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Managing Director
Bajaj Auto Ltd.
Rajiv Bajaj graduated first in class, with distinction, in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune in 1988, and then completed his masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Warwick in 1991.
He has since worked at Bajaj Auto in the areas of Manufacturing & Supply Chain (1990-95), R&D and Engineering (1995-2000), and Marketing and Sales (2000-2005). He has served on the board of Bajaj Auto Ltd since March 2002 and has been its Managing Director since April 2005.
His current focus is building a brand-centred strategy at Bajaj Auto with the objective of achieving its vision of being one of the world’s leading motorcycle & electric vehicle manufacturers.
Operating Partner, Advent International, Chairman of Board and Board Member (Several Companies & Academia) & Conference Chair - SHRMIAC24
D. Shivakumar, or Shiv as he is popularly known, is a Bangalore born leader and a management thinker.
He is currently Operating Partner at Advent International Private Equity. Previously, Shiv has been Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy at Aditya Birla Group, and Chairperson & Chief Executive Officer at PepsiCo Holdings Private Limited, India. Prior to that he was CEO for emerging markets at Nokia.
Shiv started his career as a management trainee in the Consumer Products Division at Hindustan Ciba Geigy before shifting to Hindustan Unilever Limited where he spent 19 years in sales, marketing and general management positions. He moved to Philips, India as Chief Executive Officer of the consumer electronics division in 2003.
Shiv joined Nokia in 2006 as the Managing Director, India. Under his management, Nokia built its entire services portfolio, including Nokia Life Tools. He was also instrumental in pushing low-cost mobile devices across rural India; making Nokia a dominant brand in India. He is credited for driving Nokia’s brand from No. 71 to No. 1 in the country. He was instrumental in making Nokia one of the top most trusted brands. Shiv moved as Sr. Vice President, Emerging Markets (India, Middle East, Africa) in 2011. This market accounts for 40% of Nokia’s global business and comprises of around 90 countries. His contribution during this time have become case studies at Harvard University, ISB and other Ivy League Institutes.
In 2013, Shivakumar was appointed as the Chairperson & CEO of PepsiCo Holdings Private Limited, India where he managed brand portfolios across beverages, snacks and nutrition. He has been the driving force in bringing PepsiCo’s nutrition portfolio to the forefront with new launches under the Quaker and Tropicana brands. He is known for being the key driver for portfolio transformation and deepen consumer engagement with flagship brands. Apart from overseeing India operations, he also managed PepsiCo’s franchise business across Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
As of January 2018, Shivakumar has joined Aditya Birla Group as the Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy. Aditya Birla Group is one of the largest Indian conglomerates with businesses spread across telecommunications, cement, chemicals, mining, textiles, financial services, retail and e-commerce, among others, in 36 countries.
SHRM-SCP
Chief Commercial Officer SHRM
Nick Schacht is a highly experienced executive with more than three decades of experience in professional services, education, and corporate learning and development. He has a history of driving product innovation, growth and profitability, and he has led organizations operating worldwide.
Schacht is Chief Global Development Officer for SHRM, the world’s largest HR professional society. Before joining SHRM, he was the founder and CEO of KnowCyber, a learning and development company focused on improving the cybersecurity-related skills of people in all types of organizations worldwide. Prior to KnowCyber, he was President and Chief Operating Officer for PetroSkills, a provider of training and development services to the worldwide petroleum industry. Prior to that, he was CEO and President of Learning Tree International, a publicly traded provider of IT and management learning and development. Schacht was also the President of Global Learning Systems, a start-up focused on e-Learning and digital content. He served in a variety of capacities at ESI International, culminating in his role as President when ESI was sold to the Institute for International Research (IIR) and then as Group President for the Americas for IIR. He has been a Research Fellow at the Logistics Management Institute, and began his career as a U.S. Navy Supply Officer, on the headquarters staff of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.
Schacht graduated with honors from the U.S. Naval Academy, and holds Master’s degrees in Administration from the University of Maryland University College and Information Systems Technology from The George Washington University.
Chief Executive Officer
SHRM India, APAC & 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.
Co-Founder
iSPIRT Foundation
Sharad's mantra is to lead big and small companies through orbit change. He has three decades of experience in the Internet, Enterprise Software, and Digital Infrastructure markets and is a prominent voice in India's technology ecosystem.
Sharad is a passionate evangelist of the software product ecosystem in India. He co-founded iSPIRT Foundation, a non-profit technology think tank devoted to making India a product nation. Earlier, he Chaired NASSCOM Product Forum in its formative years and was a member of the NASSCOM Executive Council from 2009-13.
Sharad co-founded Teltier Technologies Inc., a wireless infrastructure startup now part of CISCO, and is an active technology angel investor with over two dozen investments. He was also instrumental in the success of India's first IP focussed fund, India Innovation Fund.
Sharad has held several senior R&D executive positions with leading technology companies, including Yahoo, VERITAS Software, Symantec, Lucent Technologies, and AT&T. Zinnov gave him the R&D Visionary Award in 2008 for his work on creating a strong MNC R&D footprint in India.
Sharad is a member of National Startup Advisory Council and SEBI's Financial and Regulatory Technology Committee. He has also served on RBI's UK Sinha MSME Committee and National Digital Payments Committee.
Sharad got interested in kernel software development while doing his Electrical Engineering at Delhi College of Engineering. He started India's first Student Minicomputer Club in 1984 as served as the Chairperson of the IEEE Student Chapter.
Chief Commercial Officer
International Cricket Council
Anurag Dahiya serves as the Chief Commercial Officer for the International Cricket Council (ICC), responsible for leading the commercial strategy and all related components for global cricket. Operating from Dubai, his team delivers cricket events worldwide, handles media rights and commercial partnerships, and oversees broadcast production for all ICC events. Anurag's extensive background includes significant roles at Singtel and a 15-year stint at Fox International, showcasing his in-depth video content strategy and operations expertise. Anurag, an alumnus of PEC, Chandigarh with a BE in Computer Science & Engineering, also holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.
Managing Director
3M India
Ramesh is a 30+ year veteran with 3M, with a uniquely global business and cross-cultural leadership perspective. He has lived and worked in the US, the Philippines and China for close to fifteen years. During his assignment in China between 2014 and 2019, he had responsibility for 3M’s industrial business across all of Asia Pacific.
He currently serves as the Managing Director of 3M India. Prior to joining 3M, he worked at an offshore oil production platform, and at a leading automotive parts and two wheeler manufacturer in India.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from IIM Calcutta. He currently serves on the India Advisory Council of US- India Business Council
(USIBC) and he is also a member of CII Southern Region State Council. He previously served as Chairman of the CII Karnataka State Council for 2021-22.
Managing Director
Tally Solutions
Tejas Goenka is the Managing Director at Tally Solutions, working on making connected business environment a reality for small and medium businesses via the next generation Tally product roadmap. Seeing the tremendous opportunity to positively impact the lives of millions of entrepreneurs across the globe he is expanding Tally’s footprint beyond India to the Middle East, Africa, South-East Asia, United States and Canada.
Tejas’ customer centric approach has driven Tally’s strong selling and servicing partner network, that comprises over 28,000 partners, to a more accountable, higher quality network resulting in aggressive business growth. Living the philosophy of simplifying the lives of MSMEs with technology and products made for them, Tejas led Tally’s transition into the GST era with the enhanced product capability and distribution network , taking Tally to a 2 million+ strong license base.
An alumnus of University of Pennsylvania, he joined Tally in 2011. Tejas enjoys reading, travelling and has an avid interest in Math.
CEO & MD
Luminous Power Technologies
As a visionary CEO in the energy and solar space at Luminous Power Technologies, Preeti Bajaj is actively promoting and implementing green initiatives, leading innovation, and advocating for sustainable policies to secure a cleaner future. She is driving the purpose of the organisation which is to build a sustainable planet and a trusted consumer brand along with taking the company to the next frontier of growth in international markets.
Preeti comes with nearly two decades of experience in both the Australian and global business environments. Throughout her career, she has successfully led enterprises of various scales, including multinationals, ASX listed corporates, and startups, helping them navigate the complexities of today's business landscape. Prior to her role at Luminous, she held the position of Australia & New Zealand CEO and MD for Modis Australia, a part of the Adecco Group. Additionally, she served as CEO of Clipsal Solar, a venture by Schneider Electric.
In 2011, Preeti won the AFR's Young Executive of the Year award. Never afraid to push a boundary, Preeti has also championed many firsts during her career as a young and successful professional. She was also awarded the Scholarship for the Authentic Leadership Program at Harvard by Chief Executive Women in 2017.
Preeti completed her MBA from Swinburne University and her Master’s in Applied Finance from Macquarie University, Australia. She stands as an exemplar of core values, with diversity, inclusion, and sustainability at the heart of her mission to foster a brighter and more equitable future for all. Recently, Preeti won the prestigious CEO of the Year 2023 Award by The Machinist.
Group Head - Agri & IT Businesses
ITC Limited
Mr Sivakumar is a Member of the Corporate Management Committee of ITC Limited and oversees the Group’s Agri and IT Businesses. He also holds responsibility for ITC’s Sustainability and Social Investments Programmes.
A global exemplar in Sustainability, ITC is the only enterprise in the world of comparable dimensions to be carbon-positive, water-positive and solid waste recycling positive for nearly two decades now. ITC’s value chains support over 6 million sustainable livelihoods.
Sivakumar is well known as the architect of ITC e-Choupal, the pioneering farmer empowerment initiative that benefits over 4 million small farmers through customised agri-extension and market linkage services, while providing a unique source of competitive advantage to ITC's packaged foods business.
Currently in its Version 4.0, ITC e-Choupal integrates a range of partners such as government agencies, farm input companies and agritech startups on a farmer-centric phygital platform titled ITCMAARS.
Sivakumar is the Chairman of the National Agriculture Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry. He also serves on several committees of the Government of India.
Topper of the Class of 1983 from the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), Sivakumar served a farmers' cooperative for six years before joining ITC in 1989. He can be reached at @S_Sivakumar on X (formerly Twitter)
CEO
VML India
With over 25 years of marketing and advertising expertise, Babita is the CEO for VML India, an agency responsible for some of the market’s most successful campaigns and connected brand experiences; awarded globally for work such as Maxx Flash ‘The Killer Pack’ and The Times of India ‘Unplastic India’.
With a principal office in Mumbai, the market brings together 1400+ brand experience, commerce and technology experts across Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Noida, Gurgaon
Previously, Babita led WPP's Ford International Market Group- across an array of international markets, including Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, India, the Middle East, and South Africa. She also served a dual role, as an Executive Director at VML Thailand (previously VMLY&R), as she was increasingly involved beyond Ford, in leveraging the agency’s strengths for growth.
Babita’s professional journey commenced as a Management Trainee at Wunderman Thompson in India, where she dedicated her efforts from 1996 to 2022. Babita’s portfolio in WT was a mix of global and local businesses- from Pepsico, Unilever, Nestle, Kellogg’s to Godrej, Kotak Mahindra, Reliance and Aditya Birla. In addition to her role, she has had the privilege of serving as a British Chevening Scholar, sharing insights as a speaker at institutions like Harvard Business School, the Women Economic Forum in Geneva, and is a mentor for young professionals as part of WPP Stella India.
Her unwavering passion lies in modern marketing and transformation-leveraging the nexus of consumer behavior, culture, and technology for innovative solutions that generate growth and equity.
In addition to her role, she has had the privilege of winning the British Chevening Scholarship in 2004, for a Women and Leadership Course in the U.K.
Babita is currently based in Mumbai.
Managing Director – Glass & Glass Solutions
Saint-Gobain India
Starting his career with Grindwell Group which later became a Saint-Gobain company, Unnikrishnan has been playing an important role in the growth and leadership journey of Saint-Gobain's Glass Business in India.
With rich experience of over 31 years in the Industry, Unnikrishnan now is the Managing Director of Saint-Gobain India Pvt Ltd (Glass & Glass Solutions Business).
Apart from his professional role at Saint-Gobain, he is a thought leader across various fora in the areas of Sustainability and Policy development. He is Vice Chairman of CII Tamil Nadu State Council, immediate Past Chairman of CII Chennai Zone, Chairman of CII Green Product Council, Vice-President of Madras Management Association, past Chairman CII TN CEO Forum, Member of lndo-French Chamber of Commerce Governing Council, CII - National Manufacturing Council, Research Council of CSIR-CGCRI and Indian Green Building Council Executive Board.
Co-Founder & Group CEO, PeopleStrong & Taggd, Managing Partner, Caret Capital Board Member, Karmayogi Bharat (India’s Prime Ministers Initiative)
Pankaj is an entrepreneur, who believes in the power of work capital i.e., deploying capital to give meaning and access to work.
He currently serves as the Co-Founder and Group CEO of PeopleStrong, overseeing two independent businesses: PeopleStrong and Taggd. Recently he completed the divestiture of the
Wheebox business, which was acquired by ETS, the world’s largest private nonprofit educational research and measurement organization, known for TOEFL, GRE, and TOEIC.
Managing Partner at Caret Capital, a Venture Capital Fund with a primary focus on startups - powering new value chain of India.
He also serves as the Founder Trustee of YouinYou, a charitable trust dedicated to delivering education to underprivileged children.
Pankaj is an active board member of the Prime Minister's KarmYogi Bharat initiative, actively collaborating with the Government of India to introduce capacity-building measures. He is also on the advisory board of Sunstone Eduversity.
Global Head - Business Operations
Wipro
Sanjeev leads the Global Business Operations team responsible for Talent Supply Chain, Talent Skilling, Global Mobility, Talent Acquisition, TopGear and Business Resilience functions.
