Larsen & Toubro Limited, is a tech-driven Indian multinational engaged in EPC Projects, Hi-Tech Manufacturing and Services and operating in over 50 countries worldwide. A strong, customer-focused approach and the constant quest for top-class quality have enabled L&T to attain and sustain leadership in its major lines of business for over eight decades.

We are engaged in developing high impact sectors of the economy. Our integrated capabilities span the entire spectrum of ‘design to delivery’. The Company focuses on transformation through digitalisation and is exploring new age businesses like the Hydrogen economy and Renewable energy among others.

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IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants) is one of the largest and most respected associations focused exclusively on advancing the management accounting profession. Globally, IMA supports the profession through research, the CMA® (Certified Management Accountant) and CSCA® (Certified in Strategy and Competitive Analysis) programs, continuing education, networking, and advocacy of the highest ethical business practices. Twice named Professional Body of the Year by The Accountant/International Accounting Bulletin, IMA has a global network of about 140,000 members in 150 countries and more than 350 professional and student chapters. Headquartered in Montvale, N.J., USA, IMA provides localized services through its four global regions: The Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe and Middle East/India. For more information about IMA, please visit www.imanet.org.

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Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is an Indian statutory insurance and investment corporation headquartered in the city of Mumbai, India. It is under the ownership of Government of India.

The Life insurance Corporation of India was established on 1 September 1956, when the Parliament of India passed the Life Insurance of India Act that nationalized the insurance industry in India. Over 245 insurance companies and provident societies were merged to create the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India.

As of 2019, Life Insurance Corporation of India had total life fund of ?28.3 trillion. The total value of sold policies in the year 2018–19 is ?21.4 million. Life Insurance Corporation of India settled 26 million claims in 2018–19. It has 290 million policy holders.

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Established in 1875, BSE (formerly known as Bombay Stock Exchange) is Asia's first & the Fastest Stock Exchange in world with the speed of 6 micro seconds and one of India's leading exchange groups. Over the past 143 years, BSE has facilitated the growth of the Indian corporate sector by providing it an efficient capital-raising platform. Popularly known as BSE, the bourse was established as ‘The Native Share & Stock Brokers' Association’ in 1875. In 2017 BSE become the 1st listed stock exchange of India.

Today BSE provides an efficient and transparent market for trading in equity, currencies, debt instruments, derivatives, mutual funds. BSE SME is India’s largest SME platform which has listed over 250 companies and continues to grow at a steady pace. BSE StAR MF is India’s largest online mutual fund platform which process over 27 lakh transactions per month and adds almost 2 lakh new SIPs ever month. BSE Bond, the transparent and efficient electronic book mechanism process for private placement of debt securities, is the market leader with more than Rs 2.09 lakh crore of fund raising from 530 issuances. (F.Y. 2017-2018). Keeping in line with the vision of Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’be Prime Minister of India, BSE has launched India INX, India's 1st international exchange, located at GIFT CITY IFSC in Ahmedabad.

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Mr. Shailesh V. Haribhakti, is a Chartered and Cost Accountant, and a Certified Internal Auditor, Financial Planner & Fraud Examiner. Over decades of hands-on professional involvement, he has worked through myriad engagements which have defined the next steps at Haribhakti Group. His passion for quality is reflected in the ISO 9000 certification for various processes of the Group's operations.

He represented India on the Standards Advisory Council (SAC) of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and also a member of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He worked with PBAS, an affiliate of IFC Washington, to establish Activitybased costing and Strategic Planning Processes in Polish SMEs. He is a staunch believer in Corporate Social Responsibility, Governance and in promoting a greener environment.

Gopal Vittal is currently the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (India & South Asia) of Bharti Airtel Limited. In his role as CEO, he is responsible for defining and delivering the business strategy and providing overall leadership for Airtel’s India & South Asia operations.

Under the leadership of Mr. Vittal, Airtel had achieved a life-time high revenue market share. Airtel was recognized as the second most valuable brand in the country by Brand Equity. In 2018, Airtel was ranked 10th ‘Best Company to Work for’ and the ‘Best Employer in Telecom’ in India.

