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Where Human Potential & Intelligent Systems Create Smarter Workplaces
SHRM Tech is the leading platform bringing together HR, business, and technology leaders who are shaping how organisations apply, govern, and scale HR technology to support leadership decisions and workforce outcomes. Now in its 12th edition, the SHRM Tech26, is anchored around the theme Connected Intelligence – where human insight and technology converge to build future-ready workplaces.
From breakthrough AI applications to rapidly evolving workforce dynamics, SHRM Tech26 serves as a platform for exploring the technologies, strategies, and ideas redefining how organizations work, lead, and grow. It examines how intelligent systems work alongside people, responding to context, learning from experience, and supporting human judgment in real organisational settings.
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Achal Khanna
Chief Executive Officer
SHRM APAC and MENA
Achal Khanna
Chief Executive OfficerSHRM APAC and MENA
Achal Khanna is the CEO for SHRM India, APAC & MENA. SHRM India is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), which is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management with more than 3,00,000 HR and business executive members in 165 countries.
Achal is responsible for leading the India operations of SHRM, as well as Asia Pacific operations including Middle-East. She serves on the global SHRM Leadership Team and is responsible for building the brand, expanding its business and developing professional relationships with government agencies, and other HR and business associations in the region.
Achal has over 30 years of work experience. Prior to joining SHRM, she was Managing Director for Kelly India operations; Vice President for GE; and Country Manager for Polaroid India. She has also worked with Dupont, ITC and Cosmo Group in various capacities.
She is a recipient of the “Best Women Executive in India” award.
Achal holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics; a Master’s Degree in English Literature and she is an MBA from Delhi.
James Atkinson
Vice President, Thought Leadership
SHRM
Krishnakumar Natarajan
Former CEO, Mindtree
Managing Partner, Mela Ventures
Sidharth Srinivasan
Chief Executive Officer
Lupin Digital Health
Bhaskar Ramesh
Former Director - Omnichannel Businesses, Google
Head of Digital Entertainment Business ,JioHotstar
Bhaskar Ramesh
Former Director - Omnichannel Businesses, GoogleHead of Digital Entertainment Business ,JioHotstar
Bhaskar serves as Director for Omnichannel Businesses at Google India and is a core member of India leadership team. In this role he is building Google's partnerships across Technology, Retail, Finance, CPG & Automotive businesses accelerating technology transformation across these sectors. He is leading the charge Digitization agenda for India with vision to make Google, a gateway for Omni businesses.
Also, he is the co-chair of women@google India - A thriving community that helps women googlers across PA's succed in having thriving careers.
Previously, Bhaskar built YouTube India business heading their monetization and product strategy that turbocharged YouTube into a $XB business having grown multifold. Prior to this role he served as an Executive Summits Evangelist at Google Partnerplex at their MountainView HQ and started his career building the CPG industry vertical in India from scratch.
Before his decade long innings at Google, Bhaskar started his career working with large consumer goods companies like P&G, Godrej and Marico in various Brand Management roles across foods and personal care. He then moved to Media & Entertainment industry having led a variety of roles at Reliance Broadcast Network as VP - Operations - spanning marketing, sales, content planning & programming.
The magical intersection of Consumers, Technology, Commerce & Brands excites him the most.
He is an avid public speaker sharing his perspectives on Technology, Omnichannel, Video across marquee industry forums like FICCI, CII, IAMAI, UNDP etc.
Saurabh Govil
President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Wipro
Saurabh Govil
President and Chief Human Resources OfficerWipro
Saurabh Govil is the President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Wipro Ltd. He is also a member of the Group Executive Council, a forum for the core group of Wipro leaders to deliberate and strategize the long-term vision of the corporation. He is also a trustee of the Wipro Foundation, a not-for-profit trust that contributes to education, community service projects and social development
As the CHRO, Saurabh is responsible for the entire spectrum of the global Human Resources function, including talent planning, enhancing operational efficiencies and driving people transformation initiatives across the organization. He is leading several pioneering programs to redesign the HR function for the digital age.
Saurabh is a strong votary of inclusion and diversity, and Wipro has been widely recognized for its robust and successful programs aimed at driving and sustaining diversity initiatives, policies and processes.
