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.

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)

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