In addition, Mr. Vittal has also been with Hindustan Unilever for over a 20 years. He led several national and global assignments across sales, marketing and general management. He was responsible for conceptualizing and rolling out Project Bharat, Unilever's largest rural marketing initiative in India. From September 2008 to January 2012, he served as an Executive Director of Hindustan Unilever Limited and headed the US$ 3.5 Bn Home and Personal Care Division.

Mr. Vittal is an alumnus of Madras Christian College and has completed his MBA from IIM, Kolkata.

Mr. Vijay Chandok is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Securities Ltd. from May 2019. He has been with the ICICI Group for over 27 years.

Prior to his current assignment, he served as the Executive Director on the Board of ICICI Bank. He also served as a Director on the Boards of ICICI Bank UK PLC Ltd, ICICI Bank Canada Ltd., ICICI Bank (Eurasia) Limited and was the Chairman of ICICI Investment Management Company Limited.

During his years at ICICI Bank, he was responsible for the International Banking, Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) businesses, Global Markets and Commercial Banking Businesses. He also served the bank in the retail banking group, rural and agri group and the corporate banking group over the years.

Under Mr. Chandok's leadership, ICICI Bank has won numerous accolades including:

• Dun & Bradstreet's Best Bank in Private sector for International Business Development consecutively for six years (2011 to 2016).
• `The Best Borrower from India' for five consecutive years (2012 to 2016)
• The Best Bank for SMEs at the Asiamoney India Banking Awards 2017 - for its automation initiative besides winning the best bank in SME financing by D&B, Asian Banker & Asian Asset Awards over the years.
• Retail Broker of the Year Award 2019 by Outlook Money.
• Outstanding Private Banking Technology Platform offering in the PBWM London Awards 2020.
• Best Customer Experience of the Year in ETBFSI Excellence awards from ICICIdirectGlobal, an overseas investment platform of ICICI Securities Limited.

Mr. Chandok sits on the Expert Panel of ICICI Prudential AMC - Real Estate Business. He is a member of SEBI's Secondary Markets Advisory Committee, Co-Chair of FICCI's Capital Market Committee, member of CII National Committee on Financial Markets, and CII's Mutual Funds Advisory Board.

Mr. Chandok holds a Master's degree of Mumbai University in Management Studies (MMS) from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. He also holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi (formerly IT-BHU). In 2017, Mr. Chandok was conferred with a Distinguished Alumnus Award from NMIMS University.

Jaywardhan (Jay) Semwal has served as vice president, corporate financial accounting, for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) since May 2018. He has been with HP/HPE for the last 12+ years and has worked in varied areas of revenue management, supply chain finance, expense management, accounting, reporting, and analytics.

Prior to joining HP, Jay worked with several multi-national companies, including GE Capital, Prudential Financial, ICICI Bank, and Fiat Spa. He has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of automotive design, corporate finance, business finance, financial markets, international banking, FPA&R, accounting, and analytics.

Jay holds a BE in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, India; an international graduate degree in automobile engineering from ISVOR Fiat, Italy; and an MBA in finance from XLRI Jamshedpur, India. He also holds a diploma in Italian language. Jay currently serves as a member of IMA’s Strategic Planning Standing Board Committee.

Mr. Anup Sahay is currently Head Corporate Strategy and Special Initiatives for Larsen & Toubro. In addition, he has oversight of Corporate Sustainability and Corporate Brand Management & Communication. Mr. Sahay is also guiding the development of a new business in the B2B supply chain space.

Mr. Anup Sahay joined L&T in August 2018. Prior to this, he worked with Tata Steel for 32 years in various roles, acquiring rich experience in corporate strategy, marketing, business planning, and sustainability. He led the formation of Joint Venture with BlueScope Steel Australia, and also headed the Integration Office subsequent to the acquisition of Corus by Tata Steel.

Mr. Anup Sahay has done his graduation in Economics Honors, Delhi University in 1982. He has done his PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad in 1984. He has also done Executive Development program in Business Management from CEDEP, Fountainebleau, France, 2004-06.

Mr Ashish, a technocrat from IIT and IIM, is the MD & CEO of BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange), with market capitalization of listed companies more than US$ 3.5 trillion.

