Manoj is the Founder of Digivate Labs.

He is a seasoned Business and Technology Leader with over 30 years of expertise in the IT industry. He is passionate about crafting and delivering cutting-edge Digital Transformation solutions that redefine the industry landscape.

With a rich tapestry of experience in Strategy, Business Development, Consulting, Project Management, Alliance Management, and Customer Support, Manoj's journey is a testament to his unwavering commitment to excellence.

Having held pivotal leadership roles at industry giants Wipro Corporation and Convergys, Manoj embarked on an entrepreneurial journey in 2009, founding Grid Infocom, which globally served organizations in the realms of RPA, Digital Security, and APM. The spark to transcend from service-centric to platform-centric spurred the birth of Digivate Labs.

At the heart of Manoj's professional ethos are two guiding principles – fostering Talent Development by equipping human capital with the latest tools and technologies, and leveraging this refined talent to craft technology solutions that not only meet, but significantly enhance the lives of users.

Navaid Khan is a telecom industry veteran who has been closely associated with the early development and expansion of India’s mobile communications sector. With over four decades of experience across organisations such as Bharti Airtel, Hexacom, Swisscom, and Spice Global, he has played a key role in building and scaling telecom operations across multiple markets.

He has held senior leadership roles at Bharti Airtel and Spice Global, including as Chief Executive Officer and President – Global Business, leading large-scale operations, market expansion, and external engagement across domestic and international markets. Over the course of his career, he has been instrumental in stabilising and scaling businesses in complex, high-growth environments.

Navaid operates at the intersection of industry, government, and institutional ecosystems. He has served on multiple boards and advisory bodies, and has been associated with leading industry institutions including CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, and the All India Management Association, alongside advisory roles with government-linked councils and national programmes.

He brings extensive experience in advising leadership teams and boards on strategic direction, partnerships, governance, and organisational transformation, with a focus on enabling growth in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.

At Digivate Labs, he provides overarching direction, guiding the company’s engagement across industry ecosystems, partnerships, and institutional frameworks, and shaping its approach to operating at scale across sectors and markets.

Amitabh is an information technology veteran with close to four decades of experience designing and building enterprise-grade systems for large organisations and high-growth startups.

Early in his career, he led the development of domain-driven applications across sectors, including engagements with organisations such as ONGC, CSIR, Nestlé, and CGDA, with a focus on improving operational efficiency and business outcomes.

His experience spans industries including media, technology, business process management, and KPO, with leadership roles at organisations such as The Times Group, Times Internet, IBM, Birlasoft, NIIT, UnitedLex, and SirionLabs.

At The Times of India, he served as the chief architect of a comprehensive enterprise advertising platform that managed the full lifecycle of advertisements—from booking and scheduling to publishing, billing, and collections—enabling large-scale operational efficiency and market leadership.

He has served as CTO and, in several cases, as founding CTO for organisations including Daksh, UnitedLex, SirionLabs, and MovingWalls, building and scaling their technology platforms from inception. Across these roles, he worked closely with founding teams to translate business vision into scalable, production-grade systems.

At Digivate Labs, he leads technology strategy and platform development, driving the design and implementation of AI, ML, and automation-led systems for enterprise and public sector use cases.

He is an engineering graduate from IIT.

With over three decades of experience in the banking sector, Karan Butalia has been at the forefront of driving transformation across various verticals, including Treasury & Trade Finance, Relationship Management, Government Business, Rural Banking, Branch Management, Human Resources, and IT. His extensive career is marked by a strong focus on establishing and optimizing business operations, building units from the ground up, and laying a robust foundation for operational excellence and sales processes.

Karan is renowned for his expertise in forming strategic alliances that propel business growth. He has successfully collaborated with banks, Export Promotion Councils, commercial lobbies, and international organizations like UNIDO to foster business development. His work extends to partnerships with NBFCs for co-lending, FFMCs for product distribution, and educational institutions to enhance knowledge of Credit & Forex Products.

In his recent role as Senior Vice President and Chief Business Relations Officer at Axis Bank (one of the Top 3 private sector banks in India), Karan played a pivotal role in managing relationships with Central and State governments, regulatory bodies, and investigative agencies. His department served as the critical link between the bank and the government, ensuring a seamless exchange of perspectives on economic and banking issues.

As the former Head of Business Partnering at Axis Bank, Karan spearheaded the alignment of HR services with the bank's strategic objectives, overseeing the delivery of HR services to 30 business verticals and 60,000 employees. His leadership ensured that individual employee goals were in sync with the broader organizational vision.

A sought-after speaker, Karan regularly shares his insights with trade bodies and associations. His collaborative efforts with organizations like UNIDO Cluster Development, Export Promotion Councils, and MSME industry associations have significantly contributed to the dissemination of knowledge on Credit, Forex, and digital products. His series of webinars with the National Productivity Council and sessions on financial management for non-finance professionals have been particularly impactful.

Karan continues to drive innovation in the MSME sector through his partnership firm, offering advisory and implementation solutions. His firm has delivered specialized training programs for various commercial banks and provided consulting services to advisory firms and NGOs.

Karan holds a B.A (Hons) in Economics from SRCC, a Master's in Business Economics from Delhi University, JAIIB certification, an Executive Master's in International Business from IIFT, and a Diploma in Advanced Strategic Management from IIM Calcutta. He has also completed the Axis Business Executive Leadership program at Duke Corporate Education.

