Pradeep Dwivedi
CEO, Sakal Media Group

Pradeep is CEO of Sakal Media Group, one of the largest independently owned media business in Maharashtra with forays in print, television, digital and events. An accomplished industry leader with an experience of over 23 years of business management cutting across functions and industries.

In his most recent role, Pradeep was the Chief Corporate Sales and marketing officer at Dainik Bhaskar Group; one of India’s Largest newspaper group. He commenced his career with managing sales, distribution and marketing with Eicher Motors Limited in the automotive industry. This was followed by Consumer Banking and Financial Services Industry assignments in prestigious multinational firms like GE Capital Commercial Finance, Standard Chartered Bank and American Express Bank in diverse areas such as business development, sales& risk operations in commercial, unsecured and secured products. Subsequently as Regional COO of Tata Teleservices Ltd, he was managing their Enterprise Business and had held roles in Service operations, marketing leadership, strategic business development and new product innovation.

He is an active participant in many industry associations such as IAA (International Advertising Association – India Chapter) as Honorary Secretary & Managing Committee member and The Advertising Club of India as managing committee member.

Sandeep Nagpal
Head of Partner & SME marketing – Asia Pacific and Japan, SAP

Sandeep is Head of SME & Partner Marketing (VP) & is responsible for SAP's Partner , Ecosystem & Volume Business Marketing Strategy for Asia Pacific & Japan.

Sandeep has held senior leadership positions & managed diverse portfolios in companies like Honda Motors, Canon, New Holland tractors, Microsoft & Nokia prior to joining SAP.

With more than 20 years of progressive leadership experience in P&L management, technology & solution marketing , strategy, business development & Startup Operations, Sandeep has defined strategies to build brand visibility, driven opportunity creation , built channel strategies and created distribution channels to drive multi-tier sales engines in his various roles over the years.Known for his strategic thinking and execution focus, he has inspired trust, built teams and motivated people to perform and deliver results.

Sandeep received his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University & he holds Executive Masters in International Business from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. He is a certified coach for Design Thinking from Hasso Plattner Institut, Potsdam & has completed several management development & leadership programs both in India & abroad.

Vinay Singhal
Co-founder & CEO, Wittyfeed

Vinay Singhal is the Co-founder & CEO of WittyFeed, India's largest & world's 2nd largest viral content company. Hailing from Nunsar, a small village in Haryana, Vinay’s hunger for excellence made him the very first person from his family to pursue engineering. Entrepreneurial bug bit him early in 2010 while he was still pursuing his B.Tech, Computer Science from Chennai. A few failures and a score of learning later WittyFeed.com took shape in September 2014 under the aegis of Vatsana Technologies. Just completed two years and WittyFeed.com is already valued at $30 million.

Vinay, still only 26, has 6+ years of successful experience providing fiscal, strategic and financial leadership in uniquely challenging situations. Internet media industry has always been his work field. He is an innovative and result-driven leader, focused on achieving exceptional results in highly competitive environments. He is highly motivated and has all important core values in place.

He believes in affecting positive change in others and the community as a whole. He derives his strength from the people and his team around him. He says. “My journey from 2010 to 2014 was nothing short of a roller coaster ride. What kept me going was – My Team. It still is my propelling force.”