The CEO for the Atal Incubation Centre and the Chairperson for the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development at Birla Institute of Management Technology she is also an Associate Professor with 24 years of experience in the field of entrepreneurship and international trade. Her qualifications in the field of International business and management include a PhD, PGDIBO, MFT and MIB.

She has been the Programme Director from BIMTECH for two states- UP and Orissa, for the BIMTECH ISB Goldman Sachs 10000 Women global project and has also published papers in various domestic and international forums. An avid traveller, she has travelled extensively across 21 countries, in 5 continents, as part of her work and research.

She holds awards like the ‘Entrepreneurship Education Champion’s’ Award from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in March 2015 and the Silver Award in the Indian Management Conclave Awards 2019 by Sh. Pranab Mukherjee to her name.

An Author, storyteller, listener, publisher Rohit believes the world needs more Non-Obvious thinking justifying his title ‘The Non-Obvious Trend Creator’. He helps leaders and professionals to be more open minded, see what others miss and learn to anticipate the future. He is the author of seven popular business books, including his signature Non-Obvious Megatrends which has been read or shared by more than 1 million people and was a #1 WSJ bestseller + USA Today bestseller earlier this year.

Rohit is the Founder and Chief Trend Curator of the Non-Obvious Company and previously spent over 15 years leading digital and innovation strategy for global brands at two respected marketing agencies: Leo Burnett and Ogilvy. He is widely considered one of the most entertaining and original speakers on trends and marketing in the world.

Apart from this he is the founder of Ideapress Publishing as well as a teacher at Georgetown University in Washington.

Sandeep Kochhar is an MBA from IIM Bangalore, an Electronics & Telecommunication Engineer with more than 18 years of Corporate Consulting experience. He is an insightful innovative powerful inspirational Speaker & Storyteller. He loves using storytelling as an instrument to change & transform. He has 30+ years of experience in poetry, storytelling & creative writing. His authentic, very real ‘Wabi Sabi’ Storytelling Leadership series have helped people make that big switch in their lives & radically improve their way of thinking. He has 7 million+ views per month on the stories he shares on LinkedIn.

He has worked in various roles relating to Program/Project Management, Business/Process Transformation, Organization Restructuring & Change Management in companies like Aurea Software, HT Media, British Council, Honeywell, IBM, & HCL Technologies.

In his last Consulting assignment as a Global Consultant with Aurea Software he was responsible for transforming 6 acquired companies by implementing Project/Program management best practices.

Atul Satya Koushik is a celebrated playwright, director, producer and actors' trainer. He is also a leadership and motivational speaker and is an example of a person who has been able to combine profession and passion immaculately. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a Degree in Law from the Faculty of Law. But the theatre has always been his passion and today he runs one of India's most performing theatre company i.e. The Films and Theatre Society.

He has done more than 1000 shows of his 20 plays with actors such as Nitish Bharadwaj, Arun Govil, Puneet Issar, Annup Sonni, Rakesh Bedi, Kavita Kaushik, Himani Shivpuri and many others. His famous plays include Chakravyuh, The Legend of Ram, Draupadi, Ballygunge 1990, Raavan Ki Ramayana etc.

He is a published author and a seasoned speaker. He has read various versions/interpretations of Ramayana and Mahabharata thoroughly and is a revered orator of inspiring talks on these texts.

Ms. Saloni Sinha is a linguist from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and has been playing a key role in the domain of research, training and teaching in the discipline of Communicative Competence for the past two decades. She is presently a faculty of Business Communication at Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida, where she hones Communication Skills of MBA students. Here, she has also contributed in designing and implementation of an innovative course on employability “Corporate Effectiveness Through Theatre Techniques”

She is presently associated with PMO, Government of India as a translator (Hindi-Eng) for Prime Minister’s Speeches at PIB-PM Unit. She is an Expert Advisor with Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology, MHRD, GOI.

She has keen interest in the areas of Communicative Competence, Social Responsibility, Computer Mediated Communication, Capacity Building, Communicative Sensitivity and Palliative Care Communication, Computational Linguistics and Bilingual Translation.

