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The past year has witnessed one facet of humankind come to the fore like never
before – that of resilience, and a never-say-die attitude; that of taking on
challenges head-on and still being able to stand one’s ground and loudly
proclaim, “Bring it on!”

SHRM India Tech22 celebrates this very spirit of thriving despite adversity and
leveraging technology to make work work. VUCA no longer perturbs the majority as
much, thanks to the faith instilled by technology – backed by the strength of
the digital world, HR folks can confidently get ready to rough it out.

As the definitive platform for identifying path breaking innovations, evolving
people practices and cutting-edge technologies that shape Work, the Worker and
the Workplace, join #SHRMTECH22 to explore the solutions and big ideas that will
define success in the new world of work. With the right HR tech tools, it truly
is, GAME ON!


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WHAT YOU CAN DO AT #SHRMTECH22




PEER LEARNING AND NETWORKING

Engage with your peers in group chats,
one-on-one conversations and grow your network




GET EQUIPPED TO BE FUTURE-FIT

Equip you as HR leaders & people managers to confidently reframe the future and
thrive in the new world order




INVEST YOUR TIME WISELY

For over 7 decades SHRM has been elevating HR - in this time of flux, SHRM Tech
’22 will equip you to navigate the Future with knowledge and confidence


GET AHEAD OF THE WORKTECH CURVE

Learn the latest in WorkTech and how to leverage it for meaningful outcomes




EARN UP TO 15 PDCS

Stay current with your SHRM CP® or SHRM SCP® certification




LEVERAGE INNOVATIVE SESSION FORMATS

Make the most of what's trending for maximum learnings and takeaways




Learn about the latest and most relevant WorkTech solutions and its impact on
people practices at SHRMTech22.
Here’s what you’ll take back:
 * Identify the right HR tech tools for your unique needs
 * Gain confidence to navigate the future
 * Get up close with global thought leaders & experts
 * Experience exponential learning
 * Brave the new world with confidence and tools
 * Learn real and practical solutions that you can apply
 * Leverage technologies that will shape our workplaces
 * Maximize peer learning & networking
 * Showcase the best and latest technologies at the hyper-interactive virtual
   expo
 * Curate best-in-class case studies, reports, papers and article

 * Connect and showcase your thought leadership and expertise with HR
   influencers and key decision makers
 * Interact with the community of highly engaged and relevant audience
 * Grow your business with the right solutions
 * New realm of branding & promotional opportunities
 * Opportunity to be part of the biggest HR Tech Conference
 * Super-specialized sessions to target the audience that is most valuable to
   you
 * Showcase your thought leadership and expertise to decision-makers
 * A whole new realm of branding & promotional opportunities to captivate your
   audience
 * A highly-engaged, target audience - reach 3000+ relevant attendees
 * Pre-Schedule meetings with key prospects
 * Continued branding through the on-demand event
 * Direct Brand Reach to SHRM APAC & India Network of 300,000+ HR Professionals
   through emailers
 * Brand Reach to SHRM APAC & India Social Community of 120mn+




#SHRMTECH22 SPEAKERS




JOHNNY C. TAYLOR, JR., SHRM-SCP

President & CEO, SHRM


JOHNNY C. TAYLOR, JR., SHRM-SCP

President & CEO, SHRM



Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, is President and Chief Executive Officer of
SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management.

With over 300,000 members in 165 countries, SHRM is the largest HR professional
association in the world, impacting the lives of 115 million workers every day.

As a global leader on the future of employment, culture and leadership, Mr.
Taylor is a sought-after voice on all matters affecting work, workers and the
workplace. He is frequently asked to testify before Congress on critical
workforce issues and authors a weekly column, “Ask HR,” in USA Today.

Mr. Taylor’s career spans over 20 years as a lawyer, human resources executive
and CEO in both the not-for-profit and for-profit space. He has held senior and
chief executive roles at IAC/Interactive Corp, Viacom’s Paramount Pictures and
Blockbuster Entertainment Group, McGuireWoods LLC, and Compass Group USA. Most
recently, Mr. Taylor was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Thurgood
Marshall College Fund.

He is a member of the White House American Workforce Policy Advisory Board and
was appointed by President Donald Trump as Chairman of the President’s Advisory
Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He serves on the boards
of the University of Miami, Jobs for America’s Graduates and the American Red
Cross and as an adviser to Safe Streets & Second Chances. He is licensed to
practice law in Florida, Illinois and Washington, D.C.




NANDAN NILEKANI

Co-Founder & Chairman, Infosys Technologies Limited


NANDAN NILEKANI

Co-Founder & Chairman, Infosys Technologies Limited



Nandan Nilekani is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited.
He was Founding Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI), a Cabinet Minister rank, from 2009-2014. Most recently, Nandan has
cofounded and is Chairman of EkStep, a not-for-profit effort to create a
learner-centric, technology-based platform to improve basic literacy and
numeracy for millions of children. In 2005, he received the Joseph Schumpeter
prize for innovative services in economy, economic sciences and politics. In
2006, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan and named Businessman of the year by
Forbes Asia. Time magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential people
in the world in 2006 & 2009. He also received the 22nd Nikkei Asia Prize for
Economic & Business Innovation 2017. Nandan Nilekani is the co-author of The Art
of Bitfulness: Keeping Calm in the Digital World with Tanuj Bhojwani. His
previous books include Imagining India and Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion
Aspirations coauthored with Viral Shah.




DR. MARSHALL GOLDSMITH

Executive Coach, Leadership Thinker & Best Selling Author


DR. MARSHALL GOLDSMITH

Executive Coach, Leadership Thinker & Best Selling Author



Dr. Goldsmith is a member of the Thinkers 50, Hall of Fame. He is the only
two-time Thinkers 50, #1 Leadership Thinker in the World.

He has been ranked as the World’s #1 Executive Coach, and Top Ten Business
Thinker for eight years.

Marshall was chosen as the inaugural winner of the Lifetime Award for Leadership
by the Harvard Institute of Coaching.

Dr. Goldsmith, a New York Times #1 bestselling author, has written or edited 47
books which have sold over 3 million copies, been translated into 32 languages,
and become listed bestsellers in 12 countries. Amazon recently recognized the
‘100 Best Leadership & Success Books Ever Written’ - and included Marshall’s
Triggers and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. H is the only living author
with two books on the list. His other bestsellers include: MOJO, Succession: Are
You Ready?, The Leader of the Future and How Women Rise (with lead author, Sally
Helgesen). His newest book is The Earned Life: Lose Regret and Choose
Fulfillment.

Marshall’s acknowledgements include: Global Gurus - Corps D ’Elite Award for
Lifetime Contribution in both Leadership and Coaching, Harvard Business Review -
World’s #1 Leadership Thinker, Institute for Management Studies - Lifetime
Achievement Award for Teaching, American Management Association - 50 great
thinkers who have influenced the field of management and BusinessWeek - 50 great
leaders in America. He is featured in the documentary movie, “The Earned Life”.

Dr. Goldsmith served as a Professor of Management Practice at the Dartmouth Tuck
School of Business. His Ph.D. is from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management -
where he was the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. His MBA is from Indiana
University’s Kelley School of Business - where he was the Distinguished
Entrepreneur of the Year. He is one of a select few executive coaches who has
worked with over 200 major CEOs and their management teams. He served on the
Advisory Board of the Peter Drucker Foundation for ten years. He has been a
volunteer teacher for US Army Generals, Navy Admirals, Girl Scout executives,
and leaders of the International and American Red Cross – where he was a
National Volunteer of the Year.

Dr. Goldsmith has over 1.3 million followers on LinkedIn and over 3 million
views on YouTube. Hundreds of his articles, interviews, columns, and videos are
available (at no charge) online at www.MarshallGoldsmith.com. People from around
the world have viewed, read, listened to, downloaded, or shared his resources
tens of millions of times.




PULLELA GOPICHAND

Chief National Coach, Indian Badminton team


PULLELA GOPICHAND

Chief National Coach, Indian Badminton team



Pullela Gopichand started to make a mark in the sport by the age of 13 and has
made his family & country proud by winning:

 * Arjuna Award in the year 2000.
 * Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in the year 2001.
 * Padma Shree Award for the year 2005.
 * Dronacharya Award for the year 2009.
 * Padma Bhushan Award for the year 2015.
 * Coach of the Year 2019 at Sportstar Aces Awards.
 * Mentor of the Year 2019 at TOISA.
 * Iconic Sports Leader of the Decade’ at the CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader
   Awards.
 * Bestowed upon an Honorary Doctorate by Indian Institute of Technology,
   Kanpur.

Also, Gopichand has been awarded by International Olympic Committee as IOC
Coaches Lifetime Achievement Award Coach of the year 2019. He is the first
Indian Coach to receive an honorable mention in the male category of the
prestigious 2019 International Olympic Committee’s Coaches Lifetime Achievement
Award in recognition of role he played in the development of the game in the
country.

The IOC Coaches Lifetime Achievement Awards is an initiative of the IOC
Athletes’ Entourage Commission to recognize outstanding achievements and
contributions a coach has made to develop and encourage athletes in line with
the Olympic values in summer or winter Olympic sports.

Pullela Gopichand is also a popular professional motivational speaker who is
always appreciated for his keynote content & stories which are not
only inspiring and practical but also have applications in leadership,
growth-mindset, change, teamwork, and overall inspiration.




NILANJAN ADHYA

Chief Digital Officer, BlackRock


NILANJAN ADHYA

Chief Digital Officer, BlackRock



Nilanjan Adhya is the Chief Digital Officer of BlackRock — the world’s largest
investment management corporation. In his role, Neel actively collaborates with
marketing, design, product and sales teams at BlackRock to reimagine all aspects
of digital experiences, create new digital innovations, build great experiences
and accelerate transformation across the digital ecosystem. He is passionate
about blending design, data, and cross-functional teams to create experiences
that people love. Neel has over 20 years of experience working at the
intersection of technology, platforms, and people to help global organizations
leverage new business models and drive growth.

Prior to BlackRock, Neel was the Chief Digital Officer of IBM’s Cognitive
Applications Unit and Vice President of Digital Transformation where he was
instrumental in building the digital platforms that power experiences for IBM’s
cloud and AI products. 

Neel is a keynote speaker at several digital and innovation-focused industry
conferences. He frequently shares his thinking on building innovative products
and driving transformation in his blog and on LinkedIn. Neel lives in Fairfield,
CT with his wife and two kids.




ALEXANDER ALONSO, PH.D, SHRM-SCP

Chief Knowledge Officer, SHRM


ALEXANDER ALONSO, PH.D, SHRM-SCP

Chief Knowledge Officer, SHRM



Alexander Alonso, PhD, SHRM-SCP is the Society for Human Resource Management's
(SHRM's) Chief Knowledge Officer leading operations for SHRM Certification,
Research functions, SHRM's Paragon Labs, and SHRM Foundation. During his career,
he has led numerous global business initiatives with the aim of unleashing human
potential through evidence-based management. His works have been published in
top peer-reviewed journals and he has published several books including The
Price of Pettiness, a guide to enhancing workplace culture. His works have been
recognized by groups such as the American Psychological Association for their
contribution to real-world issues having received more than $10 million in
research funding from well-known foundations. Dr. Alonso serves as a columnist
analyzing major trends in the workforce for The Industrial Psychologist and HR
Magazine. In addition, he has served on several professional society boards
including the SIOP and the Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington.
Dr. Alonso is a Fellow of the Society of Industrial & Organizational Psychology,
Division 14 of the American Psychological Association.  He received his
doctorate in industrial-organizational psychology from Florida International
University in 2003.




TANUJ BHOJWANI

Fellow, iSPIRT Foundation


TANUJ BHOJWANI

Fellow, iSPIRT Foundation



Tanuj Bhojwani is a storyteller who codes. He holds a chemical engineering
degree from IIT Bombay. He also attended Ashoka University and studied liberal
arts at the Young India Fellowship. His training in the sciences and humanities
allows him to craft narratives about technology that are accessible without
sacrificing technical depth. As a Fellow at iSPIRT Foundation, Tanuj works on
policy issues related to digital identity, payments, data protection and drones.
Prior to iSPIRT, Tanuj has been a VC and an entrepreneur. When not reading or
writing, Tanuj spends his time obsessing over board games, digital productivity
systems and magic. He lives and works in Bengaluru. Tanuj Bhojwani is the
co-author of The Art of Bitfulness: Keeping Calm in the Digital World with
Nandan Nilekani.




ALUN EVANS

CEO & Co-Founder, Freeverse.io


ALUN EVANS

CEO & Co-Founder, Freeverse.io



Alun is CEO and co-founder of Freeverse.io - the home of "Living Assets" (NFT
2.0). Freeverse was founded in 2019 and offers a unique platform to create NFTs
that offer real value. Alun has over 15 years' experience in the tech industry
for entertainment, and has a strong passion for building teams with a strong
collaborative culture, that are focused on creating products that solve genuine
problems. He was previously CEO of Shar3d.io; CTO of Bodypal.com, and Director
of Barcelona World Race - THE GAME. Alun has a Ph.D. in Medical Physics from
University College London, and has extensive academic experience, having
participated at senior level in several EU research projects




MIMI BROOKS

CEO, Logical Design Solutions


MIMI BROOKS

CEO, Logical Design Solutions



Mimi Brooks founded Logical Design Solutions (LDS), a consulting firm that
envisions and designs enterprise digital solutions, in 1990. Since inception,
she has led LDS to become a well-known brand among the technology-focused
management consultancies, and a trusted partner to Fortune 500 business clients.
Mimi is a former AT&T executive with a career-spanning focus on organizational
design, technology-driven business transformation, and research on the changing
behaviors of business users. An industry thought leader and author on topics
such as the future of work, organizational transformation, and digital business
strategy, she frequently presents to Fortune 500 leadership teams and at
industry conference events.




JASPREET BINDRA

Founder, Tech Whisperer Ltd


JASPREET BINDRA

Founder, Tech Whisperer Ltd



Jaspreet Bindra is the Founder of Tech Whisperer Limited in UK, which does
Advisory and Consulting work on Digital Transformation and Digital Technologies
like AI, Blockchain, and the Future of Work. He also represents Findability
Sciences, an enterprise AI firm, as their Chief Tech Whisperer.

Jaspreet is a leading expert on Digital Transformation, Blockchain, Future of
Work, and AI. He was the Group Chief Digital Officer at Mahindra Group, a $20bn
conglomerate, and a Regional Director at Microsoft before that. He is the author
of the bestselling book ‘The Tech Whisperer: On Digital Transformation and the
Technologies that Enable It’, published by Penguin Random House, as well as ‘The
Immune Organisation: Future Proofing Organisations from COVID-like Disruptions’,
published by Amazon Westland.

He was recognised as the inaugural ‘Digitalist of the Year’ by Mint and SAP in
2017, is an Educator at Duke, Moderator/Educator for Harvard Business Press, and
was a Scholar-in-Residence at the Indian School of Business. He divides his time
between Cambridge, UK and Gurgaon, India. He started his career with the Tata
Group, as a part of the Tata Administrative Services, and is a Chemical Engineer
and an MBA in International Business




ACHAL KHANNA

CEO, SHRM India, APAC & MENA


ACHAL KHANNA

CEO, SHRM India, APAC & MENA



Achal Khanna is the CEO for SHRM India and Asia Pacific Head for Business
Development. 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 2,90,000 members worldwide.

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.




RAJESH DHUDDU

SVP & Global Head - Blockchain & Metaverse, Tech Mahindra


RAJESH DHUDDU

SVP & Global Head - Blockchain & Metaverse, Tech Mahindra



Rajesh Dhuddu leads the Blockchain & Cybersecurity practice for USD 5.6 billion
IT giant, Tech Mahindra.

He was instrumental in establishing Blockchain practice at Tech M that made
Blockchain real and valuable for several global customers. Under his leadership,
Tech M has been recognized as one of the Global Blockchain leaders by Several
leading analysts, Industry bodies and Global Media like ISG, Everest, Avasant,
IDC, World Economic Forum & Forbes.

Rajesh is responsible for making Blockchain relevant and valuable for common man
in India by spearheading implementation of solutions to block spam calls and
text in partnership with 3 leading Telcos and Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India. Under his leadership many award winning Blockchain solutions have been
internalized by Fortune 500 and Global Clients in BFSI, Healthcare, Telecom,
Payments, Manufacturing, Travel & Transportation verticals.

Forbes Magazine has listed Rajesh Dhuddu as a Key Leader in Blockchain in 2021
Forbes Blockchain 50 companies. Lattice80 has listed Rajesh as one of the top
100 Blockchain Influencers in the world, in recognition of his contributions
over the last 6+ years. Thinkers360 has recognized him in the Top 5 Global list
of Blockchain influencers.

He is a member of Blockchain Steering Committee at IIM Ahmedabad, part of World
Economic Forum Expert Network (comprising only select 5000 people in the world
on emerging technologies) for both Cybersecurity and Blockchain and is founding
chairman of Blockchain Special Interest Group at Nasscom. He is featured
regularly by CNBC, NDTV and other Indian Television media as a Global Blockchain
Expert and Influencer. Rajesh has authored two Blockchain books – ‘Blockchain in
e-Governance’ and ‘Blockchain A to Z Explained’; these books were featured in
Best sellers in Computer Science Books’ category on Amazon.

Rajesh is an alumnus of Columbia Business School & Sri Sathya Sai Institute of
Higher Learning with a Gold Medal in MBA Finance. Driven by his life motto “Help
Ever, Hurt Never”, Rajesh has mentored several Entrepreneurs, Corporate
Executives and MBA Students.

He is an avid cyclist, holds the title of Randonneur from Paris for cycling 208+
kms in under 10 hours.




GEETHA KANNAN

Founder & CEO, Wequity


GEETHA KANNAN

Founder & CEO, Wequity



Geetha Kannan is an accomplished entrepreneurial leader and a pioneering voice
in India for gender inclusivity in technology. She is an industry veteran with
more than 30 years of global experience spanning across leadership roles at
Infosys, ANZ and Anita B.org. Her journey of entrepreneurship began in 2019 when
she founded Wequity as she wanted to change the dialogue of under-representation
of women in tech. Her organization aims to change how workplaces function by
using patent pending assessment tools that will drive diversity, equality,
inclusion and belonging in the DNA of organizations.




HARI ABBURI

Global Director - Caltech Executive Education, Co-Founder - MyLearningNFT


HARI ABBURI

Global Director - Caltech Executive Education, Co-Founder - MyLearningNFT



Hari consults with Chief Executive Officers, Chief Transformation Officers,
Chief Digital Officers and Chief HR Officers in shaping a strategy for a new
disruptive world. He is based in Los Angeles.

