Founder & Managing Partner GPR HR Consulting LLP ( Good People Relations), Has spent 37 years in entire gamut of Human Resource Management with SAIL, JK Organization, SK Birla Group and Reliance Industries (in India and Malaysia) at Mines, Factories and Corporate offices. He has been National Secretary, National HRD Network; President, Rotary Club, Delhi Vasant Valley; Area Director, Business Network International, Delhi West; He is Chairman, Academic Senate, SRI SIIM and Advisor, KIIT University, Odisha. Bestowed with Outstanding Contribution Award from National HRD Network, HR Professional of the year Award, and HR Leadership Excellence Award at Singapore, Achievers Awards at Colombo and in New Delhi etc. Also got felicitated at the silver jubilee conference of NHRDN for his long and immense contribution. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-gp-rao-8148735/?originalSubdomain=in

He is with IBM Global Services, Consulting and Operations. He has long experience in Business Development/and Supply Chain Management at AT&T and IBM. https://www.linkedin.com/in/harkawar-bawa-9a8705/?originalSubdomain=in

He works as a private banker. Earlier he was the Vice President IIFL, Assistant Vice President with BNP Paribas Asia, and a senior manager with HDFC Bank.

Manager, KPMG He is attached with start-up education venture in India as its Business Head. He specialized in Alliances, Business Development, People Management, Product & Brand Management and Key Account Management https://www.linkedin.com/in/jatins/?originalSubdomain=in

He is a Professional Standup Comedian and Founder at Grandmasters of Comedy; Managing Director & CEO – Empyrean Partners. He is also a Partner at Mind Cafe. https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitandon17/?originalSubdomain=in

He has been the Senior Project Manager and Head IT Infrastructure with NIIT Technologies. Earlier, he was the Manager, IT Infrastructure with GE Money, prior to which he was Deputy Manager with the Hindustan Times. https://www.linkedin.com/in/anil-kumar-sekhri-a692167/?originalSubdomain=in

He is a popular name among children and young adults today as a motivational speaker and a career guidance expert. He is known for his 500+ impactful and high voltage sessions, which are a rage with the youth. https://www.linkedin.com/in/anubhav-rakheja-362b1418/?trk=public_post-embed_share-update_actor-text&originalSubdomain=in

Founder & COO at Orahi, India’s most trusted Carpool App since January, 2016. Earlier, he was the Director Industry & Society at Ericsson Global Services India Pvt. Ltd. https://www.linkedin.com/in/arun-bhati-56ab911/?originalSubdomain=in

He is Group Director Government Affairs & Public Policy of Microsoft India. He has nearly 30 years of national and international experience in the corporate and government affairs, policy advocacy, channel management and strategic planning. He has created and led high performance teams across various countries, and successfully managed and set up new businesses as an Independent Profit Centre Head. He has handled budgets in the multi million dollar range and has spoken at events hosted by WB, WTO, UNICEF, UNESCO. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashutoshchadha/?originalSubdomain=in

Amit Jain has been instrumental in streamlining the Money Transfer Business at Reliance Capital. He has created new benchmarks of growth and profitability for the business. All functions of Business from Sales, Finance, Operations & Quality, Compliance & Risk and Marketing reported to him as Business Head- Money Transfer Service, Banking Correspondent & Gold Coins.
In 2010 he established Gold Coin business in association with India Post. In 2012 he set up Domestic Money Transfer Business as well in addition to International Money Transfer business for Reliance.
Has previously worked with HDFC, ICICI & ABN Amro Bank before venturing into Reliance Capital in 2006. He has over 16 years of experience in various capabilities in BFSI space. He handled Liabilities, Assets, Wealth Management, Insurance, Mutual Funds, Equity Broking, Commodity Broking, Portfolio Management Services, Private Equity and Real Estate Advisory during his stint with the banks. https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-jain-bb0a3499/?originalSubdomain=in

