MACC 2025 – Paving Career Paths for Women to Rise, Lead, and Thrive!

The myAvtar Career Conference (MACC) is an unconventional event aimed at empowering women in the workforce. This hybrid conference (featuring in-person and virtual sessions) offers networking and career advancement opportunities.

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From the Founder’s Desk

“myAvtar Career Conference (MACC) is a space curated solely for you, where co-opetition will replace competition, and your questions related to growth and progress will find answers. With titans of the industry sharing their hard-won pearls of wisdom, MACC is a symphony of experiences, and an opportunity to see your reflection in the faces of peers united by passion and purpose. As a fellow-traveler in this extraordinary journey of building equitable workspaces, I invite you to this career extravaganza for women. The time is now. The place is Namma Bengaluru. The future is ours. See you there!”

Dr. Saundarya Rajesh
Founder & President, Avtar Group

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The myAvtar Career Conference Agenda -2024

The myAvtar Career Conference Agenda - 2024

Time Venue Agenda
9:00am – 9:30am

Conference begins
9.30am – 9:40am Plenary Hall
Welcome Address
  • Eswar BalasubramanianVice President, Outreach & Impact, Avtar Group
9.45am – 9:55am Plenary Hall
Opening Address
  • Tiger TyagarajanBoard member Genpact, Jabil, Kantar, Senior Advisor, BCG, Former President and CEO, Genpact (NYSE: G)
10:00am – 10:25am Plenary Hall
Book Launch
  • Conversations with Career Doctor, authored by Dr. Saundarya Rajesh, Founder – President, Avtar Group
Book and Author Introduction:
  • Janani Sampath Senior Manager, Marcom, Avtar Group
Fireside Chat
  • Dr Saundarya Rajesh Founder - President, Avtar Group
  • Aparna Rao Country Head, Cargill Business Services
10.30am – 11.30am Plenary Hall
CXO Panel Discussion
Strategies for Change: Advancing women in STEM beyond Representation
  • Rakesh Ravuri CTO & SVP, Engineering Capability, Publicis Sapient
  • Sunita Naik Senior Managing Director & Country Lead, State Street Global Advisors India
  • Vivek Gupta Digital Technology Leader, CTO & Leadership, @BirlaPivot (B2B commerce), Birla Pivot
  • Moderator: Kannan Hariharan Chief Strategist, Culture & Belongingness, Avtar Group
Skilling Hall
Skilling Session by IBM : Generative AI
  • Sridhar Jonnala Chief Data Scientist & Distinguished Engineer - AI & Analytics, IBM
11.30am – 12.20am Plenary Hall
Panel Discussion:
Unleashing the Potential: Everyone can be a Scientist
  • Chella Pandian Pitchai AVP, Global Head, Talent, Leadership Development, Culture & DEI, Biocon Biologics
  • Shahnaaz Waheed Director - People Business Partner, Global Allyship & Inclusion Leader for Women@Pega ERG, Pega Systems
  • Sudipta Paul Vice President, Broadridge Financial Solutions (India) Pvt Ltd
  • Moderator: Keshav Prasad Chief Strategist, ESG, Avtar Group
Skilling Hall
Skilling Session by Google: Smart and Secure Cloud
  • Shruti KulkarniEngineering Lead, Google Workspace Security
12.25pm – 1.00pm Plenary Hall
MACC Awards
  • Celebrating Excellence in Women in STEM
  • Best Program for Developing STEM Talent
1.00pm – 2.00pm

