IITB FinEdge 2025 - Driving the Future of Fintech Innovation

Objectives

Seeks to nurture enduring research–industry partnerships that outlast the event, enabling meaningful collaborations, co-created R&D projects, and ongoing engagement with the financial sectors.

Strengthening R&D Partnerships

Building robust, joint industry-academia research and development collaborations.

Fintech Innovation Acceleration

Facilitate policy dialogue around emerging Fintech frontiers

Fostering Entrepreneurship

Connecting start-ups and entrepreneurs with key industry stakeholders for mentorship, investment, and market access.

The Strategic Hub: IIT Bombay

India's Financial Capital

Located in Mumbai, we are at the heart of India's financial landscape.

World-Class Research

Leverage IIT Bombay's robust research infrastructure and expert faculty across fields like AI/ML, Cybersecurity, Quantum Computing, and Finance.

Innovation Ecosystem

Benefit from a vibrant innovation culture, direct access to the student talent, lab innovation, and early-stage ventures.

ASPIRE's Collaborative Model

ASPIRE provides the strategic framework to bridge academic insight with industry speed and regulatory foresight.

Who Should Attend?

FinEdge 2025 is essential for professionals & stakeholders driving innovation across financial sectors

Industry Professionals

Opportunity to engage with IIT Bombay's Centers of Excellence, fostering collaboration across emerging technology domains and FinTech innovation.

Entrepreneurs

Connect with IITB's premier research ecosystem and collaborate with partners to build next-generation innovations.

Academia & Research Network

Engage in applied FinTech research leading to high-impact publications, patents, and working prototypes.

Policymakers & Regulators

Bridge research insights with policymaking to ensure innovation and regulation move in harmony.

What Can You Expect?

Direct Engagement

A single-window platform to formally engage with IIT Bombay and companies within its Research Park.

Expert Access

Interact directly with expert IIT Bombay faculty across critical domains like AI/ML, Cybersecurity, Quantum Computing, and Finance.

Talent Pool

Connect with highly skilled engineering, data science, and management students for recruitment and project collaboration.

Cutting-Edge Tech

Explore opportunities to utilize specialized labs, testbeds, and cross-disciplinary Centers of Excellence.

Startup Synergy

Identify and collaborate with promising Fintech start-ups incubated within the ecosystem.

Collaborative R&D Opportunities

Initiate joint research, co-development projects, and technology pilots with IIT Bombay's faculty and Research Park partners

Why Attend

"Investing in tomorrow's technology today is more critical than ever." – Bill Gates

Our Speakers

Distinguished faculty and experts sharing their insights on fintech innovation.

D. MANJUNATH

Keynote Speaker

Center for Machine Intelligence & Data Science

S. SARAWAGI

Speaker: Industry Academia

Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering

D. GUPTA

Session Lead

SJMSOM

P. PANDEY

Assistant Professor & Moderator (AI in Banking)

SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

S.V.D NAGESWARA RAO

Moderator: Financial Market

Head, SJMSOM

A. CHAUBAL

Moderator: Insurance

Dept. of Economics

R. KURUVA

Start-up Pitch

Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship

S. PRATAP

Convener and Hackathons

Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship

MANOJ MITTAL

CMD

SIDBI

SHIRISH KEDARE

Director

IIT Bombay

HARI NAIR

CTO

Mirae Asset Capital Markets

NILESH SATHE

Board Member

TATA AIA; Former IRDAI

ANKUR KULKARNI

Professor

Systems and Control, IIT Bombay

SUDEEP BAPAT

Assistant Professor

SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

M. D. AGRAWAL

Professor

IIT Bombay

SUBBU VENNELAKANTI

Senior Vice President

CRIF India

UDAYAN TABECK

India Head of Technology

HSBC

VAIBHAV KATHJU

CEO

Inkasure

MANJESH HANAWAL

Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, IIT Bombay

RAKESH JINDAL

Market Risk Analyst

HDFC

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