2026 Conference Chairs

Devika Mittal

Co-Chair, Wharton India Startup Challenge

Devika Mittal is a Forte Fellow, and a Finance and Entrepreneurship & Innovation double major at Wharton. Prior to Wharton, she was a Manager in the Global Corporate Strategy and Development team at Microsoft, where she worked on projects ranging from emerging markets investments and incubations at Microsoft to blockchain and gaming. During the summer, she worked at a pre-seed video conferencing app as well as for Sterlite Power (part of the Vedanta Group). She has a BA in Strategy, Politics, and Policy from Yale.

Anooj Vikam

Co-Chair, Wharton India Startup Challenge

Anooj Vikam is a Finance major at Wharton. Prior to Wharton, he was an Associate at Lighthouse Private Equity Fund, where he worked on investments ranging from early stage to mature public market transactions. He interned at Brandes Investment Partners, a USD 25bn deep value fund over the summer. He is a rank holding Chartered Accountant and a CFA.

Gaurav Lulu

Co-Chair, Speakers & Sponsorships

Gaurav Lulu is a Finance and Operations double major at Wharton. Prior to Wharton, he worked as Investment Associate with Baring Private Equity Asia ($20bn buyout focused fund), where he evaluated and executed control investments in financials, technology, and services sectors. Before Baring, Gaurav was an investment banking analyst with Rothschild in Singapore, where he advised infrastructure clients in Southeast Asia on M&A and fundraising. Gaurav holds a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay. He interned with CPPIB Direct Private Equity in London and with Amansa Capital in Singapore this summer.

Divya Kamerkar

Co-Chair, Speakers & Marketing

Divya Kamerkar is an Entrepreneurship major at Wharton. She is also a Forté fellow and recipient of the Judith and William P Bollinger Fellowship. Currently, Divya is working to launch her reproductive health start-up called Pinky Promise. Prior to Wharton, Divya worked at The Bridgespan Group, where she helped advise several governments and large nonprofits across India and the MENA region on their healthcare and early childhood strategies. She also worked for the Delhi Government as a Senior Consultant where she was tasked with implementing reforms to make Delhi safer for women. Divya holds a B.S from Yale University and is also a Yale Global Health Fellow.

Rishabh Jain

Co-Chair, Speakers, Operations & Finance

Rishabh Jain is an Entrepreneurship and Operations, Information & Decisions double major at Wharton. Before Wharton, he worked at Bharti Airtel, participating in their flagship rotational leadership program before working closely with senior management as part of Group Treasury on liquidity and mobile money across India and Africa. Prior to that he has worked at Gamezop and Ernst & Young. He's a Chartered Accountant and holds a B. Com (Hons.) degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce.

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