World HRD Congress 2025

Sasa Bozic

Social Sustainability and Wellbeing Adviser

Kristopher Newbauer

Chief People Officer / Head of global People & Talent
Rotary International

Luyolo Geza

Chief Executive Officer
Institute of People Management

Andisa Liba

Chief People Officer
Floatpays

Rahul Goyal

Managing Director
ADP India Private Ltd.

Jonathan Low, GSF, CSP, ICF MCC

Conference Keynote Speaker, Global Leadership Coach, Master Trainer, CEO, Global Success Learning Academy, Strategic Partner (Asia), Global Leader Group

Dr. Dieter Veldsman

Chief Scientist HR and OD
The Academy to Innovate HR

Omprakash Maurya

CEO & Founder
Diacto Technologies and Candidhr.ai

Smiti Bhatt Deorah

Co-Founder & COO
AdvantageClub.ai

Vidhya Prabhu

Associate Director
Kyndryl Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Surinder Kullar, FCIPD

Founder & CEO
Thirteen Thirteen

Dr. Suresh Devnani

Empowering HR Leaders Through Wellness and Transformation

Gus Gustafson, Ph.D.

Founder & CEO
Socially-Responsible Leadership Advisors LLC

Rama Gupta

Senior Manager - People & Culture
ARETEANS

Binna Kandola

Senior Partner
Pearn Kandola

Roy C. Thomas

Deputy Director & Head of Diversity and Inclusion
Nasscom foundation

Umang Sheth

Co-Founder
Mr n Mr

Cecile Umaña

CEO & Founder
Tangram HR Solutions

Zainab Maghrabi

Visionary Leader | Organization Psychologist | Humanizer | Keynote Speaker | Consultant & Director of Talent & Development
Saudi Geological Survey

Zain Mohomed

Senior HRBP Operations: SSA
BAT South Africa

Dr. Rajashree Vichare

VP of Global HR Consulting | Executive Leadership Board Member
Talentvalley Global

Kristina Vaneva

Author | Employee Experience, Engagement & Wellbeing | Internal Comms | D,E,I&B| Workplace Culture & Happiness | Positive Psychology Practitioner | Beyond Employee Engagement Consultancy

Ruchi Mago

Head Human Resources and Employee Experience
Orange Business India

Navya Vinod Varma

Manager - People & Culture (Operations)
Compass Group India

Deepti Pelluri

Head of Learning and Organisational Development
The Commonwealth Secretariat

Pallavi Sankhe

Founder
Curious Catalyst

Capt (Dr) Pranav Prasoon Thakur

Chief People Officer
TruKKer

Vipin Kumar Singh

Director of HR Digital Solutions, Europe and AMEI
Air Liquide

Edith Kayinga

Human Resources Director
The Skills Development Centre

Gautam Srivastava

Director & Head - HR
The Phoenix Mills Ltd.

Bosky Arora

Executive Coach, Leadership Development, Master Facilitator

Vikash Manik

Founder
The OECoach

Aarti Rajkomar

Certified Life Coach

Poonam Sharma

Lead DE&I
ACG

Oknha Piseth Sok

President
CAMFEBA

Emmanuel Zvada

Founder and Managing Consultant
3rd Eye Africa Consulting Group (Southern Africa)

Loly Vadassery

Chief Human Resources Officer
Datamatics Business Solutions Ltd.

Devi Sunny

Author & Mentor
Clear Career

Vijeesh R Nair

Head HR
Malabar Gold & Diamonds

Fahsham Farook

Human Peak Performance Strategist, India’s First Brain Flow Coach, TEDx Speaker, Author of The Upcoming book Zero To Unstoppable

Frank Sabola

Regional Head of Human Resources, Southern Africa, Ecobank Group
President: Institute of People Management Malawi ( IPMM)

Eric Sim, CFA

Author, ‘Small Actions’
Founder, Institute of Life

Akona Makoboka

Employee Relations
Policies and Compliance Lead Makosi

Indi Seehra

Director of Human Resources
London School of Economics and Political Science

Raju Mandhyan

CEO
Inner Sun Consultants, Philippines

Ishmael Jackson Koko

Managing Consultant
3rd Eye Africa Consulting Group (Botswana)