Prof Anup K Singh is an eminent academician and thought leader. Under his leadership since 2013, Nirma University has moved from strength to strength. He did his PhD from the University of Allahabad and Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was a visiting scholar at the JL Kellog Graduate School of Business Administration, Northwestern University, Evanston.

He was professor of Organisational Behaviour at Management Development Institute, Gurugram and professor and dean at International Management Institute, New Delhi. He was also Director, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida.

He has helped in developing the national HRD policy in Bhutan and has conducted number of sessions in Bhutan, India, Pakistan. He has many publications to his credit, comprising books, research papers in international and national journals, case studies, book chapters in addition to paper presentations at national and international levels.

Dr. Shrivastava, a professor of Business Communication at Bimtech is a Ph.D. in English literature. She is a Thomas certified professional and can perform Personal Profile Analysis (PPA) and Human Job Analysis (HJA). She holds a diploma certificate in NLP (Neuro linguistic Programming) and believes that leveraging peoples’ potential can be a true driver for individual and organisational success.

She is trained to teach “Business English Certificate Course” by British Council and is also an active member of ABC (Association for Business Communication), Communication Institute of Greece, and Eastern Association of Communication.

She has authored numerous case studies and research papers which got published in the journals of Taylor and Francis group, Emerald publishing, Ivey, and Case Centre. She is a recipient of a travel grant awarded by AICTE in 2015 for presenting her research at Columbia University in New York. She conducts trainings and Management Development Programmes (MDPs) for senior executives of several renowned organizations and PSUs in India like NTPC, NHPC, GAIL, IFFCO etc.

A faculty at IIM Ahmedabad with specialization in Operations Management Mr Saral has Industrial experience in manufacturing planning and control. He has been Involved in research, teaching and consulting in the area of supply chain redesign, inventory policies, process analysis, project management and operations strategy. He has designed and delivered several customized training programmes for national and multinational firms.

He has also published several articles in reputed international journals like European Journal of Operational Research with Research focus on process analysis, supply chain issues, resource scheduling and sequencing and metaheuristics. His teaching experience spans long duration programmes like PGP and PGPX as well as short duration executive education programmes and faculty development programmes and has coordinated the Supply Chain Management MDP at IIM Ahmedabad.

He also Offers electives on Operations Strategy, Supply Chain Management for PGP, PGPX and PGP-FABM students. His past administrative roles include Chairperson of the Placement Committee at IIM Ahmedabad and founding Chairperson of IIMA Case Centre.

Mr Bharat, the Founder of Bharat Bambawale & Associates, a brand and marketing consultancy. designs and manages branded customer journeys that build equity and generate revenue.

Prior to founding BB&A, he was Global Brand Director at Bharti Airtel from 2011-13. He was the Asia Pacific and Global Business Head at marketing services agencies JWT and Lowe on the Unilever account and also the Managing Director of Lowe Middle East North Africa. His track record is rich with brand positioning and repositioning successes.

He is also the author of Nine Timeless Nuggets - Essential Marketing for the Young and Ambitious, published by Penguin Random House India. His book is a knowledge accelerator for young marketers and an absorbing update for experienced ones. Arranged in three sections - how to think of people, how to craft your brand and how to go to market - the book brings a fresh perspective to eternal marketing fundamentals.

Akhil is the Vice Chairman of Bharti Enterprises and has played a pivotal role in Bharti’s phenomenal growth right since inception and has been closely involved from the very beginning in the growth of Bharti in the telecommunication services sector – both organically and by way of various acquisitions. He is currently the Chairman of TAIPA (Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association) and President of TSSC (Telecom Sector Skill Council). He represents the Indian Telecom Industry and Bharti regularly at various forums and important seminars in India and abroad.

He is a Chartered Accountant by qualification with over 30 years of professional experience. He has also done an “Advanced Management Program” at the Harvard Business School in the year 2002.

He is also an author or many popular books with “Some sizes Fit All” being the most recent publication.

An alumna of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Ruchira Chaudhary straddles the corporate and academic worlds—-she is a leading executive coach, adjunct faculty at several top tier business schools and runs a boutique consulting firm focused on organizational strategy solutions.

