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Transforming HR for a New Era of Talent

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Our Partners

Presenting Partner

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Co-Presenting Partner

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Darwinbox

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Gold Partner

Awards Partner

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Employee Experience & Wellbeing Partner

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Save Smart Partner

Silver Partners

Emotional Wellbeing Partner

Financial Wellness Partner

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Rewards & Incentives Partner

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Reward Partner

Exhibit Partners

Networking Partner

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The 17th CHRO Confex and Awards 2026

is a premier platform for senior HR executives and thought leaders to engage in critical discussions surrounding the evolving landscape of human capital management. As organizations navigate unprecedented challenges—from technological disruptions to shifting workforce expectations—this event will explore innovative strategies that drive organizational success through effective people management.

Our Industry Experts Lineup

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Panel 1

Panel 2

Panel 3

Stand Alone

Chairperson:

mrigank-tripathi

Mrigank Tripathi

President - Growth

PeopleStrong

Industry Experts:

sanjeev-sharan

Bhalaajhee Madhanagopal

Vice President - Sales

PeopleStrong

dan-aherne-mcinteer

Dan Aherne-McInteer

Senior Manager, Solutions Consulting

ServiceNow Software Development India Pvt. Ltd.

piyush-bagaria

Hira Junaid

Lead – Enterprise Wellness & Strategic Growth

Onsurity

ruchir-dave

Ruchir Dave

Associate Vice President

Darwinbox

Alex Robertson

Lokesh Sharma

CHRO

National Commodities Management Services Limited

Alex Robertson

Amit Choudhary

Vice President HR

EXL

 Nitin Khindria

Nitin Khindria

Group CHRO

Omega Seiki Mobility

Swarnim Taly

Swarnim Taly

Associate Director - Product Management

GreytHR

samit-chopra

Samit Chopra

Head of Enterprise Sales Zaggle Employee Benefits

Zaggle

piyush-bagaria

Suchin Kotian

Sales Director

SalarySe

Pallavi poddar

Renu Rohtagi

Director HR Leadership Program

Air Liquide

kanika-tewari

Prateek Arora

Associate Director Strategic Ops Initiative

SpringVerify

kanika-tewari

Kanika Tewari

CEO

GoDiverse

Pallavi poddar

Aseem Nath Tripathi

CHRO

Multiplier Brand Solution

deepti-mehta

Deepti Mehta

CHRO

Interface Microsystems

deepti-mehta

Subnesh Sharma

Sr Director HR Strategy

VVDN Technologies

shaleen-manik

Shaleen Manik

CHRO

Transsion India

deepti-mehta

Rini Ajeet

Vice President Human Resources

ECO Mobility

sanjeev-sharan

Sanjeev Sharan

CHRO

ZTE Telecom India

sanjeev-sharan

Preeti Ahuja

Global Chief People Officer

Husk Power

sanjeev-sharan

Anil Tyagi

Director HR & Board Member

Kusum Group of Companies

sanjeev-sharan

Bhawna Chawla

Senior Director HR

R1 RCM

sanjeev-sharan

Rashmi Mansharamani

CHRO Wave Group
Chairman CII(WIB)WUP
Strategic Advisor CII(HR) WUP

The Wave Group

sanjeev-sharan

Sweta Singh

Director Talent Acquisition - APAC

Material

sanjeev-sharan

Krutika Tandon

Head HR

MASIN

sanjeev-sharan

Smita Dey

Vice President – Human Capital

BlueMonk Ventures

sanjeev-sharan

Bakshin Kaur

Director

Akal Information Systems Ltd

sanjeev-sharan

Shima M Kundra

Head of HR

Devnagri AI Pvt Ltd

sanjeev-sharan

Prem Singh

Group CHRO

JK Organisation

aarti-kohli

Aarti Kohli

HR Director – India & SAARC

Bausch + Lomb India Pvt. Ltd.

Who Should Attend?

