Kiran Mani, Vivek Malhotra among “all-alpha-male” IAMAI governing council members

New Delhi: Kiran Mani, CEO – Digital, JioStar, and Vivek Malhotra, Group CMO & COO – Consumer Revenue and Enterprise Strategy, India Today Group, are among the 24 elected members of the Governing Council of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), following its biennial elections announced on Tuesday.

Notably, the all-alpha-male governing council comprises founders, co-founders, managing directors and CEOs, except for Malhotra and Mahendra Nerurkar, VP – Payments (India & Emerging Markets), Amazon Pay. 

The composition starkly reflects the skewed gender diversity in India’s digital economy ecosystem.

MN Srinivasu, Co-founder of BillDesk, has been elected Chairman of IAMAI, replacing Harsh Jain, Co-founder and CEO of Dream Sports.

Harshil Mathur, Co-founder and CEO of Razorpay, and Sameer Nigam, Founder and CEO of PhonePe, have been elected Vice Chairman and Treasurer, respectively. They take over from Rajesh Magow, Co-founder and Group CEO of MakeMyTrip, and Satyan Gajwani, Vice Chairman of Times Internet.

Srinivasu, Mathur and Nigam will form the new Executive Council, along with Subho Ray, President of IAMAI, who serves as an ex-officio member.

Elected Governing Council Members (In alphabetical order):

1. Abhay Sharma, Executive Director and Chief Business Officer, Paytm
2. Alok Mittal, Executive Chairman and Founder, Indifi
3. Aloke Bajpai, Group CEO & Co-Founder, Ixigo
4. Anant Goenka, Executive Director, Indian Express
5. Anirban Mukherjee, CEO, PayU
6. Anupam Mittal, Founder & Executive Director, Shaadi.com
7. Dinesh Agarwal, Founder & CEO, IndiaMART
8. Gautam Aggarwal, Division President, Mastercard
9. Harsh Jain, Co-Founder & CEO, Dream Sports
10. Kiran Mani, CEO – Digital, Jio Hotstar
11. Mahendra Nerurkar, VP – Payments (India & Emerging Markets), Amazon Pay
12. Miten Sampat, Building, CRED
13. Paroma Chatterjee, CEO, Revolut
14. Praveena Rai, Managing Director and CEO, MCX India
15. Rajesh Magow, Co-Founder & Group CEO, MakeMyTrip
16. Rishi Chhabra, Managing Director and Country Manager – India, Visa
17. Satyan Gajwani, Vice Chairman, Times Internet
18. Shashvat Nakrani, Founder & COO, BharatPe
19. Upasana Taku, Co-founder & CFO, MobiKwik
20. Vibhav Hathi, Co-founder, OneCard
21. Vivek Malhotra, Group CMO & COO – Consumer Revenue and Enterprise Strategy, India Today
22. Subho Ray, President, IAMAI (Ex-officio)

IAMAI stated that the new 24-member Governing Council and Executive Council will take charge for the 2025–2027 term at the upcoming Annual General Meeting.