Ruchira’s diverse and eclectic background in mergers & acquisitions, organizational effectiveness and strategy execution, coupled with two decades of experience in emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, helps her grasp challenging people issues. Her consulting repertoire spans multinationals, government agencies and leading local businesses across industries. She frequently gets featured in business journals and has written a series of highly acclaimed leadership and coaching articles for the Mint and also writes a regular column for them.

Saurabh Mukherjea is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Marcellus Investment Managers. Saurabh was educated at the London School of Economics where he earned a BSc in Economics and MSc in Economics. In India, Saurabh was rated as the leading equity strategist in 2015, 2016 and 2017 by the Asia money polls. Saurabh is a CFA charter holder and a SEBI registered investment advisor.

He is a part of Asset management Committee at SEBI as well as the Expert Committee where he gives advise to update and upgrade PMS regulations. He also has four best selling books to his name with The Victory Project: Six steps to Peak Potential being the most recent one. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Anupam Gupta, a Charted Accountant, is currently an Independent consultant at Avan Research where he consults for writing thematic research reports. In his career he has also audited the accounts of large, listed companies like Century Textiles, Raymond Limited, Mukand Limited, etc.

He loves writing and stock markets. Since 1999, he has been writing for equity brokerages, starting as an analyst with CLSA, followed by VP at HDFC Securities, and then Barclays. He has also worked as a consultant with Saurabh Mukherjea’s award winning research team at Ambit Capital. Hr also co-authored the book, The Victory Project with Saurabh. In the recent years along with writing he has also started his podcast by the name “Paisa Vaisa” where he talks about finance and money and the podcast has won the Best Business Podcast award at the Asia Podcast Summit.

Vivek Wadhwa is an American technology entrepreneur. He is Distinguished Fellow & Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Engineering at Silicon Valley and Distinguished Fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. He graduated from the University of Canberra with a Bachelor of Arts in Computing Studies, and from New York University with an MBA.

Wadhwa serves as an advisor to Malaysia on advancing innovation, science and technology through the Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council. He also advises Russia on how to create innovation ecosystems through his participation in the New York Academy of Sciences.

Wadhwa writes a regular column for The Washington Post, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Forbes, Foreign Policy, TechCrunch and The Wall Street Journal. He is the author of many best-selling books including “Innovating Women: The Changing Face of Technology.” He holds many awards like “Leader of tomorrow” by Forbes, Visionary Award by Silicon Valley Forum to his name.

Ismail Amla is chief growth officer at Capita plc, the UK’s largest tech-enabled BPO provider. Recently announced as one of the top 100 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) leaders in the UK tech sector, Ismail was specifically recognised within a group of five 'highly commended disruptors'.

He has also held positions as an Accenture Partner and was Vice President and UK Board member for CSC, leading the financial services business in the UK and Ireland. Ismail is often invited, as a visiting Fellow, to lecture at Manchester Business School. He is a board member of Mosaic, a charity founded by HRH The Prince of Wales. He also plays an advisory role at the Weissman Centre for International Business in New York.

A product Marketing Executive, Award-Winning Author and Writer, Coach, Alex Salkever, loves to write books about technology, the future and how rapid changes will impact businesses and society. He is an alumnus of the University of California with hons in Political science. He often works with early-stage teams as C-level consultant for product marketing and marketing (strategic/tactical). Much of his work in this area has focused on Open-Source Software and Open Innovation, most recently at The Linux Foundation.

He has worked to help grow communities and products around a number of important areas including Node.js, Servo/Rust, Mozilla Firefox, and the broad Open Data movement. He has authored many books related to technology like “Your Happiness was Hacked” with Vivek Wadhwa.

Sunil, an alumnus of IIM Lucknow is a professor at Bimtech where he teaches a number of courses including Design Thinking, Global Business Environment, Business Growth strategies. He is highly passionate about Innovation, Creativity and Strategy. He has over 30 years of rich C-Suite experience across functions and sectors. He has worked/consulted with leading organisations in India and the Middle East such as EXIM Bank, Nomura, CRISIL, The Aditya Birla Group, World Bank to name a few.

