L&D Summit 2023

Dr. Sonal has 24 years of techno-behavioural experience in the IT service, technology and now the product industry. Facilitation is her passion and customer centricity and innovation is what she thrives on. She worked in leading roles of L&D function and Talent development with HPCL, Comet Solutions, Lithan Genovate (Singapore), New Horizons (Singapore), Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Fiserv and now with Mastercard.

To her credit she has many innovative projects such as driving learning at organizational level Implementing Digital learning platforms, Institutionalizing learnability index in the organization to propagate learning culture, developing Skill heat maps and skill metrics. Partnering with the business to develop talent for building an Engineering Org, Building holistic role based technology competency framework and skill taxonomy with skill assessment centre. She has deep experience in design and delivery of leadership competency framework, Diversity and Inclusion framework and program offerings, Forming Project management, business analyst academy and Enterprise Technology Academy, measuring effectiveness of the learning programs.

Subject: Incredible Evolution of L&D

Objectives:

• Understand L&D strategic model to drive business results through people
• Understand the strategic styles and core capabilities of different organizations through SWOT
• Understand work environment and work climate needed for high performance
• Understand competency linkages to create a compelling work environment
• Align business strategy to L&D strategy

Outcomes:

Dr. Madana Kumar, PhD, is an industry veteran with close to 4 decades of Industry Experience in organisations like Bharti, HCL, IBM etc.. He is a passionate student, thought leader and practitioner of Servant Leadership. His passion is in evangelizing Servant Leadership ( a topic he chose for his Doctoral dissertation) in all types of organisations, including Corporates, Educational Institutions and Social Sector organisations. He is the co-founder of Leadyne Organisation Builders (www.leadyne.com) , an organisation that has a vision of changing the leadership paradigm of organisations and individuals.. Additionally, he is currently leading the Implementation of Servant Leadership Culture in a Digital Services company, UST Global, enabling the organisation to accelerate its transformation and bring in significant business impact. His efforts have brought several national and international laurels to him personally (eg: CLO of the Year, Global CLO of the year, Talent Development Champion of the year etc) and for the organisation (Several Brandon Hall awards, ATD Awards, Learning Elite Listings etc). Madana is recognized as a Thought Leader, Strategist and Mentor, in the fields of Learning & Development and Leadership . He is a much sought after speaker at several national and international conferences, Tier 1 Management Institutes in the country, and a prolific writer in several national and international magazines on the Topics of Learning Strategy and Servant Leadership.

Subject:Alignment of L&D towards Organisation’s Digital Transformation Roadmap

Girish is currently working at Aker Solutions Mumbai, a multinational company that provides integrated solutions, products, and services to the global energy industry. He is a mechanical engineer and has done his executive MBA from IIM Indore. His professional career has spanned over 25 years in various leading roles in Krupp Uhde, Fluor corporation and Aker Solutions. He has diverse experience in Project management, Business development, Tender management, global resource management and digitalization initiatives. He has experience in leading global high-value workshare teams for large engineering greenfield and brownfield projects.

In his current role in Aker Solution, Girish heads the in-house Digitalization Hub in Mumbai. The hub is an incubation centre for employee-driven digital transformation. He believes that the future of work is largely defined by the Digital Quotient (DQ) of individual employees and collectively as organizations. The future workforce will be much more self-driven. There is a need for organizations to focus efforts on skills development.

Subject:Building Digital Skills – Challenges and Avenues

26 years of rich progressive experience in the IT Industry.Established myself as a strategic leader in building Talent Transformation and Competency Development at a global level.Transforming the workforce into NEW & working closely with the business to achieve success are my key strengths.Developing new tools, approaches, and programs to achieve this timely transformation is the passion that drives me to obtain the desired objectives.

I worked with Accenture for 14+ years as Delivery Enablement Lead for Intelligent Cloud and Infrastructure group.Also led the Competency Development Framework for the entire Technology group.