Networking
2.00pm – 2.50pm Plenary Hall
Panel Discussion:
Career Pivots and Re-Entry in the Tech Field: It's Never Too Late to Innovate
  • Amarpreet Ahuja Country Head, Human Resources, AstraZeneca India
  • Akilur Rahman Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi Energy India Limited, Market Innovation Lead - South Asia
  • Vishaka Naik Head HR, Capco Technologies
  • Moderator: Anju G Parvathy Vice President, Research & Analytics, Avtar Group
Skilling Hall
Skilling Session by Johnson & Johnson: Technology & Digital in Manufacturing
  • Santosh Kulkarni Head – Engineering, J&J MedTech
  • Ketan Diwan Lead- Process Engineering, Sterilization & Digital Projects, J&J MedTech
2.55pm – 3.45pm Plenary Hall
Panel Discussion:
The Rise of GCCs as Opportunity Hubs
  • Ravikanth Venkata Eranki Talent Acquisition Leader, Cargill Business Services
  • Mitun Chakraborty Director (Hr, Talent Management, L&D & DEI) Carelon Global Solutions
  • Armelle Guerin VP Software & ADAS, Renault Nissan Tech., India
  • Moderator: Usha Pillai Vice President, Recruitment Solutions, Avtar Group
Skilling Hall
Skilling Session by Publicis Sapient: Composable Architectures - Why, What and How
  • Rajesh Rangaswamy Senior Director of Technology, Publicis Sapient
3.45pm – 4.35pm Plenary Hall
Panel Discussion:
Bridging the Gap between Academia to Industry
  • Dr Asha Rajiv Professor - Physics, Director - IQAC & School of Sciences, Jain University
  • Gayatri Sharma Technical Project Manager, UST
  • Sromona Banerjee Assistant Vice President, Regional Head- APAC, Inclusion Strategy, Moody’s Corporation
  • Dr Vidhya Thakkar Assistant Professor, K J Somaiya Institute of Management
  • Moderator: Bhanu Kumar Vice President, ESG & Information Services, Avtar Group
4.40pm – 4.50pm Plenary Hall
Vote of Thanks
  • Umasanker Kandaswamy Co-founder, Senior Vice President, Sales & Relationships, Avtar Group
4.50pm – 6.30pm

Networking and close of the day

9:00am – 9:30am (Conference Begins)
9.30am – 9:40am (Plenary Hall)
Welcome Address
  • Eswar Balasubramanian, Vice President, Outreach & Impact, Avtar Group
9.45am – 09:55am (Plenary Hall)
Opening Address
  • Tiger TyagarajanBoard member Genpact, Jabil, Kantar, Senior Advisor, BCG, Former President and CEO, Genpact (NYSE: G)
10:00am – 10:25am (Plenary Hall)
Book Launch
  • Conversations with Career Doctor, authored by Dr. Saundarya Rajesh, Founder – President, Avtar Group
Book and Author Introduction:
  • Janani SampathSenior Manager, Content, Avtar Group
Fireside Chat
  • Dr Saundarya RajeshFounder - President, Avtar Group
  • Aparna RaoCountry Head, Cargill Business Services
10.30am – 11.30am (Plenary Hall)
CXO Panel Discussion
Strategies for Change: Advancing women in STEM beyond Representation
  • Rakesh Ravuri CTO & SVP, Engineering Capability, Publicis Sapient
  • Sunita Naik Senior Managing Director & Country Lead, State Street Global Advisors India
  • Vivek Gupta Digital Technology Leader, CTO & Leadership, @BirlaPivot (B2B commerce), Birla Pivot
  • Moderator: Kannan Hariharan Chief Strategist, Culture & Belongingness, Avtar Group
10.30am – 11.30am (Skilling Hall)
Skilling Session by IBM: Generative AI
  • Sridhar JonnalaChief Data Scientist & Distinguished Engineer - AI & Analytics, IBM
11.30am – 12.20am (Plenary Hall)
Panel Discussion:
Unleashing the Potential: Everyone can be a Scientist
  • Chella Pandian PitchaiAVP, Global Head, Talent, Leadership Development, Culture & DEI, Biocon Biologics
  • Shahnaaz Waheed Director - People Business Partner, Global Allyship & Inclusion Leader for Women@Pega ERG, Pega Systems
  • Sudipta Paul Vice President, Broadridge Financial Solutions (India) Pvt Ltd
  • Moderator: Keshav Prasad Chief Strategist, ESG, Avtar Group
11.30am – 12.20am (Skilling Hall)
Skilling Session by Google: Smart and Secure Cloud
  • Shruti KulkarniEngineering Lead, Google Workspace Security
12.25pm – 1.00pm (Plenary Hall)
MACC Awards
  • Celebrating Excellence in Women in STEM
  • Best Program for Developing STEM Talent

