Rio Adrianto
General Manager of
PLN Corporate University (Indonesia)

Rio Adrianto

Rio Adrianto is a highly accomplished professional with extensive experience in leading corporate transformation projects, managing complex operations and resources, and developing market-driven strategies. He holds both an MBA and a degree in Civil Engineering from ITB, which has equipped him with a solid foundation of knowledge and skills.
Rio's impressive track record of success can be attributed to his leadership and management skills, which he has honed through various high-level positions he held throughout his career. Currently, he is leading the transformation of PLN CorpU into a world-class Corporate University, where he is responsible for developing and implementing innovative strategies to enhance learning and development for PLN employees.
Throughout his career, Rio has played a crucial role in leading several successful corporate transformation projects for various organizations. For instance, he helped Freeport reduce operating costs by 5% while increasing target production by a minimum of 10x the contact value. Furthermore, he helped BNI become one of the top 5 banks in Indonesia and assisted SKK Migas in managing Indonesia's oil & gas reserves.
Rio's expertise in corporate transformation projects, market-driven strategies, and managing complex operations and resources are highly sought after. He is known for his ability to identify problems and develop innovative solutions to address them. His leadership and management skills, combined with his vast experience and impressive track record, make him a valuable asset to any organization seeking to improve their operations and transform into a more market-driven company.

Ina Bajwa
Vice President
Human Resources and Global Head of L&D
Tata Communications Ltd

Ina Bajwa

Ina Bajwa is Vice President, Human Resources at Tata Communications. She heads human resources for the Digital & Technology business units, leads the Learning, Leadership & Organisation Development and Future of Work efforts globally. She is an accomplished leader with over 18 years of intra-disciplinary experience in human resources and has worked across sectors such as Technology, Banking and Consulting. Prior to Tata Communications, Ina has worked with BCG, HSBC and Essar Group, holding various leadership positions in HR, including global roles, with specialised experience in areas of People Strategy & Culture, Talent Management, Learning, Leadership & Organisation Development, Diversity & Inclusion, Driving large-scale transformations/change and Strategic Resourcing. 
Her strengths lie in being a humanistic leader who partners with business leaders to build & execute their people strategy to solve complex people problems. She follows a disciplined yet flexible problem-solving approach that balances business goals with employee needs. She remains fascinated by the evolution of the people function in its contributions to creating value for the top and bottom-line growth for the company. 
Ina completed her Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources from K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai and also holds a degree in Economics, English Literature & Functional English from Chandigarh University.

Rakesh Balachandran
Co-founder
FocusU
(India)

Rakesh Balachandran

Rakesh brings in close to 2 decades of rich experience across Corporate sales and marketing, Product management, Business development and Facilitation. His last stint before changing gears as an entrepreneur was as the Country Product Manager for Hewlett Packard India.
Rakesh holds a graduate degree in Electronics and Communication engineering and a Post Graduate Degree in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is accredited in administering profiling tools like the MBTI, FIRO-B and is also certified in the LSP methodology. His passion and high energy are some of the things anyone who has interacted with him will vouch for. Rakesh is also a TEDx speaker – you can see his engaging talk out here.
An avid sports follower, amateur snooker and cricket player – he is the biggest fan of Roger Federer we know of. A most voracious reader, if you ever need a book recommendation, look no farther. From fiction, non-fiction, military strategy, adventure, business classics – he consumes it all with equal glee.
Rakesh has facilitated a wide variety of experiential workshops over the last decade spanning team building, leadership and innovation. Some leading organizations that have benefited from his expertise include Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Tata Communications, PepsiCo, DHL, Alstom, Audi, Barclays amongst others.

Dr Yogesh K Bhatt
EVP and Business Head
StackRoute

Dr Yogesh K Bhatt

Dr Yogesh K Bhatt is the EVP and Business Head of StackRoute. He is responsible for driving NIIT’s IT business, with focus on Enterprises in India across IT, GSI, GCCs and Consulting sectors. Yogesh is an accomplished leader and a veteran in the space of corporate education and training. He has worked extensively in creating and delivering business solutions to transform talent across levels using an innovative mix of learning, development, and assessment interventions. Yogesh has many education and training product launches to his credit across IT, Data Science and Management Categories in both B2B and B2C.  He has 25 years of experience in Training, Education, Research & Consulting.
Prior to StackRoute, he was associated with Manipal Global Education as Vice-President, Education and Training, Manipal ProLearn and with Infosys as the Associate Vice-President, Education and Research. Under his leadership, Manipal ProLearn won the award “Best Corporate Training Program” in India Education Awards - 2019, Golden Peacock National Training Award – 2018, Outstanding Partner Award for Innovative Solution in IBM – 2016. He won the Great Manager Award in 2016 presented by People Business and Times of India in the category of “Individual Credibility”.

