Mukesh Jain is a Techno-Business Leader and veteran in Technology, Data and Artificial Intelligence. He have 27+ yrs of experience working with Legendary people like Bill Gates, Satya Nadella and Mukesh Ambani.
During his tenure of 13yrs @ Microsoft, he built Outlook and wrote Microsoft's 1st ever AI algorithm 23yrs back on detecting Junk email in Outlook. He built Data Analytics driven business scorecard for Hotmail, Bing and has led AI driven Advertising. He was instrumental in setting up Microsoft's Hyderabad and Bangalore R&D center.
After returning to India in 2011, he led Product Management, Analytics & Advertising for Jio. He was head of NICE India in Pune where he led AI based Products in the areas of Financial Fraud detection, Anti-Money laundering. As CTO of VFS Global, he led system for AI Based Visa Processing. Currently Mukesh is Chief Technology Officer and Global Head of Innovation at Strategic Assets @ Capgemini Insights & Data Global Business Line. He is author of 2 books and advisor to multiple startups and Universities, including IIT, IIMs where he regularly conductssessions on latest technology / business developments for students and faculty.
Sumit Sabharwal
CEO
TeamLease HRtech Ltd.
Sumit Sabharwal is the CEO of TeamLeaseHRtech Ltd, a part of TeamLeaseGroup, one of India's largest providers of a wide range of HR technology products and platforms to 3500+ organisations for their HCM, talent acquisition, regulatory compliances, functions, enhancing employee engagement and experience. In his current role, he is responsible for spearheading the organisation's business growth, P&L - topline, profitability, cash flows, sustainability, scalability, digital innovation, and strategy - planning - execution.
Sumit's more than two-decade-long career trajectory is just as illustrious as his academic journey. He has led several multi-billion-dollar global and Indian corporate organisations in the capacity of their Managing Director and CEO, including Excelity Global and OCS Group UK. He has spearheaded senior leadership teams in multiple globally distinguished conglomerates, including Godrej Group, HDFC Bank, Essar Group, and Equifax. In January 2022, he commenced his latest leadership stint as the CEO of TeamLeaseHRtech Ltd.
A visionary, a people person and an innovation-focused leader, Sumit envisions TeamLease HR Tech as the largest HCM company in Asia a few years down the line.
A sports and fitness enthusiast, Sumit enjoys playing golf and basketball and firmly believes that golf teaches the importance of timing, discipline and that basketball teaches teamwork. He plays basketball at least once a week while golfing is a monthly affair. An avid reader, some of Sumit's favourite books are The Bhagavad Gita, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, and Good to Great by Jim Collins. He is also a philanthropist by nature and is associated with the International Association of Human Values.
Prosenjit Mukherjee
Group CHRO
SRKay Consulting Group
Prosenjit Mukherjee is the Group CHRO and Head of Human Resources at SRKay Consulting Group, a Global IT Services and Consulting Enterprise. The company has ranked among the Top 150 High-Growth Companies in India by The Economic Times and has ranked Top 500 in APAC by Financial Times.
Prosenjit has close to 20 years of experience in Global HR and Human Capital Management and has worked with Fortune 500 and 1000 companies. During his career, he has uniquely designed Talent Solutions and Human Capital Excellence globally, transitioned multi-country business operations, and set up end-to-end HR organisations for mid to large-sized corporations. Under his leadership, Companies have received accolades across the Indian subcontinent and globally.
Prosenjit holds a specialised degree in Business Commerce and Management and is an alumnus of XLRI.
During his career, he has worked with various fortune companies and clients and has handled vast geographies across the Indian subcontinent, the US, the UK and Easter Europe.
Prosenjit has received many accolades at the National and Global Levels, namely, "Topmost HR Tech Leader 2022 in India" by World HRD Congress, "Excellence in HR 2021" by the Indian Achievers Award Forum, HR40under40 2018-19, Top 100 HR Minds 2017-18, and has been awarded by Top B-schools from time to time. He is a part of the NASSCOM Gujarat Council and holds national-level membership at NHRD, SHRM, Harvard Business Review Group, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce, SPHR etc.
