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    DIVHERSITY AWARDS

WELCOME ADDRESS BY NEHA BAGARIA – FOUNDER & CEO, JOBSFORHER    

Keynote address - #BreakTheBias - by Vijayaraman Subramanian, Vice President and Managing Director, Verizon India    

  • PANEL DISCUSSION - #BreakTheBias    

      How Can Corporate India Break the Market Limitations on Women's Careers?
        Speakers
    • Kasturi Cotha, Head HR, Blr; HRBP, Global - Product & Technology, Taylor and Francis Group
    • Priti Singh, Senior Vice President Human Resources, South Asia, Mastercard Incorporated
    • Shanthala Parampalli, Vice President- Quality Engineering, Tavant Technologies
    • Swati Datye, Executive Vice President and Head – Employee Engagement, Talent Acquisition & Management, D&I, RBL Bank
    • Moderated by: Mellener Anne Coelho, Vice President & India Head - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Northern trust India

  • TEA BREAK

  • ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS - #BreakTheBias at the Workplace for Women in Power

      From freedom fighters to path-breakers, women have made a mark since the beginning of time, and yet here we are still finding a way to ensure their progress and sustainable development. Time to break the bias and bring the focus on what's due.

  • Top5 Companies in DivHERsity (Large Enterprises) & Top5 DivHERsity Champions (Large Enterprises)

      A roundtable discussion among representatives of Large Enterprises to share best practices on the overall policies, programs, and initiatives that took them to the top of the DivHERsity Awards, and outline the road ahead. Listen in as DivHERsity Champions from Large Enterprises share how they are driving successful D&I programs in their organization by providing vision, leadership, legitimacy, and executional prowess.

        Speakers:
    • Avril Miranda Fernandes, Executive Director - HR, Morgan Stanley
    • Gopinath Pullaihgari, Director & Head of Human Resources, Verizon India
    • Mitali Monalisa Director, Analytics & DevOps, Client Computing Group, Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd.
    • Priti Singh, Senior Vice President Human Resources, South Asia, Mastercard Incorporated
    • Ruhi Ranjan, Lead Europe Markets – Accenture Advanced Technology Centers, India & Inclusion and Diversity Lead Accenture, Accenture Solutions Private Limited
    • Subhashree Pradeep, Head - DE&I, Sodexo India Services Pvt Ltd.
    • Tina Vinod, Global Head of Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Thoughtworks Technologies India Private Limited

  • Top5 Companies in DivHERsity (SMEs)
       

      A roundtable discussion among representatives of SMEs to share best practices on the overall policies, programs and initiatives that took them to the top of the DivHERsity Awards, and outline the road ahead.

        Speakers:
    • Daina Emmanuel, Director, Software Engineering, Xperi Corporation
    • Vivek Kumar, Director Segment Development & Tapes, Avery Dennison India Pvt. Ltd.
    • Manu Bal, Head of Legal, Compliance & Corporate Affairs, Beam Suntory
    • Naomi Barrett, Sr. HRBP & DE&I Lead, Taylor and Francis Group
    • Ritu Jones Bhasker, Organizational Development Manager for India, Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, NextGen Healthcare India Private Limited

  • Top5 Companies in DivHERsity (Startups)
       

      A roundtable discussion among representatives of Startups to share best practices on the overall policies, programs and initiatives that took them to the top of the DivHERsity Awards, and outline the road ahead.

        Speakers:
    • Debadutta Guha Thakurta, Head of Human Resources, JIFFY.ai
    • Namita Amod Godbole, Vice President & Head- Compliance & Legal and Company Secretary, 5paisa Capital Ltd
    • Neethu Vincent, Delivery Unit Head, TheMathCompany
    • Puja Patil, HR Manager, Common Vision Technologies Pvt Ltd
    • Tanya Mehan, Head- DEI & Employer Brand, CredAvenue

  • Leadership Roundtable Discussion on Rising Women Leaders    

      Industry leaders share the need for higher women leadership in Corporate India and how women can shatter the glass ceiling.

        Speakers:
    • Grace Samson, India Head, Vice President Human Resources, Informatica Business Solutions
    • Naveen Narayanan, Chief Human Resource Officer, Biocon Biologics
    • Padma Prasad, Director Finance Digital Transformation, Honeywell
    • Ritika Khullar, Leading DEI for APAC, UBER
    • Sharmila Khan, Director HRBP, Micron Technology Operations India LLP
    • Vandana Dogra, Associate Director - Integration & Digital Solutions, Diversity Hire Program Manager, Incture Technologies

  • LUNCH BREAK

  • WORKSHOPS ON MOST INNOVATIVE PRACTICES BY DIVHERSITY AWARD WINNERS

  • Most Innovative Practices - DivHERsity Policies    

      Companies share their most innovative practices in DivHERsity Policies to foster the career growth of their women employees, such as maternity leave, paternity leave, flexi work timings, remote working, sabbaticals, etc.