Marcia Almeida Campos
Head of Digital Academy
UniBB
Banco do Brasil
(Brasil)

Marcia Almeida Campos

Head of Digital Academy of Banco do Brasil Corporate University-UniBB, Marcia  Campos holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and a Post Graduate Degree in Finance from Fundação Dom Cabral-FDC.
She is an executive at the European Academy of Top Level Management, institution that brings together a team of leaders in an ecosystem of transparency, altruism and connectivity, where they can be who they are in essence: leaders who have a humanitarian vision and also agents that transform people and society.
At the UniBB she coordinates the Master’s, Doctorate and Mentoring Programs as well as the Young Apprentice Program, which offers first employment opportunities inside Banco do Brasil business units for youngsters in situation of social vulnerability; moreover, she coordinates the Evolution Movement, an initiative that promotes the development of digital skills among Banco do Brasil employees, with the goal of preparing them for the digital transformation process Banco do Brasil faces nowadays.
Co-author of the book “Happiness at Work”,she delivers keynote speeches on topics such as   The Future of Work, Ageism, Mentoring and related subjects.
Marcia is a visionary with an unyielding passion for innovation, futurism, astrology, self-awareness and mindfulness.Her commitment to mindfulness and the state of flow contributes to enhancing her decision-making abilities , fostering emotional balance and promoting well-being. She is a captain in essence, with her ship on the water and her eyes on the horizon.

Prof. Alexis CollombChairman - Strategic Advisory Board
Speekoo
(France)

Prof. Alexis Collomb

Prof. Collomb has had an initial career in finance, both as an academic and practitioner. After a first position in investment banking in NY on Wall Street, he subsequently worked in London in capital markets as a derivatives strategist before joining Cnam University in Paris where he has chaired its economics, finance and insurance department. 
More recently, his focus has turned to venture capital and innovation financing, and how to help promising technology-based companies achieve their full growth potential. He was first exposed to natural language processing and AI as a young French engineer doing his gap year in a Japanese research lab and has remained an avid technology buff ever since. As co-founder of Speekoo, he currently acts as the chairman of its strategic advisory board. 
Prof. Collomb also holds a M.Sc. in Engineering-Economic Systems and a PhD in Management Science from Stanford University and a M.Sc. in Immunology Immunopathology (I2P) from Sorbonne University in France. 

Vivek Chandramohan
Managing Director of Wilson Learning India Private Limited and Vice President of Wilson Learning APAC

Vivek Chandramohan

Vivek has been an integral part of Wilson Learning for 15+ years. He is responsible for overall strategy and operations across APAC. He speaks frequently at many forums and events on topics related to learning and development.
Vivek has more than 20+ years of experience in the fields of information technology (IT), information technology enabled service (ITES), sales, and sales management. Through his industry involvement, Vivek has gained extensive knowledge and experience in sales and consulting, customer service, process transition management, global solutions, and leadership development.

Aparajita Das
Alstom University Campus Manager APAC and Head L&D India, Alstom (India)

Aparajita Das

Aparajita is a seasoned Learning & Talent Development professional with over 15 years of experience in the Rail Transport, Engineering, IT & Telecommunication Industry. As a strategic L&D partner to business teams, she has designed and executed multiple learning and talent development solutions aligned with organizational goals.
Currently serving as a pivotal member of Alstom University team, Aparajita is responsible for spearheading transformative learning experiences across India and larger Asia Pacific region. Her role also involves developing strategies for various commercially viable learning solutions from Alstom University for Alstom's partners & customers.
With a passion for technology and innovation, Aparajita stays up to date with the latest trends and advancements in the field, and constantly strives to implement them in her work. 
In her free time, Aparajita indulges in her passion for travel, exploring new places and cultures to gain fresh insights and perspectives in life & career.

Danilo Garbazza
Dean Petrobras University
(Brazil)

Danilo Garbazza

Head of Petrobras University, responsible for providing training and development solutions for all company employees, focusing on knowledge and skills that are critical to making the company's strategies viable. Great focus on the Digital Transformation, leading the implementation of digital and analytical solutions, delivering structuring projects, developing people with digital mindset and implementing process automation projects, People Analytics / BI, self-service platforms and immersive realities solutions.
Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, MBA in Strategic Cost Management, Executive training at the Kellogg School of Management and Stanford University in the areas of data science and management for innovation.  Professor in Executive MBAs in Brazilians universities and speaker on topics such as digital transformation, innovation, decision-making, analytics and learning.  

