Speakers

Jyotsna leads the Blended Learning Program for NASSCOM FutureSkills. Prior to joining NASSCOM, Jyotsna was with General Electric and GENPACT with over 20 years of experience in the US and India. She has held several leadership roles and senior management positions during her career at GE and GENPACT. Her roles involved managing a half a billion dollars Purchased Service operations for GE, creating first women only BPO centre of 3000 employees in Saudi Arabia, heading Global Supply Chain Operations & Partnerships, F&A Solutions, P & L Management.

Business Strategist and Consultant with over 25 years of experience in leading and managing multiple business verticals specializing largely in the Technology enabled Education. He is also a visiting guest lecturer to several universities and institutes across India.

Industry Experience :

Worked in multiple verticals of the Education & Training Industry and have held various positions and performed strategic roles in organizations like First Computers, Pentasoft Technologies, Everonn Education, QAI Global, Aris Global, and McGraw-Hill Education, and have consulted and mentored several EdTech startups. Currently holds the following positions;

1. Vice President- ICT Academy
2. Member – Industry Advisory Board – Saveetha Engineering College
3. Member – BoS- DoMS, Sri Ramkrishna Engineering College
4. Member – BoS- DoMS, Saveetha Engineering College
5. Member Skill Development Council – FICCI

Training/ Teaching Experience

• Having started his career as a trainer, he is more passionate about training and renders seminars and guest lectures at various Forums and Academic Institutions.
• He is a specialist in facilitating Business Education by integrating Simulations, in the areas of Economics, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Change & Crisis Management, Conflict Resolutions & Leadership, Business & Boardroom Strategy, etc.
• Has rendered Business Simulation Sessions at institutes including IIMs, IITs, GLIM, VITs, etc. apart from other Tier 2 & 3 category institutes and corporates like Steria, TVS Tyres, FSS Tech, etc.
• Has conducted various Faculty Development Programs (FDP) and trained over 10000+ Faculties from several institutes across India impacting more than 20 million learners.
• His favorite areas include Outbound Training in Leadership, Team Building, Problem Solving Skills, and Inbound Training in Marketing, Business Strategy, Business Modeling, Global Economics, Goal Setting, MBO, and Motivation Practice.

Amit Kirti leads the Data and Analytics (DnA) team at EY GDS Strategy and Transactions (SaT). In this role, he is responsible for building Analytics and AI capabilities for EY GDS Strategy and Transactions. Amit works closely with clients across sectors helping them solve complex business problems, leveraging state-of-the-art technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Generation, Cloud, and other new and emerging technologies.
He combines his years of strong business consulting experience in problem-solving for clients across sectors such as consumer, industrial, and healthcare amongst others with emerging technologies to build innovative solutions. He has been instrumental in developing multiple strategic solutions for key accounts delivering tangible P&L impacts.

Pranav is a Client partner for Mphasis strategic accounts in Canada geography, responsible for client relationships with 2 of the top 50 Canadian firms. Pranav moved to Canada in 2018 and was responsible for setting up Mphasis Ontario presence from scratch, for a leading life insurer, where we scaled the engagement to over 100 FTEs in 3 months’ time.

He possesses 20 years’ Information Technology experience, having successfully delivered over 10 programs in financial services industry, including 3 large scale multi-system modernization initiatives. In his prior roles, he has led design thinking workshops, business consulting, prototyping for creating new business solutions in capital markets and insurance space.

Pranav lives in London (Ontario). He is an avid cyclist and loves to read about advancements in medical sciences.

Philip is a creative problem-solver, plain and simple. In 2018, he founded Philip Agnello Creative Consulting, the Toronto-based, global boutique brand and creative consultancy helping SaaS start-ups reach their goals through business-centric branding.
Philip is the author behind the pioneering 4 Areas of Understanding philosophy, a model for uncovering the knowledge and understanding that is necessary to craft effective strategies for brand and creative initiatives.

Kshama Dhir is the global lead for EY GDS Strategy and Transactions (SaT) service line that comprises over 2800+ professionals in India, Poland, China, Hungary, and Spain.

She has a rich experience in business transformation, global operations, and the development of new and customer-centric solutions. Her keen interest is to build new markets and develop next-generation leadership. Kshama is a Chartered Accountant and has a master’s degree in Finance. She joined EY GDS in 2007. She has about 25 years of experience with a host of Global organizations.