SETTING COURSE FOR THE NEXT SPRINT

IMA India’s 6th Annual CEO Strategy Roundtable

26^th-28^th July 2019, JW Marriott, Mussoorie

Partner List

*In alphabetical order of first name

Ms Amardeep Kaur

New Delhi

Ms Amisha Shroff

Mumbai

Ms Anita Vashishta

Mumbai

Ms Arambhika Goyle

Gurgaon

Ms Asma Neyaz

Gurgaon

Ms Charmaine Shenoy

Mumbai

Ms Deepika Dutta

Gurgaon

Ms Deepika Sud

Gurgaon

Ms Deepti Soni

Delhi

Ms Ekta P Gurnani

Pune

Ms Ekta Tanna

Mumbai

Ms Gauri Bafna

Bangalore

Ms Jaspreet Mehta

New Delhi

Ms Kanta Vaswani

Mumbai

Ms Kirti Bhalla Goenka

Bangalore

Dr Karunaa Paal Gupta

Gurgaon

Ms Lavinia Maricleof Nona Dsouza

Bangalore

Ms Madhu Nath

New Delhi

Ms Maithili Koparkar

Pune

Ms Meera Razdan

Mumbai

Ms Mona Sighat

Mumbai

Ms Neeta Baxi

Pune

Ms Nihar Mishra

Gurgaon

Ms Nirupama Subramanian

Gurgaon

Ms Nisha Deepesh Nanda

Gurgaon

Ms Poonam Rawal

Gurgaon

Ms Pragya Gupta

Pune

Ms Pragya Shekhar

New Delhi

Ms Priya Bhatkal

Chennai

Ms Priya Joseph Chaly

Chennai

Ms Radhika Dandekar

Mumbai

Mr Rajiv Bussi

Mumbai

Ms Rashmi Jaikrishnan

Mumbai

Ms Ritu Arora Jain

Gurgaon

Ms Sadhna Mehta

Gurgaon

Ms Sarla Devi Khaitan

New Delhi

Ms Savita Agarwal

Bangalore

Ms Shaliney

Gurgaon

Ms Shalini Sawhney

Gurgaon

Dr Shalini Mirchandani

Mumbai

Ms Sheila Vasan Singla

Gurgaon

Ms Shikha Agrawal

Pune

Ms Shilpa Rajwade

Pune

Ms Sneha Shanbhag

Mumbai

Ms Sujata Gupta

Mumbai

Ms Trupti Shekhar Wagh

Gurgaon

Ms Urmila Lohia

Gurgaon

Amardeep Kaur was born in Dubai and holds a bachelor’s degree in human resource management from the American College of Dubai. She currently leads the corporate social responsibility initiatives at Guru Nanak Auto Enterprises, and also actively participates in human-resource activities at the companies plants. Ms Kaur has worked extensively in occupational health and safety, aiming to provide a safe and clean environment to all stakeholders. Highly innovative, she possesses the determination necessary to get the job done.

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Born and brought up in Mumbai, Charmaine Shenoy holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and recently completed an early-childhood education course for teaching kids at the primary level. Previously, she worked at Visa Petrochemicals (where she met her husband) for 4 years, and for SKF Bearings for 14 years, where she was Executive Assistant to the Director – Marketing and Sales. She left her job when she moved to Switzerland, and later worked for 2 years as EA to the CEO at Ador Welding. Ms Shenoy enjoys listening to music, singing, movies and shopping.

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Asma Neyaz holds a bachelor’s of education degree and a master’s of science degree. Presently a caring home-maker, she with wide experience in the teaching profession. A proud and loving mother of two engineering-graduate sons, she loves to meet people and is actively involved in various multicultural activities. She also herself busy reading and gardening.

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After qualifying as a commercial art and graphics professional, Deepika spent the early years of her career in the advertisement industry. Later, she worked in the garment export industry in the areas of design, sampling and production. Deepika has been a busy homemaker for the past 15 years, spending her time between charitable work and art. She is a keen nature lover and landscape artist. She is currently partnering her husband, Raj Dutta, in researching and singing folk music from Bengal and surrounding states.