Academically, I am an alumnus of Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants completing B.Com (CA) and added on by completing Software Graduation course from NIIT and stepped into the IT industry from there.

Dhamayanthi has 20+ years of demonstrated experience in building and leading diverse L&D and Talent Development functions on a global scale in a high-growth business environment.

Dhamayanthi has won several accolades including the Gold Business Impact award, Silver Strategy Award, and Special Certificate of Merit for Trailblazer from International CLO Learning in Practice awards, California. She was also the recipient of the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) Award for C#.NET from Microsoft for three years, HR Leadership award, Best Learning Leader, HR Tech Leader, Training leader of the year, and Women Super achiever awards.

Dhamayanthi has won the best presenter award at international conferences and published five research papers on AI & Machine Learning in reputed journals as part of her Ph.D. in Data Science. Her latest research papers on the Improvement of Software Defect Prediction & Sentiment Analysis framework using Machine Learning Algorithms are published in Springer during 2018-2021.

She has been an invited speaker at various industry forums including SHRM, PMI, IEEE, CSI, NHRD, CII, People Matters, World HRD Congress, iVentiv, and Dun & Bradstreet. She is a member of the Jury in The Economic Times Human Capital awards, CLO Learning in Practice Awards & LearningElite Chief Learning Officer Awards, USA & Brandon Hall Group Awards, USA.

In her current role at Kyndryl, she is responsible for skills transformation globally across 60+ countries as part of the Chief Operating Officer Organization.

Subject:What does it take to be a Trusted L&D Partner for Business Alignment?

Vinu comes with over 21+ years of experience with expertise in HR Business Partnering, Talent Development, Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, Succession Planning, Leadership Development, HR Audits, Employee Engagement and HR Operations. She has been with TCS for over 10 years as the HR Business Partner Leader, Regional HR Leader and in her current role she heads Talent Development for Pune region.

Subject:RUN – Reskilling, Upskilling and New Skilling

During his journey in IT industry spanning over 25 years, Vijay has played multiple roles in IT consulting and services – software programmer, delivery manager, sales partner, consulting strategist, Data specialist, industry advisor etc. His passion to ‘learning and sharing’ gave a different dimension to embark on building market-demand skills to freshers and experienced professionals in IT space.

Subject:Fresher Onboarding – Converting academic skills to workplaces skills.

Chandrima comes with over 20+ years of experience with expertise in Program & Project Management, Product Development and Operations, in the E-Learning, School Education & Training Industry.

With TCS for about 8 years, Chandrima has led the functions of Talent Development Partnerships, Marketing and Operations.

Currently she is leading the Talent Development Marketing function, focusing on TD brand within and outside TCS

Subject:Expert Panellist

Anurag is dedicated & results-oriented, professional with an entrepreneurial mindset and over 24+ years of success in the areas of Capability building, Leadership & Organizational Development, Change Management and Project & Operations management. He is an analytical professional with strong business acumen and deep technical knowledge dedicated to life-long learning and exceeding expectations.

Subject:Mgrl excellence for Gen Z

Annwesa is a learning consultant and facilitator who works with GlobalLogic as a learning consultant . Starting from diagnosing psychological wellbeing issues at Organizational level and creating appropriate solutions to coordinating and overseeing internal and external Training operations is a major chunk of her portfolio .Managing relationships between the stakeholders, ensuring a training and development strategy for the company to support the company’s Business plan and ensuring that the employees have the necessary skills to meet their objectives. She has an extensive experience in working closely with Business in building capabilities, driving organization wide interventions & change to foster growth. She has expertise in developing, designing & deploying People Strategy, roadmap & execution plans to enhance Employee experience.

Subject:Expert Panelist

He strongly believes and is passionate in the areas of People Development, Continuous Improvement, Business & Delivery Excellence, Quality Management, Project Management, and Risk Management

Subject:Measuring the L&D ROI

Experienced Analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Training Facilitation, High Performer, Business Development, Critical Thinking, and Blended Learning. Strong business development professional with a Master of Business Administration - MBA focused in Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General from Sinhagad Academy of Engineering, Pune.

