Kalpana Tatavarti

CEO, Parity Consulting

Areas of Expertise

Business Consulting

Women Leadership

Workplace Inclusion

Prevention of Sexual Harassment

Coaching

Trainer

Leadership Development

“Without inclusion, diversity has no meaning”

Kalpana brings diverse experience of over 30 years spanning Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership Development, Marketing and Sales.

She spent the early part of her career in the corporate world in Marketing & Sales. Later, as Founder at Maarpidi, a Leadership Development Firm, she supported several organizations to grow their leadership pipelines.
Her work in diversity, equity and inclusion spans 12 years during which she has partnered with marquee clients across industries to build inclusive workplaces in India & Dubai.
A Masters in Marketing & Sales, Kalpana is a certified Executive Coach, besides being certified in several transformational frameworks and tools.

She serves as an Independent Director on the boards of listed companies. She is also Founder of Manasvini, an NGO, providing micro credit to economically disadvantaged women. (www.manasvini.org)

Certifications:

Masters in Marketing & Sales
Executive Coach from the Coaching Foundation of India
Psychometric instruments such as MBTI, FIRO-B, DISC and the EQ-i 2.0
Transactional Analysis (Org.), NLP (Master Practitioner) and Yoga

She is a member of the Core Committee at BSafe, a safety initiative of BPac in Bangalore.

An accomplished Carnatic Vocal singer, she enjoys writing both creative fiction & professional articles.

Pravin Chand

Director

Pravin Chand is a seasoned leader who has served in C-suite roles for the last 25 years.
of his 35-year career. He has driven business growth in terms of the scale of operations and the size of business and revenue outcomes. Recognised for his entrepreneurial mindset and purpose
driven business growth strategy, he has leveraged change management, inclusion, and integrity for setting up, scaling, and establishing highly reputed global businesses.

A Chartered Accountant by qualification, he began his career in Modi Xerox and Eicher Good earth. He then joined Oracle India as Head of HR & Finance. He played a crucial role in transitioning finance & accounts processes to India while managing sales operations comprising Revenues, Targets, and Licensing. He also designed best-in-class employee-centric HR & finance.
policies that established Oracle as a value creation operation. He was responsible for
establishing Oracle’s Hyderabad facility.

He then joined Computer Associates as COO, setting up a greenfield project in India, turning around a lower performance product support delivery function in Chennai and scaled it to be a value delivery centre of product support experts.

As Managing Director at Allegis Group, he led various M&A activities and built their businesses in India. He was responsible for growing the business 10x during his tenure of 16 years at the helm.

He currently consults & mentors businesses to help them scale to the next level through his advisory and consul-ng practice.

Pravin is a committed advocate of diversity and inclusion and serves as a trustee for India. Inclusion Summit (ww.indiainclusionsummit.com) and mentors/advises social impact organisations such as Enable India (www.enableindia.org) and Vindhya (www.vindhyainfo.com)

Laxmi Char

Co-Founder

Areas of Expertise

Leadership Training

Talent Development

Women Leadership

Workplace Inclusion

Prevention of Sexual Harassment

Multi-Cultural Sensitization

Project Management

Laxmi has over 20 years of work experience with global companies in India and overseas. She has extensive experience managing diverse stakeholders, and is adept at leading simultaneous projects aimed at increasing engagement, expanding market penetration, and driving revenue. Her cross-cultural communication skills and drive for results has helped her to thrive in high pressure situations, and innovate for change.

Most recently, Laxmi was the Senior Director at Yahoo’s Global Business Solutions team, and was responsible for planning and project management across internal business leaders, talent managers and external vendors. Prior to Yahoo, Laxmi was the first woman to be hired as an Area Manager at Dell’s India based International Services subsidiary. She has held senior positions in leading Direct Marketing and Express Distribution companies.

She is a certified Trainer, having led the Learning and Continuous Development team at Dell. She has led training sessions on leadership, talent development, global communication and diversity challenges in India and internationally.

Ashok Pamidi

Strategic Advisor

A purpose-driven leader with over 30 years of cross-functional experience in IT, D&I, and social development space. Ashok led NASSCOM Foundation by aligning, scaling, sustaining initiatives that propelled the industry in achieving its goals of social transformation and impact through technology. At NASSCOM, over 5 years, he has donned multiple hats at leadership level.

