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  Sanjay
  Behl

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  Sanjay
  Behl
  
  Chairman, CII National Committee on Leadership & HR & CEO & Executive Director, Greaves Electric Mobility

Sanjay Behl

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Over 30-years of work experience in diverse functional and business leadership roles, ranging across consumer goods to service industry, in B2C and B2B segments, in India and Global markets.

Started with Hindustan Unilever in 1993. After the first 10- years at HUL, the next 10-years were in Telecom at Nokia and Reliance, and thereafter 7 years in Fashion Retail company Raymond. In early 2020, co-founded a Real time data science company, Nextqore, HQ in US, with offices in Mumbai, Amsterdam, and Sydney.

Currently the CEO & Executive Director of Greaves Electric Mobility (GEM), leading the mandate to provide access of electric mobility solutions to millions of individuals with affordable 2W & 3W electric vehicles and create a disruptively cleaner, affordable, convenient, and safer way for human and cargo mobility on the planet.  In addition to the current roles at GEM, Nextqore, Obeetee and multiple other Industry platforms - advising and mentoring many entrepreneurs in Fashion, Lifestyle & Technology space. Added new skills in areas of Data Science, Digital Technology and Performance Marketing over the last 2 years.

A proven track record of delivering disruptively profitable & sustainable high growth across industries. Built many businesses and brands, multiple times over from Ground Zero. Also, managed and transformed many large, established and complex businesses. Has a strong expertise in leading teams of diverse skill sets, experience, scale, structures, locations, cultures and nationalities. Amongst the recent industry accolades, featured in Business World ‘Most Valuable CEOs in India 2019’. Has been awarded Distinguished Alumni Award in 2018 by IIT BHU Alumni Association and Awarded ‘Outstanding Marketing Professional 2016’ award by International Advertising Association.

Married to a practicing Ophthalmologist, has 2 sons and settled in Mumbai. Stays actively connected with future shaping technologies and believes in continuous learning and reskilling himself.

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  Dr. Shiv
  Shivakumar

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  Dr. Shiv
  Shivakumar
  
  Operating Partner - Advent International

Sanjay Behl

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Mr. Sanjay Behl, Chairman of CII’s Leadership & HR National Committee 2021-22, Co-founder of Nextqore Inc. A US Delaware Based Company. CEO of Nextqore Private Limited - 100% subsidiary of Nextqore Inc. EVP Global Marketing, Nextqore Inc.

Ex-CEO of Raymond Lifestyle Businesses for 7 years (2013-2020) - Responsible for Textile, Apparel and Retail businesses. Executive board member of Raymond Apparel limited from 2013-2020

Besides the last 7-years in Textiles industry, 2 decades of prior work experience with 10-years in FMCG and 10-years in Telecom. Worked Hindustan Unilever, Nokia and Reliance in diverse functional and business leadership capacities across all the organizations, in India, Asia Pacific and Globally. Led some of the top Indian and Global brands – Vim, Surf, Rin, Sunlight, Nokia, Reliance amongst others; and 3 Global IPR's in Brand & Marketing operations.

Business and brand leadership experience ranging across consumer goods to service industry – project set-up, operation scale-up and managing large established brands and businesses. Led teams of diverse skill sets, experience, scale, structures, locations, cultures and nationalities.

Graduated from IIT BHU (Varanasi) and MBA from Sydenham Institute of Management, Mumbai. Avid enthusiast of technology and gadgets, a die-hard cricket aficionado and enjoy painting.

