Our speakers

Mandeep Gill, Co-founder, Labour Law Advisor

Manikkan S, Executive Director and CEO, Radiance Renewables

Mr S. Manikkan is the Executive Director and CEO of Radiance Renewables Private. Ltd (“Radiance”).  Manikkan has 25 years of extensive experience in infrastructure and execution of large transactions both for private, public and Government sector. Prior to joining Radiance, Manikkan was the Founder & Director of Origin Renewables Pvt. Ltd. (“Origin”).  Radiance acquired Origin in March 2020.

Prior to founding Origin, Manikkan was the President- Infrastructure of ICICI Venture and co-headed the Infrastructure fund, focused on investment opportunities in energy, transport and renewable sectors. Manikkan also had a brief stint with Babcock & Brown India Private Limited as Managing Director (Head of Infrastructure). He has over two decades of experience in financial services across companies such as ICICI Venture, ABN AMRO, UBS Securities (India), SBC Warburg.

Manikkan was awarded most powerful solar business leader in Indian PV market by Solar Quarter in 2021,

Manish Gupta, Vice President, Dell Technologies

Manish Kumar, Senior Consultant, The World Bank Group

Manish Malhotra, Fashion Designer,

Manish Sabharwal, Vice Chairman , Teamlease Services

Manish is Vice-Chairman of Teamlease Services, India’s largest staffing and human capital firm. Teamlease has over 300,000 employees in 5000+ cities, sponsored India’s first vocational university and operates India’s fastest growing national PPP apprenticeship program. The company has hired 2 million employees over the last 20 years. 
     
Manish serves on various policy committees for education, employment and employability. He served as an Independent Director on the Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He is a Member of Advisory Board of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and a governing board member of National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). He is also Managing Trustee of the New India Foundation that offers fellowships for writing books about post-1947 India and is a columnist for Indian Express. He got his MBA from The Wharton School and is an alumnus of Shriram College, Delhi and Mayo College, Ajmer.
 

Manish Sharma, Chairman, Panasonic Life Solutions India Ltd.

Manish Sharma is the Chairman of Panasonic Life Solutions India overseeing the growth and development of the company in the region. In his current role, Mr. Sharma is responsible for driving profitable growth along with strategy planning and business development for the entire product portfolio of Panasonic’s consumer, enterprise, and industry divisions. He is responsible for steering operations in India and South Asia, propelling business growth across the B2C, B2B, and B2G segments.

Beginning with engineering and research assignments, his career of more than two decades has spanned from hands-on operations to strategic product and business planning in various electronic majors like LG Hotline, Samsung India and Haier India.

Manish has been appointed to the Steering Committee for Advancing Local Value-Add and Exports (SCALE) formed by Ministry of Commerce and Industry and has been working closely with Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under guidance of the Ministry to drive India’s local manufacturing agenda.

Manish is very active in driving the electronics industry agenda and holds multiple leadership positions with the industry body – FICCI:
•    Chair for the FICCI Committee on Electronics & Manufacturing, 
•    Chair for the FICCI Committee on Energy Storage  
•    Co-Chair for the India-Taiwan Business Cooperation Committee
He has also represented CEAMA (Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association) in the past and, was the President from 2014-18.
He enjoys photography and travelling. He is also very active on social media and has been sharing his thoughts with his followers through the property ‘Weekend Musings’ on LinkedIn. In 2021, he has also launched his YouTube platform – Duologues – to engage with industry leaders and inspirational figures through in-depth conversations.

Manish Sinha, SVP and CHRO, Mahindra and Mahindra Automotive Ltd.

Manish Tiwari, CIO, Fractal

Manoj K Sharma, Sr Executive Vice President & CHRO, Adani Electricity