Discussion on "Unleashing Creativity and Innovation in Next Gen Leaders" - 11 June 2021

Unleashing Creativity and Innovation in Next Gen Leaders FRIDAY, JUN 11, 2021 | 6.00 PM

G RAMACHANDRAN

APURVA CHAMARIA

Chairman, Advisory board, Innoserv Group, ORAI Robotics, Director – Keiretsu Forum, Co-Founder & Mentor, Z-bat

SVP & Chief of Staff to CEO & MD Tech Mahindra and Author

DR SANDEEP PACHPANDE

AADITYA PACHPANDE

Chairman ASM Group of Institutes

CEO, Nextgen Innov8

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6:00 PM

Welcome Address

Mr C Siva Kumar Managing Partner, Prabha Associates & RV Industries

Panel Discussion

Mr G Ramachandran Chairman, Advisory board, Innoserv Group, ORAI Robotics, Director – Keiretsu Forum, Co-Founder & Mentor, Z-bat

Mr Apurva Chamaria SVP & Chief of Staff to CEO & MD Tech Mahindra and Author

Dr Sandeep Pachpande Chairman ASM Group of Institutes

Moderator

Mr Aaditya Pachpande CEO, Nextgen Innov8

Q&A Session 7:30 PM

Vote of Thanks

Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM Executive Director, MMA

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synopsis

As the world dramatically reshapes itself post Covid, innovation has come to the fore as disruption becomes the new normal.

And for India it presents an unprecedented opportunity to enter a new phase of evolution in her long, cherished history, for which it needs to embrace innovation wholeheartedly. Speaking of innovation, there has been very little focus or attention paid to the role of students/youngsters. Ironical as its' the younger generation which is supposed to lead us into the new. Aditya Pachpande, not just encapsulates the new breed of youngsters but believes in innovation being the solution to not just India’s challenges. He took it a step further by founding his own venture at the tender age of 14 the focus being to foster innovation amongst school children and young adults. Joining him will be 2 stalwarts who have etched their own strong footprints of success in the realm of leadership, entrepreneurship and marketing. G Ramachandran (GR as he is fondly called) founded Gold’s Gym in India and scaled it to among the leading fitness chains in India. Today he wears multiple hats of being an angel investor and advisor/mentor to many start-up ventures across areas in India. Apurva Chamaria, who is currently the Sr. vicepresident and Chief of Staff at MD’s office at Tech Mahindra has had a cherished career in marketing before transitioning to general management role with RateGain and now with Tech Mahindra. A prolific angel investor with over 35 investments till date including many named start-ups, he is also a best selling author behind 2 books on social selling and growth hacking. Both GR and Apurva will share their insights and also gently prod Aditya to share his story, how he found his focus/passion and his thoughts on unleashing creativity and innovation among the younger generation. Aditya will also briefly speak about the World record attempt of his venture on August 8, 2021.

A rich career repository – with unique exponential ideas, courage, passion and authenticity, nurtured on the fertile bed of wisdom that has evolved over 39 years of professional experience to rock solid mettle.

A non-conformist, disruptor, industry leader, and a well-entrenched successful serial start up visionary, Ramachandran Gopalakrishnan or GR as he is fondly called, is a name that is synonymous with Midas or the man with the golden touch who has illuminated the startup firmament.

GR is a much sought after and reputed speaker, networker and influencer. He is an acclaimed thought leader who is passionate about establishing and scaling up companies that eventually carve a niche for themselves and culminate into win- win partnerships. He exemplifies strong business development and relationship building skills, and has an exemplary innate ability to build high performance teams.

He is a qualified chartered accountant with 39 years of success studded professional experience. His career contour includes 20 years in investment banking and 19 years as a mentor capitalist and serial entrepreneur.

He is a Hands-on professional, whose expertise spans diverse fields – fitness, retail, finance, sports tech and digital marketing to name a few.

He is currently appointed as Chairman-Advisory Board InnoServ Group, a revolutionary and path breaking name in the digital media world. InnoServ Solutions Pvt. Ltd has registered a high growth trajectory in a short span of time under his mentorship and has expanded in international markets.

G RAMACHANDRAN Innoserv Group

He is also currently associated with Orai Robotics- an AI driven company and Z- Bat - a sports tech company, that keep him actively engaged. He is working towards accelerating their momentum to attain higher levels of growth.