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  Suresh
  Narayanan

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  Suresh
  Narayanan
  
  Chairman & Managing Director – Nestlé India Limited

Suresh Narayanan

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Mr. Narayanan was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Nestlé India in August 2015 and is on the Board of Directors of Nestlé India Limited. He also serves as the Chairman of CII National Committee on Food processing Industries. He is an Independent Director on the Board of Asian Paints Limited and in the Board of Governors of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). Under Mr. Narayanan’s leadership, Nestlé India has been recognized by several media houses and industry forums. The organization was recognized as ‘MNC in India of the year’ in 2022 by All India Management Association. In 2021 he featured amongst the Top 101 Male Gender Equality Champions Globally. In the same year, Nestlé India was conferred Outstanding Company of the year by CNBC TV18 India Business Leader Awards (IBLA). In 2020 Business Standard awarded Nestlé India as the MNC of the year, while Business World recognized Nestlé India for Best Financial Performance in the MNC Category and bestowed ‘Purpose and Resilience’. He was conferred CNBC-AWAAZ Best Performing Leader for the MNC category in 2020. He was also honored as the Entrepreneurial CEO at EY Entrepreneur of The Year™ 2020. Business Today awarded him “Best CEO – FMCG” for two years consecutively in 2019 and 2020. He was recognized among the “Most Valuable CEOs” in 2019 by Business World. Under his leadership, Nestlé India won the “Best Governed Company Award for 2018” by Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability. Mr. Narayanan was honoured as the Best CEO at Forbes India Leadership Awards 2017 in the Multinational category.Most recently, he was a member of the Effies Global “Best of the Best” Grand Jury which took place in September 2023 in Singapore – in this role along with the other Global Grand Judges, he reviewed the Grand contenders selected to move forward in the competition to determine the Global Grand Effie Winners.

Mr. Narayanan began his career as a Management Trainee with Hindustan Unilever, where he held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in Sales, Marketing and General Management.  He has also worked with Colgate Palmolive in India.

Mr. Narayanan joined Nestlé in 1999 as Executive Vice President for Sales in India. His international career commenced from Nestlé Indochina in 2003, and he has also served in Philippines, Singapore, Egypt and NEAR (North East Africa Region).

He is an alumnus of the prestigious Shri Ram College of Commerce and Delhi School of Economics from where he completed his MA in Economics. Mr. Narayanan has also participated in the Nestlé Leadership Program of the London Business School.He has delivered talks at NASSCOM forums, various Corporates, NUS School of Business-Singapore, American University-Cairo, Columbia University, Army War College Mhow, Naval War College-Goa, and Business Schools such as IIM’s, ISB, and others in India.

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  Urvashi
  Singh

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  Urvashi
  Singh
  
  Senior VP - HR
  Genpact India Private Limited

Urvashi Singh

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Urvashi Singh is one of our senior human resource leaders and holds multiple portfolios, including Global Business HR Partnership for all delivery and functions, spanning over 100,000 employees. From a regional perspective, she also heads HR for India, the Philippines, Australia, and Egypt. She also leads the Total Rewards for Genpact. Urvashi has spent ~20 years with Genpact and has deep expertise across business HR and executive hiring.

Before Genpact, Urvashi was with ITC Limited and held various 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 2016 and is part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Executive Committee for HR and leadership.

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  Mallika
  Mutreja

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  Mallika
  Mutreja
  
  Chief Human Resources Officer
  Godrej Agrovet Limited

Mallika Mutreja

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Mallika Mutreja heads Rewards for Unilever South Asia. She is a Global HR Leader with diverse experiences across HR business partnering, Employee Relations, HR Services and Reward.

Her purpose is to create a winning legacy and leave a lasting impact. Her purpose has been the guiding force across roles whether it was leading collective bargaining negotiations, landing complex restructuring & change management projects or most recently, leading the COVID taskforce & vaccination program for HUL. An avid traveler, she enjoys road trips, reading detective fiction and spending time with family.

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  Divya
  Agarwal

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  Divya
  Agarwal
  
  Leadership and CXO Hiring Consultant
  Trainz Consulting

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  Chandra
  Bhattacharjee

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  Chandra
  Bhattacharjee
  
  CHRO - Grasim Industries Limited

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  Smiti
  Bhatt Deorah

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  Smiti
  Bhatt Deorah
  
  Co-founder & COO, Advantage Club

Smiti Bhatt Deorah

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Smiti Bhatt Deorah is the Co-Founder and COO of Advantage Club, a global employee experience platform, empowering employers to engage meaningfully with their employees and driving employee satisfaction.