Hari defines agility as being ‘At The Speed Of The Customer’. He believes that
strategy in a new world is driven by multi industry influences making every
company a platform, technology and data company.

He is a Caltech CTME Faculty and teaches strategy & transformation. He has over
25 years of industry and consulting experience across 55+ Countries.

He brings this thinking to creating imaginative, creative and futuristic people
strategies for companies that blur the lines between industries, customer and
employees, humans and technology. He is known for his work in areas of Agile HR
and Reimagining Work through a one-of-its-kind diagnostic he developed.




SEEMA NAIR

Senior EVP & Member, Chairman’s Office, Reliance Industries Limited.


SEEMA NAIR

Senior EVP & Member, Chairman’s Office, Reliance Industries Limited.



She leads the RIL Group HR Office, partnering closely with RIL Executive
Committee. The portfolio supports the RIL Group’s vision for the future, for
e.g. HR Digitization, RIL Leadership Development, Group D&I Charter, transition
of the Energy & Materials Business.

Seema joined RIL in 2018 as Head - People Development Group, leading Talent and
Leadership, Learning & Development, Diversity & Inclusion, Employee
Communications & Employer Branding for RIL Hydrocarbons and Allied Businesses.

In a career spanning over 28 years, she has supported Technology, Manufacturing
and FMCG industries, with domestic and global coverage:

❯ Prior to Reliance, she was the CHRO India and SAARC for Hindustan Coca Cola
Beverages.

❯ Before that, Seema was with Cisco for almost 9 years; her last role was the
CHRO for India and SAARC, with membership of Cisco India Advisory Board and
India Operations Board.

❯ Seema’s early career was with Intel, Hughes Software, Microland Group, and
Crompton Greaves.

Seema has an MBA, specializing in HR from XLRI Jamshedpur and graduated in
Commerce from Poona University.

She believes in having strong positive impact across the business and employees,
via People and Culture




RAJU MISTRY

President & Global Chief People Officer, Cipla


RAJU MISTRY

President & Global Chief People Officer, Cipla



Raju is currently leading and shaping the HR agenda for the Global workforce of
an organisation that is driven by its purpose of ‘Caring for Life’. In steering
Cipla’s dynamic and ambitious people agenda, Raju ensures that its most valued
asset, its people, remain the core of its future-ready strategies.

She believes that as an HR leader the sine qua non of her existence in an
organisation is to unleash the true potential of an individual, provide rich and
diverse opportunities, set high standards for excellence, and witness the
exhilaration when people accomplish things that they once believed were
impossible.

She has had global experiences of more than quarter of a century across
companies which made her realise that excellent quality is not an act of
serendipity, but an outcome of conscious acts and choices - and ‘just one miss’
is never an option.

She feels privileged to have had many opportunities to shape careers of many
leaders, build global connections that have enriched her professionally. Raju
has partnered with various businesses to lay a rock-solid foundation for
business success.




SHAILIN SUVARNA

Chief Growth Officer, Refyne


SHAILIN SUVARNA

Chief Growth Officer, Refyne




KRISHNAMURTHY SHANKAR

Group Head- HR, Infosys


KRISHNAMURTHY SHANKAR

Group Head- HR, Infosys



Krishnamurthy (Krish) Shankar is an Executive Vice President and the Group Head
of Human Resource Development at Infosys. In this role, he is responsible for
envisioning the roadmap for HR, driving strategy, and implementing operational
priorities aligned with the overall organizational mandate.

Krish has over 30 years of experience and has led several global HR functions in
organizations like Bharti Airtel, Hindustan Unilever and Unilever. Prior to
joining Infosys, Krish was the Head of HR for South Asia at Philips. In his wide
ranging experience in these organizations, he has led the transformation of HR
into a strategic partner, facilitated organization-wide transformation and
capability development, and was instrumental in building a strong talent pool
through a series of leadership development initiatives.

Krish holds a postgraduate diploma in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and has received
an executive certificate in Strategy and Organization from the Stanford Graduate
School of Business.

Krish is an avid reader, loves wildlife photography, and trekking. A football
enthusiast, he occasionally runs half-marathons. He is passionate about teaching
and exploring new ideas in HR and organization development. Krish is based in
Bangalore.




AVTAR MONGA

Governance Council Member, FACE


AVTAR MONGA

Governance Council Member, FACE



Avtar Monga graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Delhi University, a
master’s in commerce from Agra University and an MBA from BIMTECH.

He has had 38+ years of work experience which includes:

 * COO/ED/Head Retail Bank, IDFC Bank

Avtar built a grounds-up Bank including technology stack by evaluating global
solutions and benchmarking as well as leveraged the emerging tech eco system
such as UPI and BillPay. He also developed the concept of Bank in a Box and
built digitally enabled retail banks.

 * Managing Director, Bank of America

He got promoted to head the GDCE globally and transformed the delivery from a
country specific model to a globally fully integrated model. He also founded the
captive of Bank of America which scaled up to over 22,600 employees and 14000
Contractors across locations serving technology, operations across all lines of
business as well as front-office needs across markets

 * GE Capital

Avtar worked with SBI cards to establish the company as the third largest card
issuer with 1.2 Million live accounts. He is also the recipient of (Pinnacle) GE
Capital’s highest Global Award in 2000 and 2002




DR. SHALINI LAL

Founder, Unqbe


DR. SHALINI LAL

Founder, Unqbe



Dr. Shalini Lal is an organizational thought leader who helps leaders understand
and prepare themselves for “The Future of Work”. In this capacity she works as
an advisor and speaker who addresses leadership teams of several of India’s
leading organizations. She is also a frequent contributor HT Mint, Business
World, and Forbes India.

She recently founded Unqbe-an education and advisory firm around the Future of
Work. She also hosts a frequently watched show on LinkedIn called the Future of
Work Show, where she discussed ideas about the future that are becoming central
to our future.

He subject matter expertise includes building leaders of tomorrow, building
social capital in a digital first world and building cultures that can rapidly
innovate.

She is a PhD in Org. Science (UCLA), an MBA (IIM-A), and B.A Hons. Eco (St.
Stephens College).

Shalini has over two decades of experience working in both Indian and global
organisations in senior roles. She loves to combine her academic experience with
real world ideas--bringing both conceptual depth and practical expertise. She
has earlier worked in HR leadership roles such as CHRO (Escorts Agri), Director
HR (Deustche Bank).

And is the author of 'The Secret Life of Organizations' (Hachette, 2019), a book
specially meant for the young professional entering the workplace.




SAMIK BASU

CHRO - Hindalco


SAMIK BASU

CHRO - Hindalco



Samik joined the Aditya Birla Group as the Chief Human Resources Officer of
Hindalco Industries Limited in October, 2015. During the last six plus years, he
has focused on building a talent pipeline, enhancing capability and evolving the
culture to be more open, inclusive, collaborative and meritocratic in line with
the evolving business plans and priorities.

Prior to this, Samik was Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer for
PepsiCo India Region. He started his 15 year tenure in PepsiCo as HR Director
for their Snacks business in India during a crucial growth phase of the business
in the early 2000’s. In 2005 he was transferred to Hong Kong as the HR &
Organisation Capability Director for Asia Region and thereafter moved to
Bangkok, Thailand as HR Director for PepsiCo’s South East Asia Business. He came
back to India in mid-2011 as Chief People Officer of PepsiCo India and led
significant organization design and transformation work for the business. His
career as an HR Professional, encompasses 32 years of enriching experience in
Strategic Business Partnership, Change Management, Employee Relations,
Organisation Design, Diversity & Inclusion and Leadership Development. He has
been a member of the Asia Pacific Talent Development and Organizational
Effectiveness Council of the Conference Board.

A Post Graduate in Human Resources from XLRI Jamshedpur, Samik started his
career with VIP Industries Limited as a Management Trainee. He joined Unilever
India in 1993 as an HR Generalist and assumed positions of increasing
responsibility during his 8 year stint with them. He is a sports enthusiast and
is fond of hiking, travelling, swimming and playing cricket and badminton. He
lives in Mumbai with his wife Melina, twins Sunoy and Mrithika and their dog
Dannie.




ANJALI CHATTERJEE

CHRO, AirAsia India


ANJALI CHATTERJEE

CHRO, AirAsia India



Anjali Chatterjee, CHRO AirAsia India Is a Talent Management and Development
professional with over three decades of experience across sectors encompassing
hospitality, service, manufacturing and telecom at global as well as national
capacities. 

Her key focus is to facilitate the creation and deployment of effective talent
strategies in line with business objectives. She strongly believes that
organizations with robust talent management and development strategies along
with the integration of analytics enable stronger business outcomes by having
talent that is better than the competition. She is passionate about technology
and believes that all businesses require the right combination of HCM technology
combined with a culture that focuses on compassion and caring.




SREEKANTH ARIMANITHAYA

Global Talent & Enablement Services Leader, EY Global Delivery Services


SREEKANTH ARIMANITHAYA

Global Talent & Enablement Services Leader, EY Global Delivery Services



Sree is the Global Talent Leader at EY’s Global Delivery Services (GDS) since
March 2019. Additionally, he has taken over the role of GDS Enablement Services
(ES) Leader from 1 July 2020.

At EY, the focus is to develop leaders who build a better working world. In his
role as Global Talent Leader, Sree is leading and driving the complete
re-imagination of Talent initiatives, enabling improved partnership with the
business. He is also working towards an ambitious three-year vision for ES, of
building a distinctive, world class global delivery enablement services
organization with exceptional people to enable EY to win in the market.

Sree is also part of the EY Global Diversity and Inclusiveness Steering
Committee, the Global Talent Leadership at EY and the GDS Executive Committee.

He has over 25 years of experience in both Human Resources and broader business
transformation, extending from human resources management, people supply chain
management and organizational development, to technology leadership and quality
management.

He is well versed in mergers and acquisitions, talent integration, leadership
development, HR shared services, HR analytics and change management.

Sree is qualified in TQM, TPS, PCMM and Agile Methodology & Change Management
(Change Acceleration Process). He is also a certified Six Sigma Master Blackbelt
and Agile Coach.




M LAKSHMANAN

CHRO, L&T Technology Services


M LAKSHMANAN

CHRO, L&T Technology Services



M Lakshmanan is Chief Human Resources Officer of L&T Technology Services. He
heads the Global Human Resources Function for L&T Technology Services.

Lakshmanan has over 25 years of work experience. Lakshmanan started his career
in the Central Government / Public Sector Service and moved to IT Industry 2
decades ago. Lakshmanan worked for companies viz. Hexaware, Mphasis and Cap
Gemini until 2012. During his career in IT industry, he held Global
responsibilities in Human Resources function at Mphasis and Cap Gemini (formerly
Patni Computers Limited). Lakshmanan joined Larsen & Toubro in January 2013.

Lakshmanan is HR Leader and a Global Talent Management professional with
extensive experience in Compensation and Benefits, Talent Assessments, Talent
Acquisition, M&As, Immigration, Global Mobility, Enterprise Process improvements
and Operations.

Lakshmanan is an active member of NHRDN and was the President of NHRDN, Mumbai
Chapter (2017-19) and was the General Secretary of NHRDN, Mumbai Chapter
(2015-17). Lakshmanan was also the President and Secretary of HR Infotech
Association in the years 2008-10. Lakshmanan is a regular speaker in various
forum and also guest lectures at leading Management Institutes in Mumbai.

Lakshmanan is a Post Graduate specialized in Personnel Management and Industrial
Relations and is a Certified OD practioner from National Training Laboratory,
USA.

Lakshmanan is passionate about the Skill India mission and supports an NGO
working the field of Education for under priviledged children in India.

Lakshmanan is married and his spouse is a HR Professional too. His son is MBA
from IIM, Raipur and employed with ICICI Bank.




GUILLERMO COREA

Managing Director, SHRMLabs


GUILLERMO COREA

Managing Director, SHRMLabs



Guillermo Corea has been involved in digital technology for over 25 years. He’s
currently the Managing Director for SHRMLabs, SHRM’s workplace innovation
laboratory and venture capital arm. He is charged with establishing SHRM as a
research thought leader and product testbed for technologies impacting the
future of work and the workplace. Previously, as Director, Digital Media and
Business Development at SHRM, he led e-commerce operations and identified
non-dues revenue opportunities through a variety of activities, including
business and product development, and content and technology partnerships.
Guillermo received his Bachelor’s in Economics from Lynchburg College and an MBA
from Cornell University.




ROHIT THAKUR

CHRO, LEAD School


ROHIT THAKUR

CHRO, LEAD School



With over 25 years of industry experience under his belt, Rohit has been the
leading the HR function for various organizations. In his last role he was the
CHRO for Paytm since December 2019 where he led the strategic HR agenda for the
company.

Prior to this role, Rohit was with Accenture where he was responsible for
Accenture’s talent strategy and HR service delivery & operations across all
businesses in India..

Rohit has previously also worked with Microsoft, where he served as head of
Human Resources for Microsoft India. Prior to this, Rohit spent 11 years at GE
in various HR leadership roles across multiple businesses like Energy, Capital,
Engineering, Corporate and Aviation both in India and the United States. He has
also worked with Eicher Tractors, Cadence Design Systems and Bausch & Lomb.

Rohit is a graduate of SRCC Delhi. He has subsequently also done his MBA from
XLRI Jamshedpur. He is married to Swati, who is also an MBA from XLRI and is
currently working with SHRM in India. They have 2 children, Dhruv (who is an
undergraduate in CS from UCLA, working with Amazon in NY) and Kanhav (who is an
undergraduate from Swarthmore in Mathematical Statistics & Economics) and is
working with Charles River Associates in Washington DC.




VARUN SACHDEVA

APAC Recruitment & Business Leader, NLB Services


VARUN SACHDEVA

APAC Recruitment & Business Leader, NLB Services



Varun Sachdeva is a Talent Acquisition leader and Human Capital expert with
extensive global experience in building strong employer brands and attracting
top talent. As the founder and leader of high-performing recruitment delivery
teams across North America, Europe, APAC and India, Varun has led workforce
management and RPO initiatives by annually hiring over 10K professionals and
managing operations worth up to $50 million.

Adept at directing teams of up to 500 professionals across multiple geographies,
he has also facilitated the establishment of Global Shared Service Centers for
several companies and has featured as a figure of influence at HR conferences,
university lectures and HR tech platforms.

His expertise and successful implementation of recruitment life cycle and
technology tools like ATS, CRM & HRMS have earned him special recognition in the
fields of HR, IT, EdTech, FinTech, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Telecom and Life
Sciences.




EKTA SINGH

Global CHRO, AGS Health


EKTA SINGH

Global CHRO, AGS Health



Ekta is the CHRO (global) for AGS Health. In her role she manages all gamut of
HR, CSR, D&I, Branding & Communications.

HR Business Leader with more than two and half decades of progressive experience
in Strategy, Organisational Design and restructuring, M&A, Employee Relations,
Business Partnering, Benefits, Compensation, Talent Management, Talent
Development and Recruiting.

Blend of strategic, tactical and business oriented skills coupled with the
ability to develop processes that result in a bottom line impact.
Ability to lead the day-to-day operations of a premier organization in a
multi-location and Global environment

Provide strategic, proactive guidance, advice and expertise in HR/ER risk
management and policy development. Provide advice and coaching to all locations
across US India in the areas of employment law. Develop and implement HR
initiatives. Includes managing investigation process to reduce the risk of a
fraud, workplace violence, work place harassment and more.

Has served as the chairperson of the POPSH committee at Capgemini, has been on
the re addressal committee of ASH (against Sexual Harassment) both at RBS and
Deloitte's (Prevention of Sexual Harassment Committee) Has been a member of the
Diversity & Inclusion and is a leading facilitator for several programs
She is a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, and a Certified Coach.

She started her career in the year 1996 with CMC LTD and has worked in India and
abroad in organizations like Capgemini, Deloitte, Royal Bank of Scotland and
Corpus Inc.

She wears many hats and is a speaker, trainer, executive coach, writer and
thought leader. She is on the board for a not for profit called END NOW
Foundation. They are the only not for profit organization in the space of
Promoting Internet Ethics and Digital Wellbeing. Maximizing Technology Benefits,
while minimizing Risks & Negativity

She is involved in philanthropic activities in her free time. Cancer prevention
and awareness amongst women. She is also attached to an orphanage in Hyd and is
an active member.

Strengths:

 * Human Capital Management, Organizational Development, D&I and CSR
 * Coaching and Mentoring

Interests (or) Hobbies:

Loves to travel and she is involved in philanthropic activities in her free
time. Cancer prevention and awareness are some of the causes close to her heart.

Past Experience

Started her career in the year 1996 with CMC LTD.

Worked in India & abroad in organizations like Corpus Inc., Deloitte and Royal
Bank of Scotland.

Awards Honored With

 * VP Diversity Award at Capgemini for promoting gender diversity and its
   development
 * Telangana's Top HR Leader Award in an event hosted by World HRD and IPE.
 * The Best HR Leadership Award in the Employee Engagement Achievers Awards
   hosted by Kamikaze Media

Speaker/Panelist in 2017-2018

 * Speaker at LinkedIn multiple topics, People matters, Economic Times, SHRM,
   HYSEA, NHRD, NASSCOM etc
 * Mentor Speaker at jobsforher where she spoke on 'Second Career'




HEMA MANI

Regional Director - HR, Lennox India Technology Centre & LASEC


HEMA MANI

Regional Director - HR, Lennox India Technology Centre & LASEC



Hema Mani has over 26 years of experience in Strategic Human Resources Capacity
, with wide ranging Multinational experiences from Kelly Consultants,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Jain Group of Institutions, i2 Technologies and
Honeywell .