Subject:Moderator

Alphonsa have over 25 yrs of experience across various roles in Business, Sales and HR. She drives startegic decisions on talent and skills development for building a strong workforce . She is Certified in MBTI , FIRO -B and NLP Practitioner. She supports a Business school as their corporate Mentor, And participates in external forums as a speaker. Supporting the D&I cause is something that is close to her.

She enjoys networking and traveling and in the current context enjoys time playing with her pet Kitten. An Alumni of the corporate Services Corps at IBM - she spent a month in China to help a healthcare NGO to better market their services along with other IBMers.

Subject:Panelist

APAC L&D lead for Leadership Development,Behavioral and DE&I learning initiatives at CGI.

Subject:Panelist

Manish Thapar works with General Mills as their IT Manager in India, it is one of the largest FMCG companies in the USA. He is currently leading the Global Application Development team and is Solution Manager for the Product Information Capabilities team. He has successfully led General Mills' learning and organisational development project over the past 3 years to upskill, reskill, and new skill the company's resources across the Digital and Technology teams, having extensive experience working with Global leaders and different stakeholders.

Before this, Manish served as a Technology Delivery Manager for B2B business in the APAC and LATAM areas with Ingram Micro and also worked with Mphasis.

He has spent most of his 18 years of work with multinationals, gathering rich experience in creating and managing application development teams, country roll-outs, talent management, learning, capability building, and consulting for thought leadership.

On a personal level, he is the founder of an NGO (Feel and Share) that since 2009 is carrying out creative projects for the less-privileged members of our society.

Subject:Expert Panellist

Captain Ritu Mehla is an enterprising , agile and senior leader with diverse experience in setting, leading and managing Project Management, General Administration, Operations, Training , Learning & Development , Corporate Responsibility across industry verticals both in Corporate and Indian Army

Community Leader for various DEI initiatives and contributed by leading for various key events by facilitating major functions in Indian Army.

She truly believes in growing with learning and has completed various certifications from premier institutes. She is qualified OD Practitioner from TISS, Mumbai, Executive Programme from IIM,Lucknow, PGDM from University of Madras and holds Bachelors in Engineering from University of Pune.

Subject: Learning and Knowledge Sharing Ecosystem - Boosting the Knowledge Repository

Geetanjali Malshe is a Human Resources professional with 20 plus years of experience in diverse industry verticals like Manufacturing, ITES, Data and Information Services and Skill Development. Geetanjali is a strategic HR leader and has demonstrated an energetic approach in powerful facilitation and designing learning programs for a diverse profile of audience. Digitizing Learning is one of the key focus areas in Eaton. She is part of the team that is bringing rapid digitization to the Learning Function.

She believes in building a partnering relationship with the business to design transforming HR programs and practices. Her area of expertise in learning are content strategy and design,, facilitating workshops with experiential learning and learning effectiveness. She is also adept in developing competency frameworks and conducting Assessment Centers. She brings in keen analytical skills that help understand the need of the business and an ability to explore and design best suited learning programs. She has a natural proclivity to build genuine people connect - across verticals and hierarchical layers that nurtures transformation.

In her career spanning two decades she has extensively worked on establishing HR Systems and Processes in the employee life cycle for businesses, Compensation and benefits, Talent Development and HR technology.   When not working, she enjoys embroidery, gardening or spending time with her boys and pet dogs.

Subject:Next Gen Digital Learners: landscape beyond e learning

A pioneer employee of organization working since 2015 to shape newly formed L&D team at Reliance Jio. He has 27 years of vast experience in the field of Telecom and a renowned name in the Telecom L&D. He has enlightened with his services previously in Tata Communications and NEC India. He is the graduate engineer from Birla Institute of Technology and also did MBA in Telecom Management from Coventry University, UK. He holds various Cisco and NEC Certifications, and awarded with fellowship of IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), British Chevening Scholarship, etc. He holds membership of IEEE and Internet Society.