CXO, Presidents, Directors, GMs, Heads & Executives of:

Human Resources

People & Culture

Learning & Development

Talent Acquisition & Management

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Organization Development

People Operations

Workforce Planning Leaders

Human Resources

People & Culture

Learning & Development

Talent Acquisition & Management

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Organization Development

People Operations

Technology

Workforce Planning Leaders

Why Should you Attend?

The CHRO Confex & Awards 2026 presents a unique opportunity for HR leaders and professionals to immerse themselves in the evolving landscape of human capital management. This event is designed to help you stay ahead of industry trends while connecting with peers and learning from top experts.

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Key Reasons to Attend

Gain Insight from Industry Experts

Engage with thought leaders who will share their experiences and strategies for navigating today’s complex HR challenges. Discover actionable insights that can elevate your HR practices.

Explore Innovative HR Strategies

Delve into the latest trends in HR technology, digital transformation, and workforce management. Learn how to implement innovative strategies that drive organizational success and enhance employee engagement.

Network with Peers Across Industries

Build meaningful connections with fellow HR professionals and leaders from diverse industries. Exchange best practices, share challenges, and foster collaboration that can enhance your career.

Connect with Leading Solution Providers

Interact with top HR technology and solution providers to explore cutting-edge tools and platforms. Discover solutions that can streamline your HR processes and improve the employee experience.

Enhance Your Leadership Skills

Participate in workshops and discussions that focus on developing key leadership capabilities. Equip yourself with new skills to better navigate the challenges of the modern workplace.

Our Partners

Presenting Partner
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PeopleStrong is Asia’s leading, and the most comprehensive Human Capital Management SaaS platform. Backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, the HR technology company focuses on delivering a unique employee experience, data-driven decision-making, and agility for businesses.

Voted as a Great Place to Work, PeopleStrong has simplified worklife at over 500+ large enterprises across the emerging economies of Asia Pacific, empowering the lives of 2 million+ employees with a mobile-first, AI and ML-powered talent operating system. Their tech capabilities span across the employee lifecycle from hire to exit, including Human Capital Management, Payroll, Talent Acquisition & Management, and Collaboration.

PeopleStrong is rated among the Top 5 in the Asia Pacific at Gartner’s Peer Insights and voted as Customers’ Choice of HR Tech in the Gartner ‘Voice of Customer’ Report for 1000+ employee enterprises for 3 consecutive years (2022, 2023 & 2024). It is also awarded as the Solution Provider of the Year by Economic Times Human Capital Awards and HR Tech Provider of the Year Gold at People Matters InfiniT Awards 2025. PeopleStrong is also the highest-rated HCM app globally with 4.8 star ratings on the Play Store and appstore.

Co-Presenting Partner
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ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) is the AI control tower for business reinvention. The ServiceNow AI Platform integrates with any cloud, any model, and any data source to orchestrate how work flows across the enterprise. By unifying legacy systems, departmental tools, cloud applications, and AI agents, ServiceNow provides a single pane of glass that connects intelligence to execution across every corner of business. With more than 75 billion workflows running on the platform each year, ServiceNow helps organizations turn fragmented operations into coordinated, autonomous workflows that deliver measurable results. Learn how ServiceNow puts AI to work for people

In Association with
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Darwinbox is an AI-powered, mobile-first HCM platform that helps businesses automate and simplify HR operations. Serving 1000+ organizations across 130+ countries, it empowers over 4 million employees worldwide. Trusted by brands like Adani, Starbucks, Swiggy, and Mahindra, Darwinbox enhances employee experience through AI and ML-driven insights. The platform has been recognized in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for four consecutive years and named a Strong Performer in the Forrester® HCM Wave™ 2023..

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Founded in February 2020, Onsurity is a Bengaluru-based employee healthcare benefits provider for India's SMEs, start-ups, and enterprises. The company has served 15,00,000+ lives and has onboarded 8,000+ companies, including Jupiter Money, CleverTap, Porter, Zepto, Sobha Developers, DBS Bank and Naturals Ice Cream, among others.