She is a Leadership Coach certified under Korn Ferry Leadership Architect &
Marshall Goldsmith and certified OD Facilitator from International OD Federation

She is currently Regional Director, Asia Pacific HR at Lennox International,
part of her responsibility in Lennox India & Asia sourcing leadership team. Her
responsibilities include HR, Site Operational Management, Driving Community
Engagement, External Communications for the company in this region

Under her leadership, Lennox India has won several honors for HR such as the 13
best workplaces in Tamil Nadu by Times of India, 100 Best places to work for
women in India 2016 by Avatar, Best places to work in Chennai by Economic Times,
Dream companies to work in 2016 by Times Ascent. Best Community engagement Award
by Economic Times. Lennox India has been certified as Top Great Places to work
twice in row, More recently Lennox was Certified as the Top 15 Great Places to
work under her leadership

She is the current the Chairwoman for CII-Indian Women Network in TamilNadu and
part of her role she is focused on develop Leadership talent among women,
Mentoring initiatives, Gender Parity diagnostics & facilitation in corporations
and POSH activities

She has represented on topics of Human sciences in forums of IHRD,NHRD, ISTD,
CII and SHRM. She has published a couple of papers on Execution Excellence in HR
which is compiled into a journal released by Indian Institute of Science and
another one on Innovative learning strategies was recognized by Nasscom. She is
recognized as one of the 30 Women Super Achievers by World HRD Congress

Blessed with 2 children, when she finds the time, she loves to cook & read and
is also a Yoga Practitioner and Meditator with Isha Foundation




SAILESH MENEZES

Senior Director & Head - HR, Hewlett Packard Enterprise


SAILESH MENEZES

Senior Director & Head - HR, Hewlett Packard Enterprise



Sailesh Menezes is currently the India HR Leader with an overall responsibility
for the India Geography. Sailesh has played multiple roles in his career with
HP/HPE including the HR leader for the Sales, Engineering (R&D), Services &
Software organizations in the country, and has been responsible for the
execution of people strategy, engagement & development, employee relations and
talent management.

Prior to joining Hewlett-Packard in December 2011, Sailesh had worked in two
other organizations for about 15 years both in India and the US, first at IBM
(www.ibm.com) and more recently at Wipro Technologies (www.wipro.com) as a
General Manager where he had a global responsibility leading Talent Management
and Organization Capability Building in addition to driving HR Systems &
Solutions, Processes and HR Policy formulation across the 140,000 strong
organization.

He is a post graduate rank holder in business management from the Xavier
Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship, India.




AMARESH SINGH

CHRO, GE South Asia


AMARESH SINGH

CHRO, GE South Asia



Amaresh Singh is the Chief Human Resources Officer, GE South Asia as of June
2019. He is also responsible for the Human Resources function of GE Grid
Solutions, South Asia, and GE Grid Solutions Technology.

Amaresh has held various leadership roles in Human Resources, developing and
executing strategy in support of the overall business plan of the organization.
His areas of expertise include high-performing talent management, change
management, leadership talent acquisition, industrial relations, compensation,
and merger and acquisitions.

Before joining GE, Amaresh was Chief Human Resources Officer at Alstom, India.
He spent 14 years at Alstom where he held various positions in Human Resources.
Earlier, he was Human Resources Manager at BPL from 1997 to 2001.

Amaresh holds Bachelor degrees in Economics and Laws from the University of
Allahabad. He also earned a Postgraduate degree in Human Resource Management
from the University of Allahabad and completed a Management Program from INSEAD.

Amaresh is a Certified Life Coach and an Executive Coach. He is passionate about
leadership coaching and is a certified trainer on Managing Dispersed Teams. He
is also an Advisory Board Member at the University of Petroleum and Energy
Studies, Dehradun.

Amaresh resides in Noida with his wife, Rita, and three children - Amrita,
Serena and Aryan.




ANAND SHANKAR

Senior VP - Group HR & Director, Tata Management Training Center


ANAND SHANKAR

Senior VP - Group HR & Director, Tata Management Training Center



Anand brings extensive and rich industry experience to his role at TMTC. Before
joining TMTC, he was Senior Partner with Deloitte and leader of the firm’s HR
Transformation practice. An alumnus of The University of Chicago Booth School of
Business, he is a seasoned strategist who has helped organizations across the
globe in navigating business challenges by driving transformational change,
building talent excellence, critical capabilities, and future leaders. He brings
with him over three decades of experience, and has curated some of leading
research studies in the field of HR. He joined Deloitte in India in April 2018
and served in this capacity for 3 years. During this time amongst other
assignments, he anchored one of the largest Learning Transformations and
Integrated Talent Management for one of India’s largest commercial
organisations, a large Financial Services Company, A global multi business
conglomerate.

Anand moved back to India in 2018 after having spent over 25 years working
across 5 countries in 3 continents with 3 leading consulting firms. During that
time, he has worked on a wide variety of areas focused on leadership
development, establishing corporate universities and learning academies,
organization design and structuring, HR Transformation and Technology and
Organisation Vision, culture and values.

Immediately before Deloitte, Anand was the Global Chief Commercial Officer for
Aon Hewitt setting up of a commercially focused team, which would enhance the
firm’s focus on profitable growth and was instrumental in enabling agile, fast,
and innovative growth for Aon Hewitt, playing an active role in client, solution
and portfolio development across geographies and regions.

Anand is a Global expert in Human resource, Future of Work, Future of HR, Global
Talent & HR market knowledge, APAC & MEA cultural and geographic market and
market intelligence, a Marshall Goldsmith certified Coach and Mentor.

Anand started his career 32 years ago as part of the pioneer batch of Management
Trainees with the Taj Group of Hotels. He then left India to work with a Western
European Retail Chain and subsequently switched to management and HR consulting.




PALLAVI KAPOOR

Head HR- APAC, Coforge


PALLAVI KAPOOR

Head HR- APAC, Coforge



Global HR Leader with 20+ years of rich experience in areas of Business
Partnership, Merger & integration, Talent management, Talent Engagement &
Development and Talent Acquisition. Have successfully championed programs around
Organization design, leadership development, competency building, sales
enablement, talent reviews and succession planning. Extensively worked in
establishing HR policies and practices for countries across with specific focus
on APJ namely Australia, India, South Korea, Bangladesh, Singapore, Indonesia,
Myanmar and Malaysia.




MANEESH MENDA

Head - HR, India, NatWest Group


MANEESH MENDA

Head - HR, India, NatWest Group



A corporate professional for over 25 years, Maneesh has held a variety of roles
in his career spanning across continents and functions. A Chartered Accountant
by education, Maneesh has a diverse set of experience across Finance, Risk,
Audit, Operations and Human Resources.

Currently working as the Head of HR, India at Natwest Group, he is responsible
for providing thought leadership and counsel for all people-related matters. As
Managing Director HR, Maneesh plays a key role in leading the transformation,
culture and capability uplift for the organisation. Maneesh has worked
internationally and has held several global and regional roles in HR across
operations, reward, business partnering, and talent management.

Prior to joining Natwest Group, Maneesh worked with Standard Chartered Bank
(SCB) for 10 years. His last role with SCB was to Head HR Operations and Reward
for Africa covering 15 countries across East, West, and South Africa.

Maneesh loves watching live sports, travelling, and playing Badminton.




VISHPALA REDDY

CHRO, Philips


VISHPALA REDDY

CHRO, Philips



Vishpala leads HR for Philips in India and Area countries. She is responsible
for HR across Market Commercial Operations, Philips Innovation Campus,
Healthcare Innovation Centre, Global Business Services and Factories located in
India. As part of the India Management Team, she spearheads the people and
talent agenda to support business growth enabling Philips to get closer to its
commitment of improving 3 billion lives a year by 2030. Prior to Philips,
Vishpala was with Uber Technologies where she was the Regional HR Director for
Asia-Pacific leading HR across 12 countries and all lines of businesses like
Rides, EATS, Engineering, Community Operations & Customer Support. She joined
Uber in 2017 and was part of the leadership team responsible in driving the
transformative growth in the region as well as enabling the HR function as the
company went public in 2019.

Prior to Uber, she was with American Express for 12 year and her last role was
Vice President & Head HR, where she was leading Human Resources for American
Express in India across P&L, Servicing and Capability LOB’s comprising a diverse
workforce of 12000+ employees. She has held positions in Hewitt Associates and
Cognizant Technology Solutions prior to American Express. Her experience
includes driving change, leadership enablement, employee brand communication,
organization-effectiveness, diversity & inclusion and leading innovative HR
programs.

Vishpala served as a Board member of the national executive board of NHRDN
(National HR Development Network) 2015-2019 and led their Young Minds Advisory
Board aimed at enhancing capabilities of young HR professionals in the country.

An avid proponent to the cause of developing women leaders across walks of
society, she lends her time in mentoring women professionals. She is passionate
about leading innovative and sustainable HR practices with measurable impact and
being a strong talent advocate. She has been honored with the “HR Influencer
Award 2019” by Jombay, “LinkedIn Power Profile in HR 2018” “Women Super Achiever
Award” World HRD Congress in 2016.

She is based in Gurgaon with her husband and two children and loves to travel
and experience different cultures. A sportsperson, Vishpala has represented
Andhra Pradesh/University as a national level shuttle badminton player.




SANDEEP GIROTRA

President & CHRO, DCM Shriram


SANDEEP GIROTRA

President & CHRO, DCM Shriram



Sandeep was born in New Delhi, India and completed his Bachelors in Commerce
from Delhi University and Masters in Personnel Management and Industrial
Relations from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (T.I.S.S), Mumbai, India.

He started his career in 1992 and over the last almost 24 years has worked
across Indian and Multinational companies like SIEL, Dupont, GE, Ranbaxy and
HSBC. His work has taken him across industries and geographies, having lived in
Japan, Korea, Middle East and Singapore. He has held leadership positions in
General Electric, where he worked for 13 years, MENA Regional HR Leader for HSBC
at Dubai and with Ranbaxy as the Global Head of Human Resources. Till recently,
Sandeep was the HR Head for Emerging Markets, for Xylem Incorporation, based in
Singapore. He is currently associated with DCM Shriram as Chief Human Resource
Officer.

Sandeep has led HR change agenda through many of his roles, setting up people
strategy for growth and building organization and people DNA for business
success. During his international stints, he was involved in HR strategy,
business reorganization, including Mergers and Acquisitions, Talent and Growth.




RUNA MAITRA

Founder, People Talent International


RUNA MAITRA

Founder, People Talent International



Runa has two decades plus HR and OD experience in the Fintech, IT/ITES,
Professional Services, manufacturing and retail sectors in India, US and UK. She
is the founder and director of People Talent International and had partnered
with multiple Entrepreneurs as Business. Prior to her Business role she worked
as Country Director HR of Clifford Chance, Center Head HR of Convergys, Head HR
in Dalmia Group, Aptara, Escorts Finance Ltd.

Runa had been awarded as Top 50 HR Influencer by ETHR in 2021 and  101 Women
Social Media Influencer in the year 2015 and 2016. She had been awarded as Top
100 Innovation HR leader by World HRD Congress in 2017 & 2018 and Top 30 HR
influencer in 2018 by SHRM India. She had been awarded Top 50 HR Influencer in
2019 by SHRM APAC and MENA and SHRM Official Influencer 2020.

Runa is a renowned Keynote Speaker in both Corporate and and Academia and had
conducted Behavioral Training for multiple industries. Her Organization
Development, transformation project and Learning intervention includes
facilitation of leadership development program, Masterclass on Design Thinking,
Virtual and blended learning facilitation, Team Intervention, Business
Communication, Virtual Etiquette skill development,  On-ground and Virtual Team
Building program, Diversity & Inclusion learning sessions.

She is associated with various start-ups and academia as business
consultant/advisor for product development, team development and Market outreach
support.  She had been associated with various colleges as an advisory board
member in India and a freelance Lecturer on HR Analytics, Design Thinking, SHRM,
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving in India and overseas.

The evolution of corporate social responsibility in India inspired her to lead a
NGO SDEAR on Education & Skilling, associated with Pure India Trust on Girl
Child Education. She is founder of a NGO WOS (women of substance) India, which
supports Women Empowerment and recognizes “Changemakers”. As Jury member of
Ashoka Foundation, selected social entrepreneurs for the nationwide
Youth-venture program.

Runa is a Fellow and PHD program from Academy of HRD, Ahmedabad, Trained in
Gemba Kaizen, Prince2, NLP, Thomas profiling and various corporate training
module. Associated with diverse training and coaching groups, SHRM, WIAL India,
WASME, Life member of AIMA, NHRDN and ISTD. She is in core committee of NHRDN
and Delhi NCR  Chapter and leads the Social Media and Communication initiative
for HR community.

Her Mantra: Winners Move on and keep Achieving in Life




DR. SANJAY MUTHAL

CEO, Kontempore Leadership & Business Solutions


DR. SANJAY MUTHAL

CEO, Kontempore Leadership & Business Solutions



With over 33 years of experience in India and Abroad Dr. Sanjay Muthal has
multi-faceted background in Consulting, Strategic HR, Recruitment, Learning &
Development and Organisation Development.

Dr. Sanjay Muthal has now started a new venture called Kontempore Leadership &
Business Solutions a. KLBS aims to engage in the space of Search, Leadership
Consulting, HR Technology & Analytics. KLBS provides cutting edge digital
transformation solutions for eProcurement.

SM held very senior positions in the HR functions in large Indian and
Multinational Conglomerates. His last role was President - HR with Piramal
Group, India’s largest pharmaceutical company. Prior to that, he has had his
experience in RPG Group, Hinduja Group and MNC’s like Parke Davis and Hoechst.
SM has had his long stint in the Middle East and the UK.

 SM also provides Strategic advice to many Boards on creating Vision, Mission,
Leadership Development and Organization Re-structuring. He is on the advisory
board of several Industry organizations, Professional HR bodies and leading
Management schools.

SM has led large teams in HR functions and has worked on the board levels in his
industry roles wherein he has helped organizations to grow strategically and
acquire businesses globally.

He is globally recognized as influential HR person. Some of his recognitions
include “India’s Greatest HR Professional” award conferred at World HRD
Congress, “HR Achiever’s” award at India Brand Summit, “Outstanding
contributions in the field of HR” presented at Asia Pacific HR Congress.

SM serves as an Independent Director on the Board of LIC AMC and Mutual Fund. SM
also is on the Board of NHRDN the largest HR professional body in India.




ADITYA KOHLI

CHRO, Orient Electric


ADITYA KOHLI

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).




SATISH RAJARATHNAM

Sr. VP HR & Global Head - Strategic Resourcing, Mphasis


SATISH RAJARATHNAM

Sr. VP HR & Global Head - Strategic Resourcing, Mphasis



With over 23 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. He heads the global talent strategy team for Mphasis and currently
responsible for OD, Build-Buy-Borrow talent strategy. In his previous role with
Cognizant, Satish was responsible for Global Banking & Financial Services people
strategy, aligning HR interventions to business priorities, and functioned as a
strategic business advisor to the executive management.

Satish’s leadership experience spans across organisations such as Cognizant, HCL
Technologies, and Siemens. He has also been the recipient of awards such as
Indian Achievers Award 2021, the Top 100 HR Tech Minds 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, he has
worked on over 1200 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 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)




AMIT SHARMA

CHRO, Volvo Group


AMIT SHARMA

CHRO, Volvo Group



Amit Sharma is Head of People & Culture at Volvo Group in India.

His experience spans across diverse set of industries such as Indian Oil,
Johnson & Johnson, Philips and TE Connectivity.

Amit focuses on Strategic HR, Organization Development & Culture and Inclusion &
Diversity. He is a proponent of bringing technology to HR, while retaining the
human connections.

Amit has received various internal and external recognitions for his work in HR
and has been speaking on HR topics in various forums. He is Member of the
Academic Council of various institutions, Visiting Faculty at B-Schools and has
also been associated with National HRD Network and CII.




SUMAN RUDRA

VP - HR, BYJU'S


SUMAN RUDRA

VP - HR, BYJU'S



NCR Corporation USA, Global HR Director: managed teams across APAC, Europe, USA,
Brazil, Middle East, UK and Serbia. Business of $800 million with 3000
employees.

NCR Corporation, Country HR Leadership: 3500 employees and multi city business
operations and manufacturing. Implemented Best HR practices and HR
Transformation Model implementation.

IBM: Managed the HR for India Telecom Business and HR Head for Hyderabad Center
with 12000 employees. HR Partnership in IBM Strategic Outsourcing business in
India. IBM CHRO recognition as Global HR Talent IBM HR Think Future Centennial
at Armonk, New York.

HCL Technology: Business HR Leader for CXOs at corporate and leading Talent
management and engagement vertical globally for the company

NTPC: joined as Management Trainee Worked with Hewitt, TV Rao, AT Kearney on
Strategic HR Programs and won Best Employer Award, 2003.

Speaker and HR Thought leader. Invited speaker in News journals, management and
business magazines, Engineering and Management Campuses. National and
International HR forums and Seminars. Career Coach to HR professionals.




SUKHJIT SINGH PASRICHA

President & Group CHRO, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited


SUKHJIT SINGH PASRICHA

President & Group CHRO, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited



Sukhjit Singh Pasricha joined the Kotak Mahindra Bank in 2019 as Group Chief
Human Resource Officer (CHRO). His responsibilities include overseeing all HR
functions to secure long term growth for the company by leading training, talent
acquisition and career development activities across Kotak Mahindra Group
companies.

In a career spanning 25 years, Sukhjit has been in leadership position across
sectors and in complex businesses that operate in both the B2B and B2C spaces.
He has been instrumental in building business-aligned HR strategies, driving HR
transformational projects and strengthening organisational capabilities through
formulation & implementation of HR processes and ensuring proactive HR
interventions.

Prior to joining Kotak, Sukhjit was Chief of HR & Admin at Bajaj Finance, CHRO
at IndiGo Airlines, and was in leadership roles at companies such as Bharti
Airtel, PepsiCo and Spice Communications.

Sukhjit has done his BA Hons in Sociology from Chandigarh and holds an MBA
degree in Human Resources.

As part of his fitness regimen, Sukhjit likes to run and play various sports.
Supporting social causes is close to his heart and he takes time out do
volunteer work regularly.




S PASUPATHI

Chief Operating Officer, HirePro


S PASUPATHI

Chief Operating Officer, HirePro



With over two decades of experience in the recruitment industry, Pasupathi’s
expertise lies with recruitment consulting, recruitment setup and
implementation, change management, compliance, automation, metrics and training.
A true visionary, he is driven by process and discipline. He is all for
transformation of talent acquisition supply chain management into a mature
science. He is credited with creating a strong edge for the service platform in
the market.

Prior to HirePro, Pasupathi worked with SAP Labs India for seven years. He holds
an Integrated M.Sc. in Mathematics and a degree in Computer Applications from
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.




RAJAN KALIA

SHRM Advisor & Co-Founder,      Salto Dee Fe


RAJAN KALIA

SHRM Advisor & Co-Founder,      Salto Dee Fe



Rajan works in the area of Business Enablement and Leapfrogging Organisations to
the next orbit of growth. His firm focuses on 4 practice areas -­ Talent
Management, Organisation Transformation, Executive Search and Leadership
Skilling. He and his team has cre-­ated the revolutionary One Minute Feedback
mobile application tool, Karma Notes.

