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

Chief Digital Officer,
HDFC Bank

Bijith Bhaskar

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

Devang Mody

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

Harsh Roongta

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

Lalitha Nataraj

Head Digital Partnerships,
Digital Acquisitions, and Payments at IDFC FIRST Bank

Nehal Vora

Managing Director, Central Depository Services Ltd.

Nitin Chugh

DMD & H (DB &T),
SBI

Sameer Shetty

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

Srinivas Jain

Executive Director &
Head of Strategy,
SBI Mutual Funds

Suresh Sethi

MD & CEO,
Protean eGov Technologies Ltd.

Munish Bhatia (Co-Convenor of AA Steering Committee)

Co-Founder, Finvu
(Cookiejar Technologies)

BG Mahesh

CEO, Sahamati

Siddharth Shetty

CTO, Sahamati

Advisory Council 2025

R Gandhi

Former Deputy Governor,
Reserve Bank of India

Pramod K Varma

CTO
Ekstep Foundation

Governing Council 2024

Anjani Rathor

Chief Digital Officer,
HDFC Bank

Srinivas Jain

Executive Director &
Head of Strategy,
SBI Mutual Funds

Harsh Roongta

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

Nehal Vora

Managing Director, Central Depository Services Ltd.

Devang Mody

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

Bijith Bhaskar

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

Nitin Chugh

DMD & H (DB &T),
SBI

Sashi Krishnan

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

Munish Bhatia (Co-Convenor of AA Steering Committee)

Co-Founder, Finvu
(Cookiejar Technologies)

Deepak Sharma

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

BG Mahesh

CEO, Sahamati

Siddharth Shetty

CTO, Sahamati

Advisory Council 2024

R Gandhi

Former Deputy Governor,
Reserve Bank of India

Pramod K Varma

CTO
Ekstep Foundation

Governing Council 2023

Bijith Bhaskar

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

Srinivas Jain

Executive Director &
Head of Strategy,
SBI Mutual Funds

Sashi Krishnan

Chief Executive Officer,
National Pension System Trust

Nitin Chugh

DMD & H (DB &T),
SBI

Anjani Rathor

Chief Digital Officer,
HDFC Bank

BG Mahesh

Co-Founder &
CEO, Sahamati

Siddharth Shetty

Co-Founder, Sahamati

Advisory Council 2023

R Gandhi

Former Deputy Governor,
Reserve Bank of India

Pramod K Varma

CTO
Ekstep Foundation

Governing Council 2022

Bijith Bhaskar

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

Srinivas Jain

Executive Director &
Head of Strategy,
SBI Mutual Funds

Sashi Krishnan

Chief Executive Officer,
National Pension System Trust

Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh

Dy Managing Director & Chief Digital Officer,
SBI

Anjani Rathor

Chief Digital Officer,
HDFC Bank

BG Mahesh

Co-Founder &
CEO, Sahamati

Siddharth Shetty

Co-Founder, Sahamati

Krishna Prasad

CEO,
One Money

Advisory Council 2022

R Gandhi

Former Deputy Governor,
Reserve Bank of India

Pramod Rao

Group General Counsel
ICICI Bank

Pramod K Varma

CTO
Ekstep Foundation

Governing Council 2021

Bijith Bhaskar

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

Srinivas Jain

Executive Director &
Head of Strategy,
SBI Mutual Funds

Sashi Krishnan

Chief Executive Officer,
National Pension System Trust

Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh

Dy Managing Director & Chief Digital Officer,
SBI

Anjani Rathor

Chief Digital Officer,
HDFC Bank

BG Mahesh

Co-Founder &
CEO, Sahamati

Siddharth Shetty

Co-Founder, Sahamati

Krishna Prasad

CEO,
One Money

Advisory Council 2021

R Gandhi

Former Deputy Governor,
Reserve Bank of India

Pramod Rao

Group General Counsel
ICICI Bank

Pramod K Varma

CTO
Ekstep Foundation

Governing Council 2020

Munish Bhatia

Co-Founder
Finvu
(Cookiejar Technologies)

VR Govindarajan

Co-Founder & CEO
Perfios

BG Mahesh

Co-Founder & CEO
Sahamati

Lalitha Nataraj

Head Digital Partnerships & Payments,
IDFC FIRST Bank

Krishna Prasad

CEO
Onemoney

Hitesh Sachdev

Blockchain, Fintech & Investments
ICICI Bank

Sameer Shetty

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

Siddharth Shetty

Co-Founder , Sahamati