Rajan, an alumnus of XLRI, is a partner of Ernst & Young India, leading the HR consulting practice. Rajan has expertise in HR consulting, spanning diverse areas such as HR strategy formulation, visioning, performance management, organizational structuring and design, to name a few. He has addressed various business forums in the country, and is a visiting faculty / guest speaker at premier business schools like IIM-Ahmedabad and XLRI Jamshedpur.

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Aquil Busrai, an MBA in HR from XLRI, has worked in various HR roles, both operational and strategic, with Unilever in India and Kenya; with Motorola in Asia Pacific and with Shell in Malaysia. Aquil is currently Director HR at IBM India. Dedicated to the concept of HR professionals being true partner with business leaders, he has played active role in setting up and growing business. His contribution to various professional bodies like AIMA, DMA, NHRDN at their apex level and his networking has been noteworthy.

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M. Gopalakrishna holds a Bachelor^s degree in Science and Law from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He is a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service and has served on the Boards of various public sector companies in the capacity of Chairman, Managing Director and Director. He was formerly a Chairman of Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE). He was formerly Chairman of REC, Assam Gas Company and other joint sector companies in Andhra Pradesh. Presently, Mr. Gopalakrishna is Director in charge of Andhra Pradesh Gas Power Corporation Limited. Mr. Gopalakrishna has joined the company on July 18, 2007. His area of specialization and expertise include Industrial Development, Corporate and organizational development, HR and macro policy formulation.

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Mr.Sourav Daspatnaik is the Director (HRD & Strategy) Apeejay Surrendra Group and also CEO for the latest Greenfield shipbuilding projects- Bengal Shipyard Limited and Oceanic Shipyard Limited being set up in the states of Orissa and West Bengal.
As a key member of the Group, Mr Daspatnaik has been instrumental in setting up the new businesses of Logistics Park with two green field projects at Kalinganagar(Orissa) and Haldia(West Bengak) As a part of the Group Management Committee he provides strategic planning, governance, human Resources Management and investment guidelines to the different Group Companies. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of technology, Mesra, Ranchi and Master of Science (M.S) from Stevens Institute of Technology, USA. He has authored several research papers in the journal of the NHRD Network, Institution of Engineers and AIMA Management Review.

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Mr. Satish Pradhan heads the Tata Group HR function. Prior to this he was with ICI Plc. London. During the last 26 years, Mr. pradhan has worked with SAIL, CMC, ICI India, Brooke Bond Lipton, in various capacities in HR areas. He is on the Board of Tata Institute of Social Sciences and member of the Technical Advisory Committee on HR of RBI..

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SY Siddiqui is Managing Executive Officer (HR, Finance, IT) at Maruti Suzuki. He is a Post Graduate in HRM and has rich experience of over 30 years in the HR Function of well known Indian Corporates as well as MNCs such as Escorts Ltd, DCM Group, New Holland Tractors. Widely traveled, he has handled global and multi cultural people issues in highly competitive business environments in India & Europe. He is thus well-versed on Global HR Policies, Systems & Processes. He has the unique experience of working Multi Cultures & Multi Nationalities i.e. Indians, Japanese, Koreans, Italians, British, Americans & others.

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Pankaj bansal is presently Co-founder & CEO at PeopleStrong. He is also a Director (non – executive) at Withya Group. Previously he co-founded Withya Direct, a silicon valley funded company focusing on digital media market in India. Earlier, he was with Aricent (erstwhile Hughes Software Systems) as a part of founding team of its BPO division. He was responsible for various roles like e-learning, Training, HR Systems and Processes (Automation), SAP (ERP) implementation, Compensation etc. He has a Masters’ Degree in HR Management from University of Pune and a Bachelors’ degree in Entrepreneurship from Delhi University.

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At Infotech, Ashok Reddy is Head of Human Resource Development and is responsible for positioning Infotech as one of the leading IT organizations to work for, ensuring employee satisfaction and progressive career development opportunities. Prior to joining Infotech Ashok Reddy was with Voltas Ltd. His experience includes Personnel, Human Resource Development, Legal, Factory Administration and Government Liaison. Ashok Reddy is a post graduate in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management and also holds a bachelors degree in Law.

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Mohit Gandhi has a rich experience with leading institutions and private sector companies in the areas of strategic planning, marketing, and corporate communications, with specialization in the human resource domain.
He has worked with India’s apex industry association – the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - as the Director responsible for Human Resources and Industrial Relations national committees, and helped build “Brand CII” through his contribution. At CII, he successfully influenced policy making through effective consensus building among various stakeholders.
Currently he is working as the Executive Director, National HRD Network. He heads the National Secretariat responsible for driving the overall agenda and mission of National HRD Network. He has played a key role in effectively setting-up the following vehicles/verticals at National HRD Network.
I. The ^Learning Centre^ and ^Meet a Mentor^ initiatives to provide more value to our members
II. The HR talks initiative to leverage the power of interactive web technologies
III. Membership vertical to engage more and more HR Professionals
IV. The HR Compass initiative to bridge the competency gap of HR professionals, and
V. The HRD Newsletter and Journal to build a better connect with NHRDN members.

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