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Deepika Sud holds a master’s degree in apparel designing and a bachelor’s of commerce degree from Delhi University. She plays a vital role in managing and bringing balance to her family by being a sensitive and a caring home-maker. Ms Sud is extremely passionate about painting, and continues to pursue her passion with the utmost grace and fondness. She is a fitness enthusiast, cooks sumptuous food and is a dedicated spiritual practitioner.

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Gauri started her career in HR and spent considerable time working at PWC in international markets like Hanoi & Jakarta. She is currently a Cake Artist and has an interest in topics ranging from Health & Nutrition to Healing using natural ingredients.

Jaspreet Mehta is a theatre artist and a practitioner in happiness, emotional intelligence, mindfulness, dance and theatre. She works on the minds of young students and their imagination during workshops. Ms Mehta is a ‘happy soul’ by nature. An anchor, theatre teacher and happiness coach by profession, her theatre and education background helps her to conduct ‘Soul Diets’ workshops.

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Anita Vashishta holds a doctorate in English literature, and has taught for several years in the English department of Goa University. Having contributed papers to national and international journals, she is currently exploring the syncretic strain in Indian writing. Her areas of interest include contemporary Hindi women novelists and cultural studies. Mrs Vashishta lives in Mumbai and travels widely with her husband.

Madhu has keen eye for design and colour, which has facilitated her work as a designer. She also dabbled in designing outfits, particularly semi-casuals for men and women, and planning homes and offices. In the latter, her style tends to be eclectic and Scandinavian rather than classic. Her designs have been written about and images have appeared in various magazines. Ms Nath’s interests have recently extended to teaching Bridge. She is a voracious reader, increasingly of Indian authors writing in English.

Dr Meera Razdan is a cardiac surgeon based in Mumbai. She completed her medical studies from Jammu & Kashmir University and her surgical residency in the US. Since then she has worked for the J&K Health Department, BM Birla Heart Research (Kolkata), and Bombay Hospital.

Arambhika Goyle is a proud homemaker and a mother of one. She holds a bachelor’s of science degree in zoology and an MBA in human resources. An HR professional, she has previously worked with British Telecom, Bharti and Amway. Her interests include travel, photography, movies and TV shows.

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Nihar Mishra is a Partner-Business Development at Jefferies & Bain. She has acquired cross-functional expertise in different sectors while working for her own start-up, and with organisations like Oracle, American Express and HDFC Mutual Fund. Ms Mishra has over six years of experience. Prior to this, most recently, she was associated with an online marketplace for gourmet food as a Co-founder managing the overall business strategy and development activities.

Nirupama Subramanian is the co-founder of GLOW (Growing Leadership of Women), an organisation that enables women to realise their leadership potential. She is also a certified coach and leadership consultant, and has worked with leading organisations like McKinsey & Co, Sanofi, Genpact and Samsung, among others. Ms Subramanian is a bestselling author of two novels and has written for National Geographic, Times of India, Hindustan Times and other publications. She holds a management degree from XLRI and several certifications in learning and development.

Based out of Gurgaon, Nisha Nanda runs a hectic schedule at home with her two children, Adit (14) and Kavya (8). Adit is training to play the guitar with high scores in his level 3 exam. Kavya is training to be an Indian classical dancer, having recently given her Kathak level-1 exam. Ms Nanda has brought them up (and her husband, Deepesh) single-handedly. She holds a bachelor’s degree in home science and married Deepesh when she was 18 (he was 22). Ms Nanda is well travelled and very well networked.

Poonam Rawal holds a bachelor’s degree from Delhi university. She has worked as a merchandiser and business-development manager in the garment-export industry. Ms Rawal has also been associated with companies such as Blue Star, GE, Federal Express and TopperLearning. She is currently employed with a US student study group, helping students connect with global universities. Ms Rawal’s hobbies include music, travel, yoga and hiking

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Priya Bhatkal has served as a Business Analyst and Project Manager at Schering Plough, now Merck, and previously as a consultant at Johnson and Johnson and First Consulting Group. She started her career as a journalist in India. Ms Bhatkal’s experience primarily lies at the intersection of communications and information technology. She earned a master of science degree in information systems management from Stevens Institute of Technology in the US, a post-graduate diploma in social communications media (mass communications) from Sophia College, University of Mumbai, a bachelor of commerce degree in accounting and a master of commerce (Part 1) degree in banking and finance from the University of Mumbai.

