Guest Speakers from Industry
The programme aims to prepare industry-ready managers. Guest speakers from the industry are often invited to deliver talks and share their expertise as of regular and elective courses in the programme. The list of guest speakers who delivered talks as part of PGPM-HR courses in the academic year 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 are as follows:
Academic Year 2023 - 2024
| S.No | Name of the Guest Speaker | Organization and Designation |
| 1 | Mr. Karthik Chandrashekar | Chief Diversity Equity &Inclusion Officer, Bosch Limited |
| 2 | Mr. Subramanian Krishnan | Consultant, Disruption Consulting Practice for TBW India |
| 3 | Ms. Trisha Hegde | General Manager, Swiggy Instamart, Bengaluru |
| 4 | Mr. Israel Inbaraj | HR Compliance and AVP-HR,Adani Group |
| 5 | Mr. A.K. Parameswaran | Chairman of the CII, Chief Strategy Officer Forum |
| 6 | Mr. Rohan Chinnaiah | Founder & Master Trainer, Gakushu Training & Consulting LLP |
| 7 | Ms. Sandhya Ramesh | Head-Diversity, Equity &Inclusion, Great Place to Work |
| 8 | Mr. Kishore Sambasivam | Senior HR Professional, OnMobile Global Limited |
| 9 | Mr. Kiran Steven | Corporate HR, Page Industries (Jockey) |
| 10 | Mr. Subramanian N N | Director, UK, Europe & Global Acc Maveric Systems Ltd., |
| 11 | Mr. Kunjvihari Jandhyala | Head-Strategic HR & Org Effectiveness Tata Power |
| 12 | Dr. Jagatheesh Jayanand | Head, Learning & Leadership Developed BOSCH India. |
Academic Year 2022 - 2023
| S.No | Name of the Guest Speaker | Organization and Designation |
| 1 | Mr. Ram Babu Jagatha | Director (HR), Oracle |
| 2 | Mr. Goutam Datta | Chief General Manager (HR) Eastern Regional Office, IOCL |
| 3 | Prof. Debolina Dutta | Professor of Practice, OBHR, Chairperson, Career Development Services, IIM Bangalore |
| 4 | Dr. Vikram Venkateswaran | Director at Deloitte India |
| 5 | Mr. Satya Narayan Maharana | Head - OD, TM & Corporate HR, Haier Appliances India Pvt Ltd |
| 6 | Mr. Renu Chowdhary | Chief Staff at PEPSICO |
| 7 | Mr. Leo Arun Kumar | Director, BLR Corporate Services |
| 8 | Mr. Santhosh Mishra, IAS | Ex-CEO, Tamilnadu e-Governance Agency and Commissioner of e-Governance |
| 9 | Mr. Jeeva Balakrishnan | SVP & Chief Talent Officer, Reliance Retail Limited |
| 10 | Ms. Sandhya Ramesh | Head-Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Great Place to Work. |
| 11 | Ms. Nedra Dickson | Managing Director, Leads Accenture’s Europe Market Lead and Global Supplier Inclusion & Sustainability Lead |
Academic Year 2021 - 2022
| S.No | Name of the Guest Speaker | Organization and Designation |
| 1 | Mr. P Anand | Chief Services & Solutions, Tata Steel |
| 2 | Mr. Vikarm Venkateswaran | Director, Deloitte India |
| 3 | Mr. Aparna Barade Jayakumar | Regional Change Leader - Amazon Development Centre, Prague, Europe |
| 4 | Mr. Abhishek Kumar | DGM (Institutional Business) Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. |
| 5 | Mr. S.Y. Siddiqui | Executive Advisor, Maruti Suzuki India Limited |
| 6 | Mr. Jeeva Balakrishnan | SVP & Chief Talent Officer, Reliance Retail Limited |
| 7 | Mr. Gaurav Saini | Director (HR), HMD Global (Nokia Phone) |
| 8 | Ms. Vinutha Kadaym Venkatarman | Sr. Manager HR Talent & Development Larsen & Toubro Limited |
| 9 | Dr. Sandhya Shekhar | Knowledge & Innovation Strategies, Management Consultant & Corporate & Education |
| 10 | Mr. Jeeva Balakrishnan | SVP & Chief Talent Officer, Reliance Retail Limited |
Academic Year 2020 - 2021
| S.No | Name of the Guest Speaker | Organization and Designation |
| 1 | Dr. Pallab Bandyopadhyay | Founder HR Plus, Bangalore, India |
| 2 | Mr. Anil Kalaga | Group Head - L&OD Adani Group |
| 3 | Mr. Jeeva Balakrishnan | SVP & Chief Talent Officer, Reliance Retail Limited |
| 4 | Shri. Babu Krishnamoorthy | CEO & Co-founder, Finsherpa Investment Services |
| 5 | Mr. Kunall Majgaonkar | Head of Media & Communication, Bengaluru Football Club |
| 6 | Dr. Vikram Venkateswaran | Director, Deloitte India |
| 7 | Shri. Harish Vaidyanathan | Head of Product, Vymo |
| 8 | Shri. Ramanand Puttige | Senior Vice President HR, Cyient Technologies |
| 9 | Ms. Shreya Prakash | CEO & Co-founder, Flexibees |
| 10 | Dr. P.Subburethina Bharathi | Asst. General Manager, L&D Kauvery (Hospital) Academy |
| 11 | Dr. Hasit Joshipura | Senior Vice President, L&T |
| 12 | Mr. Jeeva Balakrishnan | SVP & Chief Talent Officer, Reliance Retail Limited |