Onsurity, India’s 1st SME-focused insurtech, is on a mission to make healthcare accessible for India's missing middle. Through holistic healthcare and wellness solutions, the company offers businesses the flexibility of monthly subscriptions for payments, and the convenience of usage through its Super App. Onsurity's broader mission extends beyond safeguarding health; it encompasses a holistic commitment to empower SME businesses.

Gold Partner

greytHR is a full-suite HRMS platform designed to automate and simplify complex, recurring, and critical HR and payroll functions, ensuring compliance and security. With over 50 tools, greytHR offers ‘Hire-to-Retire’ solutions for People Operations, including advanced modules for recruiting, onboarding, engaging, paying, appraising, retaining, and retiring employees. The platform also leverages AI-driven analytics and recommendations to enhance employee engagement throughout the entire employee lifecycle.

Trusted by CFOs and loved by CHROs, greytHR serves businesses of various sizes and is adaptable across industries like manufacturing, SaaS, healthcare, hospitality, education, and retail.

As India’s leading HRMS and payroll provider, greytHR is rapidly expanding in the MEA and SEA regions, offering world-class Made-in-India software solutions to emerging markets. The company proudly serves over 34,000 clients, managing 3.2 million+ employees across 25+ countries.

Awards Partner

Superset is India's largest campus hiring platform, built to simplify and scale fresher recruitment for employers across the country. Trusted by over 12,000 employers and 600+ universities, we connect recruiting teams to verified talent across 24,000+ campuses.

We handle the full recruitment workflow: campus outreach, candidate assessments, virtual interview drives, and offer management, with everything tracked in one place. With real-time analytics and personalised candidate recommendations, recruiting teams spend less time on logistics and more time on the right hires. Superset is where campus hiring happens at scale.

Employee Experience & Wellbeing Partner
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Ugaoo is a leading agri-tech company committed to building a greener, more sustainable future through innovation in gardening and farming solutions. At the intersection of nature and technology, Ugaoo not only empowers individuals and businesses to grow better but also champions employee well-being, sustainability, and purpose-driven growth—values that strongly align with today’s evolving HR leadership priorities.

Save Smart Partner

Zaggle is India’s leading listed (NSE: ZAGGLE | BSE: 543985) Spend Management company revolutionizing how enterprises manage spends, payments and employee engagement. Zaggle offers an integrated suite spanning expense management, travel automation, rewards and recognition, vendor payments and corporate cards across credit, prepaid and forex. With a technology-first approach, AI-driven insights and deep enterprise integrations, Zaggle simplifies financial workflows for organizations of all sizes. Its platforms power smarter decisions, greater efficiency and enhanced transparency for CFOs, CHROs and procurement teams. Serving over 3800+ customers and 3.7 million users, Zaggle continues to drive innovation at the intersection of Finance, Technology and Productivity.

Silver Partner

SpringVerify is India’s first AI-powered background verification platform, built by Springworks to automate and accelerate hiring at scale. Trusted by 6,000+ customers, SpringVerify is also the first BGV company in India to achieve SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, NASSCOM, GDPR, and DPDP compliance.

Designed to reduce manual effort for HR teams, SpringVerify leverages APIs and digital workflows to automate document collection, trigger smart reminders, and deliver real-time status updates through an intuitive portal. The result is faster turnaround times, fewer errors, and consistent verification outcomes.

SpringVerify is trusted by leading organizations such as Razorpay, Godrej, Plum, Finolex, Adani, CRED, and Tata Steel for its accuracy, reliability, and compliance-first approach. Detailed verification reports enable confident hiring decisions, supported by 24/7 assistance and dedicated Customer Success Managers for quick resolution of complex cases.

With AI-led automation at its core, SpringVerify helps organizations scale background verification without increasing HR effort.

Silver Partner

EngageWith is a leading employee engagement platform trusted by 100+ organisations, helping HR leaders build people-first cultures directly inside Slack and Microsoft Teams. Rated 4.5 on G2 and recognised as a Leader in Employee Engagement and Employee Recognition, EngageWith enables teams to recognise peers, reward achievements, and celebrate milestones without leaving the tools they already use.

