Great Lakes is proud to present the first Great Lakes Human Resource Conclave.
India, traditionally known as a labor intensive country has also in the past two decades been acknowledged as an intellectual powerhouse. Nowhere in the world would one be able to come across such cultural diversity, exceptional talent, high skill level and fierce loyalty – all rolled into one! In today’s world where business is transacted at the speed of thought, workforce of such caliber is hard to find. Countries such as India and China who are extremely rich in human capital are under the scanner as the emerging economic powers of tomorrow. The stage is thus set for us to realize the value of this potential, identify and groom our intellectual community to put India on the unstoppable path to economic and social supremacy.
Keeping in mind the contemporary issues pertaining to cross continental businesses and geographically diverse workforces the main theme of the Conclave is "Managing Human Capital in the globalized business environment".
The summit will see HR leaders from well known and highly respected companies offer unique perspectives on doing business with a global presence.

Benefits of Participation

This conclave provides an excellent forum for HR professionals, Heads of departments and Operating managers across functions, to enrich their knowledge about world class HR practices and in turn share insights with pioneers in the field.
The conclave will provide key insights into the strategic HR practices and address the foremost challenges facing the HR industry today. Through such highly interactive sessions, the participants will get an opportunity to interact and network with HR professionals and industry leaders from across the country.

Meet the speakers

Dr. Bala V. Balachandran, Honorary Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

Dr. Bala V Balachandran, a recipient of Padma Sri award, is a towering personality in the field of business education. Dr. Bala’s career in academics began at Annamalai University, continued at the University of Dayton in the US, and then at Carnegie Mellon, where he earned his Ph. D. Since 1973, Dr. Bala has been an influential member of the Kellogg faculty, serving as Distinguished Professor of Accounting Information and Management.
As an honor to him a chair has been endowed in his name by the students at Kellogg.

Mr. Prem Chand Gupta,Hon’ble Union Minister for Corporate Affairs

Shri Prem Chand Gupta is the Minister of Company Affairs, Government of India.

Shri Prem Chand is a graduate in Economics from Vaish College, Bhiwani, D.N. College, Hissar and Faculty of Law, Delhi University. In the year 1996 he was elected as a member of Rajya Sabha. He has served as a convenor on various sub-committees on Non-Conventional Energy from 1996-1998. He was also the member of the committee on Finance and member Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Communications.

From 1999-2001 he has served as a member of the Standing Committee on Commerce and also convenor of subcommittee on Air India of Ministry of Civil Aviation. He was also a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam and matters related thereto. In 2002-03 he was elected as a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Soft Drinks. In October, 2000 he attended & addressed the 55th Session and in November 2002 the 57th Session of the Plenary United Nations General Assembly. He has also served as a National General Secretary of Rashtriya Janata Dal and President, Rashtriya Vishwa Parishad.

Dr. T. V. Rao – Chairman, T V Rao Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. T. V. Rao is the Chairman, T V Rao Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd. & Chairman, Academic Council, Academy of Human Resources Development, Ahmedabad. He was Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad for over 20 years beginning 1973.

Dr. Rao is the Founder President of the National HRD Network and was President of the Indian Society for Applied Behavioral Science (ISABS).
Dr. Rao has several publications to his credit in the areas of HRD, Performance management, education, entrepreneurship, health, population and management training. Dr. Rao worked as a short-term consultant to UNESCO, Ministry of Health, Indonesia, National Entrepreneurial Development Association, Malaysia and the Commonwealth Secretariat, London.

Mr. Pranab Barua – Head, Aditya Birla Retail Ltd.

Mr. Pranab Barua is currently the Advisor to Mr. KM Birla for the Aditya Birla Retail Business. He has had over 35 years of professional experience having worked in different Companies and Industries. In particular, his rich and diverse professional background includes work experience as Sales and Marketing Director of Brooke Bond India Ltd, Foods Director on the Hindustan Unilever Board , Chairman and Managing Director of Reckitt Benckiser, and Regional Director, Reckitt Benckiser for South Asia. He has also worked closely with Private Equity Groups as CEO of Godrej Tea, and CEO of Trinethra Super Retail. Pranab is a graduate in English honours from St Stephens College, New Delhi. He has also attended many advanced Management programme in India and abroad.

