January 2024.

Ms. Vaisshali Babu has been working as a Chief Operating Officer at ICCL from December 01, 2022. She is a capital market veteran with overall capital market experience of above 30 years spread across various functions like Product Management, Relationship Management, Risk Management, Operations, Business Development etc. Prior to joining ICCL, she has held several positions including leadership roles in BNP Paribas, BoFA (Merryl Lynch), State Street, Stock Holding Corporation, United India Insurance Co. and Bombay Port Trust. Her area of expertise is in clearing house operations, custodian business, products and relationship management, operations management, project management including risk, compliance and audit.

Vaisshali holds a master’s degree in commerce from Mumbai University with a Business Administration qualification from Symbiosis. She has credentials of executive programmes from IIM Bangalore, IIM Rohtak and IIM Calcutta and is member of Institute of Directors. She was recognised as “India’s top 100 women in Finance” by AIWMI in 2019 and awarded “Best in Custody” at the Women in Finance Asia Awards in 2022.

Mr. Neeraj Kulshrestha Shri Neeraj Kulshrestha heads the regulatory functions of the exchange including membership compliance, surveillance, inspection, investigation, regulatory communication, investor services, listing compliance and regulatory legal.

At BSE he was earlier responsible for Business Development, Trading, Membership and Listing Operations and Development.

He has about 27 years experience in Capital markets, which includes Securities Markets and General Insurance.

Prior to BSE he was an Executive Director in Morgan Stanley India for 10 years. He was earlier with National Stock Exchange and has managed various functions like Trading Operations, Inspection and Investigation, Futures and Options Clearing and Trading. He was also the CEO of India Index Services Ltd. and Dotex International Ltd.

He has completed his Bachelors in Computer Science from Delhi University and a MBA (Finance) from Indore University.*

Mr. Deepak Goel is the Chief Financial Officer of exchange heading finance, accounting, treasury and taxation functions. He currently serves as member of the Board of Directors of several Group Companies.

Mr. Deepak has rich and diverse experience of 20 plus years of working in different functional areas in multiple industries including Financial services, Telecom and Management Consultancy. He has previously worked as CFO & Compliance Officer of Kotak Mahindra Investments Ltd and handled varied other roles with Kotak Bank group. He has also worked in other organizations like Edelweiss, Bharti Airtel, GE-SBI Cards JV and AF Ferguson & Co. He has been instrumental in establishing multiple functions and building up teams from the ground up.

Mr. Deepak is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from University of Delhi.

Ms. Hemalatha Sivasubramanian is an accomplished legal and compliance professional with an experience of three decades. She has proven track record of handling complex legal & regulatory matters.

Hemalatha runs Lex Consociates, a Law Firm. In the past, she was the Chief Compliance Officer at National Commodity Clearing Limited and has headed legal and compliance functions at Edelweiss Agri Value Chain (Edelweiss Group), National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd, was the Zonal Law Officer at Corporation Bank. She was also a Practicing Advocate at the Madras & Bombay High Courts. As practicing lawyer, she was associated with the office of the Asst Central Government Standing Counsel, and has handled varied subject matters of litigation pertaining to different government departments including, military, navy, customs, post and telegraph, telecommunication, information and broadcasting.

She played a pivotal role in legislative landscape by contributing to the Warehouseman bill (now the WDRA Act) and The Forward Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Ordinance 2008. She actively participated in contribution to Concept paper on integration of internal markets by the Subgroup to Planning Commission under the aegis of the Forward Markets Commission, Ministry of Consumer Affairs. She also served as an Exchange Representative in Options Committee constituted by Ministry of Consumer Affairs.

She was a part of incubation teams involved in setting up of NCDEX E Markets Limited (NeML). She also played a significant role in the conceptualisation and operationalisation of Electronic Warehouse Receipt (WR) infrastructure and related policy guidelines and process to aide in robust commodity delivery. Furthermore, she has contributed to the setting up of National Collateral Management Services Limited, now NCML, a leading warehouse service provider for Commodity Markets.

Mr. Arun Mehta is a seasoned corporate leader with over 37 years of experience in business and financial strategies & new business building. He has held senior positions at several corporations, including CFO and CEO before joining the board of key organisations.

In his prior responsibilities with different corporates, he was responsible for all aspects of the company's financial and business operations. He oversaw the development and implementation of the company's business and financial strategies, managed the company's investments and treasury functions. He was also responsible for the overall performance of the company and played a key role in the company's Mergers and Acquisitions activities. During his leadership stint he drove the company through a long period of significant growth and profitability. He was often known for his problem solving skills and his work as a ‘troubleshooter’.

Mr. Arun is a frequent speaker at industry events. Recently, he was awarded with ‘Ambassador of green planet earth 2022’ at an event organised in Jan 23, under the auspices of NITI Aayog, for his contribution on EV mobility. Besides his experience as a CFO and CEO, Arun Mehta has also served as a board member of various companies including Independent Director at India International Clearing Corporation (IFSC), Gift City Ahmedabad (2017-2020).

Mr. Arun Mehta holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce. He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (since 1985) and also an Associate member of Institute of Cost Accountants of India (since 1986) and currently the CEO of Arun Mehta & Associates.

Ms. Kamala K is the Chief Regulatory Officer heading the Regulatory functions of BSE Limited including Membership and Listing Compliance, Surveillance and Investigation, Inspection and Enforcement.

At BSE Limited Ms. Kamala was earlier heading the Enterprise Risk Management across various vectors of risk as Chief Risk officer. She has rich and diverse experience of more than 33 years in the areas of Finance. She has been long associated with financial markets in general and MII space in particular performing various roles. She has worked in multiple organisations like PFC, IIM-B, BgSE, BgSE Financials, Invest smart, NSE, Edelweiss Group. She has also been part of various reforms in capital market, actively participating in policy making through various Committees constituted by Regulators and stock Exchanges.

She holds a Bachelors in Commerce degree from Bangalore University & is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.