Gaurang Vyas is the head of AIPL’s IT division and is responsible for developing and delivering in-house solutions for S&P Dow Jones Indices and their end customers.  In this role, he is driving the offshore team towards building new capabilities through thought leadership, innovation, and focused strategic initiatives.

He works closely with Raj Varadarajan, CTO S&P DJI, in driving these initiatives.

Gaurang comes with rich industry experience of over 18 years and has worked in organizations like Trigyn Technologies and ORG systems.  He has vast experience in managing delivery solutions on various technology stacks, specifically on web and mobile platforms. At Trigyn, he was the Delivery Head for Mumbai operations and spearheaded operations to set the foundation for several of the people practices, processes, and systems that helped the organization to scale up to the present level.

Gaurang is an engineer in electronics and a certified PMP professional from PMI.

Koel leads the regional commercial efforts and actively educates and advocates for passive investing. She explores new markets and works with market participants to offer suitable solutions.

Her previous experience in the asset management and financial industries add to her in-depth knowledge in that space. She contributed to the growing Indian asset management industry through her marketing and sales roles at IL&FS Mutual Fund and UTI Asset Management Company. At Thomson Reuters, she further extended her business development skills in the financial data industry.

Koel additionally heads up the business initiatives in India and serves as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Asia Index Private Limited (a BSE and S&P DJI venture). She was recognized by AIWMI as one of the top 100 women in finance in India in 2019.

Koel is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 

Prior to joining BSE, Mr. Nayan Mehta has worked with National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE), Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX) and Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. (CARE). He was instrumental in setting up accounting and investment processes and controls at NSE.  As Chief Financial Officer of the MCX, in addition to overseeing finance, treasury and taxation, he handled various strategic issues relating to eco-system ventures of its group companies.

Nayan Mehta is the Senior Vice Chairman in the Executive Board of South Asian Federation of Exchanges.  He is a member of Qualified Audit Review Committee of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI).  He is also a co-opted member of the Committee on Financial Markets and Investors’ Protection of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Nayan Mehta is a Director of CDSL Insurance Repository Limited, CDSL Ventures Ltd., Asia Index Private Ltd. and BOI Shareholding Limited.  He is a member of various Committees of BSE Ltd. and its subsidiaries and associate companies.

Nayan Mehta has also been a visiting faculty in various Management Institutes from time to time and is a Chartered Accountant and a Cost & Management Accountant by qualification.

Neeraj Kulshrestha joined BSE as Chief Operations Officer in 2015. He is responsible for Trading (Operations and Development), Listing (Sales and Operations), Membership and IT operations. He is a member of the Executive Management Committee of BSE and is on the Boards of Indian Clearing Corporation Limited (ICCL) and Asia Index Private Limited.

He has about 27 years` experience in Capital markets, which includes Securities Markets and General Insurance.

Prior to BSE, he was an Executive Director in Morgan Stanley India for 10 years. Before that he was with NSE and has managed various functions like Trading Operations, Inspection and Investigation, Futures and Options, Clearing and Trading. He was also the CEO of India Index Services Ltd. and Dotex International Ltd.

He has completed his Bachelor`s degree in Computer Science from Delhi University and MBA (Finance) from Indore University. 

SVR is a chartered accountant with around 25 years of experience in finance, accounting, auditing, corporate law, and tax law. He started his professional career in 1995 as an audit assistant with Fraser & Ross, Chennai. He then worked in manufacturing companies—Avanti Leathers Ltd. and KCP Ltd.—for about six years. SVR joined the financial services sector in 2002, and he is currently working as Vice President – Finance at S&P Capital IQ (India) Pvt. Ltd.

He is a member of the board of directors for S&P Capital IQ (India) Pvt. Ltd., Standard & Poor’s South Asia Services Pvt. Ltd., and Asia Index Pvt. Ltd. He is also a designated partner in Ness Software Engineering Services India LLP.