Palesa Queen P. Mphafi

Founder
Drama Queens South Africa

Wayne Dube

Managing Partner, 3rd Eye Group South Africa
Founder of Telesphoreo Tech Consulting

Anupama Pillai

Global TA & India HR Head
HCL Software

Saurabh Chawla

Director - HR Strategy & Value Advisory
SAP India

Ramesh Mirakhur

Managing Partner
IT-Yukti Consultants

Nienke Bloem CCXP

Customer Experience Speaker & Educator

Nitin Khindria

CHRO
Omega Seiki Pvt. Ltd.

Rebecca C. Sani

Founder and Chief Consultant
Resani Consulting

Dr. Patrick Smythe

Executive Chairman
Emergence Human Capital

Kevin Kan

Professional Coach, Mentor, Mediator & Business Leader

Asif Iqbal

Vice President Human Resources
Gulf Oil International Group

Vidyashree Rai

Vice President - Chief People and Culture Officer
Puretech Digital

Shourya K. Chakravarty

Chief Human Resources Officer
Aptech Limited

Sana Rashid Siddiqui

Design Manager (Assistant Director) - Global Assurance Learning
EY Global Learning

Kunal Wadhwani

Group Head of Human Resources
Choithrams GCC

Jay Gokani

Talent Management & Leadership Development
K Raheja Corp. Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. Noel Racho

International Human Resources Manager

Dr. Rashmi S. Bansal

Learning and Development Consultants
Executive Coaching
DCC

Anil Tyagi

Director - HR
Kusum Group of Companies

Dr. Sagarika Devburman

Executive Coach and Consultant in Business Communication

Payal Nanjiani

Yogesh Somani

AVP & Head HR
MR DIY India

Harjeet Khanduja

Senior Vice President Human Resources and Author
Reliance Jio

Ahmed Ladan Gobir

President, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria
Board Member, African Human Resource Confederation

Ashish Patel

Managing Director
Euphoria Consulting

Cyl Lin

HR Director & Business Partner, Tech Data
A TD SYNNEX Company

Neha Jalan

Founder
WeCoach

Dr. Anuraag Rai, PhD

C-Suite Leadership Consultant and Sounding board

Anusha Mandavilli

Founder & CEO
Safe Spaces™

Kavindra Pant

Global CHRO
Shapoorji Pallonji Energy

Aman Chandra

Happiness Coach, Bulletproofing-Happinessᵀᴹ Coaching

Vidusha Nathavitharana

Destiny Architect
Luminary Learning Solutions &
High Five Consultancy and Training

Afeef Hussain

Keynote Speakers, Executive Coach and Mentor
Senior Director, Talent and Culture
LUX* Resorts and Hotels

Ravi Mathur

Entrepreneur, Speaker, Leadership Trainer, Parenting Coach

Chanchal Chandiok

HR Director
NEC Software Solutions (India)

Dr. Augustus Azariah

Regional Director
Kyndryl

Saurabh Shah

Director, Head - People Operations
Krafton

Chandni Ravani

Lead - Learning & Organizational Development (L&OD)
Euphoria Consulting

Bhranti Patel

Director - Learning & Organizational Development (L&OD)
Euphoria Consulting

Miral Patel

Lead - Executive Coaching
Euphoria Consulting

Mukesh Jain

CTO, EVP & Group Head of People Analytics
Capgemini

Paulomi Desai

Chief People Officer
Niwas Housing Finance Pvt. Ltd.

