Program Schedule

Time Particulars
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM Registration

09:30 AM - 10:00 AM Inauguration

Welcome Address - ERA
Mr. B. R. Muralidharan
Executive Director, ERA

Evolution of ERA
Mr. T. Sreedhar
Chairman – ERA,
MD, T M Inputs & Services Pvt. Ltd.

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Can India develop the next Set of Global Leaders

Mr. D Ashok
EVP, SISL
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Tea
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Sponsor Slot

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Internal Branding for Retention
( Including Q&A )

Mr. Harish Bijoor
Brand-expert and CEO, Harish Bijoor Consults Inc

12:15 PM - 01:00 PM Retaining Prodigies and Returning Geniuses

Dr. Pradip Dutta
CEO, Synopsys India
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM Networking Lunch
02:00 PM - 02:15 PM Sponsor Slot

02:15 PM - 03:30 PM Panel Discussion :
Ethics Gap – The CEOs’ Take


Mr. Vijay Anand
VP, Oracle

Mr. Pranesh Anthapur
COO, Yahoo R & D

Mr. Joydeep Bose
Director Strategic Programs, Intel

Moderator :

Mr. Nirmit Parekh
Vice Chairman – ERA
MD & CEO- 3P Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM Tea
04:00 PM - 04:15 PM Sponsor Slot

04:15 PM - 05:30 PM Panel Discussion :

Women & Leadership

Ms. Nirmala Kamath
Head ITV, Tata Sky

Ms. Nirmala Menon
CEO, Interweave

Ms. Mythily Ramesh
VP, Wipro

Prof. Nandini Vaidyanathan
M P Birla Institute


Moderator :

Mr. M. R. Shantaram
Hon. Secretary – ERA
MD & CEO- Intercon International Pvt. Ltd.

05:30 PM - 05:45 PM Valedictory Session

Mr. B. S. Murthy
Convention Chairman
MD & CEO, Human Capital Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Anjan Dutta
ERA Bangalore Chapter Convener
CEO, Career Graph