SHRM Annual Conference 2026 – Premier HR Event in India

Power of People

New Delhi

26^th‐27^th November 2026
Conference & Expo

26^th November 2026
HR Excellence Awards

[email protected]

1800-103-2198 (Toll Free)

About Conference

Today, where technology and business processes continue to advance, it is people who make progress possible. They are the ones driving innovation, adapting to change, and making things happen. That’s why HR is no longer just about policies and processes. It’s about enabling human potential, building cultures that thrive, and leading with purpose.

The SHRM India Annual Conference & Expo 2026 is built around this belief. Now in its 15th edition, it’s where the power of people takes center stage. Two power-packed days of breakthrough sessions led by global changemakers and HR disruptors who are redefining the game.

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Why Attend

The Big Shift

Experience how technology, talent, and transformation converge to redefine the HR playbook, with people at the heart of every decision.

AI-Powered People Strategy

Discover how intelligent technology is reshaping decisions, elevating experiences, and unlocking human potential.

Skills. Strategy. Speed.

Learn what it takes to build agile, future-ready teams that thrive amid disruption.

Culture Rewired

Explore new ways to embed purpose, trust, and performance into the DNA of your organization.

Leadership for the ‘Now and Next’

Hear from bold leaders who are rethinking how work gets done and how people are led in today’s dynamic environment.

Connections That Count

Engage with innovators, decision-makers, and peers who believe in the impact of people.

Knowledge Pathways

Talent Alchemy

Craft resilient, adaptive talent pipelines with bold approaches to sourcing, upskilling, and robust processes for workforce success.

Next-Gen Leadership

Reimagine organizational structures and leadership models to foster agility, cross-functional alignment, and workforce productivity in dynamic environments.

HR Tech & Insights

Harness AI, automation, and predictive analytics to deliver actionable insights and measurable business impact.

Culture and Employee Experience

Build thriving organizations where purpose, engagement, and innovative practices drive performance, collaboration, and sustained impact.

Past Speakers

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP

President & CEO
SHRM

Achal Khanna

Chief Executive Officer
SHRM APAC & MENA

Jessica Jensen

Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer
LinkedIn

Gautam Khanna

CEO
P.D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre

Hemant Kumar Ruia

Country Manager – India Subcontinent
DP World

Sandeep Alur

CTO, Microsoft Innovation Hub
Microsoft India

Vineet Mishra

Vice President - Operations, India & South Asia
Accor

Moninder N. Jain

VP & Head - Global Emerging Markets
Logitech

Pratik Gandhi

Indian Theatre & Film Actor & Host Ideabaaz

Sanjeev Jain

Global Head - Business Operations
Wipro

Sukhjit Singh Pasricha

Group CHRO
IndiGo

Manu Wadhwa

Chief Human Resources Officer
Sony Pictures Networks (SPN)

Dhruv Sahai

Chief Operating Officer
CARPL.ai

Partha Neog

CEO & Founder
Vantage Circle

Kirthiga Reddy

CEO
Verix & OptimizeGEO

Dr. Praveen Purohit

Senior Vice President & CHRO, Vedanta Aluminium Vedanta Limited

Manmohan S. Kalsy

CHRO
Inbrew Beverages

Richard Lobo

Chief People Officer
Tech Mahindra

Ruchee Anand

Senior Director-Talent & Learning Solutions, LinkedIn, India

Ayush Gupta

Director, Human Resources
GAIL

Sharmila Bhowmick

Veteran Journalist, formerly with CNBC-TV18 & Business Today Founder, Mocha Ink & Host, Mocha Talks Podcast