Alessandro Giuliani

Managing Director SDA Università Bocconi Asia Center

Alessandro Giuliani

After graduating from Bocconi University Italy with a thesis on the Italian fashion designers in 1987 and a period of research in Luxury Fashion in Paris, started a fast career in Luxury Marketing with L’Oreal and CT Couture in Paris (France) for 3 years, Head of Marketing for Ermenegildo Zegna in Barcelona (Spain) for 3 years, and Italy.
Serial entrepreneur, built companies in Italy, Spain, China and India.
Avid traveller, windsurf instructor, diving instructor, extreme skier, ranked tennis player, national level gymnast, university soccer team captain.
Sits on the Board of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Italy (7 years) and of the Indo Italian Chamber of Commerce in Mumbai (4 years). Sits on the Advisory Board of the SME Chamber of India, where he chairs the India-Italy and the Education Committee, and on the Advisory Board of IRM (Institute of Risk Management).
Partner and Director of Vaishali S, first Indian woman designer brand to achieve the Paris Haute Couture Invited Member status to showcase in Paris, and to showcase at Milan Fashion Week: only sustainable handloom garments.
Promoted and launched SDA Bocconi Asia Center, the world’s only offshore presence of 120 years old Università Bocconi (world’s 12th Business School by FT rankings), and its pan Asian hub.
He has been acting as the Managing Director of SDA Bocconi AC, Mumbai since its inception in 2012.

Ankur Gupta
Senior Director of Marketing
Skillsoft

Ankur Gupta

Ankur is currently working as a Senior Director of Marketing at Skillsoft and has been part of the company for over 17 years. In his current role, he is responsible for managing regional field marketing, demand and pipeline generation, business development, brand management, public relations, as well as Marketing COE (Centre of Excellence) globally. Prior to Skillsoft, Ankur had worked on marketing and consulting assignments with Fiorano Software, IDC, AMCON and PwC.
Ankur is also a fitness and health enthusiast, an active runner from last 6 years and completed 25+ marathons and half marathons across the country. He is also a Black Belt, National Instructor and Referee in TAEK WON DO (A Korean Martial Art) and awarded medals in various national and state level championships. Ankur holds a B.Tech from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and an MBA from IBS Hyderabad.

Muhammad Subhan Iswahyudi
Deputy Senior General Manager of Telkom Corporate University

Muhammad Subhan Iswahyudi

With an illustrious career dedicated to coaching, training, and lecturing, Subhan possesses a profound passion for fostering a culture of continuous growth and development. His journey began years ago as a B2B practitioner, where he honed his skills in navigating the intricacies of business relationships, understanding customer needs, and delivering exceptional value. Now, as the Deputy Senior General Manager of Telkom Corporate University, Subhan's expertise and unwavering dedication to fostering a culture of learning, innovation, and research shine through. In this influential role, he plays a pivotal part in shaping the future of the organization, further cementing Telkom Corporate University's position as a leading center for learning and development. Subhan's leadership style is characterized by his commitment to ethical practices, his ability to inspire change, and his passion for empowering individuals and teams. As a facilitator and trainer, he equips professionals with the necessary tools and knowledge to excel in their roles, helping them unlock their full potential and achieve remarkable results.
Beyond his professional endeavors, Subhan is an avid advocate for staying abreast of emerging trends and technologies, ensuring that he remains at the cutting edge of his field. His insatiable curiosity and thirst for knowledge continue to fuel his passion for lifelong learning.
He is the first Indonesian being accredited by International Coaching Federation in Advanced Certification Team Coaching (ACTC) and Individual and Team Coaching Accreditation (ITCA) from European Mentoring and Coaching Council.

Dr. Jayanand Jagatheesh
Head - Learning and Talent Development
Bosch

Dr. Jayanand Jagatheesh

 Jagatheesh (JJ) is a seasoned learning and talent development professional having close to two and a half decades of cross functional experience with strong application expertise in learning, technology, talent strategy, design thinking and organization development. Conceptualized, designed and implemented key learning and talent development initiatives for a diverse, global, large technology workforce. Part of team BTC-IN today. JJ has a doctoral degree in the area of competency building for large technology workforce He has a postgraduation in Management education with a under graduation in Mechanical engineering. JJ has experience with auto components, engineering, commodities, selling IT services, spearheading technology transformation and management consulting. 
With his previous experience JJ has:

• Crafted learning solutions for over 80,000 fresh engineering graduates on 30 different technology streams.
• Conceptualized, designed and implemented a competency framework e for a 200,000 large technology workforce.
• Designed and delivered learning intervention for technology sales leaders to maximize opportunities with client account/s.
• Been leading and directing a global sales team for a leading consulting firm.
• Been a design thinking coach for building strategy and problem solving

JJ’s hobby is in understanding ancient scriptures, he tries to work on teachable/sharable point of view of the same with like-minded individuals and professionals. Has delivered 100+ sessions at leading industry houses and academics on Vedanta and Management – Alignment and Approach.