        Speakers:
    • 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Intel Technology India Pvt Ltd: Vijay Colaco, HR Director.
    • 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Mastercard Incorporated: Sonali Mungale Director, People & Capability
    • 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd: Tarishi Kamra, Associate Director – Talent Management, DEI, and Careers
    • 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Sodexo India Services Pvt Ltd: Pradeep Chavda, Human Resources Director, India
    • 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm TVS Motor Company: Jyotsna Malhotra, Head Employee Engagement, culture, and D&I

  • Most Innovative Practices - DivHERsity Programs    

      Companies share their most innovative practices in DivHERsity Programs, including leadership involvement in fostering D&I, emphasis on inclusivity, D&I communication through the organization and gender sensitisation programs.

        Speakers:
    • 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Accenture Solutions Private Limited: Manish Gupta, Managing Director and India Business Head - Consumer-Centric Industries - Accenture in India; Inclusion and Diversity Sponsor for India Market Unit
    • 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Ford Motor Private Limited: Thanuja Balaji, Director (Accounting)
    • 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm HCL Technologies Ltd: Anuradha Khosla, Senior Vice President - HR
    • 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd: Pallavi Banerjee, PepsiCo India Capability and DEI Lead
    • 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Sodexo India Services Pvt Ltd: Luna Acharya Mishra, Lead – Corporate Responsibility

  • Most Innovative Practices - DivHERsity Hiring    

      Learn about the most innovative practices in DivHERsity Hiring from representatives of top companies to achieve their gender diversity goals while hiring, such as women-specific recruitment programs and actively running women-specific hiring drives.

        Speakers:
    • 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Beam Suntory: Nitin Sabharwal, Talent Acquisition Manager, APAC
    • 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm WTW GDS: Ruby Varghese, Associate Director - HR Talent Advisory
    • 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm PepsiCo Global Business Services India LLP: Avantika Susan Nigam, Senior Director & Head of HR, Global Business Services
    • 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Northern Trust India: Mitesh Sharma, Regional Head of C&IS Business Services – India & Manila
    • 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Michelin India Pvt Ltd: Karan Bakshi, Talent Acquisition Head

  • Most Innovative Practices - Women L&D Programs    

      Company representatives share their most innovative practices in women L&D programs that nurture female talent and enable women to grow within the organisation. This includes inter-functional training, work-life balance training, and mentorship programs.

        Speakers:
    • 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Accenture Solutions Private Limited: Rani Gopalakrishnan Managing Director - Japan Market Lead, Advanced Technology Center
    • 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Airbus Group India Pvt Ltd: Shishir Kumar, Head Rewards and Develop
    • 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Mastercard Incorporated: Debadarshi Sengupta Director, Learning and Development
    • 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Sodexo India Services Pvt Ltd: Sandeep Kumar, Head - HR Operations
    • 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Verizon India: Kanakasubramaniam R Krishnamurthi, Director

  • Most Innovative Practices - Women Returnee Programs    

      Company representatives share their most innovative practices in women returnee programs to enable women to restart their careers after a break. Initiatives include sensitising recruiters, leadership involvement, reskilling programs, and special drives to hire women returnees.

        Speakers:
    • 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Intel Technology India Pvt Ltd: Nupur Shrivastava, Director Talent Acquisition
    • 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Thoughtworks Technologies India Private Limited: Thejaswini KM, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Specialist & Maria Nancy A, Recruitment Programs Manager
    • 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Airbus Group India Pvt Ltd: Praveen Kumar Voona, Sr. HRBP & Recruitment Leader
    • 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Mastercard Incorporated: Shweta Shukla, Director, People & Capability
    • 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Verizon India: Shylaja Krisnakurup, Director

  • Most Innovative Practices - Women Leadership Development    

      Company representatives share their most innovative practices to foster higher participation of women at leadership levels within their organisations, such as regular interactions for women with the management and board teams, leadership training programs, and formal women’s networks.

