GMI & Forbes India release the list of Top 100 Great People Managers 2020
“A common trait found among the great managers was that they don’t rely on usual practices. There is uniqueness in their approach based on awareness of their style.”
– Insights by Great People Manager Study 2020
This year, the Great People Manager Study witnessed participation from 1,158 organisations spread across 24 industries and 6,344 managers were assessed. And we came up with the 2nd edition of the Top 100 Great People Managers List after a year long evaluation across 4 tough layers.
This list, also popularly known as the GMI Forbes List of Top 100 Great People Managers, honors those leaders who have the highest net worth in relationships. These leaders are the backbone of the economy of India because they are the ones who succeed in a sustained manner. This list consists of leaders across the entire spectrum, each one of which demonstrate exceptional uniqueness in their ability to connect, develop and inspire their team members.
The success of each of these amazing leaders is also the success of the organization, their CHRO and CEO, who have helped create a culture that nurtures greatness in people management. It is also the success of all team members who work with these managers as well.
So, here is the list. You can also see the list on Forbes Magazine (October Issue). We will update this section when the list is also available on Forbes List (digitally). After that, we will share this list on the main section of our website as well.
| Name | Designation | Organization |
| Abhijit Tambe | Senior Manager – Customer Care | Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital |
| Aditya Shamsher Malla | General Manager | DoubleTree by Hilton, Pune |
| Ajay Oberoi | CPO & Head L&D, Admin (Retd.) | IDBI Federal Life Insurance Co Ltd |
| Amandeep Bawa | Head of IT | Panasonic India Pvt Ltd |
| Amit Mittal | Operations Manager | Signify Innovations India Ltd |
| Anil Ahluwalia | Co-Founder & Trustee | Sanjeevani – Life Beyond Cancer |
| Anil B Ghegade | Head – Hydraulics Engineering (India & APAC) | Eaton India Innovation Center |
| Ankit Aggarwal | Founder and CEO | Dare2Compete |
| Ankit Khandelwal | Senior Director of Engineering | Intellicus Technologies Private Limited |
| Anuj Nayyar | Senior Director Global Operations | VDX.Tv |
| Anurag Srivastava | Senior Manager – Administration | Kelly Services India Pvt Ltd |
| Arjun Singh Dasoondi | Senior Manager – Process & Packaging Engineering | Amway India Enterprises Pvt Ltd |
| Arpit Jain | Practice Leader – International Tax and Transfer Pricing | K. C. Mehta & Co. |
| Ashok Pandey | Director | Ahlcon Group of Schools |
| Ashwani Nayar | General Manager | Crowne Plaza Greater Noida |
| Ayush Khandelwal | Group Manager | Netcore Solutions Pvt Ltd |
| Balfour Manuel | Managing Director | Blue Dart Express Ltd |
| Bansi Raja | Chief Happiness Officer | Gozoop |
| Bhargavi Sunkara | CIO, Corporate Technology | BNY Mellon India |
| Britto Ambrose | Director – Strategic Initiatives | Aditi Staffing India Pvt Ltd |
| Budhisagar Shukla | Head of Finance | Aveva |
| CA Harsh Patel | Founder and Global CEO | WATER AND SHARK |
| Chandan Kumar Pradhan | AGM | Feedback Energy Distribution Company |
| Chandramowliswaran Balasubramanian | Director – Operations, Property Management Services India | Cushman & Wakefield |
| Chirag Chandani | Director (Delivery Leadership) | TPG Software Pvt Ltd |
| Dilip Kumar | Team Lead | Nexval Infotech Pvt Ltd |
| Dinesh Varadharajan | Vice President – Product Management | Kissflow Inc. |
| Dr. Ankita Singh | SVP & Global HR Head | CIGNEX Datamatics |
| Dr. Madhav Deo Saraswat | Principal | The Scindia School |
| Gagan Arora | CEO & Strategic Growth Leader | Vertex Global Services |
| Ganaraja Bhat | Chief Technology Officer | METRO Cash & Carry India |