Sunil has co-designed and facilitated a Design Thinking workshop with Prof. Srikant Datar of Harvard Business School. He is a regular keynote speaker. He has also been a faculty and mentor for the Goldman Sachs ‘10,000 Women Entrepreneurs Program’. He has delivered over 175 Corporate Innovation & Design Thinking workshops in India, USA, Europe, Brazil, Egypt & China for over 3,500 senior business leaders across sectors and industries.

Dr. Anupam Varma is currently handling the responsibilities of Deputy Director and Dean (Academics) at BIMTECH. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Institute. His teaching and research interests are mainly in the area of International Business. He has been a member in the distinguished expert’s panel in export group of the commonwealth secretariat for review of the key emerging developments in international trade and their significance for member states.

He has been part of the Government of India delegations in many conferences organized under auspicious of U.N abroad and has travelled extensively in connection with his work, business and academic pursuits. Presently he is a member of the CII National Committee on International Trade Policy and National Committee on Exports and Imports.

A serial entrepreneur with a passion for creating ‘platforms’ that create a vibrant community and serves their interests, Mr Amit Agnihotri, an alumnus of MDI Gurgaon is the Founder & CEO of MBAUniverse.com and is the Convener of Indian Management Conclave. Deeply passionate about education and media sectors, Mr Agnihotri chucked a plush corporate job to work at world’s largest advertising agency network – WPP. In 2000, he co-founded Exchange4media and was the Group Editorial Director for many popular business and media publications. In 2009, Mr Agnihotri founded MBAUniverse.com to bringing together is two passions media and education.

Mr Agnihotri has co-authored many books on management education including ‘Envisioning Future of Indian MBA Education’ and ‘Enhancing B-school Competitiveness’. He serves on Advisory Committees appointed by AICTE and AIMA.

Mr KK Krishnan, former mentor of cooperate relations at Bimtech is an MA in Economics. He also holds a diploma in Advertising & P.R. He has an academic experience of over 13 years currently teaching Insurance in Business management in Bimtech. For 33 Years he worked in Life Insurance Corporation of India as an officer and retired from the rank of Executive Director in 1995. His areas of research mostly include Regulatory Frameworks of Financial Institutions, Micro and Marco Insurance, Global Perspectives in Insurance.

His articles have been published in Economic Times and one was also published in Forte. He has written a number of conference papers on topics like Financial Literacy, Life Insurance, Micro Finance and Micro Insurance.

VINAY KAMATH is an associate editor with The Hindu BusinessLine based in Chennai. Prior to joining BusinessLine in 1998, he did a short stint in television with TV18, where he was the chief of news bureau, Chennai. He has earlier worked with Financial Express, Business World, Times of India and Economic Times.

A graduate in economics from Vivekananda College, University of Madras, 1985, Kamath earned a diploma in journalism from the Times School of Journalism, New Delhi, in 1986, and was also a member of the first batch of the Chevening Young Journalists Fellowship Programme at the University of Westminster, London, a scholarship offered by the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

Dr H Chaturvedi is Professor and Director at Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida, India and Alternate President of Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI).

He has more than 42 years of experience in teaching, research and academic administration. He has been Director at All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), a statutory body under MHRD, Government of India. Being a renowned management educationist, he has been deeply involved with national bodies like AIMA, NHRDN, AIMS and the Indian Management Conclave (IMC), organized by the MBA Universe.com. Dr Chaturvedi is a Member of Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management (IITTM), Gwalior (under the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, Special Invitee Member, Member, Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Higher Education (IJHE), Mumbai. Board of Governor, United Nations Global Compact Network India, New Delhi, Member, Advisory Board, Asia Pacific Centre for CSR Sustainability, UNGCNI, New Delhi, Member, Advisory Board of ABES Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad, Member, Board of Governors of the Global Research Foundation for Corporate Governance (GRFCG), Member, Board of Management, IIS University, Jaipur, Board of Governor, Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar, Member, Board of Management, Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar, Member, BOG of DIT University, Dehradun. He has also authored several books.

Dr. Ajoy K. Dey is a Professor of Decision Sciences & Operations Management. Besides Operations and Supply Chain Management, his areas of expertise include Curriculum Development and Student Engagement. As thesis chair or committee member he has helped five scholars to complete doctorate.

