SpringVerify x Masters' Union University: HR Summit [Gurugram]

​Hello Delhi NCR! 👋

​TSOW is excited to bring you an exclusive HR Summit in Gurugram, in collaboration with SpringVerify and Masters’ Union. 🚀

​🤝 A day for HR leaders, practitioners, and people-first thinkers to connect, exchange ideas, and explore what’s shaping the future of work.

​(P.S. - Certificates will be provided to all attendees 🎓📜)

​📅 Date: Saturday, October 10, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Sector 20, Gurugram (register to receive the exact location)

​🗓️Summit Agenda

​1. Welcome & Introduction - 10:00 AM

2. Opening Keynote - 10:15 AM
The Psychology of Future Readiness | Dr. Shalini Lal, Founder, FutrMinds

3. Quiz - 10:45 AM
How Well Do You Know Your Hiring? | Yashwanth Jembige, Emeritus Advisor - Growth, Springworks

4. Panel Discussion - 11:00–11:45
HR in Translation:
What Travels Across Work Contexts, and What Doesn't
- What HR practices actually carry over across industries and workforces, and what quietly breaks when the context changes.

​Panelists:
Hanish Dewan, CHRO, Startup Advisor and Mentor
Ankush Arora, CHRO & Startup Advisor
Arvind Srivastava, Group President - HR, Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Moderator: Parul Jauhar, Head of Human Resources, Instapower Limited

5. Live AI Demo - 11:45 AM
The New Speed of Trust - AI X Instant BGV | Prateek Arora, Associate Director - Strategic Ops Initiatives, Springworks

6. Fireside Chat | 12:15 PM
Meritocracy as the New DEI
- Whether meritocracy can genuinely replace DEI, or whether "merit" only works once opportunity is already equal.

​Speakers:
Sachin Tiwari, Vice President - Human Resources, magicpin Megha Thapar, Community and Culture Leader - Asia Pacific, CBRE
Moderator: Sonica Aron, Founder & CEO, Marching Sheep

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Lunch - 1:00 PM
Break for lunch and informal networking
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​8. Debate - 2:00 PM
If AI Makes You Twice as Productive, Who Gets the Second Half? 
- If AI lets one person do the work of two, who should capture that value — the employee, or the company?

​Debaters: Richa Shailesh, Fractional CHRO & Executive Coach Sumit Singla, Founder, HR+
Moderator: Yashwanth Jembige, Emeritus Advisor - Growth, Springworks

9. Panel Discussion - 2:30 PM
Measuring What Matters: Applied to HR
- Organisations can now measure almost everything about work - but does more measurement improve performance, or just teach people to perform for the dashboard?

​Panelists: Jasmine Vaswani, CHRO, WFX - World Fashion Exchange Monika Garg, Associate Director - Global HR Operations Support, Fresenius Medical Care
Moderator: Yashwanth Jembige, Emeritus Advisor - Growth, Springworks

10. . Closing Keynote - 3:15 PM
AI in Hiring - When Agents Hire Agents
- What AI really does in hiring, and where it falls flat on its face
Speaker: Sukant Kumar, Founder & CEO, Sunday Labs

11. High-tea & Networking | 4:00 PM

​✨ Why be part of it?

​The best HR insights don’t always come from presentations - they come from real conversations with people who are solving similar challenges. You will leave the HR Summit with perspectives you can put into action. 🚀

​And of course, attendees receive a Certificate to mark their presence!

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