Stars to shine at Mint BFSI Summit and Awards today

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das will deliver the opening keynote address at the Mint BFSI Summit and Awards on Thursday, flagging off a full day of intense deliberations, debates and conversations around the theme of financial wellness in a changing world.

- Alokesh Bhattacharyya

Joining the central bank governor will be Debasish Panda, the chairperson of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai); Kamlesh Varshney, whole-time member at capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi); and veteran banker K.V. Kamath, who is currently the chairman of National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID).

They will be joined by more than two dozen top bankers, insurers, mutual fund honchos, fintech wizards and tech leaders, as the programme cuts through the clutter of issues facing the industry and attempts to find solutions.

In a first for Mint in the 16th year of the event, the programme will bring into its fold all major arms of the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) industry. In the previous 15 years, it had looked sharply at issues faced by banks.

Another first in this edition is the introduction of the Mint BFSI Awards to recognize and reward the top performers in the industry across banking, life and general insurance, nonbanking financial companies (NBFCs) and mutual funds, both equity and fixed income. The study was done in collaboration with Mint's knowledge partners howindialives.com and Fisdom.