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ABOUT DISHA

DISHA, the annual B-School Conclave of T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal, has become an established platform where the Business Leaders of the industry across sectors deliberate upon the dynamically changing trends of the field. Since its inception in 2009, DISHA is known to have hosted some of the most distinguished delegates from reputed organizations like Hindustan Unilever Limited, Future Group, Reliance Jio, Reliance Capital, Bosch, SAP, Daimler, Grant Thornton, Deloitte, IBM, DHL, Practo, Hyundai, Apollo Hospitals, Thomson Reuters, WCCLG and many more. This conclave aims to initiate an intellectual dialogue between distinguished delegates and throw some light upon the criticality of various management disciplines to the corporate world.

DISHA 2023 Guests

Online

Company Name Guest Name Designation Sector
Bain & Company Srishti Sharma Senior Recruitment specialist Consulting
VoltasBeko Colin Mendes Head of Human Resources Manufacturing
Cutshort Nikunj Verma Co-founder & CEO IT
82Volt Balram Nair COO EV Manufacturing
Littler Associates Ramachandra Sivaramakrishnan Managing Partner Consulting
Apollo Tyres Reema Sharma Divisional Head Human Resources Automobile
Philips Dr.Shubhra Chakraborty Global Marketing Manager Health Care
Optiv Pradeep Sekar Managing Director IT
Brillio Soumyajyoti Banerjee Senior Director IT
Kohler Tanush Datta Area Sales Manager Manufacturing
DXC Technology Hemant Banerjee Director, Human Resources IT
General Mills Atulya Goswami Human Resource Director Consumer Goods (Food)
Berkadia Debashish Ghosh Senior VP & Country HR Head Real Estate and Property Services
Hashedin by Deloitte Harshit Singhal Managing Director Information Technology and Consulting
TheMathCompany Swapna Laxman Associate Principal Data Analytics and Consulting
Moss Adams India Tuhina Singh Talent Acquisition Leader Accounting and Consulting
Cognizant Maya Sreekumar Vice President Human Resources Information Technology and Consulting
Delta Air Lines Shyamanta Baruah Employer Branding and Communications Leader Air Transportation
NielsenIQ Banupriya Sudhakar Director Market Research and Analytics
Thoughtworks Rohit Kalro Director Information Technology and Consulting
Tata Capital Vishal Thakur Deputy Vice President – Human Resources Financial Services
McKinsey Avinash Chandra Das Associate Partner Management Consulting
Colgate – Palmolive Amrita Pandey Lead DE&I, HRBP Palmolive
Monitor Deloitte Raman G Associate Director Management Consulting
Teamlease Service Limited Bharat Govindarajan Senior GM & Head of L&D Human Resource Services and Staffing
Danone Danish Rahman Vice President -SE Asia Consumer Goods (Food and Beverages)
CBRE Ignatius Gerald Director- Commercial Real Estate Real Estate and Property Services
Erba Diagnostics Ltd Sameer Nagarajan Glopal Chief People Officer Medical Diagnostics and Healthcare
Adidas Rohit Kumar DBS Buying & Planning, Emerging Market HUB Sportswear and Apparel
Cisco Sanjit Aiyappa Director-Systems Engineering Technology and Networking
Micheal Page Neha Jain Regional Director Recruitment and Staffing
TCS Micheal Blystone Global Delivery Manager Information Technology and Consulting
Atul Deepak Ahuja EVP and Head HR Diversified Chemicals
Reliance Retail Tarun Raj Arya Chief Manager- SCM Strategy Retail
Choithrams Kunal Wadhwani CHRO Retail (Supermarket Chain)

