Inauguration of the Diversity Mahotsav

• Celebrating Diversity - Dance Performance by Atma Studio
• Inaugural Address by Dr Saundarya Rajesh Founder President

Fire side chat with 22-year-old Engineering Graduate, R Sharukala, President of Vengadampatti panchayat in Tamil Nadu

Breakthrough Thoughts

Senior Experts from the industry will provide useful insights on building careers in different verticals. This session will provide an opportunity to learn, understand and gain insights on pivoting your career in the industry of your choice.

Manish Patil, FIS India Engineering India Director & Faurecia Technical Center India Site Director

Panel Discussion: Overcoming Challenges to Accelerate Self-Inclusion

• Vineet Saraiwala, Founder & CEO, Atypical Advantage
• Swati TP, Manager (Human Resources), Indegene Lifesystems Pvt Ltd
• Karishma Kannan, self-advocate, artist, model

Kannan Hariharan, Chief Strategist, Culture & Belongingness, Avtar Group

Webinar on Career Breaks, not heartbreaks anymore

The session on “Career Breaks, not heartbreaks anymore!” will address myths on the subject of career breaks. It will help participants understand the key skills and steps to make a successful comeback post a career break

Nisha Chandran, Assistant Vice President, Training Solutions, Avtar Group 

Analytics as a Second Career Choice

• Bhanu Kumar, Head of Information Technology, Avtar Group

Journey Beyond the Comfort Zone

Listen to the lived experience of an eminent personality from the underrepresented talent group

Parmesh Shahani (he/him) Author of Queeristan (2020); Public speaker, culture curator, LGBTQIA inclusion advocate. Former Head - Godrej India Culture Lab + D&I. TED Senior Fellow, Yale World Fellow, World Economic Forum YGL

A Date with the Triumphant

This segment showcases women role models who have broken stereotypes and emerged successful in their profession and careers. A Date with the Triumphant will celebrate the success of such role models and provide opportunity to learn from their career journey.

Bela Kher, Delivery Director, Xoriant Solutions

Webinar: Language Matters

Language can be a change maker when leveraged in the right way. Language has the power to shape culture. The webinar by Dr. Nandini Murali shall focus language as powerful tool that can either include or exclude and embrace or disgrace.

Winning Inclusion Policy

HCL

Fire-side Chat

• Nirupama Subramanian, Founder&CEO- Powerfulife Solutions, Inclusion and Diversity Champion, Author and Columnist
• Anju Rakesh, Assistant Vice President, Research Solutions at Avtar Group

Skilling Workshop

Creating a winning LinkedIn Profile

Clara Kurian, Campus Recruiter, Talent Acquisition, LinkedIn

The session will focus on building an effective LinkedIn profile with details on

• Writing a crisp profile
• Promoting self on LinkedIn

Skilling Workshop

3 Traits and A Magic Wand for Success

Vishakha Singh – Creator and Founder of SHIFT (Simple Habits and Ideas for Forward Thinking)

Three most important mental models that will lead your life to success by Vishakha Singh, Author of the course SHIFT- Simple Habits and Ideas for Forward Thinking.

Lightning Talks

Rajasekharan Pazhaniappan, Co-founder at V-Shesh 

Winning Inclusion Policy

“Inclusion is for Everyone”

Chandni Kamal

Director - HR, Global Head - Inclusion & Diversity, Employee Engagement, Wellness, Employee Experience, HCL Technologies

Being an Ally

Pradeep Chavda, HR Director for Sodexo India

Women in Sales

Isha Sharma, Marketing Manager, Online, Logitech Engineering and Designs India Pvt Ltd

Returning from a Break

The Eternal Dilemma – Conquering the Mental Chatter

Cognizant – Bhaskar Shastri, Director –Projects, Cognizant

Role Model

Today is the New Tomorrow

Vidhya Narayanan, PwD, Podcaster, Photographer & Professional Recruiter

Skilling Workshop

Emotional Intelligence

Sunkanya Raman

DEI Practices at Sodexo India

Leah Dango, Segment Director, Sodexo India

Pradeep Chavda, HR Director, Sodexo India

Pride and Beyond

Beyond Gender and Sexual Diversity

Mahua Seth – Senior Director, Lead Embrace Affinity Group, LGBTQ, Cognizant

Lightning Talks

Kajal Srinivasan, Stand-up Comic

&

Sweta Mantri, MBA Professional turned Stand-up Comic

Women in STEM

Sarika Gupta Bhattacharya, Founder, BD Foundation

Breakthrough Thoughts

Gender Diversity

Unnikrishnan AR 

Managing Director at Saint-Gobain India Private Limited - Glass Business

& Saumya Iyer 

Team Leader- Human Resources at Saint-Gobain India Private Limited - Glass Business

Theatre

Every Story Matters: The Art, Science and Craft of storytelling 

It's said, the shortest distance between 2 people is a story. Professional, or Personal life, stories and oral narratives are vital and keeps us connected with fellow humans. The session will begin with a short story performed based on DIE, and therein, what makes a storyteller and how this is the best time to build a career into Storytelling 

Vikram Sridhar 

Pride & Beyond

Ritushree Panigrahi

Honing up skills on being a Stand-up Comic

Breakthrough Thoughts

Don’t Stop Believing

Prabhakar Bisen, Lead, Service Delivery, Business and Technology Solutions, Research Content Services and Education Content Services Businesses, Global Operations, Straive 

Winning Inclusion Policy

Significance of DE&I

Zeel Dusia - Talent Acquisition – Lead, Straive

Vinitha Vipin Mohandas, AVP, Operations, Straive

Pride and Beyond 

Untold Lies

Amita Kasbekar, Principal Strategist, LGBTQ Practice, Avtar Group

&

Raga D Silva, Author, DE&I Advisor, Corporate Speaker

Women in STEM

The gendered Path Ahead

Interview with Sarika Gupta Bhattacharya, Director, Development – Plaksha Founder; & Board member -  BeyonDiversity

Culturals – Percussion by Rethnashree 

Lightning Talks

Closing Keynote by Dr Saundarya Rajesh, Founder – President, Avtar Group

Nurturing Resilience: The Art of Bouncing Forward

Conversation between Dr Saundarya Rajesh, Founder- President, Avtar Group and Kuppulakshmi, Global Head – Zoho for Startups