Celebrating The Diversity & Inclusion Agenda Of Organisations

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) is more than just a policy, program, or headcount in today's time. Indeed we have come  long way where the definition of diversity is not merely the inclusion of women in the workforce, its inclusivity as a whole. Within Diversity and inclusion as an agenda, equitable employers outpace their competitors by respecting the unique needs, perspectives and potential of all their team members. As a result, diverse and inclusive workplaces are beginning to earn deeper trust and more commitment from their employees. 

Dr. Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld and exchange4media Group with his power-packed keynote address inaugurated the BW 40 Under 40 one-day program along with other HR industry veterans sharing the limelight with him.

BW People's inaugural Diversity & Inclusion Summit And Awards, in association with BW Businessworld, recognised diversity leads who have the zeal to make the industry, and inclusivity as a function, future-ready. Championing the cause of change, the summit brought together some of the most distinguished HR luminaries and diversity leads on the physical platform for enlightening dialogues on pressing diversity and inclusion agendas of the near future.

Over 100 nominations were received. The jury carefully analyzed those and the top 20 Diversity leads were awarded in a physical event at The Imperial Hotel.

The grand jury included Harshvendra Soin, Global Chief People Officer and Head of Marketing, Tech mahindra; Emmanuel David, Associate Grid International & Retired Director TMTC; Prachi Rastogi, Head of diversity and inclusion, IBM India; Sameer Malhotra, Director & CEO, Shriram Automall India Limited; Bhuvana Subramanyan, Chief Marketing Officer, Randstad India; Harsh Wardhan, CEO, CSC India; Sonica Aron, Managing Partner, Marching Sheep; Talees Rizvi - Director - BW People & BW CFO World Community and Dr. Annurag Batra, Editor in Chief & Chairman, BW Businessworld & Exchange4media

Further, there was a grand celebrations of all the winners which aimed at recognising insightful and talented D&I leads .

The Elite List Of BW People's Diversity And Inclusion Achievers 2022 are: