As a Leadership Coach over the past 7 years, Rajani Seshadri has helped over 50 leaders transform their behaviour by using their strengths to the fullest. Solutions-focused and results-oriented, she coaches senior managers to achieve organizational and professional goals to improve business results and improve operational effectiveness with personal performance all of which have been a part of her own professional life. Over the past 30 years of her career, over 25 of which has been in IT Services, Rajani has nurtured and grown several businesses in telecom for TCS. Rajani is a qualified assessor for SEI-CMMi, SEI-People CMM and various ISO standards. An Electrical Engineer from NIT, Nagpur, Rajani did her postgraduation in Electronic Design from IISC, Bangalore. She is accredited as a CEO Coach by Coaching Foundation India and is a Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach. In 2004, MMA recognized her as the Outstanding Woman Manager of the Year. Rajani is on the board of Zeus Mentors, where she mentors mid-career. In 2016, Rajani was recognized as one of the “50 Most Influential Coaching Leaders” by CHRO Asia, a high level professional body for Human Resource Professionals.

Shalini Warrier was appointed as Executive Director of Federal Bank with effect from 15 January 2020. She joined the Bank on 2nd November 2015 as the COO, with her primary responsibility being operational excellence, coupled with digital innovation. In May 2019, she took on the additional responsibility of Business Head of Retail Banking Products.  Shalini is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and stood first at the All-India level in 1989. She is also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. She has over 28 years of banking experience.  Prior to joining Federal Bank, she worked with Standard Chartered Bank. She handled multiple disciplines across India, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and United Arab Emirates.  She is also on the Board of IDBI Federal Life Insurance Company Limited and Federal Operations and Services Limited. In her current role, she leads the Bank's initiatives designed to enhance customer experience and operational excellence through automation and digitalization.  She is also responsible for delivering innovative retail products to the existing and prospective customers of the Bank.  She has represented the Bank at various fintech and technology platforms in India and abroad.

Hema Mani has over 25 years of experience in Strategic Human Resources Capacity, with wide ranging Multinational experiences from Kelly Consultants, PWC, Jain Group of Institutions, i2 Technologies and Honeywell. She is a certified Korn Ferry Leadership Architect and Coach, Lean Sigma Green Belt assessor and certified OD Facilitator She is currently heading the Asia Pacific HR at Lennox International. Part of her responsibility in Lennox India & Asia is on Talent Development in these regions and developing them into a global team of excellence. She is committed to the cause of diversity and has recently launched the LGBTQ+ initiative at Lennox India. Under her leadership, Lennox India has won several honors for HR such as the 13 best workplaces in TN by ToI, 100 Best places to work for women in India 2016 by Avatar, Best places to work in Chennai by Economic Times, Best Games based Learning Program by TISS and Dream companies to work in 2016 by Times Ascent. Best Community engagement Award by Economic Times More recently Lennox was Certified as the Top 100 Great Places to work under her leadership She has represented on topics of Human sciences in forums of IHRD, NHRD, ISTD and SHRM and has published papers. She is recognized as one of the 30 Women Super Achievers by World HRD Congress. More recently, she has been an active volunteer and Meditator with Isha Foundation.

Sivapriya Balagopal is the Head of the New Product Development, R& D Division at Eastern Condiments Private Limited. As a Food Scientist & Nutritionist by profession, Sivapriya holds a rich experience of over 19 years in the field of product development, R&D in the food industry. Her portfolio at Eastern involves diversifying the company's range of products into spice & other food categories. She has travelled extensively in India & across the globe in understanding the changing consumer palate. She spearheads the M E Meeran Innovation Centre at Eastern, which is a centre dedicated to the field of research & food analytical testing. She has published three research papers. Environment and Sustainability, Consumer Safety, Health & Nutrition are matters close to her heart.  She has been actively involved in Eastern's campaigns on Women empowerment such as Bhoomika & Eastern PASS-AGE. She holds a Post Graduate degree in Food Science & Nutrition & a Bachelor's degree in Nutrition & Dietetics. She is a State Rank Holder from University of Madras in the branch for Nutrition, Food Service management & Dietetics.

