With more than 17 years of experience in the facilities management industry, Kulkarni is responsible for operations and business development in Property Solutions (India) Private Limited (PSIPIL), for Pune and the 'rest of Maharashtra' regions. PSIPL is a leading facilities management company in India.
He believes in the power of continuous learning and executes policies that go way beyond one-time improvement.
Aikta Tyagi brings an experience of 18+ years in facilities management, events and travel. At Amway, a company that sells health, beauty and home care products, she has been able to transform special events into a strategic powerhouse.
Her people practices do not just positively impact her team, but thousands of distributors associated with Amway too.
Alok Pratap Singh has been associated with CORE Diagnostics for five years now. CORE Diagnostics is one of the largest high-end clinical laboratories in India and was founded by Zoya Brar in 2012. Singh has been instrumental in building up its sales network pan India, and is one of the best performers in the sales division.
According to his team, he is a dynamic, self-motivated, result-oriented leader and a people person. He is passionate about grooming and helping his team succeed, and tackling any stress they may face.
A true-blue entrepreneur, Ramani is the founder and CEO of Awfis Space Solutions, one of India's largest shared workspace companies, with 30,000 seats across 63 centres in 10 cities in India. Ramani is also the vice chairman and strategic advisor of NCUBE India. A guest lecturer at Cornell University, New York University and Texas A&M, he has received numerous accolades for his successes.
While a lot of his practices stand out to his employees, his focus on ensuring that all his direct reports work on their personal brands is 'special'. His team says he tries to understand the abilities of each individual personally and then helps them plan how to maximise these areas.
Currently the managing director and group CEO of Vakrangee Limited, Khanna has also excelled as a people manager in his role as managing director of Blue Dart Express Limited. Vakrangee is a technology-driven last mile connectivity company, while Blue Dart is a premier express air and integrated transportation & distribution company.
His innovative policies on recognition involving career development makes him greater than many other MDs and business leaders. He has drawn insights from his firm belief in the power of people to become a turnaround specialist par excellence.
As part of the senior leadership team at HDFC Life, Shah has created a structural engagement framework where daily team engagement happens in 350-plus branches across the country, engaging and motivating more than 5,500 employees. They are directly engaged in driving business and part of one of the largest distribution channels at HDFC Life.
Shah's people management policy is 'Empower, Enable and Engage'. He executes his policies through innovative ways that also includes the strategic use of social media.
Jain is responsible for real-estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield's business in India. He focuses on the firm's strategy and growth, and much of his time is spent in sales, building new client relationships and solidifying the old, for transactional and annuity businesses. In a leadership position for the past 10 years in India, Jain has developed deep personal relationships with developers, real-estate funds and occupiers, and he leverages his experience and relationships to resolve complex real-estate problems for clients.
As a people manager, he empowers his team members by providing them with multi-cultural exposure.
An accomplished software professional with strong technical background and global experience, Khan has worked across software engineering, products and research organisations over 18 years. Currently, he runs engineering teams for ads, application performance monitoring, blockchain and API gateways, at Rakuten India, part of the global internet giant Rakuten.
As a people manager, he believes in bringing out innovation in all his team members so that they can go beyond conventional KRAs.
Vijayan holds a bachelors in technology from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology and an MBA from Symbiosis Center for Management and Human Resource Development. Currently at Beroe, a procurment intelligence company specialising in customised market research, he has been an effective programme manager, and has demonstrated proficiency in overseeing strategic and transformational projects across supply chain management. He has also authored a whitepaper in supply-chain financing.
He executes the unique and effective HR policies of Beroe, with some sprinkling of his own, making an overall strong impact.