Sanjeev is a seasoned leader with over 25 years of experience in leading large, diverse teams, scaling up global Operations, deploying Lean Six Sigma, Design Thinking for Operational Excellence and Business Transformation.
Prior to joining Wipro, Sanjeev has held leadership roles at Kyndryl Holdings (IBM spin-off), IBM, Cognizant, and GE. In his previous roles, Sanjeev enabled profitable growth by integrating end-to-end Talent Supply Chain, driving margin expansion, simplifying processes, and strengthening operating rhythm. Sanjeev has been instrumental in setting & scaling up of Global Capability Centers(GCC’s) for GE Capital across India, Philippines, Guatemala, and the turnaround of GE-State Bank of India Credit Card JV as a co-CEO.
Sanjeev is a distinguished alumni from NITIE (National Institute of Industrial Engineering), Mumbai and a certified Master Black Belt from GE.
Deeply committed to making a difference in the community, Sanjeev serves on the Boards of Literacy India and United Way of Bangalore, focusing on education, environment, and empowerment of women.
Founder, House Of Omkar
Founder, Walnut Tree (CMO-on-Demand)
Poonam is a passionate brand evangelist with over two decades of leadership experience of driving integrated communications to build brands, influence policy, shape perceptions.
A storyteller at heart and mind, Poonam has set up CMO-on-Demand consultancy working with organizations, early stage/ mid stage start-ups, across industries to help build the brand story and shape their marketing and communication practice. She enables and empowers them with Go-To-Market strategies as well building inhouse capabilities.
Poonam has also recently joined Digital India as Advisor Brand and Awareness to help them in their brand and communications outreach across the country.
In her last formal role as the Head Marketing at Apple India, she was responsible for building the Apple brand in India which included Product marketing, Marketing and Channel communication, Public Relations for all business lines - iPhone, Mac, iPad and Watch. She helped set up Apple in Education across K-12 and Higher Education as well as reframed their Channel presence across Mono brand, General Trade as well as Ecommerce. In addition, she helped build the Apple presence across developer, music and content ecosystem.
Previously, as Vice President Communications, Corporate Brand and CSR, Poonam was responsible for the image and reputation of all PepsiCo entities in India, across 22 brands spanning from Pepsi, Mt Dew, Lays and Doritos at one end and strong nutrition brands like Quaker, Tropicana at another end. She lead 360 degree consumer connect and engagement across brands through digital, influencer relations and ORM. She was also responsible for driving flagship initiatives focused on providing sustainable models for malnutrition amongst adolescent girls, enhancing PepsiCo’s reputation around positive water balance, 2nd crop program as well as building purpose for key millennial brands – QuakerFeedAChild, highly awarded #ReleaseThePressure for Mirinda.
Prior to her appointment at PepsiCo India, Poonam was the Director Communications and Corporate Marketing at Nokia and was responsible for India, Middle East and Africa, spanning 90 plus countries where she managed the business and brand perception for Nokia in a cross section of emerging, developing and developed markets. Led several smart devices campaigns with multiple, disruptive activities across the Region to rebuild Nokia’s perception in the high-end devices space as well as a lead player in the affordable, yet smart devices space. Pioneered Nokia’s digital presence to become the buzziest brand in the digital arena through extensive blogger engagement as well as cool, out of the box initiatives/ programs. She played a key role in managing the battery crisis for Nokia which later went onto make Nokia the #1 Most Trusted Brand in India. She was also responsible for sponsorships – KKR and IPL, Champions League, film integrations, millennial marketing and engagement as well as building Nokia mindshare in Apps space with “Your Wish Is My App”, world’s first ever App reality show . Poonam was with Nokia for eight years and was a Nokia India Board Member.
Poonam worked with Microsoft India for six and half years where she was heading advertising and public relations for all 6 business units of Microsoft in India. She created the first ever locally developed corporate campaign by Microsoft “Stay Ahead”, a leadership series in 2001 as well as first ever TV campaign for Microsoft India in 2001 on Office XP.
She managed the entire communication strategy (Public Relations, events, alliances and advertising) for senior executive visits such as Bill Gates visit in 2000 and 2002 and Steve Ballmer in 2004, setting benchmarks for the industry. Conceptualized and rolled out “Imagine Cup”, a student developer competition to build solutions for societal challenges which is today a flagship global platform for student developer engagement.
Following her creative pursuits around storytelling, Poonam is also a Film Producer and has set up House of Omkar, a production house that is focussed on creating platforms and telling content rich stories to drive grassroot change through cinema. She debuted as a film producer with her film The Last Color which was in the final eligibility list for the Oscars 2020 and had a theatrical release in Dec 2020 in India. Her second venture, Barefoot Empress, a short documentary is currently winning accolades across film festivals, globally. Currently, she is wrapping up Imaginary Rain with Shabana Azmi, a story of failure, resilience, perseverance, self-discovery and most importantly about hope.
During COVID, she set up EkDesh, a communication platform to help the country battle COVID through robust behaviour change initiatives focussed on mask awareness and compliance, vaccination. The platform is now focussed on girl child education initiatives. For the last few years, she has been working with multiple NGOs to create platforms and sustainable models for bringing girls back to school by providing nutrition and the right tools. She is also a lead Volunteer and Board Member/ Trustee with Project StepOne, a telemedicine start-up focussed on health emergencies.
Poonam is on the board of Bombay Hemp Company and a Mentor to various early to mid stage start ups.
Poonam is an MBA with specialization in Marketing. A dreamer and explorer at heart, she thrives on challenges and loves doing the impossible.
Editorial Consultant
The Hindu Businessline
Chitra Narayanan is an Editorial Consultant with The Hindu Businessline. In her three-decade long journalism career she has done stints with BW (Businessworld), Business Today, Economic Times, Business Standard and written for the Mint and The Telegraph. She has reported widely on marketing strategy, workplaces, entrepreneurship, management and travel & hospitality.
She has authored a book From Oberoi to Oyo, published by Penguin Random House which landscapes the hotel industry in India as well as a book called Fort Pupils, which chronicles the century old story of the Scindia School in Gwalior.
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Vantage Circle
Partha is the CEO and Co-founder of Vantage Circle. He has over two decades of expertise in product and executive management. Partha has a proven track record of scaling great businesses and was instrumental in developing and launching 99acres.com.
He gained remarkable expertise in various industrial verticals when he worked for Aricent, Hughes Software Systems, and Bharat Electronics. He has gained deep insights in unlocking employee productivity using employee recognition and engagement through his experience with several companies and HR departments. His strategic skills in a learning and entrepreneurial environment, where complexity can require a dive into the content and creativity, problem-solving skills and intelligence are maximally utilized.
Partha is a strong believer in being able to have an impact together with a team. He leads the company with innovative flair, a reason why Vantage Circle enjoys a sustained competitive position in the market. Under Partha's leadership, Vantage Circle has become a globally recognized HR Tech company, establishing itself as one of the leading Employee Rewards and Recognition SaaS-software in India, UAE and North America.
Economic Analyst, Advisor & Author
The Next New
PRANJAL SHARMA is an economic analyst, advisor and author based in New Delhi who focuses on technology, globalisation and emerging markets. He is an advisor to boards, industry associations and international institutions. His third book, ‘The Next New: Navigating The Fifth Industrial Revolution’ is about how sustainability, social impact and technology breakthroughs are collectively disrupting global business models. It was published by HarperCollins in June 2023. He read economics at University of Delhi and specialised in business media at University of Westminster, London. A former head of Bloomberg TV in India, he is a speaker at various fora in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Vice Chancellor
Nayanta University
Dr. Ranjan Banerjee is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and IIM Calcutta and has a doctoral degree from Carlson School of Management, USA. His doctoral thesis won a global award for the best dissertation in B2B Marketing from the ‘Institute for the Study of Business Markets’, Penn State University, USA.
He has worked with leading FMCG companies like Asian Paints, Vadilal and HUL. He was the Founder-CEO of Renaissance Strategic Consultants before becoming the Dean of SPJIMR between June 2015 – March 2021. The institute made rapid strides under his leadership and in 2020, made it to the 36th position globally in the Financial Times Masters in Management ranking, placing third in India.
He has been teaching courses on Marketing, Strategy, Behavioural Economics, Innovation & Design Thinking at leading Indian and international institutes including IIM Calcutta, SPJIMR, The Carlson School, University of Minnesota, Nyenrode, Holland. EBS , Germany, SMU, Singapore, Ashoka University and BITSoM. He has typically been rated as one of the top teachers in every institute he has taught in, receiving perfect median feedback scores (7/7 on all dimensions) for one of his marketing courses at The Carlson School and a perfect score (10/10 on all dimensions) for many of his corporate workshops.
He has co-authored a best-selling book with the noted business leader and author, R Gopalakrishnan on ‘The Made in India Manager’ which was published in November 2018. He has been a TEDx speaker and has been a keynote speaker at multiple national and international forums. The book ‘The Made in India Manager’ was recently awarded the Institute of Directors award for the best book in the Corporate Excellence category.
His research has been presented at Harvard Business School, University of Michigan, HEC Paris, Macquarie University etc. His work has been published in Harvard Business Review , Psychology and Marketing, Economic and Political Weekly, Handbook of Business to Business Marketing etc.
Dr. Banerjee has been awarded The IAC award for "Change Maestro and Institution Builder of the Year" which was selected by a distinguished jury of academics and corporate leaders.
He has been nominated on the global boards of GMAC (The Graduate Management Council) and UNPRME (The Principles for Responsible Management Education, which is a United Nations, supported initiative). He was the only nominee from Indian academia on both these boards.
Dr. Banerjee joined BITSoM in April 2021, a new world class business school under the aegis of BITS Pilani, in April as its founding Dean. BITS Pilani is a deemed university and has been recognized as an Institute of national eminence by the Government of India. BITSoM faculty are drawn from the best institutes across the world including NYU, Kellogg, Wharton, Cornell etc and has already made a mark in just two years, with outstanding response from industry. IN two and a half years under his leadership, BITSoM made rapid strides, achieved outstanding career outcomes in its first year, and was one of the rare Indian schools to be featured in the prestigious Poets and quants.
Ranjan has recently joined Nayanta University, a world class university out of India, as Vice Chancellor. Nayanta University is an ambitious education project backed by a stellar founding team. The founding members include Naushad Forbes , Kris Gopalakrishnan , Meher Pudumjee, Nadir Godrej , Ramesh Mangaleswaran , Satish Reddy , Bharat Puri , Raj Dugar , Pankaj Chandra , Ashok Misra . Many of the founders have held leadership positions at CII, and the venture is strongly supported by CII.
Group CHRO & Head - Business Excellence & Office of Strategy Management
TATA AutoComp Systems
Sudipta is responsible for the complete gamut of Human Resource, Business Excellence - TQM, CSR and Management of Business Ethics and Office of Strategic Management for 22 business units and Joint Venture companies globally for his company. Sudipta is currently the Chairperson of CII Maharashtra HR & IR Panel.
He is responsible for HR complete gamut for 22 business units and JV companies of Tata Autocomp across India , China, Sweden, Poland, Mexico and USA- encompasses 55 manufacturing locations and a revenue of Rs 24000 crores and total headcount of 21000 plus employees globally.
Sudipta has led the company in the Journey of 650+ Coveted JRDQV Award in TBEM External assessment. Additionally, Sudipta has the experience of Strategy, Human Resource and Business Excellence, in companies like Tata Capital, Tata Technologies & Tata Motors. He is a TATA veteran and regarded as one the best performing CHROs in the Group.
Recently he has been the awarded as the CHRO of the Year award in National HR Excellence Awards and in 2023 awarded the “ Best Tata Group Team Leader “ by Group Chairman , Tata Group.
He has functional expertise in Human Resource, Corporate Strategy, M&A, Private Equity, Human Resource and Business Excellence and was a part of the start-up team of Tata Technologies and Tata Capital and have worked in multiple geographies including Michigan – USA, China, Singapore, Thailand to name a few to set up Tata business ventures.
He is an economist by education and have received his Advanced Management Program from INSEAD, France.
Vice President & Managing Director
Lenovo
Shailendra Katyal is the Vice President and Managing Director of Lenovo India. Lenovo is a global technology powerhouse, ranked #217 in the Fortune Global 500, with an industry-leading portfolio of pocket-to-cloud solutions. Lenovo remains the #1 PC brand in the world, is recognized as one of BCGs Top 50 Most Innovative Companies and ranks #8 in Gartners’s annual Supply Chain rankings. With iconic brands like ThinkPad, Motorola, Yoga and Legion, Lenovo remains committed to bringing Smarter Technology for All.
Shailendra has been at the helm of Lenovo India since 2021 and is entrusted with driving Lenovo’s transformation from a devices leader to an end-to-end technology solutions leader, backed by a strong local manufacturing capability. Lenovo India shipped out over 5 mn Made In India products in FY2223.
Over a 24 year long career, he has had extensive experience in the traditional FMCG and new-age technology sectors across domains of business leadership, strategy, marketing and M&A.
Shailendra holds a PGDM degree from IIM Calcutta and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Studies from Delhi University. He is based out of Bangalore.
Executive Vice President & Head - Corporate Human Resources (CHRO),
Larsen & Toubro Limited
Executive Vice President & Head – Corporate Human Resources (CHRO), Larsen & Toubro Limited, an Indian Multi-national Conglomerate with diversified interests in infrastructure, heavy engineering, manufacturing, IT, technology, and financial services with operations across 30+ countries worldwide.
A highly result-oriented, HR professional with over 35 years of experience in successfully planning, designing, implementing, and managing various strategic HR Initiatives. He has been the Head of HR for various businesses, independent companies, and JVs within L&T Group, including leadership roles in the Middle East & Africa Region. He has led various transformational initiatives within the organization including digital transformation. He has been an established thought leader and widely acclaimed speaker in various national and international conferences and forums.