Offline

Company Name Guest Name Designation Sector
HCL Ashish Bhalla Head – Campus Relations Information Technology / IT Services
Infomerics Ratings Manoranjan Sharma Chief Economist Financial Services / Credit Rating
FreshToHome Santosh Kumar Head of Marketing and Public Relations E-commerce / Grocery and Food Delivery
Airbus Suraj Chettri Head of Human Resources- INDIA Aerospace / Aviation
Schindler India Shailesh S Vilankar Sr Vice President : Human Resources Elevator and Escalator Manufacturing
SoftwareOne Rachit Nayyar Head – Marketing (India & Middle East) Information Technology / Software Services
Carrier – Midea Lopamudra Banerjee CHRO Manufacturing / HVAC and Appliances
EPSON India Sambamoorthy MD Electronics / Imaging and Printing
Emami Ankur Chaturvedi Associate Vice President –HSE, Excellence & Quality Consumer Goods / Personal Care and Healthcare
Kalyani Steels Ajit Thakur Head HR Manufacturing / Steel
Lowe’s India Vikram Vishwanath Associate Director Retail / Home Improvement and Appliances
TATA Teleservices Maclin Mallet​ Regional HR Head Telecommunications
Vista Print Abhishek Dwivedi Vice President, Engineering Printing and Marketing Services
Flipkart Sanjay Shende Director- HR E-commerce / Online Retail
Biocon Prasad Deshpande SVP – Supply Chain Biotechnology / Pharmaceuticals
Diageo Global Samuel Justus Lead Talent Engagement – Campus Beverages / Alcoholic and Non
Prompt Dairytech Pawan Alamchandani Global Head HR Agriculture / Dairy Technology
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Kushal Bagadiya National Sales Development Manager Pharmaceuticals / Healthcare
Diversey Shashidhar Bilgi Business Director- India Chemicals / Cleaning and Hygiene Solutions
SAP Kamal Stephen Director – Early career Talent Attraction Information Technology / Enterprise Software
IndusInd Bank Rahul Singh Associate HR Partner Financial Services / Banking
EXL India Swati Jain Vice President, Analytics Business Process Outsourcing / Analytics and Operations
Doha Bank Sunil Lobo Head of Corporate Banking Financial Services / Banking
Indian Oil Adani Ventures Anubhav Jain Managing Director Energy / Oil and Gas
Mettler-Toledo International Vasanthy Rajamannar Marketing Head Toledo International
People Business Consulting Rahul Mahajan Director (HR Consulting) Human Resources / Consulting
Archer Integrated Risk Management Anand Ashok Deshpande Vice President (Business Consulting) Risk Management / Consulting
Palo Alto Reshmi Menon Head HR – Early Talent and Campus Recruitment Information Technology / Cybersecurity
Johnson and Johnson Rahul Kumar Verma Chief Digital Office Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals and Consumer Goods
Suzuki Motors Abbhay Kapoor CHRO Automotive / Motorcycles and Automobiles
EY India Sunitha Natarajan Partner – Technology Consulting Professional Services / Accounting and Consulting
EY GDS Nakul Sharma Associate Director Professional Services / Global Delivery Services
Verizon India Manu Bhatia Associate Director Telecommunications / Communication Services
Bridgestone India Madhu Subramani   Manufacturing / Tires and Rubber Products
Prodapt Animesh Aggarwal VP Finance Information Technology / Software and Services
Wells fargo Nitin Asodariya   Financial Services / Banking and Investments
Adecco Vivek Shreekumar   Human Resources / Staffing and Workforce Solutions
Barco Rajiv Bhalla MD Technology / Visual Solutions and Projection
Wella Company Khyati Maheshwari CFO Beauty and Personal Care
BNY Mellon Baliram Mutagekar Vice President Financial Services / Investment Banking and Asset Management
HP Umesh Chawla National Sales Manager Information Technology / Hardware and Software Solutions
Alvarez and Marsal Kunal Choudhary Associate Director HR Management Consulting
JLL India Soubir Ignatius Senior Director Real Estate and Property Management
GMR Group Subir Hazra Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer Infrastructure and Energy
Sterlite Technologies Limited Vartul Mittal Head of Automation Telecommunications and Technology
ZF Group Rakesh Almal /Rajan Singh Head of Talent Acquisition – India – Rakesh Almal / Campus and Operations Manager – Rajan Singh Automotive and Industrial Technology
TATA Motors Sitaram Kandi Vice President- HR Automotive
IDFC First Bank Nikunj Sinha Sr. Vice President – Financial Mkt Banking and Financial Services
Grant Thorton LLP Vineeta Mittal Director – People & Culture Professional Services (Accounting and Consulting)
Virtusa Subhashish Bhattacharyya Global Head of Capital Markets Information Technology and Consulting
Rayden Interactive Saud Zafar & Sunil Jha Global Leader- Wealth & Capital Markets Transformation Software Development and Interactive Media
Federal Bank Divakar Dixit Head – Credit (Commercial & Business Banking and Retail) Banking and Financial Services
Reckitt Alok Diwakar Digital & Transformation Leader Consumer Goods (Health, Hygiene, and Home Products)
Societe Generale Sai Chandrashekhar Director & Head, Risk & Resilience Banking and Financial Services
TVS Supply Chain Solutions Jay Shankar COO – Telecom and Technology Logistics Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Cloudside Technologies Richard Eliab VP Consulting & Co-Founder at Cloudside Information Technology and Cloud Services
Lubrizol Sumit Neogi HR Director Specialty Chemicals and Lubricants
Piramal Group Manish Punjabi HR Learning & Development Diversified Conglomerate (Pharmaceuticals, Financial Services, Real Estate)
Ab InBev Rai Rajani Vinodkumar Global Director- Data science Beverage and Brewing (Alcoholic Beverages)
FirstHive Sheeba Rajam AVP – People & change management Marketing and Customer Data Platform
Rakuten Shamanth SN Director- New & Emerging Business E- Commerce & Technology
Nagarro Mansi Gupta Director of Internal HR Systems Information Technology and Consulting
Godrej & Boyce Sameer Joshi Sr. Vice President – Sales and Marketing Diversified Conglomerate (Consumer Goods, Industrial Engineering, Real Estate)
Cred Salin Agarwal Executive – All Things Finance Fintech and Credit Card Rewards