Meet our Community

Shruti is a homemaker, married to Anil Kishorepuria. She is also a proud mother of two children Karan and Krishnav Kishorepuria. She did her schooling from Modern High School, Kolkata and her graduation from Loreto House. She is most passionate about working with women and children. She hasn't done anything substantial yet other than contributing financially but through SVP, she hopes to contribute not just financially but with my time and energy as well. She is a practioner of Nicherin Buddhism and loves traveling, music and reading.

With over 20 years of experience across Asia Pacific and North America, Shubha Hegde and Amit Chaudhary bring deep expertise in technology, business strategy, and entrepreneurship. Shubha has led and scaled ventures in tech, financial services, and e-commerce, and now co-leads Escape Velocity Advisors, helping young businesses grow. Amit is an entrepreneur and investor who has built and scaled companies in e-commerce, retail, and logistics, and now splits his time between running his business, advising startups, and angel investing. Having recently returned to Bengaluru after two decades abroad, they are passionate about supporting impactful organizations. Avid travelers and road-trippers, they often journey with their 11-year-old Labrador. Amit is also training for his Private Pilot License, adding to their adventurous spirit.

Shubhang is an MBA from Said Business School at the University of Oxford. Currently he heads his family business. He has also worked at the Royal bank of Scotland. Shubhang is involved education arm of Meenakshi India ltd which operates 5 institutions within a campus in Rajasthan, and is in the process of establishing a logistics park outside Coimbatore. His interest lies in the field of education for children. During his time in London, he has volunteered at the Whitechapel mission and Highshore School He enjoys reading, cooking, snooker, and watching sports and is currently in the process of attaining private pilots license.

Shubhomoy has spent his entire career in the financial sector, the last two decades in NY in Wall Street firms. Shubhomoy is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and IIM Calcutta. He has previously worked with several philanthropic organisations in the US and is passionate about contributing his time and experience towards scaling up organisations focused on solving complex social challenges. Sanjeeta holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Ethiraj College, Chennai. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Sanchari School of Dance, where she trains and mentors students in the Kalakshetra style of Bharatanatyam. Shubhomoy and Sanjeeta recently relocated back to Pune after spending two decades in the US. Shubhomoy and Sanjeeta have two beautiful children, Sandeepan (26 yrs) and Shonchori (22 yrs), who live and work in the US.

Shweta works in governance and leadership advisory through her role at Vahura OnBoard, the Non-Executive Director search practice of Vahura. A lawyer by qualification, she advises leading Indian corporates on board and leadership appointments, with a strong interest in leadership journeys and board dynamics.

Amit and Shweta were born and raised in New Delhi and met during their undergrad at SRCC, Delhi University in the mid-1990s. They both went on to do an MBA and pursued corporate careers. Having spent 7 years living in Singapore and travelling to over 30 countries together, both have social consciousness towards the quality of life of an average Indian, and the desire to do their small bit. Amit is currently the Country Head of Hines, and Shweta is experimenting with various ideas after they became empty nesters in 2023.

Siddhartha Kochar is an entrepreneur and investor with experience across technology, financial services and manufacturing. He currently serves as Vice President at Holoflex Limited. His previous experiences are with MethodTech, Nova Credit and building a 3D-printing venture. Siddhartha holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and is an active investor in public and private markets.

Siddharth is an AI and Data leader with 18+ years of experience across the U.S., India, and APAC regions. Heplayed key roles in building and scaling Data & AI functions at organizations such as Coach, AIonOS, and Airtel,driving more than $500M in incremental business impact. His work includes leading global, data-driventransformations at McKinsey & Company and contributing to the broader AI ecosystem through leadership roles,including serving on the CII AI Council. He has been recognized as a Top 100 AI Leader by the AIM Council anda Top AI Influencer by 3AI, and also serves as a guest faculty member at XLRI

Sidhartha Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. .He worked at Austin for about two years as a Computer Engineer and returned to India to join his father. Currently run two companies – one in power and the other in Information Technology.He has been a supporter of organisations such as SOS Children’s Villages of India for over two decades and have supported numerous animal welfare charities. He enjoys driving, listening to music, reading and spending time with his dog.

