India’s Top 100 Great People Manager List of 2023 – A study done by Great Manager Institute®, in association with the National HRD Network

One of the largest studies on people management the Great People Manager Study™ assesses thousands of people managers across the country and recognizes the Top 100 Great People Managers. This research is conducted by Great Manager Institute® – an organization dedicated to the assessment, development and recognition of people managers.

All the participating managers and leaders go through a rigorous selection process using a multi-layered evaluation methodology. This finally culminates in a list of the Top 100 Great People Managers.

The methodology for this study captures team members’ feedback through a valid and reliable survey instrument across 3 broad themes of Connect, Develop, and Inspire. In addition to the team feedback managers’ day-to-day people management practices are also assessed.

The list is a diverse mix of CEOs  Senior and early-stage managers and emphasizes that the most compelling leaders prioritize human values over mundane corporate metrics by showing compassion and empathy. Because a Great People Manager is someone who builds high-trust relationships to deliver sustained business results

National HRD Network (NHRDN) is a partner in doing this Study and eligible managers are jointly certified by Great Manager Institute® and NHRDN.

 Top 100 Great People Managers of 2023 (In alphabetical order)

• Abhijeet Angane- (Senior Vice President & Relationship Head – West India Factoring & Finance Solutions, FIM Bank Group)
• Abhradip Ray- (AVP – Delivery, Blazeclan Technologies Pvt. Ltd.)
• Ajit Inamdar- (Cloud Architect, Blazeclan Technologies Pvt. Ltd.)
• Ajith Sankaran- (Senior Vice President, Course5 Intelligence Ltd.)
• Amar Pathak- (Head Learning & Development, Viraj Profiles (P) Limited)
• Amit Mishra- (Manager – Operations, Nexval Infotech Pvt. Ltd)
• Anish Anand- (Senior Technical Program Manager, Mastercard Technology Pvt. Ltd.)
• Anoop Kumar- (Deputy General Manager, PGP Glass Pvt. Ltd.)
• Atiq Rehman- (Sr. Manager Operations, Nexval Infotech Pvt. Ltd.)
• Avinash Kajale- (Sr Director Professional Services, e-Emphasys Systems Pvt Ltd)
• Bhanukumar Parmar- (Sr. Vice President, UltraTech Cement)
• Biju Velayudhan- (Chief Information Officer, G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital)
• Binoy Thomas- (Deputy Vice President, Macrotech Developers Ltd ( Lodha Group)
• Clint Misquitta- (Senior Vice President, Edelweiss Tokio)
• Cornelius Lyngdoh- (Associate Manager, Enable India)
• Deepak Kumar- (Associate Director, Rakuten India Enterprise Private Limited)
• Deepak Malik- (Senior Manager QA, Iris Software Pvt Ltd)
• Dilip Kumar R- (Assistant Manager Operations, Nexval InfoTech Pvt Ltd)
• Dinesh Kumar T K- (Vice President – Human Resources, Aspire Systems (India) Private Limited)
• Dr. Sarvana Kumar- (Group Unit Head, Dr Mehtas Hospitals Chennai)
• Dr. Amrita Vohra- (COO and Director Education India region, GEMS Education)
• Dr. Ankita Singh- (Senior Vice President & Global Head: HR Admin IT Travel, CIGNEX Technologies Private Limited)
• Dr. C. Jayakumar- (Executive Vice President & Head – Human Resource (CHRO), Larsen & Toubro Ltd
• Drashti Shah Rajkotwala- (Head – Growth and Development, Unitile)
• Hari Agrawal- (Director – Digital, M&G Global Services Private Limited)
• Harsh Monga- (Head – Sales Capability & Coaching Practice, Dr. Reddy’s)
• Hemal Thakor- (Chief Marketing Officer, PGP GLASS PVT LTD)
• Indranil Sen- (Co-Founder, AlterEgo Accelerators LLP)
• Jaikrishna B- (President – Group HR, AMARA RAJA GROUP)
• Jaswinder Saini- (Vice President – Supply Chain Services, Tata Play)
• Kishore Rajah Rajendran- (Sr. Project Manager, Rakuten India Enterprise Private Limited)
• Krishna Gautam- (Head of Customer Experience, Urbanic) Krishnan Bangarusamy- (Associate Vice President – Human Resources,
• Omega Healthcare Management Services Private Limited
• Krupali Raval- (Senior Manager HR, The Walt Disney Company)
• Lata Chemudupati- (Head-People&Culture, Netconnectglobal)
• Manjula Rao- (Sr General Manager, Schneider Electric)
• Manu Kaushal- (Senior Director, Iris Software Pvt Ltd.)
• Milan Thakkar- (Vice President – Strategic Alliance, Rishabh Software Pvt Limited)
• Mohanraj S- (Director Sales & Strategy – South, FabHotels)
• Neena Chakraborty- (Director Human Resources, GeBBS Healthcare)
• Nivedita Nanda- (Country Director People and Culture, ISS)
• Pavan Kumar Maddela, (Senior Recruitment Manager, ADITI TECH CONSULTING PRIVATE LIMITED)
• Pompayya H M- (Manager – Manufacturing Operations, Eaton Industrial Products Pvt Ltd – Aerospace Division)
• Pramod Ganji- (Sr. Vice President- Business Development, Infibeam Avenues Limited)
• Rashmi Priya- (Head HR, IIFL Home Finance Ltd)
• Ravish Kumar- (Senior Director, Iris Software Pvt Ltd)
• Renoy Titus- (Project Manager, Infosys Ltd)
• Rohit Kapur- (Chief of F&A and Company Secretary, Beumer India Private Limited)
• Sachin Katkar- (Director – Enterprise Solutions and Delivery, Nitor Infotech Pvt Ltd)
• Sachin Pethkar- (Zonal Sales Manager, ROINET SOLUTION PRIVATE LIMITED)
• Sachin Raja- (Chief: Operations Engineering, Beumer India Pvt Ltd)
• Sachin Sharma- (Head – Project Management, Beumer India Pvt Ltd)
• Samapti Acharjee- (Associate Manager, EnAble India)
• Sandeep Khar- (Principal Consultant, Infosys Ltd)
• Sandeep Kumar- (HR Operations Head India, Sodexo India Services Private Limited)
• Sanjeeb Lahiri- (Chief HR Officer, GRP Limited)
• Sarvanakumar N- (Unit Head, SHOPPERS STOP)
• Satish Kumar Krishnamurthy- (Principal Consultant, Infosys Ltd)
• Shabana Upanal- (Director Global Talent Management APJ, TechData APAC a TD SYNNEX Company)
• Shadab Ashraf- (Director Global Support & Customer Experience, Udacity)
• Shalini Sinha- (General Manager- Hospitality and Property Management, Macrotech Developers Ltd ( Lodha Group)
• Shamanth SN- (Director – New & Emerging Business, Rakuten India Enterprises Private Limited)
• Sharmilaa Rajesh Kannan- (VP-HR, Kensium)
• Shashi Singh- (Head Credit Control & Compliances, PERSOLKELLY INDIA PVT. LTD.)
• Shatabdi Ghosh- (Talent Management | Leadership Readiness Lead, John Deere India Pvt. Ltd.)
• Shipra Lavania- (Head Human Resources, Wunderman Thompson)
• Shreepad Kuthyar- (Country Head, SSi People)
• Shrija Chandak- (Chief of Strategy and Digitization, Amrit Cement Limited)
• Shrikant Naik- (SVP Global Delivery Head, Quest Global)
• Srinivas Pindi- (Sr Director Hr & TA, Phenom)
• Sudha Rajan- (Manager – HR Digital Transformation Lead, Prodapt Solutions)
• Swaminathan Lakshmanan- (Associate Director – Talent Acquisition, Mindsprint (erstwhile Olam Information Services Pvt Ltd)
• Vijayakumar M- (Senior Vice President, ADF Data Science Pvt Ltd)
• Vineet Shukla- (Deputy General Manager-Human Resources, Emcure Pharmaceuticals)
• Vinod Phadatare- (Corporate Head – HR and OD, Mungi Engineers Pvt Ltd)