Pallab Mukherji

Chief People Officer
Equitas Small Finance Bank

Rohan Sylvester

Talent Strategy Advisor
Indeed

Tapan Acharya

Chief Revenue Officer
Keka

Devesh Sharma

CEO
INOX Solar

Smiti Bhatt Deorah

Co-founder & COO
AdvantageClub.ai

Piyush Bagaria

Co-founder
SalarySe

Uttam Lal

Director (Personnel)
NHPC

Premlata

CGM-HR, NTPC &
CHRO, NSPCL

Rittik Mondal

Senior Manager, Country Marketing
Indeed

Prasad Rajappan

Founder & Managing Director
ZingHR

Sharad Verma

VP & CHRO
Iris Software

Dr. Pradnya Parasher

Managing Director
ThreeFish Consulting, India

Teena Wooldridge

Senior Director - APAC & China Marketing
LinkedIn

Jaspreet Singh Bakshi

Partner & India HR Leader
Marsh McLennan

R. J. Fox

Vice President - Marketing, Talent Solutions, LinkedIn

Mahipal Nair

Managing Director, Trellix India & Vice President-HR, India & APJ

Paresh R. Ranpara

Director, Human Resources
GRID-INDIA

Rashmi Govil

Director HR
Indian oil

Vishal Chopra

SVP – Marketing
Keka

Krishna Kumar Thakur

Director HR
BHEL

Dr. Ankur Baruah

Director, Human Resources
Oil India

Pallav Popli

Chief Revenue Officer & Employee Engagement Evangelist
Vantage Circle

Aditya Kohli

CHRO
Orient Electric

Ashutosh Anshu

Board Director and CHRO
Hitachi India

Prateek Dubey

Global CHRO
Mankind Pharma

Aarti Srivastava

Chief Human Resources Officer
Capgemini, India

Shilpa Narang Jerath

CHRO
OPPO India

Zubin Zack

Managing Director – Middle East, Africa & South Asia
O.C. Tanner

Candy Fernandez

Director – People & Great Work Middle East, Africa, South Asia, O.C. Tanner

Sanjeev Sahgal

SVP - People Experience & GCC
Assurant

Adnan Rashid

Director Solution Engineering, HCM Applications
Oracle India

Dr. Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra

Founder & CEO, HridaySe Consulting Former Director, HR Indian Oil

Manish Patil

Director
ONGC

Amit Vaish

Vice President & Head Human Resources
Optum India

Charles Godwin

HR Leader
Zoho

Debeshi Chakraborty

President - ICF Delhi NCR Chapter Leadership & Story Coach-Dezinecareers

Capt. Rajneesh Bhardwaj

CHRO
Paradeep Phosphates

Sandeep Banerjee

CHRO
Eveready Industries

Dileep Joshi

CHRO
Okaya Power Group

Vibha Adlakha

Director - Customer Success
LinkedIn Talent Solutions, India & Japan

Pooja Minocha

Vice President & CHRO
Bata India

Christine Kirbach

CHRO and Head of Global HR
Elektrobit Automotive

Viekas K Khokha

SVP & CHRO
Sharda Motor

Allison Howell

VP, Market Innovation
Hogan Assessment

Rupak Ray

VP - Customer Success and Strategic Solutions
BI WORLDWIDE

Suvarna Mishra

HR Director
Pluxee, India

Pratham Mittal

Founder
Masters’ Union

Srilata Kolachana

Director of Learning and Development, APAC CGI

Ankit Aggarwal

Founder & CEO
Unstop

Vimmi Chachra

CHRO
Sopra Steria, India

Arati Porwal

Senior Country Head – India
CFA Institute

Mark Samlal

General Manager APAC
Deel

Veena Bansal

CHRO
M3M India

Harpreet Datta

CEO & Founder, Astralis Solutions & Chief Business Officer - Education
GMR Group

Rajesh Rai

SVP & Head HR - APAC
GlobalLogic, Hitachi

Param Kaur

Director, People Shared Services
Publicis Sapient

Alexander Rinku

HR Team Director
Oracle, India

Udit Bhatia

Director - India Learning Leader
EY

Abhijit S Rao

Vice President & Head - People & Culture
Keka

Pooja Malik

CHRO
DMI Finance

Pascoal Moses Dantas

Group Chief People Officer
YASH Group & HLE Glascoat

Nicel KM

Co-Founder
Zensible

Kannan Chettiar

CEO & Co-Founder
Avvanz

Somnath Chatterjee

Founder & CEO
Prismforce

Andy Waroma

Head of Corporate Sales APAC
Google Cloud

Ruchira Bhardwaja

CHRO
Kotak Life

Rajiv Naithani

Chief People Officer
Persistent

Anita Maalik

CHRO
Jakson Group

Katamneni Gopichand

Vice President- Corporate, Head HR & Admin, IT Systems & Compliance
iClean- Takasago Thermal Engineering

Ruchi Mago

Chief Human Resources Officer
Orange Business

Paras Kaushik

Group CHRO & CIO
HT Media Group

Reena Gupta

Founder & CEO
Wisdocity

Bhanu Sharma

Managing Partner
Helyxa Consulting Group

Chandini Kamal

Global Head - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, People & Culture (Engage & Experience, Wellness, R&R)
HCLTech

Ritu Kumar

Director Human Resources-India, Lithuania & Poland, Global HR Services
COWI

Swati Khandelwal

Senior VP & Head HR
R1 RCM

Siri Vishwanath

Chief Business Officer
mfine

Arati Parashar

VP & Business Head
Zaggle SAVE

Debasis Sarkar

Executive VP - Global Compensation & Benefits & Enterprise HR Head
HCLTech

Madhukar Uniyal

Head - Solution Engineering
Oracle Applications

Prabir Jha

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Prabir Jha People Advisory

Dr. Mihirini de Zoysa

Leadership Coach, Managing Director, Corporate Druids Non-Executive Director, Logicare Adjunct Faculty, Hult Ashridge

