Mr. Manjeet Lakhmana

Sr. Vice president and Head HR, Indian Franchise at Bank Of America Merill Lynch

Professional Experience - General Manager HRM and Head of HR India at Chevron.
16.5 yrs in Banking Industry
16 yrs in Petroleum Industry

Qualification - Law Degree, Delhi University
Post Graduate Diploma, Faculty Of Management Studies, Delhi

Mr. Rajat Raheja

VP HR - APAC - Amdocs

Rajat Raheja has been with Amdocs since 2001. Rajat is a member of Global HR senior management team and also a part of Senior Management team in India & APAC region.

Rajat heads the Amdocs HR organization in APAC region (covering APAC, China and India HQ).

Rajat has been instrumental in setting up two large operations for Amdocs in Cyprus and in India (Pune & Gurgaon). India operation today is over 6000 employees

His breadth of expertise and knowledge covers a wide spectrum of Human Resources Management area including Organization restructuring, Change management, HR systems, Leadership Development, Compensation and Benefits management, HR processes and policies, Competency Mapping etc.

An Electronics engineer and MBA, HR (Gold Medalist) from XLRI, Jamshedpur, Rajat’s professional history encompasses several leading positions with organization including BPL systems, Tata Telecom, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and erstwhile Arthur Andersen.

Mr. Mark Gerard Meehan

CMO & COO - Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Ltd

Mark's previous role in AXA was of a CEO of Tynan Mackenzie P/L, a professional investment services company. His role in Bharti AXA LIfe Insurance as CMOO includes Marketing, Product Development, Customer Service, Underwriting , Claims, Channel & Distribution Operations, Information Technology and Systems, Six Sigma, Business Continuity and Client Persistency Management.

Mr. Meehan is a graduate from Royal Military College, Duntroon and has served as a commissioned Officer in the Australian Army. He also a successful international military carreer covering high technology and systems engineering.

Dr. Shambhavi Sharma

Director HR - (India & APAC) Redknee Inc.

Core Competencies : Performance Management, Balance Score Card, Competency Mapping, Training & Development, Talent Management, Performance counseling, Organization Development Initiatives, Leadership development.

Professional Experience : 10 years plus experience with Telecom, IT, Banking and manufacturing sectors. Phd in strategic HR, MBA, ISTD (Dip), Certified competency assessor.

Currently leading the team in India and APAC as the Director HR :

Primarily a strategic HR head role responsible for the entire gamut of HR, OD, Recruitement & selection and Training and development, compensation and benefits and the day to day admin of the India office. Member of the senior management team for India operations

Mr. R Venkatnarayanan

Mr. R Venkatnarayanan-Executive Vice President HR-Rane Group

As Executive Vice President & Head of HR for the USS$ 450 million Rane Group since 2006, his role spans across all the group companies. As a member of the executive leadership team he drives strategic HR initiatives and partners with business in developing and aligning HR policies and practices to support growth. He focuses on implementing interventions to facilitate leadership development and building organizational capability.

Beginning his career in Steel Authority of India Ltd. as a management trainee, he progressively handled a wide range of assignments in different parts of the country till 2000 when he moved to Mascon Global Limited, an IT company, and then in 2004 to Prasad Group in the entertainment industry as Head of HR. He has extensive experience in HR, IR, Learning & Development, OD and Change Management over the last 25 years.

Mr. Ashish Verma

Mr. Ashish Verma-GM HR- SK Group

Mr. Ashish Verma, GM - HR, SK Group, has 17 years of experience in the corporate sector. He has done his Bachelor in Science specializing in Statistics, MBA in Human Resources and Industrial Relations, also he has done Diploma in Labour Laws and Labour Welfare from Mumbai University. Mr. Verma has worked closely with SME sector and has played important role of change agent for them. As a catalyst, the role involves development of the employees and subsequently the organisation. Mr.Verma was professionally associated with with Provogue (India) Ltd., SK Group, Benzer World Pvt. Ltd., Mandhana Industries Ltd., Gurukul Online, Neela (India) Pvt. Ltd., Core IT, SSi Ltd., STG International, By virtue of experience, Mr.Verma has specialized in performance management and is a turnaround specialist in SME sector.

Mr. Subodh Kulkarni

Mr. Subodh Kulkarni-Director PM Supply Chain-Tetrapak

Mr.Kulkarni is Director Packaging Materials supply chain in tetrapak.He has done his bachelor’s degree in printing technology from Pune University in 1983. He has vast experience of 21 years in the Industries.

He is with Tetrapak for last 15 years .Since 2006 he is responsible for Packaging Material Supply Chain for Tetra Pak India.