Day 1

  • 10:00 - 18:00
    Diversity Hiring

Main Ballroom

  • 09:00 - 10:00
    Registration & Networking
  • 10:00 - 10:05
    Welcome Address by Rishi Kapoor, Head Management Committee, India Diversity Forum
  • 10:05 - 10:15
    Chief Guest Address-

    Harshbeena Zaveri, Vice- Chairman & MD, NRB Bearings and Advisory Board Member, IDF - Hire with an eye towards Diversity & Inclusion

  • 10:15 - 11:00
    Panel Discussion

    Workplace inclusion: Ways to create inclusive spaces

    Speakers
    • Uma Rao, CHRO, Granules India Limited- Moderator
    • Seema Singh, CHRO & CFO, India Post Payments Bank, Govt. of India
    • Charu Vijayvargiya, HR Head, Big FM
    • Prachi Rastogi, HR Leader, Head D&I, IBM
    • Preeti Dwivedi, Head L&D, Diversity, EmployerBrand &Business HR, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electrical ltd
    • Bhavna Kumar, Head HR, Deutsche India & Global HR Partner for Technology Centres and Corporate Functions Tech
    • Malini Tirumalai Anandanpillai, Senior Director, Virtusa
  • 11:00 - 11:30
    Panel Discussion

    Fireside Chat: Challenges in using technology to eliminate Unconscious Biases

    Speakers
    • Sonali Jain, Assistant Vice President - Diversity & Inclusion, Genpact
    • Purva Gera, Head of Culture, Biconomy
  • 11:30 - 12:15
    Panel Discussion

    Spotlight: Deep Dive into D&I: The key to a great employer brand & business goal

    Speakers
    • PWD - Sumit Aggarwal, Founder, PR Signal
    • LGBTQ- Grace Banu, Founder, Trans Rights Now Collective
    • Veteran – Capt.Partha Samai, Head HR, South, Jio
    • Women in Leadership - Nandini Sarkar, Global Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Leader (APAC & America, Europe), Hitachi Energy
  • 12:15 - 01:00
    Panel Discussion

    Ways to make D&I more effortless: A Walk then a talk

    Speakers
    • Atulaya Goswami, Director HR, General Mills
    • Joshita Tandon, AVP – CHR & HR Analytics, SRF limited
    • Appaya Chenanda, National Director, People and Performance, Colliers India
    • Lisha Rakesh, Senior Director, Capgemini

Day 2

  • 10:00 - 18:00
    Diversity Hiring