/ NEW AGE /

[ NEW REALITIES ]
The 4th Leadership Summit
17th – 18th October 2020
Indian Institute of Management Raipur

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NEW AGE, NEW REALITIES
The corporate world has been experiencing a drastic change in terms of business processes, both
technologically and functionally. Automation of workflow processes has been the new norm as firms all over
the corporate horizon are trying hard to increase profitability by reducing costs incurred and associated
latency. Organizations are aiming for a holistic development approach to achieve the same. The pandemic has
enforced organizations in taking proactive and innovative steps in ensuring that the net output level and
efficiency stays intact.

The 4th Leadership Summit at the Indian Institute of Management, Raipur aims to explore new-age realities
in the corporate world and present a fresh perspective to future leaders to prepare them for the challenges
that lie ahead.

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PANEL DISCUSSION 1: RAPIDLY CHANGING BUSINESS SCENARIOS: IMPLICATIONS

FOR NEW MANAGERS

The new age of business defined as dynamic, rapid, and advanced, is here. Business processes are evolving
constantly. The 21st century has witnessed tremendous progress in technological advancement. Nascent
technologies have spawned up with modifications to outperform existing ones. In the functional realm, shifts
in processes are based on tangible and intangible factors. The discussion will lay emphasis on upcoming
managers gearing up and preparing themselves to acclimatize with fast-paced work environments.

PANEL DISCUSSION 2: CHALLENGING PARADIGMS OF WORK & WORKPLACE

Track 1: Understanding the Organisational Perspectives

Track 2: Understanding the Employee Perspectives

The pandemic has forced organizations to reassess their approach to working remotely and shifting to new
alternatives, aiding their employees in staying safe while maintaining the same levels of profitability. The
nascent working environment might affect diversity, equity, and inclusion, but the new-age Manager must
keep up with these new realities. Challenging paradigms is, thus, imperative to creative advancement and
gaining an edge. The discussion aims to prepare the managers of today, for problems of tomorrow.

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PANEL DISCUSSION 3: CRISIS INSPIRING INNOVATION

Track 1: Dealing with Societal Challenges

Track 2: Preparing Organisation for Future

Developments arise out of disruption and help businesses grow. Organizations should aim at increasing
adaptability and they must ensure that they are ready to deal with shifts as smoothly as possible. The
discussion will focus on answering pertinent questions like the impact of crises on businesses, and steps
undertaken to effectively manage such predicaments. Problems unique to managing a global crisis, their
solutions, and their long-term implications shall all be covered by our eminent panelists.

PANEL DISCUSSION 4: EXECUTION IN DIGITAL ECONOMY

Piggybacking on ever-improving digital transformations, the economy has taken a massive tilt towards going
digital. That has led to a shift in the value proposition demanded by the customers. The cycle of change is
initiated by strategizing, but the final deliverables depend on the execution. Uncertain landscape, data
protection, and overnight workforce training hinder the path of transformation. This topic weighs the
approaches that can be implemented for proper process execution in the digital economy.

PANEL DISCUSSION 5: DEVELOPING YOUR BUSINESS' DIGITAL CAPABILITIES - HOW

ARE WE DOING IT?

Digital Capabilities have become a necessity to compete in the long run. Organizations have no option but to
augment their core capabilities to leverage insights, focus on bridging the gap between physical and digital
worlds through various digital platforms, and modernize their systems to accelerate innovation. The
discussion will be focused on building a culture of digital receptivity among the employees and
implementing capabilities, to effectively bolster the reach and position of one’s business.

PANEL DISCUSSION 6: EMERGING PEOPLE STRATEGY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR HR

Track 1: HR in New Age

Track 2: Skills for New Managers

Owing to the pandemic, organizations worldwide have resorted to digital means of communication for
performing their basic operations. Working in silos has hindered the maintaining of the same level of trust
and synergy between teams. Downsizing, reorganizing, and restructuring have seen a drastic shift in their
conventional structures. Here we would be deep-diving into the core aspects of organizational strategies that
are formulated in-line with the new age that we all live in.

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 LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2020
NEW AGE, NEW REALITIES

Programme Schedule
Day 1: Saturday, October 17, 2020
10:00 AM – 10:50 AM: INAUGURAL SESSION

10:00 AM – 10:05 AM: Introduction by Dr. Satyasiba Das, Chairman Corporate Relations
10:05 AM – 10:20 AM: Welcome Address by Prof. Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIM Raipur
10:20 AM – 10:50 AM: Address of the Chief Guest, Mr. Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: RAPIDLY CHANGING BUSINESS SCENARIOS: IMPLICATIONS FOR NEW MANAGERS