With a Master's degree from the University of California Los Angeles, Smiti was working with Microsoft in the US before coming back to India to start Advantage Club, a global HR Tech platform present in 100+ countries, with features like rewards, recognition, community building, and FlexBen for employees.

Smiti's unparalleled vision, leadership, and expertise earned her numerous accolades, including "ET Inspiring Woman Leader 2023", "Times Ascent Entrepreneur of the year 2023", "BW BusinessWorld Disrupt Best Entrepreneur in Technology 2023" , and was also featured in YourStory's Women Entrepreneurs in HR Tech who are Transforming the HR Industry.

Smiti is a TedX speaker, has spoken at numerous conferences and has been featured in leading media outlets, including Josh Talks, Forbes India, SHRM, Economic Times, People Matters, CNBCTV18, Telegraph, India Today, BW Business World and many more.

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  Avijit
  Bhattacharya

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  Avijit
  Bhattacharya
  
  Chief Human Resources Officer Tata Capital Limited

Avijit Bhattacharya

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Avijit joined The Tata Group in 1996 as a TAS Officer in Tata Administrative Services and has worked on various assignments in the areas of automotive and financial services.

Currently Avijit is the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Tata Capital. As CHRO, Avijit oversees all aspects of People Management, Infrastructure & Administration, Safety and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Avijit was the founding CEO of Tata Cleantech Capital Limited (TCCL), a joint venture between Tata Capital Limited and The International Finance Corporation, Washington from 2012-2015. TCCL is a specialized lender for Renewable Energy Projects, Water Management Projects and Energy Efficiency Projects. Prior to TCCL, he was the founding CEO of Tata Securities Limited (TSL) from 2007 to 2012. The primary businesses of TSL are Equity Broking, Investment Banking and Distribution. Both TCCL and TSL are subsidiaries of Tata Capital Ltd. of which Avijit was one of the founding members.

Prior to Tata Capital, Avijit worked with Tata Motors Ltd, the leading automobile manufacturer of India, from 2003 to 2007 in the Passenger Car Business and Corporate Finance. From 2003-2005, he was Head - Systems & Process and Business Excellence for the Passenger Car Business (PCBU) and Engineering Research Center (ERC) and was a member of the office of the Executive Director - PCBU & ERC. Thereafter Avijit moved to the office of Executive Director - Finance & Corporate Affairs as DGM - Corporate Affairs looking after Mergers and Acquisitions and Subsidiary Relationships.

As a TAS Officer, Avijit was involved in various assignments like the Launch of the Tata Indica, setting up of an online equity trading portal and retail broking business for Tata TD Waterhouse Securities and setting up of Concorde Motors, a captive car dealership chain.

Avijit is a B.Tech from IIT - Kanpur and MBA from IIM - Bangalore. He is a Fulbright Scholar, having undergone the Fulbright Program at the Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Avijit was recognized as a Young Leader by the British High Commission in 2013.

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  Kalpana
  Bansal

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  Kalpana
  Bansal
  
  Solution Head- Talent and AI

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  Awantika
  Bhardwaj

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  Awantika
  Bhardwaj
  
  Senior Director - Culture and People Experience
  ENSONO

Awantika Bhardwaj

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Awantika is an experienced senior level Human Resources executive, with over 20+ years of success delivering remarkable value while developing innovative, realistic and performance driven strategies and programs. Her experience holds a demonstrated history of delivering fast in the mid & portly size Information Technology companies leading HR teams.

In the present role, Awantika, is spearheading the India CPE team, overseeing the entire operations of the HR Department, providing leadership and guidance to HR functions; overseeing training and development, employer branding, and talent acquisition; clarifying on employee conduct and communicating clearly the business values to all levels of business.

Along with work, she is enthusiastic rider; an avid traveler; an adorable mother; a lovable daughter; and a beloved sister.