Nandini Sarkar, heads the Global Equity, Diversity & Inclusion COE for Boeing in India and is based in Bangalore. An HR professional with over 2 decades of experience, Nandini brings in a rich blend of experience as an Inclusion Strategist, L&OD Professional, Culture Curator, Mentor, and a Nurturer of Leadership Excellence. She has been bestowed with International Awards & Recognitions for her work in the space of D&I within the organizational boundaries and beyond. She is the Convener for Policy & Advocacy Pillar of the Indian Women Network – CII Karnataka; Member of Bangalore Chamber of Industries and Commerce (BCIC); Member of Women in Technology (WIT) Bangalore Chapter; Member of Women Empowerment Committee of ASSOCHAM etc. She is a strong PRIDE Ally and engages with NGOs working in the space of Women’s Rights and Disability. Besides being a graduate in English Literature, Nandini has a graduation degree in Law and has practiced in the Court of Law for quite some years. She is a mentor to 2nd Career women who are mainstreaming and is a strong champion of promoting STEM education for girl students.

Madhavi Lall has been the head HR at Deutsche Bank India since May 2015 and has more than 30 years of work experience primarily in Human Resources. As a member of the Executive Committee at Deutsche Bank, Madhavi is responsible for shaping the people strategy in India and help in building the employment brand for the organization.   Prior to this she was Managing Director- HR at Accenture. She has also worked with companies like Standard Charted Bank, ABN Amro bank, Colgate Palmolive and HCL Hewlett- Packard & GlaxoSmithKline. She was also a Director on the Board of Standard Chartered Finance Limited.    She is graduate in Mathematics from St. Stephen’s college and MBA in HR and systems from XLRI Jamshedpur. She has also completed a Leadership management course from the University of Oxford.   Madhavi was conferred the “Women Leadership Award” by the jury and Council of Board Members of the Institute of Public Enterprises-BFSI in 2010. She has been conferred the Distinguished Alumnus Award by XLRI in 2016. She is Chairperson CII Indian Women Network (IWN) – Western Region and Member- CII National Committee on Leadership and HR. She is also a founding member of the HR Committee for FICCI.

Prof Dr Githa Heggde is the Dean, School of Business, Head Management Development Program (MDP) and UPES Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UCIE) UPES. She is a Corporate Consultant on Marketing and Sales enhancement and was the Chairperson, Confederation of Indian Industry - Indian Women Network (CII-IWN) and was associated with EuroMed Business Research Institute, IIM Lucknow, IIM & Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry. She has over 29 years in Teaching, Consultancy and Industrial Experience. She has presented papers at Boston, France, Dubai, Italy and several conferences. Her papers have been awarded Gold Medals for best research papers at the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) conventions. Dr Githa was part of the team at “Global Colloquium on Participant Centered Learning” at Harvard Business School, Boston and worked on teaching with case studies and developing curriculum for management courses. She participated at the follow-on sessions at HBS, Shanghai and was invited by Pace University, New York and many leading business schools for lectures and discussions on pursuing collaborative research. She has also authored books on Applied Marketing, Social Media Marketing, and several case studies. Social media links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-githa-heggde-7bb23411 https://www.facebook.com/geeta.hegde.12 Twitter handle- @heggde

Hema M Srinivas has over 25 years of work experience across industries - Learning and Development, Consulting and BFSI. With a desire to enable transformation journeys in people, she moved to the Learning and Development sector in 2007. She worked with Dale Carnegie Training® and AchieveGlobal® (Miller Heiman GroupTM - Korn Ferry) - two of the world’s premier training organizations, before branching out as an independent consultant. Hema works on Leadership & Capability Development, Communication & Presentation skills, Sales Force Effectiveness and DISC behavioral analysis Her client / participant profile include: ‘C’ Suite members, Senior Management, 40+ Nationalities in India and abroad, Large and medium corporates and Fortune 500 companies. She holds certifications in Coaching, DISC assessments and Critical Thinking A Gold Medallist MBA (Finance) [School of Management Studies – JNTU Hyderabad - Class of ’93], Cost Accountant and B.Com [St. Francis College – Osmania University Hyderabad.]. She completed a course on Innovation of Products and Services: MIT’s approach to Design Thinking from MIT Sloan Executive Education, with distinction. She has co-authored a book titled ‘Unspoken Heroines’ which was released by Notion Press in July 2020.

