3rd Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Summit 2018 | Inventicon Business Intelligence Pvt. Ltd. | 25 October 2018 | Courtyard by Marriott Mumbai International Airport, Cts 215, Carnival Cinemas Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri East Mumbai Maharashtra 400059 IN, Andheri - Kurla Rd, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) in India are expected to continue this year, driven by domestic consolidation, market share expansion and entry into new markets. Companies are sending strong signals that they intend to aim for bigger M&A targets in 2018. India continues to see reasonably high volumes of M&A activity, both domestic & cross border, driven by a relatively stable economy. The liberalization of government policies continued interests from both strategic and financial investors. 2017 saw higher volume of deals (1022 deals worth $46.8 billion), compared to 2016(895 deals valued at $53.2 billion).

There has been a spate of high-profile transactions in India in the last few years, whether domestic or international, and both inbound and outbound. With the government continually working towards reforms on all fronts, be it in its regulatory policies to attract foreign investors, providing an impetus to the manufacturing sector with Make in India, improving India's Ease of Doing Business rankings, or providing solace to the much-beleaguered infrastructure sector by paving the path for real estate investment trusts (REITs)/Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), there is no looking back.

On an allied front, practically all laws which could impact M&A transactions are in a state of evolution. Merger and acquisition (M&A) is the path, businesses take to achieve exponential and not just linear growth and therefore continues to generate interest. Inventicon's 3rd Annual Mergers & Acquisitions Summit is aimed at bringing together the right blend of M&A leaders across various industries to highlight, discuss and conclude as to how a merger & acquisition can propel the Indian economy into the 21st century.

2018 Speakers

Chetan Sharma
President Finance & Strategy, Essel Infraprojects Ltd.

Deepa Dalal
Partner – M&A Tax, Deloitte India

Devki Nandan
Sr VP – Business Development & M&A, JSW Infrastructure

Dhruvank Vaidya
Director - M&A, Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group)

Ganesh K
Chief Financial Officer, Granules India Limited

Harvinnder T Ahluuwalia
Managing Director, Confiex Data Room

Ketan Jain
Head Strategic Business Planning and M&A, Marico Limited

Mihir Modi
Co-Founder & CFO, Rainshine Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Mitesh Kothari
Head M&A, UltraTech Cement Limited

Nalin Kumar
Head Investment Banking and Wealth Management, IDBI Capital

Niraj Didwania
Head – Corporate Development and Investor Relations, HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited

Pramod Kasat
Country Head - Investment Banking Advisory Services, IndusInd Bank

Preet Sethi
General Manager - Corporate Legal, Aditya Birla Group

Rahul Gupta
Director – Strategy and M&A, Cognizant

Dr. Ravindra Utgikar
Vice President - Corporate Strategy & Marketing, Praj Industries Ltd.

Roushni Singh Thakur
Chief Strategy Officer, Govardhan Ecovillage Retreats

Samir Desai
Vice President and Head, M&A, Corporate Venturing and Investor Relations, Cyient Ltd.

Shalaut Kumar Jain
General Manager and Head, M&A and Lead Development Consumer Products, Piramal Enterprises Limited

Shantanu Mukherjee
Legal Head, Asia Pacific and Japan, Lupin Limited

Subodh Gupta
Executive Vice President & Head - Mergers and Acquisitions, Edelweiss Investment Banking

Sunil Nagar
Head – Mergers & Acquisitions, Global, GP Global

Vikas Wadhawan
Group Chief Financial Officer, PropTiger.com, Housing.com & Makaan.com

2018 Partners

PLATINUM PARTNER:
• Deloitte

TECHNOLOGY PARTNER:
• Confiex Data Room

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Dalal Street Investment Journal
• TradeBriefs
• Free Press Journal

OFFICIAL MAGAZINE PARTNER:
• WITNESS

Conceptualized By :
• Inventicon