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  Roma
  Bindroo

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  Roma
  Bindroo
  
  CHRO Zepto

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  Ruchira
  Chaudhary

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  Ruchira
  Chaudhary
  
  Head for Asia PacificHead for Asia Pacific Flexing It

Ruchira Chaudhary

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An alumnus of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Ruchira straddles the corporate and academic worlds – she is a leading executive coach, adjunct faculty at several top tier business schools and runs a boutique consulting firm focused on organizational strategy solutions.

Ruchira’s diverse and eclectic background in mergers & acquisitions, organization effectiveness and strategy execution, coupled with two decades of experience in emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, helps her grasp challenging people issues.

During her corporate career, Ruchira held leadership roles in Medtronic and AIG in Singapore, Qatar Telecom (now Oredoo) in Qatar and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in India. Her consulting repertoire spans multinationals, government agencies and leading local businesses across industries.

She has coached mid to C-level business leaders, academics, entrepreneurs and small business owners across the Middle East, North Africa, China, India and Singapore in industries ranging from oil & gas, financial services, government, automotive parts, health care, insurance, law, manufacturing, medical devices and technology.

She is the executive coach for Chicago Booth’s ADP program for senior level executives and affiliate faculty at several business schools including SMU, NUS and IMD in Singapore, and most recently London Business School.

Ruchira frequently gets featured in and writes for leading business journals like HBR. She has authored a series of highly acclaimed leadership and coaching articles for the Mint and also writes a regular column for them.

She is the author of the book Coaching: The Secret Code to Uncommon Leadership commissioned by Penguin Random House and endorsed by luminaries like Sheryl Sandberg, and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw. The book released globally in late 2021 to much acclaim She was recently facilitated as one of the “21 Women Leaders in 2021” by a leading women’s platform in India.

By way of education, Ruchira has earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Delhi, a master’s in communications management and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business with a concentration in strategy. Ruchira speaks English, Hindi, Elementary French and Arabic. She currently divides her time between Singapore and Mumbai, India.

Kalpana Bansal

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Kalpana Bansal, Solution Head – Talent and AI, is a senior experienced strategic leader, with 20+ years of experience in general management, strategy, higher education, and technology. She is a doctoral student of XLRI (strategy) and has lead organizations with expertise in the areas of organization development and structuring, Assessment Centers and competency design, Compensation design, and technology- analytics and AI/ML. At Darwinbox, Kalpana leads the talent and skills solutions for global organizations and AI/ML mandate across the platform.

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  Deepan
  Dasgupta

  Deepan
  Dasgupta
  
  Partner, Human Capital Consulting, Deloitte India

Deepan Dasgupta

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Deepan is a Organisation Transformation leader with in-depth experience and expertise in providing customised solutions to private and public sector clients in the areas of Organisation design and change, Digital and Technology operating model design and activation, Strategic Workforce planning and optimisation and creating a High-Performance organisation across India, UK, US, Australia, Middle East, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, Canada and Mauritius.

Deepan has delivered more than 40 large scale assignments in the organisation transformation space across various sectors with a focus on Telecom & Technology, Retail & Consumer and Financial Services. His notable work in include Operating model and Organisation structure design for agility, building new age Digital/Cloud Operating Models, creating Next-generation Workforce Plans (optimised and future-ready) and driving Agile change.

Deepan is a digital, AI and agility enthusiast who is passionate about AI driven agile at scale solutions. He is a Professional SCRUM master, a GCP Digital Cloud Partner, an AWS Accredited Partner and certified in Data Analytics from IBM. Deepan is also part of the Deloitte global Platform Operating model think-tank and the Human Capital Cloud Transformation community.

Prior to Deloitte, Deepan was an Associate Principal with Korn Ferry Hay Group where he focused on Building Effective Organisations. Deepan started his career at Ernst & Young, India, where he was engaged in People Advisory Services focused on the India, Middle East and Bangladesh Markets..