Banker turned successful woman entrepreneur, She is the co-founder of Betamonks and Founder of Azhag. She runs clothing to software service Ventures with 200+ employees. Her quest to excel and change lives made her come out of the comforts of corporate world and kick start her entrepreneurial journey Dr. Senthamarai, Alumni of ISB holds Bachelor in Commerce, General Law, Diploma in Software Technology , CFP (Certified Financial Planner), Women Entrepreneur Executive Management program of Goldman Sacs and ISB and privileged to be part of fully funded Ambassador Program of ISB and graduated as ISB Ambassador. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, she has spent 10+ years in Banking within the Retail Sales Segment in various leadership roles. With the best of both world experience in Corporate and Business, she purposefully fuses her personal life experiences with her professional expertise to inspire, empower and equip. Her intention and intensity to help people persuaded her to kick start her entrepreneurship journey. BETAMONKS is a technology accelerator. It helps companies to accelerate their business by building platforms that are required to evolve them from bottlenecks of current solutions. BETAMONKS is specialized in building automation and analytic platforms from start-up to fortune 500 companies and enterprise clients to develop and deliver turn-key scalable software solutions. She runs businesses for the social cause to enable people from under privileged background to realise and reach their potential. She Believes in inspiring others to aspire for more in LIFE and BUSINESS and passionate about mentoring young minds and women on their journey and inspiring them to take up entrepreneurial journey. She has been a motivational speaker at 100+ sessions in both national and international platforms Based on her experience in Business Planning, Operations Management, People Management, Digital Transformation, she helps businesses and individuals in strategy, planning, Business Modelling, creating and implementing innovative marketing strategies through the right mix of mediums, content and research. Over the years, Dr. Senthamarai has been recognised by various institutions and has won multiple business awards, some of them are Highlighted above. The best way to reach her is through her official email ID [email protected]

Uma Aysola is a Senior business leader with 33 years of experience in areas of Strategic planning, Execution and Operations of Hospitals, Health Systems Management and Corporate Social Responsibility. She has a proven track record in establishing Systems and processes, End to End Structure of Ecosystems Encompassing Hospitals, Medical Diagnostics, Wellness and wellbeing and Telemedicine. Uma is the recipient of “The World CSR” Award in 2014 in the category of 50 Most Talented Professionals in India (Athena). She also took up the lead role in conceptualizing and publishing a 150- page coffee table book titled “The Golden Hour” for increasing awareness for emergency response. She is responsible for implementing the revolutionary concept of “Sight Savers- Exclusive Facility” to cross subsidize eye care for inpatients. She is also a pioneer in establishing the first of its kind disability skill lab using virtual reality for education and disability inclusiveness amongst school and college students and working population. Championing the cause of patient assistance (LVPEI), she has pioneered the Patient Advocate, the first of its name in the country. She has also assisted Prof C K Prahalad’s team in developing case studies for the Harvard Business Review (EMRI). She has also been invited to speak at the United Nations Conference – IHDP Open Meeting 2009 in Bonn.

Uday Kotak is the Founder and MD & CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Kotak). The consolidated net worth of Kotak is over Rs 74,000 crore and Kotak Mahindra Group (Group) has over 71,000 employees. Uday believes that the true measure of performance is sustainable value creation. Investors who kept faith with the enterprise over the past 34 years have seen 40% CAGR on their investments. The Group's vision for equitable prosperity extends beyond financial services. The Kotak Education Foundation works with some of India's most economically underprivileged communities, attempting to alleviate poverty through education and livelihood programmes. Uday has served as Chairman of the SEBI constituted Corporate Governance Committee. In October 2017, the Uday-led panel submitted the report on corporate governance to SEBI recommending sweeping changes to create a more robust and transparent governance environment. In October 2018, Government of India appointed Uday as the non-executive chairman of the new IL&FS board with a mandate to steer one of India's largest NBFCs - IL&FS, out of the crisis that it is caught up in, which Uday has taken up as national duty. Uday is a member of the International Advisory Panel of Monetary Authority of Singapore, the International Advisory Board of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2020-21. Uday is recipient of the 'Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Award' in 2014, 'Economic Times Business Leader of the Year Award' in 2015, 'Businessman of the Year 2016' by Business India, 'Lifetime Achievement Award” at Financial Express' Best Banks' Awards 2016, 'USIBC Global Leadership Award' at the 2018 India Ideas Summit organised by the U.S.-India Business Council, 'Life Time Achievement Award' at Magna Awards 2019 by Businessworld and 'Best CEO in Banking Sector' by the Business Today Best CEO Awards 2019. Uday holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Mumbai University and a Master's in Management Studies degree from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Chandrajit Banerjee (CB) is the Director General of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). CII is India’s apex industry organisation, proactively enhancing the competitiveness of Indian Industry. CB has been with the CII for over 33 years and has served as its Director General since 2008. In this post, he is responsible for the overall operations of CII. CB is a Member of a number of important Government Advisory Bodies at the National and State levels. As DG of CII, he is responsible for leading and contributing to many policy level dialogues and discussions to enhance the competitiveness of India Inc and towards the development of India. He holds / has held Trusteeship and Board Member posts in many institutions which includes Institute of Economic Growth (IEG); Global Innovation and Technology Alliance (GITA); Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST); Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM); World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Agenda Council of India; Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC); Indian Institute of Management (IIM), etc. He is also a Member of the Managing Committee of SPORTSCOM and Governing Council Member of Healthcare Sector Skill Council (HSSC). CII Foundation and [email protected] Foundation, which are promoted and supported by CII, are also two institutions where CB is a Board level member. CB is also a Director of Singapore India Partnership Foundation (SIPF). He is a Director on the Board at the “Invest India” which is set up by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. He is also Secretary for many bilateral CEOs Forums constituted by the Government of India like Australia, France, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Sweden, South Africa, etc. Prior to his appointment as Director General, CB held several leadership positions in key areas including sectoral verticals of Manufacturing, Services, Agriculture and Life Sciences as well as the SME sector. He has also led CII’s policy work relating to macroeconomic policy, financial services and corporate governance. He was the first Executive Director of the National Foundation of Corporate Governance (NFCG), an organization set up by the Government of India and continues to be Member of its Board of Trustees and Governing Council. CB has been honoured with the China-India Friendship Award by the Chinese Premier for his contributions towards the development of bilateral ties between India and China. CB was conferred with the decoration of “Knight Commander” by His Majesty the King of Spain in recognition of his meritorious achievements and exceptional contributions towards promoting relations between India and Spain. Chandrajit Banerjee is a Post-Graduate (MS) in Economics with specialisation in Economics of Planning and Econometrics from the University of Calcutta. Earlier, he did his Graduation from St. Xavier's College (Calcutta) in Economics (Hons). He has also been honoured with Honorary Doctorate (D. Phil Honoris Causa).