Mr. Satish Pradhan – Executive Vice President – HR, Tata Sons

Mr. Satish Pradhan is the Executive Vice President – HR at Tata Sons. He has over 20 years of international and national experience in Human Resources practices. Prior to joining Tata Sons, he served as organisation design and development manager at ICI Plc, London.

Mr. Chandrasekaran, President & MD - Cognizant Technology Services.

Mr. Chandrasekaran has more than 20 years of operational management experience in the IT industry. Prior to his election as Executive Vice President and Managing Director in January 2004, he served as Senior Vice President responsible for offshore delivery, as well as key alliances, capacity growth, process initiatives and business development. He joined Cognizant at inception in 1994 and has played key leadership roles in building the Company’s global delivery platform, spearheading new solutions and championing advanced process initiatives.

Prior to joining Cognizant, Mr. Chandrasekaran served in various delivery roles at Tata Consultancy Services. Mr. Chandrasekaran obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College in Trichy, India and his Master of Business Administration degree from the Indian Institute of Management.

Dr. S. Chandrasekhar, President- HR, Capgemini Consulting India Pvt. Ltd

Being a founding member of Reliance Infocomm , Dr Chandrasekhar helped build the company from the scratch to a 30,000 people with presence in 1100 towns in India. Dr Chandrasekhar has over 26 years of experience in HR covering both the domains of manufacturing andservices in the Public, Private and MNC sectors. He has done his MBA from the Leeds Business School and Ph.D in Organizational Behavior. As recognition for his major contributions to both HR thought and practice, he has been invited to the Board of National HRD Network.

Mr. B. Venkataramana, Senior Vice President – HR, Reliance Retail Ltd

Mr. B. Venkataramana joined the Reliance Group as Head – HR for the BPO Business at Chennai in May 2004 and currently serves as Senior Vice President – HR for Reliance Retail Ltd. He is a postgraduate in Human Resources Management with over 24 years of experience. He was with the SPIC group for 11 years and his last assignment there was Head - HR of Henkel SPIC India Ltd. He then promoted Turning Point, a HR Consulting Company based at Coimbatore in 1998. In September 2000 he joined Brigade Corporation, a US based ITES Company as Head of HR.

Mr. Venkataramana was a member of the CII panel on HR for Tamilnadu and has also served on the Executive Committee of NIPM and ISTD.

Mr. Allen Sequeira, Senior Vice President - HR, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

Mr. Allen Sequeira is a renowned Human Resources professional and currently serves as Senior Vice President - Human Resources and Management Development at Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Prior to joining Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. he has worked as Vice President, HR at Tata Sons and Castrol India Ltd.

Mr. Lancelot Cutinha, Vice President – HR, BIG 92.7 FM

Mr. Lancelot Cutinha is a well known figure in HR circles and currently serves as Vice President – Human Resources at BIG 92.7 FM. Before joining BIG FM he has served as Director- HR at JW Marriott.

Mr Anuj Kumar, Associate Director – HR, CSC

Mr. Anuj Kumar serves as the Associate Director in the Human Resources department of Computer Services Corporation, India. He has over 20 years of experience in dealing with human resources challenges of technology companies. Before joining CSC, he has served as Vice President – HR at Induslogic Inc. and Head of Corporate HR with Keane India Limited.

Steve D Rich, India & ASEAN HR- Shared Services Manager - Caterpillar India Private Ltd.

Dr. K. Prabakar, VP - Corporate HR. Apollo Hospitals

Mr. Chetan Desai, VP - HR, Bank of America

For any Queries Feel Free to write us at hrconclave@greatlakes.edu.in
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Rahul Prakash +91 9962772582
Jimish Shah +91 9884011240