Addressing Growth – Opportunities and Challenges

11^th & 12^th November 2016, Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Chennai

Greetings from CII.

Indian Industry is at a transformative phase with innovative models of business and the reforms in the taxation arena with the Goods and Services Tax expected to be implemented from April 2017. The Industry is seeing huge opportunities in various sectors with the Government’s ‘Make in India’ scheme and the measures taken on ‘Ease of doing Business’.

The CFOs are the critical stakeholders in the management of a business and its investment decisions and their role has been undergoing new and emerging challenges with the growth of the digital era.

Against this backdrop, CII is organizing the 7^th edition of ‘The India Finance Forum’, with the theme ‘Addressing Growth – Opportunities and Challenges’  on 11 and 12 November 2016 at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Chennai.

The objective of this forum is to provide a platform for the critical stakeholders in the finance sector to discuss and deliberate on the recent developments and to meet the emerging challenges for the finance professionals.

The sessions would focus on:

·          Growth – Opportunities and challenges for the Indian economy

·          GST and the new way of business

·          Leveraging the digital wave

·          Profiling the next Gen CFO

·          Ease of Doing Business and Regulatory changes

We expect more than 300 CEOs, CFOs, Bankers, Private equity players, international consultants, legal and finance professionals from across the country.

Key Speakers (Invited):

Mr Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Hon’ble Minister of State for Finance, Government of India

Mr Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India

Mr Arun Goyal, IAS, Additional Secretary, GST Council, Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Mr Sanjeev Gupta, IAS, Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India

Mr Vikram Kapur, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Industries, Government of Tamil Nadu

Mr Vishwavir Ahuja, Managing Director and CEO, RBL Bank Ltd.

Mr Rana Kapoor, Managing Director and CEO, Yes Bank Ltd.

Mr S Mahalingam, Past Chairman, CII Southern Region  & Former CFO & Executive Director, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd

Mr Amit Gossain, Managing Director, Kone Elevator India Pvt Ltd.

Mr S G Murali, CFO, TVS Motors Ltd.

Mr Rajesh Gopinathan, CFO and VP, TCS Ltd.

Ms Kimsuka Narasimhan, SVP and CFO, Pepsico India

Ms Shanti Ekambaram, President, Consumer Banking, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

Mr Pradip Kanakia, Managing Partner – South, PWC