Saurabh is a seasoned Human Resources professional, with wide-ranging experience of over two decades. Prior to joining Wipro in 2009, Saurabh held leadership positions in organizations like ITC and GE.
Saurabh is an alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur where he completed his Masters in Human Resources. He is on the Advisory Board of the India Chapter of Society for Human Resources Management, the world’s largest HR professional society.
Saurabh is based in Bangalore.
Biplob Banerjee
Chief Human Resources Officer
Emami Limited
Achal Khanna
Chief Executive Officer
SHRM APAC and MENA
Achal Khanna
Chief Executive OfficerSHRM APAC and MENA
Achal Khanna is the CEO for SHRM India, APAC & MENA. SHRM India is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), which is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management with more than 3,00,000 HR and business executive members in 165 countries.
Achal is responsible for leading the India operations of SHRM, as well as Asia Pacific operations including Middle-East. She serves on the global SHRM Leadership Team and is responsible for building the brand, expanding its business and developing professional relationships with government agencies, and other HR and business associations in the region.
Achal has over 30 years of work experience. Prior to joining SHRM, she was Managing Director for Kelly India operations; Vice President for GE; and Country Manager for Polaroid India. She has also worked with Dupont, ITC and Cosmo Group in various capacities.
She is a recipient of the “Best Women Executive in India” award.
Achal holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics; a Master’s Degree in English Literature and she is an MBA from Delhi.
James Atkinson
Vice President, Thought Leadership
SHRM
Krishnakumar Natarajan
Former CEO, Mindtree
Managing Partner, Mela Ventures
Sidharth Srinivasan
Chief Executive Officer
Lupin Digital Health
Bhaskar Ramesh
Former Director - Omnichannel Businesses, Google
Head of Digital Entertainment Business ,JioHotstar
Bhaskar Ramesh
Former Director - Omnichannel Businesses, GoogleHead of Digital Entertainment Business ,JioHotstar
Bhaskar serves as Director for Omnichannel Businesses at Google India and is a core member of India leadership team. In this role he is building Google's partnerships across Technology, Retail, Finance, CPG & Automotive businesses accelerating technology transformation across these sectors. He is leading the charge Digitization agenda for India with vision to make Google, a gateway for Omni businesses.
Also, he is the co-chair of women@google India - A thriving community that helps women googlers across PA's succed in having thriving careers.
Previously, Bhaskar built YouTube India business heading their monetization and product strategy that turbocharged YouTube into a $XB business having grown multifold. Prior to this role he served as an Executive Summits Evangelist at Google Partnerplex at their MountainView HQ and started his career building the CPG industry vertical in India from scratch.
Before his decade long innings at Google, Bhaskar started his career working with large consumer goods companies like P&G, Godrej and Marico in various Brand Management roles across foods and personal care. He then moved to Media & Entertainment industry having led a variety of roles at Reliance Broadcast Network as VP - Operations - spanning marketing, sales, content planning & programming.
The magical intersection of Consumers, Technology, Commerce & Brands excites him the most.
He is an avid public speaker sharing his perspectives on Technology, Omnichannel, Video across marquee industry forums like FICCI, CII, IAMAI, UNDP etc.
Saurabh Govil
President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Wipro
Saurabh Govil
President and Chief Human Resources OfficerWipro
Saurabh Govil is the President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Wipro Ltd. He is also a member of the Group Executive Council, a forum for the core group of Wipro leaders to deliberate and strategize the long-term vision of the corporation. He is also a trustee of the Wipro Foundation, a not-for-profit trust that contributes to education, community service projects and social development
As the CHRO, Saurabh is responsible for the entire spectrum of the global Human Resources function, including talent planning, enhancing operational efficiencies and driving people transformation initiatives across the organization. He is leading several pioneering programs to redesign the HR function for the digital age.
Saurabh is a strong votary of inclusion and diversity, and Wipro has been widely recognized for its robust and successful programs aimed at driving and sustaining diversity initiatives, policies and processes.
Saurabh is a seasoned Human Resources professional, with wide-ranging experience of over two decades. Prior to joining Wipro in 2009, Saurabh held leadership positions in organizations like ITC and GE.
Saurabh is an alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur where he completed his Masters in Human Resources. He is on the Advisory Board of the India Chapter of Society for Human Resources Management, the world’s largest HR professional society.
Saurabh is based in Bangalore.
