Delivering world-class people agenda and culture is Singh’s forte. Before taking on the responsibility of developing and implementing successful HR strategies for long-term growth and transformation at Max, he has essayed multiple HR leadership roles in GE Energy, GE Supply-chain, GE Capital, SRF Finance, Eicher Tractors and National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).

A keen strategist with a flair for designing and implementing innovative HR strategies to suit the needs of the organisation, Pandey is presently providing strategic leadership at Mother Dairy by articulating HR needs and plans aligning with the business strategy. In his three-decade long career, Pandey has worked with brands such as ACC, Holcim, Shriram Group, JK Tyre and Torrent Pharma.

With expertise in strategic HR, Biswas’ key focus is on organisational development, talent management, upskilling, leadership development, change management, as well as employee and industrial relations. Currently the CHRO at Emami, his over two-decade long experience has taken him across diverse business sectors, including FMCG, manufacturing, airports, logistics and engineering.

A specialist in providing strategic HR planning as part of his leadership style, it does not come as a surprise that Singh has spent a decade in strategic HR leadership roles in his career spanning over 25 years. Currently the CHRO for GE South Asia, Singh joined GE Power in 2015 and has served in various verticals of GE in HR leadership roles in the last seven years. He has also worked with brands such as Alstom India, BPL and Escorts.

A specialist in managing HR in the hospitality space, Bose spent more than 18 years with the Taj Group in various HR leadership roles. This MBA degree holder in HR is currently the EVP – HR and L&D at ITC Hotels.

Armd with a master’s in HR from TISS India, Girotra has spent three decades working with Indian and multinational companies such as GE, Ranbaxy, HSBC and Dupont. He has served in global and leadership roles in India, Japan, Korea, Singapore and the Middle East. Currently, he is leading the HR function at DCM Shriram as the executive director & CHRO.

Dipankar Ghosh’s leadership style involves mentoring, coaching and treating people more like friends rather than subordinates. He has led various people and business transformation initiatives for multinational brands. Known for his executive coaching and people-transformation skills, he has worked with brands such as Bajaj Consumer Care, DIAGEO India and Tata Motors in his two decade-long journey in the HR domain. He is presently group head – HR, Apollo Tyres.

Known to be a progressive HR practitioner and a leader with diverse experience, Rajeev Singh has worked in multiple geographies in India, the UK, the Middle East and the US. He has also worked in multiple sectors such as pharma, manufacturing, consulting and energy in his 25-year long career. Presently, he is CHRO at Solara Active Pharma Sciences.

When it comes to leading the HR function, Choudhary acts more like a strategic business partner and specialises in understanding the people imperatives necessary for business success in different situations. Designing and implementing people interventions to enable business success are his forte. In his more than two decade career, Choudhary h

A senior HR professional with close to 25 years of experience, Manoj Kumar Sharma has had significant exposure to the cement, metal and chemical manufacturing sectors. He has worked with brands such as Aditya Birla Group and Vedanta, and is presently the CHRO at Aarti Industries.

An HR leader with over two decades of experience, Seth specialises in partnering with the business to address the talent agenda of an organisation. In her long and successful career, Seth has been associated with brands such as PepsiCo, Reckitt Benckiser, GE and DIAGEO India in various HR leadership roles. An alumna of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Seth has worked in diverse sectors including FMCG, IT services and finance. She is presently CHRO, Jubilant Life Sciences.

With over 25 years of experience in HR & IR, Ravi Mishra has worked in multiple businesses of the Aditya Birla Group. He has had vast exposure to the HR function in the manufacturing and chemicals sectors.

Dillip Ghorpade is an experienced and skilled HR leader and professional, who has worked in challenging business environments. Industrial relations, HR strategy and implementation, and talent acquisition and management are his forte. In his more than 25 year-long career, he has worked with big brands such as Godrej, JK Tyres and USV. He is presently the VP-HR & IR at Yokohoma Off-Highway Tires.

One of the most renowned personalities in the HR community, Emmanuel David is backed by more than 30 years of experience in HR, IR and ER across sectors such as automobile, electronics, finance, gas and hospitality.