Redefined Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) portfolio, NASSCOM’s 80% clientele base, to newer heights by helping them scale businesses globally through global trade opportunities. Strategized NASSCOM’s regional member outreach to expand and include businesses in non-Tier I locations by liaising with government authorities for ease of doing business.

Enabled networking opportunities with large business houses. Transformed non-performing assets into performing trends for the IT-BPM industry ecosystem. Initiated disruptive initiatives to strengthen NASSCOM’s skilling-reskilling goals and led the industry’s vision to build a work environment that embraces equity, equality, and inclusion. Government relationships, partnerships, policy, and advocacy is his forte. His road map for D&I as a practice and culture for the IT-BPM Industry members has pivoted from being nationally focused to globally collaborated with key stakeholders.

As a 30-year IT industry veteran, Ashok has worked with IBM as a Geo Expansion Leader and HP/Compaq/Digital as a transformation leader. He has the acumen of investing in, building, and nurturing people, managers, and teams that hold up the organizations’ vision. Expertise in both strategy and operations management, incorporating the right systems and processes to deliver a seamless and transparent experience for all stakeholders with the underlining principle of trust and collaboration.

Jyothsna Hirode

Areas of Expertise

Diversity & Inclusion Programs and Polices

Women Leadership Programs

Unconscious Bias Programs

Program Design, Development and Implementation

Program and Project Management

Cross-cultural programs

Strategic Planning and Consulting in D&I

Employee Resource Groups

Employee Handbooks

Diversity and Inclusion Learning

Diversity & Inclusion Surveys

Diversity Research and Analysis

Jyothsna is an accomplished Diversity and Inclusion Leader, with industry experience of over 25 years. She brings deep expertise in the design and delivery of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) programs. She has worked in several organizations in the IT sector and has created winning strategies to engage, grow and retain talent. These are based on a deep understanding of the ever-changing business needs, garnered through 15 years of line experience before she moved into Human Resources and specialized in D&I.

In her tenure in the D&I function in IBM, she led the advancement of women and cross-cultural programs in India/South Asia. She has set strategy, influenced leadership teams to own objectives and sponsor programs. She has also set up governance systems via Diversity and Women’s Leadership Councils. During this period, IBM India/South Asia was recognized by NASSCOM through the prestigious Best IT Products and Services Company for D&I Award. Later, as a D&I leader in the Global Diversity Center of Competence, she led the global surveys and awards process, supported over 120 Employee Resource Groups across the globe, and partnered with Global Talent Directors to support several business units for their D&I solutions. More recently she has consulted with Capgemini, especially in the area of women leadership.

Prior to her foray into D&I, Jyothsna was an award-winning people manager and worked to train and enable other people managers of a large business unit. Even earlier, she was in the core business of IT application development and management services. She has worked in startups as well as in large organizations in India and abroad and enjoyed the challenges of the software development and implementation business.

Motivated to extend her work with women leadership to the disadvantaged, she now engages regularly with a non-profit to enable underprivileged women increase their employability and connects them to opportunities.

She has a post-graduate certificate in human resource management from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and a bachelor’s degree in Engineering in Electronics & Communication.

Radhika Kapoor

Radhika is an XLRI Jamshedpur Alumni, having done her Post Graduation in Human Resources. She has over 30 years of corporate experience, holding various positions in Human Resources and Talent Building.

A significant part of her career was as Head of HR & L&D in ORACLE followed by HR and Training Consultant at STEP Consulting.

She has also worked with Maruti Suzuki & Nestle in various HR & Talent Building roles.

In her last assignment at STEP Consulting, she handled all aspects of Instructor Led Learning across Functional teams. She was involved in developing and executing superior programs on Leadership skills, Time Management, Personal and Team Effectiveness, etc. She has facilitated training for companies like Maruti (Regional Sales teams), Hero, Jindal Steel, American Express, eXL Services and SREI to name a few.

She is a certified Master Trainer, for a leadership development intervention – ‘Unleash Your Leadership Potential’, by Entelechy Inc. USA.

Radhika is a people’s person and is driven to assist in their development. She has a remarkable ability to adapt her skills to deliver, regardless of the level in the Organization.

She is a theatre person and has been actively associated with ‘StageDoor’ Theatre group for various plays, dramas & comedies. She has also acted in the movie ‘No one Killed Jessica’ and web series ’Made in Heaven’.