As a practitioner, Prosenjit believes in diversity. He promotes Women's Empowerment, enables Digital HR, develops Human Capabilities, mentors Young Entrepreneurs, creates social value by promoting his initiatives on "education for all", takes master classes and speaks about HR 4.0 in global forums.
Balaji KS
Senior Vice President - People and Client Success
Rishabh Software
Balaji KS, Senior Vice President - People and Client Success at Rishabh Software. He is one of the rare HR professionals who not only take care of the people's needs but also handles customers directly. Also, he has been recognized by Forbes as India's 100 Great People Managers 2021. https://www.forbesindia.com/lists/indias-100-great-people-managers-2021/2015/1
His specialization in finding the right talent for the company, a unique way to manage resources and further develop them for their success and the business, is closer to the heart of any company. Being a conscientious leader, he has been an inspiration to so many students & professionals. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology, in Commerce and a master's degree in HR. He is a World HR Board-certified professional in Recruitment, Competency Building, Performance management, Compensation & Benefits, HR Analytics, Organization Development and Talent Management. In his 20+ years of exclusive experience in the entire gamut of the HR field, has contributed immensely to the organization's growth. He holds various awards and accolades for his extemporarycontributions to the field of HR. He has been recognized by global bodies, including his recent award from Forbes for being a 'Top 100 Great People Manager in India'. He is a trained professional in 'Balanced Score Card', 'PCMM', and on various qualitative methods. He is also recognized by World HRD Congress asa 'Young HR Professional', Human Resource Professional of the Year, Top 101 influencing HR professionals in India. His ultimate mission is to bring people together, making them collaborate and spreading positivity among all. We take pride to include his name as part of our special edition and we are sure Balaji is an asset to any company and our nation.
Girish Bindal
Chief Marketing Officer
Advantage Club
Girish Bindal is the Chief Marketing Officer of Advantage Club, a Global Employee Engagement Platform with features like rewards, recognition, perks, and community building on a unified platform. He spearheads the global go-to-market functions for Advantage Club, which include integrated campaigns, digital marketing, field and event marketing, product marketing, corporate communications and brand-building operations.
Girish is an acclaimed marketing professional with over 17 years of expertise in leadership, strategic management, brand development, and digital marketing across industries. He has a track record of growing enterprises in high-growth startups from zero to millions.
Being the recipient of multiple awards, he has been named "Brand Builder of the Year" by CMO Asia, "Most Influential Content Marketing Professional" by the World Marketing Congress, and "Top Content Marketing Practitioners in APAC" by CMS Asia. He is also on the Financial Express "Power List of Visionary Leaders".
He is passionate about building and scaling brands that are authentic, innovative and social and business enablers.
Sumathi Sampath
Global Head of Talent Acquisition
Infosys BPM
HR professional and have been in the realm of HR for more than 25 years. Held various leadership roles in Talent Management & Development,Global talent experience with deep knowledge in Banking, IT, BPO and Manufacturing. Passionate about bringing the best talent and right fit for the organizations. Key focus on implementation and governance of the Global Talent Acquisition strategy and oversight of global recruitment delivery. Provide expertise in TA strategy including workforce planning, employer branding, social media, technology improvement and process improvement, building TA capability and collaboration, as well as ensuring the business is best supported by TA to meet its objective. Responsible for setting up global policies and programs. Have managed the Recruitment hiring for 14 countries like UK, Europe, Middle east, Asia Pacific and America.
Specialties : Talent Management, Resourcing, Training & Development, Transformation projects,Compensation and Benefits and developed high performing team, EVP, Project management, Strategic resourcing, D&I.
Dr. Varadharaju
Vice President HR
Flipkart
Dr. Varadharaju is a seasoned global HR Leader with over 27 years of industry experience. His work in human capital development spans large structured, mature multinational corporations and global start-ups that are solving for scale. He has a triple master's degree in Chemistry, HR, and Marketing Management. He has recently received the "Global TOP 25 HR Influencers Awards" by RefineEX and multiple awards. His contributions are not just restricted to building organizations for scale, but also contributing back to the larger HCM and student community. He is also a certified executive coach and coaches early-stage tech start-up founders for scale.
Chanchal Chandiok
HR Director
NEC Software Solutions
An HR Professional with 23+ years of experience spanning across strategic and operational HR processes, Chanchal has set some high standards for herself over the years. She has proven excellence in core HR functions and is now moving towards the 360-degree curve, working on the latest HR technology space.