Mr. Alok Gupta is the founder & CEO of Pyramid. With over 25 years of rich and varied experience in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry, Alok as an entrepreneur co-founded several ICT companies namely Samtech, airJaldi, XENSIXand Pyramid, a boutique Digital Crime, Fraud and Forensic solution and has been a services provider to Law Enforcement and Enterprises of which he is the Founder & CEO.
He is a past member of the National Committee on Information Technology for Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and a member of The lndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE), Alok mentors young entrepreneurs. He is the President of the Alumni Association of Birla Institute of Management Technology and a founding member of Birla Alumni Association Network. He is a member of the IMS Law advisory committee and the founding member of the DSCI Cyber Forensic Forum (DCFF) representing the Digital Forensic industry.
He has setup offshore development centers from very nascent stage to profitable ventures with teams of enthusiastic and motivated developers. Specialties: SIP, SOA, IMS, Web Services, HTTP & SIP Servlets(JSR 116), Servlet container, Core Java, J2EE, OOPS, multi-threading, Design Patterns, JDBC, Solaris, Linux and Windows. https://www.smbconnect.in/single_mentor.php?ssid=48

He is the Founder & CEO of Times Interactive-an integrated, multi-skill marketing communication agency devoted to B2B and B2C segments. For him, the love as well as passion for devising 360- degree communication strategies is instantaneous and everlasting. His agency, Timeus, has been spearheading outstanding ideas and communication nuances since its time of inception. These have culminated in the strong digital presence of some top-notch organizations in the country. Driven by a bunch of creative enthusiasts and digital mavericks, his company Timeus has successfully carved a niche in creating award-winning innovations and creativity across communication channels. https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitesh-roy-844a4b7/?originalSubdomain=in

He is the Co- founder and owner of India Mart lntermesh ited for more than 21 years. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brijeshagrawal/?originalSubdomain=in

He is the lead partner with Pegasus Institute for Excellence, New Delhi. Earlier, he was at Greenlam Industries Ltd, New Delhi; General Manager, Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd. and was the Business Head, HR Consulting for Ma Foi Randstad, Chennai. https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakadhar/?originalSubdomain=in

She has been a successful manager with over 3 decades of experience in Revenue Expansion, Adve rtising, Marketing, Corporate Communica­ tion, Public Relations and Client Servicing. She is presently associated with Concept Communication Ltd., Delhi as Senior Vice President overseeing the complete operations of the government vertical of the agency. Alongwith being a visiting faculty in some Business Schools, she introduced an innovative course in Advertising in a reputed college of University of Delhi. She had been Joint Secretary of the Delhi Advertising Club, as the first ever female member of the Board and President of Miranda House Alumnae Association. https://www.linkedin.com/in/esha-guha-15b8b54b/?originalSubdomain=in

He is a Leadership Coach & Partner with Vyaktitva, New Delhi, since 2004. Earlier he was the Director HR of V Customer and Regional Manager NIIT, Limited. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaganadlakha/?originalSubdomain=in

Global ICT Professional, Data Scientist & Digital Strategist/ Business Head. High-performing technology executive and strategic business leader with more than 23 years’ broad-based experience in Information Technology, Business Planning, End-to­ End Solution Design & Execution across more than 55 countries. CIO – level success in pioneering and managing complex IT solutions designs including cloud-based applications, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation. Career marked by IT leadership roles with industry leaders like Timetunnel Consulting, Satyam Computer Services, Cognizant & HP”. Domain Expertise: BFSI, Retail, Hospitality, Tourism, Pharma, Manufacturing, Automobile, Healthcare, Government, Energy, Media, Logistics, Education, Mining, Public Transport. 2015 & 2016 10th in the Global Top 100 Most Social ClOs by Huffington Post, UK

He is the Head, Employee Relations & Compliances at Sodexo Onsite Services, Gurgaon. Earlier he has been the Head, Talent Acquisition & Development, and HCL Info Systems.