Surabhi Parvatikar

Surabhi is Head – Sales & Marketing and comes with over 15 years of experience across pre-sales, marketing and program management in the technology consulting and D&I verticals. Surabhi seamlessly integrates enterprise solutioning through customized delivery, thought leadership and sales processes.

A result-oriented and strategically driven professional bringing agility and ownership across SMEs, mid-sized brands and start-ups with an in-depth understanding of business environments, she comes with expertise across pre-sales, marketing, content, program management and delivery, research and stakeholder management.

Piyush Tyagi

Areas of Expertise

Personal Effectiveness

Selling Skills

Assertiveness for Women

Leadership Skills

POSH

Customer Service

Change Management

Piyush brings over three decades of unique rich experience in building and leading strong sustainable teams to achieve business objectives in domestic and international environments. She is a successful combination of strong communication and leadership skills with versatile experience in Operational Excellence, Stakeholder Management, Continuous Process Improvement, Coaching & training, Talent Management & strategy, Change Management and Business Development.

Her corporate experience of over two decades includes relevant stints at NIIT Ltd., Schoolnet India Pvt Ltd (an IL&FS initiative), Max New York Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Om Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Co. Ltd., GE Global Servicing, Brickwork India Ltd. and LabourNet Services India Pvt Ltd.

As a Coach, a trainer and a consultant, she enjoys working with people in their journey of personal evolution, growth and achievement of their goals. She is an effective facilitator and has trained a cross section of executives, individuals across- Personal Effectiveness, Selling Skills, Assertiveness for Women, Leadership skills, Coaching & People Development, POSH in workplace, Customer Service and more.

Piyush has been actively involved in Diversity and Inclusivity initiatives at workplace. She has been a Core team member of Women’s network groups and has been an internal committee member on POSH committees.

She is driven by a sense of self inquiry, leading her to attend self-enriching programs including 7 Habits of Highly effective people, Change Acceleration Program, Six Sigma, NLP, Mind Power, Reiki, Transcendental Meditation, Inner engineering and Love Yourself, Heal Your Life by Louise Hay. She practices Access Bar and Vipassana.

She is a Certified Master Spirit Life Coach from CCA (recognized by International Coaches Federation) and an Internationally certified Workshop leader by Heart Inspired Inc. (USA), for the acclaimed work of Louise Hay. She is an internationally licensed workshop leader for Access Consciousness Bars. She is also a Vipassana practitioner.

She holds a Masters in Business (MBA-PE) with specialization in Strategy.

C. Suriyaprakash

Dr. C. Suriyaprakash, or Suriya, is an integrative coach, and a transactional analysis trainer and supervisor.

With over thirty years of experience as professor of Organisational Behaviour, Suriya is a versatile professional in various fields of people development. He’s passionately engaged in teaching, research, counselling, corporate coaching, training, facilitation, and consultancy. His credentials include international accreditation as a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (TSTA) in Organisations, Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), and Professional Certified Coach of the International Coaching Federation.

Suriya has held significant roles in the South Asian Association of Transactional Analysts (SAATA) and the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA), including a term as President of ITAA from 2015 to 2017. He is founder trustee of SAATA and Child First Society, and member of the advisory board of The Yellow Train School.

Recognition has followed Suriya’s contributions to the TA world. In 2013, he was honoured with the Muriel James Living Principles Award by ITAA. In 2022, he received the SAATA Service Award for his outstanding commitment to the association’s growth.

Away from academia, Suriya co-founded the Relations Institute of Development, offering Organisational Development Training and Coaching services. Using Transactional Analysis and related frameworks, he has trained managers, executives, factory employees, teachers, students, social workers, and parents. Since 2008, he has been instrumental in providing advanced training on ‘Developmental Transactional Analysis for Organisations’ – the first in India, preparing individuals for international certification.

Suriya’s influence is not limited to local shores. He’s a published author in both national and international journals and a regular presenter at conferences.

Philosophically, Suriya emphasises the significance of relationships and continuous learning with a deep sense of gratitude to all that life has to offer. He’s driven by his interest in radical transformational leadership and Vedantic studies on dharma for personal, professional and social growth, guided by universal values of realising one’s full potential, maintaining dignity, and upholding integrity.

In his leisure, you’ll find Suriya pounding the pavement in ultra-marathons or orchestrating events like TEDxJSB and conferences. He’s an avid reader, a culinary enthusiast, and an explorer of nature and new destinations.

In summary, Suriya embodies the spirit of a seasoned academician, an integrative coach, a developmental trainer, cocreative supervisor, and an individual committed to personal growth, professional excellence, and community development.