Rajan has a rich and varied 28 years experience in Human Re-­sources . He does
cuNng edge Talent Management work with Marc Effron for Fortune 100 companies
across the globe, closer home he is involved with Harvard Business Press,
Stanford Seed and SHRM advising, consulting, teaching and coaching their
clients.

For the past 9 years Rajan has been consulting, advising, training, coaching and
launching organisations in their next growth orbit. He has worked with over 100
clients in varied sectors including Fortune 100 Global, Indian private and
public sector companies. His clients seek his advice to solve complex Talent/
Performance Management issues, build robust Talent strategies and Transform
Organisations.

Since 1992, Rajan has garnered his expertise through hard-­won experience across
multiple sectors – in manufacturing industry he worked with Eicher and Ballarpur
Industries, in FMCG with Coca Cola, and in consul;ng with Eicher Consultancy
Services (ECS), before geNng into financial services with Max New York Life
Insurance (MNYL). He spent over a decade in the financial services industry.

In his corporate career, Rajan has been instrumental in seNng up HR functions,
formulating the philoso-­phy, strategy and policies of the function. He has
specific expertise in the areas of Performance Man-­agement, Compensation,
Feedback & Talent Management. He has been instrumental in Transforming
Organisations over the last 15 years. He regularly tweets and publishes on
LinkedIn.

Rajan has been trained by Harvard Business Publishing in Case study methodology,
DDI in Performance Management & Coaching, by SHL in OPQ Assessments. He is an
international speaker, expert in the areas of Human Resources & Performance
Feedback.

Rajan is Masters in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from Panjab
University, Chandigarh. He is certified in Organisation Design from IIMB and in
Behaviour Economics 101 from Rotman School, Toronto.




RANJAN KUMAR

Chief Learning Officer, Akrivia HCM


RANJAN KUMAR

Chief Learning Officer, Akrivia HCM



Ranjan Kumar is the Chief Learning Officer of AKRIVIA HCM - A Multinational
Human Capital Management Software Company, is an Amazon Bestselling Author,
Transformational Life Coach, Professional Speaker and a Corporate Trainer.

As an expert in Training and Development for over 10 years, he brings his
insights into adoption of technology to create an engaging and learning
experience for employees.
He also is a World Expert on Authentic Influence helping Experts create deep
impact through their work. As an Executive Coach he specializes in the training
and development of individuals and organization on Authentic Self Leadership.

Certified as a National Trainer from JCI India, he is also certified from
American TESOL and London College of Business Sciences with an Advanced Diploma
in Life Coaching from Achology - Scotland and Evercoach (Mindvalley) – Malaysia.

He has been awarded as The Iconic Trainer of the year in 2021 by Junior Chamber
International – India and also was awarded as the Top Outstanding National
Trainer for the National Train-the-Trainer Seminar- South Batch 2015.

In his long career in training and development, he has served a slew of
organizations and trained clients of Insurance Industry, Diamond Manufacturers,
Board of Directors of Colleges, Marketing Groups, Members of Chamber of
Commerce, Members of Quality Circle Forum of India, Faculty of Engineering
Colleges, and has personally touched lives of over 50 Thousand individuals
through his services.

He also draws upon his academic experience from working as Head of Training in
over half-a-dozen Engineering Colleges across Odisha and Andhra Pradesh and has
travelled across the country speaking and training.

His four books which include ‘Hit your restart button, You 2.0 – A Crash Course
In Personal Reinvention, Crack The Creation Code, and Be More Of Who You Are
form a complete package of personal transformation kit – the inside-out way.




ABHIJIT BHADURI

Founder, Abhijit Bhaduri & Associates


ABHIJIT BHADURI

Founder, Abhijit Bhaduri & Associates



He is a Talent Management practitioner with global experience across various
sectors. He is the ex-Chief Learning Officer for Wipro, a role he worked at for
seven years. As an alumnus of Microsoft, PepsiCo, Colgate and Tata Steel he has
been exposed to globally acknowledged best practices in leadership and culture
building. Forbes describes him as “one of the most interesting Globalists“.
LinkedIn voted him as a must know writer. More than half a million followers on
LinkedIn and Twitter follow his short form articles and sketches. SHRM describes
him as an “Influencer”.




ABHILASHA DHAKA

VP HR, Renault Nissan India


ABHILASHA DHAKA

VP HR, Renault Nissan India



Experienced HR Executive and trusted advisor to leadership teams providing
strategic leadership to drive growth. 20 years of HR experience gained across
multiple sectors- Automotive, power and energy transmission- includes: change
management, Organisation Transformation and development, Leadership Development,
Labour Relations and Diversity and inclusion. Recognized as focused and forward
looking leader with clear thinking and humble behaviour.




MADHAVI SAGAR

People & Organization Development, Uber


MADHAVI SAGAR

People & Organization Development, Uber



Madhavi is part of the People & Organization Development team at Uber, and
currently leads products around senior manager and leadership development
globally. She was previously the head of People Development in India and South
Asia. Prior to Uber, she worked in several areas of HR consulting at KPMG,
focusing on behavioural change, talent management, culture transformation,
organisation design and leadership development across geographies and sectors.
She started her career with Towers Watson, and as part of the Talent & Rewards
team where she worked on organisational change, corporate communication and
behavioural economics related projects. Madhavi is a Psychology major from Lady
Shri Ram College, and specialised in Organisational and Social Psychology from
the London School of Economics and Political Science. 




NISHITH UPADHYAYA

Sr. Director, Advisory Services, SHRM India, APAC & MENA


NISHITH UPADHYAYA

Sr. Director, 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.




ANIL SANTHAPURI

Director - Skills Solutions, Global Talent Management, FIS


ANIL SANTHAPURI

Director - Skills Solutions, Global Talent Management, FIS



Anil Santhapuri is a values-based and results-oriented Talent & OD professional,
with 19 years of professional experience in the areas of talent management,
learning & leadership development and consulting. In his current role as
Director of Skill Solutions, Global Talent Management at FIS, he is
leading reinventing and re-imagining the global talent value stream through the
application of skills-based architecture to all things 'talent'. His career span
includes organizations like Western Union, HCL Technologies, CGI Information
Systems, Mahindra Satyam and iGate Global Solutions, where he has designed and
delivered award-winning talent initiatives.

Anil is a 3-time Brandon Hall Gold winner (2020 and 2021).He is a two-time
“Learning in Practice award” winner both in 2017 and 2018 from Chief Learning
Officer (CLO) Magazine, USA. In March 2012, Anil was also recognized as one of
the "Top 10 Training & OD Professional Globally" by Training Magazine. In
October 2017, Western Union was recognized as “#1 Organization for Learning” by
ATD BEST. In 2018, Anil was also listed as an Emerging HR Leader in India, by
Jombay in their HR40Under40 list. In 2021, he was recognized by World HRD
Congress as one of the “Most Fabulous Training and Development Leaders in
India”.

He is a digital transformation enthusiast and is currently a Technical Advisory
Board member for Global Skill Development Council (GSDC) - an independent,
third-party, vendor neutral, international credentialing and certification
organization for latest technologies like: Blockchain, Six Sigma, DevOps, Cloud,
ITSM, ISO, Agile and L&D professionals. Anil is also contributing to Indian
Society for Training and Development (ISTD) as an adjunct teaching faculty for
the topics of Learning and Development and Organization Design.

Anil is a passionate believer in empowering people through learning and is a ACC
certified coach from International Coach Federation (ICF). His other passions
and interests include writing poetry, practice of Vipassana meditation and
inculcating values-based leadership in all walks of life.




MUKUL JAIN

Founder & CEO, HONO


MUKUL JAIN

Founder & CEO, HONO



A disruptive innovator & entrepreneur at heart, Mukul occupies the seat of CEO,
where he spearheads the organization’s strategy and growth. He founded the
organization with the passion for enabling employees, increasing their
productivity and bringing happiness to the workplace – with technology that
makes their lives simpler in today’s complex and highly dynamic workplace.

True to this vision, HONO today has emerged as a leading #HRTech Company playing
a critical role in defining the employee experience, globally!

HONO has a portfolio of 300+ Clients, across 14 Countries servicing over a
million employees.

He brings to the table his well-rounded and visionary leadership, backed by 2
decades of senior leadership experience across HR, Accounting, SCM, CRM and IT
industries.

Mukul aims at helping the customers accelerate their business, particularly
driving business through people supported by technology & innovation.

Armed with his dedication to provide the best client service, he is on a mission
to engage and empower employees and Leaders leading to successful organization
transformations!




INA BAJWA

Sr. Director, HR, Tata Communications


INA BAJWA

Sr. Director, HR, Tata Communications



Ina heads Learning & Development across the globe for Tata Communications. In
this role, Ina spearheads the learning transformation journey of re-skilling,
upskilling and cross-skilling talent to create a sustainable business impact;
and has been at the fore-front of enhancing the company’s culture of continuous
learning through leveraging technology solutions and behavioural interventions.

Ina brings 15+ years of intradisciplinary approach in Human Resources to
pressing people issues for organisations across diverse sectors. In recent
years, Ina has held various leadership roles in HR and has also worked closely
with business leaders to establish & scale new businesses in the IoT, Managed
Security Services, cross-border Mobility and SaaS domains in India, APAC, UK and
US geographies and has been at the fore-front of driving new-age talent
management. Ina has highly specialised experience in areas of diversity &
inclusion, talent management, organisation development and strategic resourcing.

Prior to Tata Communications, Ina worked with BCG, HSBC and the Essar Group. Ina
is passionate about developing women leaders and finds her purpose in grooming
others to become successful.




RAJESH PADMANABHAN

MD (India), The ExCo Group Chairman, HONO CEO, Talavvy


RAJESH PADMANABHAN

MD (India), The ExCo Group Chairman, HONO CEO, Talavvy



Rajesh Padmanabhan, is an accomplished corporate executive, business head, board
member, senior coach & a start-up entrepreneur. He brings over 3 decades of
global diversified business, operating, people & consulting experience across
industries in IT Services, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Mining & Metals, Banking,
Textiles & Infrastructure. He has successful track record of running businesses,
driving digital transformation, creating & mentoring management teams, building
diversified corporate centres, leading large human resource function, leading
strategy & corporate planning plus organisational development.

CAREER HISTORY

Rajesh is an influential business transformation leader and a global
professional who has done diverse roles across industries. Started his career
handling IT Systems, he went on to become a Corporate Banker, run P&L’s, execute
Corporate Strategy, do new Institutional Business of SME ( Small & Medium
Enterprises), SAP Functional, Business Consulting, Corporate Centres & Global
HR. His forte is enabling convergence between Business & People keeping
Technology at the forefront. He has been in large global roles for over 3
decades and managed diverse cross-cultured teams across North America, Latin
America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, SE Asia & APAC.

He is passionate about digital acceleration, leadership development, people
transformation, culture change & capabilities building holistically for business
value & excellence creation. His various roles include ICICI Group ( many
diverse roles from management trainee to VP), Essel Propack as Director
Corporate & Global CHRO, The Oberoi Group as EVP, Group HR & OCLD ( Oberoi
Centre for Learning & Development), EVP & Global CHRO at I-Gate , Group CVP,
Business Consulting & CHRO Capgemini, Group CHRO for Vedanta Resources Plc and
Welspun Group as Director Corporate Centre & Group CHRO.

He has created customer – centric global business models across geographies with
world class capabilities, built organisational excellence & run complex yet
efficient structures to create enterprise value.

He now runs The ExCo Group business in India as Managing Director. In this role
he acts as a business mentor to CEO and Top Team members with a focus on
development. He works with the client organisations on leadership skilling.
Making leadership effective is the main objective and delivering business impact
using proven methodology and frameworks is the result.

 He also leads a new age business transformation lab, Talavvy (www.talavvy.com)
as CEO using research, simulation, prototyping, validation & deep testing in the
areas of digital acceleration, people & culture change, marketing &
communication and leadership services.

He is non-executive Chairman of the Board for HONO.ai, a tech product company
with full stack and point solutions on HR & Life Cycle Management. He is on the
board of Cornerstone International Group as an Independent Director.

He is on the National Board of CII Leadership & HR & is the Chairman of the CII
HR Incubation Centre ( CHIC). He works very closely with the Govt of India on
various initiatives, programmes and committees for policy advocacy and reforms.

PERSONAL

Rajesh is a Double Masters in Human Resource & Finance from the University of
Mumbai. He won an UN Award for building world class people, diversity &
inclusive practices at Capgemini. His hobbies include Cricket, Fitness,
Motorcycles, Travelling & Research.




SAAHIL MEHTA

Decluttering Coach Mountaineer Author Keynote Speaker Entrepreneur


SAAHIL MEHTA

Decluttering Coach Mountaineer Author Keynote Speaker Entrepreneur



Saahil Mehta is the quintessential global entrepreneur turned advocate of the
power of decluttering your life.

With this philosophy he was able to scale the summits of the following mountains
on his very first attempts!

• Kilimanjaro (5,895m) – tallest mountain in Africa
• Elbrus (5,642m) – tallest mountain in Europe
• Kala Patthar (5,643m) – little higher than the base camp of Everest
• Chopicalqui (6,354m) – a technical ascent with multiple steep walls in Peru

Today, Saahil continues running his business ventures on one hand and has also
embarked upon this new life as an author (of the newly launched book BREAK-FREE)
and a coach; he’s deeply focused on guiding thoughtful leaders to navigate their
health, wealth and relationships as they scale their summit with the help of his
proven set of tools + rituals to experience the ultimate peace and freedom to
redefines their personal success.

After helping leaders break free from these dimensions of personal clutter,
Saahil realized that while this helps build a powerful launchpad, it may not be
enough for an ambitious leader to grow as a global leader.

 




NINA ALAG SURI

Founder & CEO, X0PA AI


NINA ALAG SURI

Founder & CEO, X0PA AI



Entrepreneur for 21 years∙ A geek at heart and an entrepreneur by choice!
Electronics Engineering professional started her career in Sales and Marketing
with ICIM (ICL) in India and then became an entrepreneur in 1997 with launch of
Nastrac Group, a global executive search firm. One exit, a management buyout,
two acquisitions and one M&A are some rich experiences of her entrepreneurship
journey. Founded X0PA AI in 2017 to disrupt our own traditional search business
and pivot to a SAAS based AI, ML platform in 2017 to form X0PA AI.

 * Winner of: Female Business Personality of the year Singapore, 2016
 * The European Consultancy of the year 2016
 * Singapore-The European World Finance-Entrepreneur of the Year 2016
 * Entrepreneur of the Year 2013
 * Notable SME 2013
 * SME of the Year 2014
 * Asia Pacific Brands Award 2014
 * Singapore Quality Medallion 2014




ROHIT HASTEER

Group CHRO, Housing.com, PropTiger.com & Makaan.com


ROHIT HASTEER

Group CHRO, Housing.com, PropTiger.com & Makaan.com



Rohit comes with close to two decades of experience in building and growing
organizations across e-commerce, manufacturing, supply chain, warehousing,
technology, banking and insurance sector. He has worked with both large
corporations and start-ups and is adept at handling diverse set of
people/businesses at local and global level, even in a matrix environment and
has consistently demonstrated success in driving the company vision & mission.
He thrives on the challenge of entering new territories and make a mark through
his grit and potential. He has breadth and depth of experience in the field of
HR, be it setting up teams & processes from scratch, or changing conventional
mindset and approach towards human resources, or devising strategies for
transformation of people processes that enable businesses to move to the next
level. Along with this, his very outlook towards the role of HR in organizations
makes him a very responsible and able HR leader.

He is currently the Group Head HR and L&D for REA India Pte. Ltd. (Housing,
PropTiger & Makaan), erstwhile Elara Technologies Pte Ltd., the only Online to
Offline ecommerce company in real estate domain. He joined the organization at a
stage when the organization was expanding (hire approx. 700 people in 6 months),
and was looking to build a work culture that is best in the space and take on
the journey of building it a great work place. His sound experience in building
and evolving people practices that enable businesses helped the organization
create a solid base for the expansion that was upcoming and helped the brand
position itself in the coveted Top 100 best places to work, recognized by the
Great Place to Work Institute. His consistent efforts towards building a great
workplace have led to REA India rank at 95th place in 2017, 34th place in 2019
and 13th place in 2021 in India’s Best Companies to Work for lists and also 48th
place in Asia’s Best Workplaces in 2021. With his thorough strategic approach
and execution excellence, he has successfully integrated several small and large
organizations that the parent organization acquired in M&As over the last 2
years. He also led the organization to Runner up position in HR Excellence
Awards 2017 and 2020 for the Best Emerging HR Strategy which was awarded
by Business World Magazine in association with Grant Thornton; and in 2021 as
the runners up in Excellence in Employee Experience and Excellence in Employee
Engagement. REA India has also been adjudged as winner in ‘Excellence in
Digitization of HR’ category at the People Excellence Awards 2021 curated by
prestigious National HRD Network (NHRDN) for HR digital transformation using
digital and data led processes. Additionally in 2021, REA India was adjudged as
winners in ‘Best Employee Engagement Program’ and ‘Best Employee Reward &
Recognition Strategy’ categories at the Human Excellence Awards 2021. The awards
curated by @Zen Desk and @Kamikaz B2B looked at recognizing organizations that
walked the extra mile during a daunting last year and ensured that their people
are engaged and motivated.

He aspires to build passionate and efficient workforce that enable businesses to
grow exponentially. He thrives on the challenge of entering new territories and
make a mark through his grit and potential. He has completed his education in
premier institutes like Delhi Public School, R.K.Puram, Shri Ram College of
Commerce and Institute Of Management Technology, Ghaziabad.




SUNNY VERMA

Head - Learning & Organizational Development, JBM Group


SUNNY VERMA

Head - Learning & Organizational Development, JBM Group



Mr. Verma is a seasoned professional with more than 2 decades of rich and varied
experience. His expertise lies in thoughtful management of the intersection of
strategy, talent and organization culture with extensive experience across
geographies in organizational effectiveness, talent management, employee
engagement and leadership development with organisations like Adani Group,
Jaquar Group, Sahara Group, Concentrix, Saffron Global and is currently heading
the Learning & Organizational Development function at JBM Group.