Vaishali is a regular speaker at international forums like the Climate Week NYC, California Governor’s Global Climate Action Summit, Clinton Global Initiative, and events organized by WEF, UNDP and UN’s Global Compact Network. She is a President’s invitee to Columbia World Projects – a high-level forum at Columbia University created to tackle major global challenges. She is a Member of the Governing Council of the UN Global Compact Network India and Chairperson of their Gender Committee; Chairperson of South Asian Women & Member of the Governing Council of the Vedica Scholars Programme for Women. Vaishali has also authored several opinion articles on a range of topics. In 2020, Vaishali was named in ‘SheThePeople‘ 40 over 40 list for women achievers; among India’s 100 most important PR & Corporate Communication Professionals and was among Asia’s ‘Most Influential Women’ in Renewable Energy by Solar Quarter Magazine. In 2019, she was recognized as amongst India’s Top 25 Impactful CSR Leaders by the India CSR Network and was conferred ‘Businesswoman of the Year’ Award by CEO Today Magazine. She was the National Finalist at the NITI Aayog Women Transforming India Awards 2018, finishing amongst top 2% of women from across India. Vaishali has completed the Owners and Presidents Management Program from Harvard Business School and Masters’ in Public Policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she was an American Association of University Women (AAUW) scholar.

KOUKKU-RONDE, Ritva was the Ambassador at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki; Ambassador of Finland to Germany; Ambassador of Finland to the United States of America; Under-Secretary of State, Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Director General, Department for Development Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Deputy Director General, Department for European Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Minister, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland, Bonn, Berlin; Director for the United Nations Development Issues, Department for International Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Special Adviser to the Director General of the Political Department,  Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Finnfund (Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation); Finnish Governor, African Development Bank; Finnish Governor, Asian Development Bank; Finnish Governor, Inter-American Development Bank; Chairman of the Board, the Institute for African Leadership for Sustainable Development, Dar es Salam; Chairman of the Executive Board, the Finnish Water Forum; Member of the Advisory Board, the Finnish Meteorological Institute; Member of the Board of Directors, Finn Church Aid; Member of the Advisory Group, UN Development Cooperation Forum; Member of the Finnish FAO Committee; Member of the International Forestry Committee & Advisor to the Finnish Representative of the EU Reflection Group of the Amsterdam Treaty. She is the recipient of the Decoration of Honour as Commander, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Das grosse Verdienstkreuz mit Stern, Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau and Knight, the First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland.

