Subject Matter Expert and Faculty

Led by the architects of structural transformation

Meet the practitioners dismantling systemic friction. We replace dry compliance checklists with rigorous, real-world blueprints designed to build cultures where people truly belong.

Charusmitha Rao

Director - Global Talent Development, Akamai Technologies

Charusmitha Rao is a Talent Development and Leadership Development practitioner with 21 years of experience working with senior leaders and organizations across geographies. She currently leads Global Talent Development for international regions and partners with global functions on talent and leadership priorities.

A PCC-certified Executive Coach with 600+ coaching hours and a Transactional Analysis practitioner , Charu works at the intersection of leadership, culture, inclusion and organizational development. Her work focuses on helping organizations translate inclusion from intent into everyday leadership behaviours, talent practices and organizational systems.

Known for her experiential and practitioner-led approach, she blends frameworks, real-world cases, reflection, dialogue and practical tools to create learning experiences that move towards action. She has facilitated and spoken at platforms including SHRM, People Matters, YourStory, Shenomics, XLRI, Microsoft and AI/Tech & Talent summits and has been recognized through HR40 under 40 and Zinnov Next Gen Women Leaders.

She is also the co-founder of Coolture Designs, a Bengaluru-based initiative exploring contemporary expressions of Indian culture.

Subramanian(Subbu) Kalapathi

Global Lead - Leadership Development, DXC Technology | Author

Subramanian (Subbu) Kalpathi is the author of two books – The Millennials and the upcoming Heal The Workplace. He has spent close to two decades helping organizations grow by building stronger leaders, healthier cultures, and more effective talent systems.

His experience spans learning and leadership development, talent strategy, employee engagement, employer branding, organizational development, and culture, across both consulting and industry.

Subbu is the host and founder of Culture Matters, a podcast featuring conversations with academics, researchers, authors, business leaders, and practitioners on organizational culture and the future of work.

As agentic AI begins to reshape jobs, organizations, and the very nature of work, he is increasingly focused on a challenge: How do we build organizations that endure and humans that flourish?

Vieshakha L. Dutta

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Leader, India, Publicis Sapient

Vieshaka is a seasoned HR leader with over two decades of experience, currently leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Publicis Sapient. Her work is rooted in authenticity, strategic vision, and a deep commitment to embedding equity into the fabric of organizational culture. Vieshaka brings the business case for inclusion to life—demonstrating how inclusive workplaces drive innovation, engagement, and performance.

Her career spans strategic HR, culture transformation, and inclusive leadership. She is a passionate community builder, having created and scaled support networks for women, mothers, single parents and LGBTQIA and DEI advocacy.

As a trusted advisor to institutions and organizations on their DEI journeys, Vieshaka actively mentors professionals across industries, helping them navigate and lead with purpose.

A vocal ally of the LGBTQIA+ community in India, she champions inclusive policy reform and workplace advocacy. Her leadership is marked by a powerful blend of empathy and action—mobilizing teams, influencing policy, and driving systemic change. Vieshaka’s work continues to inspire a new generation of leaders to build workplaces where everyone belongs and thrives.

Vikram Rao

Senior Manager - Learning, DEIB and CSR, Exemplar Luxury Group

Vikram is a dynamic Learning & DEI leader with 17+ years of shaping inclusive, high-impact development strategies and programs for diverse, global teams. An engineer by education, Vikram is a certified ICF coach, energy healer, and is currently Senior Manager for Learning & Inclusion at Exemplar Luxury Group India, he blends strategic insight with human connection. Renowned for his engaging facilitation and transformative coaching, he inspires leaders to grow, thrive, and lead with purpose.

At the core of Vikram’s philosophy is a strong understanding of "inclusion in action". He brings specialized expertise in mobilizing and leveraging Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) as powerful catalysts for cultural transformation, driving genuine belonging across organizations.

Vikram is an Enneagram and ICF-certified coach currently advancing his credentials to achieve Professional Certified Coach (PCC) status. His multidimensional facilitation style is uniquely enriched by his ongoing studies in Transactional Analysis, his practice as an energy healer, and his deep understanding of yoga, pranayama and meditation. Renowned for creating safe, engaging, and transformative learning environments, Vikram empowers professionals to break through barriers, thrive authentically, and lead with purpose

Sangeetha Xavier

Culture, Learning & DEI Lead, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India

Sangeetha brings almost to decades of experience in HR and DEI to a simple, hard-won conviction: it is the small, everyday moments that shape the bigger picture. An auto ride with a chatty driver, the many conversations with her children, quiet observations of how people behave, or noticing who gets invited into a conversation at work and whose ideas get overlooked—these are not distractions from the real work of building inclusive cultures. They are the work, in miniature, playing out everywhere, all the time.

It is this belief that pushes her to design policies and practices that hold up not just on paper, but in these small, everyday moments where inclusion is actually experienced.

A core belief shapes everything she designs: “In the end, all it takes is one small action, by one person. One at a time.” Her work sits at the intersection of human behavior, community, leadership and culture—themes she has explored not just in conversation, but in practice. From building and chairing Employee Resource Groups to her more recent focus on Power and its impact on Inclusion for Leaders, she is interested in examining how those who hold power shape often invisibly, who gets to belong.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Hindustan College of Engineering, Chennai, and a PGDBM in Human Resources from Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai.

Bhavisha Dave

Executive Vice President Training - Teleperformance

Bhavisha Dave brings 25 years of experience spanning Operations, Training & Transformation, and now Business HR, currently serving as Head — Business HR for India at Teleperformance. Over her career, she has held progressively senior leadership roles across the BPO and business services industry, driving large-scale training transformation and operational excellence.

At Teleperformance, apart from her HR role, she is an active member of the TP Women Board, championing leadership development and mentorship for women across the organization. She is also a certified NLP Practitioner, Wellness & Spiritual Life Coach, and Motivational Speaker, bringing a holistic, people-first lens to her work.

Bhavisha is deeply passionate about mental health advocacy and is a committed Mental Health Change Agent — actively working to spread awareness, reduce stigma, and create safe spaces for open conversations about mental wellbeing, both within Teleperformance and in the broader community.

Sneha Kala

PoSH Law Consultant and Men's Well-being expert

Adv. Sneha Kala is a lawyer, psychologist, behavioural facilitator, and Government-empanelled POSH resource person who works at the intersection of law, psychology, gender, and workplace culture.

With almost two decades of experience in learning and development, Sneha’s work has evolved beyond simply explaining policies and compliance frameworks.

Her larger focus is on understanding why people behave the way they do at work—and what it takes to create workplaces where people genuinely feel safe, respected, heard, and included.

A lawyer by qualification and a practitioner of Transactional Analysis with a specialisation in Cognitive Drill Therapy, Sneha has recently completed her MA in Psychology, further strengthening her understanding of human behaviour, relationships, emotional wellbeing, and workplace dynamics.

Her academic research has also explored an often-overlooked dimension of gender conversations—men and their stress-coping mechanisms. This work reflects her belief that meaningful Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging cannot be built by looking at gender through a single lens. It requires us to understand the experiences, vulnerabilities, conditioning, and coping patterns of all genders.

Sneha is particularly passionate about moving the conversation from “compliance” to “culture”—because a workplace can have policies, committees and annual training on paper, and still fail to make people feel safe or included.

For Sneha, inclusion is not merely about giving people a seat at the table. It is about creating a table where people feel safe enough to speak, respected enough to disagree, and valued enough to belong.

Shrivallabh K

Founder, Managing Director - DimenZion3

Shrivallabh is an entrepreneur, writer and a stage performer. He manages DimenZion3 Global Solutions Pvt Ltd – a Talent Services firm in the space of DEI, Sales Capability and Leadership Capability Development.

He is a sought-after speaker on topics related to DEI, Sales, Leadership, Business, Management and Motivation. He is a keynote speaker and speaks in public forums, institutions and organizations on a diverse range of subjects.

Shrivallabh comes with more than 30 years of rich work experience in diverse fields and possesses working knowledge across different nationalities and cultures like North America, UK, China, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Poland, UAE, Egypt and Australia. He is a certified master trainer in Intercultural Competency.

He uses performing arts like theatre, music and dance as a powerful medium to derive long term impact. He pioneered the application of Forum Theatre in learning corporate India and has led a number of interventions across industries ranging from manufacturing, IT/ITES, BFSI, automotive, retail and more.

As a singer – song writer, Shrivallabh had a worldwide release of his song based on diversity- ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Reimagined’, which is available on all streaming platforms around the world. He is a trained NEWS Coach and RESULTS Coach, Master Trainer on Intercultural Competency, Certified IDI Administrator and a senior Toastmaster, being associated with Toastmasters International from 24 years

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