Bala Deshpande is the Senior Managing Director at New Enterprise Associates India Pvt. Ltd. - one of the world's largest venture capital firms. Prior to that, she was with ICICI Venture. She was a Director on the boards of several companies including Aaj Tak, Shoppers Stop, Air Deccan, etc. She worked with leading multinational companies such as Bestfoods, Cadburys, and ICI. She is on the Advisor Board of transformational enterprises like TRRAIN and iVolunteer.