Dinesh Deo, CEO, Marsh McLennan Global Services (MMGS) India
10:30 - 10:45
Networking Tea & Coffee
10:45 - 10:55
Unveiling DEI Survey 2023
10:55 - 11:10
Sharing the outcomes of DEI Survey 2023 by Ekta Makan, DGM Content, India Diversity Forum
11:10 - 12:10
Industry Experts Discussion: Analysing the DEI Survey Findings 2023
Ajanta Chatterjee, Group Head - Talent & OD, JSW Steel Limited
Minakshi Samant, Executive Director - HR, Ingram Micro
Pallavi Waman, Sr. Director, Engineering, Duck Creek Technologies
Poonam Chandok, General Manager & Head - HR, L&T Energy (Hydrocarbon)
Rajani Athreya, Senior Director- HR, Insights Division, South Asia, Kantar
Moderated by Sushma Nair, Mission Director, India Diversity Forum
12:10 - 12:30
Welcoming the newly elected Industry Council Chairs
12:30 - 01:30
Networking Luncheon
01:30 - 01:40
Standalone Session: Building an Inclusive workplace at OC India presented by
Shilpika Jain, HR Manager & Abhijeet, Leader Talent Management, Owens Corning
01:40 - 02:10
Spotlight Addresses: Tailoring the D&I strategy to maximize local impact
01:40 - 01:55 PM LGBTQ Member Standpoint
Ankit Bhuptani, D&I Leader & LBGTQ Rights Activist
01:55 - 02:10 PM Veteran Member Standpoint
Wg Cdr Naresh Taneja, President CSR, Modern Road Makers Private Limited
02:10 - 02:25
Standalone Session: Women at work: The ‘One Grand’ Report presented by Shreyasi Singh, Founder & CEO, Harappa
02:25 - 03:25
Panel Discussion: Building the Talent Pipeline: Step towards Innovation
Bensely Zachariah, Global Head of Human Resources, Fulcrum Digital Inc
Anup Seth, Chief Distribution Officer and Chief of Diversity and Inclusion, Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance
Shagun Bhunchal, Director HR, Magic Edtech
Sonica Aron, Founder & CEO, Marching Sheep
Charu Vijayvargiya, HR Head, BigFM
Moderated By Mansi Bansal, Associate Director, PWC India
03:25 - 03:40
Networking Tea & Coffee Break
03:40 - 03:55
Unveiling Research Paper by Dr. Nitin Vazirani Dean (HR) SIES School of Business Studies & Dr. Sumi Jha, Associate Dean (Academics)
Professor, OB & HR, NITIE -Mumbai
03:55 - 04:40
Taskforces Dialogues: Presentation of each taskforces' outcome
Getting Women back to work - Gauri Das, Head of HR, Marketing and Admin, India Factoring and Finance Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Fostering Inclusion- Akshay Tyagi, Lead - Diversity Equity and Inclusion, The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group
Women in Leadership-Namita Patwari, General Manager – Hr, BlueDart Express ltd
D&I Toolkit- TBC **
04:40 - 05:40
Industry Women Leaders Discussion: Despite modest progress, women are still dramatically underrepresented in leadership