Area of Expertise: OB, HR & Strategy

Prateek Roy Chowdhury is an accomplished HR leader with 13+ years of experience spanning recruitment, organizational learning and development, talent strategy, leadership development, and transformational HR. He currently leads B-School campus hiring for Accenture in India, advising business leaders on critical talent decisions and building strategic university relationships with premier business and specialized institutions.

His experience encompasses the complete strategic HR value chain—from recruitment and onboarding to competency development, performance management, workforce planning, and leadership development. He has worked across roles as a recruitment strategist, learning partner, instructional designer, training manager, Agile Coach, professional coach, and HR transformation leader, giving him a holistic perspective on people and business challenges.

Area of Expertise: OB, HR & Strategy

Areas of Expertise

• Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Strategy
• Campus Recruitment & University Relations
• Learning & Organizational Development
• Leadership Development & Executive Coaching
• Competency Mapping & Career Management
• Performance Management & Workforce Planning
• Employee Value Proposition & Employer Branding
• HR Analytics, Gamification & Digital HR
• Change Management & HR Transformation

Career & Academic Highlights

• Currently serves as Recruitment Lead – Strategy & Consulting and Corporate Functions at Accenture, driving campus strategy across Strategy & Consulting, Operations, Technology Consulting, HR, and Finance in India.
• Advises Accenture businesses on critical talent decisions and targeted hiring strategies, with extensive recruitment from premier institutions including ISB, IIMs, and IITs.
• Conceptualized and implemented national-level initiatives such as the Accenture Business Innovation Challenge, Ace IT Up, HR Live Project Championship, and HR Analytics workshops, engaging more than 15,000 students.
• Built strategic academic partnerships, including the Accenture Business Analyst Career Program, benefiting five colleges and 200+ students.
• Previously served as Lead – People Strategy at Arrows Group Global, driving people strategy, EVP, learning and development, performance coaching, Agile implementation, and organizational transformation.
• At HCL Technologies, held leadership roles across HR Strategic Initiatives, Global HR Career Network, B-School Academy, and Talent Acquisition, contributing to global HR transformation and talent strategy.
• Led strategic HR initiatives including employee experience, predictive attrition analytics, social HR, gamification, EVP, competency-based deployment, and digital onboarding.
• Designed competency frameworks and recruitment certification programs at HCL, certifying 148 sourcers, 90 processors, 48 lead managers, and 30 Recruitment Leads.
• Transformed talent acquisition processes through recruitment analytics, workforce planning, process redesign, and implementation of an enterprise-wide Recruitment Management System, helping reduce recruitment turnaround time.
• Co-created the Harvard-published case study “A $150 million value creation by HCL Talent Acquisition Group” in collaboration with IIM Indore and contributed to another Harvard Business Review case study with Singapore University.
• Recognized as the unanimous winner of Best Innovation in People Engagement at the AIMA Innovation Practitioner's Summit for gamification of the onboarding process.
• Published author with Penguin Random House India, writing on purpose, meaning, entrepreneurship, and the power of storytelling.
• Holds a Master of Human Resource Management from IIT Kharagpur and is a Certified ScrumMaster®.

Vandhana is a senior Talent and People professional with over 21 years of experience across Human Resources, Project Management, Talent Branding, Corporate Marketing & Communications in the IT Services industry. She has extensive experience in campus and recruitment branding, working closely with higher education institutions and engaging with academic leaders, clients, media, government, and external stakeholders across India, China, and the ASEAN region to attract and nurture top talent.