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  Deepak
  Deshpande

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  Deepak
  Deshpande
  
  Vice President & Head HR Practices Tata Business Excellence Group (Tata Sons)

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  Anirban
  Dasgupta

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  Anirban
  Dasgupta
  
  Stand-up Comedian

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  V B
  Dyasa

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  V B
  Dyasa
  
  Regional Director
  BAIF Development Research Foundation

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  Ashank
  Desai

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  Ashank
  Desai
  
  Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Leadership & HR and
  Founder and Former Chairman, Mastek

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  Anandorup
  Ghose

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  Anandorup
  Ghose
  
  Partner, Deloitte India

Anandorup Ghose

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Anandorup is a Partner with Deloitte in Human Capital Consulting. He has over 18 years of professional experience across a range of areas in HR advisory. Prior to Deloitte, Anandorup headed AON’s performance, rewards and organization consulting practice across India, Middle East & South East Asia. He has worked in the areas of executive compensation design and benchmarking, long term incentive plan design, sales incentive plan design, governance structure definition, remuneration committee advisory, performance planning and scorecard design etc.

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  Mr. Divyanshu
  Ganatra

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  Mr. Divyanshu
  Ganatra
  
  Founder
  Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation

Mr. Divyanshu Ganatra

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Divyanshu Ganatra is one of the world's leading speakers on leadership, inclusion and innovation. It is just a bonus that he is also one of the most motivating and inspiring individuals you will ever meet in this day and age. Sought after motivational speaker for hundreds of Fortune 500 companies and CXO forums India's first blind solo pilot India's first blind tandem cyclist to cycle from Manali to Khardung La—the highest motorable road in the world First blind Indian to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa—the tallest freestanding mountain in the world Touched the lives of over 50 million people across the world Speaker at leading TedX events Guest faculty at multiple IITs, IIMs and universities in the US Inclusion ambassador for governments in India and abroada

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  Harish
  Iyer

  Harish
  Iyer
  
  Head DE&I, Axis Bank

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  Gregory
  Ipe

  Gregory
  Ipe
  
  Head of Business Hunar AI

Gregory Ipe

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Gregory Ipe is a business mastermind and a true leader at Hunar.AI. With a decade at Unilever and an MBA from IIM Calcutta, he's been instrumental in shaping the vision of the company from the very beginning. When he's not working, he's a dedicated family man with a passion for football. He recently returned from the Qatar World Cup and calls it one of the best experiences of his life. The team admires his discipline and his uncanny ability to connect with people, making him the go-to person for guidance and support.

Urvashi Singh

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Urvashi Singh is one of our senior human resource leaders and holds multiple portfolios, including Global Business HR Partnership for all delivery and functions, spanning over 100,000 employees. From a regional perspective, she also heads HR for India, the Philippines, Australia, and Egypt. She also leads the Total Rewards for Genpact. Urvashi has spent ~20 years with Genpact and has deep expertise across business HR and executive hiring.

Before Genpact, Urvashi was with ITC Limited and held various 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 2016 and is part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Executive Committee for HR and leadership.

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  Sonal
  Jain

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  Sonal
  Jain
  
  Global CHRO - EPL Limited

Madhavi Lall

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Madhavi Lall is a Human Resource professional and MBA in HR & systems from XLRI Jamshedpur. She has around 30 years of experience working for large companies like Standard Chartered Bank, Accenture, ABN Amro bank, Colgate Palmolive and HCL Hewlett- Packard.

Has been the head HR at Deutsche Bank India since May 2015. As a member of the Executive Committee at Deutsche Bank, she is responsible for shaping the Deutsche Bank Group’s people strategy in India and in helping build the employer brand for the organization. She was conferred the “Women Leadership Award” by the jury and Council of Board Members of the Institute of Public Enterprises-BFSI in 2010 and the Distinguished Alumnus Award by XLRI in 2016. She is also a founding member of the HR Committee for FICCI. Madhavi is also a member of the CII National Committee on Leadership and HR and has been the chairperson at CII– Indian Women Network for the Western region for the year 2020-21. She is in the list of top 50 HR Influencers in ETHR World list for 2020.

