Council
Members

The Sahamati Governing Council provides oversight, delegates authority and accountability to the executive team of Sahamati.

The Advisory Council advises the executive team of Sahamati on regulatory, legal and technical matters.

Governing Council & Advisory Council

Governing Council 2025

Anjani Rathor
Anjani Rathor

Chief Digital Officer,
HDFC Bank

Sidharatha Mishra
Sidharatha Mishra

Retail Business Head –
East & AP, ICICI Bank

Devang Mody
Devang Mody

Chief Executive Officer- Bajaj Finserv Health Ltd & Group Head, Strategy- Bajaj Finserv Ltd

Harsh Roongta
Harsh Roongta

Chair Person – Association of Registered Investment Advisers (ARIA), Principal officer and Partner – Fee Only Investment Advisers LLP

Lalitha Nataraj
Lalitha Nataraj

CEO, NPCI BHIM Services Ltd

Nehal Vora
Nehal Vora

Managing Director, Central Depository Services Ltd.

Nitin Chugh
Nitin Chugh

DMD & H (DB &T),
SBI

Sameer Shetty
Sameer Shetty

Head, Digital Business And Transformation (DBAT),
Axis Bank

Srinivas Jain
Srinivas Jain

Executive Director &
Head of Strategy,
SBI Mutual Funds

Suresh Sethi
Suresh Sethi

MD & CEO,
Protean eGov Technologies Ltd.

Vamsi Madhav (Co-Convenor of AA Steering Committee)
Vamsi Madhav (Co-Convenor of AA Steering Committee)

CEO, Finvu
(Cookiejar Technologies)

BG Mahesh
BG Mahesh

CEO, Sahamati

Siddharth Shetty
Siddharth Shetty

CTO, Sahamati

Advisory Council 2025

R Gandhi
R Gandhi

Former Deputy Governor,
Reserve Bank of India

Governing Council 2024

Anjani Rathor
Anjani Rathor

Chief Digital Officer,
HDFC Bank

Srinivas Jain
Srinivas Jain

Executive Director &
Head of Strategy,
SBI Mutual Funds

Harsh Roongta
Harsh Roongta

Chair Person – Association of Registered Investment Advisers (ARIA), Principal officer and Partner – Fee Only Investment Advisers LLP

Nehal Vora
Nehal Vora

Managing Director, Central Depository Services Ltd.

Devang Mody
Devang Mody

Chief Executive Officer- Bajaj Finserv Health Ltd & Group Head, Strategy- Bajaj Finserv Ltd

Bijith Bhaskar
Bijith Bhaskar

National Head – Digital Banking, Partnerships &
E-commerce, ICICI Bank

Nitin Chugh
Nitin Chugh

DMD & H (DB &T),
SBI

Sashi Krishnan
Sashi Krishnan

Chief Executive Officer,
National Pension System Trust (until Jan 31, 2024)

Munish Bhatia (Co-Convenor of AA Steering Committee)
Munish Bhatia (Co-Convenor of AA Steering Committee)

Co-Founder, Finvu
(Cookiejar Technologies)

Deepak Sharma
Deepak Sharma

President & CDO, Kotak Mahindra Bank (Apr-Oct 2023)

BG Mahesh
BG Mahesh

CEO, Sahamati

Siddharth Shetty
Siddharth Shetty

CTO, Sahamati

Advisory Council 2024

R Gandhi
R Gandhi

Former Deputy Governor,
Reserve Bank of India

Pramod K Varma
Pramod K Varma

CTO
Ekstep Foundation

Governing Council 2023

Bijith Bhaskar
Bijith Bhaskar

National Head – Digital Banking, Partnerships &
E-commerce, ICICI Bank

Srinivas Jain
Srinivas Jain

Executive Director &
Head of Strategy,
SBI Mutual Funds

Sashi Krishnan
Sashi Krishnan

Chief Executive Officer,
National Pension System Trust

Nitin Chugh
Nitin Chugh

DMD & H (DB &T),
SBI

Anjani Rathor
Anjani Rathor

Chief Digital Officer,
HDFC Bank

BG Mahesh
BG Mahesh

Co-Founder &
CEO, Sahamati

Siddharth Shetty

Siddharth Shetty

Co-Founder, Sahamati

Advisory Council 2023

R Gandhi
R Gandhi

Former Deputy Governor,
Reserve Bank of India

Pramod K Varma
Pramod K Varma

CTO
Ekstep Foundation

Governing Council 2022

Bijith Bhaskar
Bijith Bhaskar

National Head – Digital Banking, Partnerships &
E-commerce, ICICI Bank

Srinivas Jain
Srinivas Jain

Executive Director &
Head of Strategy,
SBI Mutual Funds

Sashi Krishnan
Sashi Krishnan

Chief Executive Officer,
National Pension System Trust

Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh
Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh

Dy Managing Director & Chief Digital Officer,
SBI

Anjani Rathor
Anjani Rathor

Chief Digital Officer,
HDFC Bank

BG Mahesh
BG Mahesh

Co-Founder &
CEO, Sahamati

Siddharth Shetty

Siddharth Shetty

Co-Founder, Sahamati

Krishna Prasad
Krishna Prasad

CEO,
One Money

Advisory Council 2022

R Gandhi
R Gandhi

Former Deputy Governor,
Reserve Bank of India

Pramod Rao
Pramod Rao

Group General Counsel
ICICI Bank

Pramod K Varma
Pramod K Varma

CTO
Ekstep Foundation

Governing Council 2021

Bijith Bhaskar
Bijith Bhaskar

National Head – Digital Banking, Partnerships &
E-commerce, ICICI Bank

Srinivas Jain
Srinivas Jain

Executive Director &
Head of Strategy,
SBI Mutual Funds

Sashi Krishnan
Sashi Krishnan

Chief Executive Officer,
National Pension System Trust

Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh
Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh

Dy Managing Director & Chief Digital Officer,
SBI

Anjani Rathor
Anjani Rathor

Chief Digital Officer,
HDFC Bank

BG Mahesh
BG Mahesh

Co-Founder &
CEO, Sahamati

Siddharth Shetty

Siddharth Shetty

Co-Founder, Sahamati

Krishna Prasad
Krishna Prasad

CEO,
One Money

Advisory Council 2021

R Gandhi
R Gandhi

Former Deputy Governor,
Reserve Bank of India

Pramod Rao
Pramod Rao

Group General Counsel
ICICI Bank

Pramod K Varma
Pramod K Varma

CTO
Ekstep Foundation

Governing Council 2020

Munish Bhatia
Munish Bhatia

Co-Founder
Finvu
(Cookiejar Technologies)

VR Govindarajan
VR Govindarajan

Co-Founder & CEO
Perfios

BG Mahesh
BG Mahesh

Co-Founder & CEO
Sahamati

Lalitha Nataraj
Lalitha Nataraj

Head Digital Partnerships & Payments,
IDFC FIRST Bank

Krishna Prasad
Krishna Prasad

CEO
Onemoney

Hitesh Sachdev
Hitesh Sachdev

Blockchain, Fintech & Investments
ICICI Bank

Sameer Shetty
Sameer Shetty

Head, Digital Business And Transformation (DBAT),
Axis Bank

Siddharth Shetty

Siddharth Shetty

Co-Founder , Sahamati