Megha Tata joined Discovery Communications India as Managing Director of South Asia on April 01, 2019. A media & entertainment industry veteran, Megha has held leadership roles at organisations such as BTVI, HBO, Turner International and Star TV, in an illustrious career spanning over 3 decades. Megha currently leads multiple national as well as international industry forums. She is an esteemed member on board of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation. After four years of being Vice President of the Indian chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA), Megha Tata was recently and unanimously elected President of the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association, thereby becoming the second woman to ever hold this position. She is also amongst the 2020 Impact top 50 influential women of the year. Megha has also been Jury member of leading industry awards like International Emmys, Promax, Children’s Film Festival, Golden Mikes Awards, International Women in Sales Awards, Impact’s 30 under 30 and many more. She was selected as the Chairperson for Promax India Virtual 2020 Conference. Besides being involved in industry initiatives, she feels energized by engaging with young minds through guest lectures at leading educational institutes including IIT, IIM, ISB, UBS and more. Megha has been bestowed with multiple industry accolades in her career. Recognized as the ‘top 50 influential women in media, marketing and advertising’, Megha was conferred ‘Women of the decade in media’ by the Women Economic Forum in 2018. Earlier, Megha received the Women Leadership Achievement award by the Women leadership Congress. Megha is passionately involved as a Volunteer with Isha Foundation - a non-profit organization started by Sadhguru.

A visionary leader, an insightful entrepreneur and a socially responsible philanthropist, Adeeb is a leading global Indian business leader in the industries he has ventured into. From making a mark as an ambitious entrepreneur in the payments sector to disrupting the organized retail sector in UAE and India, and building a legacy of excellence in the global hospitality industry, Adeeb is a man of many achievements. He is the founding Managing Director of LuLu Financial Group, which is one of the world’s leading financial services organizations with more than 225 branches spread across 11 countries. He is also the Managing Director of Tablez, which has introduced world class brands like Bloomsbury’s, Toys R Us, Babies R Us, GO Sport, Cold Stone Creamery, Springfield, Yoyoso and more to India. He leads the hospitality investment firm - Twenty14 Holdings, which owns iconic hotels around the world, including The Great Scotland Yard in London, Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh - The Caledonian in Scotland, Port Muziris- A Tribute Portfolio Hotel in Kochi and the Pullman Downtown Dubai in UAE. His growing influence as an engaging business leader has also earned him a position on the senior advisory board of the South Asia Regional Strategy Group (RSG) at the World Economic Forum. Adeeb is actively involved in several charitable and philanthropic activities through the Adeeb & Shafeena Foundation, particularly in the areas of girls’ education, geriatric support and healthcare.

Ms Lakshmi Manchu is an Actor, Producer and Humanitarian Lakshmi is widely admired for her work with the community. Her Non-Profit “Teach For Change” - through unique literacy and life skills programs, has greatly impacted children of low income and marginalized communities. She brought this spirit on to the television with her show “Memu Saitham” and inspired millions to contribute to their communities. In 2015, the Prime Minister of India appointed her an Ambassador for the Swachh Bharat Mission. Her work as an Actor has won her two Filmfare Awards and a National Award. Lakshmi has also had a successful career in the west working in American television shows alongside Oscar-winning actors like Sylvester Delonghi, James Caan, Glee Lark Scene and Brie Larson (who is the now Captain Marvel, latest of the avengers)

A graduate from the Management and Technology Program at the University of Pennsylvania (USA); with joint degrees in Economics from the Wharton School & Computer Science Engineering from the Moore School, Radhika Gupta is the Managing Director & CEO of Edelweiss Asset Management Limited.   Radhika started her career with McKinsey & Company, and then progressed to become a hedge fund manager with AQR Capital – One of the world’s largest Systematic Asset Managers. She then moved to India to start her own venture named – Forefront Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm, which was acquired by Edelweiss in 2014. An asset management professional with experience across asset classes and investor segments, she successfully led Edelweiss’s acquisition of JP Morgan’s Mutual Fund business and Ambit Capital’s AIF business in 2016.   She is the Founding President of the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Club, a member of the Global Leadership Council of the Management and Technology Program and a Board Member of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). A keen micro-blogger on Twitter and an avid Bridge player, her unique life story narrated in the video, ‘The Girl with a Broken Neck’, has garnered over 1.8 L views.

Apurva Purohit is the President of the Jagran Group, one of India’s largest multi-media conglomerates. With over three decades of experience in the media and entertainment industry, she currently manages a diverse portfolio which includes print, radio, digital and outdoor. Apurva has worked with marquee organizations like Zee Telefilms, Times of India and partnered with private equity players like True North, one of India’s oldest PE firms. Over the years, Apurva has won multiple business awards and has been named as one of the Most Powerful Women in Business as per the India Today Group and Fortune India and is awarded as LinkedIn Top Voices of 2020. She is also a Director on the board of several for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. She is also the author of the two national bestselling books “Lady, You’re not a Man” & “Lady, You’re the Boss!”. Through her books, Apurva aims to empower women and encourage them to achieve their full potential. Drawing from her personal experiences, she talks about how women minimize themselves, suffer from the imposter syndrome and settle for less than they are capable of, because of external prejudices as well as misguided internal self-beliefs. Apurva holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science (Physics) and completed her PGDM from IIM- Bangalore.