The platform offers Rewards & Recognition, Pulse Surveys, eNPS, Anonymous Feedback, Manager Feedback Surveys, 360° Feedback, and automated Birthday & Work Anniversary Celebrations. Setup takes under 60 minutes, with dedicated Customer Success Managers ensuring smooth adoption for teams of any size.

Certified with ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, and fully GDPR compliant, EngageWith combines powerful People Analytics with enterprise-grade security to help organisations build cultures that retain and inspire their people.

Silver Partner

Goodfit is an AI-native hiring platform that replaces the chaos of manual screening with a structured, automated process, so recruiters spend less time sifting through candidates and more time talking to the right ones. With over 1,00,000 interviews conducted, the platform is trusted by 200+ customers to bring both speed and consistency to early-stage hiring.

Goodfit runs automated first-round video interviews powered by AI, complete with contextual follow-up questions, competency-based scoring, and full transcripts, all without any recruiter involvement. This is paired with a comprehensive assessment suite covering psychometric tests, coding challenges across 30+ languages, and role-specific scenarios. Every candidate is evaluated against the same criteria, removing subjectivity from shortlisting decisions.

The platform also includes built-in AI proctoring to flag integrity issues in real time, an intelligent ATS to track and progress candidates without manual nudges, and seamless integrations with 100+ existing HR tools. Pricing is usage-based and transparent, starting at ₹50 per candidate, with no lock-ins. SOC 2 Type II certified.

Silver Partner
godiverse

Go Diverse is committed to advancing inclusion by embracing diverse viewpoints. Our diverse team of DEI experts collaborate closely with organizations to guide them from strategy development to full implementation and scaling of DEI initiatives. We provide customized services designed to advance DEI initiatives, including Gender Intelligence, unconscious bias training, and inclusive leadership. Our offerings also include programs on psychological safety, allyship, LGBTQAI+ and more. Additionally, our cultural competence programs enhance cross-cultural interactions, and our support for Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) builds a strong community. We have successfully worked in more than 16 countries, including the US, Europe, Japan, Korea, Africa, China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore,Sri Lanka, and SouthEast Asia, bringing our expertise to a global audience.

Emotional Wellbeing Partner
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Founded in 2001, 1to1help.net is India’s leading provider of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), dedicated to strengthening organizations and their employees. We are at the forefront of emotional wellness, oering techenabled, evidence-based psychological counselling and comprehensive wellness solutions tailored to address both personal and professional challenges.

Our suite of solutions is specialized for industry sectors and personalized for diverse employee cohorts. By leveraging cutting-edge, evidence-based assessments and India-centric, expert-led content, we focus on driving adoption, engagement, and measurable impact. Through our app and digital platform, we empower employees to build healthy habits and coping skills with periodic nudges, engaging content, and instant access to counsellors.

Our counsellors operate on a best-in-class platform designed to deliver precise, evidence-backed care, supported by a robust knowledge and skill system as well as professional supervision. As India’s largest and most qualified pool of counsellors, our team is equipped to provide unparalleled support, including access to an emergency helpline managed by psychological experts.

Trusted by over 1,000 brands, we have positively impacted 10 million lives by fostering organizational emotional resilience and creating psychologically safe work environments.

Financial Wellness Partner
salary

SalarySe is an AI-powered financial wellbeing and compensation optimisation platform. It reimagines traditional salary by transforming it into a dynamic financial ecosystem, combining credit, UPI rewards, investments, and tax-saving benefits into one seamless experience.

It was founded in 2023 with a simple belief: salary should do more than just get credited; it should actively work for employees. Today, SalarySe partners with 100+ enterprises, enabling 2 lakh+ employees across India to experience a smarter, more rewarding way to manage their finances.

