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Neeraj Khandelwal is the co-founder of Okto and CoinDCX.
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Vijay Ayyar
Vijay Ayyar is Head of consumer Growth, APAC at Gemini and was previously the VP of International Markets & Growth, leads international strategy and expansion for the business, aiming to establish our brand and presence globally. In his previous roles at Luno, another leading crypto wallet and exchange, he launched and led operations in 40+ markets globally while working closely with regulators and bank partners in a number of jurisdictions. He also led investments into multiple crypto, FinTech, and payment startups, and explored Web3 wallets and emerging market stablecoins with partners.
Sumit Gupta
Sumit Gupta is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CoinDCX, India’s first crypto unicorn and cryptocurrency exchange. As a pioneer in India’s crypto industry, Sumit has been instrumental in bringing the emerging asset class to the consciousness of India’s mainstream. In his role, Sumit is responsible for the overall strategy and growth of CoinDCX, and is the driving force behind the company’s vision to onboard 50 million Indians into crypto. As co-chair of the Blockchain and Crypto Assets Council (BACC), a part of IAMAI, whose members are crypto exchanges operating in India, Sumit is an influential industry figure who advocates actively for better understanding and adoption of crypto. When Bitcoin began gaining traction in 2014, Sumit saw the potential of leveraging blockchain technology to enable financial inclusion and saw crypto’s potential to supercharge India’s growing innovation economy. Together with his team at CoinDCX, Sumit is committed to democratizing access to crypto for India, empowering Indians to manage their digital wealth in an increasingly digital and decentralized future. Sumit holds an Undergraduate and Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
Prashant Srivastava
Prashant Srivastava is co-CEO of Elys Network, having previously held positions at Bank of Mitsubishi UFJ and Credit Suisse. He is a graduate of Columbia University in the United States and the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai.
Siddhartha Dutta
Siddhartha Dutta is CEO at Marlin Protocol, Marlin brings high-performance network infrastructure to modern decentralized networks. We are supported by Arrington XRP Capital, Binance Labs, Continue Capital, DHVC, Electric Capital, NGC etc. Formerly at Zilliqa and Microsoft.
Praneeth Srikanti
Praneeth Srikanti is the Investment Partner & Co-founder at Ethereal Ventures and former Investment Principal at ConsenSys Ventures.
Mohit Bansal
Mohit Bansal is head of strategy at Avail and previously was Director of Business operations at Unacademy. He is a graduate of Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
Rohit Wad
Rohit Wad is the current CTO at Binance. Prior to that, he worked as an Engineering Director at Facebook from May 2012 to October 2016. From there, Rohit helped grow Facebook's Seattle office from around 100 engineers to over 1000 in four years. At Google, he spearheaded a startup team of ten engineers to build a product that enabled people to compare and find the right home mortgages. As Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, his most recent role, he oversaw product and engineering for consumer communications: Skype, Groupme, and Microsoft Teams. Rohit Wad's educational career began when he completed his B.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Rohit then went on to complete his MS in Computer Science from the University of Virginia.
Susmit Lavania
Susmit Lavania is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Huddle01.
Rohit Goyal
Rohit Goyal is Co-Founder & CEO at Mudrex. Formerly, Founder and CEO at PaxPlay, Co-Founder of Sabjiwaala.
Niraj Pant
Niraj Pant is the Co-Founder at Ritual. Presively he was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, where he invests in early-stage cryptocurrency projects. Prior to this role, he researched privacy in the Decentralized Systems Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Niraj has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors for CoinDCX, an Ambassador for Sequoia Capital, and Co-Founder and CTO of Source Networks. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.