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 of Human Resources for Asia Pacific

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

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

Bijetri Bose

Assistant Professor

Azim Premji University

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

5:30 pm

Closing Session: Launch of the Mentoring Community of Practice

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

9:30 am

Use Cases for Quality Mentoring Programs

Workshop

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

Meera Venkatesan

Director of Program Development

Mentor Together

Mentoring x Tech x AI

Workshop

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

Ashish Chawla

Partner

Treemouse

Tejal Mahashabde

Associate Partner

Treemouse

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

Workshop

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

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

11:00 am

Break

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

11:30 am

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

How to Rock Your LinkedIn Profile (for students)

Workshop

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

Anuradha Kundu

Senior Customer Success Manager, Global Accounts

From Talk to Action - Being Effective Mentors

Workshop

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

Priti Khare

Director - Sustainability Solutions

Mastercard

Sobhitha Neelanath

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Salesforce

Kiran Kumar C P

Operations Manager

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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

Workshop

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

Patrick Fernandes

Senior Program Manager

Mentor Together

Vijay Kumar

Lead: Mentee Partners

Mentor Together

1:00 pm

Lunch

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

2:00 pm

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

AI for Job Search Using LinkedIn (for students)

Workshop

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

Abhishek Jha

Senior Measurement and Analytics Partner

LinkedIn (APAC)

Mentoring x Mental Health

Workshop

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

Gayatri Pannagash

Curriculum and Content Specialist

Mentor Together

Designing Mentoring for Care Leavers (for relevant CSOs)

Workshop

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

Ramya Sundararajan

CEO

WeLive Foundation

Leena Prasad

Director: ART (Advocacy | Research | Training)

Udayan Care

3:30 pm

Break

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

3:45 pm

Credentialing Mentors

Workshop

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

Suva Chattopadhyay

Executive Coach, Coach Supervisor & Facilitator & Leadership Development Consultant

Reflexion

Urvashi Malhotra

Executive Coach, Coach Supervisor, Psychologist and Facilitator

Reflexion

Measuring Impact: Processes & Outcomes

Workshop

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

Meera Venkatesan

Director of Program Development

Mentor Together

Santosh Goud

Senior Lead - Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning

Mentor Together

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

Workshop

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

Ramya Sundararajan

CEO

WeLive Foundation

Leena Prasad

Director: ART (Advocacy | Research | Training)

Udayan Care