Managing Director / GM, India & South Asia

Mr. Dhiraj Sood
Danaher Corporation/Videojet Technologies

Mr. Dinakar A Managing Director, Saint Gobain Sekurit

Mr. GSS Gopal Krishna Country Head - Market Function, TCS iON

Director, Program Management & Agile

Mr. Nitin Mittal
Delivery, Western Union

Chief Executive Officer, GMR Hyderabad

Mr. Saurabh Kumar
Air Cargo

Prof. Satyasiba Das Associate Professor, Business Policy and

(Moderator) Strategy
IIM Raipur

02:00 PM – 03:30 PM: CHALLENGING PARADIGMS OF WORK & WORKPLACE (TRACK 1)

Director & Global Head of Talent Acquisition,

Mr. Abhishek De
BrowserStack

Mr. Ankush Arora Sr. VP and Head HR, Grofers

Ms. Anu Mathew Chief People Officer, Pine Labs

Ms. Maneesha Jha Thakur President HR, Emami

Prof. Anubha Dadhich Asst. Professor, HRM & Organizational

(Moderator) Behaviour
IIM Raipur

02:00 PM – 03:30 PM: CHALLENGING PARADIGMS OF WORK & WORKPLACE (TRACK 2)

Mr. Ashutosh Mishra Director, Head of Corporate Sales, ANZ Bank

Mr. Sanjoy Shaw HR Director, South Asia, Givaudan

Mr. Sujay Rachh Executive Director, Leo Burnett

Prof. Damini Saini Asst. Professor, HRM & Organizational

(Moderator) Behaviour
IIM Raipur

04:00 PM – 05:30 PM: CRISIS INSPIRING INNOVATION (TRACK 1)

Ms. Bhuvana Subramanyan Chief Marketing Officer, Randstad India

Mr. Deepak Chhabra Managing Director, Tupperware India

Mr. Sandeep Komarla Senior Director Marketing, Viacom18 Media

Prof. Jagrook Dawra

Associate Professor, Marketing IIM Raipur
(Moderator)

04:00 PM – 05:30 PM: CRISIS INSPIRING INNOVATION (TRACK 2)

Mr. Saurabh Bajaj Marketing Head, Britannia

Managing Director, HSBC InvestDirect

Mr. Shantanu Shankar -
Financial Services (India) Ltd

Mr. Vikas Choudhury President, Reliance Jio

Prof. Samar Singh Associate Professor, Business Policy and

LEADERSHIP
(Moderator) SUMMIT
Strategy 2020
IIM Raipur

NEW AGE, NEW REALITIES

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Programme Schedule
Day 2: Sunday, October 18, 2020

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: EXECUTION IN DIGITAL ECONOMY

Mr. Dhritiman Chakraborty Director Operations, Ingram Micro

Chief People Officer and Vice President - People

Mr. Sachin Khurana
Practice, Happiest Minds Technologies

Mr. Sanjay Murdeshwar Managing Director, Novartis India

Prof. Sumeet Gupta

Professor, IT & Systems IIM Raipur
(Moderator)

12:00 PM – 01:30 PM: DEVELOPING YOUR BUSINESS’ DIGITAL CAPABILITIES – HOW ARE WE DOING IT?

Mr. Amit Kapur Senior Director - Technology, Lowes

Mr. Himangshu Baruah Director, Marketing APAC, Softline Group

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer,

Mr. Mitul D Thakkar
GreyAtom

Director, Software Engineering and Site Lead,

Mr. Ramakrishna Rama
Dell

Mr. Sunil Gopinath Chief Executive Officer, Rakuten India

Prof. Arunima Shah

Asst. Professor, Marketing IIM Raipur
(Moderator)

02:30 PM – 04:00 PM: EMERGING PEOPLE STRATEGY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR HR (TRACK 1)

Ms. Heather Saville Gupta Global Head HR, MullenLowe Lintas Group

Ms. Rashmi Mansharamani Chief Human Resource Officer, The Wave

(Moderator) Group

Mr. Seetharam L Director, Talent Acquisition, Virtusa

02:30 PM – 04:00 PM: EMERGING PEOPLE STRATEGY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR HR (TRACK 2)

Chief Executive Officer, Indian-Oil Adani Gas

Mr. Rajiv Sikka
Pvt Ltd

Mr. Sudipto Mandal Chief Human Resource Officer, Star Cement

Mr. Vijay Sivaram Chief Executive Officer, Quess Corp Ltd

Prof. Sanjeev Prashar

Professor, Marketing IIM Raipur
(Moderator)

04:00 PM – 04:30 PM: CLOSING CEREMONY & VOTE OF THANKS

• Prof. Sanjeev Prashar, Dean Academics, Indian Institute of Management Raipur

END OF PROGRAM

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CHIEF GUEST

Mr. Ashishkumar Chauhan, Managing Director and Chief Executive

Officer, Bombay Stock Exchange and Member of the Board of
Governors, IIM Raipur

Mr. Ashishkumar Chauhan is currently the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of
Bombay Stock Exchange, Asia’s oldest exchange and world’s fastest exchange with 6 microseconds
response time with more than 5,000 listed companies in India. He is credited with reviving BSE and
completing its IPO - which was oversubscribed more than 51 times. He was instrumental in setting
up India’s first International Exchange, India International exchange, inaugurated by India’s Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi in January 2017. Before joining BSE, from 2000 to 2009, he worked at
Reliance, India’s largest conglomerate as President and Group CIO.