Chanchal loves dabbling in Technology and has been implementing HR technology solutions in the organisation to automate and eliminate manual processes. She is a social media enthusiast and has actively used a mix of traditional and digital strategies to increase engagement with employees and alumni for hiring new talent and brand awareness. A people's person at heart, she loves interacting with employees and understanding their viewpoint which helps her solve most of the internal challenges.
As a part of the Executive Management Team, Chanchal has contributed to the business growth by directing organisational planning and development through strategic initiatives and programs. She has contributed to increasing the employee strength from 750 to 1500 plus and fostering a work-life balance in the organisation.
In short, Chanchal is a 100% HR professional infused with technology and fun!
Tarun Sinha
CEO, Enterprise Business
BetterPlace
Tarun is the CEO of Enterprise Business at BetterPlace. With over 18+ years of experience across Media, Classifieds, and Financial Markets, he has been responsible for driving sales, increasing revenues and building stronger relations for some of the biggest names in the industry. Prior to becoming the CEO of Olx People, Tarun led the verticals across Classifieds and Advertising for Olx as Business Head, driving the company towards growth. In his tenure, Tarun was able to drive 4x growth for the Olx's classified and advertising business.
As the Head of Direct Sales for Times Internet Ltd. (TIL), Tarun was responsible for the growth of the publisher portfolio across genres and headed market developments for TIL network across 30+ sites and 100+ publisher partners through Colombia.
At BetterPlace, Tarun is leveraging his experiences to revolutionize the gig-economy in India. Through his efforts, Tarun and his team have enabled more than 3.2 million frontline workers to build their personal, professional and financial profiles, while at the same time enabling more than 20,000 giggers to earn from the platform monthly.
Tarun holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from Symbiosis Institute. He also studied an executive program in 'Digital marketing and E- commerce for businesses', from the renowned Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Alapinee is HR Evangelist with an extensive &versatile experiencein entire gamut of Human Capital Management thereby fostering wellbeingculture,envisioningand establishing smart solutions with stability & diversity.
As a growth partner, she leverages her expertise in area of HR Transformation via Technology, Humancapital strategy building, Organizational Development, CSR, Diversity Equity & Belonginess , Wellness and Environment , Social, Governance (ESG).
She is responsible in spearheading many greenfield projects in the domain of Technology, HCM, CSR via building distinctive talent expertise ,assisting leadership in shaping employee experience and overall value proposition. Asolid contributor to business growth, she is transforming HR with future ready outlook, making innovative changes that affects the bottom line.
Her business acumen and detailed oriented work to set up best practices in business has visible examples to take pride for them. She has won many accolades internally and externally for her strategic and innovative work contribution. She is actively supporting various social causes in domain of education &environment thereby enriching lives of 5000+under privilege via compassion, care and sustainability initiative. Her projects Trash To Treasure & Nurther The Nature has created many Green footprints and positively impacted several lives.
She is the elected Director - HRIA Mumbai chapter (HR forum for IT/ITES organizations in India). Also is a guest speaker, host& moderator at various conferences, education institutes, NGOs, forumsand a perpetual learner.
She is Computer engineer by Education, HR by profession & Nurturer of Earth & Artby passion.
Alapinee personifies being one of the most Compassionate, Innovative and Agile leader who is engineering to elevate lives at all levels and constantly achieving new pinnacles of development via sustainability
PRAVIN SAWANT
Sr. Vice President & CHRO, 63 moons technologies Ltd.
Pravin is currently associated with 63 moons technologies ltd. as Sr. Vice President &CHRO. He addresses their Human Capital challenges and provides end to end employee lifecycle solutions. He is a Mumbai University MBAgraduate in Human Resource Management, from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management with an experience panning 25 years.
He is an avid reader, social media expert and has ear for music. You would find Pravin surrounded with young mindsets helping them think through out of the box solutions. Pravin is a foodie, loves to travel andpassionate on networking and meeting people, forging ties.
Pravin is a Ex Managing Trustee & President of Prestigious HR Infotech Association, which a Non Profit Association of HR Professionals working in IT and ITES companies to the Industry bodies like Nasscom, FICCI, CII.
