Indian Retail Awards and e-Retail Awards Congress 2015

"This is the most exciting ecommerce market on the planet. As a billion people get on-mobile, it's an opportunity for 'made in India' brands to scale up online big time."

Mr. Sid Talwar moved to India in 2001 to found Evolv, a vocational training company. Over the next six years, he grew Evolv to 300 employees training and assessing over 20,000 people a year across 200 cities in South Asia, East Asia and the Middle East.

In 2007, Mr. Talwar sold Evolv to NIIT. He worked with NIIT for the next three years, heading Evolv, as well as Litmus - NIIT's foray into assessments, and Uniqua - NIIT's joint venture with Genpact.

Mr. Talwar left NIIT to get more involved in the startup community in India. Over the next few years, leading up to Lightbox, he advised several startups, angel funds, and a very special NGO called Magic Bus. He recently launched a new restaurant, The Hungry Monkey.