He received several Indian and International awards including Distinguished Alumnus Awards
from both his Alma Mater IIT Bombay and IIM Calcutta, a rare achievement. He has also been
awarded “Digital Icon of Year” by Indian Express Group, was ranked amongst the top CEOs in
financial markets by Asian Banker, and amongst the top 50 CIOs in the world by Information Week
US. He is a member of several committees of Government, Regulators, and international
associations.

He is a member of the Board of Directors at IIM Raipur, NIFM Faridabad, Gokhale Institute of
Politics and Economics, Member of Board of Advisors at Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management -
IIT Bombay, and served as chairman of NIT Manipur. He is a distinguished visiting faculty at
Ryerson University in Toronto and an Honorary Professor at Nottingham University Business
School. He co-authored a book on the history of the BSE titled “The Temple of Wealth Creation”. He
is considered the father of modern financial derivatives in India due to his work at NSE.

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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Prof. Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIM Raipur

Prof. Bharat Bhasker is the current Director of IIM Raipur. Before joining IIM Raipur, he was
associated with IIM Lucknow for over 2 decades. His areas of expertise include Data Management,
Network Security, and Software Engineering. An authority in the area of the digital economy, he
has published multiple papers in international academic journals of high repute and authored
several books. Prof. Bhasker’s book, Electronic Commerce: Framework, Technologies, and
Applications published by McGraw Hill, has a globally acclaimed following. He was also the
recipient of the prestigious Best Director of Business School Award at Decision Science Institute,
USA (Indian Subcontinent) in the 12th annual conference of Indian Subcontinent Decision Sciences
Institute (ISDSI) in December 2018.

Prof. Bhasker has almost three decades of international experience in the industry, research
institutions, teaching, management development, and consulting. He has spent 11 years working in
the leading research establishments in the USA, including seven years with Goddard Space Flight
Center of NASA, Maryland. He is an active researcher in the area of Electronic Commerce and Big
Data Management. For his salient research contributions in Heterogeneous distributed data
management and Information access, NASA honored him with the Best Research Productivity
Award in 1994. Prof. Bhasker has also been associated as a Visiting Professor with ESSEC Business
School, France, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, University of Maryland, University of
California, and University of Texas, USA. He has also served in the Technology Advisory
Committee of Controller of Certifying Authorities in the Ministry of Information Technology and as
a member of the Advisory Committee to the Unique Identification Authority of India. His words
have always motivated us and been our guiding light.

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PANEL DISCUSSION 1: RAPIDLY CHANGING BUSINESS
SCENARIOS: IMPLICATION FOR NEW MANAGERS

Mr. Dhiraj Sood, Managing Director/General Manager, India & South Asia –
Danaher Corporation / Videojet Technologies

Mr. Dhiraj Sood is the General Manager of Danaher Corporation, an American

Commercial Operating Company dealing in Printing, Marking & Coding
solutions. The company has a turnover of $ 50 Mn and has been featured in
Fortune 160 companies for the past three years. Mr. Sood has a rich experience
in managing businesses in India, South Asia, South East Asia, Japan, and Korea
under different commercial roles. He is proficient in Sales, Service, Product
Management, Business Development, Marketing, & Supply Chain. He holds an
HBX CORe on the fundamentals of business from Harvard Business School
comprising Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial
Accounting and is also an MBA in General Management from XLRI
Jamshedpur.

Mr. Dinakar A, Managing Director - Saint Gobain Sekurit

Mr. Dinakar A, currently the Managing Director of Saint Gobain Sekurit India
Ltd, has over thirty years of experience in Sales, Product Management,
Business Management, and Manufacturing operations. He has been associated
with Saint Gobain for almost a decade now. In his past career, he has been the
head of three public listed Indian subsidiaries of multinational companies. He
was Chief Executive Officer & Director at Robo Silicon Pvt Ltd., President &
Managing Director at Kennametal India Ltd, and Managing Director at DISA
India Ltd. He has a consistent track record of building and growing businesses,
nurturing strong teams, with a focus on excellence and people management.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Mysore.