On the academic front, he has 3 Master’s degree (Economics, Labor Studies & Human Resource Management). He has also earned a degree in Law (LLB) and a doctorate in leadership from the University of Madras. He is also an alumnus of London Business School where he has done his Sr. Executive Management Program.
Dr. C. Jayakumar has various national and international certifications and accreditations in the Psychometric and behavioral sciences domain. He is also certified in Organizational Development from the NTL Institute of Advanced Behavioral Sciences, USA.
Dr. C. Jayakumar has made an immense contribution in the Human Resources arena over the years. He presides on the boards of esteemed professional bodies and in the Board of Studies of various prestigious educational institutions such as:
He is a life member of NIPM, NHRDN & ISTD.
Director & Professor of Strategy
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)
Prof. Rishikesha Krishnan is Director and Professor of Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). He was earlier Director of IIM Indore. He is currently the Ram Charan Chair Professor in Innovation and Leadership, and earlier held the Jamuna Raghavan Chair in Entrepreneurship at IIMB from 2007 to 2010.
Prof. Krishnan was educated at IIT Kanpur, Stanford University and IIM Ahmedabad. His main areas of interest are strategy and innovation. He has been listed in the Thinkers50 India list of most influential management thinkers from India.
Apart from academic publications, Prof. Krishnan has written two books: 8 Steps to Innovation: Going from Jugaad to Excellence (co-authored with Vinay Dabholkar) which won the Best Book Award for 2013-14 from the Indian Society for Training & Development and From Jugaad to Systematic Innovation: The Challenge for India.
Prof. Krishnan has extensive corporate board and advisory experience. He is currently on the boards of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Wheels India Ltd., and the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA). He has served on several committees set up by the Government of India and prominent industry associations related to innovation in India. He is a member of the CII National Committee on Technology, Innovation & Research, and the CII National Higher Education Committee.
Prof. Krishnan was a member of the expert committee set up by the Government of India in 2017-18 under the chairmanship of Justice BN Srikrishna to propose a data protection framework for India.
Prof. Krishnan co-founded one start-up and was the CEO of another. He has been on the jury of the Economic Times start-up awards. He is currently on the advisory board of YourNest Investment Advisors.
CEO- India, Talent Solutions
Aon
Nitin leads Aon’s Talent Solution business in India. He is currently in his 15th year with the firm.
He advises clients extensively on various aspects of people programs and HR strategies with the objective of aligning them to business plans and objectives of the organizations.
He has worked with clients in areas of HR Strategy, Transformation, Performance Management, Total Rewards, Talent Management, Executive Compensation, DEI and M&A. Nitin has worked with clients in multiple industry sectors across Asia Pacific & Middle East.
In addition to working with clients, Nitin is responsible for driving innovation, strategy, acceleration, and growth for the firm in India & South Asia region. Nitin is an active speaker at various HR & Business forums across the country and outside on topics that are of interest to HR and Business Leaders
Nitin's career spans over 22 years, of which he has worked with Aon for a period of over 15 years. Prior to re-joining Aon in 2020, Nitin held Leadership roles at Rivigo in India & Coca-Cola in Asia Pacific.
Chief Human Resources Officer
Kotak Life Insurance Co.
Ruchira brings an interesting combination of strategic HR and cross-functional expertise.
Over 25 years of experience spanning across diverse industries (Manufacturing, Consulting, Hospitality, Retail, Banking & Insurance) and multiple functions have been instrumental in shaping her learning and the realization that agility has to be constant in her life. She had had the opportunity to play significant role in the transformation journeys in two companies in the BFSI sector.
Apart from Human Resources Ruchira had had the opportunity to contribute towards New Product Development, Business Excellence, Knowledge Management and Business Ethics initiatives in the organizations she has worked with.
She has worked with the Tata’s for 14 years. At Tata’s she had the privilege of having a multi-company stint which spanned between iconic organizations as Taj, Rallis to start-ups such as CROMA. In the BFSI industry, Ruchira has been with Axis Bank and Future Generali India Life.
Ruchira is currently the CHRO at Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Co.
She is an Alumni of IRMA, and NMIMS. She is a Global Fellow, Talent Management from the Wharton School.
She is a visiting faculty at NMIMS and is zealous about mentoring working women professionals at her personal capacity.
Ruchira lives in Mumbai, India. She creates time to learn and hone new skills outside of workplace. She is an avid photographer and considers herself as a decent story-teller.
Global CHRO
Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL)
Tarun N P Varma, is presently Global Chief Human Resources Officer for Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL). He serves on the Executive Committee of TCPL, and leads the Sustainability, CSR, Business Excellence and Ethics Office for the organization.
Tarun was previously associated with Shell Plc, where he last served as the HR Head for the Global Technology division. He also led the HR function for Shell Group of Companies in India, prior to which he has handled positions of increasing responsibility and complexity at leading MNCs such as Nestle, Coca-Cola and Vodafone, over the past 24 years.
Having been associated with a variety of advisory committees on Social Investments & Programs, Energy focused Startups, and promoting STEM education among Children, Tarun remains an ardent proponent of lifelong learning and the power of DE&I.
Tarun completed his Master’s degree in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, after graduating in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur.
Managing Director & Global Lead for HR Operations
Accenture
Parag Pande is the Managing Director responsible for Accenture’s Human Resources Service Delivery & Operations across the globe.
Prior to his current role, Parag has been CHRO for Accenture India and in various leadership roles in Global HR, India Operations, leading Accenture India’s BPO operations in Delhi NCR and has served as the India & APAC Lead for Accenture's Customer Contact Business Services (ACCBS). During this period, he was instrumental in building differentiated capabilities, growing businesses & stabilizing operations.
Over the past 28 years Parag has spent a considerable part of his career in roles spanning Human Resources, Learning, Projects, Banking, Treasury, Financial Services and Business Operations. In addition, he has worked across strategy, planning, business development, mobilization, finance and service delivery. This included setting-up green field projects, Nominee - Director on board, turning around troubled businesses and companies, developing and executing strategy and managing over USD 1billion dollar investments.
Parag has also been a Rotarian, assisting orphanages and renovating schools in Mumbai’s slums. He has been recognized by The Rotary International as a Paul Harris Fellow.
Group Head - Human Resources
InterGlobe Enterprises
KS is the Group Head of Human Resources for InterGlobe Enterprises. He is an integral part of the leadership team and serves on the Executive Committee of InterGlobe Enterprises. He provides strategic and operational leadership to the Human Resources Function and is responsible for integrating HR practices throughout the organisation.
With an experience in Human Resources spanning over 30 years, KS brings rich & varied experience in Aviation, Hospitality, Telecom and Manufacturing sectors. KS is an experienced thought leader & believes in developing the business leaders by Coaching & Mentoring. He has driven business results through innovative people strategies and building strong learning culture in the organisation. He has successfully led various projects in Leadership Development, Culture Building, and Talent Management practices.
KS has previously held senior roles at The Oberoi Group, IndiGo and Bharti Airtel.
KS holds a master’s degree in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Chief Human Resources Officer
Advantage Club
Raj is an official Forbes HR Council member and a well-known and recognised HR professional in the industry. In his two decades of global, cross-cultural HR experience, he has worked in various industries, including IT/ITES, Oil & gas, Pharmaceuticals, Engineering and Manufacturing. He has lived and practised HR in the Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Russia, and Europe.
He is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Advantage Club (AC). It’s a Global HR Technology (SaaS) platform serving 3.5 million employees in employee engagement, well-being, financial health, benefits, perks, rewards and recognition on a single platform. Headquartered in Delaware, Advantage Club has a strong presence in approximately 100+ countries worldwide, serving more than 1000+ Corporates and offering exclusive deals on more than 10,000+ brands.
In his previous role, Raj led Concentrix's global digital talent strategy across 40 nations. Additionally, he spearheaded the line HR department for 70,000 employees across 13 locations in India and the ASEAN region. Raj played a crucial role in the company's expansion into Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the United Arab Emirates. He also started the automation and modernization of Concentrix's HR operation. Leading newspapers, business journals, TV stations, and international conferences feature his opinions and perspectives. He has also received many prestigious industry honours for his various contributions.
His formal qualifications include PGDM from Symbiosis and further study in Digital Transformation from Columbia Business School, Managerial & Leadership Effectiveness from IIMA, and Design Thinking & Innovation from Emeritus, Singapore. He is also a certified M&A Specialist from Aon Hewitt.
Talent Strategy Advisor, Employer Branding Specialist Product Evangelist
Indeed India
An experienced content creator, with over eleven years of experience across verticals, Rohan Sylvester has a demonstrated history of working in the content industry. Combining his passion for content, data-driven insights, and recruitment technologies, he is able to provide companies with actionable strategies to enhance their recruitment.
As the recruitment evangelist for Indeed in India, Rohan leverages Indeed’s extensive platform data and research to support HR and TA professionals across India with insights that could help them attract and hire the right talent.
Rohan is a Marine Engineer and an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology.
CHRO
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company
Vikramjeet Singh is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company. A work experience of about two decade and an eventful and rich association with large firms like L&T, Vodafone and Deutsche Bank have carved his expertise in HR and strategic business operations.
Combining an impeccable academic and professional record, Vikram has handled all areas in HR, with special interest in Organisation Transformation, Talent Management, OD interventions, Strategic HR, Employer Branding and Leadership Capability Development.
In addition, Vikram is widely recognised as a transformational and accomplished thought leader who firmly believes in people journey transformation aided through technology and guided by impactful human touch.
VIkram has catalysed various cultural transformation, which should serve as a case study in change leadership, succession, organizational design, talent acquisition, and learning & development. With a diverse background in human resources, his business and leadership acumen are only exceeded by his commitment to make others better.
He has immensely contributed to the people agenda which were acknowledged through multiple coveted awards in Indian Sub-Continent, APAC level and Globally.
CPO
Tally Solutions
With a career spanning over two decades, Naganagouda S J has built, upscaled and driven sustainable HR ecosystems & anchored organizational changes. His experience sprawls across sustaining established brands, handling multicultural talent in international forays as well as setting up an entire HR function including people, processes, policies and tools, and running it successfully.
Naganagouda believes in the cumulative power of individual strengths. In an increasingly M2M world, he spends time and effort in bringing back the human chain in business. Having spent 20+ years working in diverse environments and geographies, his efforts continue to focus on providing a learning environment for people. He also mentors’ business leaders and to-be leaders to be people focused.
Naganagouda’s focus is on creating effective leadership by helping organizations define what good leadership means, enabling people develop leadership skills, creating systems, processes and policies that support good leadership and creating conditions in which the value of leadership is recognized.
Having grown an organisation from 100 to 10,000 people, he likes to stay at the core of action. Creating a fit-for-purpose HR function and leading it to deliver success for the business is my mantra. In essence, he is still in the pursuance of that perfect combination of Head, Heart and Brain Power.
Head, Global Enterprise Services - HR (GES - HR)
dsm-firmenich
Dr. Dinesh Murugesan has an experience of over 2 decades, he has a diverse experience across all specialized areas within HR. Dinesh had worked in Companies like TCS, Deloitte and Bank of America before his stint in DSM. He currently works as Global Director – HRSS, GBS in dsm-firmenich
Well known for his oratory skills he speaks in various forums and conclaves. Dinesh is a recipient of several awards in his career, the most recent one being ‘The Best HR Leadership Award’ given by SHRI and Top HR Leaders Award granted by World HRD Congress. He was also conferred with the prestigious HR Chanakya award by IKON. He recently received the ‘101 Top HR Minds’ award from CHRO Asia. He is also the ‘Most Influential HR Leader’ in Telangana. Recently he received the ‘CHRO of the Year’ award in the Corporate Guru World Summit and Awards. Feather on the cap for Dinesh is the recent announcement by Forbes India that he is been selected as one of the ‘Most Powerful Leaders in Asia’ for the year 2022.
Dinesh is a social activist. He is a member of various social groups namely
Dinesh is very passionate about contributing to the society. He spends all his weekends in educating college students to prepare them for their career. He also teaches in various management institutions and trains their students in their curriculum. He strongly believes knowledge is the best gift that can be given to anyone and hence spends all his time in sharing his knowledge with youth. Dinesh also participates in various Summits, Webinars, Lectures and other events regularly to talk on various topics. He has organized several events for differently able people like a cricket match for the blind people. He has also adopted a home where over 300 differently abled people are taken care.
He is the Charter President of ‘Rotary Club of Royal IKON’. Through this group he has led several projects making an impact on society. The Club currently is implementing an ‘Education to Employment’ project through which underprivileged children are identified coached for professional courses and provided employment. Dinesh is also the Vice President of National Human Rights Protection Council of Telangana.
Dinesh has a Doctorate of Excellence (PhD) from University of Technology and Entrepreneurship Chicago USA in the field of HR Management. Dinesh is a person who plays multiple roles a senior professional in the corporate world, social worker and activist, a Human Rights activist and above all someone who plays a vital role in preparing today’s youth for tomorrow. A typical leader a country like India needs today.
Dinesh’s Academic Affiliations
Dinesh is also a well-known Executive Coach. He has coached several senior leaders from different organizations across different industry sectors. Individuals coached and mentored by Dinesh are performing leadership roles in large MNCs. Using sports techniques to provide management and leadership lessons are Dinesh’s specialties.
He had a Doctorate (PhD) in Human Resource Excellence from University of Entrepreneurship and Technology, Chicago, USA. He also holds and MBA in Humana Resource Management and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science
Product Development Leader
Pearson
“Andrew Khan is Product Manager for Corporate English at Pearson, with twenty years of experience in the assessment industry. In his role, he travels the world meeting with major corporations, governments and educational institutions to ensure that Pearson’s product portfolio best meets the needs of learners, educators and HR teams.
