Dear Member,                                       

As you are aware, the month of March features International Women's Day.  With this in mind, NHRDN Chennai is dedicating this month's meeting to a theme focused on women professionals.

Whenever possible, we have believed in bringing to members more than one perspective on any theme.  In this spirit, we have invited two speakers for this session. One will share the experiences of his organisation's initatives in the area of diversity and  inclusion. The other will bring a specialist consultant's perspective on what more needs to be done.

NHRDN Chennai Presents

"Enabling Gender Diversity & Inclusion in Organisations"

at 7.00 pm, on Friday, March 18, 2011

at Hotel Savera, RK Salai, Chennai.

Speakers:  

Nirmala Menon, Founder & CEO

Interweave Consulting, Bangalore

And

Ramesh L Krishnan,

 Service Delivery Operations Lead &

Inclusion and Diversity Sponsor, BPO Practice

Accenture, Chennai.

Nirmala Menon is the Founder and CEO, Interweave Consulting Pvt. Ltd and brings with her over 20 years' experience in multiple HR functions in India and the United States. An alumnus of XLRI, India, Nirmala holds an additional masters in HR from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. With wide, varied experience in public and private sector organisations across industries, Nirmala led the Diversity and Employee Relations practice for IBM India. She is also an active member of Nasscom's D&I Steering Committee and has been a representative in the international advisory group of the UN Global Compact & the UNIFEM to finalise the Women's Empowerment Principles.      

Ramesh Krishnan is the Service Delivery Operations Lead for the BPO practice of Accenture in Chennai.  His teams are responsible for managing 18 clients, across different BPO capabilities, in varied industries servicing different geographies/ markets.  Ramesh is a Chartered Accountant with over twenty years of experience mainly in controllership and CFO functions as well as in commercial functions.  As the Inclusion and Diversity Sponsor of the BPO Practice, Ramesh  oversees the implementation of Accenture's initiatives in the area of gender diversity and inclusion.

Look forward to seeing you on the 18th.

With regards

R Shantaram
Hony President

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PS: Networking over tea begins at 6.30 pm