About SMX CSR Leadership
Summit & Awards 2023

The SMX CSR Leadership Summit & Awards which was held on 22nd September 2023, we will hear from CSR civil society leaders across India about their challenges, barriers and learning outcomes, and examine the best strategies that associations and CSR heads are embracing in the current scenario.

This summit brings together senior corporate decision makers, CSR professionals, implementing agencies, NGOs and policy makers to celebrate their achievements, and to share insights and the best practices deployed on what more can be done. This platform also provides an opportunity to network with fellow CSR professionals.

How to align with ESG and sustainability initiatives

The importance of CSR leadership in today’s business landscape

The role corporations play in governance that foster the wellbeing of citizens, employees and consumers

Building CSR leadership: the benefits, best practices, and potential obstacles

Key Highlights

50+
Industry & Government Speakers

20+
Partners Associated

20+
Awardees

300+
Delegates

Awards Categories

We will recognize and award the attending organizations and senior CSR professionals with CSR Awards and express gratitude for the excellent work done by the extended CSR community.

CSR Leadership Award 2023

Best CSR Impact Award

Best Innovative CSR Project Award 2023

Best NGO of the Year Award (Non Govt Organisation)

Best CSR Leader Award 2023

NGO Leadership Award (Non-Govt Organisation)

CSR Professional Award (Non-Govt Organisation)

SMX Entrepreneur of the Year (Consultancy)

Guests of Honour

Dr. Sapna Poti

Director, Strategic Alliances
Division Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser
Government of India

Smt. C Nagarani (IAS)

Director of Technical Education & Chairperson of State Board of Technical Education &
Training Govt of Andhra Pradesh

Mr. Amitabh Nag

Chief Executive Officer- Digital India Bhashini Division ( Bhashini)
Digital India Corporation, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology Govt. Of India

Speakers

Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee

CEO – ANIL AGARWAL FOUNDATION (VEDANTA GROUP)

Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan

Head, Commerce and Strategic Economic Dialogue
NITI Aayog, Government of India

Vikas Verma

Regional Head, North Region
United Nations Development Programme

KARTIKEYA A

OSD to Minister of Finance & Skill

Govt of Andhra Pradesh

Shikhar Jain

Principal Counsellor,

CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable

Development, Delhi, INDIA

Vivek Prakash

VP & Head, CSR,

Jubilant Ingrevia Limited

Mathew Mathai

Director, Financial Advisory

Deloitte India

Shilpa Jaiswal

Head CSR – JK Cement

Dr. Sandeep Pachpande

Chairman – ASM Group of Institutes

Praveen Karn

Head Group CSR,

Spark Minda Group

Anurag Pratap

Corporate Social Responsibility Leader
Capgemini India

Ashish Sahay

Head CSR & Strategic Initiatives
Hewlett Packard India

Dr. Sindhu Bhaskar

Chairman and Founder, EST Group

Cambridge Innovation Center, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Priti Srivastava

Sr VP and Mentor, Advocacy

Reliance Industries Limited

K V Dipu

Senior President

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company

Geetanjali Gaur

Associate Leader CSR & ESG

Kyndryl, India

Dr. Lopamudra Priyadarshini

Assistant Vice President (AVP)

Hindalco Industries Limited,

Head of Community Relations and Sustainability – Odisha

Amit Kataria

Chief Human Resources Officer
Minfy

Bijay Chowdhury

Head – CSR and Philanthropy (Asia Pacific)

Synopsys Inc.

Raj Kapoor

Founder

India Blockchain Alliance & Blockchain Governance Council

Sumit Tayal

Chief Executive Officer

Give Grants

Nikhil Pant

CEO

Recha

Ram Chauhan

CEO & Founder

Ginni

Dinesh Badagandi

Director, Co-Founder, CEO

Tare Zameen Par

Shweta Shalini

State Head BJP

Maharashtra

Raj Gupta

General Manager Human Resources

Tata Consultancy Services

Saloni Bhardwaj

Co-Founder & CTO

Lotus Petal Foundation

Vinod Pande

Former Managing Director

SBI Foundation, India

Dr. Y. Suresh Reddy

CSR Lead – SRF Ltd

Yasmin Riaz

Director Resource Mobilization & Corporate Partnerships

Bal Raksha Bharat

Vivek Sood

Senior Advocate

Supreme Court Of India

Dr. Kshemendra Kumar Upadhyay

Professor and Chairperson
Centre for Sustainability & CSR – BIMTECH

Mr. Rajesh Das

Head CSR
Somany Impresa Group

K N Sanjeev Kumar

Head HSSE & CSR
Sembcorp

Neeraj Tayal

Head of Sales
BAI Infosolutions Private Limited

Prof. Ravi Kumar Jain

Founding Director – Sparsh Global Business School

Mitali Srivastava Hough

Senior V.P. & Head of Planning
McCann Worldgroup, Mumbai

Be A Part Of The Event

To showcase and celebrate success stories by CSR community
To bring together 500+ senior CSR professionals for them to exchange best practices and create new professional networks
To engage with policy makers and understand their perspectives
To discuss the new challenges and also, how to align with ESG and Sustainability initiatives