Vinay Gupta
Founder & Director

Vinay Gupta is the dynamic young visionary and founder of Via (EBIX Travels Private Limited (formerly known as FlightRaja Travels Private Limited)). His persistent pursuit to create seamless travel in India led to the formation of India's leading Travel Services Company. In the very first year of its inception Via has become the topmost Travel Company with a network of 20000 agents in 1200 cities of India. Its annual turnover is USD 500 million. With its unique B2B model and dedicated services to the travel industry Via is creating a silent revolution in the travel sector in India.

A professional turned entrepreneur, he has previously held prominent senior management positions with leading multinational companies in the United States. His previous assignments include consultancies in the Risk Management business with Credit Suisse, First Boston in New York and consultancies with Citibank NA, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and BMW.

Vinay holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Computer Science from SV University and is presently pursuing CFA from the CFA Institute of America. He is a Member of the CFA Institute of America.

Ashwini Kakkar
Chairman of the Board

Ashwini Kakkar has wide experience across various industries but the travel business is his primary passion. He has been conferred with numerous awards by travel trade organisations. He was also bestowed the prestigious ''Ordre National du Merite'' by the French Government in 2007, in recognition of his contribution to promoting Indo-French relations.

He studied mechanical engineering at Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra & completed his MBA from the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD), France. Besides this he also secured a management degree from IIM-Kolkata and a law degree.

Vani Kola

Vani is a serial entrepreneur and visionary known for identifying emerging markets and building successful market-driven software companies. For the last 10 years she has focused on founding and building her various companies.

She was also the founder and CEO of Certus Software and RightWorks before they were bought by global companies. Vani's personal commitment to excellence and integrity influences her approach to building companies, developing products and empowering people. Vani is profiled in numerous books and has been identified as one of the top 10 entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. Outside of enjoying building high growth companies her interests focus on raising her two daughters and musing about finding the perfect balance between work and family. She is involved in various organizations focused on fostering entrepreneurship and women leadership.

GV Ravishankar

Ravi Shankar is a Managing Director with Sequoia Capital. At Sequoia Capital, Ravi Shankar focuses on sectors like Technology, Consumer and Healthcare. He currently serves on the board of companies such as Byjus, Prataap Snacks, Faaso's, Wildcraft, Via, Suburban Diagnostics, CloudNine and ISFC. Prior to this, Ravi Shankar worked at McKinsey & Company and Wipro Technologies.

Ravi Shankar received an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad where he was awarded the President's Gold Medal. He also holds a BE in Computer Science and Engineering from REC Trichy.

Amit Aggarwal
Co Founder and Board Observer

Amit Aggarwal has a background from the automotive industry having worked in Ford and Daimler Chrysler. He has worked as the head of Metrics and Data analytics for their retail website. He is keen about data analytics and metric space and has extensive knowledge of front end technologies.

Amit is a Computer Science Graduate from IIT, Roorkee, where he topped his class and has been awarded the President of India Gold Medal for versatility and overall excellence.

Swaminathan Vedaranyam
CEO

Swaminathan has been responsible for large business operations across multiple geographies which include India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, S.Korea, Nepal etc. He has extensive experience in online business, affiliate marketing, network management and new project rollouts. He has sucessfully pitched for and managed sensitive Government outsourcing initiatives for American, Australian, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Indian Government.