He is the Editor of the South Asian Journal of Business & Management Cases – an SCOPUS indexed, UGC Care listed SAGE Publication. Dr. Dey is on the EAB of Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies and Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies. He is the Guest Editor of two research journals.

Apart from publishing in reputed research journals (Visit: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=t1bAMmkAAAAJ&hl=en), some of the articles of Dr. Dey have found place in the highly acclaimed professional journals of management fraternity – BizEd of AACSB and Global Focus of EFMD.

As Chairperson of Centre for Management Case Development, Dr. Dey is responsible for creating an environment to facilitate case research, writing and teaching.

He was a speaker at the AACSB Conference for Asia Pacific, Seoul, South Korea and SEABC Conference of Sriwijaya University, Indonesia for the year 2019.

A University Rank holder, Dr. Dey possesses a blend of corporate, consultancy and academic experience. In 2009 Star Group of Industries and DNA, Mumbai had awarded Dr. Dey as the Most Innovative Professor of Management.

A practicing Academician with 35 years of Industry experience in IT Services leading world class organization such as IBM and Tata Group. Last assignment was Asia Pacific Services Delivery head of IBM supervising IT for 17 IBM countries across 5 time zones. Published 12 academic books and taught over 10000 students as Visiting Professor at leading B schools like IIM Lucknow , IIM Indore, SP Jain Global Management School Singapore and Dubai, FMS Delhi University, IMT Ghazaibad, XLRI Jamshedpur ,IMI Delhi amongst others.

Managed mega IT Transformation Consulting and Delivery project of 200+MUSD budget and 3500+ team across multiple Geography, excellent Team builder, deep process orientation and well versed in managing large project risk and mitigation strategies.

Professor and Head of IT Area at BIMTECH since 2016 July.

Dr. Neerja Pande, Professor (Communication Area), at IIM Lucknow has about 30 years of academic, administrative and research experience in premier national and international institutions. Founder Chairperson and a distinguished faculty in the area of Communication at IIM Lucknow, Dr. Pande has also been associated with Jaypee Busines School as Director and with European School of Management, Paris, Fergusson College, Pune, University of Lucknow, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta and IIM Indore as full time or visiting faculty. An accomplished communication consultant, Dr Pande specializes and publishes in the area of Leadership and Persuasive Communication.

Her recent co authored book ‘Business Communication: Making Connections in a Digital World’ is a prescribed text book in premier business schools.

Ambi M G Parameswaran is a Brand Coach, Brand Strategist and Founder Brand-Building.com a Brand Advisory.

In a career spanning 35+ years Ambi has handled assignments in marketing, sales and advertising with Rediffusion DY&R, Boots Company, UDI Yellow Pages and FCB Ulka Advertising. He has helped build numerous brands including Digene, Brufen, Santoor Soap, Sundrop Cooking Oil, TCS, ICICI Bank, Wipro, Indica Cars, Zee TV among others.

He served as VP, then as CEO of FCB Ulka from 2003 to 2013.

Ambi has been contributing articles to business publications, has conducted branding workshops for Indian/ MNC organizations and industry bodies like CII, FICCI, AIMA, OPPI etc.; he has spoken at TEDx and at the Kellogg India Summit at Northwestern University and Cornell University; he is a Adjunct Prof of Marketing at SPJIMR and a guest faculty at IIMC, IIMA, MICA and ISB.

Ambi now has nine books to his credit.

An educationist with a progressive vision, Mrs. Jayashree Mohta has pursued the mission of the founders Dr. Smt. Sarala Birla and Shri B.K.Birla and enriched it further with her invaluable experience in the field.

An alumna of Loreto House, Kolkata, Jayashree Mohta is chairperson of the Sarala Birla Group of nine schools, all of them highly ranked in the latest EWISR 2017-18. As the chairperson of Birla Global University, Bhubaneshwar and BIMTECH (Birla Institute of Management & Technology), Greater Noida, Jayashree has led BIMTECH’s transformation into one of the country’s top business management education institutions.