Subject:Role of L&D in Technology Transformation at Jio

Anirban Bhattacharya currently serves as a Vice President with Fiserv Global Services. He is responsible for key aspects of the HR strategy and delivery including Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development & Workforce Strategy for FGS India, USA and Costa Rica

In his tenure with Fiserv Anirban has overseen the transformation of talent acquisition practices to better utilize technology, driving focused initiatives on improving diversity and inclusion in hiring and building dedicated career paths for all associates to enhance the utilization & support the growth of the organization’s existing talent pool

Anirban’s career spans over 17 years across industries including Technology, Financial Services and Consulting. He has previously worked with industry leaders including Accenture, Deutsche Bank & Wipro

Anirban is a 2005 batch alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur

As a member of the organization’s Global HR Leadership Team, India Management Team, Steering Committees and Talent Councils Anirban is focused on continuous improvement of business efficiencies & in building a stronger foundation for Fiserv in the ever-evolving market

Subject:The Great Reskilling

Marcela Lendvaiova is a professional Leadership & Soft skills trainer, mentor, and a certified Coach with 20 years of training over 130 nationalities globally under her belt. She gained both her master's degree and her doctorate from social sciences focused on psychological problems at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia. Furthermore, she completed HR Management studies at Leicester University, England; certification in Neuro-linguistic programming, Timeline therapy ™, and Hypnosis in Dubai; and Coaching certification in Bratislava. She's also a registered nurse and former flight attendant and aviation trainer. Moreover, Marcela studied Acting for film in Hollywood, CA, and still performs at International theater Meteorit in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Marcela has trained leaders in global corporations around the world (US, India, Argentina, EMEA, etc), and was voted to be the top 3 finalists 3 years in a row- as a Lecturer of the year 2017, Coach of the year 2018, and Lecturer of the year 2019 at the Learning & Development Awards in Slovakia. Furthermore, she was quoted in both American and Slovak Forbes magazine in 2020.

Marcela has an extensive international experience in:

• Training & Development management (employee & personal development)
• Creating and leading Leadership programs (all levels of Leadership)
• Coaching by ICF principles (Individual & Group coaching)
• Mentoring and Supervision; Train the Trainer
• Reporting to Senior Leadership; Corporate strategy planning
• Performance management and Change management
• Talent recognition/ Career Coaching
• Soft skills workshops- EQ, Presentation, Art of communication, Mindfulness, etc
• Neuroleadership ; Adult learning techniques- Brain friendly learning
• Global business project lead- 250K employees
• Execution of the full training process cycle (from TNA to design, budgeting, facilitation, reporting, feedback, and vendor relationship; virtual & onsite)

Additional experience: Crisis support, Post Traumatic Syndrome, Grief, Stress, Burn out syndrome, Emotional support, Anxiety; Work & Life balance; Relationship expert; Acting Coach; Aviation trainer; Well-being; Life transitions, Diversity &s; Inclusion; Culture transformation, Customer service, Vendor relationship, Personal branding.

Subject: The significant role of a leader in the employees wellbeing

Kristi is an L&D leader with over 30 years of experience including former support and leadership L&D roles across Intel Corporation including Global Logistics/Supply Chain, Global Technology Manufacturing, Global Sales and Marketing as well as Global HR Management and Leadership Development.  She enjoyed the experience of a Training and Development organization ‘start up’  at ASM, which included equipment certifications – again aligned with competencies and performance for measurable individual, organizational and business impacts. All of those experiences led her to her current role leading Global L&D at DPR Construction where she is enjoying building on the already strong learning culture foundation: learn something new every day….share what you learn.