1.00pm – 2.00pm (Networking)
2.00pm – 2.50pm (Plenary Hall)
Panel Discussion:
Career Pivots and Re-Entry in the Tech Field: It's Never Too Late to Innovate
  • Amarpreet Ahuja Country Head, Human Resources, AstraZeneca India
  • Akilur Rahman Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi Energy India Limited, Market Innovation Lead - South Asia
  • Vishaka Naik Head HR, Capco Technologies
  • Moderator: Anju G Parvathy Vice President, Research & Analytics, Avtar Group
2.00pm – 2.50pm (Skilling Hall)
Skilling Session by Johnson & Johnson: Technology & Digital in Manufacturing
  • Santosh Kulkarni Head – Engineering, J&J MedTech
  • Ketan DiwanLead- Process Engineering, Sterilization & Digital Projects, J&J MedTech
2.55pm – 3.45pm (Plenary Hall)
Panel Discussion:
The Rise of GCCs as Opportunity Hubs
  • Ravikant Venkata Eranki Talent Acquisition Leader, Cargill Business Services
  • Mitun Chakraborty Director (Hr, Talent Management, L&D & DEI) Carelon Global Solutions
  • Armelle Guerin VP Software & ADAS, Renault Nissan Tech., India
  • Moderator: Usha Pillai Vice President, Recruitment Solutions, Avtar Group
2.55pm – 3.45pm (Skilling Hall)
Skilling Session by Publicis Sapient: Composable Architectures - Why, What and How
  • Rajesh Rangaswamy Senior Director of Technology, Publicis Sapient
3.45pm – 4.35pm (Plenary Hall)
Panel Discussion:
Bridging the Gap between Academia to Industry
  • Dr Asha Rajiv Professor - Physics, Director - IQAC & School of Sciences, Jain University
  • Gayatri Sharma Technical Project Manager, UST
  • Sromona Banerjee Assistant Vice President, Regional Head- APAC, Inclusion Strategy, Moody’s Corporation
  • Dr Vidhya Thakkar Assistant Professor, K J Somaiya Institute of Management
  • Moderator: Bhanu Kumar Vice President, ESG & Information Services, Avtar Group
4.40pm – 4.50pm (Plenary Hall)
Vote of Thanks
  • Umasanker Kandaswamy Co-founder, Senior Vice President, Sales & Relationships, Avtar Group

4.50pm – 6.30pm (Networking and close of the day)

*Agenda subject to change

Spotlight on Our 2024 Sponsors

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Academic Partner
Institution Partners
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Health Partner
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Awards Celebrating Excellence in STEM - 2024

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Meet the Speakers of 2024

Dr Saundarya Rajesh

Founder - President, Avtar Group

Tiger Thyagarajan

Board member Genpact, Jabil, Kantar, Senior Advisor, BCG, Former President and CEO, Genpact

Aparna Rao

Country Head, Cargill Business Services

Rakesh Ravuri

CTO, Publicis Sapient

Sunita Naik

Senior Managing Director & Country Head, India, State Street

Vivek Gupta

CTO, Birla Pivot

Kannan Hariharan

Chief Strategist, Culture & Belongingness, Avtar Group 

Chella S Pandian

Global Head -Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Culture & Values, Talent, L&D, Leadership Development, Biocon Biologics

Keshav Prasad

Chief Strategist, ESG, Avtar Group

Amarpreet Ahuja

Country HR Director, Astra Zeneca

Akilur Rahman

Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi Energy India Limited

Vishaka Naik

CHRO, Capco Technologies  

Anju G Parvathy

Vice President, Research & Analytics, Avtar Group 

Ravikant Venkata Eranki

Talent Acquisition Leader, D&I Lead, Cargill Business Services

Mitun Chakravorthy

Director - Human Resouces( talent anagement, L&D and DEI), carelon Global Solutions

Armelle Guerin

VP Software & ADAS, DEI Global Business Leader, Renault Nissan Tech., India  

Usha Pillai

Vice President, Recruitment Solutions, Avtar Group

Sromona Banerjee

Assistant Vice President, DEI Lead, Moody’s Corporation  

Dr Vidhya Thakkar

Assistant Professor, K J Somaiya Institute of Management  

Dr Asha Rajiv

Professor - Physics,  Director - IQAC & School of Sciences, Jain University 

S Bhanu Kumar

Vice President,  ESG & Information Services, Avtar Group

Umasanker Kandaswamy

Co-founder, Senior Vice President, Sales & Relationship, Avtar Group 
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