        Speakers:
    • 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Accenture Solutions Private Limited: Radha Abrol, Managing Director – Accenture Operations
    • 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics: Chella Pandian Pitchai, Associate Vice President
    • 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Cairn Oil and Gas, Vedanta Limited: Ankita Subba, Head Performance & Total Awards
    • 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eaton: Niti Misra Tiwary, Head-Learning & Culture - India & South Asia
    • 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Zensar Technologies: Vivek Ranjan, CHRO & Sanjana Vaidya, AVP HR

HIGH TEA

  • OPENING ADDRESS FOR THE DIVHERSITY AWARDS    

  • ANNOUNCEMENT OF TOP5 AND TOP20 DIVHERSITY AWARD WINNERS    

    • TOP 5 & 20 COMPANIES IN DIVHERSITY (LARGE ENTERPRISES)
    • TOP 5 & 20 COMPANIES IN DIVHERSITY (SMES)
    • TOP 5 & 20 COMPANIES IN DIVHERSITY (STARTUPS)
    • TOP 5 & 20 DIVHERSITY CHAMPIONS (LARGE ENTERPRISES)
    • TOP 5 & 20 DIVHERSITY CHAMPIONS (SMEs/STARTUPS)
    • TOP 5 & 20 MOST INNOVATIVE PRACTICES - DIVHERSITY POLICIES
    • TOP 5 & 20 MOST INNOVATIVE PRACTICES - DIVHERSITY PROGRAMS
    • TOP 5 & 20 MOST INNOVATIVE PRACTICES - DIVHERSITY HIRING
    • TOP 5 & 20 MOST INNOVATIVE PRACTICES - WOMEN L&D PROGRAMS
    • TOP 5 & 20 MOST INNOVATIVE PRACTICES - WOMEN RETURNEE PROGRAMS
    • TOP 5 & 20 MOST INNOVATIVE PRACTICES - WOMEN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