A few Business Leaders in the Top 100 list (In alphabetical order)

• Amit Ramani- (Founder & CEO, Awfis Space Solutions Pvt Ltd)
• Anil Kumar Mehrotra-(Managing Director, SBL SPECIALTY COATINGS PVT LTD ( 100% Subsidiary Of Berger Paints)
• Atul Satija- (Founder 2.0 & CEO, Give.do)
• Deepak Jain- (CEO, BMW DEUTSCHE MOTOREN
• Deepak Narayanan- (Founder & CEO, Practus Advisors)
• Dr. Nalini Prabhushanker- (Founder and Chairperson, SPRING MOUNT PUBLIC SCHOOL)
• Dr. Prasanna Venkatesh M K- (Managing Director & Sr. Consultant Paediatric Urologist Robotic & Renal Transplant Surgeon, NU Hospitals)
• Gagan Arora- (Founder & President, Vertex Group)
• K Narender Reddy- (Chief Executive Officer, NATURAL REMEDIES PVT LTD)
• Manish Lunia- (Co-Founder, FlexiLoans.com (Epimoney Private Limited)
• Manoj Chhablani- (VP of India Operations, Webgility Software Technocrats Pvt Ltd)
• Motilal Oswal- (Founder & CEO, MOTILAL OSWAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD)
• Nilaya Varma- (Co-Founder and CEO, Primus Partners)
• Rajan Aggarwal- (Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, AGI Milltec)
• Sandip Chhettri- (Chief Executive Officer, Infocom Network Private Limited (TradeIndia.com)
• Saumya Kaushik- (Founder, Growup Technologies)
• Shailendra Jagtap- (Managing Director & Country Manager, John Deere India Pvt Ltd)
• Shivaashish Gupta- (Chief Executive Officer, Sanctum Wealth Private Limited)
• Shrikant Bairagi- (Managing Director, ARGO-HYTOS PVT. LTD)
• Sumit Raina- (CEO, Shubham Tanks, and Liners Pvt Limited)
• Sushil Kumar Jain- (Group CEO, ORBIT TECHSOL INDIA PVT LTD)
• Trishneet Arora- (Founder and CEO, TAC Security)
• Vaishal Dalal- (Chairman Co-Founder & Director, Excellent Global Endeavors LLP)
• Vineet Agarwal- (Co-Founder, Carbon Negative Pvt Ltd)
• Vipul Vij- (COO Cosmetics and Perfumery Division, PGP GLASS PVT LTD)

Great Manager Institute® has also published a list of Leadership Factories of India. Click here to view the list.

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