For her extraordinary contribution to the growth and development of primary-secondary education the Board of Directors and Editors of EducationWorld are proud to present Jayashree Mohta the EW Outstanding Achievement in Education Leadership Award 2017 and induct her into the EW Hall of Fame of Indian Education.

Having headed concurrently both the Marketing & Business Communication Areas, Professor Chak presently teaches the Marketing Management Foundation courses as well as Services Marketing and Product & Brand Management to PGDM students.

He is an MA in Political Science from Lucknow University and a PGDBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, with a specialization in Marketing and Personnel and over 45 years of experience in Industry, Consultancy and Teaching. He also established, and heads as Chairperson, BIMTECH’s Centre for Faculty Development. He is also a passionate Lawn tennis player and has represented Uttar Pradesh and Captained, Lucknow University, and Cricket, where he was a member of the La Martiniere College, Lucknow First Eleven.

He has also received awards for his poetry and has around 6 published books in multitude of genres including fiction, fantasy, short stories and poetry.

He is an energetic and inspiring Thought Leader, an International Management Consultant, a Global Futurist, Leadership Coach, Facilitator of Beneficial Change, a World-class Keynote Speaker, Author, and a Champion of Life-Affirming, Socially Just, and humane Enterprises. He personally has mentored and coached hundreds of senior leaders throughout much of his career and continues to guide leaders, enabling them to reach their full potential and excel in critical roles. He is also a technologically perceptive facilitator of beneficial, Strategic Change, Innovation, Resilient Leadership, Enhanced Effectiveness of Enterprises, and Continuous Improvement. He is passionate about working with values and ethics and of unfolding innovation, Sustainability, and wholesomeness. A transformational leader with impeccable people-skills, he has the power to unleash the talents of diverse groups to stimulate extraordinary and lasting performance, that benefits all. His experience spans over 35 years. His work within the Tata Group, at Sikorsky and with leading organizations (including Government entities) as an Executive-Intrapreneur, Business Consultant and Mentor, has sharpened his unique capabilities to create Future-ready organizations - that are effective, healthy, trustworthy, sustainable, and wholesome places for talented people to work in.

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As a clinical psychologist, psychosocial trainer, and researcher, Uma’s experience lies in developing and implementing training tools and capacity building workshops, facilitating trauma support groups, and research in the area of child and adolescent psychology. She is the co-founder and executive director of Sanjog, a technical resource organisation based in Kolkata. Sanjog works with governments, civil society organisations and businesses, as well as individuals and collectives to combat violence against children and women. She is an MA in Applied Psychology from University of Delhi.She holds interest in developing and implementing diverse training tools and research methologies as well as knowledge to design edutainment and communication aids and resource materials.

Book: Power, Sexuality and Gender Dynamics at Work. Publisher: Sage

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Roop Sen is a researcher and facilitator by training. He is the founding member of Sanjog, a technical resource organisation that works on gender, violence and human migration in South Asia. He is also a managing partner of Change Mantras that consults for foundations, governments, INGOs and UN agencies on organisational development, human resource and leadership development, and consortium management. Some of the organisations he works within the anti human trafficking issue include Freedom Fund, Kamonohashi, Child Investment Fund and the UNICEF. Roop is a member of the Central Advisory Committee on Trafficking in Women and Children for Sexual Exploitation, of India. He was a member of the Standing Committee and the Inter-ministerial Committee that developed the draft bill on Trafficking of Persons Bill, 2017. His creative side also led him to be a part of various projects like an animation film, documentary film and writing a book.

BOOK: Bringing It All Back Home: A Research on Reintegration: Assimilation and Recovery of Survivors of Human Trafficking

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Vibhore is a business-product guy who loves flying. Post selling CoCubes, he pursued that interest and received a private pilot’s licence. Along side building CoCubes over the years, he found time to be co-founder at Babajobs and filing seven international patents during a thirteen-month stint at Microsoft R & D. He is now the founder & CEO of OneBanc, a fintech start-up.

