Shri Navin Kumar Maini
Former Deputy Managing Director, SIDBI
Mr. Navin Kumar Maini retired as the Deputy Managing Director In-charge of SIDBI, the apex FI for MSME sector in India. Mr. Maini also chaired the Boards of Subsidiaries and Associates of SIDBI viz.SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd, SIDBI Trustee Company Ltd, India SME Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd, India SME Technology Services Ltd and CGTMSE. He represented SIDBI on the Board of ‘The Montreal Group’ of BDC, Canada which has membership from eight countries. He has over 48 years’ experience across the financial services sector. He currently chairs the Board of Capital Small Finance Bank Ltd, besides being on the Advisory Boards of Ivycap Venture Fund and the Borbhag Group.
GoI had nominated him as a Member of the Expert Group for setting up a Development Finance Institution for SHGs, as well as on the Committee for examining the Financial Architecture for MSME sector in India. Mr. Maini has been conferred with the prestigious “Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Micro Finance Sector” instituted by Access Development Services and HSBC, at the Inclusive Finance India Summit in 2014.
Mr. Maini has attended international training programmes in Harvard and Stanford Universities, USA and Cranfield School of Management, United Kingdom.He graduated from St. Stephens College and has a Degree in Law from University of Delhi, besides Post Graduation in Management ( MDI, Gurgaon) and International Trade (IIFT, Delhi). He is also a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance .
Shri Mukesh Mohan Gupta
President CIMSME
Mukesh Mohan Gupta is a Chartered Accountant by Profession, having more than 30 years of experience in Banking, Finance, MSMEs, Economy, Law Accounting and Auditing.
He has served on the Board of Dena Bank as an Independent Director. He was also appointed on the board of one of the TATA Group Company and other Public Sector Undertakings by BIFR, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
He was also nominated as a member on the National Board of MSME, Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises.
He was invited by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi ji at his official residence to discuss the current economic situation and way forward especially for MSMEs, in a small group.
He also operates a YouTube channel called “MSME HELPLINE”, wherein he has posted more than 800 videos on various schemes for MSMEs. The channel has a subscriber base of more than 1 Million and viewership of more than 50 millions.
He has authored a book "MSMEs of Developed India- An Encyclopaedia of MSME Schemes" covering all schemes related to MSMEs of all Central Government Ministries and other Stakeholders. The book was launched by Hon’ble Minister of Commerce and Industry Sh Piyush Goyal Ji.
He also hosted a "Positive Talk with Mukesh Mohan Gupta" Show on ZEE BUSINESS and covered many Central Cabinet Ministers, Dy Governors RBI and many CMDs / EDs of Banks.
Shri R. K. Srivastava
Senior Advisor – Saturn Consulting Group
Masters in Technology with Honors from IIT, Mr. Srivastava has wide experience of more than 40 years of working across the sectors. As a serial entrepreneur he promoted & ventured large number of start-ups, incubators, tech transfers & running & management of medium & large business establishments as well as organizations. The core expertise is restructuring & scaling of business operations right from management, finance, good governance & transparency. In his career span he worked as CEO of many autonomous Govt. of India organizations & created histories of running as a revenue & profit-making establishment.
Mr. Srivastava largely served in critical areas of industrialization, technology transfers & employment generation such as setting up of Process & Product Development Centers (PPDCs) under UNDP Programme in U.P Govt. (www.updi.in), Technologist in UNIDO project for the setting up of Centre For The Development of Glass Industry in Ministry of MSME, Govt of India (www.cdgiindia.net), Director- Special Projects in Export Promotion Council For Handicrafts (EPCH) (www.epch.in) for setting up of Common Facility Centers & technologies transfer centers for SMEs, Setting up of India Expo Centre & Mart (www.indiaexpomart.com) on PPP Model etc., Vice President in IL&FS Infrastructure Development Corporation (www.ilfsindia.com) for infrastructure development in rural and employment generating sector.
Mr. Srivastava served as Executive Director Cum Secretary of National Design Centre (NDC) (www.nationaldesigncentre.org) an autonomous organization under Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India. Mr. Srivastava also served as Director Cane & Bamboo Development Institute Agartala, Govt of India & Mission Director, Handicrafts Mega Cluster Mission, Ministry of Textiles, Govt of India.
Mr. Srivastava post superannuation represents large number of overseas companies from Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Denmark, USA etc. in India. He is also on the Board of some prestigious organizations & member of important Committees. Mr. Srivastava has rich experience of Indian regulations, procedures, tech transfer, make in India projects including FDI, investments, Labor Laws, Land Allotment & other critical areas such as seamless execution of projects etc.(www.rksconsult.com / https://stratgrowth.in) / LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/r-k-srivastava)
CA Rajesh Sharma
Central Council Member ICAI
CA Rajesh Sharma is a distinguished Chartered Accountant and a prominent leader within the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He is currently serving as a Central Council
Member (CCM) for the 2024–2028 term, representing the Northern Region. With over three
decades of professional experience, he has made significant contributions to the accounting
profession, public finance, and governance in IndiaProfessional Roles & ICAI Leadership
Current Role: Elected Member of the Central Council (CCM) of ICAI for the term 2024–2028 from the Northern Region.