  • CLOSING & THANKS

Speakers



Ankita Subba JFH
Ankita Subba
Head Performance & Total Awards, Cairn Oil and Gas, Vedanta Limited
ANURADHA KHOSHLA JFH
ANURADHA KHOSHLA
Senior Vice President - HR, HCL Technologies Ltd.
Avantika Susan Nigam JFH
Avantika Susan Nigam
Senior Director & Head of HR, Global Business Services, PepsiCo Global Business Services India LLP
Avril Miranda Fernandes JFH
Avril Miranda Fernandes
Executive Director HR, Morgan Stanley
Chella Pandian Pitchai JFH
Chella Pandian Pitchai
Associate Vice President, Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics
Daina Emmanuel JFH
Daina Emmanuel
Director, Software Engineering, Xperi Corporation
Debadarshi Sengupta JFH
Debadarshi Sengupta
Director, Learning and Development, Mastercard Incorporated
Debadutta Guha Thakurta JFH
Debadutta Guha Thakurta
Head of Human Resources, JIFFY.ai
Gopinath Pullaihgari JFH
Gopinath Pullaihgari
Director & Head of Human Resources, Verizon India
Grace Samson JFH
Grace Samson
India Head, Vice President Human Resources, Informatica Business Solutions
Jyotsna Malhotra JFH
Jyotsna Malhotra
Head Employee Engagement, culture and D&I, TVS Motor Company
Kanakasubramaniam R Krishnamurthi JFH
Kanakasubramaniam R Krishnamurthi
Director, Verizon India
Karan Bakshi JFH
Karan Bakshi
Talent Acquisition Head, Michelin India Pvt Ltd.
Kasturi Cotha JFH
Kasturi Cotha
Head HR, Blr; HRBP, Global - Product & Technology, Taylor and Francis Group
Luna Acharya Mishra JFH
Luna Acharya Mishra
Lead – Corporate Responsibility , Sodexo India Services Pvt Ltd.
Manish Gupta JFH
Manish Gupta
Managing Director and India Business Head - Consumer Centric Industries - Accenture in India; Inclusion and Diversity Sponsor for India Market Unit, Accenture Solutions Private Limited
Manu Bal JFH
Manu Bal
Head of Legal, Compliance & Corporate Affairs, Beam Suntory
Maria Nancy A JFH
Maria Nancy A
Recruitment Programs Manager, Thoughtworks Technologies India Private Limited
Mellener Anne Coelho JFH
Mellener Anne Coelho
Vice President & India Head - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Northern Trust India
Mitali Monalisa JFH
Mitali Monalisa
Director, Analytics & DevOps, Client Computing Group, Intel Technology India PVT Ltd.
Mitesh Sharma JFH
Mitesh Sharma
Regional Head of C&IS Business Services – India & Manila, Northern Trust India
Namita Amod Godbole JFH
Namita Amod Godbole
Vice President & Head- Compliance & Legal and Company Secretary, 5paisa Capital Ltd.
Naomi Barrett JFH
Naomi Barrett
Sr. HRBP & DE&I Lead, Taylor and Francis Group
Naveen Narayanan JFH
Naveen Narayanan
Chief Human Resource Officer,Biocon Biologics
Neethu Vincent JFH
Neethu Vincent
Delivery Unit Head, TheMathCompany
Niti Misra Tiwary JFH
Niti Misra Tiwary
Head-Learning & Culture - India & South Asia, Eaton
Nitin Sabharwal JFH
Nitin Sabharwal
Talent Acquisition Manager, APAC, Beam Suntory
Nupur Shrivastava JFH
Nupur Shrivastava
Director Talent Acquisition , Intel Technology India PVT Ltd.
Padma Prasad JFH
Padma Prasad
Director Finance Digital Transformation,Honeywell
Pallavi Banerjee JFH
Pallavi Banerjee
PepsiCo India Capability and DEI Lead,PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd.
Pradeep Chavda JFH
Pradeep Chavda
Human Resources Director, India, Sodexo India Services Pvt Ltd.
Praveen Kumar Voona JFH
Praveen Kumar Voona
Sr. HRBP & Recruitment Leader, Airbus Group India Pvt Ltd.
Priti Singh JFH
Priti Singh
Senior Vice President Human Resources, South Asia, Mastercard Incorporated
Puja Patil JFH
Puja Patil
HR Manager, Common Vision Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Radha Abrol JFH
Radha Abrol
Managing Director – Accenture Operations, Accenture Solutions Private Limited
Rani Gopalakrishnan JFH
Rani Gopalakrishnan
Managing Director - Japan Market Lead, Advanced Technology Center, Accenture Solutions Private Limited
Ritika Khullar JFH
Ritika Khullar
Leading DEI for APAC, UBER
Ritu Jones Bhasker JFH
Ritu Jones Bhasker
Organizational Development Manager for India, Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, NextGen Healthcare India Private Ltd.
Ruby Varghese JFH
Ruby Varghese
Associate Director - HR Talent Advisory, WTW GDS
Ruhi Ranjan JFH
Ruhi Ranjan
Lead Europe Markets – Accenture Advanced Technology Centers, India & Inclusion and Diversity Lead Accenture, Accenture Solutions Private Limited
Sandeep Kumar JFH
Sandeep Kumar
Head - HR Operations,Sodexo India Services Pvt Ltd.
Sanjana Vaidya JFH
Sanjana Vaidya
AVP HR,Zensar Technologies
Shanthala Parampalli JFH
Shanthala Parampalli
Vice President- Quality Engineering, Tavant Technology
Sharmila Khan JFH
Sharmila Khan
Director HRBP, Micron Technology Operations India LLP.
Shishir Kumar JFH
Shishir Kumar
HO Resource and Develop, Airbus Group India Pvt Ltd.
Shweta Shukla JFH
Shweta Shukla
Director, People & Capability, Mastercard Incorporated
Shylaja Krishnakurup JFH
Shylaja Krishnakurup
Director, Verizon India
Sonali Mungale JFH
Sonali Mungale
Director, People & Capability, Mastercard Incorporated
Subhashree Pradeep JFH
Subhashree Pradeep
Head - DE&I,Sodexo India Services Pvt Ltd.
Swati Datye JFH
Swati Datye
Executive Vice President and Head – Employee Engagement, Talent Acquisition & Management, D&I,RBL Bank
Tanya Mehan JFH
Tanya Mehan
Head- DEI & Employer Brand,CredAvenue
Tarishi Kamra JFH
Tarishi Kamra
Associate Director – Talent Management , DEI and Careers,PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd.
Thanuja Balaji JFH
Thanuja Balaji
Director (Accounting),Ford Motor Private Limited
Thejaswini K M JFH
Thejaswini K M
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Specialist, Thoughtworks Technologies India Private Limited
Tina Vinod JFH
Tina Vinod
Global Head of Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Thoughtworks Technologies India Private Ltd.
Vandana Dogra JFH
Vandana Dogra
Associate Director - Integration & Digital Solutions, Diversity Hire Program Manager, Incture Technologies
Vijay Colaco JFH
Vijay Colaco
HR Director, Intel Technology India PVT Ltd.
Vijayaraman Subramanian JFH
Vijayaraman Subramanian
Vice President and Managing Director, Verizon India
​Vivek Kumar JFH
​Vivek Kumar
Director Segment Development & Tapes,Avery Dennison India Pvt. Ltd.
​Vivek Ranjan JFH
​Vivek Ranjan
CHRO,Zensar Technologies
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