Harpreet Singh is an entrepreneur who lives in Mumbai. He built CoCubes, an online assessments firm, with his co-founder Vibhore Goyal. CoCubes had touched 3 million students across India and worked with 1000+ corporates and engineering colleges, before it was acquired by Aon Hewitt, world's largest HR consulting firm. Beyond work, he is a mountaineer and ultra hill runner, having completed Khardung La 72km and Malnad 110km. He has just finished writing a book called 'Let's build a company' being published by Penguin in July.

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Sanjeev Aggarwal is a co-founder of Helion and has served on the Boards of Amba Research (Moody's), MakeMyTrip (MMYT) and Unitedlex. He is currently on the Boards of Azure Power (AZRE), EyeQ , ShopClues and BigBasket. Prior to Helion, Sanjeev was the Founder and CEO of Daksh. Prior to founding Daksh, he worked for 15 years with leading technology companies serving the domestic Indian market. He led the Strategic Initiatives at Motorola India. He worked with Digital Equipment Corporation in delivering technology solutions and was recognized as the "Decathlon Winner", a recognition given to top 1% managers worldwide. He also served as the CEO of 3COM India. Sir has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA.

Hari TN has spent 14 years at Tata Steel – first as an engineer and then as a senior HR executive – he was head HR, new initiatives. However, what Hari is now better known for, is his successful stints with goal-driven start-ups. Hari is currently the head-HR at Big Basket. Hari is also a successful author. He has co-authored three books — Back to Basics in Management-A critique of the fabled management mantras; Cut the crap and jargon: Learnings from the start-up trenches and Cutting the Gordian Knot-India’s quest for Prosperity.

Book: FROM PONY TO UNICORN

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Strategic advisor to business leaders and organisations in transition. Executive coach to leaders on building a culture that attracts talent necessary to drive growth. Rated among the top 10 learning experts globally. Clients range from Fortune 100 companies to startups and large Indian organizations. LinkedIn Top Voice 2020. Brand Evangelist for Society for Human Resources Management (India and APAC); Influencer for Adobe. Advisor to PeopleStrong. Described by Forbes magazine as “One of India's most interesting globalists". Voted as No 1 HR Influencer on Social Media by SHRM. With more than 800,000 followers on LinkedIn and Twitter, he is one of the most influential voices on talent management. Author of two bestselling books: The Digital Tsunami; Don't Hire the Best - how to hire for culture fit. Latest book "Dreamers & Unicorns: How leadership, talent and culture are the new growth drivers." Former Chief Learning Officer for Wipro. Alumnus of Microsoft, PepsiCo, Colgate and Tata Steel.

Book: DREAMERS AND UNICORNS
Publisher: Westland Business

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Arun Maira has an unusual combination of experience as a hands-on leader, a consultant to leaders, and a thought leader on subjects of leadership and institutional transformation, in the private, public and social sectors. He has written several books on institutional transformation, and he writes regularly in journals.

Arun was a Member of India's Planning Commission from 2009-14, prior to which he was Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group, India. Earlier, he had worked with the Tata Group in India for 25 years, and for another 10 years with Arthur D Little Inc and Innovation Associates in the USA.

Presently, he is Chairman of Helpage International and an Advisor to several civil society networks. Arun Maira was born in Lahore in undivided India on August 15, 1943.

The Learning Factory:

In The Learning Factory, Arun Maira narrates people-centric episodes that bring alive the values of the Tata Group, standards that combine the high-velocity practices as well as the old-fashioned principles that make the Tata Group the giant it is today. With insightful stories of conduct that are as practically implementable as they are inspiring, this is a blueprint for the individual as well as the business that seeks success through its community of leaders, workers and thinkers.

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Shiv Shivakumar, or Shiv as he is popularly known, is a Bangalore born leader and a management thinker.

He is currently the Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy at Aditya Birla Group. Aditya Birla Group is one of the largest Indian conglomerates with businesses spread across telecommunications, cement, chemicals, mining, textiles, financial services, retail and e-commerce, among others, in 36 countries.

Previously, Shiv was the Chairperson & Chief Executive Officer at PepsiCo Holdings Private Limited, India. Prior to that he was CEO for emerging markets at Nokia.

He has recently written Reflections: My Thoughts on the future of leadership and business in India.

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