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  Dr. Alok
  Juneja

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  Dr. Alok
  Juneja
  
  Vice President-Programmes & Livestock Development
  BAIF Development Research Foundation

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  Dr. C.
  Jayakumar

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  Dr. C.
  Jayakumar
  
  Executive Vice President & Head - Corporate Human Resources (CHRO) Larsen & Toubro

Dr. C. Jayakumar

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A highly result-oriented, HR professional with 33 years of experience in successfully planning, designing, implementing, and managing various Strategic HR Initiatives. He has been the Head of HR for various businesses, independent companies, and JVs within L&T Group, including leadership roles in the Middle East & Africa Region. He has led various transformational initiatives within the organization including digital transformation. He has been an established thought leader and widely acclaimed speaker in various national and international conferences and forums.

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  Unmesh
  Pawar

  Unmesh
  Pawar
  
  Chief People Officer South Asia dentsu

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  Ravindra
  Kumar G.P.

  Ravindra
  Kumar G.P.
  
  CHRO
  Tata Motors Limited

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  Sandeep
  Girotra

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  Sandeep
  Girotra
  
  President & CHRO, DCM Shriram

Sandeep Girotra

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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.

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  Madhavi
  Lall

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  Madhavi
  Lall
  
  Co-Chair, CII 12th National HR Conclave, Managing Director, Head – HR, India Deutsche Bank India Private Limited

Madhavi Lall

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Madhavi Lall is a Human Resource professional and MBA in HR & systems from XLRI Jamshedpur. She has around 30 years of experience working for large companies like Standard Chartered Bank, Accenture, ABN Amro bank, Colgate Palmolive and HCL Hewlett- Packard.

Has been the head HR at Deutsche Bank India since May 2015. As a member of the Executive Committee at Deutsche Bank, she is responsible for shaping the Deutsche Bank Group’s people strategy in India and in helping build the employer brand for the organization. She was conferred the “Women Leadership Award” by the jury and Council of Board Members of the Institute of Public Enterprises-BFSI in 2010 and the Distinguished Alumnus Award by XLRI in 2016. She is also a founding member of the HR Committee for FICCI. Madhavi is also a member of the CII National Committee on Leadership and HR and has been the chairperson at CII– Indian Women Network for the Western region for the year 2020-21. She is in the list of top 50 HR Influencers in ETHR World list for 2020.

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  Farida
  Lambay

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  Farida
  Lambay
  
  CO-FOUNDER, PRATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION
  DIRECTOR, PRATHAM COUNCIL FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN

Farida Lambay

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With 25 years of experience as an education and social activist, Farida Lambay co-founded Pratham in 1995 with Dr. Madhav Chavan.

She heads the Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children and is also responsible for Pratham’s direct programs in Mumbai and Gujarat. Ms. Lambay was recently appointed a member of the Maharashtra State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights and currently serves on the Government of India Committee on Child Labour & Research in Education where she has initiated national level policy changes.

A former vice principal of the Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work in Mumbai, Ms. Lambay has spearheaded initiatives such as Prerana (working for the rights of sex workers in Kamatipura, Mumbai) and YUVA (working on various social issues taking strength from the youth) as well as multiple disaster relief efforts.

In 2015, she received the Indira Gandhi Memorial Award for her contributions to education and child rights..

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  Raju
  Mistry

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  Raju
  Mistry
  
  President and Global Chief People Officer Cipla

Raju Mistry

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Dr. Raju Mistry has been President and Global Chief People Officer of Cipla since April 2019.

Raju is an accomplished and veteran HR leader with over three decades of global experience across diverse sectors such as Chemicals, Pharma, FMCG, IT, Engineering and textiles. Prior to Cipla, Raju was Chief Human Resources Officer at Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. Raju has previously worked with the Aditya Birla Group, Tata Sons, Colgate Palmolive, Siemens, and Mastech Corporation, Canada.