He has an insatiable curiosity to learn, which gives him a chance to incorporate
better wisdom to his work philosophy and thus learn to live more successfully.
He gets attracted to ideas and projects that are unique in their outlook,
advanced in focus, unusually liberal and altruistic. Ingenuity appeals to him.
An HR professional with entrepreneurial & transformation mindset, strategic &
outcome Orientation, clear vision & mission focus and a proven track record of
realizing bottom line results and driving Business and Organizational Growth for
creating ‘Organization of Choice’. He is an innovative thinker & expert
practitioner in developing & delivering strategies to build business, execution
& people leadership for organizational growth & sustainability.

He has been an active member of ISTD, NHRDN, SHRM and IAHV. An MBA from IMI,
Belgium and has certifications in Leading Change, Management and Innovation from
Harvard and Emeritus. Apart from being an HR professional, he is a Theatre
Enthusiast, Fitness Freak, Avid Reader and a Social worker. He also started and
successfully ran two HR consulting & education businesses in India, has many
research papers and articles published in various international journals and won
many awards and fellowships during his academics. He delivers regular top-rated
seminars, keynotes and workshops at various B-Schools, Conclaves, Summits and
Symposiums.




SOURABH DEORAH

Co-founder & CEO, Advantage Club


SOURABH DEORAH

Co-founder & CEO, Advantage Club



Sourabh Deorah is the Co-founder & CEO of Advantage Club, a global platform for
employee engagement and financial wellness, with benefits like perks, rewards,
and early wage access on a unified platform. In his current capacity, he is
responsible for the strategic direction, product development, and overall
business success.

A Master’s degree holder in Computer Science from UCLA with an engineering
background, Sourabh majored in machine learning & data mining. He started his
professional journey with Amazon & Microsoft in the US. At Amazon, he created
1st version of platform search for Amazon devices. Before setting off with his
first entrepreneurial venture, Advantage Club, in 2016 with his partner Smiti
Bhatt, also a UCLA alumna. Under his leadership, Advantage Club has a presence
in almost 60+ countries and has partnered with 370+ corporate companies across
the globe.

Advantage Club is redefining the employee engagement world with Sourabh’s unique
experience in generating 1.0 scalable product ideas and running large teams. It
has evolved into a trusted platform via which businesses can engage with their
clients/employees more meaningfully, and marketers can quickly reach out to the
customer group of their choice. His strong belief in innovation and
implementation has garnered Advantage Club a strong reputation in the industry.

Sourabh now aims to revolutionise the employees' engagement segment by going
beyond the traditional provident fund.

When not in his boardroom avataar, Sourabh defines himself as a keen traveler,
adventure seeker and start-up enthusiast.




DEDEEPYA AJITH JOHN

Director, South & Advisory Services, SHRM India & APAC


DEDEEPYA AJITH JOHN

Director, South & Advisory Services, SHRM India & APAC



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.




SMITI BHATT DEORAH

Co-Founder & COO, Advantage Club


SMITI BHATT DEORAH

Co-Founder & COO, Advantage Club



Smiti has done her master's in Computer Science from the University of
California in Los Angeles (UCLA), post which she has worked with Microsoft in
the US. She has substantial experience in B2B relationship building and account
management. Her company Advantage Club disrupts the employee benefits industry
by creating a global platform for recognition and employee engagement, using
data mining and analytics.




PARAS KAUSHIK

CHRO, Hindustan Times Media Group


PARAS KAUSHIK

CHRO, Hindustan Times Media Group



Paras is a seasoned HR Leader, backed by 19 years’ experience in organizations
ranging from global to local, start-up to mature, manufacturing to retail and
listed to not-for-profit organizations. Currently he is CHRO at Hindustan Times
Media Group. Post Graduate from Symbiosis International University, Paras is
passionate about telling stories and sharing his experiences in variety of
conferences, webinars, B-School events and social media.

Before joining HT Media, Paras was Head, Group HR at Motherson Group and
responsible for managing the HR function for the Group’s 1,35,000 employees
across 41 countries. Prior to which, he worked for 17 years at Aditya Birla
Group in various HR leadership roles across sectors, companies & countries which
includes stints at Hindalco, Corporate HR, Minacs Philippines, BITS Pilani,
Madura Garments, Pantaloons, Birla Carbon US and Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail.




K JAYASHUBHA

Chief People Officer , TVS Credit Services Limited


K JAYASHUBHA

Chief People Officer , TVS Credit Services Limited



Jayashubha, a post graduate in Human Resources from Madras University, has to
her credit over two decades of experience in the manufacturing and service
industries. She has worked with companies such as Titan Industries Limited, Ford
India, and Prasad Corporation. During her stint with Titan Industries, she
handled several challenging assignments, including managing unions, negotiating
wage settlements, and employee relations on the shop floor.

Her stint at Ford Motor Company included setting up the recruitment process as
well as the Diversity Committee for workers. At Prasad Corporation, a pioneer in
the post-production business of film-making in India, Ms. Jayashubha is credited
with establishing and setting up the HR processes at a pan-India level, an
industry-first that has gained her great acclaim.

She currently heads Human Resources at TVS Credit. Under her leadership, the
employee count of TVS Credit has risen from 300 to 20000 spread over 3200
locations across the country. She is in charge of setting up well-defined
employee performance management systems, rewards and recognition platforms, HR
metrics using HR analytics and various employee engagement programs.




SHARAD VERMA

VP & CHRO, Iris Software Inc


SHARAD VERMA

VP & CHRO, Iris Software Inc



Sharad Verma is currently VP & CHRO for Iris Software Inc. A graduate of XLRI,
Jamshedpur, Sharad has more than 25 years of experience in HR in leadership
roles with prestigious organizations like Polaris, SunGard, Monster and BNY
Mellon. He has led the people function for many organisations through change and
transformation supported by data, analytics and technology.




GAIL MATTHEY

Manager APAC - Enterprise Customer Success, Udemy


GAIL MATTHEY

Manager APAC - Enterprise Customer Success, Udemy



Gail Matthey is the Customer Success Manager at Udemy for Business in Asian
Pacific. She has 20+ years’ experience in the Learning and Development industry
with her most recent role working with QLD Health where she spent three years
working in Organisational Development. Prior to this she worked Skillsoft across
the Asia Pacific region enabling customers to develop their capability
development strategies, frameworks and initiatives as well as providing
strategic leadership, specialist advice and support to key stakeholders. As a
sought-after leader in the Learning and Development space, her breadth of
experience enables her to analyse and identify information to determine the
future demands of the organisation and then implement workforce planning,
employee engagement, capability development and performance management that is
oriented to addressing these needs.




PREM SINGH

CHRO, JK Organization


PREM SINGH

CHRO, JK Organization



Graduate in Mechanical Engineering. Post Graduate in Management from IIT Delhi.
In the field of HR for the past 30 years. 27 years in India and 3 years outside
India.

Working as President, Group HR at JK Organisation. Prior to this, worked with
Wockhardt as President, Global HR. Previous assignments with Piramal
Enterprises, Essar Group, Owens Corning (India) Ltd, JCB (India) Ltd etc.

Globally well travelled, worked with more than a dozen nationalities across
cultures, in Indian, American and European companies, across industry sectors.

AWARDS / Certifications :

 * Seasoned HR Professional Award by National HRD Network in 2018.
 * Chairman’s Leadership Award for turnaround of HR function at Wockhardt.
 * Global HR Excellence award at Owens Corning Inc.
 * Featured in India’s 50 Best HR Leaders 2021 by White Page International.
 * In his leadership, Wockhardt bagged three “Great Place to work” awards,
   including Rank # 1 in industry.
 * Golden Peacock HR Excellence Award.
 * Top 100 Most Talented Global HR Leaders by CHRO Asia
 * Accreditation by All India Management Association for proficiency in
   management training.
 * Certified Black Belt in Six Sigma.
 * Worked beyond HR in areas of Customer Satisfaction, Manufacturing and People
   Capability Development for selected high value dealers and vendores, as part
   of task forces.

Association with Universities / professional bodies :

 * Regional President, North, National HRD Network (2021-23)
 * Former President – Delhi/NCR, National HRD Network (2019-21)
 * Member, Academic Council of JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur.
 * On advisory boards of several universities, ie Narsee Monjee Institute of
   Management Studies, NIRMA University, Chandigarh University etc.

SPJIMR Delhi Centre Industry Advisory Council Meeting

 * Have been on HR sub-committee of CII & on BMA committee
 * Has been member, Executive Committee of Mumbai NHRD Chapter
 * Summit Director at HRM Summit for three years, organized by NHRDN;
 * Speaker at various forums organized by Economic Times, National HRD Network,
   HT Shine, SHRM, CII, HRFI and several B Schools like IIMs, IIFT, IMT, SP
   Jain, ITM etc.




REETU RAINA

CHRO, Quick Heal Technologies Ltd


REETU RAINA

CHRO, Quick Heal Technologies Ltd



Reetu is Chief Human Resource officer at Quick Heal Technologies Limited. She
has held HR Leadership roles previously with Sterlite (Vedanta Group), Amdocs
and HDFC Bank.

Prior to HDFC Bank she has worked with Godrej and Tata AIG Life insurance. In
her over two decades of experience in HR she had led various transformations.

She was also invited by UNICON conference by Harvard Business School held in
Mumbai in 2016 to share her insights on “Contextual realities of emerging
markets on building future leadership preparedness”

She has pioneered the concept of “G-Localized Leadership” and her work on
“Engaging Indian Millennial” was published by Society of Human Resource
Management (SHRM) and widely acknowledged.

Reetu is speaker at various prestigious institutes in India like IIT, Delhi
College of Engineering AMITY university where she shares insights in building
careers in technology

She has been recently recognized with HR leadership award by Observe Now. She
regularly features as HR voice in ET HR World, People Matters and other columns.




SANDEEP GAUTAM

CHRO, National Engineering Industries


SANDEEP GAUTAM

CHRO, National Engineering Industries



Sandeep is a seasoned HR Transformation leader and a change catalyst with over
two and a half decades of rich experience having multiple digital & culture
transformations to his credit.

He is passionate about digital acceleration, leadership development, culture
change, building business value & excellence creation and has successfully led
change management roles in his stints at Honda Motorcycles & Scooters, DLF Laing
O’Rourke India Limited, RPSG Group (including Spencer’s Retail) and Bharti-
Walmart among many others. Currently, he is leading the HR Function at National
Engineering Industries (NBC Bearings).

An ISB alumnus, Sandeep has led HR change agenda through many of his roles,
setting up people strategy for growth and building organization and people DNA
for business success.

An avid proponent to the cause of technology enabling Leaders to drive
organization transformation, Sandeep is a dynamic leader with a well rounded
experience across varied industries like Chemical, Perto-Chemical, Ceramic,
Construction/Real Estate, Retail, E-com, FMCG and Automobile wherein he has
brought new age HR practices, led digital transformation and coached executive
team on change management for driving business growth.




LAUREN HUNTINGTON

Solution Strategist, Qualtrics


LAUREN HUNTINGTON

Solution Strategist, Qualtrics



Lauren is a highly experienced organisational psychologist with 13+ years of
experience in working with C-suite and senior management across industries to
enable their human capital strategies. She has previously worked at SHL
(including during its ownership by CEB and Gartner) as well as Deloitte Human
Capital Consulting, prior to this she worked in internal specialist and
leadership HR roles. Lauren has an intentional focus on emerging economies; she
started her career in Africa, has been living in Asia for the last 4+ years and
is currently based in Singapore - having delivered on site to clients in sixteen
countries and remotely to many more. Lauren has deep expertise in
the intersection between human capital and technology; with speciality in
employee experience, talent management, organisational design and change
management during digital transformation. Lauren holds two Masters degrees cum
laude, her first was in Organisational Psychology and her second was in
Innovation Studies through a leading business school.




MIRACLE ON WHEELS

India's first wheelchair dance


MIRACLE ON WHEELS

India's first wheelchair dance



India’s first wheelchair dance theatre performances by the differently-abled
artistes that instantly motivates and transforms millions of lives across the
world.




URVASHI SINGH

Senior VP HR, Genpact


URVASHI SINGH

Senior VP HR, Genpact



Urvashi Singh is a senior HR leader in Genpact and holds multiple portfolios
including Global Business HR Partnership for Managed Services and Functions,
Total Rewards and setting up some critical functions for Genpact.

Urvashi has spent ~17+ years with Genpact and has deep expertise across Business
HR and Corporate HR (Total Rewards & Executive Hiring). Urvashi has also been
based out of China managing Executive Staffing for Genpact’s operations there.

Prior to Genpact, Urvashi was with ITC Limited and held a variety of HR roles.

Urvashi has a Bachelor’s Degree in History from St. Stephen’s College and a
Diploma in Germanic and Roman Languages from Delhi University.

She has been a Director in Genpact India Private Limited since 1st October,
2016.




SAHIL NAYAR

Senior Associate Director - HR, KPMG


SAHIL NAYAR

Senior Associate Director - HR, KPMG



Sahil is a Certified MBTI and NLP Practitioner, a regular columnist and visiting
faculty at leading business schools across the country. Being a certified design
thinker, he loves flirting with ideas as he designs prototypes to re-define
human experiences at KPMG in India. He runs a show called #JustLikeThat on his
YouTube Channel and has his own radio show on Spotify.




RANDEEP SINGH

Chief Operating Officer, HONO


RANDEEP SINGH

Chief Operating Officer, HONO



An accomplished leader, highly skilled in program design, with significant
experience influencing strategic business results. Randeep is a change agent and
a process advocate with 2 Decades of senior leadership experience in Indian and
global environments.

Randeep is the thread that runs across and through the organization’s fabric,
meticulously crafting the perfect weave to deliver customer delight through
process understanding and technical innovations.

In his role as COO HONO, Randeep actively collaborates with marketing, design,
product and across functional teams to reimagine all aspects of digital
experiences, create new digital innovations, build great experiences and
accelerate transformation across the digital ecosystem.

He is passionate about blending design and functionality to create experiences
that employees love. His belief in the dual themes of productivity & happiness
is deep and reflects in the solutions he engenders. Randeep has over 20 years of
experience working at the intersection of technology, platforms, and people to
help global organizations leverage new business models and drive growth, with an
exceptional track record of success working with senior leaders, managing
interventions across complex businesses.




YUGANDHAR PENUBOLU

Founder - Winzard Solutions Private Limited & Badi Soch Innovations Private
Limited


YUGANDHAR PENUBOLU

Founder - Winzard Solutions Private Limited & Badi Soch Innovations Private
Limited



Author of "The Transformational Lens" - A performance Management book.

Founder of Winzard.io - talent development company and also Quillatwill.com

20+ years managing large teams and leadership positions with companies like
Citi,Barclays, Standard Chartered and ACT.




KALPANA BANSAL

Head - Careers, Competencies & Assessment, Reliance Industries Ltd


KALPANA BANSAL

Head - Careers, Competencies & Assessment, Reliance Industries Ltd



Kalpana Bansal is a senior experienced strategic leader, with experience in
general management, strategy, higher education, and technology. She is currently
associated in the Chairman’s office of Reliance Industries Ltd, and Heads
Careers, Competencies and Assessment alongside her other role as Domain Head of
HR Platform. She is handling design and functional detailing of two platforms –
an end to end best in class HR platform and a Contract Workforce Exchange
Platform.

She is a Doctoral student at XLRI (Strategy) and has completed her Executive
Masters in Consulting & Coaching for Change from Said Business School,
University of Oxford, and HEC Paris. She has over 20 years’ experience in
leading organizations and has expertise in the areas of Organisation
Development, Assessment Centers and Competency design, Variable Pay structuring,
Compensation design, organization structuring, She has significant expertise in
technology (analytics and AI/ML).




PRASAD RAJAPPAN

Founder & CEO, ZingHR


PRASAD RAJAPPAN

Founder & CEO, ZingHR



Prasad Rajappan is the Founder & CEO of ZingHR - a global enterprise cloud
applications provider for Human Capital Management (HCM). ZingHR has
successfully empowered over 7,00,000 users across 550+ companies worldwide with
24+ HRMS modules.

ZingHR's disruptive innovations for the modern workplace include - Machine
Learning for Recruitment, Robotic Interviews, Digital Onboarding, Artificial
Intelligence enabled Chatbot, Face Recognition for real-time employee
authentication, Zero Touch Payroll for real-time payroll processing with ZERO
efforts, gamified and personalized learning with Zing Learn, Power BI embedded
for HR Analytics, Geo-fencing and tagging for the mobile workforce.

In 2002, Prasad founded FileMyReturns.com, for e-filing Income Tax returns, for
the Department of Income Tax, GoI. He also founded Cnergyis - an enterprise HR
Technologies, Outsourcing and Services Company, in 2000.

Prasad has over 25 years of experience in ERP, Operations, Business Process
Reengineering, Information Systems and Human Resources. He has held a number of
senior management positions at reputed companies like Reliance Industries, Ernst
& Young, and Mahindra & Mahindra. He was a part of the SAP Project Directorate
at Reliance, which managed more than 30 SAP implementations across various
industry verticals like Petrochemical, Energy, Retail, Life Sciences etc.

His stint with the automobile giant Mahindra and Mahindra Limited as Senior
Manager - Business Process Reengineering, gave him exposure to different
functions like Production Planning, Operations, Information Systems, Human
Resources and Business Process Reengineering.

He is a Production Engineer and has earned an MBA degree from Narsee Monjee
Institute of Management Studies, (NMIMS) in (HR, Operations).




VENKATESH PALABATLA

Group CHRO, Nava Bharat Ventures


VENKATESH PALABATLA

Group CHRO, Nava Bharat Ventures



“Alumni of IIM Ahmadabad, 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”




NITIN WADHWA

Director- HR, UKG India


NITIN WADHWA

Director- HR, UKG India



Nitin Wadhwa is a global human resources leader with progressive experience
across regions and across the full spectrum of human resources management.
Committed to building a people-centric culture, he has led projects in major
multi-site matrix organizations in a variety of sectors, including insurance,
media, consulting, and information technology. He has successfully transformed
several businesses from a capability and culture perspective.

Nitin is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, where he studied General Management. He
completed his Master’s in Human Resources from Sardar Patel University and holds
a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Delhi University.

Currently, he lives in Mumbai with his family and indulges in reading to unwind.
He is passionate about running marathons and has participated in many over the
years.

At UKG India, Nitin heads the HR function with an emphasis on creating a culture
that speaks for itself. He is a part of the Senior Leadership Team and plays a
critical role in UKG's growth & culture in the region.