Prakash Iyer is an independent business advisor with over 35 years of solid, hands-on experience in building businesses and developing leaders in India and overseas. After spending nearly three decades in the corporate world, Prakash chose to step out and pursue his passion for helping other people unleash the leader within them. Apart from coaching CEOs, advising leadership teams and speaking to - and inspiring – leaders and teams, Prakash also serves as an advisor to Multiples – a billion dollar PE fund. He is also a Director on the board of Xerox India Limited and worked with the cricket franchise Mumbai Indians in their title- winning campaign in 2015. In his last role in the corporate world, Prakash was the Managing Director of Kimberly-Clark Lever – a 50:50 JV between Kimberly Clark Corporation and Unilever. Earlier roles include Managing Director and CEO of Infomedia India Limited (formerly Tata Press) and prior to that, Executive Director at PepsiCo responsible for the company’s operations in South India and Sri Lanka. An MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, he started his career with Unilever. A trained, CFI-certified leadership coach, Prakash has throughout his career combined strong strategic and execution skills with excellent people management capabilities to consistently build passionate, high-performance, winning teams Prakash speaks, writes and conducts workshops on leadership, teamwork, execution, storytelling and winning. He writes a fortnightly column on leadership in Business World – PI Talkies - and is the author of three best- selling books: The Habit of Winning and The Secret of Leadership (both published by Penguin) and You Too Can (Times Books).

Ester Martinez is the CEO & Editor-in-Chief at People Matters, the fastest-growing community for CHROs and business leaders committed to the advancement of talent & work practices for sustainable business impact. In 2009, upon sensing the need for a platform to deliberate talent management, leadership and hold critical insights on people & future of work for C-suite audience, Ester founded People Matters and rapidly grew it to become one of the few successes in independent publishing and a brand synonymous to knowledge and digital innovation in People and work-tech space. And today the brand is a name to reckon with not just in India, but also globally, with a special focus on Southeast Asia. A people’s person at heart, Ester holds a Postgraduate degree in Human Resources Management from EADA (Spain) and a Master of Business Administration from Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. With more than 15 years of experience in human resources, Ester has a wealth of knowledge in the areas of talent, learning & development and work-tech. Until 2008, she worked as a professional manager with a host of Blue Chip companies such as Hewlett Packard and Tata Consultancy Services, both in India and the UK. A much sought-after speaker on leadership and Future of work, Ester was recognized as a top influencer on employee engagement by The Employee Engagement Awards, and top influencer in HR Technology by Recruiting Daily. Ester was also featured in the 2016 & 2018 LinkedIn Top Voices List, which ranks the top writers on LinkedIn for the year. She is also a renowned TEDx speaker and was nominated for the Global Employee Engagement Influencers 2017.

Aditi Bhosale Walunj is a dreamer at heart, an avid reader and believes that the purpose of her life is to make a positive impact in this world with her work.  A student of Chemistry, Forensics & International Relations, without a business degree or experience in the oil industry, she took a leap of faith and co-founded REPOS Energy with her husband Chetan Walunj in 2017. REPOS is a start-up that endeavours to change the energy distribution of the world.  In her role as Chief Strategy Officer, Aditi gives the firm strategic directions to create new possibilities in the realm of energy distribution and is a pioneer in development of fuel distribution tech in India. Today REPOS operates in over 150 cities of India. When Aditi and Chetan knew that this was an idea whose time had come, they met with Mr Ratan Tata – who discussed with them for 4 hours as against the allotted time of 15 minutes and came on board as a mentor along with Tata Motors.

Uma Sudhir is Executive Editor (South) with New Delhi Television. The cornerstones of the journalism she practises are fairness, a high degree of integrity and honesty, truth and fearlessness while maintaining neutrality. Uma was awarded the prestigious Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Journalist for 2017 by The Media Foundation `in recognition for her impressive body of work covering vital issues relating to politics, children, women, human rights, agriculture, rural distress and minority issues’. She got the Ramnath Goenka award for Excellence in Journalism for Uncovering India Invisible for her reports on migrant workers. What the Media Foundation said in a statement gives an insight into her work: “Her incisive and analytical reports help create awareness of ground realities in various states. The jurors were impressed with the amount of work put into her stories through travelling, talking to people, examining underlying issues and finally conveying the stories with a humane touch”. Uma has over 30 years’ experience in journalism with impressive stints with The Times of India, The Economic Times and New Delhi Television, where she has spent the last 20 years. Uma got the UNFPA Laadli awards five times for reports on the girl child and infanticide, critical reports on policies for protection of the girl child. She has also been bestowed with the IPI award for excellence in journalism by President Abdul Kalam for a series on Baby India (India’s girl child); United Nations Award for Excellence in Science writing for reports on fluorosis. An Anti-Corruption Crusader Award for reports on illegal mining in Bellary; Best Woman Journalist Award by the Andhra Pradesh Government and World Tourism Award for Best Documentary on Tirupati.

