In keeping with E18's campaign to create mega knowledge platforms for the Indian industry, the HR Leadership Conclave 2011 initiative aimed to bring key industry stakeholders such as CHRO, GM, CEOs, HOD (HR, Admin, Recruitment, Training) and others from the HR industry together to interact with experts from those areas that will play critical roles as catalysts and partners in progress on the journey towards realizing long-term goals. The event was attended by over 250 senior professionals from the HR fraternity.

The conclave created a platform to discuss the concerns and issues faced by HR management such as talent management, compensation and psychological contracting, training and development, performance management system, employee engagement, HR and technology. The sessions focused on these are working so far, the impact that social networking has on employee mindset, upsides and downsides, what the typical people and organization related issues in M&A are, HR's role in ensuring a seamless post-merger integration, and the key imperatives for effective HR Due Diligence.

Some of the other key speakers at the summit were Adil Malia, Group President - Human Resources, Essar Group; K Ramkumar, Executive Director, ICICI Bank Ltd.; Prabir Jha, Senior Vice President - Corporate HR, Tata Motors; R. Sequeira, Executive Director - Human Resources, Glaxosmithkline Pharma; Sujatha Patel, Vice President - Human Resources, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.; Amrut Rath, Vice President - Human Resource, Bajaj Auto; Wilton Henriques, General Counsel & CS, Global Head - HR, Crompton Greaves Ltd.; V. Swaminathan, EVP, Head -Corporate Relationship Mgmt.RL, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.; Sujitha Karnad, Head - HR & QMG (IT Services), Tech Mahindra; Rajesh Rai, Director HR, United Colors of Benetton India; Rajesh Ramanathan, Executive Director - Human Resources, Cadbury India Ltd.; Ashok Ramchandran, Director - Human Resources, Vodafone India; and R.Swaminathan, Chief People Officer, WNS Group.

Monster.com was the presenting partner for the event, while Kotak Mahindra Bank was the banking partner, Towers Watson was the supporting partner, KPMG was the knowledge partner; mint, CNBC TV18 and Human Capital online were the media partners; and Crown Worldwide Group, Saba, Sodexo and 24x7 Learning were the gold partners.