Abhijit Ray
Co-founder, Unitus Capital and UC Inclusive Credit
Abhijit has over 32 years of diverse experience in development finance, commercial banking, NBFC lending, microfinance, and investment banking.
He started his career as Probationary Officer in State Bank of India in 1993. Post that, he worked in Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) where he collaborated with the management to promote, finance, and develop the Micro Finance Sector in India.
He co-founded Unitus Capital (UC) in 2008 and led it to become India’s No 1 Investment Bank. He played a key role in developing and building UC’s business, particularly in the area of financial inclusion. UC has raised more than Rs.36,000 crore of capital for impactful businesses in India over the last 17 years.
He also co-founded UC Inclusive Credit (UCIC), an impact-focused NBFC to provide debt funding to start-ups and early-stage companies in the impact space. UCIC has already provided debt funding of over Rs.3,650 crores to over 365 early-stage companies in the last 7 years.
Alina Alam
Founder, MITTI Café
Alina Alam started MITTI Café at the age of 23, with the dream of showing the world the magic of abilities. MITTI Cafés work towards economic independence and dignity for persons with disabilities. The organization’s outreach initiative helps create awareness about inclusion and disability rights.
Alina is a 4-time TEDx speaker and has been featured in the Forbes list of 30 under 30 Asia.
In 2024, Alina received the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities from the President of India. She is also a Commonwealth Youth Awardee and has received the Niti Ayog-Women Transforming India Award, Helen Keller Award, and United Nations Intercultural Innovation Award.
She has also received the Times of India-She Unlimited Award, Rotary Exemplar Award, and Tiecon Young Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award, amongst others.
Aparna Uppaluri
Founder & Principal Advisor, Antara Advisory
Aparna Uppaluri is a seasoned global executive with deep expertise in strategic planning and implementation across philanthropy, research, and policy. She has led programs and initiatives spanning gender and climate justice, public health, education, livelihoods, governance, arts and culture, and academia.
Aparna is Founder and Principal Advisor of Antara Advisory, a practice rooted in Global Majority knowledge and practice. She previously served as Chief Operating Officer at the Tata Trusts and as Senior Global Program Officer for Gender Justice at the Ford Foundation.
In 2024, Aparna was named Philanthropy Professional of the Year by the Hurun Report, India. At present, she is Chief Advisor to the Grow for Climate Fund and serves on global advisory bodies of Equal Measures 2030, Sustainable Futures Collaborative.
Sumit Virmani
Trustee, Infosys Foundation
Sumit Virmani is the Global Chief Marketing Officer at Infosys and Trustee of the Infosys Foundation.
For over 25 years, Sumit has shaped brand experiences and narratives across industries and geographies. He has played a key role in positioning Infosys among the world’s Top 100 brands and transforming it into the fastest-growing IT services brand globally. He champions the role of brand purpose, brand promise and brand performance as the foundational pillars that drive both short-term growth and long-term market share gains.
Sumit also serves on the Boards of WongDoody – Infosys’ experience design company – and EdgeVerve, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys and a global leader in AI and automation. Forbes has ranked Sumit among the top 50 most influential chief marketing officers globally for three consecutive years, most recently in 2025. CNBC Storyboard 18 also recognized him as a global marketing visionary in 2024.
Sunil Kumar Dhareshwar
Trustee, Infosys Foundation
Sunil is responsible for Global Taxation, Corporate Accounting, Treasury, and also heads Infrastructure, Facilities, and Physical Security. He serves as the Global CFO for the Consulting, BPM, Products, and Platform businesses. Sunil is also a Trustee of the Infosys Foundation.
He has been with Infosys for about 16 years and earlier worked with 21st Century FOX in Hong Kong. Over his career, he has been recognized with the Stars of the Industry Award for Best Automation in Finance, the Best In-house Tax Director in Asia Award by International Tax Review (a Euromoney publication) in 2021, and the CFO Next 100 Award by CFO India.
Sunil is an active speaker at national and international forums, serves on the editorial panel of International Tax Review, and chairs the Direct Tax Committee of the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce. A Chartered Accountant and rank holder from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, he also trained at the National Defence Academy in India.