ARUN SATYAN

Co-Founder, Hyreo


ARUN SATYAN

Co-Founder, Hyreo



Arun Satyan brings in over 15 years in the IT and technology industry and played
leadership roles in program management, sales, pre-sales and consulting. Prior
to setting up Hyreo, he was associated with global corporations like CapGemini
and UST. Arun is a passionate HR technology enthusiast and believes that the
right use of data can bring consistency and improve the recruiting experience
for all stakeholders. As co-founder of Hyreo, Arun is responsible for product
strategy and customers. Arun is an amateur photographer and loves shooting city
life, culture and people in general!




JOHN CHERIAN

Co-founder & Executive Director, enParadigm


JOHN CHERIAN

Co-founder & Executive Director, enParadigm



His endeavour to make the complex simple and his belief in the power of learning
to make people and business better, has been the significant driving force in
the Enparadigm journey. A journey of bringing together business thought,
learning methodology, and user experience into our technology driven learning
platforms.

When not working with clients to shape their learning outcomes, he can be found
spending time with his family, or adding to his dog-eared collection of
management literature.

He is an engineering graduate in Computer science, he is an MBA from IIM
Ahmedabad.




ROHINI SETH

CHRO - Jubilant Bhartia Group


ROHINI SETH

CHRO - Jubilant Bhartia Group



Rohini is a seasoned, credible HR Leader with a track record of delivering
Business Transformation via deep Partnership skills. She has more than
twenty-five plus years of experience in Global footprint organizations across
sectors like CPG, Services and Industrial.

Rohini is currently the Group CHRO with Jubilant Bhartia Group and shapes the HR
Agenda for the four Life Sciences Group of Businesses alongside support
Foodworks, Enpro, Consumer and Motorworks on case basis. The Jubilant Bhartia
Group today is approximately 45,000 employees across the globe.

Rohini’s last role was Diageo’s International Supply Chain Transformation based
out of Edinburgh UK spanning Singapore to Europe to Mexico. She helped inject
speed and agility by eliminating touchpoints across the organization and leap
frogging the Digital centered ‘Factory of The Future’ initiative. Her most
consuming experience was the reverse merger of USL India into Diageo India.
Rohini led the cross functional Business teams to significantly impact the
Organization Footprint, Talent / Succession Depth, dial up Diversity-Inclusion
whilst keeping Business team’s engagements high around Diageo Culture north
pole.

She has also worked as HR Head for Reckitt Benckiser and PepsiCo Foods India.
She led the Business Growth - Cultural Transformation at PepsiCo Foods & a
clutter breaking 360* Digital Campus Campaign for Reckitt Benckiser. She also
served in various GE Businesses – Genpact (BPO Start Up), Crotonville Leadership
Development (Leadership Development) and GE Advanced Materials (Unleashing
Business Growth via Change Acceleration) and GE Capital (Business boom and
downturn cycles).

Rohini has been awarded the Bill Conaty GE Asia HR Excellence Award and the John
Lynch GE Global HR Excellence Award. In PepsiCo she also won the Harvey Russell
Global Inclusion Award and her function has been voted as the Best Function (by
popular vote) consistently over four years.

Rohini graduated from TISS Mumbai with a Masters’ in Human Resource Management
and went on to join Unilever Limited as her campus job. At Unilever her
assignments included Brooke Bond-Lipton Field Force Merger and a Plant Start Up.

She is Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, MBTI & Hogan Certified. Known for her energy,
humor and positive outlook Rohini enjoys traveling, reading and gardening in her
spare time.




ARVIND SAGAR

Head of Professional Services, ProHance


ARVIND SAGAR

Head of Professional Services, ProHance



As a Head of Professional Services Arvind is helping the clients gain maximum
impact from ProHance deployment through change management, operations excellence
and data analytics consulting services. Arvind has 30+ years of diverse
experience focused on creating and implementing Best Practices in market leaders
like ZS Associates, Genpact, Hewitt Associates, Accenture, and Timken




SORABH BAJAJ

Vice President, Business Excellence, Sunstone


SORABH BAJAJ

Vice President, Business Excellence, Sunstone



Sorabh has been associated with the Higher Education sector for the last 14
years. It all started with his association with a couple of B-Schools in
Bangalore. And before he realised
it, he was getting involved in activities and events meant for helping students
and young professionals become 'future proof'.

It was evident that he is passionate about coaching students and young
professionals. His teaching and mentoring interest takes him to Northwestern
University, USA, Shiv Nadar University, Masters Union Business School and
Ahmedabad University-UC San Diego (Exec MBA Program).

Sorabh believes his role at Sunstone allows him to pursue his passion of
enabling students and young professionals to become future ready.




PARAG PANDE

Global HR Services Delivery Lead, Accenture


PARAG PANDE

Global HR Services Delivery Lead, Accenture



Parag Pande is the Managing Director responsible for Accenture’s Human Resources
Service Delivery across the globe.

Prior to his current role, Parag has been CHRO for Accenture India/ Sri Lanka/
Bangladesh and has worked in various leadership roles across Accenture’s Global
HR and Operations . He established Accenture in India as ‘Best Company for
Working Women’ and ‘Best Company to work for’ ,Ranked #1 for past 5 years by
Working Women International and AVATAR. He has also led 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 driving innovation, building differentiated capabilities,
transforming operations and growing businesses.

Over the past 30 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 been a recipient of Accenture Inventor’s Award and has his name on
Accenture Patents for Connected Classrooms. He 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. He has also been
recognized as Best Male Champion for Diversity at the Leonie awards in Singapore
by The House of Rose Professional and is a member of FICCI’s Task Force on
Diversity & Inclusion.




CHAITANYA PEDDI

Co-Founder & Product Head, Darwinbox


CHAITANYA PEDDI

Co-Founder & Product Head, Darwinbox



Chaitanya Peddi, A true subject matter expert of both HR and Technology, heads
product & engineering at Darwinbox. His years of experience as an HR consultant
has empowered him to understand the specific needs of the HR Tech market and
build a world-class product that can not only optimally automate and simplify HR
processes for enterprises enables HR to be a game-changing strategic function.
But also

An XLRI alumnus, prior to Drawinbox, Chaitanya worked as an HR consultant with
Ernst & Young and consulted global firms on organization design and performance
management. Having worked in product development at Verizon and combined with
his consulting experience, Chaitanya commands a rare vantage point in the HR
Tech space.




RICHA BANSAL

Founder & Managing Director, Saarathee


RICHA BANSAL

Founder & Managing Director, Saarathee



A passionate leader who believes in driving change and transforming lives. Richa
comes with an experience of 2 decades across corporate and social sector. Her
experience spans advertising, brand communication, product marketing , channel
sales, distribution & fund raising. Richa has worked closely with customer
experience and engagement teams; and has created a forte in building teams that
have the prowess to craft authentic and contextual conversation to build
customer engagement. 

Richa was introduced to the concept of sustainability and corporate
responsibility while she was working in the social sector (CRY). Thus came
about Saarathee – a Customer Contact Centre that would employ and leverage PwD.
With this she decided to create an impact story while delivering services which
could manifest business strategy into positive outcomes for organizations across
sectors. She chose to hire PwD to drive her business and change the canvas of
the story for corporate India. And as an onward journey she wants more and more
corporates to become Inclusive, therefore she is working towards creating
India’s first dedicated EduHire Platform which aims at bridging the employment
gap between skilled PwD as well as Corporates.




SHARAT SAWHNEY

DGM Product Management, HONO


SHARAT SAWHNEY

DGM Product Management, HONO



Gold Medalist- IIT Roorkee

Sharat Sawhney is a technology fervent, has a flair for entrepreneurship and an
absolutely Brilliant mind which yearns for creating innovative, disruptive
technology.

A gold Medalist from IIT Roorkee, Sharat is a Product veteran with his core
competencies in AI and intelligent interfaces and has already successfully
founded 3 start ups in his career.

At HONO, Sharat holds the seat of DGM Product Management, the key man who
identifies the customer need and the larger business and functional objectives
that feature will fulfill, articulates what success looks like for a product,
and rallies a team to turn that vision into a reality, of course augmenting the
solution with Next Gen AI.

An OPJEMS Scholar , Sharat has to his credit, building the World's
1st Completely Automated Content Digitalization Tool and much more.

His Specialties include Product Management, Consumer Behaviour, Strategic
Planning, Analytical Perception, Product Development & System Architecture. He
has a flair for creating disruptive integrated solutions and has perfected the
art of putting technology to work to solve today’s complex problems.




MANUEL D’SOUZA

Partner, inGROUP Consulting Services LLP


MANUEL D’SOUZA

Partner, inGROUP Consulting Services LLP




ANKUR WALUNJKAR

Head - HR, Reliance Jio


ANKUR WALUNJKAR

Head - HR, Reliance Jio



Ankur has over 26 years of experience, with over 24 years in Consulting. Ankur
leads HR Strategy for Jio, and focuses on the organisation design, workforce
planning and culture.

In his previous roles, Ankur has led consulting practices for Organisation
Transformation and Workforce Transformation. He has served global organisations
in the areas of organisation strategies, talent strategies, leadership
development, learning and performance, digital HR and technology adoption.

Ankur has undertaken transformation projects in the Telecom, Hi-Tech and
Consumer Product industries, while serving global organisations in the United
States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, China and France.




SHALINI MACADEN

VP - People Function, Mindtree


SHALINI MACADEN

VP - People Function, Mindtree



Shalini heads the People Function of Mindtree for India and Apac. A functional
expert in multiple areas of Talent Management, she carries with her more than
two decades of experience in working closely with business teams in
conceptualizing and operationalizing business specific people strategy. She has
led HR teams across industry groups, horizontals, and geographies, while working
closely with cross functional teams in designing and executing people solutions.
A mother of twin girls she is hugely passionate about women in technology and
building frameworks and ecosystems that allow individuals to build careers.




DIBYENDU BOSE

Senior Director of Alumni Engagement and Admissions & Financial Aid, Indian
School of Business


DIBYENDU BOSE

Senior Director of Alumni Engagement and Admissions & Financial Aid, Indian
School of Business



Dibyendu Bose is the Senior Director of Alumni Engagement and Admissions &
Financial Aid at the Indian School of Business. His marketing portfolio includes
the flagship MBA and EMBA equivalent programmes (PGP suite) as well as Advanced
Management programmes (AMP suite) at ISB. In his role as the head of the Office
of Alumni Engagement, he is responsible for integrating the 12500+ global alumni
community through different School initiatives and making them an integral part
of the School's onward journey. Under his leadership, the Alumni Engagement
practice at ISB is today recognized at par with global peers and has won the
coveted CASE Platinum Asia Pacific Awards 2021.

Dibyendu is an MIT Sloan Fellow and ISB alumnus. Before joining the leadership
team of ISB, he held C-suite positions in the corporate sector. He has worked in
India, United Kingdom & USA and had an entrepreneurial stint while in the Boston
ecosystem. He also serves on the global advisory council for the GMAC Leadership
Conference. In his leisure time, Dibyendu loves to travel and is also a sports
enthusiast.




MRUGESH DHOLAKIA

Head Commercial - Private Market, Sanofi Healthcare


MRUGESH DHOLAKIA

Head Commercial - Private Market, Sanofi Healthcare



A seasoned executive with more than 30 years of industry expertise in areas
spanning from people management to coaching, new business development, and
portfolio management. has extensive experience in providing measurable wellness
solutions to businesses.




K.V SRILATA SUNDARI

Director L&D, CGI


K.V SRILATA SUNDARI

Director L&D, CGI



Prime Areas of Expertise: Talent Management, Organizational Development, Equity
and Inclusion Strategy (Gender, Cultural, Generational, and Emotional) and
programs, Succession Planning, Leadership Development, Emotional Intelligence,
Culture and Change Management Initiatives, Competency and Capability frameworks,
Performance Management Strategy, Team Building Interventions.

Profile:

I currently lead learning for APAC as the Director for Learning and Development
at CGI. In my earlier work stints, I was the Country head for Training for
India, at Hinduja Global Solutions. Prior to that I was the Senior Director,
Talent Management and Development, Sutherland Global Services, heading the
Talent Management initiatives for Healthcare Vertical globally and the project
leader for the Inclusivity and Diversity initiatives at Sutherland India. I have
previously worked in leading IT firms like Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC
India), Franklin Templeton India, Convergys Information Management (India), Tech
Mahindra, Health Management Research Institute and Infor Global Solutions
leading OD, L&D and Talent Management Functions.

Education & Certifications:

 * The Wharton School, Associate Fellow, Talent Management 2018
 * Global Talent Management Leader, Talent Management Institute (Credential Id –
   AFP99894072)
 * Independent Director Certificate – Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs
 * Currently pursuing Executive FPM (PhD) program in Organizational Behavior
   from XLRi
 * Master of Business Administration (Marketing and Finance) Osmania University
 * Certified in training - International Certificate in Training Skills - City
   and Guilds London.
 * Certified Assessor- Assessment and Development Centers - T.V Rao Learning
   Systems.
 * Certified Behavioral Analyst
 * Certification in LSIP and Power Coach Fundamentals
 * Certification workshops in the areas of Instructional Methodology,
   Psychometric Test Professional, Assessment Centre Analyst, Certified
   Performance and Competence Developer, Certified Organizational Development
   Analyst (CODA)

Additional Interests: Training in Indian Classical Music (Carnatic Vocal)

Total Experience: 20+ years




SEEMA TRIKANNAD

EVP & Chief of HR & Management Services, SBI Life Insurance


SEEMA TRIKANNAD

EVP & Chief of HR & Management Services, SBI Life Insurance



Ms. Seema Trikannad is the EVP & Chief of HR & Management Services at SBI Life
Insurance. With over 3 decades of rich work experience, she handled various
positions at The State Bank of India such as Credit Analyst, Vice President-
Credit Administration, DGM-Human Resources etc. At SBI Life, her profile
includes designing & evaluating career paths, overseeing all HR and management
services functions, crafting strategies that aid in meeting business goals. This
apart, she has been instrumental in promoting strong training & development
programs, inclusion at workplace, developing HR policies across functions,
ensuring seamless hiring & onboarding procedures.

She is an alumni of Karnataka University where she post-graduated in English
Literature and is also a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers.

She is passionate about music and in her free time, enjoys listening to light
classical music, loves travelling and exploring new places.




SINDHUJA PARTHASARATHY

Director - Future Readiness Global Talent Management, Mindtickle


SINDHUJA PARTHASARATHY

Director - Future Readiness Global Talent Management, Mindtickle



Sindhuja is a HR leader with career spanning Learning & Talent development,
Diversity & Inclusion, Executive Coaching and Business HR roles for over 17yrs.
She has worked in organizations such as SAP Labs, Infosys, Accenture, Wipro and
Freshworks. In her current role at Mindtickle, she is setting up the Global
Talent Management function.

As a psychologist, counselor and coach, her heart is in facilitating meaningful
dialogues, sparking new perspectives, enabling lasting behavioral change and
building leadership competencies. She is a passionate champion for DEI and has
been working towards creating gender balanced organizations, driving LGBTQIA
inclusion and building an empathetic organization culture that nurtures mental
health & wellness.

Outside of her corporate life she is a photojournalist who documents
contemporary human rights issues in India, advocating to organizations and
individuals for change.




ANKIT AGGARWAL

Founder & CEO, Unstop


ANKIT AGGARWAL

Founder & CEO, Unstop



Ankit is not your typical engineering plus MBA guy.

From opting out of his summer placements at IMT Ghaziabad during his MBA to
getting a 100% tuition scholarship from Harvard Business School for a coveted
leadership program, the entrepreneur within him was kicking him all this while.

It was after working with industry giants like Deloitte and Sapient, and his
close to heart 3-year stint with Teach For India (NGO) to understand the
educational inequity that exists in India and around the world, that he finally
let that entrepreneur on the loose and set out on a journey to disrupt the
education space.

Failure never left him and success never got to his head! His entrepreneurial
venture, Unstop (formerly Dare2Compete) presently serves over 3 million+ users
from 40,000 plus companies and colleges across domains. Ankit with his team aims
to connect the unstoppable talent with the world of opportunities.

Ankit’s aim is to create a positive impact on at least 1% of the world’s
population through his initiatives and work.




ROHAN SYLVESTER

Recruitment Evangelist, Indeed India


ROHAN SYLVESTER

Recruitment 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.




SWATI KHANDELWAL

Senior Vice President, & Head HR, R1 RCM India


SWATI KHANDELWAL

Senior Vice President, & Head HR, R1 RCM India



Swati is Senior Vice President, and Head Human Resources for R1 RCM India.

With an overall experience of over 20 years, she has proven success in
identifying innovative, global, and regional solutions to drive organizational
effectiveness, talent strategies, compensation programs, performance management
and HR operational excellence activities across sectors (Healthcare, Banking,
Analytics, Telecom and IT).

Swati has been consistently delivering change and transformations with
multi-industry exposure across the country. She is known for fast, agile, and
proven leadership in business Strategy, Human Resource Management, Advisory and
Leadership Development.

Swati is a passionate business leader with a unique experience of establishing
complete HR and Performance Management systems along with successfully
developing and implementing HR Strategy for organizations to create culture of
performance, emotional involvement & successful teams.

She has completed her master’s from MDI Gurgaon and an Executive Development
Program from Kellogg School of Management




MAYANK GUPTA

Director, Human Capital, UnitedHealth Group


MAYANK GUPTA

Director, Human Capital, UnitedHealth Group



Mayank has an overall work experience of around 22 years in the areas of
Operations, Training & Human Capital. He is currently the Human Capital Leader
for Technology lines of businesses in Optum. He has critical experiences of
managing teams in Operations, leading large regional teams, HR Business partner
roles for Businesses with presence in multiple geographies & industries like
Hardware Technology, Infrastructure Services, BPO, Health care & Site Leadership
role.

Mayank started his career in Operations managing teams in Technical Support in
Dell, Bangalore. He then transitioned to leading the Training function for Dell
in Hyderabad. He then moved to HR & performed Business partner roles for
multiple businesses in Dell, Hyderabad, Noida & Coimbatore enabling senior
leaders in designing & implementing their talent strategy. He then moved to
Dell, Coimbatore as HR Site Leader managing Talent Acquisition, Talent
Development & other HR CoEs prior to joining Optum.

In Optum, he started as HCP for various businesses in Operations for India
geography in 2014 . Later, he took additional responsibility for managing Human
Capital teams in Philippine’s geography before moving to his current role.

Outside of work, Mayank is a long-distance runner & has completed more than 35
half marathons in the last 10 years. He is married to Megha who is a teacher &
has a son, Hunar who is 11 years old.