A graduate of the London School of Economics, he’s based in Rochester, UK”
Faculty
State Bank Staff College
Dr. Bindu has a unique blend of corporate and academic experience that has shaped her professional journey. She has deep passion for academics has been a driving force behind her achievements. She has been awarded the prestigious AIMA Accredited Management Teacher in Marketing, which recognises her commitment to excellence after more than two decades of experience in management teaching, consulting, and corporate training.
Throughout her career, Dr. Bindu has actively pursued opportunities to contribute to the field of research. Her work has been published in numerous national and international journals.
Dr. Bindus’s research interests revolve around the dynamic areas of CRM in the services sector, applying Neuromarketing strategies to enhance the branding of locally manufactured/homegrown products, and driving sustainability in business through the lens of societal marketing. Exploring these subjects not only fuels her curiosity but also allows her to make a meaningful impact in her professional sphere.
In addition to her research endeavours, she proudly serves as a member of the Editorial & Reviewer Board of Business Perspectives and Research (ISSN: 2278– 5337). Being part of this esteemed board has granted her the opportunity to contribute to the scholarly community, shape academic discourse, and help bring valuable insights to the forefront.
She is constantly motivated by the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make a difference in the field of marketing. Connecting with like-minded professionals who share the same passion for academic excellence and innovative marketing practices is something she looks forward to.
CHRO
Aragen Life Sciences
A seasoned HR Leader, who specializes in enhancing organizations’ values and valuation through his purpose and people driven interventions. With nearly 25 years of industry experience spanning IT product, IT services, and pharmaceutical services sectors, he garnered rich experience in driving interventions in both MNC and Indian Corporate Ecosystems.
His track record includes taking organisation to India’s top Great places to work, successfully engaging ~5000 employees across diverse geographies, managing growth through both organic and inorganic models and setting vision and values, advising Board members on Leadership development.
He has been recipient of India and global recognitions like:
Head of Geography APAC
Insights
Marco Favaloro - Head of Geography APAC. Marco is an outcome-focused Performance Improvement Professional with over 25 years experience across a broad range of industries including Financial Services & insurance, Utilities, FMCG, Retail, Airlines, Hospitality, and Travel. His passion lies in developing individuals, teams and leaders, ensuring they achieve outstanding personal and professional results.
Marco’s goal is to drive optimal professional performance and enable organisations and businesses to reach superior financial outcomes. He thrives on positively engaging and inspiring individuals, teams, and leaders to achieve their full potential across their sales and business development practices. With extensive experience implementing key initiatives across a variety of business streams, Marco has a track record of delivering results-oriented coaching that always leads to success.
Director People Practices India/Australia
Electronic Arts Games Pvt Limited
“Set the bar high for yourself, keep upgrading your skills, and the power to jump across the bar will come to you with your passion” - Driven by the purpose of striving for excellence, Sucharita focuses on delivering business-critical programs and projects in building a strong organization.
She has been associated with EA for the last 19 years as Director, People Practices for the locations of India and Australia. She has been resolving complex HR issues in challenging work environments through a results-focused approach and efficient stakeholder management. She believes in delivering high-quality outcomes in overseas HR management, company branding, and business strategies.
In her role at EA, she continues to focus on building a strong culture of feedback and coaching. She is extremely passionate about driving programs related to talent development and has been a strong advocate of diversity, inclusion and equality in her organization.
In her personal time, likes to travel with her family, paint and photography.
Senior General Manager
JK Cement Limited
Pooja Chauhan is currently working with JK Cement Limited as Corporate HR Head. She is a vibrant young and dynamic HR professional having 18+ years of rich exposure in Policy formulations, Job Evaluations, Talent Assessments and Driving organizational vision mission through the HR fabric of the institution. A leadership coach with special interest in innovative HR practices in the area of Employee Engagement and Talent Development. She is an enthusiastic dancer and a lifelong student.
Prior to joining JK cement she has led the Corporate HR of SRF limited and has also served as the Business HR head for their Engineering Plastics Business. She was on the Talent Management Board of Gartner. She currently leads the talent management and digitization initiatives with respect to HR at JK Cement. She has keen interest in T Group Methodologies and Human labs. She is well known for interpersonal skills and strong domain knowledge. Driving various Improvement and transformation driven change initiatives are some of the competencies that comes naturally to her.
CHRO
ALLEN Career Institute Pvt. Ltd.
With a career spanning 20+ years, Jayesh has worked extensively across the entire gamut of HR, touching every aspect of the employee life cycle, right from Talent Acquisition to Talent Management to Learning & Development to Diversity & Inclusion! A certified practitioner of Behavioural Sciences, his curiosity and zest to build things ground up is what propelled him to his current role as the CHRO for the Indian education powerhouse, Allen Career institute Pvt. Ltd. In his role as Allen’s CHRO, Jayesh is scripting the cultural ethos of the organisation and redefining the ways HR can partner with Business to make the impossible, a reality!
Executive Vice President - HR, Learning & Development
ITC Hotels
Mr. Sanjay Bose currently heads HR for the hospitality and travel businesses of ITC Ltd. ITC Ltd is a USD 7.5 Billion conglomerate of India and its hospitality business is the third largest in the country with a workforce in excess of 16000 people.
During his 2 ½ decades in Human Resources, Mr Bose has had extensive experience in the areas of organisation restructure, M&A, HR Transformation and Total Rewards. He also provides strategic leadership to the organisation as part of the Management Committee.
In his previous assignment, Mr Bose headed global HR operations for Indian Hotels Company Ltd (The Taj Group), a part of Tata conglomerate, with responsibilities spanning 12 countries including US, UK and South Africa.
He has a MBA in HR (XISS Ranchi) and has completed his Advanced General Management Programme from IIM Bangalore and Advanced Leadership Programme from Stephen Ross School of Business Management, University of Michigan.
Mr Bose has served on various professional bodies and is currently on the CII Committees for IR and Skill Development at the national level and the Advisory Committee of NHRDN at regional level. At the global level, he serves on the Executive Committee of the Global Sustainability Hospitality Alliance, London -UK.
He is passionate about education and lends his expertise to institutions like MDI Gurgaon, IMT Ghaziabad, Tata Institute of Social Services, WGSHA -Manipal through participation in Governing Boards, Board of Studies and Admission panels etc.
His contributions in the field of HR have won him multiple accolades including CHRO of the Year -2019 by Business World and Best CHRO by W.E. Matter in 2022.
Sr. Director-HR & Strategy
MOURI TECH
A seasoned leader with proven success in business strategy, Swarna leverages her engineering background to create value through innovative solutions. She is a certified HR professional from National Academy of Legal Studies & Research (NALSAR) Hyderabad and is also an IIM - Indore graduate.
Currently, designated as Sr. Director-HR and Strategy at MOURI Tech, Swarna is responsible for overall HR & Strategy and ensuring that the “Better than the Best HR” strategies and policies are implemented and aligned across all the business units. She oversees the entire HRBP functions – Consulting, On-Boarding, Retention, Attrition Rates, Vendor & Performance Management, Audits, Compensation and Benefits, succession planning and leveraging workforce insights and analytics.
Swarna has been awarded Brand India WOMEN in Business Awarded – Brand India WOMEN in Business, GCPIT (UK) Limited GCPIT (UK) Limited -2021.
In her leadership role, she consistently spearheads both community and environmental development endeavours through her active participation in MOURI Tech Foundation’s CSR activities and fosters volunteerism among employees through the My Social Responsibility initiative (MySR).
Swarna is known for her out-of-the-box thinking and for driving impactful HR strategies. Swarna’s professional mindset makes her a popular and enthusiastic ‘people’ leader.
Vice President People India & Global Talent Advisory
Pegasystems
Smriti partners closely with India and Global Leadership teams at Pega to translate business objectives and priorities into HR strategy. She is also the Global Co-Chair for Women at Pega Employee Resource Group (ERG)
She brings 20+ years of leadership experience, spanning USA & India, across multiple disciplines in Human Resources including Business Advisory, Talent Acquisition, Performance Management and Learning & Development, for start-ups as well as large technology companies like Microsoft and Deloitte. She is passionate about building hybrid, diverse & inclusive work culture, driving people strategy to meet business agility & outcome and use of technology to drive people practices.
Before joining Pega, she was Vice President, Human Resources at Deloitte where she led talent strategy for global businesses across India, Australia, North-South Europe & Canada. Prior to Deloitte, she was with Microsoft where among many things, she was instrumental in setting up a global delivery center in Chongqing, China.
Smriti has a degree in Applied Psychology from Delhi University and a Global Executive MBA from Indian School of Business (ISB) with international immersion in CEIBS China and at Wharton and Kellogg in US.
My Favorite Quote:
“Life Begins at the end of your comfort Zone”– by Neale Donald Walsch
Founder & CEO
RippleHire
Sudarsan Ravi is the founder and CEO of RippleHire. He is known as a category creator in the space of employee referrals. RippleHire is the default platform on which referrals run in the country. He is respected as one of the foremost experts in the field of talent acquisition technology. RippleHire’s ATS has reimagined what’s possible and delivered what’s considered impossible. Their customers consistently score 90th percentile or more in candidate experience.
CHRO
Orient Electric
Aditya is the Chief Human Resources officer at Orient Electric (CK Birla Group), and is responsible for building the culture and the human capital of an organization that is undergoing significant transformation. He is passionate about leading the people agenda that ensures that we get the right people, in the right roles, with the right capabilities to drive differentiated performance and make a significant impact in our Industry.
He has over two decades of experience that spans across multiple facets of HR including Performance, Reward and Benefits, Business Relationship Management, HR Transformation & Change Management, Employee Engagement, HR Technology & Service Delivery Strategy, Shared Services and Global Payroll Models. He is a results-driven leader, who has worked in Singapore, India and London, managing global teams in a highly matrixed global environment. In all of his roles, he has created space to drive change through a multi discipline approach that leverages all aspects of Human Capital Management, Technology and Culture to drive productivity and performance.
Prior to Orient he has worked across sectors in marquee organisations like Clix Capital, Airtel, Standard Chartered Bank and Hewitt Associates (Aon).
Global Head - HR
Incture Technologies
Veera Reddy is an Air Force Veteran and an experienced HR Leader with over 22 years of experience. He started his career with Indian Air Force as a short Service Commissioned officer and thereafter, worked in IT industry with Wipro, Genpact and Cigniti. He is currently with Incture Technologies as Head - People and Culture.
Veera has extensive experience in HR leadership and specializes in HR digital transformation, organization design and development, employee experience, and leadership development. A strong proponent of Diversity and Inclusion, Veera believes in empathy and compassion as the most important values of leadership”.
SVP & Chief Talent Officer
Reliance Retail
Jeeva Balakrishnan is a Human Resources & talent development Leader, Executive Coach, experience designer, and change agent. Currently, he leads Talent Transformation at Reliance Retail Limited as its SVP & Chief Talent Officer.
Jeeva has over two and half decades of HR experience in varied functional domains in the Manufacturing, Retail, Consulting and Service Industries. Prior to his current role, he was leading the HR function for Reliance Digital, Reliance Market, Raymond Lifestyle Business, BAA, WethicA and Leela Group.
Jeeva has done his MHRM from Madurai Institute of Social Sciences and a certification in Strategic HRM from IIM-Ahmedabad. He is a certified Executive Coach from Coaching Foundation India (CFI). Currently, he is pursuing his PhD program with IIM Trichy.
‘Helping people succeed’ is his mantra of life. Passionate about redesigning the experience in work and life.
Head - HR
RealPage
Rekha Narendra is a Human Resources leader with over 25 years of experience across multiple industries. Having held HR leadership roles globally and at an India level she has established herself as a strong people partner to Business with focus on Transformation of workplaces, People Strategy and Talent Development. She has won many accolades for Employee Retention strategies and People interventions during her stints at Murugappa Group, Ford Motor Company, Genpact and Kantar. She is passionate about mentoring & Coaching and is a certified Life Coach. She was featured in Forbes magazine for the work she has done in establishing a great work culture in the new Normal. She is a strong advocate of lifelong learning and has recently completed The Future CHRO Program from ISB. In her free time she is an avid cyclist, marathoner and trekker and is currently preparing to trek to Everest Base Camp in May. She is currently working as HR Head of RealPage India
Executive Director - Knowledge & Advisory Services
SHRM India, APAC & MENA
At SHRM India, Nishith leads a growing advisory practice focussed on enabling clients realize business goals though better alignment of people practices. He is focused on achieving business growth through effective execution of client consulting mandates for the whole practice in domains such as Vision & Values cascade, Organization Structuring, Performance Management System & other HR process design. In his stint in a corporate role, Nishith has worked with the Bharti group- as a part of the Organization Design and Talent Management team. Here – he worked on projects such as shared service design and implementation, manpower planning, and organization structure design and evaluation. Prior to working with SHRM, Nishith was with the HR consulting teams of PwC, ECS, and Aon Hewitt. Nishith holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources and Organizational Development (MHROD), presently MBA-HRD, from Dept. of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi and is a certified practitioner of BIOSS tools and methodologies for organization design and leadership capability assessment.
Partner Director-PM
Microsoft Teams
Monalisa Sengupta is an engineering leader at the Microsoft Teams Product Group. She leads a team that redefines modern workplace across strategic customers and partners, creating innovative integrations into the platform and channeling product roadmap in accordance with real business needs. Monalisa has over 20 years of experience, leading digital transformations across businesses through product innovations.
