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)
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