Delivery Wars: 15-Minute Groceries, Anyone?

Kabeer is the co-founder and CEO of Dunzo Digital Pvt. Ltd, an on-demand delivery and commerce platform headquartered in Bangalore. Started on a shoestring budget, Dunzo quickly became a cult hit in suburban Bangalore. Dunzo was Google's first strategic investment in India, and has become the go-to app for essentials and groceries across 8 cities. Kabeer has previously worked with Bharti Airtel Limited where he gained valuable experience in building sustainable products for scale. He later joined a start-up called Hoppr, which was sold to Hike Messenger. Kabeer is an alumnus of University of Mumbai and Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies.

Hari heads HR at Bigbasket, but usually wears different hats... That of author, angel investor and advisor to VCs. After spending 14 years at Tata Steel, Hari worked for 19 years with 5 high-growth start-ups where he played a key role in shaping their growth. In the past 5 years, Hari has been an advisor and sounding board for numerous young entrepreneurs and startups. He is a mentor at accelerators like Techstars, Silicon Road, India Accelerator, and NUMA. He is an advisor to VC funds like Arkam Ventures and Fundamentum. He is also a prolific author who has written 7 books.

Aditi is a sociologist at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. She researches and teaches issues of informal economy, enterprises and labour, and digital platforms. Her expertise is in how platform and marketplace business models and technology impact the economy structurally, and how the people who use these platforms earn a living. She is a frequent author on various media and academic journals. She is an alumnus of the Delhi School of Economics.

Abhishek is the Co-Founder of Shadowfax, India’s largest crowdsourced logistics platform. In 2017, Shadowfax was recognised in the 100 upcoming companies by NitiAyog’s Champions of Change Initiative. An alumnus of IIT Delhi, Abhishek worked in retail sector in India and China before deciding to found Shadowfax with his friend Vaibhav, in 2015. Abhishek has won various awards including 40 under 40 Award by BW BusinessWorld and Forbes 30 under 30 award.