Schedule 2025 : Mentoring Summit India 2025 - 19, 20 November, Bangalore.

8:30 am

Registration

8:30 - 9:45 A.M. Foyer

9:45 am

A Vision for Mentoring in India

Panel Discussion

9:45 - 10:45 A.M. Auditorium

Vasanthi Hariprakash

Founder-CEO

Pickle Jar Media

Arundhuti Gupta

Founder & CEO

Mentor Together

Aditi Jha

Head: Legal and Public Policy

Dr. Livia Alfonsi

Assistant Professor

Harvard Business School

10:45 am

Towards a Million Plus Mentors Mentoring

Panel Discussion

10:45 - 11.30 A.M. Auditorium

Priyanka Dutt

Chief Advisor, India

GivingTuesday

Ian McBride

Principal, Responsible Business - India

BT Group

Raghunath Rajan

Senior Director - Human Resources (APAC) BCG

Mentor

Parineeta Cecil Lakra

Program Manager : Transformation & Culture

IKEA India

11:30 am

Break

11:30 - 11.50 P.M. Foyer

11:50 am

Centering Youth Agency in Mentoring

Lightning Talks

11:50 - 12:30 P.M. Auditorium

Vasanthi Hariprakash

Founder-CEO

Pickle Jar Media

Namith H N

Mentee - Software Developer

Shubha S

Mentee - Software Engineer

12:30 pm

Building a Quality-First Mentoring Ecosystem

Panel Discussion

12:30 - 1:20 P.M. Auditorium

Dr. Bijetri Bose

Assistant Professor

Azim Premji University

Dr. Gunjan Taneja

Senior Program Officer

Gates Foundation

Viji Iyer

Unit Director

ASPIRE, JPAL

Meera Venkatesan

Director of Program Development

Mentor Together

1:20 pm

Lunch

1:20 - 2:30 P.M. Terrace

2:30 pm

Understanding Mentoring Impact & Financing

Dialogue

2:30 - 3:15 P.M. Auditorium

Arundhuti Gupta

Founder & CEO

Mentor Together

Sayantani Gaddam

Head of Programmes

British Asian Trust

3:15 pm

Building a Mentoring Movement Across India’s Social Sector

Panel Discussion

3:15 - 4:00 P.M. Auditorium

Manisha Gupta

Founder and CEO

Start Up!

Ritesh Gohiya

Director

SHEDO

Manisha Ghule

Founder & Secretary

Navchetana Sarvangin Vikas Kendra

Nakul Singh Sawhney

Founder

ChalChitra Abhiyaan

4:00 pm

Break

4:00 - 4.30 P.M. Foyer

4:30 pm

Solving for Employability & Employment: The Role of Mentoring

Panel Discussion

4:30 - 5:30 P.M. Auditorium

Dr. Rajeev Gowda

Former Member of Parliament

Dr. Livia Alfonsi

Assistant Professor

Harvard Business School

5:30 pm

Closing Session: Launch of the Mentoring Community of Practice

5:30 - 5:55 P.M. Auditorium

9:30 am

Growing Mentoring Across 30 Districts of Karnataka's Govt College Network

Workshop

9:30 - 11:00 A.M. Gallery

Manjushree Narasimhaiah

Commissioner Collegiate and Technical Education

Government of Karnataka

Dr. Shobha G

Director, Department of Collegiate Education

Government of Karnataka

Patrick Fernandes

Senior Program Manager

Mentor Together

Vijay Kumar

Lead: Mentee Partners

Mentor Together

Mentoring x Tech x AI

Workshop

9:30 - 11:00 A.M. Seminar Hall

Ashish Chawla

Partner

Treemouse

Tejal Mahashabde

Associate Partner

Treemouse

Use Cases for Quality Mentoring Programs

Workshop

9:30 - 11:00 A.M. Library

Meera Venkatesan

Director of Program Development

Mentor Together

11:00 am

Break

11:00 - 11:30 A.M. Foyer

11:30 am

Growing Mentoring Across 30 Districts of Karnataka's Govt College Network; (Continued..)

Workshop

11:30 - 1:00 P.M. Gallery

Manjushree Narasimhaiah

Commissioner Collegiate and Technical Education

Government of Karnataka

Dr. Shobha G

Director, Department of Collegiate Education

Government of Karnataka

Patrick Fernandes

Senior Program Manager

Mentor Together

Vijay Kumar

Lead: Mentee Partners

Mentor Together

How to Rock Your LinkedIn Profile (for students)

Workshop

11:30 - 1:00 P.M. Seminar Hall

Anuradha Kundu

Senior Customer Success Manager, Global Accounts

A Checklist of Quality Mentoring Processes

Workshop

11:30 - 1:00 P.M. Library

Meera Venkatesan

Director of Program Development

Mentor Together

Madhushree

Senior Associate – Program Excellence

Mentor Together

From Talk to Action - Being Effective Mentors

Workshop

11:30 - 1:00 P.M. Board Room

Priti Khare

Director - Sustainability Solutions

Mastercard; Mentor

Sobhitha Neelanath

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Salesforce; Mentor

Kiran Kumar C P

Operations Manager

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Mentor

1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Terrace

2:00 pm

Designing Mentoring for Care Leavers (for relevant CSOs)

Workshop

2:00 - 3:30 P.M. Gallery

Ramya Sundararajan

CEO

WeLive Foundation

Leena Prasad

Director- Advocacy, Research, Training

Udayan Care

Shweta Modi

Director - Aftercare & Livelihood

Catalysts for Social Action

AI for Job Search Using LinkedIn (for students)

Workshop

2:00 - 3:30 P.M. Seminar Hall

Abhishek Jha

Senior Measurement and Analytics Partner

LinkedIn (APAC)

Designing High Quality Mentor Outreach Campaigns

Workshop

2:00 - 3:30 P.M. Library

Dr. Livia Alfonsi

Assistant Professor

Harvard Business School

Mannat Anand

Senior Director of Operations

Make A Difference

Chandni Venkataraman

Founder & Principal Designer

Crisscross

Mentoring x Mental Health

Workshop

2:00 - 3:30 P.M. Board Room

Gayatri Pannagash

Senior Lead- Content and Curriculum

Mentor Together

3:30 pm

Break

3:30 - 3:45 P.M. Foyer

3:45 pm

Designing Mentoring for Care Leavers (for relevant CSOs; continued...)

Workshop

3:45- 5:15 P.M. Gallery

Ramya Sundararajan

CEO

WeLive Foundation

Leena Prasad

Director- Advocacy, Research, Training

Udayan Care

Shweta Modi

Director - Aftercare & Livelihood

Catalysts for Social Action

Measuring Impact: Processes & Outcomes

Workshop

3:45- 5:15 P.M. Seminar Hall

Meera Venkatesan

Director of Program Development

Mentor Together

Santosh Goud

Senior Lead - Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning

Mentor Together

Building, Recognising, and Certifying Mentor Skills

Workshop

3:45- 5:15 P.M. Library

Suva Chattopadhyay

Founder; Executive Coach

Reflexion

Urvashi Malhotra

Founder; Executive Coach

Reflexion