Mr. GSS Gopal Krishna, Country Head - Market Function, TCS iON

Mr. Gopal Krishna GSS holds an MBA in Marketing from Xavier Institute of
Management, Bhubaneswar. He is a seasoned leader with over 23 years of
experience in areas like Sales & Marketing, Product Management, Consultancy
& Techno-commercial roles. He has worked in various industries ranging from
Education Technology to Aviation, Research, Testing, Automation, and
Consumer Durables. He has managed diverse portfolios across geographies
and teams, and also worked with large, mid-sized as well as start-up
organizations, developed strong adaptability to various cultures and changing
environments. He is a recipient of many awards and a member of many
prestigious societies and boards. He is regularly invited as a guest speaker by
leading business schools and engineering colleges in India.

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Mr. Nitin Mittal, Director, Program Management & Agile Delivery - Western
Union

Mr. Nitin Mittal is the Program Management Director & Agile Delivery Head at
Western Union. He has been leading teams to build great products by applying
Lean, Agile, and DevOps practices. With over 19 Years of experience in customer
success, inclusion & agility, he has helped organizations and customers across the
globe achieve increased agility and better time to market. He has transformed teams
to accelerate their ability to deliver incrementally and with increased quality. Before
Western Union, he has the Led Agile & Lean implementation team in Salesforce,
Amdocs, and Accenture. He has also created and launched agile certifications, Agile
Training programs, and Coaching Programs at organization levels and has trained
more than 1000+ professionals across the globe.

Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Chief Executive Officer - GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo

Mr. Saurabh Kumar is a Supply Chain & Strategy Professional with nearly two
decades of experience in Aviation, Global Logistics, Infrastructure, Retail, and
Telecom sectors. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of GMR Hyderabad Air
Cargo. He is actively working on projects related to Automation and New
Technology Adoption to improve Productivity, Traceability, and Response Time.
He is also the Chairman of the Logistics Committee of Federation of Telangana
Chambers of Commerce and Industry and National Board Member of Air Cargo
Forum of India. He has been with GMR Group for 10 years and has led the ‘Strategic
Planning’ function for several GMR Businesses. Before joining GMR Group, Mr.
Saurabh worked with ‘Ernst & Young’ and ‘Tata Strategic Management Group’.

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PANEL DISCUSSION 2: CHALLENGING PARADIGMS OF WORK
& WORKPLACE

TRACK 1: UNDERSTANDING THE ORGANISATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Mr. Abhishek De, Director & Global Head Talent Acquisition - BrowserStack

Mr. Abhishek De is a seasoned HR professional with over ten years of industry

experience in different industry domains ranging from IT Services to Enterprise
Software & Consumer Tech to Medical Devices. He holds an MBA from IBS
Hyderabad following which he pursued MA in Human Resource Management
and Labour Relations, where he was a Silver Medallist. He is currently the
Director and Global Head of Talent Acquisition at BrowserStack, a B2B SaaS
company headquartered in India. He has managed various portfolios and has
worked for various other companies like Uber, Alcon, Microsoft, and LinkedIn.
He has held progressively increasing responsibilities in HR Business Partnering,
Talent management, and OD interventions, leading talent acquisition teams,
executive search, employer branding, campus hiring strategy, and execution.

Mr. Ankush Arora, Sr. VP and Head HR - Grofers

Mr. Ankush Arora is a highly accomplished HR Executive Leader, with nearly
two decades of experience, working with reputed organizations. His forte lies in
seeking new opportunities in building and sustaining national competitive
advantage through people management and tangible value creation. He has been
associated with Grofers since 2017 as Vice President & Head- Human Resources.
In his past roles, he has worked with major enterprises such as Havells India
Limited, Jubilant Life Sciences Limited, SAP Labs, L&T Infotech Limited, Tata
Interactive Systems amongst others. Mr. Ankush Arora graduated in Chemical
Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, and obtained
his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Xavier Institute of
Management, Bhubaneswar.

Ms. Anu Mathew, Chief People Officer - Pine Labs

Ms. Anu Mathew is an experienced human resource management and

leadership development professional. All aspects of people development from
hiring to culture building are part of her portfolio. She has been independently
responsible for organization-wide leadership development and partnered with
business heads to develop Strategic HR Initiatives towards Talent Management,
Talent Engagement, Compensation & Benefits, and responsible for all Employer
Branding activities. Anu is extremely engaged and customer-focused. She has
gone beyond the routine and introduced innovative interventions in Leadership
Development practices. Before Pine Labs, she led Human Resources at
Qwikcilver, HCL Infosystems, and GE Capital. She holds a master’s degree in
human resource management from Leeds, UK, and a bachelor’s degree in
economics from Delhi University.

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Ms. Maneesha Jha Thakur, President HR - Emami

Ms. Maneesha Jha Thakur is a distinguished and widely admired business leader
who specializes in the domain of Human Resource Management. She holds an MBA
from XLRI, Jamshedpur in Human Resource Management. Currently, she is the
President – HR at Emami and has previously worked with firms like Edelweiss
Financial Services, L&T Finance, ICICI, Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Bank
amongst others. She strongly believes in igniting something special in people she
comes across. She also loves counseling, coaching, and being a listening post to her
friends and colleagues. She is a true example of leading the team from the front and
a pillar for the entire company.

