Press Coverage

Neha Sinha

Director, HR – APAC, CGI

Neha comes with nearly two decades of experience across various domains of human resource with expertise in mergers and acquisition, talent and succession planning and HR strategy. Currently, she is working as the HR Director – APAC for CGI. She has worked in diverse industry verticals including infrastructure, IP and Application Management. Neha has played an important role in setting up and growing the HRBP team and their profile within their organisation.

Dinesh Athyadi

Dinesh Athyadi, Director – HR & Admin, Rittal India Pvt Ltd

A HR Professional with 30+ years of Experience in Human Resource Management, Learning & development, Industrial Relations, Collective Bargaining, Employee Engagement and General Management. Director HR & Admin, Rittal India Pvt Ltd, a German Multinational engaged in Manufacturing of Industrial, IT Enclosures, Power Distribution panels, Cooling Solutions and Data Center. He has previously worked at Escorts Mahle Ltd. (Federal Moghul), Dynamatic Technologies Ltd., Shell Renewables (Environ Energy), Centum Electronics Ltd. Dinesh is also the present Chairman of National Institute of Personnel Management Karnataka Chapter (2023-25).

Sayanantan Nandy

Director – HR, Delhivery

Sayantan is currently working with Delhivery in the capacity of an HR Director | Chief of Staff to the CHRO. He has over 10 years of professional experience with a blend of start-ups, management consulting and industry. He was previously associated with the Global Business Services Advisory practice of KPMG as an Engagement Manager. He holds a postgraduate degree in management from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and is a Computer Science Engineer from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

SV Nathan

CEO Visara Consulting and former CHRO, Deloitte South Asia

Nathan is the co-founder and CEO of Visara Consulting, focusing on Human Capital Advisory and enterprise development work. He was the former CHRO of Deloitte South Asia where he was a member of the India leadership team and also of Deloitte Global Talent Leadership. Nathan has over 4 decades of experience in HR management in Indian and MNCs across diverse industries including manufacturing, services, telecom, IT and professional Services. Nathan has been recognized as a ‘Distinguished Alumnus’ by XLRI, his Alma Mater. He is recognised as one of the top 20 Influencers of HR, 2024 by Economic Times HR.

Vikram Jain

Managing Director, FSG Advisory

With over 25 years of consulting experience, Vikram has led several projects in understanding the needs of low-income urban customers and in identifying market-based opportunities to improve their lives. He is currently leading FSG’s Program to Improve Private Early Education (PIPE) which, aims to replace rote with activity based learning in all 300,000 affordable private schools in India and FSG’s Growing Livelihood Opportunities for Women (GLOW) program which, aims to sustainably place, 1m+ women from households with low-income in jobs by shifting companies’ mindsets and practices.

Anitha Jayapal

HR Head, L&T Edutech

Anitha is Head HR for Larsen and Toubro – Edutech, and comes with two decades of rich HR experience. Prior to L&T, she was Head of HR for Mobility solutions, Head of DEI and Employee Experience at Bosch Global software technologies. She has previously worked at Hansen Drives (ZF ), Pricol Limited, Geedee Weiler and Precot Mills Ltd and has gained robust skillsets that includes employee relations, employee engagement, industrial relations.

Atul Mohan

Director, Corporate – APAC, CGI

Atul Mohan has over 19 years of experience across various domains of human resource with expertise in setting up and scaling of HR in an organization. Currently working as Director Corporate – APAC for CGI, Atul has worked in diverse work environment varying from steel, IT, Pharma to startups. He has worked with companies like Tata Steel, Infosys, Tesco and Syngene in his previous stints. He has also been early member of two startup success stories like Flipkart and BlueStone and played an important role in their growth.

Rosa Abraham

Assistant Professor, Azim Premji University

Rosa Abraham is an economist at the Centre for Sustainable Employment at Azim Premji University. She is interested in issues relating to India’s labour market. Her research focuses on informal work and women’s employment with particular interest in issues at the intersection of labour statistics and women’s work. At CSE, she has been involved in the State of Working India reports and in the two primary surveys – India Working Survey and Covid-19 Livelihoods Survey, conducted by the Centre. Her most recent work looks at the impact of major life events – marriage and childbirth – on women’s employment.

Rajesh G

Corporate HR, EHS & CSR – Industrial Automation, Yaskawa India

Rajesh is a HR professional with 16 years of experience. He is currently Corporate HR at Yaskawa India. He has worked at diverse sectors at Indo Nissin Foods Ltd, VACON Drives (manufacturer), Kirloskar Electric Company Ltd (Industrial Automation), Innoviti Payment Solutions (Fin Tech).

Kartik Varma

Piramal Foundation

Kartik Varma serves as a Core Team Member and Director at the Piramal Foundation, one of the country’s largest foundations that works with governments across states to transform public systems in education, health and climate. The foundation’s stated vision is to Build Bharat through leadership development, digitisation, decentralisation and inclusion, led by women and youth. Kartik has previously spent close to decades in consulting across MENA, India and South East Asia, advising governments and private entities on strategy & talent.

Lohit Bhatia

President, Workforce Management, Quess Corp

Lohit has over 25 years of experience across industries such as textiles, auto components, and services with focus on product and services, sales and business development along with proficiency in manpower outsourcing programs with emphasis on managed services across industries. Lohit is currently the President of Quess’ Workforce Management business, having joined Quess in the year 2011 as General Manager Sales for Staffing business. Lohit is elected President of ISF, a leading Staffing Industry Federation in India that represents over 100 staffing companies.

Karthik SM

Biocon Biologics

Karthik heads Global Talent Acquisition for Biocon Biologics. He is a seasoned talent acquisition professional with over two decades of progressive and comprehensive international experience in all areas of recruiting. He is passionate about making impossible dreams and thrives on disruptive approaches.

Vasanthi Srinivasan

Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Vasanthi Srinivasan is a Professor in the Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management area at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and Chairperson – of IIMBX Digital Learning. Her research interests are women on boards, business and human rights, and HRM in rapid growth contexts. Before joining IIMB, Professor Vasanthi Srinivasan worked as an HR Professional and a consultant.