Mr. Sanjay Datta, President, ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth

Mr. Suketu Kumar has done his MBA from XIM – Bhubaneswar and engineering from Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalay. He has a total experience of 19 years, of which he spent the last 12 years in ICICI Venture (private equity). His role in ICICI Venture had been to participate in fundraising activities – both domestic and international, lead and make investments, to manage the investments and help portfolio companies grow profitably. Suketu has invested in structured investments, minority investments as well as buy-outs. Prior to this he has gained experience in various roles comprising, debt / structured finance, mergers & acquisitions, consulting and operations during his stints with IDFC Ltd., Reliance (ADAG), PwC and HFCL.

In his current role at ICICI Foundation, Suketu synergises with Operations team and works on Value Chain enhancement and Entrepreneurship Development, with a focus to sustainably enhance livelihoods. This involves identification of opportunities, preparing possible solutions, creating value chains, and enhancing the impact of existing value chains.

Mr. Suhas Nayak is a seasoned development and management professional with over 25 years of work experience in Retail Banking Sales and Operations. He has been working with ICICI Bank where he managed large-scale banking sales & operations including overseeing the business side of operations and profit & loss of a vast network of 15,000+ ATMs. He also excelled in managing mortgage collections and played a key role in SME business generation across 4,500 bank branches. His responsibilities also extended to heading the business sales & operations, audit and compliance, and stakeholder management in Maharashtra for the Bank.
After successfully managing at ICICI Bank, he embarked on a new journey of sustainable socio-economic development by joining ICICI Foundation. He started as a program head for ICICI Academy for Skills and Financial Literacy Program, which focuses on empowering youth with vocational training relevant to market opportunities, skill-building, knowledge and decision making.
With the vision of transforming lives through inclusive growth, he is currently working as the Head of Operations – North Zone and Program Head – Rural Livelihood Program which focuses on empowering village communities with sustainable livelihood and development opportunities.

Mr Venkatesh B K, is an adept Development Professional with 27 years of experience. He started his professional journey with the MYRADA, a pioneer South Indian NGO involved in Rural development sector.
He then moved to LabourNet Services India Pvt Ltd as Regional Manager to look after the skilling program for the southern region.
With his expertise in skilling & natural resource management, and passion for designing and implementing rural livelihoods, he joined ICICI Foundation in 2017 as the Zonal Head.
In his current role, he is the Head of Operations for South Zone and also takes care of Environment and Ecology program at ICICI Foundation.

Mr. Vineet Rungta, has been with ICICI Group since May 2003. Vineet’s experience in ICICI Bank spans the Treasury domain covering asset-liability & interest rate risk management for international branches/subsidiaries, implementing framework for monitoring risks, etc. He has worked on roll out of the skill development initiatives and managed the operation. In August 2010, he got associated with the CSR initiatives of ICICI Bank to pursue his interest in corporate philanthropy. Vineet commenced his career with E&Y in 1999 and worked in their Banking & Financial Services vertical, including a short stint in USA.

In his current role, Vineet is responsible for partnerships, procurement, infrastructure, finance, IT and other initiatives/ projects of ICICI Foundation. In previous assignments, he has handled operations of skill development initiatives for West II and South regions. He was also responsible for the healthcare initiative that successfully experimented with providing insurance for outpatient healthcare for the BPL category, as a part of the RSBY scheme of the Government.