Preet Kanwal
Associate Director
Learning & Development
Tata Communications

Preet Kanwal

With over 13 years of experience, Preet has performed multiple roles in her corporate tenure. In her current role, Preet leads the team of Learning Managers for the entire organisation and has the prime responsibility for partnering with the Leadership members and managers across the company to work on the capability development requirements for their Business Units across all skill categories. Prior to this role, Preet has worked as a Global Partner Trainer in Customer Success Group at Tata Communications and delivered multiple technical trainings. Prior to Tata Communications, Preet has worked with Avaya Global Connect and AGC Networks as Presales Consultant for Unified Communication & Collaboration solutions. She is specialist in aligning technology with business goals , simplifying complex customer problems and is proficient in handling complex transformation & digitalization of global learning projects. 
Preet holds a B.Tech degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering and is currently pursuing her Masters in Business Administration (Human Resources). 

Dr. Kovaichelvan
Founder-Director of TVS Institute for Quality and Leadership (IQL)

Dr. Kovaichelvan

Founder-Director of TVS Institute for Quality and Leadership (IQL), the Corporate University of TVS Motor Company. With his Leadership, IQL is certified as a Corporate University at ‘Performance level’ by the Global Council of Corporate Universities (GlobalCCU).
With his forty years of experience in the areas of Production Engineering, New Product Development, Total Quality Management, HR, and Organizational Capabilities, he contributed significantly to business excellence of TVS Motor. He is certified as ‘Project Director’ at ‘A’ level by the International Project Management Association (IPMA) and as ‘Organization Design Professional’ by the Organization Design Community in the US.
He is passionate towards promoting academic excellence by playing key roles in academic bodies – Member of Governing/Academic councils of colleges, Member of Executive Committee in National Board of Accreditation (NBA), Advisory Board Member of GlobalCCU, Mentor and Performance Auditor of Technical Education Quality

Sapnesh Lalla
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
NIIT Limited

Sapnesh Lalla

Sapnesh Lalla is the CEO and Executive Director of NIIT Ltd, a global leader in skills and talent development and a leading provider of managed training services, offering broad-based education and training solutions to corporations, institutions, and individuals in over 30 countries.
Sapnesh has served in NIIT India and USA for over 29 years. He started his journey as a Project Lead in the Learning Content Development Team and over the years, has held various Management and Leadership roles in Product Management, Customer Support, Channel Development, Sales and Support functions. He has worked on a number of critical initiatives including NIIT’s expansion into North America & Europe and has led significant acquisitions including Cognitive Arts and Element K. He was selected to the Managing Director’s Quality Club (MDQC) in 1997 and received the coveted Global Leadership Award in 2001 and 2010. In 2010, he joined the board of NIIT(USA), Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
He led the enterprise business of the company outside India and helped create and grow unique solutions in the areas of Learning content, learning administration & learning technologies. Among others, he led the conceptualization and growth of Managed Training Services outsourcing which are now being delivered to many global firms in the Fortune 500.
In 2017, Sapnesh was appointed CEO of NIIT Ltd. Since then, he has passionately driven the digital transformation of the company and the agenda to scale up the business on company’s new NIIT Digital platform.
Sapnesh is an Electronics and Communications Engineer from Bangalore University and received his Executive Education at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.

Dr. Ritwik Mishra
SVP and Global Head of Consulting
Knolskape
(India) 