Biplob Banerjee
Chief Human Resources Officer
Emami Limited
Gautam Sinha
Chief Human Resources Officer
Birla Opus Paints
Aditya Birla Group
Neelmani Singh
Group Head – Learning & Head - Aditya Birla Global Centre for Leadership Learning ‘Gyanodaya’
Aditya Birla Group
Neelmani Singh
Group Head – Learning & Head - Aditya Birla Global Centre for Leadership Learning ‘Gyanodaya’Aditya Birla Group
Neelmani Singh (Neel) is the Group Head of Learning for Aditya Birla Group (ABG), and Head of the Global Centre for Leadership of ABG -Gyanodaya.
Previously, he was Head of Leadership Development at Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Head of Talent & Learning for India and South Asia at Standard Chartered Bank, led people and organisation capability at Microsoft Corporation and Group Learning Manager at ICICI Bank.
Neel holds an MBA (MA in Applied Psychology) from the University of Delhi and a Pre-Doctoral (M.Phil.) in Clinical Psychology from NIMHANS, Bangalore. Neel is a Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) by the International Association of Facilitators (IAF).
Neel’s experience and academic background (MBA-OB, OD and MPhil Clinical Psychology) have helped him gain a unique perspective in People Development areas enabling him to see it from a macro-strategic/Organizational context to facilitate the large systemic People and Organization Development agenda and at the same time to partner and fuel at the micro - Individual level growth too.
Suresh Rai
Global Chief Human Resources Officer
Sun Pharma
Suresh Rai
Global Chief Human Resources OfficerSun Pharma
Suresh Rai is the Global Chief human Resources Officer, Sun Pharma. In a career spanning over three decades; Suresh has worked with conglomerates like Unilever and Procter & Gamble.
In his 25+ years of association with Unilever, he held number of Senior Leadership roles which included CHRO – Global Nutrition, Global Vice President- Foods & Refreshment, Vice President Human Resources - South-East Asia & Australasia, Vice President Human Resources – Unilever Philippines, Leadership & Organization Development Director - Global Markets. Prior to Unilever, he was associated with Procter and Gamble in supply chain.
A C-suite Human Resources leader with global experience in consumer business with proven impact across HR strategy, M&A and disposals, creating high performing organizations, leadership pipelines, establishing agile workplaces, building digital, data and global capability centers. He has lived-in multi-country experience.
Suresh is a contributor on diverse topics in different forums & business bodies including INSEAD, HCLI- Singapore. He was also a guest speaker at Vietnam National HRD Conference, University of Amsterdam, and was instrumental in establishing Industry Digital HR Forum in Philippines. He was recognised amongst 12 Stellar HR leaders in Asia Hot List of HRD Asia magazine.
Suresh holds an MBA in HR from XLRI Jamshedpur and B Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi.
He loves traveling, astronomy and reading about military history.
Aarti Srivastava
Chief Human Resources Officer
Capgemini, India
Aarti Srivastava
Chief Human Resources OfficerCapgemini, India
Aarti Srivastava has been appointed as the Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) for Capgemini in India, effective 2022. Before taking this role, Aarti was the CHRO for Business Services GBL at Capgemini.
Prior to joining Capgemini, Aarti has performed on various leadership and strategic roles in HR at FIS, Deutsche Bank
Aarti is a seasoned people leader with over two decades of expertise in multiple dimensions of human resources. Her experience includes organization design and development, employee experience, and leadership development. She has successfully executed multiple global programs driving change management, M&A integration, overall business growth and functional transformation.
Aarti holds an MPM degree in HR from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM). She has also completed her certification in ‘Strategic HR’ from NSU, Singapore and ‘Strategic Thinking’ from London Business School.
Rajiv Naithani
Chief People Officer
Persistent
Rajiv Naithani
Chief People OfficerPersistent
Rajiv is a young, dynamic and a fast tracker HR and OD thought Leader who believes in “Self” being the “Instrument of Change”. Having worked with Hi-Tech Industry throughout in his career, he has played a key role in the transformational journey of some of these companies (i.e. Infogain, Dassault Systèmes, GlobalLogic and HCL). Rajiv is inspired with “Employee First” concept and finds it to be the key driver towards catering to the expectations of “Customers” and “Shareholders”.