Areas of Expertise

• Talent strategy, campus recruitment, and talent branding
• Corporate marketing, communications, and employer branding
• Executive and organizational communications
• Project and program management, campaign strategy, and execution
• Organizational change management and employee engagement
• Media, public relations, stakeholder and relationship management
• Employee value proposition, organizational culture, and thought leadership

Career & Academic Highlights

• Over 21 years of experience across Talent, Human Resources, Project Management, Branding, and Corporate Marketing & Communications within the IT Services industry
• Significant experience in building campus and recruitment brands and developing strong relationships with higher education institutions across India, China, and the ASEAN region
• Works closely with leadership teams and the CEO’s office to strengthen organizational values, culture, purpose, and employee value proposition
• Strong track record in executive and organizational communications, spanning strategy, ideation, content management, program execution, relationship management, and outcome measurement
• Postgraduate from Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai; Master’s in Mass Communication from M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women; and Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication
• Passionate about connecting talent with opportunity and building workplaces that foster growth and enable people to thrive

Kunal is a senior people and organisational leader with over 16 years of experience building, scaling, and transforming global organisations across technology, research, consulting, and professional services. His career spans leading organisations including Nagarro, Gartner, Bain & Company, and Alvarez & Marsal, where he has worked at the intersection of business strategy, talent, leadership, and organisational transformation.

Areas of Expertise

• Talent strategy, acquisition, and workforce planning
• Leadership development and organisational transformation
• Organisational design and culture
• Employer branding and employee engagement
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
• Compensation and performance management
• Talent development and career progression
• Executive and leadership effectiveness
• Campus hiring, MBA engagement, and career readiness

Career & Academic Highlights

• Over 16 years of experience across technology, research, consulting, and professional services, with leadership experience at Nagarro, Gartner, Bain & Company, and Alvarez & Marsal.
• At Bain & Company, played a key role in shaping talent and people strategies across multiple business units, working closely with senior leaders on talent development, career progression, and leadership effectiveness.
• Contributed significantly to Bain's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion agenda, including initiatives supporting women, persons with disabilities, and veterans, along with programmes addressing unconscious bias, microaggressions, stereotyping, and inclusive behaviours.
• Experience in building organisational capabilities across talent acquisition, leadership development, organisational design, culture, workforce planning, compensation, and performance management.
• Actively engaged with MBA and graduate talent through campus programmes, executive MBA hiring, and career-readiness initiatives.
• Has conducted sessions and initiatives focused on consulting careers, structured problem solving, executive communication, and leadership effectiveness.
• Brings a strong understanding of the talent and leadership capabilities required to help organisations scale sustainably in an increasingly complex and AI-enabled business environment.
• Holds a degree from the Delhi School of Economics and an undergraduate degree in Commerce from the University of Delhi.

Parthasarathy is Vice President – Human Resources at Bahwan CyberTek and a global talent strategy leader with extensive experience across talent acquisition, leadership hiring, learning and development, and diversity, equity and inclusion. She drives global talent strategy across acquisition, development, and mobility, with a focus on building high-performing teams, strengthening leadership pipelines, and creating learning ecosystems that enable capability, performance, and business growth.

Areas of Expertise

• Global talent acquisition strategy, leadership and strategic hiring
• Talent branding, employer value proposition, and campus hiring
• Learning and development, capability building, and leadership pipelines
• Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and inclusive hiring practices
• Workforce planning and data-driven, business-aligned recruitment
• Building and scaling Talent Acquisition Centers of Excellence

Career & Academic Highlights

• Vice President – Human Resources at Bahwan CyberTek, driving global talent strategy across acquisition, development, and mobility
• Spent over 17 years at Mphasis, most recently as Associate Vice President – Global Leadership, Sales, Support, Strategic & Campus Hiring, where she led the Global Talent Acquisition CoE and strategic hiring initiatives
• Led global DEI-focused hiring initiatives aimed at increasing representation, strengthening equitable access to opportunities, and embedding inclusive practices across the recruitment lifecycle
• Earlier experience includes HR and IT recruitment roles at Mphasis and EDS, with a focus on strategic hiring, corporate support functions, BPO lateral recruitment, and sales hiring
• Holds an Executive MBA in HR from Great Lakes Institute of Management, a PGDHRM from HRD, and a B.Com in Commerce from the University of Madras

Area of Expertise: OB, HR & Strategy

Praveen Pantula is a seasoned Human Resources professional with extensive experience across HR business partnering, strategy, talent management, performance management, Learning & Development, employee engagement, and organisational transformation. Currently serving as Director at EPAM Systems, he brings a strong track record of partnering with business leaders to align people strategies with business objectives and drive organisational effectiveness.

