The brilliant breadth of speakers taking the stage at India Fashion Forum & Fashion Techway below.

20th IFF Chairman

Akhilesh Prasad, President & CEO, Fashion & Lifestyle Business, Reliance Retail

Immediate Past Chairman, IFF

Suresh J, MD & CEO, Arvind Fashions

Confirmed Speakers/ Panelists:

The top of the ladder

Women Speakers & Panelists

Lavanya, Nalli, President, Nalli
Nina Lekhi, Founder, CEO & MD, Baggit India
Apeksha Patel, CEO, Deal Jeans
Jacqueline Kapur, CEO, Ayesha
Ayushi Gudwani, CEO & Founder, FableStreet
Amisha Jain, CEO, Zivame
Tanvi Malik, Co-Founder, FabAlley & Indya
Nitya Arora, Founder, Valliyan
Benu Sehgal, CEO, Freeport Retail
Debosmita Majumder, Head-Marketing, Puma
Suparna Mitra, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Watches & Accessories, Titan Co.
Bharati Balakrishnan, Sr. VP & Head Digital Commerce, Future Group
Vidya Laxman, Director - Technology, Tesco
Priyanjali Dang, Senior Director-Solutions Development (Fashion Enterprises), Delhivery
Smita Murarka, Head – Marketing & Ecommerce, Amante (MAS Holdings)
Sreyoshi Maitra, ED, IPSOS
Saloni Nangia, President, Technopak
Nandini Kelkar, Director, Customer Research, MEASA, Frost & Sullivan
Rachana Singh, Business Consultant & Professor of Fashion Business - Istituto Marangoni
Harmeet Bajaj, Program Director, Fashion Education, Anant National University

Men
Akhilesh Prasad, President & CEO, Fashion & Lifestryle Business, Reliance Retail
Suresh J, MD & CEO, Arvind Fashions
Darshan Mehta, President and CEO, Reliance Brands
Dilip Kapur, President and Founder, Hidesign
Bijou Kurien, Strategy Board Member, L Catterton Asia Holdings
Vasanth Kumar, MD, Lifestyle
Gurukeerthi Gurunathan, Co-founder, Caratlane
Rishi Vasudev, SVP & Group Head - Fashion, Flipkart|Myntra|Jabong
Sanjeev Mohanty, MD & SVP - South Asia, Middle East & North Africa, Levis
C K Venkataraman, MD, Titan Co.
Ramneek Kurana, Co-founder, Lenskart
Gautam Vazirani, Creative Strategist - Sustainable Fashion, IMG Reliance
Mukul Bafana, CEO, Arvind Internet
Sundeep Chugh, CEO, Benetton India
Abhishek Ganguly, MD, Puma India
Shailesh Chaturvedi, MD & CEO, Tommy Hilfiger, Arrow & CK India
Sandeep Kataria, CEO, Bata India
Vivek Bali, CEO, Sephora India
Vishak Kumar, CEO, Madura Fashion & Lifestyle
Arun Sirdeshmukh, Head - Amazon Fashion, India
Amar Nagaram, Head, Myntra and Jabong
Tushar Ved, President, Major Brands
Gautam Saraogi, Co Founder & CEO, Go Colors
Ajoy Chawla, CEO, Tanishq
Hemant Agarwal, CMD, V-Bazaar
Manohar Chatlani, MD & CEO, Soch
Vineet Gautam, CEO, Bestseller India
Anant Daga, MD, TCNS Clothing Company
Sooraj Bhatt, CEO- Fast Fashion Business, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail
Alok Dubey, CEO, Arvind Lifestyle Brands
Faiz Ahmed, MD, Esomoire/Inmark Retail, Voi Jeans Bengaluru
Anupam Bansal, ED, Liberty Shoes
J P Shukla, Co-Founder & CEO, 1-India Family Mart
Mridumesh Kumar Rai, Group President, Sara Futura Group
Kumar Nitesh, CEO Reliance Footprint - Reliance Retail
Manish Kapoor, CEO, Pepe Jeans London
Dhruv Bogra, Country Manager, Forever New (India SE Asia, ME)
Himanshu Chakrawarti, CEO - Unlimited, Arvind Lifestyle
Vivek Mehta, CEO, Mass Brands (Amante)
Sahil Malik, CEO, Da Milano
Deepak Aswani, My Kingdom, Cochin
Ayush Mehra, Director, Study By Janak Fashions
Sandeep Mukim, MD, Proline
Rajesh Jain, Managing Director & CEO, Lacoste India
Rajesh Kadam, COO, Inc. Shoes
Prashant Bhatia, CEO, Cambridge Apparels
Lars Schmidt MD, Southeast Asia & India, Swarovski
Vinay Chatlani, Co-founder CEO, Soch Apparels
Ayush Tainwala, ED, Periwinkle Group (Lavie, Accessorize/Havianas)
Seerna Suresh, Director, South India Shopping Mall (Retail Chain)
Darpan Kapoor, Vice Chairman, Kapsons Group
Vijay KG, Founder, Luxepolis
Rajesh Seth, COO, FBB – Future Group
Dilip Gianchandani, Country Manager, The Woolmark Company
Vineeth Nair, CEO, Ajio