Anupam Dutta is the Director of Headway BPO Solutions, based out of India and USA. In his capacity, he is responsible for Global Sales, Marketing, Partnerships and Alliances and the transitions function for client engagements, along with Digital Solutions, AI and RPA. He also leads the company’s consulting service line. Prior to his current role, he has served as an integral part of several domains such as Insurance, Reinsurance, US Payroll. With over 24 years of experience ranging from Client Management, Global delivery of business process management across the geography, Mr Dutta has had the pleasure of working with people across the globe. As an expert, he is often seen sharing his experience at leading industry events. From an academic perspective, Mr Dutta is a six sigma green belt certified, holding a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Calcutta, India. https://www.linkedin.com/in/anupamdutta2008/?originalSubdomain=in

She is the Managing Director of Q Source Consulting Pvt. Ltd since 2011and was earlier the Commercial Manager of IETK Pvt. Ltd for 5 years. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sangeeta-sehgal-b06a0b12/?originalSubdomain=au

Professor Ashok Aima holds a PhD in Economics. Prior to joining as a Vice-Chancellor, he was serving the Central University of Jammu (CUJ) as the Head, Department of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour. He is a member of the global consultancy project on a competency assessment tool to assess and develop human resource professionals. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashok-aima-b6b34338/?originalSubdomain=in

He is the President of Samma lnfratech Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, since 2012. He was the CEO of Visnova Interactive Pvt. Ltd and the President­ KPO of Visnova Solutions for nearly a decade. https://www.linkedin.com/in/soodsanjay/?originalSubdomain=in

Senior Advisor, People and Change Advisory, KPMG. He has rich experience in Strategic & Operational HR Roles with corporates of repute including Ford Tractors, Onida, Bilt, Tractors India & CK Birla Group. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jitender-chaudhary-ab55861/?originalSubdomain=in

Associate Director KPMG Academy, KPMG India He is a professional in Channel Sales/Distribution, Business Development, and Business strategy for major educational institutions across vertical markets and niche markets. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjeev-srivastava-6748539/?originalSubdomain=in

Vice President HR Corvesta Companies. She led Organizational Transformations and Change Management Initiatives resulting in improved organizational performance and was selected for “100 Most Talented Global HR Leaders,” a book sponsored by CHRO Asia. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathyclaytor/

He is Executive Director, Seed Fund-an early stage VC fund. He is a Charter Member of TiE and a Board member of many dotcom ventures https://www.linkedin.com/in/svickram/?originalSubdomain=in

He is the President HR at Techno Electric & Engineering Co. Ltd, New Delhi. Earlier was Heading HR of Freight Systems and lntex technologies India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi. https://www.linkedin.com/in/manoj-sood-8265654/?originalSubdomain=in

Ms. Askari headed the HR for Apollo International Ltd. She has been honoured with the Women Super Achiever Award (2010), Women Leadership Award (2014), and more recently at the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the World HRD Congress (2017), cited and honoured as one of the India’s Most influential HR Professionals. https://www.linkedin.com/in/siminaskari/?originalSubdomain=in

Independent Development Professional; Charter Member, Institute of Health Systems. She carries long professional experience in public management and administration with ADB, FAO, and UNDP and has worked with UNFPA, UNICEF, IPPF the Clinton Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Richard Gere Foundation. Is from the IAS and was Secretary Govt. of India. https://www.linkedin.com/in/meenakshi-datta-ghosh-330b4323/?originalSubdomain=in

He is the Founder & CEO of Tanserv, Gurgoan, since May 2012. Earlier, he was the Regional Business Head – Working Capital Solutions GE Capital. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kuchibhottlla/?originalSubdomain=in

He has long experience in recruitment , orientation , induction, compensation , and employee engagement. He had successful career as VP or GM, across locations and companies.

Dr. Swarp had been a Director of Human Resources at Engineers India Limited until June 30, 2016. Earlier, Ms. Swarup served as General Manager, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC). https://www.linkedin.com/in/veena-swarup-481867213/?originalSubdomain=in

He is a consultant and visiting professor with AKGEC Skills Foundation, and also the SEBI faculty for Investment Awareness Seminars. Mr. Jain was earlier the Head of Training at Bancassurance Channel.