Vice President - People Function
NTT DATA Business Solutions
Vice President & Head HR
Coforge
Venka is an award-winning HR Champion having over 25 years of experience in leading HR Business Partner, HR Generalist and Corporate HR leadership roles spanning across Financial Services, Consulting, Engineering, and IT industry. His outstanding academic achievements in the field of HRM, combined with the growing association of industry leaders such as Infosys, Bajaj, Capgemini, IRS and SHCIL led to his fundamental evolution into leveraging best-in-class HR Practices.
Venka's expertise in building results-oriented HR frameworks focused on the capability building process provides a strong foundation for a people-first culture that strategically aligns with the challenging and complex needs of digital human enterprise. He is deeply committed to leveraging hybrid work environment with fresh HR perspectives that are influenced by the future of work.
He believes that primary objective of HR is to foster sustainable business growth by cultivating a positive people experience that generates intrinsic value for individuals, organization, and society.
Venka attributes his success to his flawless execution besides prioritizing possibilities, focusing on one task at a time, and developing core competencies around it to accomplish desired outcomes. Much of his success is also derived from his professional journeys that have broadened horizons and polished his perspectives with the spirit of stakeholder collaboration.
Vice President & Country Head
Skillsoft
Divyesh is an entrepreneurial business leader with rich experience in helping organizations drive their digital HR agenda. Over the last 2 decades, Divyesh has helped hundreds of organizations leverage technology-led solutions for delivering key business results. In his current role as Regional Vice President for Skillsoft India, Divyesh advises businesses on how to extend their digital agenda, go beyond technology implementations to drive strategic imperatives and create best-in-class employee experience (EX) aligned with current and future needs of organizations. Prior to joining Skillsoft, Divyesh has worked in global technology and cloud-based solutions companies like SAP, Polaris Software Labs and others.
Senior Advisor
SHRM India
Shaakun Khanna is Senior Advisor with SHRM and specializes in HR Transformation, Skills[1]Based Organizations, Employee Experience, Talent Management, and HR Technology. With 25 years of comprehensive experience across India, APAC, and the Middle East, he has built a solid reputation in HR consulting, technology transformation, and strategy development, particularly within industries such as IT, professional services, consumer electronics, and banking.
In his recent role as Vice President and Head of HCM strategy and transformation for Oracle Corporation in Asia Pacific, Shaakun managed ecosystems to successfully implement Oracle Human Capital Management and other SaaS solutions, while cultivating relationships with key executives. Previously, as Head of HCM Strategy & Transformation, he led numerous HR transformation projects, securing key deals and enhancing Oracle’s market presence. His leadership at Right Management India as Country Head involved managing talent management initiatives and overseeing the country’s P&L.
Shaakun also served as Country Head at IBM Kenexa, where he built a significant consulting business and led projects focused on employee engagement and leadership assessment. Earlier in his career, he established the 'Strengths-Based Leadership Development' practice at Gallup Consulting and engaged with high-stakes clients like Microsoft and Tata Group.
Shaakun holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Delhi University. He is a Certified Strength Performance Executive Coach and is pursuing ICF Coach Certification. Additionally, he is certified in the Gallup Q12 Employee Engagement Model. With a proven track record of driving organizational effectiveness through innovative, technology-driven solutions, Shaakun is well-equipped to partner with organizations in their HR transformation journeys
Senior Vice President
Citi India
Ritesh is Innovative, forward thinking HR and Talent Acquisition leader with 19+ years of documented success in Talent Acquisition & HR spanning BFSI, Tech, Internet, Retail, Operations, Analytics, Executive Hiring for global COE’s .
Believes in a culture of excellence built on the motto of Trust-Collaboration-Transparency. This helps him to forge strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. Builds win-win engagements with strong focus on delivering to challenging deadlines, and providing value advisory on various aspects of the Talent Strategy (talent benchmarking, source delivery model, D&I initiatives, market intelligence)
Passionate about empowering teams with a focus on metric driven performance and leveraging the use of technology to power recruitment and candidate experience.
Practitioner - Wellbeing, Creativity & Leadership through Music
Breaking myths is what violinist & HR professional Sunita Bhuyan loves doing and has many such firsts to her credit.
A trailblazer in the corporate world she is a pioneer in training on Leadership, Collaboration and change through the medium of music, from CEOs to management students. Her music therapy workshops for more than 20,000 less privileged children across India has gotten her a recognition from the Pope himself at the Vatican in 2016.
Her program Sahakriya on the art of partnerships, ‘C Sharp on Creativity’ and wellbeing during and 3E on Enrichment and Inclusion for women has made meaningful impact across discerning audiences as an innovative approach to learning and leadership.
Sunita is the Chief mentor of Atos Prayas Foundation, a visiting faculty of IIM Shillong & CEDEP (INSEAD) as well as am active Practitioner for various prestigious forums and organizations across the world.
An L& D head for 3 large organisations in her early life, Sunita flits effortlessly between her concerts and training room. She is an MBA in Human Resources and a Master of music and was trained under her mother and guru veteran violinist Minoti Khaund of Assam and maestro Pt. V.G.Jog. Her son Ronojit is a western classical pianist based in London and the mother and son duo did more than 150 virtual events during the pandemic from their home studio.
Head - HR
Gland Pharma
Manish has been an HR professional since graduating from SCMHRD in 2000 and has experience in multi-continent, multi-industry People/HR Operations with special focus on Talent Management, Change Management, Organization Development while participating in company’s growth. He has worked for Global roles and responsibilities in different industry segments like Engineering, FMCG and latest in Pharmaceuticals with companies like ABB, Schneider Electric India, Dr. Reddy’s Labs and currently with Gland Pharma
Chief Revenue Officer and Employee Engagement Evangelist
Vantage Circle
Pallav is a distinguished leader with nearly two decades of expertise in industries like HCM, SaaS/PaaS, HR outsourcing, and recognition and rewards. His deep knowledge in HR technology, Rewards and Recognition programs makes him a sought-after speaker in the HR space. With a strong foundation in consulting, recognition strategy, and HR solutions, Pallav is known for simplifying complex products and translating them into actionable insights for entrepreneurs, HR leaders and professionals.
His ability to demystify HR technologies, particularly in the recognition and rewards domain, empowers organizations to optimize their HR strategy and boost workforce engagement. Pallav’s extensive experience, combined with his impactful skills, makes him a valuable voice at industry events. He highlights how cutting-edge technologies, and strategic frameworks can streamline HR processes and elevate employee recognition initiatives. Don’t miss the chance to hear from this industry visionary, register now for #SHRMIAC24 and gain valuable insights into HR technology and engagement!
Head People & Culture, IT & Administration
RCG Global Services
With over 26 years of experience, Satish Rajarathnam is a seasoned Human Resources professional who has held various HR leadership positions across multiple industries. Satish has continually been at the helm of strategic resourcing, organization change management, HR Business consulting & Agile transformation, as well as leadership and talent management.
Satish is associated with several industry groups and associations such as SHRM, Agile Leadership, LEGO serious Play, PCMM, Six Sigma, ISABs India and NFNLP, among others from which he has received certifications marking him a qualified practitioner. At RCG, he is currently responsible for Global Staffing & Talent Transformation and Heads HR, Administration & IT for APAC.
Satish’s leadership experience spans across organisations such as Mphasis, Cognizant, HCL Technologies, and Siemens. He has also been the recipient of awards such as Forbes Top 30 Talent Leaders of 2023, Asia’s 100 HR Power leaders, Global Achievers Award 2022, Indian Achievers Award 2021, the Top 100 HR Tech Minds Award, Top 50 Aspiring Researchers award and the HR Excellence Award, from the Government of Rajasthan and Higher & Technical Education, Maharashtra. Outside his experience with HR, Satish has built a reputation as a TEDx speaker. As an entertainer and an illusionist & Mentalist, he has worked on over 1300 performances in association with various corporate houses and international workgroups. As part of giving back to the society he is associated with Udavum Karangal an Orphanage at Chennai and as a Corporate Advisory Board member with Chandigarh University.
Satish has authored a book on AI, co-authored 2 books on HR and has 8 patent applications published. He is a research Scholar from Swiss School of Management, Geneva, and a postgraduate in General Management from the Indian School of Business (ISB) and National University of Singapore (NUS)
Principal Advisor
SHRM India, APAC & MENA
A visionary and versatile thought leader with over two and half decades of rich experience across business and HR consulting domains in delivering advisory solutions to clients on critical HR issues and best practices across India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Middle East and Pakistan. Proven excellence in establishing practices, teams, businesses from inception and accelerating profitability through path-breaking strategies and operational excellence.
He has worked with organizations like PwC, Hewitt Associates, Schneider Electric, Mercer, KPMG and most recently as the Managing Director at Center for Creative Leadership – India and South Asia. Currently Muniinder is the Principal Advisor for SHRM in India, APAC & MENA.
Muniinder also held the position of Joint Secretary for the Delhi & NCR Chapter of The National HRD Network (NHRDN) and Council Member of Young Mind’s Council, Member Forbes Human Resources Council and Advisory Board Member at XLRI Center for Gender Equality and Inclusive Leadership (CGEIL), Authored several articles on leadership and a regular speaker at industry conferences to share his lessons of experiences.
Senior Director - South & Advisory Services
SHRM India, APAC & MENA
A passionate and multi-tasking business professional with over a decade of experience, Dedeepya handles the portfolios including Advisory, Research and Academic Partnerships catering to the regions of India, as well as APAC regions. She further also heads the South Region for SHRM India and is responsible for business development and consulting in the area of Human Capital Management. Prior to this, she has worked with Oracle India as HR Consultant. Her areas of interest include Knowledge Management, Diversity and Inclusion, Competency Assessment and Development, Organization Development, Research and HR Analytics. She has been involved in the project design, content generation and implementation of consultancy projects in the above areas. She is experienced in using Quantitative and Qualitative research methods for diagnostic purposes including identifying relevant variables, designing questionnaires and using various statistical methods for analysis. She co-authored papers/ book chapters in the areas of Diversity and Inclusion and further has contributed extensively to various articles / interviews in leading newspapers. Dedeepya is a Mechanical Engineer from Jawaharlal Technological University (Kakinada, A.P) followed by a MBA from Indian Institute of Science (IISc, Bangalore, India). She is a certified SHRM Senior Certified Professional ( SHRM SCP), Level -1 Hogan Assessor and is certified in Job Evaluation by KornFerry - Hay. Along with her work, Dedeepya is passionate about painting, dancing and sports.
EVP HR & Head Learning & Development
Aditya Birla Capital
With over 25 years of leadership experience across diverse industries including BFSI, Telecommunications, BPO, Search Consultancy, and Media, Atul specialize in building and leading large national teams. His expertise extends to designing impactful HR, Learning and OD frameworks that drive business results, including innovative strategies, coaching frameworks, leadership development programs, and organizational development interventions.
As a passionate advocate for digitalisation & digitisation, Atul has successfully implemented and promoted Digital HR platforms. Recognized as a thought leader in HR and digital innovation, he holds certifications in MBTI, FIRO-B, and Assessment & Development Centres.
His contributions have been honoured with awards such as the Aditya Birla Group Chairman’s Award for Exceptional Contribution and recognitions from ET HR World, Brandon Hall, and CLO Awards to name a few.
Head Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Learning, Leadership, OD & Culture
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd
A passionate HR Leader and learning aficionado, committed to deepening synergy between People and Business for innovation and mutual growth. Anchoring business transformation and growth thru strategic visioning, design and execution of employee-centric Learning, Leadership and OD interventions and solutions in the areas of Organisational Learning Architecture & Culture, Competencies Landscape & Talent Assessments, Capability Building, Leadership Development, Coaching & Mentoring Models, Digital Learning Ecosystem & Capabilities, Culture & Change Management, Business Strategy Deployment, Lean Daily Management with more than two decades of experience in Auto, Manufacturing & Pharma industries. Know more about me
DEI Practice Head & People Advisory Leader
Aon, India
In her current role Shilpa Heads the DEI and people advisory practice for Aon India.
She manages key clients and large complex projects across a variety of areas including Organization Design and Transformation, Strategic Workforce Planning and Optimization, Total Rewards Strategy and Design, Executive Compensation ,Post Merger Integration and DEI, (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) practice, helping clients build and deliver on their DEI strategy.
She has over 20 year of experience in HR, HR Consulting and Business Leadership roles where she was responsible for driving innovation and growth while delivering value to clients. Shilpa started her career with ICICI Bank, where she was instrumental in contributing to the HR transformation post the reverse merger..
Head HR
Invesco
Pratyusha is the Head HR Invesco, Hyderabad. She has 28 years of Corporate diverse experience in operations , consulting , business, and HR with companies like GE , Cognizant etc … with a motto of Impacting Careers .
She is also the Joint Secretary of SCSC ( Society for Cyberabad Security Council ) Hyderabad, working towards the safety and security of women and Children across Hyderabad, with the purpose of impacting lives .
Passionately she mentors and facilitates sessions on Contributor personality , evolve through work for many youths and students . Mental health, skilling and careers are her areas of focus with a passion to transform careers and lives .
Head-HR & Admin
Ecoren Energy
A dynamic and result oriented Strategic HR Leader with over 15 years of comprehensive HR experience covering multiple industries. Expert in driving business growth through innovative talent management strategies and robust human resources capabilities. Performance-driven HR connoisseur with rich experience encompassing workforce planning, HR development, and employee relations. Well-versed in developing recruitment strategies, Performance Management, HRIS implementation, Employee Engagement, Competency Framework and Training programs. Brings excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, thought leadership ability, and a track record of hiring and developing high-performing talent.
Academia: A Bio-Technology Graduate with a Master’s Degree in Business Management specialized in Human Resources and a HRBP Course completion Certificate from SHRM.