After a fruitful career as an HR leader for 37 years, working with brands such as Reliance, Birla, SAIL and JK Organisation, GP Rao has founded his own consulting firm. He specialises in business coaching, workplace synergy, tech-driven L&D, HR advisory, D&I and mentoring.

Ramesh Mitragotri comes with more than two decades of experience in HR and has been working with the Aditya Birla Group for over 13 years. At Aditya Birla, Ramesh led the HR function for various verticals from cements to retail and chemicals. He has worked with brands such as Owens Corning, Hindustan Construction Company and Philips India.

Seema Bangia has lent her valuable contribution to the Mahindra & Mahindra brand for over a decade, leading HR in various capacities for the company’s agriculture, aerospace and defence sector. She is known for her skills in negotiation, executive search, technical recruitment and formulation of HR policies. In her more than 25 year-long HR career. she has worked for multinational brands such as Nestle, Carlsberg, Canon and Sony.

Dharm Rakshit has lead IR for brands such as Tata Steel and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages and also lead corporate HR for Mondelez, Godrej Industries and the likes. Backed by more than two decades of experience, he specialises in executive coaching and syncing HR strategies with the business goals.

Anurag Verma has worked with fast-paced startups such as Flipkart leading transformation, change and scaling the HR function. In his more than 25 years of experience, Verma has extensively worked in the telecommunication and technology sector in India. He is passionate about coaching people and creating a diverse workplace. He is presently VP-HR, Uniphore.

Vipin Sharma is head - talent acquisition at Tata Steel, where he has led people strategy, people analytics, employer branding, employee experience, employee engagement and HR innovation labs. Having begun his career as HR business partner at Tata Steel, Sharma has worked in several businesses over the years, driving the people agenda. He has lead many transformation interventions aligned with long-term people strategy.

Viekas K Khokha, head of human resource, Dhanuka Agritech is senior HR professional with more than 25 years of professional experience and more than two decades of experience in the HR domain. He has worked in sectors like manufacturing, IT and telecom. He has worked with brands such as Bharti Airtel, Ascom and Zimmer Bionet.

Kapil Mahajan's passion lies in design thinking, and he is keen to explore the power of cognitive and AI capabilities to build client-centric, future-ready enterprises. An expert in straddling strategic innovation with operational execution, his rich and diversified industry experience spans supply chain and logistics, technology, consulting, and more in terms of setting up digital and data-warehousing practices as well as centres of excellence in business intelligence and analytics. Presently global CIO & CTO at Allcargo Logistics, Mahajan has also been associated with SafeExpress and IBM Global Services in his career. He has served global stints across the US,

Backed by over 20+ years of experience in the industry, Ravi Pandey has a rich background in implementation of product solutions and WFM solutions. He has worked with diverse organisations ― across industries, geographies and continents ― helping bring about notable difference in the organisational culture, driven through process automation in WFM and HCM functions. He is presently head - marketing, at UKG India.

An HR strategist, business leader and growth-phase expert, Menon has over 15 years of experience working in banking, consulting and technology sectors. With his deep understanding of talent demographics and HR practices, he aims to build the talent-supply model for planned business growth at Onsurity. He has also led the growth story at EDGE, JPMorgan Chase and Route 16.

Kamaljeet Kaur is a seasoned HR professional with over 18 years of experience. Prior to Sterlite Power, she has worked in industries such as manufacturing, banking and food retail. Among her areas of expertise are, leadership hiring, succession planning, talent management, change management, organisation development, HR business partnering, digital HR, and managing large-scale interventions.

Ashish Anand, former Group CHRO, SAR group of companies comes with 20 years of experience in the HR function. He has worked in sectors like BFSI, FMCG and automobile. He has worked for companies like Religare, Dabour and Piaggio.

With over 19 years of experience in IT projects HR and payroll systems, Shankar Bharadwaj is currently spearheading the HR and IT projects payroll and service delivery at Tata Steel (TSL). He has led the SAP implementation projects at TSL and many of its subsidiaries, in addition to projects in other areas, such as talent management,  LMS transformation, project marketplace, as well as rewards on SaaS platform for 38,000 TSL employees.  Presently, he is working on HR digital-transformation projects covering entire hire-to-retire processes.