Past ICAI Leadership:
- Chairman, Committee for Members in Industry and Committee for Members in Practice
(2020–2021). - Vice Chairman, Peer Review Board and Committee for Public & Government Financial
Management. - Standing Committee Member, Examination Committee and Finance Committee.
International Representation: Member, Small and Medium Practices Advisory Group (SMPAG),
International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).
Public & Government Service
- Former Member (Technical), National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai Bench
(2019–2022), with disposal of over 2,500 cases. - Former Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development
Corporation (HSIIDC). - Former Chief General Manager (Finance), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
- Former Director General, Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC), Ministry of Commerce &
Industry. - Independent Director, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), a Maharatna PSU.
Shri Paritosh Gupta
Director - EKAM Mine2Port India Private Limited
MD-IIDC Ltd (IL&FS)
CEO - Kukuza Project Development Company (KPDC)
Mr. Paritosh Gupta is a key business leader and strategist with over 37 years of broad-based experience of leading, developing, financing and delivering sustainable infrastructure projects across various sectors, under Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework with extensive exposure to business partnerships with international agencies and foreign Governments. He was the founder CEO of the Kukuza Project Development Company, a joint venture promoted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), Export- Import Bank of India (Exim Bank), State Bank of India (SBI), and RSBGI Group which has been set up to take up project development/financing of large infrastructure projects in the African Continent and act as a bridge between the ADB and the Indian financial institutions. He is the Managing Partner in Stratgrowth Business Advisors LLP, a boutique advisory group specializing in strategy, cross-border partnerships, and high-impact projects across India and Africa. Mr. Gupta leads a team of seasoned leaders driving strategic collaborations, business transformations, and cross-border growth initiatives
Mr Gupta holds master’s in economics from the Delhi School of Economics (1985) and also master’s degree in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow with specialization in Marketing and Finance (1987). He is also the recipient of the British Nehru Fellowship Award (1994) and Monbusho Fellowship Award (1996), Japan.
He is a key business leader and strategist with over 30 years of broad-based experience of leading, developing and financing infrastructure projects across various sectors with extensive exposure to business partnership with Government, international agencies, and foreign Governments.
Mr Gupta’s key areas of expertise include development of infrastructure in the areas of transport, industrial corridor/industrial parks/Special Economic Zones, Energy, urban infrastructure including management of water and waste water, agriculture and logistics and health infrastructure, international business, Structured Infrastructure Financing, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Early Stage Investing and Innovation Management.
Shri Vijay Emmanuel
Founder & CE0 - Cinnamon Group
With over 30 years across commercial banking, wealth and asset management, private banking, private equity, cross-border banking, and discretionary consumer businesses, the career reflects a consistent pattern of institution-building, market creation, and global scale across India, Singapore, the Middle East, and London.
The career spans global leadership roles at Deutsche Bank, Singapore, as Director – Global South Asia, driving regional strategy and cross-institutional collaboration across India, South Asia, the UK, Sweden, Ghana, and the Middle East, and at Merrill Lynch Bank of America, Mumbai, as Executive Director – Investments, where the India-UK Commerce Corridor was architected to link Indian capital markets with the global diaspora. Earlier, as Cluster Head at Standard Chartered Bank, Mumbai, stewardship of the bank’s largest branches restored market leadership and expanded the Priority Banking franchise during the ANZ Grindlays acquisition. Prior roles included launching JM Morgan Stanley’s Retail Wealth Management platform and re-establishing BNP Paribas Private Banking in Bengaluru, following formative experience at ITC Ltd. and in building ITC Classic Threadneedle Asset Management Company, which laid a strong foundation in investment products and client-centric solutions.
Building on this global operating experience, Cinnamon Group was founded as an Asia-first banking and financial services platform with a differentiated focus on women and their families, anchored in the belief that inclusive capital unlocks sustainable economic growth.
Cinnamon operates across wealth management, asset management, private equity, cross-border advisory, and social impact, and is a regulated entity with registrations with SEBI (India) and MAS (Singapore). With an expanding footprint across India, Dubai, London, and Singapore, Cinnamon is building an integrated financial ecosystem spanning retail financial product distribution, business advisory, and impact initiatives.
A flagship expression of this mission is the Women Enterprisers Fund, a first-of-its-kind structured credit strategy focused on women-owned, co-owned, and women-led enterprises across manufacturing, early technology, sustainability, consumer discretionary, BFSI, and SMEs—positioning Cinnamon at the intersection of capital, growth, and social transformation.
An alumnus of Harvard Business School, with an MBA in Marketing and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, History, and Political Science from Bangalore University.