At Cipla, Raju oversees Human Resources, and Administration and Facilities Management. As a member of the Management Council of Cipla, Raju brings to the table her gravitas and expertise to lead Cipla’s dynamic and ambitious people agenda with a keen focus on corporate culture, talent, employer brand and leadership development.

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  Shaji
  Mathew

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  Shaji
  Mathew
  
  Group Head of Human Resources (CHRO) - Infosys

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  Surender
  Mehta

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  Surender
  Mehta
  
  CHRO Nykaa

Raju Mistry

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Dr. Raju Mistry has been President and Global Chief People Officer of Cipla since April 2019.

Raju is an accomplished and veteran HR leader with over three decades of global experience across diverse sectors such as Chemicals, Pharma, FMCG, IT, Engineering and textiles. Prior to Cipla, Raju was Chief Human Resources Officer at Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. Raju has previously worked with the Aditya Birla Group, Tata Sons, Colgate Palmolive, Siemens, and Mastech Corporation, Canada.

At Cipla, Raju oversees Human Resources, and Administration and Facilities Management. As a member of the Management Council of Cipla, Raju brings to the table her gravitas and expertise to lead Cipla’s dynamic and ambitious people agenda with a keen focus on corporate culture, talent, employer brand and leadership development.

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  Rajesh
  Padmanabhan

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  Rajesh
  Padmanabhan
  
  Chairman, HONO and, Managing Director (India), The EXCO Group and CEO, Talavvy Business Catalysts LLP

Rajesh Padmanabhan

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Rajesh Padmanabhan, is an accomplished corporate executive, board advisor, master coach & a start-up Entrepreneur. He brings more than 30 years of global diversified business, operating & consulting experience across industries in IT Services, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Mining & Metals, Banking & Infrastructure. He has successful track record of driving digital transformation, building boards, Excos and top teams along with driving effectiveness, running large human resources function globally with experience in corporate banking as business head & driving strategy.

Career History

Rajesh is an influential Senior Business Transformation leader and a matrix global professional who has done seven roles in seven varied industries, to his credit. Started his career handling systems on mainframes 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 & Global HR. He built convergence between Business & People keeping Technology at the forefront. He has been in 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 & culture change & skills building holistically for business value & excellence creation in his various roles with ICICI Group, Essel Propack as 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 & Group CHRO.

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

He now runs 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 on the board of Cornerstone International Group and is a Business Mentor with The Exco Group ( formerly Merryck & Company, Americas).

He is also on the National Board of CII Leadership & HR & is appointed as the Chairman of the CII HR Incubation Centre ( CHIC).

Personal

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

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  Aman
  Sharma

  Aman
  Sharma
  
  Co-Founder at TEACH

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  Yogi
  Sriram

  Yogi
  Sriram
  
  Consultant to CEO & MD, Group Human Resources Larsen & Toubro Limited

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  Manoj
  Shikarkhane

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  Manoj
  Shikarkhane
  
  CHRO LTIMindtree

Manoj Shikarkhane

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With 34+ years of industrial experience, Manoj Shikarkhane heads the global HR organization for LTIMindtree, a $3.5B ITeS company with 90,000+ associates.

An old-timer with the organization, Manoj has worn many hats in various roles such as Chief Delivery Officer, Head of the Software Engineering Group, Transformation Office to name a few. Prior to LTIMindtree, he has also worked with organizations such as Capgemini, Blue Star Infotech and Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.

With a rich experience through various organizations, Manoj’s forte lies in his approachable demeanor, strong governance capability, Talent Management and ability to drive large, complex transformation programs for the clients.

Manoj has done his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from VJTI, Mumbai, Post-graduation in Software Technology from NCST and Diploma in Financial Management from NMIMS.