Ms Deepali is responsible for driving all marketing and brand initiatives, customer relationship management & execution for IBM India and South Asia. Prior to joining IBM in 2018, Deepali was both the CMO and the CDO at IIFL Investment Managers and was a Board Member at IIFL Wealth Finance. She has held leadership positions with L&T Financial Services Group & HSBC Asset Management. She has also worked with Tata Motors, BPL Mobile, Draft FCB-Ulka, Saffola and Marico. With over two decades of experience in sales, marketing, ecommerce and managing P&L, Deepali is especially known for her Digital Business Acumen and running Operations for Digital Sales. She has been on the IMPACT's list of “India's 50 Most Influential Women” three years in a row and on the IAMAI’s “CMO Super 30 list in 2019 & 2020”. She has also been awarded Economic Times “Tech CMO of the Year” in 2020 and has been featured in the list of IMPACT’s “Digital Power 100 – Marketing Leaders 2020”. Deepali also runs a podcast on aawaz.com. She is the first Indian woman podcaster in the mainstream leadership/business domain where she chronicles the leadership and transformation journeys of acclaimed CEOs through her podcast “Being CEO with Deepali Naair”. This podcast has won an award for Best Business Content in Radio & Podcast category.

Asha Pillai is the Chief Finance Officer and Finance Director for Hazira Group of Companies (HGC), which comprises of Shell Energy India Pvt. Ltd. (Formerly known as Hazira LNG Pvt Ltd) and Hazira Port Pvt Ltd. HGC operates a 5 mtpa LNG regassification terminal and a multi-cargo port at Hazira, Gujarat, serving both the energy and infrastructure needs of the country. Asha is employed by the Royal Dutch Shell Group (Shell). She has worked in Shell since 2007 and was with Downstream Marketing businesses and Projects and Technologies prior. For Shell’s India businesses, she has served as Controller in Projects and Technologies and headed the Finance Function for the Retail business in Bangalore. She subsequently took on a virtual global role managing finance for Digital Ventures for Shell’s Marketing businesses with a bi-monthly stint in London. Prior to joining Shell, she was the Branch commercial Manager for Whirlpool handling commercial operations for Whirlpool’s Karnataka sales offices having joined Whirlpool as a Management Graduate in Delhi. She started her career as Associate with A. F. Ferguson Management consultants, Mumbai. Asha is Chartered Accountant and a Commerce Graduate from St. Theresa’s College (Cochin). Asha Pillai is also the Chairperson for Confederation of Indian Industries' (CII) Indian Women's Network (IWN) Gujarat.

Vasanthi Srinivasan is a Professor in the Organizational Behaviour and HRM at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. She did her Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from XLRI Jamshedpur, and is a Fellow in Management (Ph. D equivalent) from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. She was the ICCR Chair Professor of Corporate Responsibility and Governance at the HHL School of Management, Leipzig, Germany in 2012-2013. She was a British Council Visiting Scholar at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at the Nottingham University Business School in 2007. Her research projects include “ Developing the Business and Human Rights curriculum for business schools in India” with Wipro Foundation, “Business and Human Rights disclosures of the 100 listed companies’ with National Human Rights Commission, “Midcareer Men and Women in technology: Barriers to Advancement” with AnitaB.org; “Future Ready Leadership Competencies” with Nasscom; “Rethinking Business Responsibility in India” with CUTS International, and “Building the women directorship pipeline in India” with support from National Stock Exchange. She has also authored several papers in national and international journals. She runs a website www.teachcsr.com, which is intended to enable faculty in business schools to mainstream teaching corporate responsibility. Vasanthi is currently on the Board of Directors of Enable India and Fourth Wave Foundation. She was a member of the Uday Kotak Committee on Corporate Governance set up by Securities Exchange Board of India in 2017. She has been a member of the Working Group on Business and Human Rights set up by NHRC and a member of the Advisory Group of the NAP on Business and Human Rights set up MCA in 2020. She is an Executive Committee Member of the International Society of Business, Economics & Ethics (ISBEE). Her research interests are Women on Boards, Business and Human Rights and HRM in rapidly growth contexts. She is a Distinguished Alumnae of XLRI Jamshedpur. Her MOOCS course on “People Management” on the Edx platform was recognized among the top 20 courses for soft skills in 2018 by Business Insider.