TRACK 2: UNDERSTANDING THE EMPLOYEE PERSPECTIVES

Mr. Ashutosh Mishra, Director, Head of Corporate Sales - ANZ Bank

Mr. Ashutosh Mishra has been a senior banker with twenty years of experience in
large global banks. Currently, he is heading Global Markets sales at ANZ Bank in
India. His previous stints were at Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and ICICI Bank.
Ashutosh has extensive experience in advising large corporate clients on their
financial risk management requirements. His areas of expertise are treasury, foreign
exchange, and interest rate derivatives and structuring. Ashutosh holds an MBA
from XLRI Jamshedpur and is a Mechanical Engineer from IIT Delhi. He has
authored two books so far. His first book - Happiness is All We Want, has been
published by Bloomsbury. His other book – Bankers’ Game has been published by
Jaico. He also coaches managers and professionals.

Mr. Sanjoy Shaw, HR Director, South Asia - Givaudan

Mr. Sanjoy Shaw, currently the HR Director, South Asia of Givaudan has over
twenty-one years of experience in the domain of Human Resources. At Givaudan,
he is a member of the APAC HR Leadership team. He has worked with multiple
businesses and stakeholders in Singapore, Dubai, Geneva, and Malaysia. Having
worked with notable companies like ACC Limited, PepsiCo, Saint-Gobain,
Hindustan Motors, and at different capacities, he brings in a plethora of experience
to the table. He has played an active role in mentoring country leadership on people
and culture agenda. He has also managed large diversified teams with diversified
businesses across South Asia.

Mr. Sujay Rachh, Executive Director - Leo Burnett

Mr. Sujay Rachh is the Executive Director at Leo Burnett. He is a highly self-
motivated, client-driven professional with a proven ability to integrate strong
analytical aptitude with creative skills and a comprehensive understanding of
business dynamics. He has more than fifteen years of experience in Marcom and
Brand Strategy for multiple industries and geographical locations. He specializes in
advertising, business development, concept development, cost control, and
customer relations. Before Leo Burnett, he has held various leadership positions at
Times of India Group and Lowe Lintas. He has been a voluntary guest lecturer
through which he shares his industry experiences with the student community.

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PANEL DISCUSSION 3: CRISIS INSPIRING INNOVATION

TRACK 1: DEALING WITH SOCIETAL CHALLENGES

Ms. Bhuvana Subramanyan, Chief Marketing Officer - Randstad India

Ms. Bhuvana Subramanyan is the Chief Marketing Officer of Randstad India,

one of the country's leading HR services organizations. As the CMO, Bhuvana is
responsible for driving all elements of Marketing for the organization, including
Digital Marketing & Design, Corporate Communications, Public Relations, and
Market Intelligence. Before Randstad, she has worked with IBM, Brand Comm,
TNT, Aptech, and Vijay TV in various leadership positions. She brings with her
over 25 years of rich industry experience in both offline and digital marketing
and deep experience in transforming work and developing agile teams. She
holds an MBA in Strategy Management from XLRI. She is also a recipient of
many prestigious CMO awards and accolades to her credit in Marketing.

Mr. Deepak Chhabra, Managing Director - Tupperware India

Mr. Deepak Chhabra, Managing Director, Tupperware India is an

acknowledged business leader and a seasoned professional. He comes with
diverse and extensive experience in the domain of Retail Business. Before his
current portfolio, he has had stints with notable firms like Crocs India as CEO &
MD, Reliance Retail as Vice President & Business Head, and Aryan Lifestyle as
COO. Having handled so many prestigious positions of authority and
responsibilities, Mr. Chhabra is well versed with core business processes and is a
pro when it comes to strategizing business plans. He brings to the table a rich
and diverse amalgamation of corporate experience which is a source of
inspiration for all.

Mr. Sandeep Komarla, Senior Director Marketing - Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd.

Mr. Sandeep Komarla believes in representing a brand that stands for

innovation and a vision that creates strategic solutions for the brand. Having had
a remarkable stint at VIACOM18 over the past few years, he is now keen on
taking up senior strategic roles. He is optimistic, ambitious in his interests, and
reliable. He stretches all available resources to meet deadlines, however rigid. He
gels well with people and regards himself to be presentable, well-spoken, and
committed. His ability to simultaneously handle multiple tasks in each time
frame has always put him in good stead and is extremely admirable.