Sidharth has pursued his graduation degree from St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata and MBA from The London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the Director of Payal Dealers Pvt Ltd., a consumer products manufacturing company. Sidharth and his wife Neha have two wonderful kids, who are the center of their world. They keep them busy and happily occupied. Sidharth has been associated with NGOs working towards children’s welfare and healthcare. He is keen to create an impact on the lives of children through education, nutrition, and livelihood opportunities. He is keen to contribute in the area of child healthcare for the underserved through SVP.

An alumnus of the Harvard Business School, Sidharth is a visionary young leader and a seasoned entrepreneur. In a career spanning over 25 years, Sidharth is the youngest President in the history of Credai Bengal. Starting his career in 1998 Sidharth rose quickly through the ranks, founding the Crossword Bookstore franchise in West Bengal in 2003. As a passionate angel investor, he supports startups producing new opportunities and generating employment. Through philanthropic initiatives, he aims to drive women’s empowerment, enhance urban and rural livelihoods, support an inclusive workforce, and improve education and nutrition for children, including those with disabilities.

SK Babu holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and BE Computer Science from SJCE, Mysore. Babu has 30+ years of experience across IT Services, Technology, Investing, Strategy Consulting. Babu is a founding partner at the Singapore-based Blockchain Equity Fund called True Global Ventures and an investment committee member in the Entertainment-Gaming vertical for TGV4 & TGV6 funds. Alongside, Babu is also a business mentor in a global accelerator called Brinc taking active interest in assisting their HK & Dubai Web3.0 cohorts all round the year. In his earlier avatar, Babu had a long stint with Infosys and HCL in their BFSI verticals followed by an entrepreneurial stint setting up a bay area based crypto-derivatives exchange. Babu’s hobbies are in organic farming and he has done immersion visits in the rural hinterland between Tiruvannamalai and the Kalrayan Hills.

Mr. S Kishore is a Chartered Accountant and leads the business development and capital formation initiatives of the KSK group. Before incorporating KSK, Mr. Kishore was a financial advisor and consultant for major domestic and international businesses in emerging technology areas and advised multiple energy companies/utilities/market entrants since the early 90s. Mr. Kishore has also been associated with various government reforms and regulatory initiatives and has served on multiple committees.

Smeeta has ~20 years of experience in advisory, data, analytics, and program management in Financial Services,with a focus on Financial Inclusion; experience with leading banks, MFIs, NBFCs, credit card issuers, and pensionproviders. She has led and managed diverse and global teams while working in India, USA, UK and Norway.In her last corporate role, she led Data Science and Analytics at Transunion CIBIL. She built credit scores andother products for consumer, commercial & MFI credit bureaus. She also led policy research and industry insightsworking with Government ministries, and other industry partners7. Between 2017-2020, she worked with Upay, an NGO providing supplemental education to students in slums withweekend classes.Between 2023-2024, she worked with Pinbox Inclusion as a Programme director and Global lead for Genderinitiatives and head of data. She launched Gift-a-Pension – A program that encourages people to open andcontribute towards pension accounts of their domestic workers. She partnered with BRAC Microfinance inBangladesh to educate and enable their 4+ million women customers to save for old age.She is a contributing author to “Templatizing microPensions for Africa”, an Africa book project where 35+regulators, policy makers and experts from the Continent share their views.Between 2024-2025, she worked with Samhita social ventures as Director – Measurements, Products and Analytics.She developed and managed financial products like Returnable Grants, Credit Guarantee backed loans, publicgoods such as a “Pre-Credit Score” using alternative credit scoring framework for assessing creditworthiness.

Smita is an SRCC Delhi and Melbourne Business School alumnus. Over the past 20+ years, Smita’s career in banking, first as a sales trader in financial markets and later as a senior relationship manager in corporate and institutional banking, has allowed her to live and work in Mumbai, Singapore, London, and New York. Smita believes that SVP’s global reach and focus on scaling young NGOs is the perfect forum for her to continue her involvement with efforts focused on children, women, and the environment. Smita has moved quickly to augment SVP Delhi’s efforts, championing an NGO working with elderly and differently-abled persons.

From telling people's stories as a witness in her role as a features writer, Smita’s current journey is to enable change-makers to tell powerful and compelling stories of their impact as their communications and content partner. Pranav strives towards creating a world where children everywhere are learning with understanding. He is attempting to do this through high-quality conceptual student-assessments; a personalised adaptive-learning software called Mindspark that is built on pedagogy research; and impact evaluation services for governments, CSR funders and philanthropic foundations.