What makes SalarySe powerful is its selective, high-impact payroll integration. Instead of overhauling entire systems, it integrates precisely where it matters via products like early salary access, flexi benefits, and device leasing. This enables employees to unlock higher take-home income, optimise taxes, and improve cash flow in real time, without adding operational complexity for employers.

For organisations, SalarySe enhances compensation without increasing cost, helping unlock working capital, reduce attrition, and strengthen employer brand. For employees, it brings together financial access, savings, and financial growth into one intelligent platform.

By combining AI-driven personalisation with compensation and tax optimisation, SalarySe is redefining financial wellbeing to a whole new paradigm, not as a one-time benefit, but as an everyday advantage built into salary itself.

Rewards & Incentives Partner
xoxo

Xoxoday is a fast-growing B2B SaaS company that empowers businesses to engage, motivate, and retain employees, channel partners, and customers through rewards, incentives, and loyalty solutions.

Reward Partner
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Benepik is a global rewards, engagement, and loyalty solutions provider serving 700+ clients across multiple industries, with access to rewards in 120+ countries. The organisation partners with enterprises to deepen engagement, unify culture, and strengthen stakeholder relationships through integrated recognition and reward ecosystems. From real-time appreciation and AI-driven reward fulfilment to digital certificates and 350+ instant gift card integrations, Benepik helps organizations celebrate performance and milestones seamlessly across the employee lifecycle.

Exhibit Partner
enlink

The technology and digital world continue to transform businesses and daily life. Our portfolio helps consumers and businesses harness this transformation, focusing on three core needs: training, technology optimization, and business growth through digital media.

Our journey began in 2000 as a technical services provider. Our first client was Webhelp.com, for whom we delivered human-assisted search services across platforms like Yahoo, MSN, and Google. In the years that followed, we provided technical support, customer service, and billing management to companies like MSN, Hotmail, and AOL.

Our growth led to a joint venture in the U.S., and in 2004-2005, we acquired Lester Inc., which allowed us to enter a niche outsourcing sector focused on publishing, B2B media, and fundraising.

Over the past two decades, we expanded our technology services, working with major internet companies like Register.com and numerous small and medium businesses. Today, our solutions include IT training, cloud and managed IT services, digital marketing, and staff augmentation, supporting businesses in leveraging technology for ongoing success.

Exhibit Partner
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Relyon Softech Ltd. is a leading software company headquartered in Bengaluru, India’s Silicon Valley. Under the brand Saral, we provide comprehensive solutions in HR & Payroll, Taxation, Compliance, and Accounting, serving over 60,000 users across 30+ industry verticals ranging from SMEs to private and public sector banks. With over 25 years of industry expertise, our mission is to simplify business processes through scalable and user-friendly technology solutions tailored to evolving business needs. We have a strong pan-India presence with offices in major cities and a network of 300+ partners across 450 districts.

Networking Partner
enlink

Hundreds of applications come in for every role, but identifying the right talent still requires hours of screening, coordination, and interviews. As organizations scale, recruiters are expected to evaluate more candidates, faster, while maintaining quality and consistency.

Navihyr by Tenhance is a talent intelligence platform that helps organizations discover, assess, and shortlist the right candidates with greater speed and confidence. At the heart of Navihyr is an intelligent interviewer that engages candidates in conversations, asks relevant follow-up questions, probes deeper into experience and skills, and evaluates responses against role-specific requirements. Instead of relying on static questionnaires, Navihyr uncovers the context, depth, and quality behind every answer. The platform helps recruiters focus their time where it matters most, engaging top talent and making hiring decisions, while routine screening and evaluation happen automatically in the background.

Pricing Plans

Standard Price

Valid Till: 10th June, 2026

₹15,000 + GST

1st Early Bird

Valid Till: 10th April, 2026

₹10,000 + GST

2nd Early Bird

Valid Till: 10th May, 2026

₹12,500 + GST

Awards Nomination

Valid Till: 06th June, 2026

Registration Fee Depends on Award Category

Venue

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The Lalit New Delhi

Fire Brigade Lane, Barakhamba, New Delhi, Delhi 110001