South India’s largest banking and investment summit will be held at Le Meridien Convention Centre, Kochi, on November 5 from 9.30 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. The event, organised by Dhanam Business Media, marks the eighth edition of the BFSI Summit and will feature the Dhanam BFSI Excellence Awards ceremony.
BSE managing director and CEO Sundararaman Ramamurthy will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural session. Former RBI deputy governor M Rajeshwar Rao will be the chief guest at the awards night and will present the Dhanam BFSI Excellence Awards to outstanding performers in the banking, NBFC, and insurance sectors for the last financial year.
A special fireside chat with George Alexander Muthoot, managing director of Muthoot Finance, will be another highlight of the awards ceremony.
The summit will feature over 20 eminent speakers from India and abroad, along with around 500 delegates representing leading institutions across the country. Discussions will cover key industry themes such as the future of banking, investment strategies in uncertain times, the evolving role of NBFCs, and the transformative impact of technology on the BFSI sector.
Prominent speakers include MN Srinivasu (co-founder, BillDesk), VP Nandakumar (managing director, Manappuram Finance), Sally S Nair (managing director & CEO, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank), Vimala Vijayabhaskar (chairperson, Kerala Gramin Bank), Dr K Paul Thomas (managing director & CEO, ESAF Small Finance Bank), Varun Goyal (senior fund manager, Mirae Asset Investment Managers), Usha Nair (senior vice-president, DSP Mutual Fund), Prince George (managing director, DBFS Securities), A Soni (senior general manager & CIO, South Indian Bank), A Balakrishnan (former executive director, Geojit Financial Services), KR Bijimon (executive director & COO, Muthoot Finance), PE Mathai (CEO, Muthoot Mini Financiers), Manoj Ravi (CEO, KLM Axiva), Ajay Sharma (senior vice-president, Adfactors PR), Dr RG Ranjith (associate director, Geojit Financial Services), Linson Paul (CTO, Muthoot Microfin), Dr Anil R Menon (strategist and financial consultant), Vivek Krishna Govind (president, TiE Kerala & senior partner, Varma & Varma), R Krishnan (director & CEO, Unimoni India), Madhav Dabke (co-founder, Kolligo), and Sakil Suresh (founder & CEO, Bitsave).
The winners of the Dhanam BFSI Excellence Awards were selected by a distinguished jury comprising TC Suseel Kumar (former managing director, LIC), A Gopalakrishnan (senior partner, K Venkatachalam Iyer & Co.), Vivek Krishna Govind (senior partner, Varma & Varma Chartered Accountants), and Abraham Tharyan (former executive director, South Indian Bank).