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Harsha Lal Advisor | Coach | Trainer

Harsha Lal is an Advisor and Coach with extensive experience in Strategy, Organization Building, Change Management, Partnering, & CEO Coaching.

His last role was as CEO – Systemantics, a start-up that manufactured and marketed robotic arms for Pick & Place applications.

Harsha has worked in CXO positions at Dell, Wipro, Sun Microsystems and at Rural Shores, a BPO company. Harsha‘s career includes an international stint in the United States. Harsha worked for Motorola early in his career.

Harsha is an engineering graduate from IIT Kanpur, with a post graduate diploma from IIM Ahmedabad, a topper at both institutes. He is an avid golfer.

Jayesh Chakravarthi Co-founder CEO | Consultant | Author

Jayesh Chakravarthi is the co-founder & CEO of ReCast Technologies, a company that is focused on empowering the brick & mortar retail sector.

Jayesh has held CXO positions at Fidelity Investments, MindTree Consulting and Sun Micro Systems. He started his career at Wipro Technologies. Jayesh loves to write and teach. He is in the process of publishing his first work of fiction. He teaches at various institutions and universities including the Indian Institute of Management.

He has a degree in electrical engineering from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Sunil Kunte Mentor | Coach | Board Director

Sunil is an executive coach, leadership facilitator, and management consultant focused on leadership and business strategy. He regularly lectures at IIM-Bangalore, IIM Lucknow, D’Amore-McKim Business School (Northeastern University, Boston, USA).

Sunil volunteers and serves on the board of Christel House India, a charity that provides high quality education to underserved children.

Sunil was the President and board member at Fidelity Investments in India. Sunil has held CXO positions at Zensar Technologies and ICIM. He has worked in both UK and in the United States.

Sunil is committed to fitness, wellness, watercolor painting and writing. He is an avid golfer. Sunil has a B. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras.

Muralidharan N Executive Coach

Muralidharan has had a distinguished career spanning start-up, global corporations as well as Indian conglomerate.

Murali was the MD of Job Street.com a successful recruitment start-up that went public. He has held CXO positions at Informix, Silicon Graphics and Wipro. He started his career at Modi Xerox.

Murali’s career is an example of an executive who successfully transitioned from operations to sales and marketing in early 1990s, when India transformed itself into an open economy.

Murali is an engineering graduate from VJTI Mumbai. He was an active member of various industry forums including NASSCOM and Indian Institute of Materials Management. He is deeply involved in spirituality and charity.

Dr. Shalini Joshi Leading Medical Practitioner

Dr. Shalini Joshi is a leading physician at Fortis Hospital, Bengaluru. She is passionate about Preventive Medicine and has a large patient following.

She is a SCOPE certified Obesity Management Expert and the prime mover behind the Tobacco Cessation Clinics. She is actively involved in numerous public awareness campaigns. Dr. Joshi is a Designated Panel Physician for Canada, Australia, NZ, UK, and South Korea. She is also a DNB faculty for Internal Medicine.

Dr. Joshi received her MD from Cleveland Clinic Health Systems, USA and worked at hospitals like Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Parma Community Hospital, before moving to India.

An articulate speaker she works closely with Indian corporate to improve occupational health and is the recipient of many recognitions and awards.

Mohandoss Thulasidoss Leading Medical Practitioner

Mohan is an accomplished technology executive with both domestic and international exposure.

He has worked in CXO roles across global companies such as Silicon Graphics, Sun Micro Systems and with Indian conglomerates like HCL and Wipro. His areas of expertise include sales and marketing, product management, IT delivery and vendor management.

As the founder CEO of CompassMet Consulting, Mohan advises his client on digital and core strategies. He advises select start-ups on product/service development and go-to-market strategies.

Mohan is an Electrical Engineer and has an MBA from Madras University.

Mohan is a strategist, an extraordinary communicator and an accomplished teacher. He was a key member of NASSCOM. He is an active member of various industry bodies and has been a speaker at several national and international conferences.

Rajesh Pandit Revenue Growth Adviser, Story Coach, Startup adviser

Rajesh Pandit is the managing partner at La Hoya business accelerator. He brings a blend of experience – from corporate management, as well as academia.

Rajesh has held senior positions in corporate, in companies such as iGate, Infosys, Fidelity and HP, spanning US and India geographies. His roles have included Customer acquisition-retention, Key account management, Vendor management and Program management.

As a consultant he has provided management advisory, training, executive coaching to many companies including Aditya Birla, Robert Bosch, TE Connectivity, KPIT, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Tata Motors, Tata Tele, Tata Lockheed Martin, NSE, Aurolab, DRL, GE Healthcare.

Rajesh is a visiting faculty at IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Udaipur.

He is an extended partner of Wadhwani Foundation, global non-profit, for creating jobs in developing geographies.

Rajesh is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from the University of Mysore and holds a Master of Arts degree in Psychology from IGNOU.

Sanjay Manohar Consultant, Coach, Investment Advisor

His search for “purpose” in life, made Sanjay Manohar relinquish his job as MD of McAfee India and pursue a life of social service and wellness.

Sanjay has held various leadership roles in his two decades of career with corporate India and China. He has held senior positions in companies including Akamai, Oracle, 3Com, Dell, Cabletron, Millicom Telecom and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Sanjay was deputed by one the companies he worked for, to China on a governance assignment. Post its successful completion he became the country head for its China office and grew the organization both in revenues and culture.

Sanjay is cycling enthusiast, an astute investor and a mentor to many individuals and organizations.

Santanu Paul Founder | Entrepreneur | Board Member

Santanu is the Founder of TalentSprint. Under his leadership, TalentSprint has emerged as a leading player in the deep-tech education industry and is currently a part of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Group Company. TalentSprint partners with top academic institutions and global corporations to bring transformational high-end and deep-tech learning programs to emerging and experienced professionals.

Santanu also serves as an Independent Director at NSDL Payments Bank and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and leads various Board Sub-Committees.

Santanu began his professional career in New York as a Research Scientist at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights. He worked as Chief Technology Officer for OpenPages and Viveca, both venture-backed high-tech firms. Before embarking on this entrepreneurial journey, Santanu spent 5 years with Virtusa as Senior Vice President, responsible for Global Delivery Operations. He played a pivotal role in building Virtusa, India as an aspirational employer brand for the best technical and management talent, leading up to an IPO in 2007.

A recipient of many academic scholarships, including the Rackham Doctoral Fellowship, the IBM Canada Fellowship, the LaCroute Fellowship for Computing Sciences, Santanu has authored over 20+ research papers and is an inventor on 2 US patents. He is also a guest columnist for leading media publications.

Santanu received his B.Tech from IIT Madras and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, both in Computer Science.