Working with Corporates since 2008, currently designated as Head- HR & Admin at Ecoren Energy India Pvt Ltd and previously worked with Organizations like Renew Power, ICOMM Tele Limited, Dr Reddy’s and Biological E Limited.
A travel enthusiast and blogger, who loves to spend his leisure time road tripping, listening parables and interacting with different strata of society to gain experience from pure human conversations.
Senior Director-Talent Acquisition(India)
Virtusa
Management graduate in personnel management with 20 years of diverse experience in IT sectors in Human Resources. Presently, Head of Talent Acquisition for APAC at Virtusa. Seetharam has received multiple recognition within the company and the industry such as:
In his current role, responsible for developing and planning recruitment strategy, building innovative sourcing channels, driving cross functional teams to meet the demanding workforce needs in ever evolving IT sector. This also incudes driving the Talent Access framework, strategy, and plans, provide the talent marketing and operational excellence, as coach and develop Talent Acquisition teams who are responsible for executing the overall TA strategy.
Founder & CEO
Nobias
Dr. Tania Ahuja is Founder and CEO of Nobias. She serves on the Board of the Stern School of Business, NYU and was former director of Citigroup and US Head, Arkera. Additionally, she sits on the boards of other learning organizations including the Center of Advanced Study of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania, the Salome Chamber Orchestra, and the Summit Music Festival.
Tania holds a PhD in Finance from Stern School of Business, NYU, a BS in Statistics from Bombay University and an MS in Operations Research from Case Western Reserve University.
Senior Vice President - Global Head TA
Firstsource Solutions Ltd
Anshul is an Engineering Graduate, he brings along 22 years of multifaceted experience in HR and Training from BPS & IT Industry.
He has been associated with brands like Infosys, WNS, Tech Mahindra & HCL in his earlier Roles.
Passionate about Women Empowerment, he undertakes a lot of Initiatives at and off work.
At home he is supported by his Wife in his passion for cooking, His food presentation skills are remarkable.
Chief of Institutional Business
MediBuddy
Professional with around two decades of experience in P & L Management, Key Account Management, Corporate Sales, Business Development and Channel/Distribution Management. Working with the Health sector enterprise for the last 10 years with 360 Degree overview with insights across the healthcare industry including digital platforms. Worked exhaustively across India for Healthcare, BFSI & Industrial Markets with an insight into sales management, setting - up & managing distribution networks. Anurag is currently Chief of Institutional Business at MediBuddy.
Founder
Equal
Keshav comes from a lineage of a successful entrepreneurs from the GVK Family. He is driven by a vision to lead companies that have a positive impact for Indians. In addition to founding Equal, Keshav is a board member of Reddy Ventures (www.reddy.co.in), which is a family office of the GVK Family, where he led investments in 30+ high-growth technology companies, of which six achieved Unicorn Status (Cred, Upstox, Hive AI, Khatabook, Chipper Cash, and Genies). Prior to becoming an entrepreneur and investor, Keshav served in capacity of Vice President at GVK Airports, where he managed commercial revenues of ~$150mn and played a pivotal role in stake sales of the airport business worth ~$1 billion. He serves on the board of Aragen Life Sciences, India's second-largest Contract Research Pharmaceutical Company and India’s largest healthcare foundation, GVK EMRI (www.emri.in).
He founded 4 startups over the last decade in varied fields such as Digital Identity, Ecommerce, Hyperlocal and FinTech. Keshav is now leading his digital identity company Equal to be India’s digital ID wallet powering identity for 100M and has successfully exited the last 3 startups.
Keshav holds an MBA from MIT and is an engineering graduate from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Recognized on top young leader lists, he’s been a World Economic Forum Young Shaper, Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle, and INK Fellowship recipient. - sharing here too for easy reference
CHRO - Corporate
Raymond
Professional HR expertise of over 30 years providing breakthrough strategies across industry and functions. Developed several solutions to manage People processes. Built a convergence between business & people agenda keeping technology at the forefront.
Proven ability to co-create a well aligned people agenda to drive business growth and transformation.
Managed diverse cross-functional/ multi-cultural teams across various geographies including MENA and European region.
Currently, working as CHRO–Corporate (Raymond), heading the HR function as a CHRO for Realty and Denim business and providing strategic leadership for Talent Management, Compensation and benefits and HR technology across the Raymond group. Previously, worked as CHRO-Lifestyle (Raymond). This role involved providing HR leadership to the Business from a strategic standpoint. This constituted the Apparel, Retail, Garmenting, Suiting and Shirting businesses in India and geographies within MENA and African region, with over 15000 employees base and around 90 HR team members. This role involved in developing the people agenda for the business and aligning HR to deliver value for the business across the employee life cycle.
Worked with Reliance as Sr. Vice President HR in the Hydrocarbon business. This role involved in providing HR leadership for the organization. I was a part of the HR leadership team of this company, which was involved in the HR transformation for this large-scale organization from 2013 – 2016. Worked closely with BP (British Petroleum) HR team to migrate BP HR systems into RIL as part of the transformation exercise.
Worked as Group Head HR for Landmark Group based in Dubai. Headed the retail and hospitality major across the MENA Region. With over 20,000 employees from over 40 nationalities, I was involved in driving HR transformation agenda along with Aon Hewitt across the MENA region for this large retailer. This involved setting up a state-of-the-art performance management process, LTIP program for senior leadership and revamping the Talent Management process.
Also worked in MNC’s like CISCO Systems, Pfizer, BASF. Has held strategic HR positions in Indian and global conglomerate like Piramal, Pharma Solutions, Landmark Retail, Reliance Industries and Raymond.
Certified Independent Director from IICA under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Certified as a business coach with the Marshal Goldsmith Stakeholder coaching system.
Certified as a business coach with International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Certified by the British Psychological Society for Personality and Ability Testing.
Completed a Strategic Management Program from IIM–Kolkata (Calcutta) year 2006-2007
Certified in GPHR
Certified HR Analytics Professional from Aon Hewitt
Head - HR Business Partner
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles
A passionate HR leader with over a decade of transformative experience at Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, specializing in driving organizational excellence through people-centric strategies. Zealous about sculpting organizational destinies, Prasad has honed expertise in Strategic HRM, Compensation & Benefits, Performance Management, Talent Management, Organization Development, Compliance. A Chennai native, journey from IT to Metal and Mining industries has imbued him with a unique perspective, complemented by a Engineering and Management degrees. Through an approach rooted in building strong relationships across all stakeholders, enabling him to effectively advocate for both employees and the business. He is proud to lead HR initiatives that not only support the company’s strategic objectives but also empower individuals to reach their full potential, making a meaningful impact on both the organization and its people.
Director - Knowledge and Advisory
SHRM India
She is part of the Knowledge Advisory team at SHRM India focused on helping clients achieve their business objectives through effective consultation and project management support. Over the last decade, she has worked extensively in the area of Learning and Organizational Development in organizations such as Adobe, Evalueserve and Wipro. A passionate facilitator, she has facilitated more than 300 virtual learning sessions and over 5000 hours of class-room learning on a variety of topics. She is a certified SDI (Strengths Deployment Inventory), Saville Wave and Hogan practitioner. A Vipassana meditator and a trekking enthusiast on the side, draws tremendous inspiration from the mountains.
Vice President, Human Resources
Avineon India
Venkatesh Palabatla , former CHRO Nava Bharat Venture and “ IIM Ahmedabad Alumni”, is a Qualified Independent Director, Strategic HR Leader with three decades of rich experience in leading and driving Human Resource strategies in Multinational, Global & Indian diversified business organizations (Aviation, Cargo, Retail & MRO , Manufacturing , IT & ITES) in areas of organization design, capability, and development, integration of HR strategies and organization values. Grown the businesses in organic and inorganic way in multi locational and multi-cultural diversified businesses and global, complex environment with close engagement with Board members.
Founder of ”PALABATLA Foundation - Right Education for Needy Students”
Director - Region Head North & East, PMQ & Virtual Education
SHRM India
VP, Head of HR Shared Services
Fujitsu International Regions
Sumit Sabharwal represents Fujitsu as the VP, Head of HR Shared Services, Fujitsu International Regions. He is also supporting Fujitsu Research India as the HR Business Partner working closely with Fujitsu Global Executive leadership. In his current role, Sumit is responsible for delivering HR transformation for Fujitsu across 40+ countries, leading multi-disciplinary teams of over 50,000 employees. Sumit is a LinkedIn Top Voice - an invitation-only community featuring a global group of experts on LinkedIn. Sumit is also the winner of “BW Businessworld 40u40 – best HR leaders to watch out for.”
Sumit has been widely spoken about in top-ranking media publications in India and is often invited as a keynote speaker, panelist, and a renowned moderator at various industry forums and events. He speaks regularly at various universities and premier management institutes delivering excellent knowledge-sharing sessions filled with anecdotes from both his personal and professional life. He is known as an authentic leader who leads from the front with empathy, compassion, responsiveness, and purpose. His love for writing and clarity of thought has got over 300+ articles published in various leading media platforms both print and online. He has regularly been dabbling with podcasts and is regarded as a ‘HeaRty’ speaker.
His core skill is people management wherein he has been able to guide people in unlocking their potential and helping deliver results while also carving a niche for themselves in the industry. He is an active listener and is a strong believer that the workplace of the future will demand leaders to start listening more and speak less.
A key driver behind Fujitsu’s people growth story, Sumit has spearheaded large scale HR transformation projects across India, Singapore, U.S.A, Philippines, Europe, and Middle East. Under the aegis of Sumit, Fujitsu GDCs (India, Malaysia, Philippines, Costa Rica, China, Poland, Portugal) have seen a slew of progressive technology interventions to attract, retain, and engage better talent. As a people champion, he has been able to introduce dynamic programs for holistic employee wellbeing with the help of evolving technologies. For over 10 years, he has been instrumental in creating a sustainable and engaging work environment at Fujitsu. Prior to his tenure at Fujitsu, Sumit has worked with several leading technology brands including Huawei, Dell, and Convergys. Practitioner with large consulting arms to enable HR transformation roadmaps. Build COEs, cross-country HR teams have been led; data-driven next gen shared services.
Curiosity drives Sumit the most and has thus also set on course to imbibe learning culture at Fujitsu. He is a firm believer in continuous learning and has inducted himself with various educational programs. He has completed his MBA in HR and Marketing (the best of both worlds) from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, and his Bachelor of Information Systems (BIS) from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.
Sumit's all about making our workplace super inclusive and boosting profits with smart, eco-friendly growth. He's all about seeing the big picture by being mindful, self-aware, and strategic. With over 20 years in IT industry, Sumit knows HR inside out. From training and consulting to leading HR teams nationwide and running HR for 7 GDCs, he's done it all and then some!
In his spare time, Sumit likes to paint and hit the gym. He loves to go on long drives and is regarded as a selfie-king amongst his peers.
Director, Knowledge & Advisory & Business Head, PSE
SHRM India
Ashissh has over 20 years of experience in HR Consulting firms and has been providing strategic HR inputs to more than 300 clients across industries and geographies including India, Middle East, Americas and Southeast Asia.
Ashissh is a certified DDI Master Facilitator, Gallup Strengths Coach, Hogan Certified and an expert on Talent Management and HR Technology. Prior to joining SHRM, Ashissh has worked extensively with world class Consulting organizations like Gallup, Mercer, DDI and Aon.
He is a trusted adviser to C suite leaders on improving business results by helping build leadership capability, people digital systems, craft talent management strategy, training and designing development journeys and measuring employee engagement.
Ashissh is known for his executive presence, public speaking skills and passion of facilitating leadership and behavioral training workshops. His other significant work includes evaluate and build organizational structures by linking to business needs and the application of competencies across the organization. He is also a certified Competency Based Interviewer. Ashissh is pursuing his executive MBA from IIM Lucknow.
CHRO
Spice Money
Atul is an HR Professional with over 16 years of qualitative experience in HR Strategy, Organisation Design,HR Technology, Consulting, C&B and OD Interventions across industries globally. He has in-depth experience in setting up an start ups and scaling them and holds hands on experience in mergers, acquisitions, rebadging with large corporations. In depth experience on organisation design, Organization restructuring, Shared Services for global entities. He played all roles in HR space be it People Consulting, HR Technology or Business HR and passionate about solving people and system problems. Atul completed his engineering in Mining and MBA in HR. Currently he is a CHRO for one of the biggest and fastest Rural Fintech firm Spice Money. Previously, Atul has worked with Hexaware Technologies, IBM in global roles based out of Singapore and USA doing Human capital/Technology consulting and with Pricewaterhouse Coopers worked on HR Transformation projects. Atul moved to corporate HR role from consulting with PeopleStrong as an HR Head & Transitions Leader for their Cloud HR Product. Later he served in Puma Energy on Global Role and then with Oyo managed their Global Tech Organization.
Head, Group Learning & Global Centre for Leadership
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. Before this, 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.
Associate Partner - Human Capital Solutions
Aon India
Amit is a Global Human Resources professional, with experience of managing diverse projects across family led enterprises, public sector enterprises, multinationals and start-ups. In his current role, Amit partners with key clients on bringing about value creation through Strategy Clarification & Value chain mapping, Organization Transformation, HR Operating Model, Talent Management, Total Rewards Strategy, Executive Compensation and M&A. He has 14 plus years of experience across HR Consulting and Corporate roles.
Prior to joining Aon, Amit was in Leadership roles with udaan.com (a fast growth e-commerce start-up) and Philips Lighting as Head of Performance & Rewards CoE. Amit was also part of Korn Ferry’s Advisory practice (Hay Group ) responsible for managing projects across Strategy Execution, Organization Design and work measurement.
