@About the Speaker:

Mr. Hemant Jalan is a distinguished entrepreneur and business leader and the Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director of Indigo Paints. He holds a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, an M.S. from Stanford University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (MBA). After returning to India in 1980, he worked as a Management Consultant with A F Ferguson & Co., in Mumbai for two years before starting his entrepreneurial journey in Patna. After setting up and running chemical companies in Patna for some years, he moved on to lead the Copper business of Vedanta Ltd at Tuticorin (TN) between 1996-99. In 1999, he relocated to Pune and restarted his entrepreneurial career. He established Indigo Paints in 2000 and has grown the company to India’s fourth-largest paint manufacturer. He is also the former President of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Pune and continues to mentor emerging founders through its Nurture Accelerator.

Venue: AC-04-LR-312