Kalyan Konda

Executive Director and CEO
QualiZeal

Alapinee Deshmukh

HR Leader (Talent Engagement, HR Technology, OD, DEI, CSR & Wellness)

Kamal Sahdev

Senior Director - Human Resource
Delta Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

Eniola Ayodeji

Director
Office of the Director General/CEO
National Information Technology Development Agency

Preeti Kannan

CHRO
IIFL Finance Limited

Catherine Li-Yunxia

CEO, Global CEO Coach, C-Suite Coach

Anupama Vaidya

Business & People Strategist, Independent Director, Advisory Board Member, Organization Architect, Reflective Speaker

Esther Indurkar

Human Centric Leadership Expert | Global Keynote Speaker

Surabhi Singhal

General Manager - HR, Softlines, and Hardlines India, Mauritius, and Country HR Head - Sri Lanka
Intertek India

Aditya Sareen

Head Corporate and Business HR
Tata Power

Rajneesh Bhardwaj

CHRO
Paradeep Phosphates Limited

Jyothi Sivaramakrishnan

Head of Country HR - India
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

Gauri Das

HR Professional, TEDx Speaker, Coach, Co - Author

Srikant Velamakanni

Vice Chair - NASSCOM
Group Chief Executive - Fractal Analytics

Naiyya Saggi

Founder of Edition and Group Co-Founder
The Good Glamm Group.

Nitin Chugh

DMD & Head (Digital Banking & Transformation)
SBI

Sri Kumar

President
SW GTT Data

Neha Gupta

Managing Director & Partner
BCG

Jaideep Kewalramani

COO
Team Lease EdTech

Raman Nanda

Founder and CEO
STEP Transformations Pvt. Ltd.

Anjali Raina

Exec Director
HBS India Research Centre

Manpreet Kaur

Head HR
Indian Banks' Digital Infrastructure Company

Prameela Kalive

COO
Mastek

Alexander Rinku

HR Director
Oracle India

Sunil Sarat

SVP & Global Head, Cloud, Apps & Digital Workplace Services
Microland Ltd.

Rahul Pandey

Data Science and Applied AI Practice Leader
C5i

Guruprasad Rao

Chief Analytics & Insights Officer
Tata Power

Manjiri Gokhale Joshi

Founder, Maya CARE Foundation
Founder, The Vi Foundation
Founder, Elephant Connect

Vijoy Basu

SVP, Global Head Enterprise Data & AI
FIRSTSOURCE

Vishal Sinha

Head - AI Driven Analytics Platform
Architecture at Jio Platform Limited.

Amit Agarwal

Head Of Data Science, Business Analytics
Aditya Birla Finance Limited

Sekhar Eevani

Senior Vice President
Head of AI, Platforms, Developer
Experience & Innovation
Broadridge

Shampa Bhattacharya Roy

AVP L&D
Bajaj Allianz Life

Priti Ahuja

CHRO
Intellecap and Aavishkaar Capital

Sajid Patel

Associate Vice President - Head L&D
Datamatics

Susmita Dutta

Chief Human Capital Officer
Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

Sanjeev Chugh

CHRO
Qualitykiosk Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Samitri Malhotra

Group CHRO
Updater Services Ltd. (UDS)

Sudeshna Basu Roy

CEO
MARG Business Transformation

Advait Kurlekar

CEO
Upohan Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Rama Kaushik

Associate Director (Head HRBP)
Genspark India

Sandeep G. Mudaliar

Sr. VP & Head - HR
Analytix Solutions

Pragati Nagar

Head - Human Resources
Jyoti Structures Ltd.

Vikrant Yadav

Head of Talent Acquisition
adidas India

Annapurna A.

Director - Global Learning and Talent Development & Head - HR & Admin
Fime

Renu Puntambekar

CHRO
Galaxy Office Automation Pvt. Ltd.

Mihir Jhaveri

Chief Revenue Officer
Ace Infoway Pvt. Ltd.

Sar Kinal

Vice-President
CAMFEBA

Anirban R Banerjee

Vice President Human Resources
Goodrich Maritime Pvt. Ltd.

Vignesh Ramesh Kumar

Global Head of Human Resources
KaarTech

Kshama Patel

Head of Human Resources
Mindarray Systems Private Limited

Tomiwa Anjorin

Managing Partner & Head, Advisory Services
Knewrow