Dr. Ritwik Mishra

“I believe in authenticity. From authenticity in connecting with teams and stakeholders to authenticity in strategy and execution – it creates trust, accountability and helps deliver breakthrough performance” 
Dr. Ritwik Mishra had over 20 years of experience in talent management across four industries and two geographies. This experience includes implementation of large complex systems to building performance enhancing cultures and processes. In the current role, he is responsible for revenue growth, client satisfaction, global delivery, new product and service line development, and thought leadership.
In the past he has designed and delivered high value leadership programs for CXOs, led PMS and LMS deployment, managed large scale change management processes, integrated technology with learning, globally scaled talent initiatives, and successfully commercialized learning services. Built and executed on strategies for talent teams like instituting strengths-based culture, building apprenticeship-based learning, and creating a coaching mindset at an organizational level. 
More recent his work focused on management of talent services in a post COVID/hybrid environment, defining a playbook for leading in crisis, helping leaders enhance inclusion and performance at the enterprise level, and top team effectiveness (post COVID).
He is a regular speaker at several prominent national and international institutes/forums like TEDx, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Lucknow, Symbiosis, and Thomas Jefferson University.
• PhD in HR & OB – Indian Institute of Management
• MS in Organizational Development – University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Kambhampati
Subrahmanyam
Pro-Chancellor, S Vyasa University

Dr. Kambhampati Subrahmanyam

Dr. Kambhampati Subrahmanyam is the Pro- Chancellor, S-VYASA (Yoga University) situated at Jigani near Bengaluru. His doctoral thesis was on Swami Vivekananda’s English.
After a stint as an Assistant Professor in English for a few years he moved on to experiment with Gurukula type of education at the sophomore level. He emerged as an educationalist working as a Prinicipal of SVYASA University for 25 years and achieved A level in NAAC accreditation. He was also deputed to National Defence Academy as Principal where he successfully combined martial arts NDA and the spiritual discipline of Gurukula.
At present, Dr. Subrahmanyam guides M.Phil. and Ph.D. scholars and has published more than 200 articles on Philosophy, Culture, Religion and Education and have till date authored 17 books. He has been awarded Vivekananda Award for Excellence in Propagating Human Values Among the Youth.

Shalmalee Nath
APAC Head of AXA
Climate School

Shalmalee Nath

A management graduate from SRCC, MDI, Shalmalee has spent the last decade building businesses across learning focused organizations like Coursera, Linkedin, Harvard Business Publishing, et al. After a program studying Sustainability and Net Zero Transition at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, she and is now focusing on leveraging the intersections of these experiences to build AXA Climate’s Training business -- an ecosystem to accelerate organizations’ sustainability goals through understanding and action. As head of the APAC mission, her goal is to ensure no committed organization in the region lacks the resources to get started on the journey.

Dr. Pradnya Parasher
Founder and CEO of ThreeFish Consulting

Dr. Pradnya Parasher

Pradnya is the founder and CEO of ThreeFish Consulting. She has 20+ years of experience in Strategic HR, Talent Management, Executive Assessment & Coaching. An Industrial- Organizational Psychologist by training, Pradnya has lived and worked in the United States and India. She is co-author of the book, The Secret Life of Organizations: Invisible Rules of Success for the Young Indian Professional, - which gives an insider view of what makes organizations tick, and helps young professionals take the smart path to the top. Instrumental in bringing Hogan Assessments to India, Pradnya has provided Hogan feedback to hundreds of business leaders. As the Master Distributor for Hogan Assessments in India, she is responsible for ensuring scientific rigour in the application of Hogan solutions across clients, resellers and solution partners.
In the past, she has held various HR leadership roles including Director – People & Organization Capability for Microsoft India, Senior Director & Country HR Head for eFunds, Director & Country HR Head for Discovery Communications, and AVP HR for InterGlobe Enterprises. Her last role was as a Global Talent Assessment Program Manager for Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA. She brings rich experience across a variety of industries and deep understanding of workplace behavior and organizational dynamics to her coaching and consulting engagements. Pragmatic & results focused, Pradnya believes in human potential for transformation. At ThreeFish, she leads the design and implementation of coaching, consulting and learning solutions. Pradnya has a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of South Florida and is a member of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP). She is a regular attendee and presenter at the Annual SIOP Conferences. She continues to be a Life Member of the National HRD Network in India. In the past, she has served as the Vice President of the NHRDN Delhi Chapter from 2004-2006.

Navin Patel
Associate Vice President Infosys (India)

Navin Patel

Navin Patel has more than 25 years of experience in the IT services industry. He has played multiple roles in his career. He has been a developer, architect, delivery manager and has worked with clients across different segments like Financial Services, Retail and Consumer Products, across different geographies. Till recently, he headed the global pre-sales function at Infosys for Healthcare, Insurance and Life Sciences verticals.
Currently, he is an Associate Vice President at Infosys Limited and is part of the Education, Training & Assessment (ETA) group. He heads the Architecture Academy, Java Academy and Data Science Academy.
His passion for learning has kept him pursuing various academic interests, even while working full-time. He completed his MBA in 2012, . Later he enrolled as a research scholar to pursue his Ph.D. in Management Sciences at the University of Mysore. He received his PhD in 2019. His doctoral work focuses on applied Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning and statistical methods in financial time series forecasting. He has published several papers in peer reviewed journals and has presented papers in marquee international conferences. He speaks regularly on latest technologies, with emphasis on Artificial Intelligence.

