17 Oct 2026
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Sridhar Vembu - Founder of Zoho Manufacturing Initiatives
Manufacturing

Sridhar Vembu

Co-Founder & Chief Scientist • Zoho Manufacturing Initiatives
📍 Tamil Nadu, India

Sridhar Vembu's manufacturing-related story centers on his push for deeper Indian R&D, hardware capability and technolog...

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G D Naidu - Founder of Industrial Ventures
Manufacturing

G D Naidu

Inventor & Industrialist • Industrial Ventures
📍 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

G.D. Naidu was a pioneering Indian inventor and industrialist whose work in engineering, transport and manufacturing mad...

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Baba Kalyani - Founder of Bharat Forge
Manufacturing

Baba Kalyani

Chairman & Managing Director • Bharat Forge
📍 Pune, Maharashtra, India

Baba Kalyani helped transform Bharat Forge into a globally recognized engineering and manufacturing company.

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Venu Srinivasan - Founder of TVS Motor Company
Manufacturing

Venu Srinivasan

Chairman Emeritus / Industrial Leader • TVS Motor Company
📍 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Venu Srinivasan played a major role in building TVS Motor into one of India's most recognized two-wheeler manufacturers.

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Deepak Pahwa - Founder of Bry-Air
Manufacturing

Deepak Pahwa

Chairman • Bry-Air
📍 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Deepak Pahwa built Bry-Air into an Indian engineering company known for dehumidification and air-treatment solutions.

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Vijay Shekhar Sharma - Founder of Paytm
FinTech

Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Founder & CEO • Paytm
📍 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Vijay Shekhar Sharma built Paytm around the shift from cash and recharge services toward mobile and QR-based payments.

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Harshil Mathur - Founder of Razorpay
FinTech

Harshil Mathur

Co-Founder & CEO • Razorpay
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Harshil Mathur co-founded Razorpay to simplify online payments and financial infrastructure for Indian businesses.

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Kunal Shah - Founder of CRED
FinTech

Kunal Shah

Founder • CRED
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Kunal Shah founded CRED after earlier building FreeCharge, making him one of India's best-known repeat fintech entrepren...

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Sameer Nigam - Founder of PhonePe
FinTech

Sameer Nigam

Co-Founder & CEO • PhonePe
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sameer Nigam co-founded PhonePe and helped build a digital-payments platform used at massive scale across India.

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Nithin Kamath - Founder of Zerodha
FinTech

Nithin Kamath

Founder & CEO • Zerodha
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Nithin Kamath founded Zerodha and helped popularize low-cost online stockbroking in India.

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Aman Gupta - Founder of boAt
D2C

Aman Gupta

Co-Founder & CMO • boAt
📍 Delhi NCR, India

Aman Gupta co-founded boAt and helped build it into a highly visible Indian consumer-electronics brand.

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Ghazal Alagh - Founder of Mamaearth
D2C

Ghazal Alagh

Co-Founder • Mamaearth
📍 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Ghazal Alagh co-founded Mamaearth and helped build a digital-first personal-care brand around safer, accessible products...

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