Bengaluru

Bengaluru is colloquially referred to as the tech hub of India. It attracts the best of the brightest of the tech talent of India. The ecosystem caters to large entities such as IBM, Oracle to every other bootstrapped college dropout dreaming it to make it big. It's the perfect stop to showcase the tech savvy insuretech startups in the general insurance space. With the lovely weather, as an icing on the cake, Bengaluru wants to etch its name as the silicon valley of India.

Schedule of Events

05:05 PM - 05:07 PM

Welcome

05:07 PM - 05:10 PM

India Insurtech Association Initiatives

05:10 PM - 06:05 PM

The Changing Landscape of Life and Health Insurance

06:05 PM - 06:25 PM

Startup Demos and Audience Voting

Speakers

Subhajit Mandal

Co-Founder

India Insurtech Association

Subhajit Mandal

Co-Founder

India Insurtech Association

Subhajit is one of the co-founders of India Insurtech Association. He is one of the co-founders of Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) and currently volunteers for the SFA Insurtech Sub-Committee. His recent stint was as Head of Products at Symbo. Before that, he was leading LumenLab’s fintech initiatives in APAC. Prior to his insurtech stints he was building trading tools and algorithms for prop trading firms. He is a CFA Charterholder, with an MBA from NUS and an undergrad of IIT Kharagpur.
Anand Prabhudesai

Co-Founder

Turtlemint

Anand Prabhudesai

Co-Founder

Turtlemint

Anand co-founded Turtlemint in 2015, with the mission of creating a million financial entrepreneurs who can help each and every Indian reach their financial goals. Turtlemint's insurance distribution technology platform is currently used by over 1 lakh sellers all over India to offer customers more choices, tailored advice, and simple online buying experience. At Turtlemint, Anand leads product and marketing. Prior to founding Turtlemint, Anand had over 15 years of experience working with Quikr, Yahoo, Nokia and Bay Area startups building and scaling consumer internet services, and leading cross-functional teams. He has an MBA with Honours from Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay.
Upasana Taku

Co-Founder and COO

Mobikwik

Upasana Taku

Co-Founder and COO

Mobikwik

Upasana Taku is Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer of MobiKwik, India’s largest digital credit and payments platform with 120 million users, 3 million merchants, and 300+ billers. Her current role is to lead the company’s evolution from a mobile wallet into a full-stack fintech platform that caters to the financial needs & aspirations of a Billion Indians. Ms. Taku is the only woman in India to lead a fintech and payments platform of scale. In 2018, she was recognized as the first woman in India to lead a “Payments Startup” by the President of India. Ms. Taku is one of four Indians featured in the prestigious Forbes 2019 Asia’s Power Businesswomen list. She is on the global list of ‘Top 100 Women in Fintech 2018’, announced by Lattice80, a London based Global Fintech Hub. In recognition of her achievements in the tech startup ecosystem in India, Ms. Taku was featured by Forbes as one of ‘Asia’s Women to Watch in 2016’ and in the ‘Fortune 40 under 40’ List in the same year. She was awarded ‘Young Business Woman Award’ at the CNBC Young Turks Conclave 2017, and was conferred with ‘Best Woman Entrepreneur Award 2017’ by ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry), the apex trade association of India. Upasana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (BE) from NIT Jalandhar, India and a Masters degree in Management Science & Engineering (MS) from Stanford University, USA. She worked with PayPal in Silicon Valley and HSBC in San Diego before returning to India to start MobiKwik.
Mridul Arora

Managing Director

Saif Partners

Mridul Arora

Managing Director

Saif Partners

Mridul focuses on consumer internet/mobile investments with a keen interest in fin-tech and financial services. Prior to joining SAIF, Mridul was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company where he focused on financial services, in particular banking, insurance, and asset management. Mridul received a degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras and holds his M.B.A. from IIM Lucknow. Mridul's portfolio companies at SAIF include UrbanClap, Acko, Aye Finance, Cleartax, Capital Float amongst others.
Vineet Arora

MD and CEO

PayTm General Insurance

Vineet Arora

MD and CEO

PayTm General Insurance

Vineet, Managing Director and CEO of Paytm General Insurance Ltd., is setting up the Digital First Insurance business for Paytm with the vision to take insurance to the large population of India. The company will democratise general insurance with its tech-driven, multi-channel reach supported by innovative and affordable insurance products. Paytm recently announced the 100% acquisition of Raheja QBE General Insurance Ltd. (Subject to approvals). Prior to joining Paytm he was working with Aegon Life Insurance Company Ltd. where he spent close to 2 years as the Managing Director and CEO. Before Aegon Life he worked with and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and ICICI Securities Ltd. At ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Vineet worked across various business roles, setting up Alternate Distribution and International Business for Life Insurance, while at ICICI Securities (ICICIdirect.com) he was responsible for Wealth Management, Retail Distribution, Products and Marketing. Vineet is an MBA and a Financial Services professional. He completed his Post Graduation from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar and Graduation from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi.
Arun Balakrishnan

CEO

Xceedance

Arun Balakrishnan

CEO

Xceedance

Arun Balakrishnan has built his career around promoting innovation and transformation in the insurance business. He has more than 12 years of experience launching start-ups in the industry. He is currently the CEO and Founder of Xceedance, which is a comprehensive insurance services firm catering to the growth needs of insurance market participants across the globe. Prior to his role Xceedance, he served as the chief executive officer for Berkshire Hathaway Insurance in India. In this role, Arun established and executed the company’s market entry strategy into the Indian insurance market. Having initiated and nurtured business relationships with various insurance and reinsurance companies over the years, he has gained an intimate understanding of how insurance businesses operate, underlined by an in-depth knowledge of the different functional areas within insurer organizations, as well as hands-on experience with business strategy and planning. Prior to Berkshire Hathaway India, Arun founded and functioned as chief executive officer for an insurance aggregation portal company that secured venture capital funding from one of the top internet companies in India. Originally, he started his career in the Merchant Marine as a deck officer on cargo ships and oil tankers. Arun graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Nautical Sciences from Mumbai University and completed his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Jimmy Padia

Founder and CEO

Floatbot

Jimmy Padia

Founder and CEO

Floatbot

Jimmy Padia is graduate of VJTI, Mumbai, with 15+ years of experience in Technology including 5 years at GE across India, USA, China and LATAM, and 7+ years as Entrepreneur of a Tech services company. Jimmy is highly customer focused and believes in building exceptional product that adds value to its customers.
Pallav Singh

Co-Founder and CEO

Kruzr

Pallav Singh

Co-Founder and CEO

Kruzr

Pallav is Kruzr's co-founder and Kruzr. He studied Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bombay. He started Kruzr with the vision to reduce road accidents and fatalities and work with Motor Insurers to make it truly preventive and customer-centric. At Kruzr, he leads Product Strategy and Sales. Outside of work, he loves listening to music and playing squash.
Irvinder Singh Lail

Executive Committee Member

India Insurtech Association

Irvinder Singh Lail

Executive Committee Member

India Insurtech Association

Irvinder has over 18 years of experience in Financial Services Insurance Industry and have been associated with global brands like Ernst Young, Max Bupa, Swiss Re, Lloyds and GE. He has helped companies across the globe and in India solving complex strategic challenges example Growth, efficiency, digital, operations and products and he was instrumental in setting up health and GI companies in India.

Bengaluru

Schedule of Events

Speakers

Subhajit Mandal

Anand Prabhudesai

Upasana Taku

Mridul Arora

Vineet Arora

Arun Balakrishnan

Jimmy Padia

Pallav Singh

Irvinder Singh Lail