KN Radhakrishnan
Director and CEO of TVS Motor Company (TVS M)

KN Radhakrishnan

KN Radhakrishnan is the Director and CEO of TVS Motor Company (TVS M) since October 2018. An eminent leader in the automobile industry, Radhakrishnan is well known for his passion for customers, strategic planning, focus on quality and investment in technology.
He started his career as Management Trainee in Sundaram-Clayton Automotive Brakes Division and later became the head of Business Planning and HR & TQM. Then, he moved to TVS M as head of business planning prior to becoming the President & CEO. He led the journey for transforming TVS M to achieve leadership in Product Quality for seven years in succession by JD power and becoming a strong global player. During his tenure, the company’s turnover increased from Rs. 2,955 crores (356 Mn USD) (2004-05) to Rs. 20,791 crores (2510 Mn USD) (2021-22) with 3.3 million two wheelers. His relentless efforts and commitment have helped the company win the prestigious Deming Application Prize in 2002 from the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers.
The company commenced its overseas plant in Indonesia in June 2007 and entered the 3-wheeler segment in March 2008 under his esteemed leadership. KN Radhakrishnan holds a Master’s degree from the IIT, Madras and undergone Management Education Programme from the IIM, Ahmedabad.

Annick Renaud-Coulon Worldwide Expert on Corporate Universities, Founder and Chairman of GlobalCCU, the Global Council of Corporate Universities, President of SAS Univencis

Annick Renaud-Coulon

She has renowned Worldwide expertise and more than twenty-years’ experience in the Corporate University industry. She led the first survey on Corporate Universities worldwide in 2000 - 2001, (800 pages, three volumes), entitled: "Corporate Universities, Corporate institutes, international comparison and evaluation», visited many Corporate Universities in the world and published several books on the topic.
She privately counselled organisations ascribed with the design and construction of their corporate university or with to re-dynamization of their Learning and Development structure. She managed a Corporate University Community of practices for 11 years, the European Club of Corporate Universities, (ECCU). She developed recognised strategic and methodological supports for Corporate Universities and designed all the GlobalCCU services, among them the GlobalCCU Awards, the GlobalCCU CU Certification, the GlobalCCU Branding Certification, the GlobalCCU Forum, the GlobalCCU Membership Community.

Dr. Gianluca Salviotti
Associate Professor of practice Digital Transformation,
SDA Bocconi, Milano
(Italy)

Dr. Gianluca Salviotti

Gianluca Salviotti is an Associate Professor of Practice of Information Systems at SDA Bocconi School of Management. Since January 2018, he has been the Information Systems Faculty Deputy at SDA Bocconi School of Management. He is the Course Director of Strategy and Governance for Cyber Risk at Università Bocconi. He is part of the Faculty of the SDA Bocconi School of Management Asia Center.
At SDA Bocconi, he is the coordinator of the research Lab “Digital Enterprise Value and Organization” (DEVO Lab), Professor of Management Information Systems and Digital Transformation for the MBA, EMBA, EMBAWE, MFB, MISA, IEMB (Mumbai) programs. He is the Program Director of the Executive Education programs “Mastering Digital Evolution”, "IT Governance" and “IT Risk Management”. He has managed several custom research and education programs for companies such as ABB, ENI, IBM, Samsung, SAP, TIM, Vodafone.
His research activities focus on technologies for digital transformation, links between business complexity and IT Governance and IT risk management. Currently, he is working with the Design Lab of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the identification and assessment of high impact digital technologies.
He is the author of numerous books and articles on Information Systems and Digital Transformation. His works have been published in Economia & Management, Il Sole 24 Ore and Computerworld, among others. He has also authored several books, including “The Blockchain Journey, a guide to practical business applications” and “Digital Manufacturing”. He won the SDA Best Coordinator Award in 2011 for Executive Education (Custom Programs) and in 2012 for Research. In 2013 he received the award for the best innovation project from the Claudio Demattè Research Division. In 2014, he won the Google Faculty Research Award with a study on digitalization in small and medium enterprises. In 2015 and 2016 he received the Sedin-Bocconi Teaching Award for the university program “Computer Skills for Economics”. In 2018 hewas the co-author of the award winning paper for the category "Move the FIeld Forward" thanks to a work on the application of Blockchaing technology on corporations. 
Gianluca earned a degree and a Ph.D. in Business Administration & Management both from the Università degli Studi di Pavia. He received the International Teachers Program diploma from the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS, Shanghai-Beijing). He is married to Lorena, he has two sons, Francesco Jacopo and Alessandro Ludovico.