Venkat R Srivatsan graduated with B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1985 and a PhD from Columbia Business School in 1993. He has over 28 years of history in teaching courses at Columbia University’s Business School; New York University’s Stern School of Business & Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India. He teaches Leadership in Economics & Global Strategy for the Executive, Masters and Undergraduate programs.

Ms Anamika, having an overall experience of around 26 years is currently working in Conneqt Business Solutions Limited (formerly known as Tata Business Support Services Limited) as an Associate Vice President for Corporate Communication and Sustainability. Before that was with Tata Steel Limited in the Green Field Chhattisgarh Project based out of Bastar & Jamshedpur and has also worked as a Field Training Officer with Catholic Relief Services in the jungles of Chatra & Palamu in Bihar. Skilling people from the disadvantaged communities and ensuring them to get good livelihood has been a big motivating agenda for Anamika. Pursuing Quality in all that she is doing; being value grounded; and having an ethical viewpoint even if it self-harms is a legacy from parents, which are further endorsed by working with the Tata’s for many years. She is also the Chief Ethics officer for Conneqt reporting to the Board. Ms Anamika is the recipient of many awards such as, Quess Chairman’s Choice Award; Unsung Hero Award for having made a difference when Covid-19 started; Conneqt CEO Special Achievers Award for her outstanding performance during Covid. She has also worked independently for Conneqt Business Solutions getting one of the Great Places to Work Certification in 2020. Ms Anamika did her MBA from University of Bradford UK and MA Psychology from Patna University. Her hobbies include being obsessive about handcrafted things, especially handlooms, love creating beautiful spaces and keeping a good home as a serving Army officer’s wife. Covid has also made her realize that “Pushing for More” as her personality trait.

Vinisha Umashankar is a class 9 student and the winner of the Children’s Climate Prize 2020, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award 2019 and PPTIA Best Woman Innovator Award 2019. She is also shortlisted for the Prime Minister of India’s Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar 2021, the highest civilian award in India for students under the age of 18. Vinisha excels in academics as well as co-curricular activities giving equal importance to all subjects, be it English, maths, science or social science. Reading books is her favourite hobby. She likes reading old classics, history, mystery, reference, science and technology books and won several elocutions, quiz, essay writing, drawing, singing, dancing and yoga competitions. In her free time, Vinisha plays the keyboard, rides bicycle or goes swimming.

Shirin Salis is the Vice president of Human Resources at Trane Technologies, India f ormerly known as Ingersoll-Rand. In this role, Shirin leads the Human Resource strategy and direction f or the organization. She led the organization to win accolades like India's 100 Best Companies to Work For 2019 and India’s Best 25 workplaces for women - a strong ref lection of a high-trust, high-performance culture. Shirin has over two decades of rich experience spanning across reputed organizations. Her astute leadership has helped organizations implement impactful people and leadership development practices leading to improved business results. Her strength lies in core HR domain expertise acquired over her career with exposure to diverse industries such as Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance and IT. Prior to Ingersoll Rand, Shirin has held positions at Agilent Technologies and General Electric in India. In her roles, Shirin has particularly f ocused on areas of strategic HR, leadership development, organization capability building, culture enhancement, diversity & inclusion practices, performance management, employee engagement and several other innovative people practices. Shirin is a certif ied assessor f or Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), a certified trainer for Situational Leadership® II, Love Em or Lose Em® and Help Them Grow or Watch them Go®. She holds a bachelor’s degree specializing in Sociology and Political Science from Mumbai University and an additional degree in HR. She is also an associate graduate of HR Learning Partnership from RBL, US (trained by Dave Ulrich). Shirin has been recognized as a “Woman Super Achiever” by the World HRD Congress sponsored by Corporate Executive Board, SHL and the Asian Confederation of Industries, for her contributions to the HR prof ession. For two consecutive years, CHRO Asia and Times Ascent along with the World HRD Congress also recognized her amongst the 100 Most Inf luential Global HR professionals. She f eatured in the YourStory’s 100 Emerging Voices of 2019 - a list of emerging thought leaders, whose opinions mattered to readers in 2019 and whose voices, they believe, will gain prominence in 2020 and beyond. She is one of the 5 finalists for ETPrime Women Leadership Awards 2020 in the HR Leader of the Year category by Economic Times. Shirin also holds the position of Chairwoman f or the Conf ederation of Indian Industries - Indian Women Network, Karnataka.