Ankur Khera

Ankur Khera, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi having a Mtech degree in Computer Applications started his career in 2007. He worked with Sapient, Adobe, Make My Trip -India’s largest online travel portal, HealthKart.com- India’s leading sports and nutritional supplements platform.

In 2009, Ankur earned an International fellowship at Digital Media Zone at Toronto, Canada which is North America’s top business incubator. Later he found his own startup Tickzo.com an online portal for event ticketing for the Indian market.

Ankur was instrumental in setting up Zone Startups India (ZSI) from inception, a partnership between Ryerson University, Toronto and Bombay Stock Exchange Institute at Mumbai. Zone Startups India is today, one of the top most business accelerators of India. Role at ZSI involved working closely with the start-up ecosystem in India and working with start-ups to help them with market validation, customer acquisition, provide access to international markets and connections, networking, business development counselling, generating opportunities to receive financial support and funding opportunities.

Currently he is the Assistant Vice President, Innovation Lead at Development Bank of Singapore in India.  Recent role responsibilities have had a focus on building innovation culture at DBS ASIA HUB2 (DAH2) at Hyderabad from setting principles and standards, identifying opportunities, training and applying design thinking and agile, rapid prototyping, experimentation, managing change and running programs to invoke a culture of creativity and innovation amongst workforce. Working with internal stakeholders and external collaborators, Ankur is involved in executing the innovation roadmap for DAH2 to enhance customer and employee experience and better engage the bank’s customers in the digital landscape.