His career spans leading technology and financial services organisations, including Brane Group, MediaMint, Franklin Templeton, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and CSC. He has held senior HR leadership responsibilities covering business partnership, leadership development, talent and performance management, campus hiring, rewards and recognition, HR operations, change management, mergers and acquisitions, and employee relations.

Praveen also brings a distinctive blend of academic and corporate experience. During his time at Great Lakes Institute of Management, he was exposed to leading global thinkers and academics, including Dr. Philip Kotler, C.K. Prahalad, Finn Kydland, Hayagreeva Rao, Paul Prabhaker and Bala V. Balachandran. His interview with Philip Kotler on “Marketing – For, By & To the Employee: An HR Perspective” was published in the Gravity – Great Lakes Quarterly Magazine.

Areas of Expertise

• Strategic Human Resources & HR Business Partnership
• Talent Management & Performance Management
• Leadership Development & Learning Strategy
• Organisational Development & Change Management
• Employee Engagement & Experience
• Rewards, Recognition & Compensation
• HR Operations & Process Transformation
• Mergers, Acquisitions & People Integration
• Campus Hiring & Talent Acquisition
• Employee Relations & Workforce Management
• HR Consulting & Business Advisory
• Organisational Communication & Culture

Career & Professional Highlights

• Serves as Director at EPAM Systems, bringing extensive experience in strategic HR leadership and business partnership within the technology sector.
• Previously served as Vice President – Human Resources at Brane Group, leading HR initiatives across talent, performance, organisational development and business partnering.
• Held the position of Vice President – Human Resources at MediaMint, supporting organisational and people strategy.
• Served as Global Talent Development Consultant at Franklin Templeton, contributing to talent and capability development initiatives.
• Previously worked as Assistant Vice President – Human Resources at Bank of America, partnering with business leaders to provide proactive HR consultancy and align people solutions with business priorities.
• At Wells Fargo India Solutions, held both HR Business Partner and Learning & Development leadership roles, covering performance management, employee engagement, compensation and benefits, leadership development, learning needs analysis and manager coaching.
• At Wells Fargo, designed and implemented sustained leadership development interventions for first- and mid-level managers, while using performance metrics to evaluate learning effectiveness.
• At CSC India, served as Hyderabad Location Lead for a 1,500+ workforce, managing HR business partnership, performance management, compensation & benefits, rewards and recognition, employee relations, HR communications and attrition analysis.
• Played a key role in the Covansys & FCG integration, including integration of people practices, transition workshops and establishment of HR help desks.
• Began his corporate career in technology recruitment with Adobe Systems India, handling engineering hiring across roles ranging from technical positions to engineering leadership.
• Holds a PGPM in Human Resources from Great Lakes Institute of Management.
• Holds a B.Sc. in Computer Sciences, Mathematics & Physics from Andhra University.
• Combines corporate HR expertise with strong academic exposure to strategy, marketing, leadership and organisational behaviour, creating a multidisciplinary perspective on people and business.

Area of Expertise: OB, HR & Strategy

Radhika Ravi is a seasoned HR professional with extensive experience across Early Careers, campus recruitment, talent engagement, talent management, resource management, and change management. As Vice President, Early Careers HR – APAC at Citi, she leads the end-to-end Early Careers HR agenda for non-technology roles across the Asia-Pacific region, bringing together strategic workforce planning, campus talent acquisition, stakeholder management, and early-career talent development.

Prior to joining Citi, Radhika served as India Head – Campus Hiring at Wipro, where she led premium engineering hiring from top-ranked NIRF institutions across India and managed hiring for Work Integrated Learning Programs (WILP). Her earlier experience includes roles at Amazon in APAC Student Programs and nearly a decade at Tata Consultancy Services, where she progressed across Resource Management, Talent Engagement, and Campus Recruitment leadership.

