CHRO Summit 2026 Where business gets human
The Leadership Imperative: Rewriting Leadership for the Future of Work. Two days. Twelve panels. Three keynotes. One unmissable fireside chat. 84 of India's sharpest people leaders, all in one room.
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Saturday 8 August · 9:30 AM · Mumbai
Summit highlights
Two days of people-powered ideas
The numbers behind India's largest student-led gathering of Chief Human Resource Officers — hosted by the IMB cohort at SDA Bocconi Asia Center.
The 2026 theme
The Leadership Imperative: Rewriting Leadership for the Future of Work
Work has changed more in five years than in the previous fifty. AI is rewriting job descriptions, hybrid has rewritten the office, and a four-generation workforce is rewriting what it means to belong. Across two days in Mumbai, 84 CHROs and people leaders take on the question underneath it all: what does leadership need to become next?
Keynote spotlight
Three voices. Zero scripts.
Keynote addresses from leaders who have run people strategy at national and global scale — Deloitte, Protiviti, and PwC.
In conversation with Sanjay Nair
Director & Head of HR, Russell Investments. He opens the summit with the Day 1 keynote, then stays on for an unscripted fireside hour — the career stories, hard calls, and honest answers that panels never get to.
The conversations
12 panels + 1 fireside chat
The badge wall
Every panel. Every badge.
84 leaders, grouped exactly the way you'll meet them — keynotes and fireside first, then each panel with its moderator and panelists. Search or filter to jump around.
Run of show
The event flow, hour by hour
Tap any slot to expand it. Panels run in parallel — pick your room and arrive early; the good seats go first.
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