Madhu Pandit - able leader and thought engineer

suchandra · November 28, 2007

"Madhu Pandit Das is an able leader and a thought engineer."

THE 3rd DH AVENUES HR LEADERSHIP FORUM - SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Nov282007/avenues2007112738102.asp

<TR><TD width="100%" valign="top" bgcolor="white"><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="98%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=ArticleContentFont>Dr Bob Nelson is Founder and President of Nelson Motivation Inc, a management training and consulting firm based in San Diego, California. As a practising manager, Dr Nelson is also author of some of the best-selling books and has been featured extensively in the media.

Ashish Khushu, Director of System Business at Sun Microsystems India, has been in Sun Microsystems India for more than eight years and is responsible for Sun’s Servers business in India, a segment that contributes more than 55 per cent of the company’s revenues.

Jyothi Menon is Senior VP, HR Shared Services at Standard Chartered Bank based out of Chennai. Jyo as she is popularly called - is an engineer who turned to HR because of her passion for people. She has been in the realm of HR for 14 years and worked with many leading organisations.

<TABLE style="FLOAT: right" valign="middle"><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=center><TABLE class=font borderColor=red cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"><TABLE borderColor=green cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle width="100%"></TD></TR><TR><TD height=5></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle width="100%"> </TD></TR><TR><TD height=5></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>M V Sarma, VP-part of IT Services, Genpact, has a total of 18 years of experience in the industry. In his current role, Mr Sarma is responsible for Global IT Infrastructure Services and leads the Enterprise Computing Practice. Previously, Mr Sarma was with Wipro Infotech for about 15 years.

M N Vidyashankar, IAS is Secretary to Government, Department of IT, BT and Science & Technology. He has also worked as Chairman of BWSSB and Commissioner of BDA. He is also an MBA graduate from Harvard Business School and M.Phil from Delhi School of Economics, New Delhi.

Born and brought up in Kolkata, Amitava Saha is the Head of Recruitment at First Source since 2006. Mr Saha has been in the field of recruitment with leading organisations including Infosys and Accenture. Mr Saha completed his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.

Anurag Jain, who has 15 years of management, operations, consulting and business start-up experience, leads Perot Systems’ Consulting and Applications Solutions Group and Insurance and Business Process Solutions Group. He is also an MBA graduate from the University of Michigan.

Dr Anand Anandkumar, VP & MD of Magma Design Automation India, is a veteran of the semiconductor industry with more than 18 years of experience. He got his MS and PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering from George Washington University Washington DC.

Sunder Rajan, who has been in HR for over 25 years covering manufacturing and IT in leading organisations, is currently the GM-HR with Sasken Communication Technologies. Mr Rajan is also the Life Member of National Institute of Personnel Management in India.

Rajendra Khare is the CMD of SureWaves, part of Bangalore-based IndusEdge. Mr Khare co-founded Armedia Labs, an Indo-US semiconductor start-up that developed world’s first single chip HDTV/MPEG decoder. He also co-founded the India Semiconductor Association.

A dynamic visionary, Bangalore ISKCON Temple’s President Madhu Pandit Das is an able leader and a thought engineer. He propelled the scale of activities in ISKCON Bangalore by taking it from an inconspicuous neighbourhood to a monumental spiritual and cultural hub.

Murali Swaminathan, Founder & Sr Consultant at OptiMAX Human Capital Consulting, is a HR and Management professional who comes with over 20 years of experience in people management and consulting roles. Mr Murali has developed several tools for people management.

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