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FinTech Bootcamp for Indian women entrepreneurs sessions schedule
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Day 1
Wednesday, 17th March 2021
1000 to 1005 hrs IST | Introduction/ Welcome
Speaker: Neha Sampat, Senior Sector Manager, Financial and Professional services, Department for International Trade, Mumbai
1005 to 1010 hrs IST | Opening Remarks: India-UK partnership and bilateral relationship, FinTech as UK Government priority and diversity agenda
Speaker: Hannah Mayer, Head of Economics and Finance, British High Commission, New Delhi
1010 to 1020 hrs IST | Special remarks
Speaker: Uma Ratnam Krishnan, Co-CEO, Barclays Global Service Center
1020 to 1040 hrs IST | Fireside chat / Interaction: Women in Fintech - India perspective
Speakers: Dr Andrew Fleming, British Deputy High Commissioner, Hyderabad;
Jayesh Ranjan, IAS Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce (I&C) and Information Technology (IT) Departments
1040 to 1140 hrs IST | Panel Discussion: Building a company
Moderator: Lincy Therattil, Head, Rise Mumbai
Speakers: Arpit Ratan, Co-founder, Signzy
Sayali Karanjkar, Co-founder, Paysense
1140 to 1235 hrs IST | Success stories from women entrepreneurs
Moderator: Rahul Ahluwalia, First Secretary, Financial Services, British Deputy High Commission, Mumbai
Speakers: Shinjini Kumar, Co-founder, Salt
Smita Ram, Co-founder and CEO, Rang De
1235 to 1255 hrs IST | Interaction on Fintech ecosystems and opportunities - Chennai perspective
Speakers: Neha Sampat, Senior Sector Manager, Financial and Professional services, Department for International Trade, Mumbai
Dr Sanjay Tyagi, Chief Executive Officer, FinBlue and Director, Software Technology Parks of India, Chennai
Day 2
Thursday, 18th March 2021
0930 to 0945 hrs IST| Importance of diversity/ mentorship
Speakers: Arun Kumar Krishnamurthy, Head HR, Barclays India
0945 to 1005 hrs IST | Interaction: FinTech ecosystem and opportunities - Karnataka perspective
Speakers: Jeremy Pilmore-Bedford, British Deputy High Commissioner, Bengaluru
Lizzie Chapman, CEO and Co-founder, ZestMoney
Meena Nagraj, Director, Department of IT, Government of Karnataka (Pre-recorded video)
1005 to 1050 hrs IST | Fireside Chat: Getting your first customer and selling to bank
Moderator: Sanat Satyan, Associate Director, Crediwatch
Speakers: Meghna Suryakumar, Founder and CEO, Crediwatch
Sanjaya Shrestha, Head, Barclays India Innovation
1050 to 1120 hrs IST | Scaling with cloud
Speakers: Arihant Jain, Managing Director, Head of Technology, Barclays
1120 to 1150 hrs IST | Ask me anything
Moderator: Sweta Tiwari, Co-founder and COO, Startup Reseau
Speakers: Mahesh Ramachandran, Partner, Pontaq and Chair, FinTech Special Interest Group, TiE Chennai
Suniti Nanda, FinTech Officer, Government of Maharashtra
1150 to 1235 hrs IST | Challenges and techniques of fund raising
Moderator: Arjit Johri, Investments and Corporate Development, Bharat Innovation Fund
Speaker: Deepthi Ravula, Chief Executive Officer, WE HUB
Smita Aggarwal, Global Investment Advisor, Flourish Ventures
1235 to 1255 hrs IST| Interaction: FinTech ecosystem and opportunities - Gujarat perspective
Speakers: Hareet Shukla IAS, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat
Peter Cook, British Deputy High Commissioner, Gujarat & Rajasthan
1255 to 1300 hrs IST| Closing remarks
Speakers: Natalie Toms, Economic Counsellor, British High Commission, New Delhi