Partha Bardhan is a seasoned business strategist and transformation leader with over 40 years of diversified consulting experience in the Oil & Gas sector. His extensive work spans across all Big 4 Consulting Firms, national and multinational organizations such as ONGC (the largest government-owned-oil and gas explorer and producer in India), Indian Oil (India's largest integrated and diversified energy company), BPCL (India's second-largest government-owned downstream oil producer), Reliance (the largest public company in India by market capitalisation and revenue), the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, British Petroleum, and Mahanagar Gas (an Indian natural gas distribution company owned by Gas Authority of India Ltd., Government of India and Government of Maharashtra state), among others. Throughout his career, Mr. Bardhan has established himself as a transformative force within the industry, consistently driving value-driven transformations and delivering innovative solutions to enhance performance, mitigate risks, and provide insightful business valuations.

As a key figure in the Oil and Gas and Infrastructure sectors at leading consulting firms, including KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Mr. Bardhan has played pivotal roles in shaping industry practices. At KPMG, he served as the Industry Leader for Oil and Gas and Infrastructure sectors and was also the Global Risk Advisory Services Leader for Oil and Gas, where he spearheaded initiatives that optimized business risks and delivered sustainable long-term benefits to his clients.

At PwC, Mr. Bardhan established the Petroleum Industry practice and the SAP Practice for India. His leadership was instrumental in making PwC a dominant player in Petroleum Industry services, securing over 80% market share. He developed and won multi-million dollar engagements, working closely with Fortune 500 clients including Indian Oil, ONGC, Reliance, Bharat Petroleum, Shell, and BP, among others. His ability to anticipate market trends and capitalize on them has consistently resulted in substantial gains for the organizations he has advised and led.

Mr. Bardhan holds a Master's degree in Operational Research and Computer Science and a Bachelor's degree in Statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He has further enhanced his leadership capabilities through executive leadership programs at ISB, Hyderabad.

Rajeev Batra's journey through the world of technology is not defined merely by roles or titles—it is shaped by a relentless pursuit of transformation. With nearly 35 years of leadership across telecommunications, media, financial services, and technology, he has consistently stayed ahead of change, often anticipating it. From the early days of large-scale telecom expansion to today's era of AI-driven enterprises, Rajeev has helped organizations reimagine what's possible.

His career spans some of the most influential organizations, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance ADA Group, Sistema JSFC (MTS India), Bennett & Coleman (The Times of India), eVector Inc. (USA), Escotel (Vodafone Idea) and DHL. In each, he has held pivotal leadership roles, shaping strategy at the highest levels while remaining deeply connected to execution on the ground.

What sets Rajeev apart is his ability to translate emerging technologies into tangible, measurable business impact.

As CIO at Bennett & Coleman, he led what is widely regarded as the world's first implementation of Generative AI for content creation, research, curation, and advertisement compliance, driving a 40% productivity improvement and redefining how media organizations scale intelligently. Building on this foundation, he has pioneered Agentic AI models on AWS Bedrock, enabling autonomous workflows in business areas of finance, supply chain and sales.

His work has consistently operated at scale. As CITO at MTS India, he built a real-time analytics platform on HPE Vertica that powered marketing campaigns for over 30 million subscribers. As President of Reliance Communications, he led technology operations with an annual budget of USD 350 million, overseeing more than 3,000 professionals across seven business verticals of the conglomerate, specifically BFSI, Insurance, Power and Infra, in addition to telecom.

Earlier in his career, as Chief Architect at the Bharti Group, Rajeev designed one of the most significant outsourcing partnerships in the telecom industry -- the USD 3.2 billion Bharti Airtel–IBM deal. This transformation was so impactful that it became a Harvard Business School case study. In 1999, when the Service Delivery Platform (SDP) concept was still emerging, Rajeev, as Head of Global Solutions Consulting, established an SDP competency centre in Fairfax, VA (USA), delivering mobile value-added services globally. He also led the implementation of first of a kind SDP deployment for a telecom operator -- Centennial de Puerto Rico (now AT&T) in 2001, which became a benchmark for telcos.

Across every phase of his career, one theme remains constant: a deep belief that technology is not just an enabler, but a strategic force capable of reshaping industries.

Today, Rajeev continues to champion the convergence of AI, data, and digital ecosystems—helping organizations move faster, think smarter, and build for the future.

Naveen Juneja 'Enjay' is a seasoned governance and strategy leader with over three decades of experience in the civil services with the Government of India. He has held senior leadership roles at the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), one of the world's largest social security institutions, operating at scale across complex administrative and operational environments.

He brings deep expertise in public procurement, compliance frameworks, digital public infrastructure, and institutional transformation. His experience spans policy design, large-scale programme execution, and multi-stakeholder coordination—enabling organisations to navigate regulatory complexity while enhancing operational efficiency.

After completing his public service career, Naveen aims to be engaged in strategic advisory roles across governance and higher education, with a focus on organisational transformation, talent development, and academia–industry collaboration.

At Digivate Labs, he applies this domain expertise to build AI-enabled systems that strengthen transparency, improve process efficiency, and support audit-ready, data-driven decision-making across public sector workflows.

Sanjiv Bahadur is a senior insurance domain expert with over two decades of experience across leading general insurance organisations. He has managed large portfolios in Gross Written Premium and brings a strong track record of improving branch performance, expanding market presence, and driving profitable growth.

He is recognised for turning around underperforming businesses, including doubling premium income within short timeframes while improving combined and expense ratios. His experience spans corporate, motor, and travel insurance, with deep expertise in underwriting, distribution strategy, and portfolio management.

Sanjiv has led regional business operations, building and scaling distribution networks across corporate and retail channels, including partnerships within automotive dealer ecosystems.

At Digivate Labs, he anchors the insurance domain layer, translating underwriting, claims, and distribution complexity into AI-enabled systems that improve risk assessment, streamline operations, and enhance portfolio performance.