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PANEL DISCUSSION 3: CRISIS INSPIRING INNOVATION

TRACK 2: PREPARING ORGANISATION FOR FUTURE

Mr. Saurabh Bajaj, Marketing Head - Britannia

Mr. Saurabh Bajaj has over sixteen years of experience in Business Development,
Sales, Marketing & Innovation with Britannia Industries, USL - Diageo, Mondelez
(Cadbury) & Wipro Consumer Care, Mr. Saurabh brings a multitude of skills to the
organization he works at. The formative years of his career were at Mondelez
(Cadbury) for 10 years and over the last four years, he has worked with Diageo.
Currently, working with Britannia Industries, Mr. Saurabh is an effective
communicator with excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills. He
believes that a strong analytical approach, problem-solving attitude, and strong
organizational abilities are the prerequisites for becoming a great manager.

Mr. Shantanu Shankar, Managing Director, HSBC InvestDirect Financial

Services (India) Limited
Mr. Shantanu Shankar, an alumnus of MDI Gurgaon and Wharton Business School,
is currently working for HSBC Invest as a Managing Director for the past 2 years
and 10 months. He boasts of over eighteen years of diverse experience across Indian
and MNC banks, NBFC and AMC. Throughout his career so far, he has managed
various positions namely, Managing Director, Business Head, Product Head,
Product Manager, Branch Manager, Sales Manager. He has worked for a plethora of
multidisciplinary projects ranging from Wealth Management, Liabilities, Loans to
Customer propositions, and Cards (Credit and Debit). His core competencies can be
summarized under Business Management, Strategic Planning, Business Risk
Management, Sales Management, Strategic partnership, and Digital interventions.

Mr. Vikas Choudhury, President – Reliance Jio

Mr. Vikas Choudhury is a Strategic Leader in multinational public companies with

expertise across operating, investing, and M&A, especially scaling and creating
value in the digital economy. He holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburg
and pursued his executive MBA from Harvard University in General Management.
He was previously the Managing Director at Aimia Inc, where he built India's
largest marketing services company, and ran award-winning programs for marquee
brands including Taj Hotels, Standard Chartered Bank, and others. He has also
launched Nectar.in, an online-led aggregator, on the lines of the highly successful
UK’s Nectar. As President at Reliance Jio, India’s largest consumer conglomerate in
digital platforms and retail, he led new businesses in ad monetization and
payments, acquisitions in tech and commerce, and now JioMart e-commerce across
grocery and electronics.

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PANEL DISCUSSION 4: EXECUTION IN DIGITAL ECONOMY

Mr. Dhritiman Chakraborty, Director Operations - Ingram Micro

Mr. Dhritiman Chakraborty is currently associated with Ingram Micro as the
Director of Operations. He is a seasoned Supply Chain professional, a keynote
speaker, a certified trainer from IATD, and an executive coach. He is also a member
of Leaders Excellence at Harvard Square and Chartered Institute of Logistics and
Transport with more than 18 years of experience in various areas of Supply Chain
operations across industries ranging from Pharma, FMCG, and Chemicals. Mr.
Chakraborty is an esteemed alumnus of IIM Calcutta from where he specialized in a
degree of Advanced Program in Supply Chain Management. With his numerous
years of industry experience, he has achieved mastery in Logistics, Warehousing,
Distribution, and Supply Chain Planning.

Mr. Sachin Khurana, Chief People Officer & Vice President – Happiest Minds
Technologies

Mr. Sachin Khurana is currently the Chief People Officer & Vice President of
Happiest Minds Technologies. He is an HR professional with around 14 years of
distinguished Business Partnering & HR Leadership experience in industries
covering IT Services, ITeS, Infrastructure, and Real Estate sectors. Prior to taking on
the Chief People Officer’s role at Happiest Minds, Mr. Sachin was heading the
people function at OSSCube – a global leader in digital transformation solutions that
has been consistently ranked among the Top 10 Great Places to Work in India in
various studies. Mr. Sachin previously served in HR leadership and managerial
positions at Lodha Group and Citigroup Global Services. Mr. Sachin is an alumnus
of Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, where he did his MBA in HR and
he also holds a bachelor’s degree in management.

Mr. Sanjay Murdeshwar, Managing Director – Novartis India

Mr. Sanjay Murdeshwar, currently the Managing Director of Novartis India, comes
with more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, which includes
varied roles in the pharmaceuticals and consumer health businesses in the country,
region, and global levels. Before joining Novartis, Mr. Murdeshwar was with
AstraZeneca based in Maryland, USA as Vice-President in their Global Product &
Portfolio Strategy group and before that Country President & Managing Director of
AstraZeneca India since 2013. Before joining AstraZeneca, Mr. Murdeshwar was
with Bayer AG for 17 years with stints in various sales, marketing, finance, strategy,
and general management roles and different countries, including the USA,
Germany, Philippines, India, and Singapore. He has a Bachelors' Degree in
Chemical Engineering and an MBA.

