A new generation of leaders is redefining business growth across India-spanning healthcare, diagnostics, real estate, fintech, HR tech, and manufacturing. United by innovation, strategic execution, and long-term value creation, these individuals are transforming industries, building future-ready organisations, and navigating evolving markets with vision and purpose, shaping the trajectory of growth across sectors and geographies.
Dr. Arvind Lal
Dr. Arvind Lal, Executive Chairman of <a href="https://www.lalpathlabs.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dr Lal PathLabs</a>, has flagged a troubling shift in India's cardiac health: heart attacks increasingly striking people in their 40s, roughly a decade earlier than in Western countries. Dr. Lal, who has spent over four decades modernising India's diagnostics industry after taking over the lab his father founded in 1949, points to lifestyle factors - poor diet, sedentary habits, stress, and rising diabetes - compounding a genetic predisposition among Indians. His comments underscore a growing consensus among Indian cardiologists and diagnostic leaders that earlier, more proactive screening is essential to catching risk factors before they turn fatal. 
Mr. Sreeman Murthy
<a href="http://www.metro-gsc.in" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">METRO GSC</a> India is on a strong growth trajectory, supporting METRO AG&rsquo;s journey toward its sCore goals through innovative, sustainable, and future-ready solutions. Under the leadership of CEO Sreeman Murthy, the organization has achieved remarkable growth and continues to expand its impact through collective strength. Sreeman champions the belief that success is driven by an open mindset, resilience, honesty, and consistent effort rather than an obsession with outcomes. This values-led philosophy has been central to METRO GSC India&rsquo;s transformation. As the organization builds new competencies and capabilities, it continues to create exciting growth opportunities for both existing and future talent.
Mr. Sananda Kumar
<a href="https://primehealers.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Prime Healers</a> Founder &amp; CEO Sananda Kumar is a healthcare entrepreneur bringing together public-health expertise, corporate experience and technology to make quality healthcare more accessible beyond hospital walls. An alumnus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, his career spans government healthcare, IQVIA and ACCESS Health International. Choosing entrepreneurship over the security and growth of an established professional career, Sananda transitioned full-time to building Prime Healers. Today, the company is creating an organised, technology-driven ecosystem for medical equipment rentals, sales and home healthcare support across India, with a patient-centric focus on affordability, timely access and dependable service-reflecting Sananda&rsquo;s larger vision of transforming how families access healthcare at home.
Mr. Ajith
Behind<a href="http://www.42estates.com/"> </a><a href="http://www.42estates.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">42 Estates</a> is a leadership group with unusually little overlap. Gaffar Kandy, Managing Director and a civil engineer, sets the construction and delivery standard. Ajith Alex brings a decade across investment banking and business development.
Shakeer PK runs the hospitality arm, from IRIS in Bangalore to 42 Green Pastures in Coonoor.
Fardeen Mohammed drives sales and growth strategy, with Rishi Jain completing the board.
Different disciplines, one habit. Build fewer, finish properly, and let the completed communities speak.
Mr. Pankaj Poddar
As Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Pankaj Poddar is playing a pivotal role in shaping <a href="https://www.cosmofirst.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cosmo First&rsquo;s</a> transformation from a films-led business into a diversified growth enterprise. With over 30 years of experience across finance, advisory and leadership roles, he brings a strong focus on strategic execution, capital efficiency and building scalable businesses. Under his leadership, Cosmo First is accelerating its shift towards high-value specialty films while nurturing emerging growth engines across specialty chemicals, rigid packaging, sun films, PPF and petcare business - Zigly Pet Care. His approach combines disciplined investments, innovation and operational excellence to create a portfolio positioned for sustainable, long-term growth. 
Mr. Anupam Kumar Pandey
Founded in 2020, <a href="https://www.akivna.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Akivna Technologies</a> has evolved into an AI-ready data transformation and technology consulting company, helping enterprises modernize their digital foundations through cloud, data engineering, analytics, business intelligence, and intelligent automation.
Led by Founder &amp; CEO Anupam Kumar Pandey, the company brings together deep technical expertise and a business-first approach to solve complex transformation challenges, improve operational efficiency, and unlock measurable value from enterprise data.
With a growing focus on enterprise AI, reusable technology accelerators, and scalable digital platforms, Akivna delivers secure, outcome-driven solutions that help organizations innovate faster and build future-ready operations across industries in India and globally.
&nbsp;Mr. Jitendra Somani
Mr Jitendra Somani, Co-founder of <a href="https://www.pockethrms.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pocket HRMS</a> and an IIM Lucknow alumnus, is a visionary leader with a strong passion for technology and innovation. His strategic leadership has helped establish Pocket HRMS as a leading AI-powered HRMS platform in India. By combining deep business insight with technological expertise, he has played a key role in developing innovative HR solutions that simplify workforce management. Under his guidance, Pocket HRMS has earned recognition across leading technology platforms for its innovation, creativity, and contribution to the evolving HR tech industry.
&nbsp;Mr. Venkatachalam P.K.
Venkatachalam P.K., Co-founder and CEO of<a href="http://finalyzer.ai/"> </a><a href="http://finalyzer.ai/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">FinAlyzer</a>, has spent his career at the intersection of finance, technology and business transformation. His focus has been on solving a deceptively simple problem: helping finance teams move from fragmented, manual reporting processes to a more connected, reliable and decision-ready environment. Under his leadership, FinAlyzer has grown into a platform supporting complex close, consolidation and reporting requirements across industries and geographies. Venkat&rsquo;s approach to growth is grounded in product depth, customer relevance and long-term value creation through building technology not for novelty, but to solve real business problems at scale.
Mr. Deepak Chhabra 
With nearly three decades of experience across strategy, sales, marketing, retail, distribution and business transformation, Deepak Chhabra is a seasoned business leader known for building brands, accelerating growth and creating high-performing organisations.
As Managing Director of Timex Group India, Deepak has been instrumental in strengthening the company&rsquo;s market presence, expanding its retail, digital and distribution footprint, and building strategic partnerships that enhance consumer relevance. His leadership combines strong business fundamentals with an agile, forward-looking approach to navigating evolving markets.
Deepak&rsquo;s ability to identify emerging opportunities, embrace innovation and translate vision into measurable outcomes has shaped his leadership journey. Today, he continues to drive Timex Group India&rsquo;s growth with a sharp focus on consumer insight, sustainable value creation, and long-term business impact.&rdquo;

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