War for Talent

Jagdish Mitra is Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Growth at Tech Mahindra. Jagdish is passionate about skilling, scaling SMEs and startups and driving positive change through social empowerment. He has a focused interest in deeptech and innovation. He co-Chairs of the Science, Technology & Innovation Committee at FICCI. He is also a member of CII's National Startup Council and National Committee on Skill Development and Livelihood. He regularly mentors startups in B2B Tech space and is a sought after speaker internationally. Jagdish is an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology and University of London.

Ashwini Asokan is the Founder & CEO of Mad Street Den, a computer vision and artificial intelligence company founded in 2016. Ashwini returned to India from Silicon Valley after more than a decade to bootstrap her startup which she founded with her husband, Anand Chandrasekaran, a neuroscientist. She has been exploring how AI can be made accessible to billions across the globe. Prior to starting her own company, she led the Mobile Innovation Portfolio at Intel Labs in California.

Dr. S. Vaidhyasubramaniam is the Vice-Chancellor of SASTRA Deemed University. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, University of Virginia and Asian Institute of Management, Philippines. His interests range from Public Policy to Higher Education Management. He is an academic with over 15 years' teaching experience and has over 12 publications to his credit. He is a member of various academic and professional bodies of the MHRD, CII & ASSOCHAM.

Kamal co-founded Xpheno in 2016, after a stint as Managing Director of Kelly Services India & Malaysia. He was responsible for steering Kelly India into profitability. Over two decades in Kamal has consulted on executive search, RPOs and staffing solutions to large enterprises like Citibank, Google, HP, Intel & Mercedes Benz. Kamal also Co-founded Indian Staffing Federation (ISF), a prominent voice for Labour Reforms in India. Kamal was named by LinkedIn on the list of Top Voices 2020.