Bhagwati Shetty
Chief Human Resources Officer
Comviva
Archana Chadha
Market Head of People, India
HSBC India
Archana Chadha
Market Head of People, IndiaHSBC India
Archana Chadha is the Head of Human Resources for HSBC, India and is responsible for driving HSBC’s People strategy to support the growth of India businesses in a rapidly changing and digital environment.
An accomplished HR leader with a career spanning over two decades in HSBC India, Archana has rich and extensive experience across different businesses including Retail Banking, Securities Services and Human Resources. She has been instrumental in leading professionals to drive large scale strategic initiatives and support businesses by enabling change, creating leadership depth and instituting a strong performance and values culture
Having worked across multiple cross geographical projects along with her diverse experience in business and functional roles, Archana reflects an agile and culturally adaptable mindset. She has partnered HR Leadership in India by building a strong leadership bench, rationalizing and repurposing the workforce and facilitating culture change - thereby creating a nimble and digital ready workforce.
Prior to taking up her current role at HSBC, Archana was Head of Performance and Rewards, HSBC India and responsible for the pay and performance delivery to all of HSBC’s Businesses and Entities in India.
HSBC, India has recently been named amongst the Top 25 Best Companies to Work for, and amongst the 20 Most Respected Companies in India. She is committed to leverage her strengths to take these achievements to greater heights.
Amol Gupta
People Team- Head of India
BNY
Amol Gupta
People Team- Head of IndiaBNY
Amol, an alumnus of UC Berkeley Extension, SIMS, Symbiosis Law College and Delhi University was born in a Defense Family. An avid learner, he pursued additional certifications like SPHR, HRMP & SHRM - SCP. With an overall experience of 23 years in Human Resource Management including global experience in US as HR Business Partner to CFO and other Chief Executives that added challenge and contributed heavily in his professional growth. Amol has worked across various segments such as Financial Services, IT Product Company, IT/ITES, Pharma and Bio Technology. He specializes in - Strategic Human Resources – People Strategy, Organization Development, Human Capital and Employer of Choice Branding, Performance Management, Compensation Management, Talent Engagement and Management, Policies and Processes, Risk Management, BCP, General Management and Leadership Transformation. He holds experience in Core HR Practices and Process Areas which includes, Complete Value Chain. Currently he is The People Leader for India/Philippines at FIS. He is associated with FIS for last 5.5 years. He is responsible for bringing People Strategy to life and driving culture change. Amol’s focus is enhancing employee experience and ensuring India operations are world class. Prior to FIS, Amol has held different positions at Barclays Technology Center India, SunGard, Infosys BPM, Lupin Ltd. and few others. Apart from work, he is a Marathon Runner and has participated in multiple runs including Ladakh marathon and enjoys spending time with his family.
Harita Gupta
Head of Global Experience, SVP
Sutherland Globa
Beenaa More
Executive Leader & CHRO, Founding Member
Bank of India Investment Managers
Rachana Dubey
Global People Operations Director
Orbia
Kunal Kumawat
Head HR - Compressor Technique Customer Center
Atlas Copco, India
SHRM India Advisory Council
Richard Rekhy
Vice Chair, Grant Thornton Bharat & Former CEO, KPMG in India
Pranjal Sharma
Economic Analyst, Advisor & Author
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Agenda at a Glance
Registration, Expo Interaction & Networking
Conference Opening Segment
- Connected Intelligence
- Why Context is the New Strategy
- The CHRO as Enterprise Architect
Networking Break in Expo Zone
Mega / Concurrent Sessions
Connect & Dine in Expo Zone
Day 1 Closing Segment
- AI, Quantum, and the Next Wave of Disruption
- Workforce 2030: Skills, Systems, and Shifts
- What HR Must Build Now
Day 2 Opening Segment
- The CEO - CHRO - CTO Alignment Playbook
- Intersection of Behavioral Science, AI & Inclusive Leadership
- Reimagining Business in a Hyperconnected World
Networking Break in Expo Zone
Mega / Concurrent Sessions
Connect & Dine in Exposition Zone
Conference Closing Segment
- Mind-Centric Leadership in the Age of AI
- The Future Unboxed
- What the Next Decade Demands of HR Leadership
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Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai
Address: Jio World Centre, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex,
Bandra East, Mumbai, Maharashtra – 400098
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