After completing her post-graduate studies in economics at Marthoma College (affiliated with Kerala University), Priya Joseph Chaly began teaching young school-children. She moved to Pune after marrying Joseph Chaly. In her initial years there, she taught at a school, and after her daughter was born, she focused on bringing her up. Ms Chaly also started to involve herself with organisations and groups engaged in social service activities, including running orphanages and old-age homes, and educating poor children. She continues to be associated with some of these activities. Here interests include travelling with family and friends – she has visited nearly 45 countries and counting! Ms Chaly is part of a travel group, Women Explorers, which travels to various parts of the world in groups of 10-15, and sometimes invites their husbands to join. She also loves music and listen to Western classical songs. Her family includes her husband Joseph, her daughter, Ruth, and her brand-new son-in-law, George.

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Radhika is a textile industry professional, and through her career worked across the value chain – manufacturing, buying, purchasing, testing and sales and marketing. She has also taught the bachelors and masters students of fashion designing, which she regards as the most rewarding experience of all. Radhika is a true textile enthusiast and has channelled her passion via various causes. She worked actively with NGOs to provide a market place for handicrafts made by rural and underprivileged but supremely talented artisans. She was an active member of the Friends of Museum Group in Singapore that aimed to inculcate awareness of traditional textiles of the world. Radhika is currently on a break; her current role is the most demanding of all, being a fulltime hands-on mother who reports to the most demanding 5 year old boss. Although duties of the mother kept her busy most of the time for the past few years, she has dabbled with several professions such as accidental gardener, enthusiastic linguist and Yoga instructor. Radhika is a Haatha Yoga instructor and has conducted free-of-charge classes in Singapore, Malaysia and Mumbai. Moving forward, she aims to get back to textile design, which is her area of passion.

Rashmi Jaikrishnan was born and brought up in Chennai. She holds a master’s degree in statistics and post-graduate qualifications in software development from NIIT. Ms Jaikrishnan is a homemaker and her interests include traveling and gardening. She has been married to Jai for the last 24 years and they have two daughters, Varsha (21) and Vaishali (18). Ms Jaikrishnan has lived across the country and spent 11 years in Dubai when Jai was based there.

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Ekta Tanna is the proud to be the wife of Mr Jayesh Tanna. Happily married for the last 17 years, a mother of two, teacher by passion and profession, Ekta has been teaching social sciences for the last 13 years. She loves to do yoga and dance.

Deepti Soni holds a bachelor’s of science degree and a post-graduate diploma in management from IMT Ghaziabad. She worked with a number of organisations before sacrificing her career to take care of her family. Ms Soni has been an entrepreneur since 2002 and has tried her hand in different areas, including rainwater harvesting, the distribution of automobile safety equipment, and opening a food outlet. She is currently the co-founder of a digital-marketing start-up that focuses on ensuring sustainable business growth for its customers. A spiritual person, Ms Soni is an athlete, a good cook, a poet and an avid reader.

Maithili Koparkar is an avid yoga practitioner and an instructor. Prior to immersing herself in yoga, Maithili worked as DBA for various organisations in Canada, and was responsible for implementing HRIS systems. Maithili has completed M.Sc. from University of Pune and Masters in computer studies from Toronto, Canada.

Mona Sighat dons multiple hats. She is a devoted homemaker, passionate baker, yoga enthusiast and has a keen interest in philanthropy. With a successful husband and two grown-up children, Ms Sighat has carved a niche for herself as a successful ‘Mompreneur’ and runs a baking venture, 'Sweet Expressions'. She is also actively involved in social work and supports various philanthropic causes. With excellent time management skills, Ms Sighat strikes a perfect balance between her personal life and other engagements. In her free time she enjoys reading, and practicing yoga. She is a certified Power Yoga practitioner from Bharat Thakur Power Yoga.