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PANEL DISCUSSION 5: DEVELOPING YOUR BUSINESS’
DIGITAL CAPABILITIES – HOW ARE WE DOING IT?

Mr. Amit Kapur, Senior Director - Technology - Lowes

Mr. Amit Kapur has been the Senior Director of Technology at Lowe’s India for
over six years. He is responsible for the Global Omni Order Management team
and responsible for delivering solutions leveraging the Sterling Commerce
platform and building products on Open source/cloud technologies. He is
currently leading the critical work of transforming order management functions
from legacy/monolithic to cloud/on-prem modern, highly scalable,
microservices-based architecture. Before joining Lowe’s, he had a diverse
experience of working with various MNCs/Captives (GCCs), Indian IT services
& manufacturing organizations in various capacities. Mr. Kapur, with close to
twenty-five years of rich technical experience, brings in strong business
knowledge, technical/functional expertise, and experiential prowess resulting
from widespread exposure to IT global blended models.

Mr. Himangshu Baruah, Director, Marketing APAC - Softline Group

Mr. Himangshu Baruah is currently the Director of Marketing at Softline Group.

He leads and supervises all the marketing activities for the Asia region. With
more than fifteen years of experience in the industry, Mr. Himangshu started his
journey from a sales and marketing job at Star and from there worked in various
organizations such as IBM, TESCRA, Oracle. He holds an MBA degree from IMI,
Belgium, and is a proud alum of Delhi University. He excels in Product
Marketing, Digital Marketing, Consultative Sales, Team Building, and is a
proven leader.

Mr. Mitul D Thakkar, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer - GreyAtom

Mr. Mitul D Thakkar is the Co-founder and Cheif Executive Officer of

GreyAtom, a start-up focusing on building cutting edge educational programs
for Software Engineers. With more than fifteen years of experience in the
industry, he has worked in corporates like Yahoo, Syntel, and launched start-ups
like Customer360, Anveshan Technologies. Mr. Mitul holds a master's degree in
Computer Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton and is a
proud alum of Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, having completed his
BTech in Computer Science from there. He is an immensely networked
entrepreneur with a clear vision, fantastic leadership skills with excellent
knowledge of technology, product development, and business.

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Mr. Ramakrishna Rama, Director, Software Engineering and Site Lead – Dell

Mr. Ramakrishna Rama holds an executive MBA from IIM Bangalore and a Masters
in Instrumentation from NIT Warangal previous to that. He started at Dell as
Engineering Manager, managing firmware & software development for enterprise
server out of band management product. He was later Director, Software
Engineering and now Director, Software Engineering, and Site Lead. Mr. Rama is a
leader with expertise in Software products for Embedded Systems, Industrial
Automation, Systems / Network Management, Computing Platforms, and HA
software. He is a strong engineering and seasoned management professional with
global experience.

Mr. Sunil Gopinath , Chief Executive Officer – Rakuten India

Mr. Sunil Gopinath is the CEO of Rakuten India and is responsible for scaling out
the product and technology footprint for Rakuten across a wide range of Rakuten’s
global businesses & Technology initiatives including Commerce, Payments &
Media. He is also particularly excited about his role in driving the rapid adoption of
Data Sciences & AI across Rakuten’s products & businesses. Before Rakuten, Mr.
Sunil was the Product head of Flipkart’s Marketplace Division, where he helped
build out all the products and services needed to scale the Marketplace business to a
$2B+ business. He has also held senior leadership roles globally in companies like
Intel & Qualcomm. Sunil has an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley,
and an MS from Virginia Tech.

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PANEL DISCUSSION 6: EMERGING PEOPLE STRATEGY AND
WHAT IT MEANS FOR HR

TRACK 1: HR IN NEW AGE

Ms. Heather Saville Gupta, Global Head HR - MullenLowe Lintas Group

Ms. Heather Saville Gupta is one of those HR leaders who bring a deep
understanding of the business to her work. Having spent a decade in marketing
and client service roles with global agencies and networks, she moved into HR in
2005, driven by a desire to work more closely with people and teams, to deeply
influence business and individual success and growth. She has been the Head of
HR for 3 media companies and is now heading HR for the Mullenlowe Lintas
Group across India. She is a trained ICF Executive Coach, and currently studying
for CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma in HR. She has previously worked with
firms like P & G, McCann Erickson, JWT, Lowe Lintas in various capacities.

Ms. Rashmi Mansharamani, Chief Human Resource Officer –

The Wave Group

Ms. Rashmi Mansharamani holds a post-graduate degree in Human Resources

from XLRI, Jamshedpur with over twenty years of experience in HR across
multiple industries. She is also a certified Master Assessment Expert, Executive
Coach, and Change Management Expert. She was awarded as one of the most
influential HR Leaders in India by World HRD Congress in 2016. She has
worked with major Corporate houses like ITC, United Breweries, Thapar Group,
and International organizations like ICRC, CAF International. Currently, she is
working as Chief Human Resources Officer at the Wave Group. She has also
been leading initiatives for automating HR processes, building a Digital HR, and
creating a work culture of innovation and high performance.