Pravin is also a Rotarian and President Nominee for year 2023-24 of Rotary Club of Mumbai Elite, which takes up social causes for upliftment of the neglected section of the society.
Pravin is also a Director on the board of several organizations and NGO's.
Pravin is the most sough after speaker by various B-Schools and Engineering Schools across the country who seeks his help by sharing his knowledge and experiences to guide the upcoming talent for the industry.
Pravin is awarded by Prestigious World HRD Congress as one of the "Most Influential HR Leaders In India"& "100 Top HR Minds in India". Recently a Popular YouTube Chanel T-Talk has made a documentary on the early life struggles, milestones and achievement of Pravin.
He truly believes in gratitude - "What one does to others comes back to life".
DIVYA PURI
Director HR, Intertec Softwares Pvt. Ltd.
Divya is a certified HR Professional with 15 years of experience in handling the full spectrum of human resources programs, services, and functions such as Strategic HR, Performance Management, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Succession planning, Internal & External Staffing, Competency development, Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, Change Management, HR operations & systems, HR Metrics.
Worked in Large Multinationals like Tata Consultancy Services, Super-Max, Tata motors as HR Business Partner, Talent Management SPOC and now heading human resources function in Intertec Systems, a leading IT System Integrator in the Middle East which gives her right strength to be a great HR professional.
She believes any organizations success depends on the capability of its employees, their engagement, and commitment towards their work. Hence she uses her engaging style to help companies grow by creating strong performance culture, developing talent and building highly motivated teams with diverse backgrounds.
Divya is a qualified Electrical Engineer with a MBA degree in Human Resources . She is well versed in Labor Laws of India and UAE, KSA , Oman and Bahrain and has Masters in Labor Law from Pune University.
She believes in her self-development and has a strong urge for learning hence has undertaken training and certifications like GPHR from HRCI USA, SHRM- SCP, CPCD from Carlton University USA. She has recently attended trainings-Work Analytics, Comp& Ben and Negotiation Skills from Industry experts and Labor Laws of UAE from Chamber of Commerce.
Her positive energy, eye for detail and strong functional knowledge, belief in developing her team, empathy towards team members make her a great manager. She is proactive, can rapidly adapt, identify needs, engage with different stakeholders, propose and implement solutions to enhance efficiency and 'internal clients' satisfaction which makes her engaged with management, business, and her employees.
Rajagopalan Rajendran heads Learning Platforms, TCS Talent Development. An ardent Product Specialist with keen eye for detail, Raja led the development of TCS' Learning Platform from scratch. In 19+ years with TCS, Raja has led many successful large customer engagements in Insurance, Retail & Media segments. A certified PMP and Product Owner, He has done extensive consulting in Analytics and Big Data.
Md. Faisal Imtiaz Khan
Chief Human Resources Officer, Robi Axiata Limited
Being a progressive thought leader, Faisal believes in creating equal opportunity for all and empowering people. He firmly believes that a diverse and inclusive group not only brings amazing ideas to the table but also paves the way for exceptional performance. Faisal's philosophy on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has been exemplified with the recent launch of Robi's 'Succession Management' solution, "Rise", which empowers all employees to lead their path to progress to the next level.
As the leading people leader in the digital era, Faisal pioneered the use of data analytics and full-scale digitization in Robi HR. Right at the outset of Corona pandemic, Robi deployed a digital platform to capture employee and their family's health related information daily. He also championed the use of Artificial Intelligence in Robi for analyzing people sentiment. His dynamic and empathetic leadership post theCovid-19 pandemic is very evidentand reflected by high achievement in 'Employee Engagement Score' by the company once again. Faisal with his visionary leadership has developed a solid employee value proposition framework to drive Robi's employer branding initiatives. These accolades clearly attest the tremendous strength Robi has garnered as a people-centric organization under Faisal's leadership over the years.
However, Faisal is not still content with such stellar accomplishments, as he views excellence as a pursuit for becoming a better version of oneself, every day.