Areas of Expertise

• Early Careers HR & Talent Strategy
• Campus Recruitment & University Hiring
• Graduate & Student Talent Programs
• Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning
• Premium Engineering Talent Hiring
• Work Integrated Learning Programs
• Talent Engagement & Management
• Diversity & Inclusion in Early Careers
• Resource Management
• Change Management
• Stakeholder & Campus Partnerships
• APAC Talent Strategy

Career & Professional Highlights

• Serves as Vice President, Early Careers HR – APAC at Citi, directing the end-to-end Early Careers agenda for non-technology roles across the Asia-Pacific region.
• Brings extensive experience in campus recruitment, early-career talent acquisition, talent engagement, resource management and HR strategy.
• Previously served as India Head – Campus Hiring at Wipro, leading premium engineering recruitment from top-ranked NIRF colleges across India.
• Led hiring for Work Integrated Learning Programs (WILP) at Wipro, supporting structured early-career talent pipelines.
• At Amazon, worked across APAC Student Programs as both Recruiter and Diversity Program Manager, gaining regional experience in student recruitment and diversity-focused talent initiatives.
• Spent over nine years with Tata Consultancy Services, progressing through Resource Management, Talent Engagement and Campus Recruitment leadership roles.
• As Campus Recruitment Head – Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry at TCS, led campus recruitment initiatives across the region.
• Built foundational expertise in workforce and people management through her earlier Resource Management and Talent Engagement roles at TCS.
• Holds an MBA in Human Resources from SSN School of Management.
• Holds a B.E. in Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering from Jerusalem College of Engineering, Chennai.

Area of Expertise: OB, HR & Strategy

Sidhartha Satpathy is a seasoned Human Resources professional with over two decades of experience across IT, manufacturing and business services organizations. His career spans the complete employee lifecycle, including talent acquisition, talent engagement, leadership development, HR business partnering, organizational restructuring, learning and development, and talent retention. Currently serving as SVP & Head – Human Resources at CAMS, he focuses on building people practices and enabling organizational and cultural transformation.

He has held senior HR leadership roles with CAMS, FSS, Capgemini, Cognizant, TCS and Ford Motor Company, managing diverse workforces and supporting large-scale business units across multiple locations. Alongside his corporate career, he has pursued his passion for coaching and storytelling, working with individuals and organizations to explore possibilities, create meaningful narratives and enable personal and professional transformation.

Areas of Expertise

• Human Resource Strategy & Leadership
• Talent Acquisition & Recruitment
• Talent Engagement & Retention
• Leadership Development & Coaching
• HR Business Partnering
• Learning & Soft Skills Development
• Talent Management & Recognition
• Organizational Restructuring & Change
• Employee Lifecycle & HR Operations
• Storytelling & Culture Enablement

Career & Academic Highlights

• Currently serving as SVP & Head – Human Resources at Computer Age Management Services (CAMS), after previously leading Talent & Culture.
• Led HRBP, HR Operations and Payroll functions at FSS, including organizational restructuring and process automation initiatives.
• At Capgemini, served as Tamil Nadu location HR lead across three offices and HRBP for Finance & Accounting and Supply Chain Management businesses.
• At Cognizant, managed HR for a business unit of nearly 2,000 associates and $500M+ in revenues, with responsibilities spanning talent integration, recognition, reviews and retention; also managed the India MBA hiring program.
• At TCS, progressed from supporting a Chennai location to managing HR for a 3,500-associate workforce across eight locations, including a factory, covering acquisition, induction, recognition, mobility, development and retention.
• Began his career in HR with Ford Motor Company and MK Electric, gaining experience in recruitment, assessment centres and vendor management.
• Founder & Chief Enabler of iSidhartha, focused on coaching, storytelling and enabling individuals and organizations to explore new possibilities.
• Certified/experienced as a Coach and Storyteller, integrating storytelling and human development into his professional practice.
• Holds a PGDBA in Human Resource Management from Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME) and a B.Sc. in Zoology from BJB College, Bhubaneswar.