SHANTANU KULKARNI

Head - Corporate & Fleet, Quiklyz


SHANTANU KULKARNI

Head - Corporate & Fleet, Quiklyz




JASPREET BAKSHI

Partner, HR Leader for Global In-House Centre, India, Marsh McLennan


JASPREET BAKSHI

Partner, HR Leader for Global In-House Centre, India, Marsh McLennan



Jaspreet is an HR practitioner with expertise in providing Human Capital
Management solutions. He has over 22 years of experience in developing and
deploying HR solutions aligned with business strategy, and partnering for growth
and transformation.

In his current role at Marsh MacLennan, as a Partner & HR Leader he is
responsible for providing strategic HR oversight & business partnering to global
service delivery teams across the different verticals of Mercer, Marsh, Guy
Carpenter & Oliver Wyman.

Prior to Marsh MacLennan, Jaspreet has spent 11.5 years at NatWest( RBS) in
multiple roles within HR, last role being Managing Director-Human Resources
leading Colleague Experience & Delivery.

Before transitioning to BFSI industries, Jaspreet has led multiple roles to
support business strategy for Marketing, Sales, and Services organizations
supporting clients across Americas, Asia-Pac, Europe and India.

Jaspreet is a certified and practicing ICF & AoEC Executive Coach & also a Six
Sigma Black belt.




PRASAD KOMPALLI

Co-Founder - CEO, MFine


PRASAD KOMPALLI

Co-Founder - CEO, MFine




RAVI KUMAR

Head - HR, L&T Technology Services Limited


RAVI KUMAR

Head - HR, L&T Technology Services Limited



Ravi, with 25 years of experience, has aced various HR functions in diversified
geographies and industries. His portfolio at LTTS includes developing &
executing human resource strategy for India, for support of the overall business
plan and strategic direction of the organization, specifically in the areas of
talent management, change management, organizational and performance management,
training and development, Identification (evaluation) & resolution of human
relations and work performance problems, and compensation design. He provides
strategic leadership by articulating HR needs and plans to the LTTS Leadership
Team. With master’s in social work, specializing in Industrial Relations and
Personnel Management, Ravi enriched his experience at Capgemini, PwC SDC & iGate
Global Solutions before he assumed the Head – HR, India at L&T Technology
Services.




PRADEEP R

Director - HR, 3DS India Lab & DSGS


PRADEEP R

Director - HR, 3DS India Lab & DSGS



Pradeep has been learning and working as an HR Professional over the past 2
decades.

Pradeep has experience with leading many key initiatives related to Mergers &
Acquisition, Organisation Restructuring and Job Evaluation, among others. His
learning journey has been filled with rich experience from Consulting, IT &
Software as well as Engineering companies such as Cognizant Technologies,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Siemens that has helped him acquire knowledge and
shape his thoughts on Human Resources function.

Pradeep currently works in the capacity of heading HR function at Dassault
Systemes for its R&D and Services facilities in India.

Pradeep likes to read books, watch F1 races, travelling and driving




HARLINA SODHI

CEO & Co-Founder, Believe In Yourself


HARLINA SODHI

CEO & Co-Founder, Believe In Yourself



Harlina is an multi disciplinary professional with 28 years of experience &
expertise across gamut of business, sales & marketing, HR, technology,
leadership, consulting, learning & organisation development domains. Operates at
intersection of talent, technology and transformation. Had industry experience
in manufacturing, retail & consumer goods, IT/ITES, oil & gas & banking. Has
worked in Xerox, GE, IDFC Bank and Reliance Industries. Worked as core team of
RIL Chairman’s office.

• Currently an entrepreneur having set up Believe In Yourself in 2018, a firm
with specialisation in building organisation culture,
leadership capabilities, change management, talent capacity, diversity &
inclusion. An consortium of 181 coaches.
• Harlina is a board member with Skillsoft (Worlds’ largest edtech elearning
company. ex-faculty with KPMG, UN emissary in
India on Diversity & Inclusion & HR advisor with SHRM.
• Ranks as India’s Top 10 HR Influencer for last 8 years, is a TEDx speaker &
faculty with B schools.
• She is Adobe future of work summit member, writes for Harvard Business Review
& is a speaker at several global forums.
• Columnist for Economic Times publications and newspaper.




SASHI KUMAR

Head of Sales, Indeed India


SASHI KUMAR

Head of Sales, Indeed India



Sashi Kumar is the India Head for Indeed.com - The World's #1 Job Search Engine.
A seasoned Leader with over 18  years of experience, Sashi has handled diverse
portfolios including New Product Evangelization, Enterprise Sales Management and
International Sales. He specialises in the Internet Industry, Recruitment
Solutions and HR Automation. Sashi's in-depth knowledge and vast experience in
the Indian Recruitment Industry has made him a go-to person when it comes to
understanding how companies can tailor their recruitment strategy and ensure
success in the very competitive Indian Talent Search Market.




MARY MADHAVI REDDY

AVP - Content, Xoxoday


MARY MADHAVI REDDY

AVP - Content, Xoxoday



Mary is the AVP for Marketing at Xoxoday. She focuses on product messaging and
positioning for Empuls, the employee engagement platform from Xoxoday. In a
career that spans more than 20 years as a content marketer, she worked with
brands like Google and GE Money. She discovered her passion for content and
customer success at Google, where she spent almost 9 years working on multiple
initiatives to improve adoption and customer success for Google Ads users.

Beyond work, Mary loves to coach young adults on communication and loves to
explore new places, their history, architecture, landscape and local food.




NIDA SHAHID

Senior Associate Director Knowledge & Advisory - SHRM India & Mena


NIDA SHAHID

Senior Associate Director Knowledge & Advisory - SHRM India & Mena



Nida is a passionate and entrepreneurial HR Professional with over a decade of
experience across diverse areas of the human capital lifecycle. Prior to her
current stint with SHRM India, she was working independently and associated with
several firms like Great Place to Work Research and Consultancy, School of
Inspired Leadership and Institution Builders. She has also been previously
employed as a Project Leader with Right Management India. Nida has worked on
projects involving both high level strategy and ground level execution.
Combination of subject matter expertise with operational understanding and
effective stakeholder management has always ensured business impact of HR
interventions. Her domain expertise lies in the areas of Competency Management,
Talent Assessment, Leader Development, Employee Engagement and Performance
Management. In her work in the space of Leader Development, she has worked on
content design, development and delivery of more than 200 learning programs
across Automotive Manufacturing, FMCG, Construction, IT, BFSI, Telecom, Energy,
Government and Pharmaceutical sectors for a host of behavioural and HR
functional topics. She holds a degree in Science from Lucknow University and is
an MBA from SIBM (Gold Medalist). She is certified to administer and interpret
the MBTI psychometric instrument and is also well versed with other psychometric
tools like Caliper, Birkman and Learning Style Inventory




MISHA NATHANI

Head Product Marketing, Gratifi


MISHA NATHANI

Head Product Marketing, Gratifi



Having received a degree in Economics and Psychology from Pomona College in Los
Angeles, Misha believes employee appreciation should be ingrained in the DNA of
every organization. With a global experience with firms like Cisco and Amadeus
Hospitality, Misha is a young, passionate leader, hoping to change the face of
HR in India with Gratifi- a robust SaaS platform focused on structuring total
rewards within any organization. While she heads the sales and marketing of the
product, her approach to platform implementation caters to the millennial
population that constitutes more than 70% of India’s workforce today.




SANDEEP BIDANI

Consulting Partner-Inclusion Advisory, Saarathee


SANDEEP BIDANI

Consulting Partner-Inclusion Advisory, Saarathee



Sandeep Bidani is India’s 1st Specially Abled Senior HR Leader and Inclusion
Champion who created the pathbreaking PwD inclusion Programs ASPIRE & BELIEVE.
He was the Ex-CHRO and Regional HR leader with American Express, KPMG & IBM
India/SA for over 25 yrs & a Management Consultant with KPMG India and Middle
East. He has been a Consulting Partner in People & Culture Change & an Executive
Coach for multiple corporates as well as for INSEAD Programs in India. He’s also
a Mentor for the for AI Startups under the Telangana State AI Mission, T-AIM. In
his career, he led markets like India, Middle East, Philippines and the UK in
various roles managing over 38000 people across, building deep culture diversity
& Inclusion understanding. Sandeep is a leading Keynote speaker on
#OperationalisingInclusion #Disruption, #Leadingbyexecution and #Futureofwork
for Project Management Institute, SHRM, HR Society Nepal & MDRT Global
Conference at Dubai in 2020.




ABHIMANYU MUKHERJEE

Vice President, Strategy & Growth (India), Yellow.ai


ABHIMANYU MUKHERJEE

Vice President, Strategy & Growth (India), Yellow.ai



Abhimanyu Mukherjee is Vice President, Strategy & Growth (India) at Yellow.ai -
a Gartner Magic Quadrant leader in Conversational AI for enterprises. Yellow
AI's focus is on enabling innovative & delightful automation experiences for HR,
ITSM, and CX use cases by leveraging the best of AI + Human intelligence.

Prior to Yellow.ai, he has over 15 years of experience in growth leadership
positions across Professional Services, Technology Consulting, and SaaS
startups. His extensive background of building teams and managing PnLs on a
global scale provides great insights on how to drive high-performance,
high-reward cultures, and the critical role of employee enablement in delivering
positive outcomes. He is passionate about employee advocacy, the impact of
emerging technology on a dynamic workforce, and AI-based innovation for L&D
functions.

Abhimanyu is a BBA in Finance from the Lynn School of Business, Stetson Univ,
Merit Scholar of the prestigious Roland George Investments Portfolio, and a
graduate of the Senior Management Programme (SMP) - IIM, Ahmedabad.




ATUL SAHGAL

Head-TA (India & APAC), Publicis Sapient


ATUL SAHGAL

Head-TA (India & APAC), Publicis Sapient



Atul 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.




CHITRESH SHARMA

CEO & Co-Founder, Refyne


CHITRESH SHARMA

CEO & Co-Founder, Refyne




DR. SWATEE SARANGI

Global Head - Learning, Leadership & Organization Development, Dr Reddy's
Laboratories


DR. SWATEE SARANGI

Global Head - Learning, Leadership & Organization Development, Dr Reddy's
Laboratories



Swatee has driven several organizational change initiates with focus on skill
building, leadership development, creating a learning culture and enabling the
digital transformation agenda. She has over two decades of rich experience
encompassing teaching, research, training, consulting and leading people
development practices. She has driven several strategic interventions for
business advantage and has extensively worked in areas of talent modelling,
learning, leadership, change and work practice innovations.

Swatee is an accomplished HR thought leader with a Ph.D. in the area of Talent
Management and Organizational Development




SUSHANT DWIVEDY

Managing Director, SHL


SUSHANT DWIVEDY

Managing Director, SHL



Sushant is the Managing Director for India and the Philippines at SHL. He has
more than twenty-five years' experience in the Indian IT industry, having worked
in hardware, software, networking, and has managed services business for
companies like Microsoft, Xerox, NCR and Avaya in leadership roles. Sushant is
an Electronics and Communication engineer from Osmania University and obtained a
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Xavier Institute of
Management, Bhubaneshwar. An avid speaker at industry forums, in his free time,
Sushant enjoys reading and traveling along with occasional weekend biking
trips. 




VINEETA KUKRETI

Director - HR, Fiserv


VINEETA KUKRETI

Director - HR, Fiserv



Vineeta Kukreti has been a strategic and innovative HR leader with over 20 years
of multi-industry experience in HR leadership and consulting. Vineeta comes with
experience in managing large workforce and overseeing end-to-end Corporate HR
functions in organizations with globally dispersed, highly matrixed, and diverse
cultures. Her expertise lies in translating business vision by designing and
implementing innovative HR strategies and OD interventions to suit the needs of
the organization in different growth phases.

Vineeta has built-to-scale and led proactive HR policies and programs for
complex, service-based partnership and public organization undergoing
acquisition, getting ready to sell, start-up, rapid growth and transitional
business cycles in Fintech, IT/ ITES and business consulting domains in US, UK,
Europe and APAC regions.

In her role at Fiserv, Vineeta leads the team of human resources Business
Partners across businesses. Before her stint a Fiserv, she worked at the Boston
Consulting Group, leading their regional HR - APAC for Global Services business
unit.




ROHIT VENUGOPAL

Senior Business Manager, Razorpay


ROHIT VENUGOPAL

Senior Business Manager, Razorpay



Rohit leads business for RazorpayX Payroll. He started his career with a
background in Human Resources. After having worked at D.E. Shaw and Flipkart, he
dedicated himself to building HR SaaS products such as Recruiterbox (acquired by
Turn River Capital) and Opfin (acquired by Razorpay).




MRIGANK TRIPATHI

Chief Growth Officer - India & MEA, PeopleStrong


MRIGANK TRIPATHI

Chief Growth Officer - India & MEA, PeopleStrong



A Strategy Consultant-turned-Digital Entrepreneur-turned-Growth leader, Mrigank
is a core member of HCM business, leading growth & expansion in India & Middle
East.

An MBA from INSEAD, Mrigank is a builder at heart. A serial entrepreneur, he has
channelled his energies towards building companies - the latest being acquired
and part of the PeopleStrong product suite.

With extensive experience from starting a new venture as well as executing for
growth in larger businesses, Mrigank’s background in Startups, Sales &
Operations, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy drives him in building processes and
teams to support agile growth.




VIKAS SINGH BAGHEL

GM Talent Supply Chain & HR Technology - Center of Excellence, HCL


VIKAS SINGH BAGHEL

GM Talent Supply Chain & HR Technology - Center of Excellence, HCL



Vikas Singh Baghel is General Manager- HR, Leading HR Technology and Talent
Supply Chain- Centre of Excellence at HCL Technologies Ltd. He has 17 years
varied experience in Talent Acquisition operations, governance and HR
technology. Vikas is responsible for global technology implementation in Talent
Supply Chain, HR processes and automation enablement for HCL. His current role
involves managing employee life cycle and talent supply chain HR applications
and technology implementation, this includes both off the shelf products & in
house product design and implementation. Vikas has distinction of designing an
award winning Enterprise Social Network for HCL i.e HCL MEME, anchored various
Global Implementation of HR tech products which are recognized at various
industry Awards/Forums. His last TA project i.e. #Techruit had won prestigious
Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence award in USA and Business World best TA
technology award in India. Vikas has been Inducted into "HCL O INFINITY HALL OF
FAME"- an elite club of super achievers with outstanding performance for
consecutive six years or more. He is a Certified Recruitment Analyst from
Carlton Management Institute USA, STAR certified Leader and Certified Mentor by
International Mentor Association.




MONA PURI

Executive Director, HR India & Asia Pacific & Global HRBP for Global Safety
Services, Parexel International


MONA PURI

Executive Director, HR India & Asia Pacific & Global HRBP for Global Safety
Services, Parexel International



Mona Puri is a Human Resource leader with over 28 years of progressive
experience in the Health Care & Life Sciences industry across India, Japan, Asia
Pacific & Oceania managing regional teams in highly matrixed global
organizations. Currently , at Parexel as Executive Director Human Resources, she
is the Regional HR Leader, leading HR for India & Asia Pacific as well as
supports a SBU (Global Safety Services) as the Global HRBP.

In all of her roles, she has adopted the approach that leverages people,
culture, technology and networks to drive engagement & performance. A strong
espouser of business ethics and integrity and believer in equal opportunity for
all. Has been breaking the gender norms from start of her career and ensuring
women in leadership roles are a natural evolution of a company’s culture and
environment .

She started her career in Sales Management & Operations …and in her previous
assignments she has been associated with InVentiv Health as Head HR for Asia
Pacific, with United Health Group, as the Human Capital Partner for India/APAC
and Eli Lilly India, in various progressive roles spanning Operations, Learning
& Development and Human Resource.




SURBHI DEWAN

GM HR, Ashiana Housing


SURBHI DEWAN

GM HR, Ashiana Housing



Surbhi Dewan, postgraduate in HR and alumnus of New York University is a
certified PI & Topgrading practioner with 19+ years’ work experience across
industries like Real Estate, Logistics, Public Relations, IT, Logistics and
ITEs. She is a drafting committee member for the 1992 code of practice on safety
and health in construction representing India at ILO, Geneva. Other accolades
include Business World 40 under 40, PeopleFirst HR Excellence Award. In her
current role, she’s a member of the Leadership Team heading HR at Ashiana
Housing Ltd.




DEBASHISH GHOSH

CHRO, Berkadia


DEBASHISH GHOSH

CHRO, Berkadia



Mr Debashish Ghosh 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, greenfield projects, and talent management.

He is currently working as the Vice President and Country HR Head of Berkadia, a
Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Services Co. Prior to joining
Berkadia, he was associated with GE and Genpact managing multiple leadership
roles in HR.

Mr Ghosh 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.

Mr Ghosh 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.

His recent achievements include:
• Recognized by Siliconindia 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"

Mr Ghosh is an active member of 2 premier HR associations – Society of Human
Resources Management (SHRM) and Human Resources Federation of India (HRFI). He
also sits in the Industry Advisory Board of several Universities and B-schools.
In these roles, he provides thought-leadership towards HR practices,
industry-academia collaboration, and business strategy.




NEHA PANT

Associate Director - Knowledge & Advisory, SHRM India


NEHA PANT

Associate Director - Knowledge & 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.




JAMES JOB

Senior VP - Talent Acquisition India, Hinduja Global Solutions


JAMES JOB

Senior VP - Talent Acquisition India, Hinduja Global Solutions



James Job is the Senior Vice President - Talent Acquisition for HGS India. James
has been with HGS for more than five years now wherein he’s responsible for the
recruitment and team building. An experienced professional with track record of
more than three decades, James has worked extensively in sales, operations,
manufacturing and services industries, and now in HR.

James is a distinct leader spearheading large projects/operations across
multiple geographies. He is recipient of coveted awards and titles scaling the
career ladder in senior and responsible positions.

Prior to HGS, James had stints with Aditya Birla Minacs and CEAT Ltd. for over a
decade.




BHAKTI DHAROD

Head-HR, IDfy


BHAKTI DHAROD

Head-HR, IDfy



A talent enthusiast and a professional with 12 years of overall experience with
10.5 years of HR experience. Achieved business results through partnership with
multiple global and local stakeholders. Posses strong HR Skills across the HR
spectrum, including Talent Acquisition, Mergers and Acquisitions, Organization
Capability Building, Diversity and Inclusion, Rewards Management, Performance
Management.