Mr. Seetharam L, Director, Talent Acquisition- Virtusa

Mr. Seetharam has been associated with Virtusa for almost three and a half
years, currently as Director of Talent Acquisition. A great leader and an excellent
communicator, Mr. Seetharam sets the bar quite high when it comes to corporate
proficiency and business excellence. He is an excellent mentor to his colleagues
and a responsible, empathetic guide for people working under him. As a
competent, impactful, and tenacious resource himself, Mr. Seetharam has served
his organization to the best of his abilities and is always the one to strive for
ultimate excellence.

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PANEL DISCUSSION 6: EMERGING PEOPLE STRATEGY AND
WHAT IT MEANS FOR HR

TRACK 2: SKILLS FOR NEW MANAGERS

Mr. Rajiv Sikka, Chief Executive Officer – Indian-Oil Adani Gas Pvt Ltd
Mr. Rajiv Sikka is currently CEO of Indian-Oil Adani Gas limited. In a professional
career of more than thirty-one years, he has worked across multiple regions of India
with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and has delivered an enormous
increase in the sales of oil, gas as well as lubricant products. He has been conferred
with multiple All India Level awards from BPCL. Previously, he has worked in
Indraprastha Gas Ltd as Director Commercial. Before this, he was the Director
Commercial of Central UP Gas limited. He is also a mentor to CXO level team
members of a few startups in India. He pursued his B-Tech in Civil Engineering
from HBTI, Kanpur, and holds a Master’s degree (Urban & Regional Planning) from
School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi.

Mr. Sudipto Mandal, Chief Human Resource Officer - Star Cement

Mr. Sudipto Mandal is currently working as the VP and CHRO at Star Cement
Limited. He has over 22 years of industry experience across different sectors ranging
from Manufacturing, IT/ITES, FMCG, BFSI and Retail, in MNCs and leading Indian
conglomerates. He is an alumnus of TISS, Mumbai, and has worked with different
organizations such as Asian Paints, Zeiss, Oracle, Spencer’s, CRISIL, Eveready. Mr.
Mandal is also a certified “Coach” and certified trainer on Customer Service
Management. He is a business leader whereas he intensely worked in areas like
Business Strategy, HR Strategy & Cultural Transformation, Leadership
Development, Change Management, Capability Building, Talent and Performance
Management, Organization Design and Restructuring. As a techno-functional
Oracle HRMS consultant, he has also worked in line function in Oracle Global
Suppirt team, supporting UK and EMEA regions.

Mr. Vijay Sivaram, Chief Executive Officer - Quess Corp Ltd.

Mr. Vijay Sivaram is the CEO of the IT Staffing Division, Search & Recruitment
Division, and Asia Pacific Operations at Quess Corp. He is responsible for setting
the strategic vision and direction for his focus areas while supporting and nurturing
the leadership under his mandate to execute with confidence towards success. Mr.
Vijay is part of the founding team for Quess Corp and has been instrumental in
grounding, innovating, and growing Quess’s vast portfolio of offerings. He has been
exposed to different platforms at Quess from Workforce Management and
Operating Asset Management to Tech Services. Vijay holds an MBA from INSEAD,
Singapore, a PGDBM from the Loyola Institute of Business Administration, and a
bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from École Supérieure de Commerce
Et de Management (ESCEM).

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FACULTY MODERATORS

Prof. Sanjeev Prashar Prof. Sumeet Gupta Prof. Jagrook Dawra

Professor Professor Associate Professor
Marketing IT & Systems Marketing
IIM Raipur IIM Raipur IIM Raipur

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Associate Professor Asst. Professor Asst. Professor
Business Policy and Strategy HRM & Organizational Behaviour HRM & Organizational Behaviour
IIM Raipur IIM Raipur IIM Raipur

Prof. Arunima Shah

Asst. Professor
Marketing
IIM Raipur

HOST OF THE EVENT

Prof. Satyasiba Das

Chairman - Corporate Relations & Placement, IIM Raipur

The primary goal of the Corporate Relations & Engagements at

IIM Raipur is to develop long-term, mutually beneficial
partnerships with corporations. A dedicated committee of
students under the guidance of Chairman Placement, Prof.
Satyasiba Das, works as a single point of entry for the industry &
provides coordination for industry interactions. The engagement
approach involves processes for sharing information (events,
facilities, expertise), and coordinates community and corporate
outreach. The various events organized by the committee include
the Leadership Summit, HR Summit, and Round Table meet.

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