Rajan, an alumnus of XLRI, is a partner of Ernst & Young India, leading the HR consulting practice. Rajan has expertise in HR consulting, spanning diverse areas such as HR strategy formulation, visioning, performance management, organizational structuring and design, to name a few. He has addressed various business forums in the country, and is a visiting faculty / guest speaker at premier business schools like IIM-Ahmedabad and XLRI Jamshedpur

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Aquil Busrai, an MBA in HR from XLRI, has worked in various HR roles, both operational and strategic, with Unilever in India and Kenya; with Motorola in Asia Pacific and with Shell in Malaysia. Aquil is currently Director HR at IBM India. Dedicated to the concept of HR professionals being true partner with business leaders, he has played active role in setting up and growing business. His contribution to various professional bodies like AIMA, DMA, NHRDN at their apex level and his networking has been noteworthy.

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M. Gopalakrishna holds a Bachelor's degree in Science and Law from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He is a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service and has served on the Boards of various public sector companies in the capacity of Chairman, Managing Director and Director. He was formerly a Chairman of Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE). He was formerly Chairman of REC, Assam Gas Company and other joint sector companies in Andhra Pradesh. Presently, Mr. Gopalakrishna is Director in charge of Andhra Pradesh Gas Power Corporation Limited. Mr. Gopalakrishna has joined the company on July 18, 2007. His area of specialization and expertise include Industrial Development, Corporate and organizational development, HR and macro policy formulation.
 

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Madhukar Shukla is Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Strategic Management Areas at XLRI Jamshedpur and has 30yrs of experience as a teacher, trainer and consultant. He has earlier worked with National Productivity Council and Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad. He is also a member of CII’s National Committee on Skill Development and HR. Earlier, he has served as Dean (Research) of the Indian Society of Applied Behavioural Sciences (ISABS), and as a member of the Academic Council of Academy of HRD. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of University Network for Social Entrepreneurship (founded by Ashoka: Innovators for the Public and Skoll Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Oxford University). 
He has authored more than 30 papers to professional journals in these areas and has published three books – Competing through Knowledge: Building a Learning Organisation (Response Books, 1997), Understanding Organisations (Prentice-Hall of India, 1996), and Developing Leadership in Global Era: HRD Perspectives and Initiatives (co-edited with Dr Udai Pareek and Uma Jain, McMillan India, 2005).

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Mr. Satish Pradhan heads the Tata Group HR function. Prior to this he was with ICI Plc. London. During the last 26 years, Mr. pradhan has worked with SAIL, CMC, ICI India, Brooke Bond Lipton, in various capacities in HR areas. He is on the Board of Tata Institute of Social Sciences and member of the Technical Advisory Committee on HR of RBI..
 

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Pankaj bansal is presently Co-founder & CEO at PeopleStrong. He is also a Director (non – executive) at Withya Group. Previously he co-founded Withya Direct, a silicon valley funded company focusing on digital media market in India. Earlier, he was with Aricent (erstwhile Hughes Software Systems) as a part of founding team of its BPO division. He was responsible for various roles like e-learning, Training, HR Systems and Processes (Automation), SAP (ERP) implementation, Compensation etc.  He has a Masters’ Degree in HR Management from University of Pune and a Bachelors’ degree in Entrepreneurship from Delhi University.

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At Infotech, Ashok Reddy is Head of Human Resource Development and is responsible for positioning Infotech as one of the leading IT organizations to work for, ensuring employee satisfaction and progressive career development opportunities. Prior to joining Infotech Ashok Reddy was with Voltas Ltd. His experience includes Personnel, Human Resource Development, Legal, Factory Administration and Government Liaison. Ashok Reddy is a post graduate in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management and also holds a bachelors degree in Law.

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Mohit, has a rich experience with leading institutions and private sector companies in the areas of strategic planning, marketing, and corporate communications, with specialization in the human resource domain. He has worked with India’s apex industry association – the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - as the Director responsible for Human Resources and Industrial Relations national committees, and helped build “Brand CII” through his contribution. At CII, Mohit successfully influenced policy making through effective consensus building among various stakeholders. After CII, Mohit had a brief stint with Satyam Computer as part of their Global Marketing and Communications managerial team.

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