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Rajiv is a Mechanical Engineer and has over 25+ years of rich experience in the Infrastructure industry. Over the span of his career, he has managed diverse projects in power generation, electromechanical sectors, earthmoving equipment and data centres. In his present capacity with Unipower, he provides management and technical support to the organisation’s projects team in the Power Sector and related infrastructure industries. With a deep passion for technology and learning, Rajiv is a hard-core techie at heart. In his free time, he loves to undertake DIY projects at home, travel and listen to music.

Lavinia Maricleof Nona Dsouza (NONA) is a professional social worker on sabbatical. She has a Masters in social work from School of Social Work, Mangalore University and has worked with SOS Children’s Villages of India, Ashraya and Association of People with Disability (APD). She loves reading novels, relishing desserts and watching romantic movies.

Kirti – a Chartered Accountant by profession – started her career with Biocon, and is currently freelancing for a company in Canada. She is blessed with two children – the older one will be leaving for college in the US next month, and the younger one is in grade 10.She loves to bake cakes, cookies and desserts and is very passionate about gardening, waste segregation and composting. Kirti has been composting kitchen waste and leaves for the last 4 years.

Ritu is a versatile, highly adaptable professional with over 20 years of experience and has a demonstrated track record of leading multi-function and cross-border teams to impactful, high-calibre delivery. She has had two broad avatars in her professional life:

In her first avatar, from 1996 to 2012, she was the business development and operations leader for a large telecom company. In this role, she was responsible for managing functions and leading operations with scale. She developed deep experience in partner management, strategic account planning, leading cross-border teams and delivering multi-programme portfolios. Ritu worked extensively in India, Asia-Pacific as well as Europe.In her second avatar, she used the skills developed during her corporate experience in the not-for-profit sector, with a focus on education. Her experience in this sphere covers the entire spectrum from fund raising to grassroot-level programme delivery, giving her a unique perspective on the space.

Sadhna Mehta is a Co-Founder of SheMatters, a first-of-its-kind, women-focused technology platform providing holistic solutions for the most prevalent health and beauty conditions. She is the CEO of Windows Consultants, a leading HR Consulting firm in India and a Founder Member of The Quantum Institute for Wellbeing (TQIW), an intentional community of seekers in search of holistic and integrated approach for personal wellbeing. Ms Mehta is a Trustee for Adhikaar, a non-profit trust focused on providing medical care to under-privileged children.

Mrs Khaitan enjoys reading and listening to spiritual songs. She also enjoys cooking.

Shaliney is an educationist and teaches English.

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A Human Performance Improvement pioneer who helps drive business results through performance effectiveness, Sheila Vasan Singla is the Principal Associate of Chrysalis HRD, a result-based learning solutions firm she started in 1995. Ms Singla is passionate about art and is a patron of upcoming Indian artists. Not able to draw a straight line with a ruler, she admires the talent that is available within our country, and looks at opportunities to encourage artists from all over India.

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A senior IT executive, an alumni of IIM Calcutta & NIT Kurukshetra, with 24 years of corporate exposure, Soojata quit the IT industry to follow her passion and dabble with garment design. After understanding the basics of the design process from Pearl Academy, she has launched her own label – Nandni. She has a keen interest in handwoven fabrics, handwork and subtle details which is well reflected in her work. Minimal and functional are the two best ways to describe her work.

Trupti Shekhar Wagh is a native of Mumbai and holds a bachelor’s degree from St Xaviers College. Ms Wagh is an artist, painter and homemaker, and is extremely passionate about yoga, nature, and leading a healthy lifestyle. She has accompanied her husband in all of his overseas assignments over the last two decades and has lived in the United States, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. In her spare time Ms Wagh likes spending quality time with her family, and cooking.

Urmila Lohia was born in 1952 in Nagpur, Maharashtra, where she completed her education. Married to OP Lohia, Chairman and Managing Director of Indo Rama Synthetics, Mrs Lohia has two children, Ritika and Vishal. She is a Member of the Rotary Club of Delhi Midtown and the Samagam Foundation. Mrs Lohia is also an active social worker and is associated with NGOs working for old age homes and various other activities. He interests include music and travelling.