Anil Santhapuri
Director of Skills Solutions, FIS Global

Anil Santhapuri

Anil Santhapuri is a values-based and results-oriented Talent & OD professional, with 20 years of professional experience in the areas of talent management, learning & leadership development and consulting. In his current role as Director of Skill Solutions, Global Talent Management at FIS, he is leading reinventing and re-imagining the global talent value stream through the application of skills-based architecture to all things 'talent’ by pivoting jobs towards skills (workforce planning, learning and development, recruitment, Rewards & succession planning).
His career span includes organizations like Western Union, HCL Technologies, CGI Information Systems, Mahindra Satyam and iGate Global Solutions, where he has designed and delivered award-winning talent initiatives. Anil is a 4-time Brandon Hall Gold winner (2020 and 2021). He is a 3-time “Learning in Practice award” winner both in 2017, 2018 and 2021 from Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Magazine, USA. One of his career best moment is when in October 2017, Western Union was recognized as “#1 Organization for Learning Globally” by ATD BEST.
Some of his individual industry recognitions are: In 2022, recognized as “2022 Asia's Top 100 Power HR Leaders” In 2021, being recognized by TA PAI Management and ETHR World as “Young HR Leader in India” In 2018, was listed as an Emerging HR Leader in India, by Jombay in their HR40Under40 list In 2012, was recognized as one of the "Top 10 Training & OD Professional Globally" by Training Magazine USA. He is a digital transformation enthusiast and is currently a Technical Advisory Board member for Global Skill Development Council (GSDC) - an independent, third-party, vendor neutral, international credentialing and certification organization for latest technologies like: Blockchain, Six Sigma, DevOps, Cloud, ITSM, ISO, Agile and L&D professionals. Anil is also contributing to Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD) as an adjunct teaching faculty for L&OD topics.
Anil is a passionate believer in empowering people through learning and is a ACC certified coach from International Coach Federation (ICF). His other passions and interests include writing poetry, practice of Vipassana meditation and inculcating values-based leadership in all walks of life.

Chandna Sethi
Program Director and Head
Branding & Communications
TMTC
(India)

Chandna Sethi

Chandna leads the design and delivery of some of the learning interventions offered by TMTC.  She also manages the marketing and communications for TMTC.
She is an experienced coach and contributes psychometric-based coaching support in many leadership programs at TMTC.
Before joining TMTC in 2011, Chandna was an associate of Global Executive Learning (GEL) France for 10 years. During this time, she worked with large global clients such as Volvo, SAB Miller and Swiss Re to facilitate leadership development for senior leadership teams, through immersive learning experiences delivered across Europe and India, based on the philosophy of “Business-Driven Action Learning”.
She worked with Titan Company from 1994-1997, with sales and marketing responsibilities in the watches division and eventually in the jewellery business.
Chandna enjoys engaging with the communities she is a part of. From 2009 to 2011, she served as board member of ASEICA, a non-profit based in southern France that runs an international curriculum section across four French state schools. She volunteers with Connecting, a Pune-based NGO and with Seva Kitchen, a Nagpur-based NGO.
In her leisure time, she likes to read, travel, and write about life experiences.
Chandna is an alumnus of SPJIMR, Mumbai, India (1994) and BITS Pilani, India (1990).

Anand Shankar
Director, Tata Management Training Centre & Senior Vice President, Group HR, Tata Sons Ltd

Anand Shankar

Anand brings extensive and rich industry experience to his role at TMTC. Before joining TMTC, he was Senior Partner with Deloitte and leader of the firm’s HR Transformation practice. An alumnus of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, he is a seasoned strategist who has helped organizations across the globe in navigating business challenges by driving transformational change, developing strategic account management capability to align sales strategy with enterprise strategy, and building talent excellence, critical capabilities, and future leaders. He brings with him over three decades of experience, and has curated leading research studies in the field of HR. He joined Deloitte in India in April 2018 and served in this capacity for 3 years. During this time, amongst other assignments, he anchored one of the largest Learning Transformations and Integrated Talent Management for one of India’s largest commercial organisations, a large Financial Services Company, a global multi business conglomerate.
Anand moved back to India in 2018 after having spent over 25 years working across 5 countries in 3 continents with 3 leading consulting firms. During that time, he has worked on a wide variety of areas including helping clients develop and realize their business strategy, leadership development, establishing corporate universities and learning academies, organization design and structuring, HR Transformation and Technology and Organisation Vision, culture and values.
Immediately before Deloitte, Anand was the Global Chief Commercial Officer for Aon Hewitt setting up of a commercially focused team, which would enhance the firm’s focus on profitable growth and was instrumental in enabling agile, fast, and innovative growth for Aon Hewitt, playing an active role in client, solution and portfolio development across geographies and regions.
Anand is a Global expert in Human resource, Future of Work, Future of HR, Global Talent & HR market knowledge, APAC & MEA cultural and geographic market and market intelligence, a Marshall Goldsmith certified Coach and Mentor.
Anand started his career 32 years ago as part of the pioneer batch of Management Trainees with the Taj Group of Hotels. He then left India to work with a Western European Retail Chain and subsequently switched to management and HR consulting.