RUHIE PANDE, PCC
Chief Human Resources Officer, Godrej Capital
Ruhie Pande is a seasoned HR professional who is passionate about coaching, leading HR transformation strategy and diversity. She holds an MSc in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Birkbeck College, London. Ruhie brings with her, 2 decades of exceptional experience of building and enabling engaged and capable people power across a diverse set of industries. In her career in Human Resources, she has worked with some of the best companies in India across sectors like financial services, Real Estate, Fashion Retail, Information Technology and FMCG.
Currently she allays the role of Chief Human Resources Officer with the 125-year-old international conglomerate Godrej Group, for their newest company, Godrej Capital. She joined this division as employee #1 and has been instrumental in handpicking and onboarding the CXO or the co- founder team and now is working on the key levers of the people strategy to enable a best-in-class financial institution.
Ruhie says that Training and coaching have been her core strengths. In fact, she began her career in the Human Resources function as a trainer and coach and the years ahead saw her taking on the baton of the head of HR where she built upon her passion for people management and development. She is passionate about coaching individuals both within and outside the organizations. To further this, she also got certified as a Professional Certified Coach.
However, her hunger of learning has not stopped there. In the last year, she enrolled & completed an MSc in Industrial & Organizational Psychology from Birkbeck College, London. By way of this program, she also got the opportunity to learn and grow with a bunch of smart individuals from varied countries, of diverse ages, backgrounds, and life experiences. The learning has been immense - both personally and on campus.
Ruhie has won several awards and received industry recognition throughout her career for her contribution to HR including 100 most influential HR leaders in India by CHRO Asia, 25 most talented HR professionals in Retail by Asia Retail Congress, and Leading woman in HR by IIGBI in the 4th Women Leaders awards in India. As an accomplished leader and domain expert, Ruhie is a part of many Domestic and International HR and Leadership forums. She has been a part of many women forums and has been mentoring young women leaders.
Ruhie is deeply interested in research and aims to conduct and publish research papers focused on Diversity and Inclusion. She blogs at ruhiepande.com and loves to write about current topics of relevance.
MADHAV MALLELA
Director of Human Resources, Microexcel
Madhav Mallela is the Director of Human Resources (Asia region) for Microexcel. He has over 20 years of experience in Business Management and Human Resources across industries. Madhav holds the responsibility of organizational development, its effectiveness, benefits and compensation, staffing, retention and Talent Acquisition that includes monitoring recruitment procedures, from sourcing to hiring. He has a master's degree in Management with Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification. He is certified in Quality Auditing and Personality Development & Soft skills Training.
Madhav's "hands-on, heart-in" style, along with his unique ability to combine well-honed human resources skills, business competency, integrity, and true professionalism brings in a strong bond of trust that builds a solid foundation to drive global employees at all levels succeed both professionally and personally.
AMEYA KARAMBE
Head HR & Entrepreneur in Residence, Carnival Group
Ameya is one of those rare breeds of leaders with over 12 years of rich experience he brings a combination of people and business skills to his work. He has completed his Masters in "Human Resources", along with a "Post-Graduation" Certification from the prestigious "XLRI- Jamshedpur" in Human Resource Management.
An engineer turned behavioral student today, his deep interest lies in HR, NLP, Anthroposophy, Behavioral Science, Organizational development & Business HR.
Ameya's work in building the Organizational Development in growing organizations, enabling organizational change through mentoring and deployment of Strategic HR Processes, Empowerment and institutionalization of the Human Resources function and managing large diverse Human Resources has been well acknowledged.
Currently he works for the diversified conglomerate in Mumbai as Head of Human Resources, he also has a joint responsibility to P&L of two businesses in Dairy & Skilling.He is also an IOD certified independent director.
In his previous engagements, he has served with Mahindra and Mahindra, Kanakia Group- Mumbai (Real estate leader), HDFC AMC, Carnival Group &Famy Group at different leadership roles.
With his proficiency in management methodologies. He excels at motivating and managing team to obtain top-level performance. His Strategic thinking skills enables efficient planning of projects and successful implementation at all phases.
His passion of helping people led him to use technology to help people, he created a whatsapp community called "HR Jobs" which helps HR professionals get their dream roles, the core purpose of which is Roles match Souls. This community today has 2000+ people.
Role Players 2023
16th February, 2023 | Taj Lands End, Mumbai
Mukesh Jain
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer Capgemini India