Innovation , Product Management, Business Analytics, CLM, Strategy and Planning at Tata Teleservices Ltd
He has strong experience across the different facets of demand fulfilment and demand generation – Sales, Revenue Planning, Product Management, Analytics, CLM, Strategy and Innovation. With an average Gallup score of 4.65 over the last 3 years, he highlights the ability as a team player.
He has made presentation to the erstwhile Group Chairman Mr Cyrus Mistry on emerging Telecom opportunities in Africa and was the 2013 finalist at TATA Group Business Leadership Awards. https://www.linkedin.com/in/publicspeaker/?originalSubdomain=in

She is a working professional with an extensive hands on experience on benchmarking surveys along with global executive compensation. https://www.linkedin.com/in/neha-mohan-63429a2/?originalSubdomain=in

Chairman, Mefcom He is the CMD of MEFCOM a leading Stock Broker and Investment Banker. He is also the Chairman of the Capital Market Committee of PHO Chamber of Commerce. He is the former Chairman of Jaipur Stock Exchange, a Director of the Delhi Stock Exchange and a Member of the Regional Advisory Board of BSE https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijay-mehta-40194728/?originalSubdomain=in

She carries over 18 years of rich experience in the areas of Health, Education, Environment, Sanitation Management, Brownfield Projects, CSR Projects, Research & Evaluation Studies, Large Scale Data Management, Cross Section and Cohort studies .

IBM He is an accomplished HR Leader with around 2 decades of global experience across industries/sectors (Technology, Automobile and Healthcare) and varied geographies (India, UK, Korea, Australia), working with major companies such as IBM Global, Xansa Pie. and Daewoo Motors. http://hrlink.in/profile/vishwa-prakash

He is a Senior Director HR Services at Reeoesyys and is also the Director of International Consulting Professional’s Institute, New Delhi. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakesh-seth-853b2112/?originalSubdomain=in

Dr. Singh is the Advisor- Organizational Development with Patanjali Ayurved Limited. Earlier he was the Executive Director HR & Chief People Officer at Devyani International. He is a Certified Executive & Life Coach. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-virendra-p-singh-17b3145/?originalSubdomain=in

CEO, SREI, Dr. Mandal served at the Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure Advisory Group,a subsidary of SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited. He has earlier served as Executive Director of SREI Capital Markets Ltd. and as Advisor to India’s Planning Commission. He has been senior civil servant. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ratiranjan-mandal-516a1b1a/?originalSubdomain=in

Sought-after keynote speaker, facilitator and coach, Alain Hunkins is passionate about ‘Building Strong Leaders’. In more than 20 years of rich and dynamic career journey, he has worked with tens of thousands of leaders in over 25 countries and authored over 400 articles. A certified co-leader for ManKind Project International, Alain serves as the faculty of Duke Corporate Education, ranked #2 worldwide in 2019 by Financial Times on its list of customized Executive Education program. He has designed and facilitated seminars on numerous leadership topics, including team building, conflict management, communication, peak performance, innovation, engagement, and change. Big names such as Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, General Electric, State Farm Insurance, IBM, General Motors, and Microsoft fall in the list of his prestigious clientele. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alainhunkins/

He is the Member Secretary of Centre for Education Growth and Research New Delhi, a Think Tank in the field of higher education. Earlier , he has incharge at the Allied Publishing Pvt. Ltd looking after the promotion of e-books, e-journals and other products. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravish-roshan-950b7622/?originalSubdomain=in

Dhanendra Kumar is a civil servant who joined the prestigious Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in the year 1968. In his illustrious career history, he has served as the Executive Director at the World Bank, as the first Chairman of Competition Commission of India, and as a Secretary to the Government of India – Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Culture. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhanendra-kumar-62740941/?originalSubdomain=in

Global HR Business Partner for Managed Services (MS) Networks at Ericsson in Stockholm, Sweden. Earlier, he was VP and Head HR for Ericsson in Gurgaon. Prior to this, he was Director and Country Head of Human Resource (HR) for Jones Lang LaSalle – India and Sri Lanka. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sameer-khanna-shrm-scp-sphri-1990095/?originalSubdomain=se

