Empowering Women for Better Society and Economy Mainstreaming the Successful Models

Dr Geeta Bora has done her PHD in Computer science and have 13 years of IT experience and also awardee of Samaj Sevi Ratan and PAD Hero of India. She is a Technocrat, Social Activist, Social Entrepreneur and an Author. Recently received BD Sahitiya Akademi award for her Book "Moon Time" on Menstrual Health and hygiene for young girls. She worked as one of the Core IT team members under Padma Bhushan Dr Vijay Bhatkar also known as Father of Indian super computer for Educational softwares. She also worked in the US for 9 years but in 2016 she moved back to India with a thought to work for social issues and needy people.

Shalini is an integrated Communication professional with 25 years of experience in the industries such as Power, IT, Telecom, Textile & Garments and has been heading Corporate Communications at Tata Power since October 2004 and has a lead responsibility for External and Internal Communications. Under her leadership the Company has won many national & international awards in Communications, CSR, sustainability and skilling, recent ones being ICSI CSR Award 2018, ACEF Awards 2019 for excellence in Brand & marketing- Club Enerji,(gold), Excellence in CSR - Dhaga (gold), Act for Mahaseer campaign & others, ABCI 2018 Awards in digital & environmental communications and Sabre award 2017 for Act for Mahaseer campaign.

Rinika has over 20 years of experience in the development sector. She started her career as a volunteer and later pursued a post-graduation programme in special education for differently-abled children. She holds a Masters degree in Management and Information Systems from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. She specialised in Change and strategic Programme Management. She also completed a programme in Climate Change Policy and Public Health from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She worked over a decade in the UK with one of the biggest Children’s Charity, NSPCC. She moved back to India in a Sustainability role with Apollo Tyres in 2014. She works with her team to drive the Sustainability Management Framework. In the last six years, she has concentrated the work in the area of Healthcare for Trucking Community, Solid Waste Management and Sanitation, Livelihood for underprivileged women and Biodiversity.

Maya Vengurlekar leads the CRISIL Foundation. In her current role, role as Chief Operating Officer, Maya oversees CRISIL’s CSR initiatives pertaining to financial inclusion, women’s empowerment environment conservation and education. Maya also leads Marketing and Communications at CRISIL Limited. She joined CRISIL in 2002, gaining domain expertise in Ratings, culminating in her role as Head – Business Development at CRISIL Ratings.

Sangeeta is a seasoned and agile professional with over 17 years of multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional global experience in managing Communication, Marketing and Sustainability portfolios in Corporate Sector, Bilateral Agency, and Community based organization. Sangeeta has been instrumental in augmenting brand equity & orchestrating change using systems thinking. In her current role, Sangeeta heads CSR & Sustainability at Diageo India, a global leader in beverage alcohol sector. Prior to Diageo, Sangeeta worked with CAF India, British High Commission, IBM, Fidelity, GE & NIIT. Sangeeta has been instrumental in conceptualising and executing many award-winning program and campaigns such as CAF Right to Sanitation, Click2Clean, CSR Colloquium for Indian Communicators (CCIC), DHFL Behtar India and many others. She has been awarded as an influential marketing professional by World Marketing Congress. Sangeeta was conferred with ABCD award by British Foreign Office while she anchored their digital diplomacy projects in Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa.


India CSR Summit & Exhibition is South Asia’s largest CSR, SDGs and social impact forum. The Summit brings together business leaders, board directors, CSR foundations, impact investors, philanthropists, innovators, government agencies, the UN bodies and non-profits leaders to explore synergies and co-create solutions.

Built on the context of mandatory CSR provisions in India, the Summit, in the last 6 years, has truly become the convergence of social impact leaders from across the country. The event has already witnessed participation of over 490 exhibitors, almost 6700 organizations and 11500 professionals. The recent summit on September in 2019 was a benchmark event in terms of the scale, participation and knowledge sharing with 500+corporate heads, 100+ exhibitors and 2000+ delegates from 1900+ organizations coming in one platform to attend 30+ panel sessions on various thematic areas, 10+ masterclasses specially curated for corporate and non-profits, along with keynote talks, product demos and networking sessions.