Archive for year: 2017

Research by Harvard Medical School and other university studies have confirmed that Mindfulness Meditation has changed the brain structure of the practitioners by increasing the grey matter in Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Pre Frontal Cortex, Hippocampus and other areas of the brain!
Why the above fact would be of interest to every leader working in the VUCA business environment?
Why would a business leader want to know about Anterior Cingulate Cortex. Pre Frontal Cortex. Hippocampus?
Want to know more? Please Join us!
Sounak is a practitioner of mindfulness and meditation. He first learned meditation at the age of thirteen. Early inspiration came from reading Swami Vivekananda, and the first integration of spiritual practices into work started in the beginning of his career, when he served social sector at the Himalayas. In the year 2006, he was initiated spiritually and continues to be a learner of the spiritual essence of both ancient as well as contemporary teachings from various traditions.
As an Organization, Learning & Leadership Development professional, he has 15 years of diverse experience in multiple industries and roles. He has worked and consulted with organizations such as CRISIL, IMRB International, Azim Premji Foundation, Adventity, ICRA McKinsey Knowledge Center, Nicholas Piramal,Sanofi Aventis and SICO Bahrain.
He led Youth Leadership & Community Development across India, co-founded strategic HR consulting firm, managed nation wide hiring and led Leadership Organization Development for US $ 600 Million Rene Group.
Sounak is management post graduate from IISW & BM, Calcutta and an alumni of Search Inside Yourself (SIY) Mindfulness and Neuroscience based Leadership Prograrn, which was born at Google and designed by world experts in the field, such as Daniel Goleman, Chade-Meng, scientist from Stanford and a Zen master.
He is the founder of ‘Hi Happy Monk!’ a Mindfulness based Leadership, Learning & Organization Development consulting firrn.

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Registration Fee of Rs. 400/- will apply to Non-Members attending the program.
Mindful Tea & Networking is part of the experience!

Bringing data science to HR

This month’s meeting will be followed by the Annual General Meeting of the Chapter, which is open only to Members.
Pramad Jandhyala is Co-Founder at LatentView Analytics where she has helped build LatentView from ground up, anchoring key roles in strategy and execution to guide Latentvies’s rapid growth and recognition including the Deloitte Fast 50 (for 7 years in a row) and Frost & sullivan Analytics company of the Year.
Her Specialities include Organization Building. Strategic Planning, Financial Management, Getting Things Done, Change Mgmt by helping others win. People Leadership Pramad an engineer from BITS Pllani and MBA from IIM-Calcutta

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Registration Fee of Rs. 400/- will apply to Non-Members attending the program.
Networking over tea begins at 6.30 pm.

Be there to hear Uma Rao share interesting insights on what an advisory role is for HR professionals, what kinds of situations present opportunities to play that role, how can we equip ourselves to be the trusted advisors

Speaker’s Profile

Uma is a HR professional with experience in a wide gamut of HR areas over the last 2 decades. She has worked in leading organizations in IT, Manufacturing, Telecom and FMCG space in companies like Tata Consultancy Services, IBM , Mars International India, Idea Cellular, Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd,. She has been in leadership positions for the last 15+ years working very closely with business leaders.
Uma has had a fair exposure in public and private sector environments, corporate as well as Industrial relations roles and has worked largely in multi cultural environments with diverse people and thinking. Her international assignments have made her more experienced in the aspect of working with diversity. Currently she works as VP HR at Ashok Leyland Limited, a Hinduja Group Company.
Uma is a post graduate from Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She is also the L&D Convenor of CII, IWN. Interacting with students, women and young talent is a passion and she mentors a few of them for their development.

P.S.
Registration Fee of Rs. 400/- will apply to Non-Members attending the program.
Networking over tea begins at 6.30 pm.