Smriti Chandra is a qualified chartered accountant with over 20 years of experience in investment advisory, strategy consulting and financial due diligence. She is working with a Norway based Impact fund – Abler Nordic - investing in financial inclusion across South Asia and South-East Asia. She has worked with EY and KPMG in the past. She also holds Board positions in several financial services companies as a nominee representative and specializes in active asset management, corporate governance realignment, and ESG-led value creation. She has completed the “Women on Board” program for social sector with ISDM, Delhi. Dinkar Venkatasubramanian is a qualified chartered accountant and has been with Andersen/ EY ever since he graduated in 1998 from SRCC, Delhi. He has been focused on protecting economic value by stabilizing & reviving businesses. Dinkar also leads the Strategy & Transactions market initiatives for EY in the South (2025-present). Dinkar is also the sponsor partner for the EY Ripples Program in India (2024-present) a global corporate responsibility program that aims to impact more than 1 billion lives positively by 2030.

Smriti is deeply committed to giving back, having been involved with NGOs since childhood, volunteering for sustainability awareness and assisting with communication material. Trained as a manuscript editor and journalist, she recently co-authored an anthology for budding copyeditors with the Indian Copyeditors Forum and volunteers at the Iyengar Yoga institute in Pune, managing their social media. She worked with the Aquapharm Foundation, focusing on senior citizen’s care, education, and infrastructural development. When she has some downtime, Smriti loves hanging out with her mother, grandmother and various friends. She loves travelling, discovering new cuisines everywhere she goes, putting her feet up with her friends, practising Iyengar Yoga, and reading everything she can get her hands on.

Aakash, Executive Director of NIPHA Group and Co-Founder of NowPurchase, has over 20 years of experience spanning engineering, sales, and strategic marketing. An MBA from ISB, he leads NIPHA’s Mechanised Farm Solutions business, driving innovation across manufacturing and market expansion. He also serves as National Vice Chairman of EEPC India and is the former President of MCCI, championing sustainable industrial growth and community-focused progress. Snigdha began her career with Zensar, working on investor relations and M&A transactions before transitioning into skill development and public-private initiatives with Dell-Perot and NSDC. A postgraduate university topper in Finance, she has been a member of the CSR Committee of BCCI and former Chairperson of the Ladies Forum of MCCI. She founded and served as CEO of the SVP India Kolkata Chapter, turning an initial six-month commitment into eight years of meaningful social impact — driven by her belief that transforming even a single life creates ripple effects for lasting community change. They have a 13 year old daughter, Anika and a 9 year old son, Kaveer.

Soarabh comes with long years of experience in the areas of Human Resource, Operations, Strategy & Logistics Management and manufacturing. He has had expertise in delivering sustained organizational growth in different Business verticals. Currently he is officiating as GM with Maruti Suzuki. Beyond his corporate life, he wanted to engage himself more closely with the social space, got introduced by an associate of his and today he is with SVP. Off-work keeps him busy with his hobbies of reading India's history, learning & playing violin, also exploring Upanishads & Vedas. Surely it would be a delight to get on chats with him on all these.

Sonal Dubey brings over 12 years of engineering experience in Silicon Valley and is passionate about learning, service, and giving back to the community. As a wife and mother of two, she believes in the power of empathy, collaboration, and applying her professional expertise to strengthen organizations that create lasting social impact.

Sonali Kulkarni is a current partner at SVP. She is the President & CEO at FANUC India Pvt. Ltd. Sonali has previously worked as Executive Vice President at FANUC India, Assistant to Chairman at FANUC Corporation, and Senior Financial Analyst at Borden. Sonali received a graduate degree in Bachelors of Law from Sir L.A. Shah Law College and a Master of Business Administration from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.

Sonal Wagle is the Founder and CEO of Sapwood Ventures, one of India's leading all-women recruitment consultancies. Along with 25 years of corporate experience across India and Singapore, she has been closely associated with Goonj, Missionaries of Charity and Educo Foundation. She has completed her Master’s in Marketing and Bachelor’s in Psychology.

Sonia Asthana is a Fellow Chartered Accountant by profession and a home maker at present. She has been a past Vice President of Inner Wheel Club of Bombay Pier and is currently actively associated with education for children from the lesser privileged sections of our neighborhood in schools in Kamathipura and Tardeo run by BMC and the David Sassoon Industrial School, Matunga for rescued children that need care and protection.