Shri T. D. Dhariyal joined as the Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Govt. of NCT, Delhi on 17th March 2017. Prior to that, he served as an Advisor, Disability Inclusion and Mainstreaming in CBM, a Germany based disability and development organization with a 100 years’ of market standing. A civil servant for more than three decades in the Ministries of Defence, Home, Shipping, Social Justice, and Empowerment. He was Deputy Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities in Government of India for over 13 years. Shri Dhariyal has contributed several articles and presented many papers in his field of interest such as inclusive education, employment, mainstreaming disability, barrier-free environment, community-based inclusive development. He has also compiled a book titled “Judgments on Disability Issues” and contributed in bringing out a Compendium on International and National Human Rights Regime for Persons with Disabilities; Disabled Friendly Sports Facilities; Guide book on Accessible Tourist Places in Delhi. In the capacity of a guest faculty and trainer, Mr Dhariyal has relentlessly worked on a variety of disability issues in premier training institutes like Lal Bhadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, New Delhi, IIPA, New Delhi, UTCS, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, State Administrative Training Institutes, CSIR, ISRO, IOCL, NTPC, Oil India, Institute of Public Administration, Bengaluru, etc. Shri Dhariyal has also been a member of various expert committees in the Government such as UGC, Universities, NIOS, Corporate Sector, NGOs/INGOs. He holds a Masters’ degrees in Economics and Business Administration from University of Hull, UK. https://www.cabefoundation.com/p/board.html#:~:text=Shri%20Thakur%20Datt%20Dhariyal%20has,for%20Persons%20with%20Disabilities%2C%20Govt.

Co-Founder & CTO at Hocalwire A result-oriented technology enthusiast specialised on mobile & web programming using java and related technologies with more than 10 years experience in Java based scalable, carrier-grade, high performing and distributed web application, and android/iOS based mobile application development. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jangirsuresh/?originalSubdomain=in

Mr Hardip Singh Giondi has been instrumental in developing and building the TVS brand and alleviating its business in the international market after it’s split with Suzuki. Mr Giondi has participated in several automotive industry panels, he has been involved in many high-end product developments and served as an official spokesperson on print and electronic media. His commendable work has solidified his reputation in the 2 Wheelers and 3Wheeler industry, in Domestic as well as international markets. https://www.linkedin.com/in/hardip-goindi-734a2717/?originalSubdomain=in

An eminent industrialist, an Ayurveda enthusiast and a successful entrepreneur, Mr Arvind Varchaswi currently serves as a Managing Director of Sri Sri Tattva, an organisation committed to seeing a healthy, happy, modern world, through the ancient science of life and well-being. Sri Sri Tattva, Arvind’s primary project, is one of the flagship bearers of quality Ayurveda in India and worldwide. Under his able leadership, Sri Sri Tattva has grown into a large organization with the brand presence in 33 countries across 6 continents. He also serves as the Director of Source Natural Foods and Herbal Supplements Limited, a listed company in the Bombay Stock Exchange. Arvind is also a Group Advisor – International Affairs of AYUSH Advisory Group forums for the period 2014 to present constituted by Pharmaceuticals Export Council of India (Pharmexcil), a body set up by Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India with the objective of export promotion of Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Ayurveda & Herbal Drug Preparation/Products globally. He is also an advisor to the Indian Retail Forum. Arvind has been a featured speaker in several global leadership forums. He actively participates in recommending the various government bodies to promote Ayurveda as a mainstream of medicines and not as an alternate. His recommendations addressing ASEAN countries to change the governing laws about Ayurvedic medicines are examined by the Director-General of Pharmexcil. A Tabla as well as electronic Keyboard expert, Arvind also serves as the Managing Director of Source Natural Foods and Herbal Supplements Limited, a listed company in the Bombay Stock Exchange. He has been recently awarded in Top 100 Retails Mind by ET now. In 2008, the Indian Council for Small and Medium Exporters awarded him with the Niryat Shiromani Puraskar. He has also served on the Board of Organizers of the International Conference on Corporate Culture & Spirituality in 2004. https://www.linkedin.com/in/arvindvarchaswi/?originalSubdomain=in

Mr Ashish Makhijani is Vice President Digital Product Development working with the Insurance vertical of EXL Service. He is an experienced leader with 22 years of illustrious career history and has worked with global fortune 500 companies and leading financial organizations. Mr Ashish offers a sound understanding of technology, domain and operations for Life, Annuities, Health products as well as a good understanding of Healthcare business on Payer side. He owns a successful track record of managing large customer accounts, TPA business, global deliveries and PAS platform development, and has received significant exposure of managing agile development teams, consulting assignments, presales and solutions engagements with global teams spanning across the USA, EMEA and APAC region. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashish-makhijani-9068934/