MN Shivaprasad
General Manager
TVS Motor Company

MN Shivaprasad

MN Shivaprasad, General Manager – Education and Training, heads Academy for functional and professional excellence at TVS Institute for Quality and leadership which is the corporate university of TVS Motor Company.
He holds Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engg from National Institute of Engineering – University of Mysore with 30 years experience in functions spanning Quality Assurance, Operations, New Product Development, TQM and Corporate Education. He is certified VLFM (Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing) a joint program by CII, JICA under the mentorship of Prof.Shoji Shiba
He played a key role in establishing unique learning solutions such as role and competency based Education, continuing education, Community of Practice (CoP), Conferences and conventions  in the areas of strategic importance at TVS Motor Company. His experience includes establishing learning solutions across all the functions including NPD, manufacturing, sales, service, International business, marketing and support functions.
His contributions include :

• Establishing functional and professional competency framework across all functions across functions at TVSM and group companies
• Improving role effectiveness through 150 plus courses through structured use of Instructional methodology, formative and summative assessment, action learning, role qualification
• Implementing multi level continuing education program towards building leadership and specialist pipe line
• Establishing executive education program with leading universities in the areas of Quantitative methods, Operations research, welding/Joining , reliability, International business, sales mastery etc.,

All these initiatives helped TVS IQL  in securing  Corporate university certificate in two levels – Compliance and Performance by Global Council of Corporate Universities.

Shreyasi Singh
Founder & CEO
Harappa Education

Shreyasi Singh

Shreyasi is the Founder & CEO of Harappa, a learner-centered institution of the future that is committed to delivering programs that drive transformative career success using Thrive Skills—an essential set of cognitive, social and behavioral skills to enable individuals to continuously succeed, at every stage of their career. She has also written two books on entrepreneurship, including a children’s book called The Girl Who Thinks In Numbers, and was part of the founding team of a women’s only management program. She often joking refers to herself as the 2%, to nod to the dismal number of women CEOs in India.

Dr. Leena Srivastava
Director, Ashoka Center for People Centric Energy Transitions

Dr. Leena Srivastava

Dr. Leena Srivastava was the Deputy Director General for Science of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), in Vienna, Austria from November 2019 to July 2022. In her role, she provided interdisciplinary scientific leadership to the institute.
Prior to this, for about seven years, Srivastava was the Vice Chancellor of the TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS) in New Delhi, India -- a research University with about 180 Ph.D. students and close to 500 Masters students. It specialized in providing specialized education in sustainability studies. Srivastava started her career in The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and worked there for more than three decades, exiting as the Executive Director.
During her career, Dr. Srivastava served on several Corporate Boards, Government Committees and Boards/Councils of international organisations. She served on the Boards/research advisory councils of various academic institutions of international repute. She was a coordinating Lead Author of the 3rd IPCC Report and cross-cutting theme Anchor on “Sustainable Development” for the 4th IPCC Report.

Shailesh Swamy
Customer Success Manager
Skillsoft
(India)

Shailesh Swamy

Shailesh is currently working as a Customer Success Manager at Skillsoft for past 6 years. With over 15+ years of experience, he has been managing large and complex customer engagements. He has been helping global organizations building their strategies and solutions for holistic learning & development to equip their workforce to be future fit. He is also responsible to develop strong customer relationship & building path to be trusted partner of Skillsoft customers. Prior to Skillsoft, he was the Client Operations Manager at SumTotal Systems, leading provider of Talent & Learning solutions for global organizations. Before SumTotal, Shailesh worked as a Manager of Operations at Genpact supporting BFSI customers transitioning to new technology areas. Shailesh is passionate about motorcycles and covered whole of South India on his two wheeler. He is a commerce graduate from Osmania University, Hyderabad.