Her point of view is progressive and digital, but also rooted in behavioral science, neuroscience, and performance analysis.  Her team’s goal is getting the right education and skill practice opportunities to the right people at the right time in a compelling and practical way - ensuring the right application/transfer on the job with reinforcement and ongoing upskilling.  And of course we all need to do this at scale for strategic business growth.

In addition to her work passion, Kristi enjoys game nights with friends and her family: husband Scott of 32 years and her son Spencer, daughter Stephanie and two mini- schnauzers, Ringo and Roxie. She loves cooking and entertaining, and reads or binge watches Netflix to unwind.  Like many of us, she yearns for travel again!

Subject: Upskilling and Reskilling at the Speed of Change

Anita has a proven track record in Talent Management with a focus on learning, leadership development, and diversity. Her experience spans a range of industries and locations including the public sector (at United Nations, Vienna), pharmaceutical (at Merind, Mumbai), shipping (at NYK, Tokyo), beverages (at Tata Tea, Kolkata) and IT (at IBM, Bangalore & Mumbai).

Before her current role at IBM, she has held a number of leadership roles including Head of India Leadership Development, India Diversity Leader, Member of the IBM Global Design Team, and Leadership Development Leader for the Americas, ASEAN, ANZ, Korea, and Japan.

In 2009, she was awarded the WILL Women’s Choice Award for her "deep passion, outstanding commitment, and high delivery in the field of inclusivity and gender equality."

A graduate from Harvard University & Chevening Fellow at the London School of Economics, Anita is passionate about sharing her expertise by speaking at a variety of conferences including the National HRD Conference, CLO, Community Business, CII, AIMA, Inventicon, Transformance Forums, World HRD Congress, and NASSCOM sponsored conferences. She has designed and delivered a course on "HR in Practice: A Corporate Perspective" to honours students of the BMS at Xaviers' College, Mumbai. She has also written and been interviewed in national publications including the Economic Times, Times of India, Human Capital, Chief Learning Officer, Business Today, Business Manager, People Matters, All Things Talent, and Indian Management.

Subject: Learning Design & Development In the Context of Future of Work

Master an effective approach to program design and development

Objectives:

• Understand program design methodologies like Discussion, Videos etc.
• Create program story board through course outlines in line with TNA and learning outcomes
• Learn to create a full fledged learning program
• Learn nuances of program implementation like facilitation skills and role of PARTS (Participation, application, Reward and Engagement, Transfer and Senses)
• Learn to conduct budgeting and ROI analysis for learning interventions

Outcomes:

Manish has more than 15 yrs of experience in IT & Learning Development Industry. In past he has worked as ITIL Head with expertise in the areas like Enterprise IT Transformation, ITSM, SIAM, Blockchain, DevOps and Learning Consultant.

Subject: Gamification Workshop to enhance learning experience.

Prachi is a dedicated leader & management executive with 15 years of experience in diverse areas encompassing learning & development, executive coaching, organizational development, design & implementation of successful learning strategies with strong focus on alignment with organizational goals. She is a subject matter expert in leadership development with exceptional coaching & consulting skills. She is proficient in driving teams and individuals to highest echelons of performance including people from different levels of seniority and roles in leadership.

In her current role Prachi is the Regional Head for Learning and Leadership Development for APAC at Vanderlande. Prior to Vanderlande she was the Head of L&D for Dassault Systemes in India that includes three legal entities 3DS India R&D Lab, Dassault Systemes Global Services and 3DS Sales and Marketing. She played pivotal role in orchestrating and deploying several Strategic Organization and Leadership Development Priorities in her organization.

Prachi comes with a blended experience of being a corporate leader and an independent consultant. In her stint as an independent consultant, she has worked with clients from a gamut of sectors including manufacturing, real estate, IT, ITES, banking and educational institutions. She has coached and facilitated a diverse audience, including senior and top management employees, and leadership teams. She was also featured in several National Dailies for her work as an Image consultant

Subject: The essential components of digital transformation.