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ANZA 2018 EMINENT SPEAKERS Alok Nidhi Gupta Divyan Gupta Founder and CEO Talent Recruit Founder & CEO of Keshiha Services Co-founder & Managing Director Talent Recruit, He been instrumental in the entire design & development of TalentRecruit’s software offerings, under his leadership recruiters across industries have come to rely on TalentRecruit’s robust solutions. Divyan is the Founder & CEO of Keshiha Services, a consumer internet and technology company recognised as an ‘Innovative Startup’ by the Government of India under their flagship Startup India program. Keshiha Services owns and operates India’s first curated e-commerce brands — Art and Decors and Gizmofashion. Prior to co-founding TalentRecruit, Alok has over 17 years of experience in Automotive and Software Industry. He worked with Munjal Auto, a Hero Group Company as Company Secretary and Legal Head. Alok is an Associate Member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and a Gold Medalist, LL.B & LL.M. Alok has a versatile personality. He enjoys playing all sports but has a special talent for cricket and badminton. He is a singer and likes to keep himself updated about the latest political and economic affairs. Divyan has a rich professional experience of over 18 years in a variety of senior executive roles with top Fortune 500 & FTSE 10 MNC’s across the telecom, utility, and financial verticals prior to setting up Keshiha Services. Divyan is the India Country Champion and the Delhi Chapter Manager for Google Business Groups (GBG), a not-for-profit entrepreneurship knowledge platform incubated at Google, and leads high impact programs for entrepreneurs across the world. Divyan is an empaneled Innovation Management Expert with the Government of India and has advised them on matters related to the startup ecosystem in India as well as larger ASEAN cooperation on cross border trade and e-commerce. Ajay Sharma Founder – Get Me Experts & FlexiOrg Ajay is an Entrepreneur and Founder of Get Me Exper ts – An Exper ts Aggregation Global Portal & FlexiOrg – A Gig Economy Ecosystem. Ajay has been in HR & Business Management for well over 29 years. After 25 long years in corporate, Ajay took the entrepreneurial route and started with Ashtopus Technologies (2014), later founding Get Me Experts (2016) and FlexiOrg (2018). Ajay has a diverse background in Operations, HR, and R&D Management. He has provided his professional exper tise to companies related to Semiconductor, IT & Manufacturing, across various functions like R&D, sales, marketing, and ser vice operations. His experience includes companies such as Ericsson, ST Ericsson, Xilinx, Cadence, Xansa India, JK Group, and NPC. In his last corporate assignment, he was Director HR at Ericsson Modem Division in Sweden. Before that, he was Country Head for ST Ericsson India. His interest rests in implementing best HR practices, especially in startups. He has been mentor to some budding entrepreneurs/solopreneurs. Vol. 9 Issue 6 • Pre-Event 2018, Noida | 61