Shikha Bhatnagar

HR Director
Noventiq

Michelle Senanayake

Group Chief People & Corporate Communications Officer
Sunshine Holdings PLC

Dimple Mehta

Mindfulness Based Leadership Coach & Director
Soul Diets

Dev Jha

CHRO India
Glycols

Rashi Gupta

Chief Human Resources Officer
EDF power solutions India Private Limited

Atul Kapoor

VP, Hyderabad Centre Head
HCA Healthcare, India

Richa Kale

Director HR
Egon Zehnder

Rakhee Malik

Head Human Resources
Kearney, India

Richa Sharma

Vice President, Human Resources
Capgemini India

Mohini Palchowdhury

Global Head, People & Culture
Quantiphi

Sudhanshu Bhatnagar

Global Head Compensation & Benefits
Tech Mahindra

Rohit Chaudhri

Head HR & HR Business Partnering
Ramboll

Akanksha Choudhary

Director, Human Resources & Head of HR, India
Insight Enterprises

Rajarshi Chakravorty

Centre Head
Amdocs

Ketika Kapoor

Founder and CEO
ProEves

Gunjan Malviya

Human Resources Director
Experian India

Tania Ahuja

Founder & CEO
Nobias

Geetika Kwatra

Vice President – Human Resources, India
NatWest Group

Asma Sultana

Head of Human Resources
eClerx

Vidya Munirathnam

Vice President, HR
Lowe's India

Aditi Gujral

Global Head -Talent & Culture CoE
Firstsource

Seepika Singhal

Senior Director HR & head Global Total Rewards, Centre of Excellence
Brillio Technologies

Ritu Bhatia

Sr. Vice President, Global Hiring Leader
Genpact

Rajlakshmi Saikia

VP - Learning Innovation, Capabilities & Insights, Global Operations Learning
Synchrony

Meghna Bhatt

Head-Talent Management & OD
Ashok Leyland

Abhishek Kumar Sinha

General Manager- In Charge of Training and Development
RBI

Varun Gautam

Senior Corporate VP, Talent Supply Chain
Persistent Systems

Richa Sethi

Global Head - Performance & Talent Management
UST

Rubi Khan

Head- Learning, Talent & OD
Luminous Power Technologies (Schneider Group)

Seema Gupta

Sr. Vice President - Talent Management
Publicis Media Services

Meera Mohandas

India Rewards Head
Wipro

Hemant Kumar Ravi

Vice President & Head - Talent Transformation and People Experience
Infogain

Sohini Chakroborty

Director People Development
UnitedHealth Group

Performance

Esther Lalduhawmi Hnamte

A 9 year old child singer & prodigy from Mizoram, India.

Eshna Kutty

Founder
Hoop Flo

Anu Menon

Comedian & Host

Anshu Daga

Founder, The Inner Startup, Artistic Director, Roots & Wings Theatre, Coach & Performer Nautankibaaz Improv Collective

Ankur Sardana

Founder, Nautankibaaz Improv Collective & Head of Design, Tata Neu, Tata Digital

Ankur Nigam

Standup Comedian, Comedy Coach Nautankibaaz Improv Collective

Celebrated Voices: SHRM India Advisory Council

Shiv

Operating Partner, Advent Private Equity & Chair of SHRM India Conferences & Council

Richard Rekhy

Vice Chair, Grant Thornton Bharat & Former CEO, KPMG in India

Pavitra Singh

CHRO & VP
PepsiCo India & South Asia

Pranjal Sharma

Economic Analyst, Advisor & Author
The Next New

Raj Nayak

Founder & Managing Director
House of Cheer Networks

Celebration Cafe

Payal Koul Mirakhur

uExcelerate

Gitanjali Saksena

Lagomworks

Uma Shankar Acharya

Arthedge

Kanika Tewari

Go Diverse

Shitij Jain

Vibhu Consulting

Ravikant Pabreja

Innovation Spark Asia

Nitu Mohanka

WERISE

Mohit Gupta

FROB

Sapan Shrimal

Monk@Work

Aditya Somaiya

367

Rushad Shah

Cygnet

Prithvi Shergill

School of Experiences

Host & Moderators

Amogh Deshmukh

Head - Leadership Practice
SHRM India

Shaakun Khanna

Senior Advisor & Head - Leadership & HR Transformation
SHRM

Dedeepya Ajith John

Senior Director - Consulting & Capability Services
SHRM APAC & India

Ashissh Kaul

Director - Knowledge & Advisory & Business Head - PSE Business
SHRM India

Nitya Vijaykumar

Director, Consulting and Capability Development
SHRM India

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