Dr. Rashmi Devanath

Learning and Development

Areas of Expertise

Organisational Development

Learning and Development

Dr. Rashmi Devanath holds a Ph. D in Psychology. She has over 25 years of work experience. Her first career was in the academia, teaching various Psychology papers to graduate and post graduate students. She had her teaching stints at Jyoti Nivas college, SDM college and Bangalore University.

Dr. Rashmi’s second career was in the IT services Industry and is a certified Learning and Development
professional.

She was involved in large-scale organizational development (OD) interventions encompassing a workforce of two hundred thousand employees. Her key interventions designed at the organizational level are Customer-Facing Readiness, Inclusion and Diversity and Organizational values.

Of the three, Inclusion and Diversity was a game changer. The InD intervention began with one program for women which she designed and delivered. The impact was such that a slew of interventions was designed by Dr. Rashmi- for women at various levels of their career, for male employees to be mindful of their gender beliefs and actions, leadership journey programs for senior women and managing maternity (pre and post pregnancy) for the women and their managers (pre and post pregnancy).

Dr. Rashmi is known for keeping the interventions sharp and elicit unabashed responses from women participants. Here is a glimpse of programs designed and delivered by her The first program for young women focused on Career-oriented behaviors. The program unearthed career-gender beliefs that could either hamper or promote women’s personal growth. Additionally, the workshop participants were provided a framework to charter their career path.

Subsequently, based on the demand by women managers, Women Rise was developed. Women Rise
focused on Confidence, Networking and Negotiation skills. Each of these capabilities highlighted the
subconscious gender nuances that impacts how the skills are learnt and demonstrated. The gap between the experience and expression of women’s needs and ways to minimize the gap was central to the program.Senior women’s programs equipped women with executive presence, coaching and access to leadership meetings | shadowing and drawing collaborative strategic relationships among themselves.

Dr. Rashmi has successfully got her team, peers and HR persons onboarded by conducting several Train the trainer. Entrusted with the InD charter for her strong beliefs and program management capabilities, she widened the scope of DEI at organizational level.

Currently, she divides her time between academia and Industry. Rashmi is now extremely directional in students’ projects and looks for opportunities to embed DEI. She is now encouraging young researchers to focus on Women with disabilities.

Savitha Manian

Areas of Expertise

Operations Management

Financial Management

Savitha takes care of operations at Parity Consulting. As a quick learner and go getter and a flexible person, she comes with a background of teaching and admin experience.

Savitha holds a post graduation degree in Computer Science. She has also done certification in embedded systems, data warehousing and manual testing. Savitha loves spending time together with her son and playing badminton. Her areas of interest include practicing Yoga, Bharatanatyam and net surfing.

Our Team

Kalpana Tatavarti

Founder, Director

Kalpana brings diverse experience of over 30 years spanning Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership Development, Marketing and Sales.

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Pravin Chand

Director

Pravin Chand is a seasoned leader who has served in C-suite roles for the last 25 years.of his 35-year career. He has driven business growth in terms of the scale of operations and the size of business and revenue outcomes. Recognised for his entrepreneurial mindset and purpose driven business growth strategy, he has leveraged change management, inclusion, and integrity for setting up, scaling, and establishing highly reputed global businesses.

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Laxmi Char

Co-Founder

Laxmi has over 20 years of extensive leadership experience in training & development, project management, and projects aimed at driving revenue.

She served in leadership positions in companies, such as Yahoo and Dell.

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Ashok Pamidi

Strategic Advisor

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Jyothsna Hirode

Jyothsna is an accomplished Diversity and Inclusion Leader, with industry experience of over 25 years. She brings deep expertise in the design and delivery of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) programs.

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Radhika Kapoor

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Surabhi Parvatikar

Surabhi is Head – Sales & Marketing and comes with over 15 years of experience across pre-sales, marketing and program management in the technology consulting and D&I verticals.

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Piyush Tyagi

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C. Suriyaprakash

Dr. C. Suriyaprakash, or Suriya, is an integrative coach, and a transactional analysis trainer and supervisor.

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Dr. Rashmi Devanath

Dr. Rashmi’s second career was in the IT services Industry and is a certified Learning and Development
professional.

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Savitha Manian

Savitha takes care of operations at Parity Consulting. As a quick learner and go getter and a flexible person, she comes with a background of teaching and admin experience.

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