Charles Frump has been a leader in the automotive industry for 17 years and associated with Volvo Car Group for over eight years. His previous stint with the group was in Sweden where he worked as a Senior Director within the Marketing function. Charles has worked in various markets including Japan, China, the US, and Sweden. His experience in handling a fast emerging economy will hold him in good stead for spearheading the Volvo Cars entrenchment in the India luxury car segment. https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesfrump/?originalSubdomain=in

Mr Hariharan is a business operations person with proven account and channel management skills. He has worked across various cultures and industries in India with leading Global and Indian Conglomerates. For the past three and a half decades, he has been successfully handling large team sizes of 200+ people with revenue size of Rs. 250 crore ensuring personal and professional growth for teammates. Passionate, authentic and excited to excel in all roles, Mr Hariharan has been instrumental in leading business teams to achieve business objectives successfully to Numero Uno position with very strong human connect and consistent relationship. https://www.linkedin.com/in/hariharansraman/?originalSubdomain=in

Mr Jayaram Easwaran is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B). He is a director at Casa Blanka India Consulting Pvt. Ltd. and has over three decades of experience in leadership positions at Aricent Technologies, Punj Lloyd, Sutherland Global Services and Eicher. Along with this, he is a well-known management consultant and a prolific speaker at diverse forums. Mr Easwaran is also the author of ‘Inside the C-Suite’ published by Harper Collins. https://harpercollins.co.in/author-details/jayaram-easwaran/

A Business and Product Evangelist and Founder-Director of People Talent International, Mrs Runa Maitra has 20 plus years experience in Human Resource Management in various industries such as IT/ITES, NBFC, manufacturing and Retail. She has handled various projects as a business partner, a brand ambassador and contributed to various organizations as a change agent by facilitating HR initiatives. Her focus has been primarily in the areas of Human Resource Management, Organization Development, Training and development, ERP implementation (SAP, Peoplesoft-HR), TQM, Project Management, Global HR Policy Integration, Compensation and Benefits Management, Global Recruitment, Transition of HR processes, Restructuring of organization, HR Transformation, Sarben Oxley implementation to name a few. She has expertise as functional SME for start-up organization and supported organizations for scale-up and restructuring. She is currently pursuing a Fellow program and actively supporting some start-up organizations to set up their HR and Training division. https://www.linkedin.com/in/runa-maitra-2699a11/?originalSubdomain=in

Mr Srinivasan Venkat Padmanabhan’s first job as a finance manager in a small company in India taught him on-the-ground skills. In 1994, he joined Olam Group and has been with the organisation ever since. After becoming the Director and Finance Controller for Olam’s India operations, he moved to Jakarta, Indonesia as the Regional Finance Controller for the Southeast Asian region. From there on, he went through a succession of promotions, moving from Regional Finance Controller to Global Head of Corporate Finance. In 2014, Venkat took on as the President and Global Head of Corporate Finance for the company. With over 24 years of continuous service at Olam Group, Venkat has also been able to branch out and expand his involvement in other roles and contribute to society. He serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Meyer Neighbourhood committee (a grassroots organisation), the Chairman of Strategy and Investment Subcommittee of the Governing Council at the Management Development Institute of Singapore, and was the Director of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore which he served with distinction from April 2014 to April 2018. He is also the former chairman of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Singapore Chapter and Immediate former chairman of Meyer Neighbourhood committee, Mountbatten grassroots organisation. https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-venkita-padmanabhan-2929552/?trk=public_profile_browsemap&originalSubdomain=sg

Dr Sanjaya Singh Gaur is currently a Clinical Professor of Marketing at the NYU School of Professional Studies. He has over 25 years of an illustrious academic career in the USA, Malaysia, New Zealand, Germany, Sweden, South Korea, and India. Prior to joining NYU, Dr Gaur held appointments at the Sunway University Business School, Malaysia, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, and SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Bombay. While teaching is Dr Gaur’s passion, he has also made important contributions to research. He is an Associate Editor at the Journal of Asia Business Studies and a member of the editorial board for several leading journals including Journal of Business Research and Journal of World Business. His research spans across micro and macro levels. At the micro-level, his research is in the broad domain of behavioural research involving socio-psychological constructs such as human emotions, decision making, social identity, ethics, and action. This work has been applied to the study of consumers, salespersons, managers, patients, doctors, and organizations. At the macro level, he has examined how firm-level issues such as market orientation, governance, CSR, inter-organizational trust and top management team characteristics affect the strategies and performance of firms in different geographical settings. The research settings in his empirical work include Malaysia, UAE, India, Bangladesh, China, Germany, and New Zealand. He has received several “best paper” awards for his research including three from the American Marketing Association in 2017, 2019, and 2020 https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonjayasgaur/

