About Momentum’25
June 24, 2025 | Radisson Blu, Bengaluru, Outer Ring Road
In 2024, Momentum set the stage for a bold dialogue, exploring how India’s talent ecosystem must evolve to meet the demands of a fast-digitising, skills-first economy. It brought over 30 esteemed speakers, and over 400 academic visionaries and industry trailblazers together, forging uncommon conversations and unearthing common ground.
In 2025, the context has changed. The urgency has not.
Global uncertainty is no longer an abstract idea. It is a lived reality with economic instability, political tensions, AI-led disruption, and shifting workforce aspirations colliding at once. And at the centre of it all lies one critical question: How do we strengthen academia-industry synergy that can withstand relentless uncertainty?
Momentum’25 deepens this inquiry, focusing on the strategic inflection points where institutions and organisations must rethink and realign.
Momentum’24 Highlights
- 400+ attendees
- 30+ speakers from across industry and academia
- 200+ corporates in attendance
- 200+ academic institutions engaged
- 2 keynote addresses by distinguished voices
- 4 high-impact panel discussions
- 2 thought-provoking fireside chats
- 1 HirePro report launch on college hiring in India
Who Should Attend Momentum’25
CHROs
Deans of Institutions
University and College
Heads of Departments
College Placement
Directors and Officers
TA Heads
University Relations
and HR Professionals
What to Expect at Momentum’25
Exclusive Gathering
Thought Leadership
Cross-Sector Perspective
Purpose-Driven Collaboration
Topics for Discussions
College education in the age of AI: Are we preparing students for relevance or redundancy?
- Shifting focus from degrees to durable cognitive skills
- Co-building AI-ready curricula between campus and corporate
- Measuring success through preparedness, not placements
- Creating a shared mandate for every graduate’s first leap
Beyond the placement season, is campus hiring ready for an orbital shift?
- Establishing year-round industry-campus engagement loops
- Shaping curricula through ongoing corporate feedback
- Turning internships into real-world, multi-skill apprenticeships
- Developing long-horizon talent programmes beyond one-day drives
STEM education 2030: Transforming India into a global research and innovation hub
- Fostering nation-building intellectual capital, not just jobs
- Envisioning engineering colleges as deep-tech incubators
- Building research and entrepreneurship ecosystems
- Cultivating a mindset of innovation and global leadership
Featured Speakers
Dr. A K Bakthavatsalam
Professor (HAG) & Head Training & Placement, NIT Trichy
Abhishek Mehrotra
CHRO
Yubi
Amit Verma
Vice President, Human Resources, NVIDIA
Anshuman Das
CEO
Careernet & HirePro
Bhuvaneswar Naik
Vice President and Head of HR - Components, Tata Electronics
Chitra Hariharan
Head - University Relations, Govt. Affairs & Start-up Collaborations, Renesas Electronics
Govindraj MK
CHRO
Myntra
Dr. KS Sridhar
Registrar & Dean, Training & Placement, PES University, Bangalore
Madhu Menon
Global Head and Vice President Talent Acquisition, Wipro
Mino Thomas
Senior Director Talent and Global Head Talent Operations, Adobe
Neelabh Shukla
Chief Business Officer
Careernet
Pankaj Mishra
Journalist and Co-founder
Factor Daily
Pasupathi S
COO
HirePro
Porvi Mahajan
Senior Principal - People Programs, Coupang
Prince Jayakumar D
EVP and Global Head of Talent Acquisition, HCLTech
Prof. S Sadagopan
Founder Director, IIIT Bangalore; Former Chairman BoG, IIITDM-Kancheepuram
Satish Rajarathnam
Head People & Culture, IT and Administration, RCG Global Services
Dr. Satya Gupta
President
VLSI Society of India (VSI)
Savita Hortikar
Vice President, Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Fractal
Shubhra Bhandari
Senior Director and Global HR Leader, Honeywell
Sonia Nagpal
Leader – Talent Acquisition; National Campus Strategy and Programmes, Deloitte US India offices
Sreekumar Bahuleyan
Vice President, HR
Victoria’s Secret & Co.
Sumit Chandra
Head of Talent Acquisition (Senior Director), Flipkart
Prof. V Ramgopal Rao
Group Vice-Chancellor
BITS Pilani Campuses
Agenda
Date: June 24, 2025
Location: Radisson Blu, Bengaluru Outer Ring Road
09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Registration and networking
09:45 AM - 10:05 AM
Welcome note
Anshuman Das, Co-founder & CEO, HirePro & Careernet
10:05 AM - 10:25 AM
Keynote address
Prof. S Sadagopan, Founder Director, IIIT Bangalore and Former Chairman BoG, IIITDM-Kancheepuram
10:25 AM - 11:20 AM
Panel discussion - College education in the age of AI: Are we preparing students for relevance or redundancy?
Abhishek Mehrotra, CHRO, Yubi
Govindraj M K, CHRO, Myntra
Dr. K.S. Sridhar, Registrar and Dean - Training and Placement, PES University, Bangalore
Savita Hortikar, Vice President - Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Fractal
Sreekumar Bahuleyan, Vice President, HR, Victoria’s Secret & Co. (Moderator)
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Tea break
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM
Keynote address
Prof. V Ramgopal Rao, Group Vice-Chancellor, BITS Pilani Campuses
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM
Panel discussion - Beyond the placement season or day, is campus hiring ready for an orbital shift?
Dr. A K Bakthavatsalam, Professor (HAG) & Head Training & Placement, NIT Trichy
Madhu Menon, Global Head and Vice President - Talent Acquisition, Wipro
Prince Jayakumar D, EVP and Global Head of Talent Acquisition, HCLTech
Satish Rajarathnam, Head People & Culture, IT and Administration, RCG Global Services (Moderator)
Sonia Nagpal, Leader - Talent Acquisition; National Campus Strategy and Programmes, Deloitte US India offices
01:00 PM - 02:10 PM
Lunch and networking break
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Fireside chat
Amit Verma, Vice President - Human Resources, Nvidia
Dr. Satya Gupta, President, VLSI Society of India (VSI)
Pankaj Mishra, Journalist and Co-founder, Factor Daily (Moderator)
02:50 PM - 03:45 PM
Panel discussion - STEM education 2030: Transforming India into a global research and innovation hub
Bhuvaneswar Naik, Vice President and Head of HR : Components, Tata Electronics
Chitra Hariharan, Head - University Relations, Govt. Affairs & Start-up Collaborations, Renesas Electronics
Mino Thomas, Senior Director Talent and Global Head Talent Operations, Adobe
Porvi Mahajan, Senior Principal - People Programs, Coupang (Moderator)
Shubhra Bhandari, Senior Director and Global HR Leader, Honeywell
Sumit Chandra, Head of Talent Acquisition (Senior Director), Flipkart
03:45 PM - 04:15 PM
HackVega winners announcement and felicitation
Neelabh Shukla, Chief Business Officer, Careernet
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Closing remarks
S Pasupathi, Chief Operating Officer, HirePro
04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Networking over tea
Featured Participating Colleges
Featured Partners
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