7th Eastern India Microfinance Summit 2023

“The Next Gen Microfinance - Role of digital technology in the evolving roadmap of Microfinance”

On 13th of January 2023 At The Lalit, Kolkata

Organized by: AMFI-WB

Knowledge Partner: M2i

In Partnership with: MFIN and Sa-Dhan

Possible Guest, Speakers and panelist of 7th Eastern India Microfinance Summit 2023:

In Inaugural Session:

  • Shri Ajit Kr. Maity, Chairperson, AMFI-WB and Chairman VFS Capital
  • Shri Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, MD, Bandhan Bank Ltd.
  • Dr. Alok Mishra, CEO, MFIN.
  • Shri Jiji Mammen, Executive Director, Sa-Dhan
  • Smt. Usha Ramesh, CGM, NABARD, West Bengal Regional Office,
  • Regional Director/CGM, RBI, Kolkata
  • Shri Joydeep Roy, PwC
  • Finance Secretary, Nabannya, Finance Department, Govt. of West Bengal
  • CGM, LHO, SBI or Mr. Sujay Kumar Yadav, GM, Network-II, State Bank Of India, Local Head Office, Samriddhi Bhavan
  • Shri Prakash Kumar, CGM SFMC, Mumbai
  • Shri Mohammad Awal, Executive Director, Credit and Development Forum(CDF), Bangladesh. A member on BWTP Advisory Council based in Brisbane, Australia,& SAMN (promoted by ACTED in Paris) Board of Directors. Chairperson of SAMN (South Asia Microfinance Network)

Special Guest Speech:

  • Shri Ashutosh Tandon, Economist, World Bank
  • Shri Aalok Gupta, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, MUDRA, BKC, Mumbai

Session Moderator: For 4 Sessions:

  • Shri Tamal Bandapadhyay, Consulting Editor, Business Standard and Senior Advisor, Jana Small Finance Bank.
  • Shri Avhijit Chakraborty, PwC
  • Shri Manoj Nambiar, MD, Arohan Financial Services Ltd.
  • Shri Vivek Belgavi, PwC

Panel Speakers: For 4 Panels:

From NABARD & SIDBI:

  • Smt. Dipmala Ghosh, GM, NABARD or Shri Ajit Singh, AGM, NABARD, WBRO
  • Shri Arup Kumar, CGM, SIDBI, Zonal Office, Kolkata Or CGM, SIDBI, Delhi Or. Shri Bhanu Prakash Verma, GM, Zonal Office Kolkata

From Bank:

  • Shri G.K. Sudhakar Rao, General Manager, Union Bank of India
  • Shri Debabrata Das, General Manager, Zonal Office, Kolkata, Bank of Baroda
  • Shri Purusottam Jena, Zonal Manager, Barasat Zone, Bank of India
  • Shri Sandeep J. Gaware, CGM, Canara Bank, Zonal Office, Kolkata
  • Shri M.C. Sunil Kumar, GM, Priority Sector Group (Agri & MSE), IDBI Bank Limited, Head Office, Mumbai
  • CGM or GM, PNB, Zonal Office, Kolkata

From MFI:

  • Shri Anjan Dasgupta, MD, ASAI and Secretary, AMFI-WB
  • Shri Vivek Tiwari, MD, Satya Microfinance
  • Dr. Kuldip Maity, MD, VFSL
  • Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Group Chiarman, Inditrade Capital Limited, Mumbai
  • Shri Venkatesh N, MD, IIFL Samasta Microfinance Ltd.

From Sponsor Companies:

  • Shri Neeraj Maheswari, CEO & Co-Founder, m-insure Services Pvt. Ltd.
  • Shri Dr. Neil Patel, Co-Founder & CEO or Mr. Gaurav Bhandari, VP - Marketing and Business Development, AwaazDe
  • Shri Gaurav Seth – CFO , Airtel Payments Bank
  • Shri Surjendu Kuila, Co-Founder and CEO, Solvi tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd (Zopper)

From Technical Perspective:

  • Shri Kelengada Nanaiah, MD, Equifax
  • Shri Gurpreet Chatwal, MD, CRISIL Or GM, CRISIL
  • Shri Abhijit Ray, U.C Inclusive Credit, Bangaluru

From SRO:

  • Dr. Alok Mishra, CEO, MFIN.
  • Shri Jiji Mammen, Executive Director, Sa-Dhan

From Fintech Company:

  • Shri Raghav Aggarwal, BranchX

More names are coming up