At BSE since 2009, Ashish has helped it become the world’s fastest exchange with 6 microseconds response time, completed its IPO, revived its revenues, introduced mobile stock trading to India, diversified in new areas including currency, commodities and equity derivatives, SME, start-ups, Mutual fund and insurance distribution, IPO/bond distribution, spot markets, power trading, and international exchange at GIFT city etc.

Ashish acted as the CEO of IPL cricket team Mumbai Indians in its formative years and worked as the President and CIO of Reliance group from years 2000 to 2009 in the field of IT, e-commerce, public relations, media, telecom, sports, organised retail, IPO, petrochemicals, refining, oil and gas etc.

Ashish is one of the founders of at NSE (National stock exchange) and is considered the father of modern financial derivatives in India due to his work there from 1993-2000. He is also the creator of Nifty index and was in charge of creating the first screen-based trading. He started his career as a banker with IDBI.

Mr. V S Parthasarathy Independent Director, LIC of India, Vice Chairman Allcargo Logistics Ltd and Independent Director @cloudnine group of Hospitals and SEWA. Passionate Women Empowerment, Employment, Entrepreneurship & Education. Making India healthy is another Passion.

Mr. Parthasarathy holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is Harvard Alumni of the 2011 batch for Advanced Management Program. He has also been part of Mahindra Group’s Senior Management team for Group strategy development, facilitated by Harvard Business School.

He has received many accolades and recognitions in the field of Finance, M&A & IT. Some of the notable awards being CFO Hall of Fame from CFO India, ‘CFO of the Year’ 2013 from International Market Assessment (IMA) and the Best CFO of India Award by Corporate Excellence Awards.

Dr. Ganesh Natarajan is Founder of 5F World, a platform dedicated to investment and mentoring of start-ups, skills platforms and social enterprises. He is also Chairman of Skills Alpha, Pune City Connect and Social Venture Partners India and a Co-Founder and Chairman of Global Talent Track. He has co-founded two Indo-US JVs, Kalzoom Advisors and Center for AI and Advanced Analytics.

He is a distinguished alumnus award winner of IIT Bombay and NITIE.

Ganesh led two corporate success stories with distinction, APTECH from 1991 to 2001 and Zensar from 2001 to 2016. Zensar in the last five years had a CAGR market value growth of 44 % annually, a record in the industry. He is an Independent Director on the Boards of State Bank of India, Principal Asset Management, Hinduja Global Services, LHI Digital, Educate Girls, 1 Crowd, AVPN and SVP International.

Ganesh is a member of the Chairmen's Council of NASSCOM and the National Council of the All India Management Association. He has been Chairman of NASSCOM and NASSCOM Foundation, President of HBS Club of India and served multiple terms on the National Council of CII.

He is an alumnus of BIT Mesra, NITIE, IIT Bombay and the Harvard Business School. He is the author of four McGraw Hill Books on Business Process Reengineering and Knowledge Management and other publications on the IT industry and inspired leadership of Gen Y. His book "Startup to Global success' published by SAGE chronicles the success story of Zensar.

Santhosh Jayaram is HCL Technologies’ Global Head of Sustainability. In his role, he will concentrate on refining and focusing HCL’s existing agenda and strategy in the critical areas of Environmental, Social and Governance. He will be instrumental in strengthening and scaling the company’s current and future sustainability initiatives and facilitating its integration into existing business practices and within HCL’s stakeholder value creation.

Jayaram earned his Master’s degree at IIT Bombay in Environmental Science and Engineering. He has worked in this space for over two decades, with more than 200 clients across 20 countries on various facets of sustainability. He has been involved in the evolution of standards and more recently, was a member of the technical committee set by SEBI on Social Stock Exchange.

Before joining HCL, Santhosh was an advisory council member for KPMG Impact, which is a global program launched to integrate sustainability into all their company activities. While there, he also led the creation of the biggest consulting team specialized in sustainability, within the organization, as well as peer consulting firms in Asia.

Jayaram is a published author of two books titled ‘Still Speaking’ (Volume 1 and 2), which combine his interests of photography, writing and painting. He also writes a blog that discusses different aspects of sustainability.