Tech/ Digital/ Omnichannel

Ananthanarayanan Hariharan, SVO & Business Head, Ajio
Burli Phaneendra, CFO - Fashion & Lifestyle business, Reliance Retail and Head of Online business,
Reliance Trends
Vikram Idnani, Group CTO, Reliance Retail
Kumar Sambhav, Head Omni-channel Asia & Head Digital SEA & APAC, Bata
Praveen Shrikhande, Chief Digital Officer, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail
Prashant Bokil, Head IT, The Mandhana Retail Venture (Being Human)
Arun Gupta, Consulting Chief Technology Officer, Praxis Home Retail
Piyush Chauhan, SVP & CIO, Arvind Lifestyle Brands
Bhavin Kothari, VP-IT, Lifestyle Int. (Landmark Group)
Maneesh Mittal, Chief - Omnichannel & Digital, Shoppers Stop
Deepak Kishanchand, IT Head, Levi’s
Vivek Biyani, Director - Tech, Future Group
Dibyendu Baral, CTO, Senco Gold Limited
Anil Shankar, IT Head, Shoppers Stop
Vinod Kapote, Head – IT, Trent
Harcharan Singh, IT Head, Blackberrys
Arun Naikar, Head E-Commerce, Fabindia
Vishal Kapil, CTO, Marks and Spencer India
Sandeep Mistry, Head - IT, Pantaloons
Sanjiv Shah, VP, Business Transformation, Baggit
Anuj Gupta, Chief Revenue Officer, Zivame
Tapan Acharya, CRO of Omuni, Arvind Internet
Kunal Mehta, Head IT – Lifestyle Business, Raymond
Jackson Fernandez, Business Head – ecom, PUMA Sports India
Baskaramoorthy D, Vice President, Posiflex Technology
Kuber Pritmani, Co-founder & COO, BillMe
Jai Hemrajani, Co-founder & CEO, BillMe
Siddharth Lulla, Corporate Strategy & Partnerships Lead - Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF)
Praveen Premkumar, Director, Crea Worldwide

Design & Product Development, Buying & Merchandising

Dr. Naresh Tyagi, Chief Sustainability Officer, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail
Bhupinder Singh, Chief Product Officer, Wildcraft India
Nihal Rajan, VP & Head of Design-MFB @ Myntra Designs
Saikat Mitra, Vice President - Creative Director, Van Heusen
Sudhir Gupta, Head Buying & Merchandising, ITC Lifestyle Retail
Atul Bajaj, ED, Product Merchandising & Supply Chain, Puma
Kapil Yadav, VM Head & GM Louis Philippe & Simon Carter (ABFRL)
Manish Bhatia, Buying & Merchandising head, Easybuy
Gaurav Raheja Chief Product Officer, True Blue - Arvind
Akash Sehgal, SVP & Business head for Footwear, accessories and beauty business - Lifestyle Int.

Marketing & Sales

Amit Sawant, Head Marketing, Central
Deepak Chakravarty, GM & Head - VM & Retail Marketing, Bata India
Rajesh Sethuraman, Head Marketing, Easybuy
Mohit Doda, Chief Digital Marketing Manager - Reliance Trends
Abhishek Shetty, Head Marketing, PR & Loyalty, Celio
Narendra Motwani, Head – Ecommerce & Digital Marketing, Malabar Gold & Diamonds
Jiten Mahendra SVP, Marketing, Landmark Group

COOs/ Retail Directors/ BD Heads

Vipin Tyagi, COO, Reliance Retail (Trends)
Sanjeev Rao, Director Sales & Business Development, Raymond
Rohiet Singh, COO, Tommy Hilfiger
Nitesh Kanchan, COO, Arrow
Anand Aiyer, Senior Vice President and Business Head – Easybuy
Aman Kumar Gupta, Retail Director, Levis
Tarun Vashishtha, National RBD Head, Pantaloons
Deepak Yadav, Head-Retail Business Development, Shoppers Stop
Sumit Ghildiyal, VP, Business Development, Max Fashions (Landmark Group)

Retail Real Estate

S Raghunandhan, President – Retail, Bhartiya City Developers
Rajendra Kalkar, President-West, Phoenix Mills
Yogeshwar Sharma, CEO & Executive Director, Select Infrastructure
Dalip Sehgal, CEO, Nexus Malls
Uddhav Poddar, MD, Bhumika Realty (Urban Square)
Zubin Jall, Executive Director, Goel Ganga Group
Rajneesh Mahajan, CEO, Inorbit Malls
Shibu Philips, Business Head, Lulu Shopping Mall
Shashie Kumar COO, Brigade Enterprises
Anuj Kejriwal, CEO & MD, ANAROCK Retail
Aditya Sachdeva, National Director – Strategic Initiative, Knight Frank India
Bimal Sharma, Head – Retail, Advisory & Transaction Services, CBRE South Asia

Research & Insights

Harminder Sahni, Managing Director, Wazir Advisors
C S Suryanarayanan, Director and Senior Partner, V-Nova Business Growth (Vertebrand)
Shivjeet Kullar, Founder, NFX Digital
Devangshu Dutta, Founder, Third Eyesight
Viren Razdan, MD, Brand-nomics
Harish Bijoor, Brand Guru & Founder, Harish Bijoor Consults Inc
Rajat Wahi, Partner & Head – Consumer & Retail Sectors, Deloitte India
Neelesh Hundekari, Partner - Consumer and Retail Practice, A. T. Kearney
Sumit Chopra, Director Research Analysis, Globaldata
Anurag Mathur. Partner & Leader, Consumer & Retail, Strategy& (part of PwC network)
Sharang Pant, Market Leader - Retail Vertical, Nielsen South Asia

Tentative Confirmations
Google
HRX by Hritik Roshan
USPL - Collectabillia, Wrogn, Imara
Adidas
StalkByLove
Nykaa
Vajor
Kontoor Brands (formerly V F Brands) - Lee & Wrangler
2bme (Spencer's)
Spykar
Tathasthu
Kala Mandir/ KLM Mall
Naiduhall
Brand Factory