Amit started his career with Aon as a Rewards Professional and was leading the Manufacturing vertical advising clients on Total Rewards and Executive Compensation.
Amit has an MBA degree from MDI - Management Development Institute (Gurgaon), India and holds a Bachelor of Science (Physics) degree from Hindu College, Delhi University.
Product Marketing Lead
Indeed India
Adrita is the Product Marketing Lead at Indeed India, driving key initiatives for a seamless hiring experience. With over eight years of experience in the consumer & tech industry, Adrita has worked in senior marketing roles across global markets at HubSpot and Livspace.
Global Head - DEI, Culture & Values, Talent, L&D & Leadership Development
Biocon Biologics
Chella is Global Head of DEI & Leadership at Biocon Biologics, a leading biopharmaceutical company, I carry over 25 years of diverse experience in HR and business. He is responsible for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I), Culture, Talent, Learning and Development (L&D), Innovation , partnering with the senior leadership team and stakeholders across the organization.
His passion is to create a culture of inclusiveness, where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute to the company's vision, mission, and goals. As a certified Insights and Design Thinking coach, Chella facilitates innovation leadership development, design thinking for innovation, strengths-based development, and speak up culture programs, coaching and mentoring leaders and employees to unleash their potential and foster a collaborative and creative environment.
He also champions sustainability and social impact initiatives, such as the Impact Weighted Accounting Initiative (IWAI), which measures and reports the environmental and social impact of the company's operations. expertise and achievements in HR, strategy, and innovation have been recognized by several awards, such as the HR Leader of the Year in Malaysia for three consecutive years (2017-2019).
Chella is currently pursuing a Doctor of Business degree in Digital Transformation in HR from the Swiss School of Business and Management, and an ICF certification in coaching.
Chief Solutions Officer
Zaggle
Kartik Pasumarti is a Digital Transformation Leader with over 2 decades of experience in 20 countries across 5 continents.
Kartik has worked in various leadership roles in the areas of Sales, Solutions, Product, Engineering, Delivery, Customer Success, Support, and a CEO of a Microsoft Value Added Reseller. Kartik spent majority of career in the USA working at Microsoft VARs, Oracle, Salesforce and ByteDance.
Kartik has helped enterprises transform digitally and achieve exceptional business
outcomes by adopting technologies including ERP (Enterprise resource Planning), CRM (Customer Relationship Management) & Collaboration Solutions in a variety of industries including Manufacturing, Wholesale, Retail, Banking, eCommerce, High-Tech, Media, Energy, Travel & Business services. Some of the well-known Enterprise customers Kartik had the fortune of partnering with include Amazon, Walmart, PepsiCo, Wacker, Nissin, GAP, PetSmart, Western Union, Workday, Cloudera, Intel, Cisco, VMware, Warner Bros, Viacom, Chevron, PG&E, Expedia, Hotels.com, PwC, KPMG & Robert Half.
Kartik is a Commerce Graduate and holds Professional Chartered Accountant degree from Hyderabad, India.
Kartik is currently the Chief Solutions Officer at Zaggle and is responsible for Pre-Sales and Post- Sales teams supporting Zaggle's Customer Experience from Vision to Execution.
Kartik loves to spend his spare time with his family & friends. He likes cricket, music, movies, reading and traveling.
SVP & Country Head HR
Berkadia
Debashish is a senior Human Resources professional with over 18 years of experience in managing end-to-end functions in HR. Over these years, he has led both global organizations and Indian conglomerates across multiple industries and locations. His core expertise lies in organization culture transformation, change leadership, and talent management.
Debashish is currently working as Senior Vice President and Country HR Head of Berkadia, a Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Services Co. Prior to joining Berkadia, Debashish was associated with GE and Genpact managing multiple roles in HR.
Debashish is an Executive Alumnus of IIM Calcutta and a Marshall Goldsmith Certified Executive and Teams Coach. He is also a certified practitioner of several behavior and personality assessment tools.
He has been awarded with two of the most prestigious HR credentials in the world - Senior Certified Professional® from Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM-SCP®), and Global Talent Management Leader (GTML™) from Talent Management Institute.
Achievements
• Recognized by Silicon India magazine as one of the “Top 10 most promising HR Leaders 2020”.
• Featured in Forbes India magazine (Oct '21 issue) as "India’s 50 Best HR Leaders 2021"
Director, Centre Of Excellence- people & Culture
Vantage Circle
Saurabh is a seasoned HR professional with over 20 years of experience across HR consulting and line HR. Currently serving as the Director of COE - People & Culture at Vantage Circle, Saurabh has been a trusted HR partner and advisor to businesses. He specializes in working with start-ups and growth-stage organizations as a consulting Head of HR, helping them design and implement scalable HR practices.
Saurabh is also a sought-after subject matter expert (SME) for HR technology companies, partnering with them to drive intellectual property (IP) creation and product differentiation. He has previously worked with top-tier consulting firms such as Hewitt Associates (now Aon) and Mercer Consulting, as well as InMobi, India's first unicorn start-up, in line HR roles.
Saurabh holds a degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and an MBA from the prestigious Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. With his wealth of experience and expertise in HR, Saurabh is a valuable asset to any organization looking to build and strengthen their people and culture strategy.
Global Head of L&D, Regulatory Training, Leadership Development & OD, Culture & Change
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
As the Global Head - Capability, Culture, Change, Leadership Development and OD, for Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Sachin is accountable for individual and organizational capability development and future skilling needs across technical learning, commercial, compliance, scientific, leadership and professional skills. His role impacts the skills and capability landscape for more than twenty-eight thousand on & off-balance sheet global DRL colleagues. Prior to this role, Sachin spent time at Novartis as their Global Head of Learning for Operations and Corp. Functions. Prior to Novartis, Sachin was the Chief Learning Officer for Global Consulting at Deloitte Consulting.
Sachin has over 26 years of experience within Capability Development, Talent Management and Organizational Development domains. During this time, he has worked and learnt with organizations as varied as the Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, Amazon, Accenture, IBM India, Deloitte and Novartis to name a few. He has developed substantial experience in establishing global learning and development organizations, developing skill sensing networks, and driving future skills agenda, while managing multi-locational and multicultural teams and stakeholder groups.
Sachin passed out of the prestigious Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) at Lucknow and specialized in Food and Beverage Operations. He holds a BS in Hotel and Hospitality Administration and was awarded a silver medal along with his Diploma in Training & Development from the Indian Society for Training & Development. In 2016, he finished his executive MBA from Anderson School of Business at University of California, Los Angles (UCLA).
He is an avid reader and technology, politics, modern Indian history, and science fiction are his favorite topics/genres. Professionally, He has evolving interest in the areas of Future of Work, Communities of Practice, Social Learning, Serious Games, Skill sensing networks and Learning Evaluation frameworks. He is an avid platform gamer with keen interest in the application of serious games as a learning tool.
Sachin has published an invention disclosure while in his earlier role at IBM. This disclosure outlines the use of a Learning Management System to offer and manage informal learning opportunities. You can read more about this at this link: http://ip.com/IPCOM/000193287
He has been interviewed about his stance on informal learning and its implication for the learning function. You can read one of his latest interviews at this link: http://bit.ly/fd1yXf
Sachin had been a part of the group working on redesigning the SCORM 2004 standard and making it more open and social. His interview on the gaps within the SCORM standard and vision of how its future should look like is available at http://scorm.com/blog/2011/04/interview-with-sachin-gaur-at-ibm/
• Professional Affiliations
• Member, Executive Corporate Learning Forum (ECLF)
• Life Member, Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD)
• Member, International Society for Performance Management (ISPI)
Global HR Director
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Mr Kunal Sarkar is an accomplished HR Leader with more than 19 years of experience across several verticals of strategic Human Resource Management - talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, performance management, talent management, ethics and safeguarding, employee engagement, global mobility and organization development - in telecom, pharmaceutical, IT ,ITeS, and agricultural research. Kunal has been in global leadership roles in multicultural and multidisciplinary work environments in Asia, ANZ and Africa. He has worked for organisations like Wipro, IBM, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, and is presently the Global HR Director for the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
Global Head Learning & Development, Talent Management & Organizational Development
MSN Labs
Shivanand is a MBA from IIM Kozhikode , PGCHRM from XLRI Jamshedpur and a Chemical Engineer from BITS Pilani . He also holds a Masters in Mathematics from BITS Pilani.
As the Group Head of Learning & Development for EMAAR Properties in Dubai managing over 6400+ employees he was instrumental in building the L&D team from scratch post Covid . Shivanand was deeply involved in the Succession Planning exercise for all the entities of EMAAR. Shivanand is Hogan Certified , Gallup Strengths Coach , Belbin Certified , DiSC Certified Grow More Coach and has coached several CXOs in his journey in EMAAR and Larsen & Toubro.
Shivanand rolled out LinkedIn Learning for employees at EMAAR and a gamified micro bite sized learning application called RAPL for the frontline staff. He established partnerships with Harvard Business School , Graduate School of Business Stanford and INSEAD for executive education.
At Larsen & Toubro, in the capacity of Head of L&D for the Power Transmission & Distribution Business he brought in the Employee podcast Talk Show , revamped the Leadership Development Program with development centres and successfully conducted the Graduate Engineer Trainee Induction Program.
Prior to L&T he had set up a brand new Industry and Skills based Engineering College - Nutan College of Engineering and Research in Talegaon , Pune. Having been part of the founding team of two start-ups and raising over 300,000 USD in venture capital , his ability to thrive in volatile , uncertain , complex and ambiguous environments gives him the confidence to face challenges with great composure and ease.
He has a Consulting background , along with exposure across diverse sectors such as Power, Petroleum, Tyre, Metals and Information Technology. He is an NTSE Scholar and Indian National Mathematics Olympiad awardee for 3 times in a row. He is also a recipient of Gold Medal from University of New South Wales , Australia for the Australian Mathematics Talent Test and a Silver Medallist at Singapore Math Olympiad conducted by National University of Singapore. Shivanand has worked with Govt of India and Govt of Maharashtra by spreading awareness of digital learning techniques in rural Maharashtra by conducting workshops on Personality Development and Aptitude Training for competitive exams impacting 40,000 + students. He scored 99.81 percentile in CAT and has been topping National level exams consistently throughout his academic career.
He has backpacked 45 countries and all the 29 states and 7 Union Territories in India and is an avid reader reading one book a day.
Country Marketing Manager, India & SG
Indeed
Rittik is a seasoned consultant turned adept marketer. In his capacity as the Country Marketing Manager at Indeed, Rittik leads initiatives aimed at improving market presence, expanding job-seeker base, enhancing product usage and optimizing revenue streams.
With a robust track record spanning over 6 years, Rittik excels in formulating and executing comprehensive strategies for both B2C and B2B campaigns. In addition, Rittik also had the opportunity to work on various product development and product development initiatives.
A distinguished alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Kanpur, Rittik brings a wealth of professionalism and proficiency to the marketing arena.
Head HR
Honeywell Technology Solutions, India
Swapna is an accomplished HR professional, Global Talent Partner & Workplace Transformational Leader with 2 decades of global experience across a wide spectrum of strategic and operational roles targeting business growth, productivity, and positive employee experience.
Her Experience spans multiple facets of Human Resources including Talent acquisition, HR Business Partnership, People Integration in an M&A environment, setting up talent management systems, HRIS rehauls, Learning & Development, Total Rewards, HR Analytics and Organizational Development.
Swapna has led successful people transformation journeys in CITIGROUP, Tata Group, Wipro and now Honeywell Technology Solutions and managed complexed customers and diverse employee groups in India, USA, UK, Canada and EMEA. She is a trust and happiness evangelist, a strong believer in the art of possible and a lifelong learner.
Senior Director HR, Global Talent Acquisition
NTT DATA
Senior Director, Head of Talent Acquisition
EPAM Systems
Kalyan, hold a rich experience of 25 years in Human Resource Management. He is a seasoned Talent Acquisition Leader with a passion for thriving in the hi-tech software industry. He specializes in navigating the dynamic landscape of the Indian job market and have made impactful contributions to IT Services, Financial Corporations, and IT product development companies, collaborating closely with clients in the hi-tech sector.
Currently serving as the Senior Director and Head of Talent Acquisition at EPAM Systems, a trailblazer in product and platform services, Kalyan leads a 100-member strong team. Over the past 4 years, he has been instrumental in driving talent acquisition strategies aligned with the cutting-edge demands of the software industry, working closely with clients to meet their specific needs.
His journey in talent acquisition leadership extends to Franklin Templeton India, where Kalyan served as the Head of Talent Acquisition for a rewarding 4 + years, focusing on the intricacies of the financial sector. Prior to this, he served as Vice President at Wells Fargo India Pvt Ltd for 4.5 years, managing teams and adapting to diverse cultures while collaborating with clients in the hi-tech industry.
His professional journey also includes impactful roles at IBM Global Services, UBS, IBM, Alliance Consulting Services, Satyam, and AP Paper Mills Ltd. My key strengths lie in motivating and building high-performance teams within the fast-paced and ever-evolving landscape of the hi-tech software industry.
Having worked with top technology companies as clients, Kalyan brings a wealth of experience and insights to talent acquisition challenge.
Associate President HR & COE
Aurobindo Pharma
An HR Professional with more than 28 years of live-wire experience in Business HR, Industrial Relations, Strategic Management, Quality Management System, Business Excellence, Dr. K. Suresh Kumar believes that professional commitment and contributions can be enriched through continuous learning.
Having done Post-Graduate Programs in Personnel Management, HRM, Training & Development, he has acquired Doctorate (PhD) in Management from University of Kerala. The thesis subject was “Career Growth and Success of Managerial Professionals”.
