10 Oct Awards Evening of Pune HR Leaders by HR Shapers with Prana Resorts and Banquets
Awards of Pune HR Leaders by HR Shapers
Awards Nomination Link
We are pleased to announce the Pune HR Leadership Awards 2026, scheduled on Sat 10 Oct 2026 at Prana Resorts and Banquets Pune. The Summit and awards ceremony will be attended by 200+ HR.
The award function will recognize 30-40 distinguished HR Leaders and present them with awards in different categories. The awardees will be selected after an extensive due diligence. The nomination process for awards has started. The last date would be 15 Sept 2026.
HR Leadership Awards Category Oct 2026
1. Best CHROs of the Year
2. Best HR Leader of the Year
3. Best Digital HR Leader of the Year
4. Best Talent Management Leader of the Year
5. Best D&I Leader of the Year
6. Best HR Operation of the Year
7. Best C&B Reward of the Year
8. Best L&D Leader of the Year
9. Best HR Compliance Leader of the Year
10. Best OD Leader of the Year
11. Best TA Leader of the Year
12. Best Employer Branding Leader of the Year
13. Best PMS Leader of the Year
14. Best Employee Engagement Leader of the Year
15. Best CEO (with CHRO background Leader) of the Year
16. Best HR Family of the Year
17. Best Young HR Leader of the Year
18. Best Women HR Leader of the Year
19. Best Longest Tenure HR in one Company Leader of the Year
20. Best HR Analytics Leader of the Year
21. Best ER IR Leader of the Year
Few Others
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Criteria and Other Important Points
# Minimum 10 Years currently working HR in the Companies Corporates
# Only for Manager and above designation
# Winners of any HR Awards conducted by HR Shapers in last one year will be given less preference for the assessment to ensure for new entry
# No nomination fee for the awards nominations or awards selection winners
# Nomination will be shortlisted as per mandate/criteria
# Last Date to send nomination before 15 Sept 2026
# One can NOT apply for more than one category. Duplication or nomination for more than one category will be considered cancellation without informing the nominee
# Awards Ceremony will be happening on 10 Oct at Prana Resorts and Banquets, Pune.
# Pl note preference would be given to Pune based HR Nominations, if any outstation HR apply nominate, need to wait till the result is communicated.
# If outstation nominations being selected, they need to take care of Logistics and all other expenses on their own
# HR Shapers or associated any partners associated with this awards function do not charge any fee for applying for the award or if you are selected for the award.
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It gives me immense pleasure to share about the upcoming Pune HR Shapers Summit & Awards of 10 Oct @ Prana Resort. Pl find below more details.
# Sat 10th Oct 2026
# Time: 2pm to 9pm followed by Cocktail Dinner
# Venue: Prana Resorts & Banquets, Ravet, Pune
# Special thanks to our main partner Prana Resort & Banquets https://www.thepranaresorts.com & all others partners for making it happen.
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Special thanks to all Jury Members for agreeing to be part of awards nominations assessment evaluations.
# Abhijit Sinha, Head Total Rewards, HR Ops & Analytics - Piaggio Vehicles
# Abhinav Mishra, TA Head - Bloomberg
# Ajay Nawale, Country Director India & Sr Dir HR - AlphaSense
# Krishna Panda, Head Total Rewards & HR Services
# Manish Kumar, Deputy VP Employee Experience & Digital HR - Bajaj Life
# Manisha Mulay, SVP HR & Global Head DE&I - Vanderlande
# Pratyush Nandkeolyaar, Chief Talent Officer - Blupace Tech
# Samir Patil, Head HR Ops India - Apexon
# Shilpi Saklani, Global SVP (People & Org Devt) - Persistent Systems
# Shwetambari Salgar, Sr Director L&OD - Icertis Solutions
# Ashish Gakrey, Founder - HR Shapers
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# HR Summit Delegate Link https://luma.com/8qpb1rht
# Jury based assessment HR Awards Nominations Links https://luma.com/muuoi3dv Last date for nomination is 28 Sept 2026
# Open to all Working HR Professionals from Companies Corporates. No fee. Complimentary. Feel free to share these links in your HR Circle of Pune.
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Our Partners
# Hospitality: Prana Resort & Banquets https://www.thepranaresorts.com
# BGV & Assessment: SpringVerify https://in.springverify.com
# HR Technologies: Weekmate https://weekmate.in/
# Health & Wellness: Apollo Hospital https://www.apollohospitals.com/hospitals/pune
# HR Technology: Keka https://www.keka.com/
# Workforce Capability Devt: iSkillBox https://iskillbox.com/
# Employer Branding: CoBuzz https://cobuzz.in/
# HR Shapers Ashish Gakrey
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Highlights: 300+ HR I Jury Acknowledgment Felicitation I 50 Speakers I 40 HR Awards I PDs I RTs I 6-7 hrs of Learnings Networking Games Entertainment I Cocktail Dinner I Much More I
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We are looking for sponsorship partnerships for Pune 10 Oct & Delhi 24 Oct HR Summit Awards as per budget, requirements etc. Pl share if you have any leads if you have / come across. Most welcome any HR Services Providers, HR Tech Players, HRMS, Payroll, Compliance, ATS, BGV, Engagement, Insurance, Bank, Wellness Wellbeing, Employer Branding, EEX, AI HR, LMS, Edtech, Staffing Firms, HRO etc
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Look forward to seeing the registration of all HR from companies and corporates.
Regards,
Team of HR Shapers & Prana Resorts
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Regards,
Ashish Gakrey | Founder - HR Shapers
HR Leaders - Capgemini I Teleperformance I Loop Mobile I Zycus Infotech I 9820457250 | gakreyashish@gmail.com | hrshapers2@gmail.com I
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HR Shapers 2026 Calendar
# Jan 200: Mum 50 I BLR 150 I
# Feb 500: Mum 50 I Dubai 10 I Pune 150 I BLR 150 I DEL 25 I BBSR 50 I Villupuram 10 I DEL 50 I
# March: 500 Hyd 100 I BLR 50 l Ahmd 200 l Mum 75 l Pune 75 I
# April 200: Ahmd 100 l Chennai 50 l Kochi 20 I Coimbatore 20 I
# May 300: BLR 100 I DEL 50 I Pune 10 I Mum 50 I Pune 25 I
# June 1000: Pune 300 I Anand 75 I Mum 400 l 200 Baroda I Pune 25 I
# July 200: BLR 20 l Mum 30 l DEL 30 l Pune 50 l Chennai 25 l
# Aug 500: Hyd 25 I Pune 300 I Ahmd 25 I DEL 25 I Ahmd 75 I
# Oct: 1-5 Goa I 7 Mumbai I 8 Hyd I 10 Pune I 11-15 Dubai I 24 Delhi I
# Nov: 1-4 KL I 12-15 Goa I 21 Pune I 23-25 Dubai I 26-27 Delhi I
# Dec: 5 Mumbai I 12 Pune I 15-18 Dubai I
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HR Shapers Gatherings https://tinyurl.com/ye7m66tt and https://tinyurl.com/yeks8ub9
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Chill Out HR Shapers Trips: LL Bike Trip I Everest Base Camp | Sula Wine Trip | Tiger Safari l Goa I Dubai I
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Re Skills, Upskills by HR Shapers
PhD Fully Funded by the Deemed University
PhD 4th Batch Nomination Process in July-Aug for 2026
40 Sr HR Leaders doing PhD batches of 2022, 2023, 2024
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