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  Balaji
  Sreenivasan

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  Balaji
  Sreenivasan
  
  Executive Vice-President, Human Resources Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited

Balaji Sreenivasan

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Mr. Balaji Sreenivasan is the Executive Vice-President, Human Resources at Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited (CPIL), since November 2020. He joined CPIL in 2005 in the Human Resources function. Over the course of 15 years, Mr. Sreenivasan served through leadership roles in the Human Resources function at Colgate-Palmolive Company’s divisions and subsidiaries in India, Turkey, Central Asia & Caucasus, North Africa/Middle East Region, as well as at the Asia Pacific Division HeadQuarters in Hong Kong. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Sreenivasan was Human Resources Director, Asia-Pacific Supply Chain, where he and his team partnered closely with business leaders to strengthen organizational capabilities and drive transformation towards an agile and empowered culture across the region.

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  Akhilesh
  Tuteja

  Akhilesh
  Tuteja
  
  Global Head - Cyber Security Consulting, India Head - Digital Consulting KPMG

Akhilesh Tuteja

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Akhilesh is Partner, Global Cyber Security Leader, National Alliances and TMT Industry Leader, Head Clients & Markets for KPMG in India.

Akhilesh is passionate about developments in the area of information technology and how these can help businesses drive smart processes and effective outcomes. He has advised over 200 clients on matters relating to cyber security, IT strategy, selection of technologies and helped them realise the business benefits of technology. He possesses good knowledge of behaviour psychology and is enthusiastic about addressing the issues of IT risks in a holistic manner, especially through application of user behaviour analytics.

Akhilesh has played an instrumental role in the industry, and is widely recognised for his strong blend of business and technical skills. Due to his positioning as an independent expert, he has been a member of jury for a number of awards over the last few years. Akhilesh is a frequent contributor to business and technology publications. He is a notable speaker on cyber security and its implication on enterprise businesses.

Akhilesh has also played an active part in developing security and privacy frameworks for the banking industry in India.

Areas of Expertise: Cyber security, technology risk management, emerging technologies

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  Vikram
  Tandon

  Vikram
  Tandon
  
  Group Chief Human Resources Officer
  Adani Group

Vikram Tandon

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Vikram is a seasoned Human Resources professional with over three decades of experience across a range of diverse businesses, geographies, and cultures. His expertise lies in thoughtful management of the intersection of strategy, talent, and organization culture, with extensive outcomes in organizational effectiveness, talent management, succession planning and leadership development.

Prior to joining the Adani Group, Vikram donned many transformative leadership roles across global brands such as HSBC India, American International Group, Inchcape Plc, Dubai, and ANZ Grindlays Bank, among others.

Vikram holds a master’s degree in Human Resources from XLRI Jamshedpur and has certifications in Leading Change, Management & Innovation from the Harvard Business School. Vikram was the past President of the National HRD Network, Mumbai Chapter and has been a recipient of the GNOSIS Excellence award from XLRI.

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  Praful
  Tickoo

  Praful
  Tickoo
  
  Vice President | Data, Insights and AI Genpact

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  Manu
  Narang Wadhwa

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  Manu
  Narang Wadhwa
  
  CHRO Sony Pictures Networks India

Manu Narang Wadhwa

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Manu Narang Wadhwa A human resource management specialist, Manu joined Sony Pictures Networks India in 2019 to drive the people strategy for the network. In her current role, she is responsible to create a compelling employee experience while establishing leadership and promoting best talent practices. With a career spanning over two decades, across various industries and countries, she has piloted the workplace and people agenda for dynamic global organizations like American Express & General Electric, in roles as Head HR, Talent & Development, M&A, HR Transformation, Change & Digital Innovation. Prior to joining SPN in 2019, Manu was associated with Coca-Cola, as the Head of Human Resources - India and South West Asia. She is a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – National Leadership & HR Committee, Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) – Asia Pacific Advisory Board, Chandigarh University Corporate Advisory Board and Jombay Advisory Board. Manu holds a PGDBA in Human Resources from Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development, Pune and a Bachelors in Economics from the University of Rajasthan. An epicurean globetrotter, Manu likes to travel and experience culinary delights from across the world.

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  Roshni
  Wadhwa

  Roshni
  Wadhwa
  
  HR Transformation Director - L'Oreal SAPMENA