Speakers
 
   
 
 
Mr. Salman Khurshid
Honorable Minister of State (Ind. Charge) for Corporate Affairs, Govt of India


Mr. Khurshid is a well known educationist, social reformer and political thinker having a powerful emerging presence in the Indian political scenario. An alumnus of Delhi University and Oxford University, he is an eminent lawyer of the Supreme court of India and an orator par excellence. He is also a prolific author and some of his eminent publications include - 'At Home in India', 'If Winter Comes', 'and Beyond Terrorism'. He is closely associated with many National and International organizations in spheres of Education, Humanitarian work and law as Patron and Member.
     
   
 
Dr.  Bakul Dholakia
former Director, Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad and Padma Shri awardee


Dr. Bakul Dholakia is currently Advisor to Adani Group. Prior to joining Adani Group, he was Director of IIM Ahmedabad. He has 39 years of professional experience including 33 years at IIM Ahmedabad. In 2007, Dr. Dholakia was awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India in recognition of his distinguished services in the field of education.

Dr. Dholakia occupied the Reserve Bank of India Chair from 1992 to 1999, served as the Dean from 1998 to 2001 and as the Director of the Institute from 2002 to 2007. Dr. Dholakia has been a major motivator and a guiding force behind the numerous initiatives & expansion of activities at IIMA. His vision and strategic leadership have contributed to IIMA’s enhanced International image and global recognition. He is widely recognized for his contribution to Management Education in India.

     
   
 
Dr.  Srikant M Datar
Senior Associate Dean & Director of Research at Harvard Business School (Via Video Conference)


Dr. Datar is the co-author of the authoritative book on management education titled ‘Rethinking The MBA’. Dr. Datar is a graduate with distinction from the University of Bombay; he received gold medals upon graduation from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. A Chartered Accountant, he holds two masters degrees and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.
     
   
 
Mr. Manish Sabharwal
Chairman, TeamLease and Member of Prime Minister’s Skill Development Mission


TeamLease Services is the largest temporary staffing company in India which has now has over 80,000 employees in 770 cities/ towns across India. Mr. Sabharwal also serves on the Planning Commission steering committee on labor and employment for the Eleventh five year plan (2007-12) and is a member of the CII core group on labor reforms. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
     
   
 
Dr.  Debashis Chatterjee
Director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode


Prof. Debashis Chatterjee has been ACC Research Fellow, IIM Kolkata Pre-Doctoral Fulbright Fellow, UST and MIT and Post-Doctoral Fulbright Fellow, Harvard University. He was described as one of the "thought leaders" of the world by Prof. John Kotler of the Harvard Business School for his contribution to the theory and practice of leadership.

Prof. Debashis Chatterjee has, to his credit, more than 100 research publications, monographs and articles in addition to five internationally published books. He has directed Programmes on Leadership for over 10,000 Managers in more than 100 Companies in all six continents of the world. He has delivered his programmes at world’s leading organizations including Motorola Inc., Ford Motor Company, AT&T, 3M, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Tata Steel and Lucent Technologies.

     
   
 
Dr. David A Wilson
President and CEO, GMAC (Via Video Conference)

David A. Wilson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), an international organization of the world’s leading schools of business. GMAC is best known for the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), a standardized test used by approximately 4,750 graduate business programs worldwide to assess candidates seeking admission tograduate studies in management.

A Certified Public Accountant (Texas) and Fellow Chartered Accountant (Canada), Dave received his undergraduate degree from Queen’s University, an MBA degree from the University of California (Berkeley), and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. From 1968 to 1978, he served as a faculty member at Queen’s University and the University of Illinois, and at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Business. He was awarded tenure at The University of Texas at Austin in 1975.

Prior to joining the Council, Dr. Wilson was with Ernst & Young where he served as the Managing Partner and National Director of Professional Development, Chairman of Ernst & Young’s International Professional Development Committee and as a Director of the Ernst & Young Foundation.
     
   
 
Mr. Raman Roy
CMD, Quattro BPO Solutions & ‘Father of Indian BPO Revolution’


Mr Roy is a pioneer four times over! He successfully led the captive/third party BPO initiatives of American Express, GE Capital (now Genpact) and Spectramind (now Wipro BPO) before starting Quatrro in 2006. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Management Accountant with a doctorate in Management Accountancy. A passionate speaker, Mr. Roy is one of the most sought after speakers on Entrepreneurship.
     
   
 
Mr. S.Y. Siddiqui
Managing Executive Officer & Administration (HR, Finance & IT) Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.


Mr. S.Y. Siddiqui is widely recognized as one of the leading HR thought leaders in the country. He did his BA (HONS) in Social Work and Post Graduation in HRM from Jamia Millia University, N. Delhi and has a career track of around 29 years in the HR Function of top Indian corporates.

Widely traveled abroad, he has handled global and multi culture HR issues in highly competitive business environment in India & Europe. He is thus well-versed on Global HR Policies, Systems & Processes. He has the unique experience of working Multi Culture – Multi Nationalities i.e. Indians, Japanese, Koreans, Italians, Britishers, Americans & others.

Mr. Siddiqui firmly believes that HR function should provide pro-active leadership to the organization.

     
   
 
Dr.  N Ravichandran
Director, Indian Institute of Management, Indore


Dr Ravichandran is a big proponent of Case Study based management education, and has conducted many workshops on this topic. He is a visiting faculty for many European academic institutions. He was also the Public Representative on Governing Board of Bombay Stock Exchange. His area of research includes Competitive Strategy, Information Technology Strategy, Operations Management, and Quantitative Methods, Applied Simulation and Stochastic Processes and their applications.
     
   
 
Mr. Ramesh Nava
Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, Japan & Africa, Prometric

Ramesh Nava is Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, Japan and Africa at Prometric, the US-based global leader in technology-enabled testing and assessment services. Ramesh focuses on developing strategies and leading Prometric’s service business growth in the Asia Pacific, Japan and Africa regions. Prior to joining Prometric, he worked at several leading multi-national organizations including System Access, iCentric Software, Hewlett- Packard, Netscape and Sun Microsystems, all based in Asia Pacific. Ramesh Nava is a subject matter expert on business growth in the Asia Pacific markets and has been successful in developing and executing expansion strategies for businesses across the region. A native of Singapore, Ramesh received his Bachelor of Engineering from the National University of Singapore and an MBA in Strategic Marketing from the University of Hull, United Kingdom. He is also the recipient of the inaugural Learning Leader Award at LearnX Asia Pacific 2008. Ramesh is based in Singapore.
   
     
     
   
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  Key Speakers  
     
Mr. Salman Khurshid, Honorable Minister of State (Ind. Charge) for Corporate Affairs, Govt of India  
     
Dr Bakul Dholakia, former Director, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Padma Shri awardee  
     
Dr Srikant M Datar, Senior Associate Dean & Director of Research at Harvard Business School .  
     
Mr. Manish Sabharwal, Chairman, TeamLease and Member of Prime Minister’s Skill Development Mission  
     
Dr Debashis Chatterjee, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode  
     
Dr. David A Wilson,
President and CEO, GMAC
 
     
Mr. Raman Roy
CMD, Quattro BPO Solutions & ‘Father of Indian BPO Revolution’
 
     
Mr. S.Y. Siddiqui, Managing Executive Officer & Administration (HR, Finance & IT) Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.  
     
Dr N Ravichandran, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Indore  
     
Mr. Ramesh Nava
Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, Japan & Africa, Prometric
 
     
     
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