Topic: Dashavatar- Management lessons from our ancient culture 

Speaker: Dr. V S Parthasarathy is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI- India, and a member of ICAEW, UK
 

Presentation:

- Navigating the VUCA world

- Managing continuous disruption

- Benchmarking: How and What

Speaker’s bio:

Dr. V S Parthasarathy is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI- India, and a member of ICAEW, UK. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business Schools AMP (2011). He recently in February 2023 completed his PhD from Mumbai University specialising in Mergers & Acquisitions.

Starting his career as an intern with Modi Xerox, he rose to a position of Associate Director, serving across multiple positions and locations.  Later he joined Mahindra Group, where he served for more than two decades, and his last role was as the President of Mobility Services Sector. Prior to that role, he adorned the twin mantle of  Group CFO & Group CIO for seven years. Additionally, he also served as a member of the Mahindra Group Executive Board and has been on the board of several listed companies. 

With over 37+ years of rich experience wherein he has successfully led businesses, functions, organization transformations and over 125 M&A transactions.

Prominent Industry Associations:
- Chairman of Sustainable Council of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) - 2021
- President – Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (2019-2020)
- Chairman of Association of Finance Profession of India (AFPI) (2015-2020)
- Chairman of CFO Council of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry  (FICCI) (2019 & 2020)
- Active member of ‘CFO Board’- Think Tank for Finance Ministry for 2-3 years.
- Member of Governing board of IES Management College (continuing).
- Member of Global IT Customer Advisory Board of CISCO (2011 – 2017) & APJ Customer  Advisory Board of HP (2011-2016)

Speakership & Authorship:
1. Regular contributor of articles to IOD, Institute of Stewardship 
2. Writes articles published in ETCFO, ETCIO and CIO India
3. Regular speaker at IMA forum,  and CFO Awards of CFO India, and 9.9 Media.
4. Interviewed and published in WSJ-CIO Journal in 
  
Independent Directorships:
1. Independent Director on Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), 
2. NIIT MTS a Edutech Listed company and 
3. Companies on path to being unicorn+ IPO like Cloudnine Hospitals, Car Dekho to mention a couple. 
4. Board of Governors of IIM Mumbai (earlier NITIE). 
 
Awards & Recognitions:
1) Received Lifetime Achievement Awards for his CFO and CIO roles like The Business World - Yes Bank Hall of Fame Award, 
2) Best CFO of India Award by IMA, CFO Forum
3) Digital Icon of India Award by HPE and CIO 100  
4) Hall of Fame by CIO after winning the awards for four consecutive years.  

Passion & Special interests:
- Carries out several philanthropic activities for women’s empowerment through education, employment and entrepreneurship initiatives of SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association) and is an Independent Director on two of its companies. 
- He also coaches and mentors Startups.