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Sneha Shanbhag, currently a home-maker, has 12 years of experience working with a placement firm and has a record of placing close to 500 associates at the top-management level across organisations. Ms Shanbhag is closely associated with St Catherine’s Home and currently spends time with the less fortunate, educating them on values and academics. Her hobbies include cooking, running and practicing yoga. She firmly believes in the healthy mind-healthy body concept. She runs 5 km every day and has a more hectic schedule today than during her professional days. She also does the most difficult job of parenting and learning with her kids.

Well before India became a liberalised economy, in 1989, Madhavi Desai was at the vanguard of education and academic counselling, and created the first-ever such advisory firm in India. Ms Desai, who is Founder and CEO of Madhavi Desai Consulting, guides parents and children from age 10 towards building robust resumes that get them into the world’s top colleges. To date, she has counselled over 25,500 students. An arts aficionado, Ms Desai holds a master’s of science degree from Purdue University.

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Shilpa Rajwade is an Electronics engineer and has seven years of experience in controls and automation of packaging and special purpose machines. She took a break to look after her family for a couple years, and retrained herself later as a Remedial instructor for children with specific learning disability. Shilpa has also worked in a special school in Chennai for three years. Currently, a stay at home mom of two children, she loves traveling, outdoors, and music.

Shikha – a Master in Computer Application – has spent a couple of years working for Ruchi Soya, developing software. Realising the need for better education for her kids – which involves an inclination towards practicality, getting into basics and less classic theory – she took an off to spend full energy towards this on priority. In parallel, she balanced to continue on software development and testing, and freelancing. She enjoys cooking food, listening music and supporting her family.

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Dr Shalini Mirchandani is a practising orthodontist who trained at the Tufts School of Dental Medicine, Boston. She has been practising for the past 30 years, formerly in the US and now in Mumbai. Dr Mirchandani completed her BDS from the Rafiq Ahmed College of Dentistry, Kolkata, where she was a gold medallist and the top ranker in the final university examination. She then completed her DMD (Doctor of Medical Dentistry) at Tufts, where she graduated as the best international student of her class. After that, she was accepted into the highly competitive and prestigious post-doctoral programme in orthodontics at the Tufts Dental School. Dr Mirchandani practiced in the Boston area before she and her family relocated to India. She prides herself on her ethical practise and keeping a punctual schedule respecting every individual’s time. Her primary clinic in on Pedder Road in Mumbai, and she has a satellite practice in Juhu.

Amisha Shroff is a commercial artist and currently teaches students various creative craft activities, including Mandala weaving. She also runs an independent business, supplying homemade food sauces and dips. Ms Shroff believes in Pranic healing and follows its meditation and life principles. She spends a lot time with her two grown-up children, 16 and 18 years old, who are looking to complete their higher education abroad, and to forge careers of their own.

Padmapriya Sridhar holds a bachelor’s of commerce degree and is a beautician by profession. She is an expert in bridal make-up. Ms Sridhar is interested in cultural and social activities and has studied Carnatic music.

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Dr Karunaa Paal Gupta holds a bachelor’s degree in botany and a master’s degree in microbiology, both from Delhi University. She completed her PhD in medical microbiology from AIIMS and for some years served as a lecturer at colleges in Delhi and Faridabad. Dr Gupta is also a 3D ceramic contemporary artist, and has been part of 19 shows (either solo, with two other artists, or in groups) in various art galleries in Delhi. For the last 15 years, she has run a boutique in Delhi, and is also an avid garden planner and developer, providing consultation for garden projects. Dr Gupta currently also offers home-based foundation classes for children on a freelance basis.

Mrs. Kanta Vawani is an Honours graduate in Economics from St. Xaviers College (University of Bombay) and also holds a B.Ed degree from the University of Bombay as well as a diploma in Administrative Management from Narsee Monjee Institute (Bombay University). She is currently a home maker but has earlier been a working professional for a decade. She is fond of reading, music and playing bridge.

Savita Agarwal is a homemaker and has a Bachelor degree in Arts. She is fond of travelling, reading and wildlife. She has done a course in teaching Dyslexic Children. She is also a certified counsellor.

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Shalini Sawhney holds a Master’s degree in applied mathematics and operations research, and has over 25 years of teaching experience. She enjoys traveling, and has keen interest in meeting people and learning about different cultures.

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