Shark Tank India is set to make a comeback with its fourth season. This time, the popular business reality show will return as an OTT exclusive and will be available only on SonyLiv.
New episodes will stream Monday to Friday at 8 p.m., starting Jan. 6. Shark Tank India Season 4 promises exciting pitches as businesses from across India try to seal a deal. The show will feature several new faces on the judges' panel, along with the OG sharks — Aman Gupta, Namita Thapar, Peyush Bansal, Anupam Mittal and Vineeta Singh.
Two new judges, Kunal Bahl and Viraj Bahl, will be seen in the latest season while Amit Jain, Deepinder Goyal, Radhika Gupta and Ronnie Screwvala will miss out.
Here's everything you need to know about the judges on Shark Tank India Season 4:
1. Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta has been part of the original panel of Shark Tank India which first aired in 2021. The entrepreneur is the co-founder and chief marketing officer of boAt, known for its audio products including wireless earphones, headphones, and speakers. Aman is a certified chartered accountant.
2. Namita Thapar
Namita Thapar is the executive director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, founded by her father Satish Ramanlal Mehta. Thapar is a chartered accountant with an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business.
3. Peyush Bansal
Peyush Bansal is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Lenskart, an online platform and retail chain selling eyewear. He started the company in 2010, initially selling only contact lenses.
4. Anupam Mittal
Anupam Mittal is the founder of People Group which operates the popular online matrimonial platform Shaadi.com. Mittal launched Shaadi.com in 1997, when the internet was still in its early days in India.
5. Vineeta Singh
A graduate of the prestigious IIT Madras, Singh is the CEO and co-founder of SUGAR Cosmetics. She worked at top positions in companies like SBI Capital Markets and Tata Group, before starting her own venture.
6. Azhar Iqubal
Azhar Iqubal is the co-founder and chairman of Inshorts, an online news aggregation app that offers concise, summarised news articles in 60 words or less. The company began as a Facebook page called "News in Shorts". Azhar dropped out of IIT Delhi at the age of 19 years to pursue this venture.
7. Ritesh Agarwal
Ritesh Agarwal is the CEO and founder of OYO Rooms, one of the largest hospitality chains in the world. The company started as a budget hotel aggregator in 2013 and has since grown into a global brand, offering affordable accommodation options across the world.
8. Varun Dua
Varun Dua co-founded Acko General Insurance, a digital-first insurance company, in 2016. Before venturing into entrepreneurship, he worked as a marketing manager at Franklin Templeton Investments.
9. Kunal Bahl
Kunal Bahl is the co-founder and CEO of Snapdeal, an e-commerce platform. He also co-founded Titan Capital, a venture capital firm that supports early-stage startups. Bahl worked for Microsoft in the US before returning to India to make a career in business.
10. Viral Bahl
The new entry on the panel, Viraj Bahl, is the founder and managing director of Veeba (VRB Consumer Products), specialising in the production and distribution of a wide range of food products, particularly in the category of sauces, condiments, and dressings.
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