Dr. Suresh Kumar is having professional experience with topnotch companies in India including Thapar, Somani, Nicholas Piramal, Dalmia and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. Besides, he possesses sound experience in IT & ITES companies. As a keen enthusiast in professional training and development activities, he has been on board with various Indian Universities and Public-Private Sector Organizations to handle HR Programs. He has published more than 27 articles in various Management Journals apart from authoring the widely acclaimed management bestseller “HR Can Win” in collaboration with Excel Books, New Delhi.
His latest book on Employee Relations titled “Decoding Industrial Relations towards Business-People Synergy It is published by Partridge International LLC. He has propounded a new software to map the life skill distribution of children at their formative age so as to carve out potential leadership pipeline for the development of the nation. Please visit . WWW.5gsmarrtlife.com
He has also won “Young Manager’s Trophy” for outstanding contribution towards modern HR Practices from NIPM. Under his leadership Aurobindo Pharma has received HR Excellence award from cPHI India forum for the year 2016 & 17 and BM Munjal Award for Business Excellence through People Development in 2019 from former President of India Sri Pranab Mukherjee . Aurobindo has also bagged coveted HR Excellence Award from FTACCI and Economic Times Human Capital award for HR-Business partnership .
Director - HR
SHRM India, MENA & APAC
Kirat Dhillon, Director of HR at SHRM India, MENA & APAC with over 2 decades of experience is pivotal in aligning HR strategies with business goals, driving organizational growth. She excels in integrating HR with human capital to accelerate success for both the business and its employees. With a proactive leadership style and a focus on ethical practices, Kirat has implemented innovative recruitment strategies and improved operational efficiencies. Her initiatives have enhanced employee skills and paved the way for career advancement within SHRM East and beyond. Beyond work, Kirat finds solace in transcendental meditation and enjoys exploring spirituality, travel, and learning about new things.
Associate Vice President - HR & Global Head - L&D
Infosys BPM
Sharath Chandra is the Global Head of Learning & Development for Infosys BPM, responsible for all Training and L&D initiatives across India and global centres of the organization. As a member of the HRD Management Council, he also participates in formulation and deployment of HR strategies for Infosys BPM. Also, he is a member of the Training & Skills Council and Employee Engagement Council of the organization.
Sharath has been part of Infosys for over fifteen years, having played various leadership roles within the organization. Prior to his current role, Sharath was the head of ‘Capability Planning and Development’ for the organization and was a Business Head for a very large Technology Support Unit.
Prior to Infosys, he had over a decade’s experience in the IT and ITES industry, having played diverse roles in Operations, Presales and Product Design.
Sharath is an Electronics Engineer and an MBA. He has also completed an Executive Management Program from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad; an Executive Program in Digital Strategy, Innovation and Business Transformation from Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad; and a program on Human Resources Leadership from Wharton. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)®
GVP-Talent Acquisition
Publicis Sapient
Atul is an innovative and dynamic Senior Talent Acquisition leader at Publicis Sapient.
He has more than 20 years of extensive Talent Acquisition experience and thrives on meeting challenging organizational hiring goals.
He manages a group of creative recruiters who solely strive towards successfully meeting organization’s hiring goals. As a hiring leader, Atul always promotes effective partnership with the Business, to ensure quality of hires is maintained as per business expectation despite hiring in large volumes. He believes understanding business and collaboration with the business is essential to success in hiring.
His core expertise includes designing and implementing the hiring strategies, continuous recruitment process improvements.
Chief Human Resources Officer
Varun Beverages
Rohit has been the Head Of Human Resources with high performance track record in various industries including FMCG, IT, Healthcare, Packaging & Printing and Apparel industries. Highly Skilled in Talent Management, Strategic HRM, Industrial relations and Employee Engagement with proven credentials in handling scale globally and built capabilities for scaling up of businesses in Subcontinent and working across global stakeholders.
Rohit was a Global Leader at Wipro Ltd for Talent Management, Behavioral L&D, CHRO technology org and HR and prior to that CHRO Wipro GE Healthcare South Asia, Director HR- GEBE. Head CSR & Head Education Solutions Initiative.
He was CHRO and Management Committee Member - Printing and Packaging Business and Personal Care products business in ITC Group
Rohit is Certified Coach, Post graduate from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Graduate in Industrial Chemistry with top honours from Delhi University
Head- Global Sales, Marketing & Analytics
TCS Chroma
22+ years of experience in Consulting, Project Management, Business Development and Product Engineering, AI/ML Driven Analytics Experience in Manufacturing, Professional Services, Retail, Hi-Tech, Media & Entertainment and Engineering domains.
Experienced in SAP Project Management, Integration Management & Consulting
Experienced in managing clients across United States, Europe and Asia Pacific
Experience in Pre-Sales and Business Development across North America, UK, Europe & APAC
Associate Director - Knowledge & Advisory
SHRM India
Executive Director - HR
Providence
A passionate Talent professional with over 2 decades of experience having worked in challenging roles and assignments in varied sectors. Having worked through medium sized organizations, niche consulting firms, large MNCs in financial and professional services across the country and Asia Pacific has strengthened her work journey. Organization building, Strategic business partnering, creating strong collaborative teams and helping leaders emerge are among her key strengths. Keeping things simple and aligning all actions to the purpose has been the value in all that she has accomplished.
Head - Human Resource
Suzuki Research & Development India (SRDI)
Mussarat brings 30 + years of experience with organizations like Maruti Suzuki India Limited. (Head of Corporate HR & Head of Leadership & Functional School), KHD Humboldt (Vice President& Group HR Head) and HEG Limited (GM & Head HR)
His areas of experience include Board and CXO management, HR Strategy, Corporate HR, Plant HR & L&D across diverse Industries.
A Postgraduate in PM & IR from XISS, Ranchi. Currently pursuing PhD from IILM Gurgaon
Mussarat was a Past Member of the CII Regional Committee on HR & IR ( Northern Region ), CII Regional Committee on Skill Development & Livelihood. He has led CII HR Excellence Assessment in companies like Tata Capital, Hindustan Zinc, Infosys, Bharat Petroleum, Aegis Ltd & Hansen Drives Ltd etc. Mussarat is a TEDx Speaker, Hon Vice President – NHRDN(Delhi NCR Chapter) 2021-23, and Hon. Vice Chairman- ISTD (Gurugram Chapter) 2022-24
He has been awarded Fr. Michael Van Den Bogaert Distinguished Alumni Award by XISS, rrecognized as “ 20 Most Impactful HR Leaders” at the CHRO Vision & Innovation Summit & Awards 2022
HR Influencer on Social Media in 2021( https://xobin.com/blog/top-hr-professionals-to-follow-on-socialmedia-in-2021/ )
Head - HR
KLA India
With over 18 years of experience, J Enfil Premraj has held various HR roles including Global Assimilation Center of Excellence, System Process & Analytics, University Engagement, HR process consultant, and most recently Head of HR. Enfil now serves as a dedicated HR leader at KLA India, finding fulfillment in his role as a servant leader. Currently focusing on honing his coaching abilities, he also finds energy in both watching and playing tennis.
Global Head Learning & Development
IBS Software
Associate Director Advisory - India & Sri Lanka
SHRM
Saurabh is an Entrepreneur & HR/Strategy Advisor with over 15 years of learning and experience across the People & Org consulting space. Saurabh brings in deep expertise within the Talent Management solutions landscape having worked on projects across sectors like Oil & Gas, Metal and Mining, BFSI, PSUs, IT/ITeS, Auto, FMCG, Ecommerce, EdTech & Startup.
During his entrepreneurial stint, he founded Realytics, a predictive analytics startup for employee engagement & progression inspired on Mihaly’s Flow Dynamics. He has also been advising startups within consulting and edtech space on talent & HR practices, Product market fit & Growth strategy.
Prior to joining SHRM, Saurabh has worked with organizations like Thomas Assessment, MaFoi Management, Pearson, GPTW, KPMG and EY across roles spanning across Business development and Project management , before starting his own gig as an independent Advisory partner.
Specialties: Cognitive and Behavioural Assessment Consulting, Assessment/Development Centre, Employee Engagement, Culture Study, Talent Analytics, Leadership Development and Executive Coaching, Startup Consulting, Growth Strategies.
HR Leader
Zoho Corporation
An astute Human Resource Professional with 19 years in-depth experience in the entire gamut of People Programs & Processes from renowned IT Industry. Extensive exposure to manage change during acquisitions & mergers, building capabilities & talent during high growth phases, executing apt HR interventions.
Specialties: Talent Acquisition & Retention, Talent Management, Talent Engagement, Talent Development, Employee Relations, OD interventions, Compensation Management, Performance Management, Administration of Policies, Programmes & Practices, Employee Discipline, Employee Welfare & Branding.
Charles has worked with Polaris Software, Hexaware Technologies, WABCO Global Business Services, Royal Cyber and currently with Zoho as HR Leader.
Charles is a prominent speaker in student & industry forums and has delivered over Two-Thousand Guest Lectures, spends his weekends mostly visiting colleges & speaking to young minds. He conducts counselling session for students & helps many youngsters choose the right career path. He has also launched a new initiative ‘HR Lens’ to inspire young minds of our nation.
Honoured with Excellence Award in recognition of outstanding contribution in the field of Human Resource Management & Social Initiatives. He has also received many awards in recognition for the best Associate Connect & People Management. He is also one of the key members, board of advisors for many Institutions, HR Forums & Social Organisations.
Delivery Head
Tata Consultancy Services
Sr Knowledge Advisor
SHRM
Sadaf is a HR practitioner with over 14 years of proven leadership experience in HR Modeling, HR and Business Transformation, Organization Design and Change, System and Technology-based enablement, Talent Engagement and Leadership Development.
She has worked for various organizations in multicultural role and diversity in Tata Group and KPMG Global Services and now associated with SHRM India as Senior Knowledge Advisor. She is a certified TBEM Assessor by Tata Quality Management Services, qualified HR Excellence Assessor of Confederation of Indian Industry and has been part of the assessment team for organizations like SAIL, L&T Hydrocarbons, AM/NS, and Reliance Insurance. She has been recognized as a Job Evaluation specialist by Korn Ferry Management Consulting Firm, USA and has won Best Young HR Award by Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Sadaf is certified Assessment / Development Center specialist from Aon, has received DISC certification from Strenghsscape and works actively in the field of talent assessment and development center. She has collaborated with flagship institutions like XLRI, Aon and Cerberus to design engagement models , assess employee engagement through scientific techniques and build engagement culture in organizations.
She frequently interacts with B School students and has been part of multiple panel discussions in the area of Strategic HRM and Agile HR.
Senior Knowledge Advisor
SHRM India
Nitya is an Organization development consultant with experience in Leadership Development, Behavioural Assessments for Succession planning, Performance Management and designing learning journeys for managerial development.
Over the last decade she has successfully leveraged her experience in Business and Consulting to drive meaningful and measurable change management initiatives for her clients across industries like BFSI, ITES, Fintech, Pharma & Manufacturing.
She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in executive HR from XLRI and is a certified HOGAN practitioner. She has extensively used Predictive Psychometric tools like CHALLY, Personality assessment DISC, Pearson personality tool Sosie, Critical thinking Assessments Watson Glaser etc. for designing talent management solutions for clients.
Prior to Organizational Development, her corporate journey began in Business with the Citigroup and later in Wealth Advisory for Private and Corporate clients at Deutsche bank.
Senior Knowledge Advisor
SHRM India
Vaishali works as the Senior Knowledge Advisor at SHRM India. Her last stint was with Maven7 as the Head of Product & Client Delivery for APAC region. She is one of the foremost exponents of Organization Network Analysis in India having being involved in Product Design and Development. She has expertise in providing Network Science based diagnosis and solutions in the space of Leadership Development, Employee Engagement, Collaboration, D&I, Influencer Identification & Management. She has executed multiple ONA Engagements for Indian and Multi - National Clients in APAC and Globally.
Knowledge & Advisory
SHRM India
Tanishqa is a passionate and empathetic professional who believes in working with utmost integrity and diligence. She has three years of experience in the industry working across diverse areas of the human capital lifecycle. She currently is associated with SHRM India and works in the capacity of Knowledge Advisor. She got her career start with Saville and Holdsworth Limited (SHL) as an Associate Consultant. She drove Key Account Operations by offering solutions to build change in people management processes by generating insights based on people data.
Her domain expertise lies in the areas of Talent Assessment, Competency Assessment and Development Centre, Succession Planning, HR Capability Building and Content Design. Her client portfolios include Public Sector, Pharmaceutical, Conglomerates, BFSI, IT, Energy, Automotive, Aviation, Retail, Telecommunications, FMCG and Education sectors.
Dynamic, agile and collaborative with a crisp focus on execution excellence, Tanishqa strives to bring thoroughness in her work. She is compassionate and has an endearing interest in understanding human behavior. She also volunteers at Samaritans Mumbai, a suicide prevention helpline since 2019 and strongly advocates for mental health.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from SNDT University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts from Sophia College, Mumbai. She is SHRM – CP certified and possesses certifications for various psychometric tools like DiSC, Occupational Personality Questionnaire, Work Place Personality Inventory for Professionals (WPI Pro), Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation – Behaviour (FIRO-B) and the Big 5 Personality Test.
The Band was established in 2019 in the month of August by friends who shared common interest and a driving passion toward music. The College band grew and was then was commercialised for events and concerts and thus began the joumey of The Seher band.
The first show for the Band was on the 10th of August 2019 the Venue being Eat Street and since then Seher grew in fame and went on to do 250+ shows within a span of 14 months.
The band has performed at the Venues such as The Conrad Hotel, The Renaissance Hotel, JW Marriot, TAJ Coorg, Club Mahindra Goa, Holiday Inn Goa, Chancerry Pavillion.