Have been part of Vodafone’s BOLTRed, which is a women’s leadership program for
accelerating careers of high potential women employees. At TISS, have been the
recipient of the M.K. Tata Award for Best student, NTPC Gold Medal for best
student and S Kalsi Shield for securing first rank in M.A. in HRM and LR. Winner
of India's 40under40 HR professionl by Jombay in 2020. Am associated with
Matushree Manibai Shivji Kelvani Trust which work towards empowerment and
education of girl children with a vision of building a brighter tomorrow.




DEVENDRA DIXIT

Director - HR, Kemin Industries


DEVENDRA DIXIT

Director - HR, Kemin Industries



Dev comes with almost 3 decades of professional experience primarily in Human
Resources within domestic environment and with global exposure. Brought up in a
middle-class family with strong ethical values as foundation, had his education
in engineering and is groomed for human relations.

Dev works for thriving business by enabling greatness in people.

Dev has demonstrated a stellar performance broadly in Human Resources,
Industrial Relations and Organizational Development. He is a thought leader for
people development and business performance. His many interventions have gone
thru ideating and then scaled up across geographies and business organizations.
Dev holds multidisciplinary interests beyond HR for sustainable business, its
purpose and people.

His recent leadership interventions include implementing Great Place to Work,
Structured Employee Engagement, Leading at Speed of Trust, Situational
Leadership, founding Kemin Toastmasters Club, Servant Leadership in Practice and
Executive Coaching at Board Level. He is a certified CSR Professional, Certified
Trainer for Situational Leadership, DDI Facilitator, Sustainability Partner,
Certified SHRM-SCP and drives steering change, people development and
transformation of organizational culture measured on Trust and Performance.

Dev is based at Chennai and works at Business Leadership Level for Kemin
Industries (www.kemin.com), a family owned global organisation of repute in the
space of Animal Nutrition and Health, heading its People Function for South
Asia.

Dev pursues interests in integrated fitness of body & mind, listening Hindustani
Classical Vocal and select short readings. He selectively serves student
community thru Academic Corporate Advisory Boards and professionals by sharing
stage on variety of topics within HR sphere.




LEENA SAHIJWANI

HR Leader - Change Enabler


LEENA SAHIJWANI

HR Leader - Change Enabler



Leena is the Vice President- Group Human Resources at the Tata Group since
September 2018. In this role, she is responsible for group Performance, Rewards,
Diversity and Digital Transformation along with leading HR function for Tata
Sons that sets policy and governance for all companies at the Tata Group.

Leena has over two decades of experience having previously worked with Sun
Pharmaceuticals, GE, Accenture, Aon Hewitt and Glaxo SmithKline Consumer
Healthcare in various HR leadership roles.

Leena was leading HR function for global R&D and Quality organisations in
addition to Talent Management at Sun Pharma prior to joining Tata Group. Prior
to this stint Leena was working as Director- Compensation & Benefits responsible
for C&B and HR Operations for GE in South Asia and ASEAN regions and C&B
Branding and Communication work for GE globally. In addition she was leading the
GE Women’s Network for GE South Asia and led several key initiatives developing
diverse talent, during this tenure GE South Asia won GE Women’s Network Best
Region awards twice in a span of three years based on the impact created. She
joined GE in 2005 as the HR leader for Energy & Aviation engineering
organizations based out of Bangalore.

She started her career with Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK) from and
worked on assignments in HR and Sales. She joined Hewitt Associates and
consulted in the area of C&B and Job Evaluation for clients spanning varied
industries like Consumer, IT and ITES industries. After working for two and a
half years with Hewitt, she joined Accenture to lead their Compensation &
Benefits function for ITES business.

Leena has an MBA degree in Human Resources from Symbiosis Institute of
Management, Pune and Bachelors degree in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College,
New Delhi.

 A progressive thinker Leena is always keen to solve tough challenges and create
an impact.




ANURADHA BHARAT

Vice President - People Operations, Razorpay


ANURADHA BHARAT

Vice President - People Operations, Razorpay



Anuradha Bharat is the Vice President of the People Operations function at
Razorpay. A dynamic and creative HR, Anuradha comes with a wide-ranging
experience at high-profile organizations across varied industries.

With a strong experience in the design and implementation of innovative HR,
leadership and talent initiatives with a solutions-oriented approach, she is
known for her charismatic relationship-building skills and a consultative style
of working. She was among the first fifteen members of Razorpay, along with
being it's first female employee.

Anuradha has worked with large organisations like VMWare and Symphony before she
started to build the Razorpay team from scratch. She is an expert in building
and leading great people-oriented teams and programs, change management,
executive coaching, talent acquisition, workforce planning and employee
relations, performance management, diversity, and organization design &
development, to name a few.

Anuradha has a proven track record in creating organizational transformation by
aligning people strategies with business objectives. With over 15 years of
experience, Anuradha is an
MSc in Psychology and Organisational Behaviour from the Mysore University.




KAUSHIK SARATHY

Associate Partner, HR Managed Services Lead, KPMG


KAUSHIK SARATHY

Associate Partner, HR Managed Services Lead, KPMG



 * Kaushik is a seasoned Human Resources professional and organizational Leader
   with over 22 years of work experience having extensive knowledge in HR
   Workforce Transformation, Design Strategy, Advisory Service Operations,
   Shared Services design and setup.
 * A confident business developer , solution oriented and data centric performer
   who excels across the various HR Verticals , Service Operations; Talent
   Acquisition, Employee Life cycle management, Payroll , Compensation &
   Benefits; Org design , Employer Branding etc
 * In depth knowledge across various cloud-based technology and automation tools
   with hands on experience with Operational Excellence.

Professional and Industry experience

 * Global Delivery Lead for key clients managing HR Operations portfolio in
   Accenture. Accountable for strategic & service delivery operations managing
   business outcomes and client partnership.
 * Solution Architect- lead multiple key projects from due diligence, design and
   execution with service delivery operations across various industries
 * Extensively worked with Fortune100 clients across Retail, Products, Utilities
   , Renewables and FS and hi-tech clients in driving automation and applied
   intelligence to dramatically improve the process efficiencies and reduce the
   cost of operations
 * Experienced in delivering client values by bringing in Analytics and
   Operational excellence to the core of the delivery outcomes- significant ones
   around cost savings / process efficiencies and consumer experience
 * Led several HR sales pursuit and contributed towards the organization THR
   practice in India from 1000 to 5000+ FTEs
 * Lead/ Design solution for Global clients for both Build to Operate and Build,
   Operate & Transfer strategy and enabling successful transition
 * Experienced in Service delivery operations and Operations consulting. Most
   recent achievement was to stand up of HR BPS set up globally for a logistics
   client ~ 3000 FTEs across all streams within HR.
 * Played Global Process Owner and SME roles for clients and well versed across
   all segments within HR from “ Hire to Retire”.
 * Capability Development / Network – Responsible for strategy and foster talent
   development within the HR organization and continue to infuse the knowledge
   on leading practices and technology capabilities within the organization
 * Lead “Hire to Retire” operations for Tesco employees in UK for Depots, Stores
   Management & Head Office.




RAJ TANWAR

Chief Strategy Officer & Head HR, Advantage Club


RAJ TANWAR

Chief Strategy Officer & Head HR, Advantage Club



Raj brings over two decades of global, cross-cultural HR expertise in
geographies like Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Europe,
working across diverse industries such as IT/ITES, Engineering, Manufacturing,
Oil & Gas and Pharmaceuticals to name a few.

At present he is working as Chief Strategy Officer and Head HR for Advantage
Club. AC is a global HR Technology (SaaS) platform catering to employee
engagement, financial wellness, benefits, perks, rewards, and early wage access
on a single platform to enrich the Employee Experience journey at Moment that
matters! Headquartered at Delaware, Advantage Club has an impressive presence in
almost 100+ countries across the globe, catering to 500+ corporates and extends
offers exclusively across 10,000+ brands.

In his previous role, Raj was responsible for heading the Global Digital Talent
strategy for Concentrix across 40 countries. He also leads the line HR function
for 70,000 employees across 13 cities in India and ASEAN countries. Raj was
instrumental in expanding the company's footprint in countries like Malaysia,
Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the UAE. Additionally, he pioneered the
automation and transformation of the HR function at Concentrix. For his varied
contributions, he is also the proud recipient of six individual industry awards
including The Great People Manager Award from GMl and Forbes India in 2020.

He is a certified M&A Specialist from Aon Hewitt. His formal qualifications PGDM
from Symbiosis and further education in Digital Transformation from Columbia
Business School, Managerial & Leadership Effectiveness from IIMA and Design
Thinking & Innovation from Emeritus, Singapore

Known as “TrueTech Reporter” at YouTube, Raj spends his leisure time in reading,
video editing and music mixing.




RADHIKA PUNSHI

Co-Founder & Managing Director, The Talent Enterprise


RADHIKA PUNSHI

Co-Founder & Managing Director, The Talent Enterprise



Radhika Punshi is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at The Talent Enterprise.
As an organisational psychologist and HR expert, she advises clients on
strategic human capital issues and challenges, including building the
competitiveness of local talent, with a key focus on youth and female inclusion.
With an Ivy League education and two Masters Degrees in Organisational Behavior
and Psychology, Radhika is the first person from the MENASA region to be awarded
a degree in Positive Psychology. She served on founding Board of Directors of
the prestigious International Positive Psychology Association and is a Visiting
Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.

Radhika is a sought-after expert in the areas of talent assessment, leadership,
employee engagement, happiness & well-being. Over the past decade, Radhika has
worked with over 150+ organisations, leading projects in Government, Retail,
Aviation, Healthcare, Energy, Hospitality, Banking & Financial Services, Real
Estate sectors as well as diversified Conglomerates.

At The Talent Enterprise, Radhika leads client solutioning, including the design
and delivery of client projects. Along with our experienced team of in-house
psychologists, Radhika also steers the on-going research and development of all
our psychometric tools and assessment solutions, grounded in positive
psychology, such as the Thriving Index. She has also co-developed a series of
positive education led programs to help develop critical skills for life for
youth, such as our flagship program StrengthsCompass.

Prior to joining The Talent Enterprise, Radhika was part of the founding team
for the MENA region at Aon Hewitt as an Associate Partner and Head of
Innovation. She also worked with Campus Philly in the USA, a prominent
not-for-profit organisation focused on the development of Philadelphia as a
regional talent hub. Previously, Radhika helped set up HR Centres of Excellence
for Sapient, a leading global technology consulting firm.

Radhika is a published author and her books include ‘Unlocking the Paradox of
Plenty’ highlighting the labour market opportunities in the region and the
award-winning book on females in the Arab world titled ‘Game-Changers’.

Radhika is a self-confessed workaholic and we don’t believe there is ever a time
when she is not working! In her alter life, she would possibly be running an
interior design firm or be a travel journalist. Her biggest stress buster is her
2 year old daughter, Ayana, who is preparing to intern with us in the summer




RAJESH RAI

VP - People Team & Head HR, GlobalLogic


RAJESH RAI

VP - People Team & Head HR, GlobalLogic



Rajesh Rai is Vice President – People Team and Head of Human Resources, India at
GlobalLogic. He is responsible for spearheading the company’s HR transformation,
Learning & Development, Change Management, D&I and Sustainability initiatives
for India. He is a highly formidable HR leader and plays an instrumental role in
building new frontiers to bolster the company’s vision in establishing a ‘humans
and people first’ culture, drive employee experience, nurture diversity and
inclusion, and transform the employees’ and company’s growth journey.

With over two decades of experience in the HR industry, Rajesh has been deeply
involved in working with global business & HR teams across multiple
cross-cultural border teams effectively. He has led human resources, from
strategy to implementation, for numerous leading global organizations such as
Eicher Motors, Expedia, United Colors of Benetton, Adobe Systems, Ernst & Young,
and Arthur Andersen. Prior to joining GlobalLogic, he was previously associated
with Accenture as Head of HR for their Consulting business in India, along with
India Corporate Functions. He enabled HR interventions & strategies for a huge
workforce, that focused on crafting industry leading HR practices, commissioning
large-scale transformational change and redefining employee experience through
Human Capital strategies, Culture, Performance Achievement, Leadership,
Diversity, and Inclusion.

Rajesh holds a Bachelors and Masters in Chemistry from Delhi University and an
MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur. He is a GALLUP Strengths Coach and loves coaching
teams and individuals for leveraging & applying their strengths. Rajesh loves to
travel & experience local cultures. He enjoys doing Yoga, meditation, painting,
sketching, music, soccer and is an avid reader.




JEEVA BALAKRISHNAN

Senior Vice President & Chief Talent Officer, Reliance Retail


JEEVA BALAKRISHNAN

Senior Vice President & Chief Talent Officer, Reliance Retail




SRINI VUDUMULA

Chief People Officer & Head-CSR, BFIL


SRINI VUDUMULA

Chief People Officer & Head-CSR, BFIL




TUHIN BISWAS

CHRO, Emami Ltd


TUHIN BISWAS

CHRO, Emami Ltd




VIVEK JAIN

Sr. Executive Vice President, Kotak Mahindra Bank


VIVEK JAIN

Sr. Executive Vice President, Kotak Mahindra Bank




RAJSHEKHAR BHIDE

Head Talent Acquisition, Infosys BPM


RAJSHEKHAR BHIDE

Head Talent Acquisition, Infosys BPM




PARUL VARGHESE

Head LD & OD, Xceedance


PARUL VARGHESE

Head LD & OD, Xceedance



Parul Varghese is a result oriented people function professional with ~20 years
of experience. She has re-modelled and supported plentiful global Talent &
Change Management initiatives. She loves to design innovative interventions to
attract, develop, motivate, and retain employees. She’s a Delhi University
graduate, with a Diploma from XLRI under her wings. Her passion lies with
numbers, culture building, fixing what’s broken and nurturing talent. She
thrives on the fact that she has always had a 100% retention in her teams. In
her current role, she takes care of Global L&OD and Diversity at Xceedance.




SOUMYA CJ

Sr. Vice President - Business Acquisition & Retention, Pazcare


SOUMYA CJ

Sr. Vice President - Business Acquisition & Retention, Pazcare




TARUNA REDDY

Director - Hiring, Publicis Sapient


TARUNA REDDY

Director - Hiring, Publicis Sapient




SHRAVAN KUMAR DULLUR

HR Director, Darwin Box


SHRAVAN KUMAR DULLUR

HR Director, Darwin Box




CHIRAYU AKOTIYA

Global Head - Product & Growth, Leena.ai


CHIRAYU AKOTIYA

Global Head - Product & Growth, Leena.ai



Chirayu Akotiya leads Product & Growth at Leena AI, an innovative technology
solution that's transforming the employee experience. Driven by his curiosity
for all things related to organisational behavior and his passion for
technology, he has been instrumental in building the bridge between business and
talent strategies, to help organizations like Coca-Cola, Nestle, L&T, and many
others overcome their digital transformation gaps.




SAURABH SINGH

Associate Director Advisory - India & Sri Lanka, SHRM


SAURABH SINGH

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.




SHANAVAZ S F

Head - AR/VR/MR/Metaverse, Novac Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd


SHANAVAZ S F

Head - AR/VR/MR/Metaverse, Novac Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd



Shanavaz, an L&D professional turned solutions architect, who can code, build
apps, and sell Learning and Immersive Technologies. Have more than 13 Years of
experience in the L&D domain and 4 years of experience in Immersive Technologies
- Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality / Mixed Reality / Metaverse. He has
expertise in implementing Learning Technologies, Instructional Design,
Architecting Solutions, and Project Management. He is an avid learner and keep
looking out for upcoming technologies to enhance processes and create new
business verticals.

He started his career as a training facilitator and scaled up to head the
Immersive Technology vertical at Novac Technology Solutions. Shanavaz holds a
B.Tech degree and certifications in various domains such as Data Science,
Machine Learning, Instructional Design and Training Facilitation. Currently he
manages a wonderful team that solves Business Challenges using Augmented Reality
(AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality, and Metaverse.




HARPREET DATTA

Head TA & COE, GMR


HARPREET DATTA

Head TA & COE, GMR



Harpreet is the Group COE Head responsible for Talent Acquisition & Management
for the GMR Group of companies. Her focus areas include hiring for Top
Management roles for across the group and building internal succession
pipelines. During her tenure in GMR, she has hired more than 45 CXOs across the
Group. In her current role, in addition she is responsible for Employee
Engagement, Culture building through Values & Beliefs and is Chairperson of IC,
PASH for the GMR Group.

Harpreet is an Honours Graduate in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce
(SRCC) 1989 & Masters in Commerce from University of Delhi 1991. She holds a
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (MBA) from Institute of Management
Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad, 1995 batch with dual majors in Human Resource
Development (HRD) and Finance.

Harpreet has been heading HR during the last 16 years for companies across
industry. She has worked and contributed to the growth of companies namely SMS
Siemag, a German MNC, ABC Consultants, WWIL, a Zee Network Company, Fortis
HealthWorld Ltd., The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), The Princeton
Review - Manya and Engineers India Limited (EIL).

Harpreet has more than 26 years of rich and diverse experience in areas of Human
Resource Management broadly – Organisation Transformation and Management of
Change, Organisation Re-structuring, M&A’s, HR Digitalization, Talent
Acquisition & Management, Compensation & Benefits, Performance Management, HR
Policies and Guidelines, Organization Development, Learning & Development,
Statutory Compliance, Reward & Recognition, Succession & Career Planning, HR
Budgets & Audit and Data.

She has been invited as speaker to top academic institutes, committee member in
top industry bodies and expert evaluator in industry level competitions
including BML Munjal L&D Awards.




NITYA VIJAYKUMAR

Sr. Knowledge Advisor, SHRM India


NITYA VIJAYKUMAR

Sr. 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.







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ALL IN : LEADING A "B TO Z" WORKFORCE


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HR! WE NEED A PEOPLE EXPERIENCE FUNCTION


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THE SCIENCE OF DATA STORYTELLING


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BLOCKCHAIN

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RETURN FROM "ZOOMBIE" LAND


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TOWARDS A VIABLE FUTURE

Tech and Sustainability


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WORKTECH

Enabling Socialization or Fostering Alienation?


WORKTECH

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LMS TO LXP

Experiences driving Learning Tech Innovation


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GREAT EXPECTATIONS

What people want from their Leaders


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REDUCING BIAS & WORKPLACE DIVERSITY

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HOW HEALTHTECH IS DRIVING WORKPLACE WELLBEING


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