Agenda for Passives Conference 2025

Timings

Topic

Speaker

9:00 am -9:05 am

Welcome Address

Anita Sutrave, Co-Founder & Dy. CEO,
Cafemutual

9:10 am - 9:25 am

Marketing Passive Funds
to Investors

Prem Khatri, Founder & CEO,
Cafemutual

9:30 am - 10:10 am

The Rise of Passive
Investing

Ankit Singhania, SVP - Head
Passive strategies, UTI MF
Arun Sundaresan, Head-ETF,
Nippon India MF
Pratik Oswal, Head - Passives Business,
MOAMC
Moderator - Koel Ghosh, ED, MSCI

10:15 am - 10:40 am

Regulatory perspective
on Passives

Amarjeet Singh, Whole Time Member, SEBI

10:45 am - 11:30 am

Navigating the Future
– Emerging Trends in
Passive Investing

B Gopkumar, MD & CEO, Axis MF
D.P. Singh, Dy. MD & Jt. CEO, SBI MF
Swarup Mohanty, Vice Chairman & CEO,
Mirae Asset Investment Managers (India)
Vishal Kapoor, CEO, Bandhan MF
Moderator- Prem Khatri, Founder & CEO,
Cafemutual

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Networking break

12:00 pm- 12:40 pm

Panel- The Indian Passive
Fund Landscape

Ashutosh Singh, MD & CEO,
Asia Index Pvt Ltd
Deepak Yadav, Head - Passive Business,
Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC
Harsh Roongta, Founder, Fee Only Investment
Advisers LLP
Krishan Mishra, CEO, FPSB India
Moderator- Nishant Patnaik, Associate Editor,
Cafemutual

12:45 pm - 1:00 pm

Effective client management

Limesh Parekh, MD & CEO, Enjay IT Solutions

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch

2:10 pm - 2:40 pm

Passives Awards 2025

2:45 pm - 3:05 pm

My Experience with Passives
– Building a Successful
Business with Passives

Mehul Shah, Founder, RIQR
Sooraj Raveendran, Founder, Index Funds Sahi Hai
Moderator- Nishant Patnaik, Associate Editor,
Cafemutual

3:10 pm - 3:25 pm

Designing Low-Cost,
High-Impact Portfolios
Using Passive Funds

Chintan Haria, Principal - Investment Strategy,
ICICI Pru AMC

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm

Mechanics of ETFs

Anubhav Srivastava, Managing Partner,
Aryzen Capital Advisors LLP

3:45 pm - 4:15 pm

Networking break

4:15 pm - 4:45 pm

Operation Sindoor &
its impact on your
client's investments

Karan Datta, Thinker, Investor, Speaker

4:50 pm - 5:20 pm

Laughter Riot

Vipul Goyal, Standup comedian