Shraddhanjali Rao

Former Vice President & HR, SAP, India

Shraddha is a leader with extensive experience in designing and executing the people strategy for building high-performance organization for SAP’s 13,000+ workforce in India. Additionally, to foster the start-up ecosystem, she commits her time as the Advisor of the SAP Start up Studio, an accelerator program of SAP Labs India.

Under her leadership, SAP Labs India has ranked #1 in the India’s Best Companies to Work for by the Great Place to Work Institute in 2018 & 2019, along with being the Best Workplaces for Women and for Culture of Innovation and Certified as a Top Employer for 2019, 2020 & 2021. She was also awarded the Women Leadership Award by Observe Now in 2020, the Exceptional Women of Excellence 2017 by Women Economic Forum and is among Top 20 most voted HR Role Models in India in 2018. She is passionate about Future of work, Leadership, Inclusion,  nurturing Start-ups and recently co-authored the book Why Blend In When You Can Stand Out?. She believes, that in order to change the game, you have to change the frame!