He is currently the SVP & Chief of Staff to CEO & MD of Tech Mahindra. Previously he was the Chief Revenue Officer at RateGain, world's leading SaaS provider to travel and hospitality sectors. In his previous stint at HCL, he headed corporate marketing and was responsible for brand marketing, employer brand, employee marketing, thought-leadership, digital marketing, analytics, finance and marcom. Under his leadership HCL debuted at: 1) InterBrand Top 100 Brands at 19, grew 35% y-o-y in brand value 2) Brand Finance Global 500 '17 at 378 with a value of 4.46 Bn US$. Between 2014-18 the HCLT brand campaigns won 130 global awards.

Other roles @ HCL include being a part of the CEO’s Vineet Nayar's office and being a Sales Director at HCL America. Prior to moving into sales, he was the Global Head of Marketing and Strategy for Enterprise Applications (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, ECMP, I V & VS, Mainframe and Mid-range, Business Intelligence, IT Consulting) leading a geographically distributed team of marketing managers. This line of business contributed 1 Bn US$ to HCL. As a part of the leadership team he worked to successfully identify, acquire and integrate Axon Group Plc (acquisition worth GBP 441 million). He was involved in setting up the marketing organization, processes and systems in HCL and in the initial days worked as the Category Manager for Lifesciences & Retail.

He has pharmaceutical industry experience having worked in various sales and marketing positions at Ranbaxy Laboratories (now Sun Pharma). He is privileged to be invited to share his experiences at industry conferences like Sales Performance Management, LinkedIn Tech Connect, Microsoft Leaders Speak, ACMP Change Management, and premier B-School events at ISB, IIM-A, IIM-Raipur, FMS, IIMC, IMI, MICA, Great Lakes etc.

APURVA CHAMARIA Tech Mahindra

Specialties: Business Strategy, Sales and Marketing Strategy & Operations, Account Management and Client Servicing, Brand Management & Integrated Marketing Communications, Digital Marketing, Sales and Marketing Training, Teaching at B-Schools, Key-noting.

An academician, entrepreneur, real estate developer, technopreneur, mentor, author, keynote speaker, agriculturist, and visionary Dr. Sandeep Pachpande brings a multi-faceted business sense to the table every day. With a vision to provide global standards of education combined with the strength of industry exposure, binds his avid leadership that has guided and mentored careers of thousands of students.

Dr. Sandeep Pachpande has done his Senior Executive Leadership Program from the Harvard Business School, Boston, USA and is a Harvard Business School Alumni. He is currently pursuing the Kellogg Executive Scholars Program at Kellogg School of Management. A Ph.D. from one of the top 10 universities of India, University of Pune, MBA topper from Leeds Metropolitan University, UK and B. E. Computers He is currently the Chairman Audyogik Shikshan Mandal (ASM), a premier education trust providing quality education right from KG to Ph.D. level. ASM group of institutes under the able leadership of Dr. Sandeep has grown to 15 institutions in 6 campuses at Pune & Mumbai and has over 5000 students studying every year at ASM. He is a Ph.D. research guide and is frequently invited by universities, industry, and associations from around the world to deliver keynote address, chair sessions and to share his vision on education. He has traveled to 36 countries on various assignments, study tours, and delegations and is truly global in his thought, words & deeds.

Apart from education and he also invests in startups he has business in software, horticulture, and real estate development.

DR SANDEEP PACHPANDE ASM Group of Institutes

He has authored many books on a wide range of subjects, "Case Studies in Management", "Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)”, “Data Mining and Data Warehousing”, “Human Resource Development” & “Marketing Management” to name a few.

Dr. Pachpande associates himself with many charitable foundations, NGO’s and CSR organizations.

Aditya Pachpande is young innovator and entrepreneur. He is the founder of NextGenInnov8 Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd. – a company dedicated to spark the power of innovation in every child and committed to bring innovative solutions to the world. At a young age, Aditya is a force to reckon with in the field of education and innovation. His most notable contribution being the creation of the Suraksha Box – a UVC light sterilization box, which is used sterilize essential items like food and groceries. The box is approved and recommended by CSIR-CMERI (an ICMR approved lab) of Govt. of India; and is patented. The Suraksha Box has been certified to protect against COVID-19.

Certifications ·Summer Business Academy 1 & 2 at Harvard Business School in 2019 ·Summer Coding Academy at Harvard Business School in 2019 ·Entrepreneurial Family Program at Babson College, Boston in 2019 ·‘Youth Creativity, Innovation and Sustainable Leadership Innovation Toolkit Workshop’ at Stanford University in 2019 ·‘Technology and the 2020 Election: How Silicon Valley Technologies Impact Our Elections and Shape Our Democracy’ at Stanford University in 2019

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