Mr Vinod comes with more than 25 years of experience in Communications Software industry. Previously, he was Head of Engineering and R&D at Hughes Software Systems (HSS) and served on the Board as well. Prior to HSS, Mr Sood worked with C-DOT. He is on the CII National Committee on IT, ITeS & e-Commerce and on the NASSCOM mentor panel for emerging companies. He is a member of Advisory Committee of the Institute of Informatics and Communications, University of Delhi. Mr Sood is also the Chairman of RMC-CORE in Network Engineering (setup by TIFAC, Department of Science and Technology Government of India, a Government, Academia and Industry partnership initiative). https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinod-sood-2131012/?originalSubdomain=in

Mr. Ashish Agarwal is a commerce Graduate, CA and MBA Finance. In his career spanning more than 20 years, he has advised several corporates on their strategic and financial needs, especially debt and capital raising and mergers & acquisitions. He is well connected to Corporate, HNI’s & Family Offices. He is also associated with leading industry chambers as a speaker on various topics such as NBFCs, SME funding, Renewable energy and Infrastructure Financing. He is with the Group since last 8 years and is based out of Delhi. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashish-agrawal-a126a955/?originalSubdomain=in

Mr. Mussarat Hussain is the Head of Leadership & Functional School vertical at Maruti Suzuki Training Academy. He has a rich experience of over three decades in Corporate & Plant HR across diverse industry verticals like Engineering, Automotive & IT. He has been associated with brands like Eicher Good Earth, Humboldt Wedag, HEG Limited, Digital Equipment India Limited (DEC) prior to Maruti Suzuki. Mr. Hussain is a member of the CII Regional Committee on HR & IR (Northern Region) & CII Regional Committee on Skill Development & Livelihood. He is also on board of studies at some of the respected B-Schools in the Country. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mussarat-hussain-56854ba/?originalSubdomain=in

Robinder Nath Sachdev. He is an engineer-entrepreneur turned international relations expert and the President of the Imagindia Institute, an independent think tank. Mr. Sachdev was instrumental in the India-US nuclear deal in the late 2000s. He has had more than 3000 mentions in media like the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, and many more. https://www.linkedin.com/in/robindersachdev/

Sanjeev Saxena is an internationally acclaimed serial entrepreneur and the founder of POC Medical Systems, a medical device company in Livermore, California. He has co-founded several Biotech and Medical device companies in the past. He was also the recipient of the prestigious Udhog Lagu award in India and The European Science award in the UK and was nominated by Ernst and Young for the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ award in 2011 in India. Zee TV in India did a 30-minute episode on Sanjeev in 2009 as part of the year long feature of ‘Swadesh’ (Return of Indian entrepreneurs with valuable innovations for India). Zee TV is soon featuring Sanjeev in another U.S – based episode called Tomorrow’s World. This series will focus on innovations from Silicon Valley that can change the way of life around the world. POC has been profiled in Inc, Entrepreneur and Forbes and has been interviewed by various leading Radio shows 1170AM and 1550AM. For his contributions to innovations of transforming digital healthcare, he was invited to meet Prime Minister Modi of India to present POC to help solve the healthcare problem in India. In February 2016, Sanjeev was felicitated with by the CSR World Congress with the ‘50 most Social Innovator’ awards and has been time and again awarded the ‘Risk Takers and Dreamers’ award and the ‘Game Changer’ award by the Tri-Valley Innovation. He has also been listed as the Top 50 Most Social Innovators by Silicon Review Magazine and as the Top 20 Speakers by Forbes magazine. Sanjeev has been listed in Insight Success Magazine as the Entrepreneur of the month and is among the 30 most creativ