Apurva Chamaria is the Global Head of Venture Capital & Startups at Google. Apurva has served in C level roles at global organisations like Ranbaxy, HCL Technologies, RateGain, Tech Mahindra and now at Google. He was ranked as a top 10 angel investor in India by Economic Times in 2019 having invested in startups like Innov8, Josh Talks, Dukaan, Goat Brands, Sheroes, Inc 42, Chqbook, Blu Smart, Kawa Space. Apurva has invested in 100+ startups (10 exits) and is a Limited Partner (LP) in VC firms like 9 Unicorns and Gemba Capital. He is also on the IC of SIDBI which is a fund of funds and Venture Catalysts, an early stage fund. He was selected as the “Entrepreneur in Residence” for Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs in India for 2022-2024. Apurva serves on the start-up steering committee for IAMAI. He is also the author of two best selling books on startups published by Bloomsbury and Penguin Random House. He has done his MBA from IMI, Delhi and PG in Advertising & PR from IIMC, New Delhi. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School. In 2020 he was made a fellow of the All India Management Association (AIMA). He has served on many advertising juries and is a Campaign Asia 40 under 40 awardee.