| Ganesh Poojary | Vice President – Administration & Human Resources | Lodha Group |
| Gautam Jain | Product Support Director, Corporate Systems | dunnhumby |
| Girish Kulkarni | MD & CEO | Star Union Dai-ichi Life insurance |
| Girish Kundlani | Co-Founder & Director | Big Rattle Technologies |
| Harshali Khandekar | Senior Program Lead | Agastya Foundation |
| Jaison Abey Sabu | Director – Customer Service | FullContact Technologies Pvt Ltd |
| Jayavardhan BN | Founder and CEO | Audiencetech India Solutions Pvt Ltd |
| Jeena Peter | HR Director | GuideHouse India Pvt Ltd |
| Joseph Kiran Kumar | Associate VP & Head – IT and HR | Eisai Pharmaceuticals India Pvt Ltd |
| Laghu Sikarwar | Head – Mid Market – Uber for Business | Uber India Systems Pvt Ltd |
| Manish Goel | Managing Director – Base Build | Cushman & Wakefield |
| Mary Mascarenhas | Portfolio Control Manager | Synchrony International Services Pvt Ltd |
| Mukesh Sharma | Founder and CEO | QA InfoTech Software Services Pvt Ltd |
| N. Vijay Kumar | Senior Director – Supply Chain Management | Acer India (Pvt) Ltd |
| Nandhini Agasthu Jayaprakash | Senior Account Quality Manager | Infosys |
| Naveen Athresh | Associate Director of Product/ UX IXD | Rakuten India Enterprise Pvt Ltd |
| Nidhi Bhardwaj | Lead – Quality Analyst | Infrrd Pvt Ltd |
| Nitin Ramchaware | Head – IT Solutions QA India | CRIF India |
| Parul Mathur | HR Head | Tradeindia.com (Infocom Network Ltd) |
| Pavan Allena | Founder and CEO | Metamorphosis eduSchool for Entrepreneurship |
| Pavan Kumar | Deputy General Manager – Sales & Marketing | ACG Associated Capsule Pvt Ltd |
| Pavan Yadav | Associate Vice President – Sales | Lodha Group |
| Payal Sinha | Operations Manager | dunnhumby |
| Piush Khetan | VP – Care Netram | 2COMS Consulting Pvt Ltd |
| Raj Mallela | Founder and MD | SATRA Infrastructure Management Services Pvt Ltd |
| Raj Tanwar | VP – People Solutions India | Concentrix Daksh Services India Pvt Ltd |
| Rajeev Shahi | Associate Vice President – Staffing | Quess Corp Ltd |
| Rajib Kumar Mitra | Assistant General Manager – Sales | The Waterbase Ltd |
| Dr Rajshekhar Iyer | Medical Director | Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital |
| Rakshit Sharma | Vice President – People & Strategy | Sayaji Hotels Ltd |
| Ramana Kovelamudi | CEO & Serial Entrepreneur | Prasad Hospitals India Pvt Ltd |
| Ranjan Banerjee | General Manager | Crowne Plaza Today New Delhi Okhla |
| Ravi Gupta | Founder | Safexpay |
| Richa Jain | Project Manager | Iris Software Inc |
| Sachin Chandra | Senior Vice President and Head – Product Management & Customer Experience | ORIX Auto Infrastructure Services Ltd |
| Sahil Sardana | Director – Data Science | Snapdeal Pvt Ltd |
| Sai Srikanth Vundamatla | District Manager | MANOJ VAIBHAV GEMS ‘N’ JEWELLERS PVT LTD (VAIBHAV JEWELLERS) |
| Sajal Rastogi | Associate Art Director | Infopro Learning |
| Samarjit Mohanty | CEO | Feedback Energy Distribution Company |
| Sameer Mathur | Managing Director | Roinet Solution Pvt Ltd |
| Sameer Shah | Deputy Vice President – Hospitality & Property Management | Lodha Group |
| Samujjwal Ghosh | Director – Marketing | Xanadu Realty Pvt Ltd |
| Sandeep Gambhir | Managing Director & CEO | ORIX Auto Infrastructure Services Ltd |
| Sanjay Shukla | Research Data Science Manager | dunnhumby |
| Sanjeev Somani | Sr. Director of IT & India Site Leader | Veritas Technologies |
| Sarmistha Pattnaik | Project Manager | Infosys |
| Saurabh Bansal | Regional Sales Head | Piramal Capital and Housing Finance |
| Shailesh Jagannath Kalrao | Director & Head – VAI | Feedback Energy Distribution Company |
| Shashi Bushan | Managing Director, Project & Development Services – Occupiers | Cushman & Wakefield |
| Shashi Singh | Head – Credit Control & Compliance | Kelly Services India Pvt Ltd |
| Shekhawat Vijendra | Chief of Operations and Technology | AU Small Finance Bank |
| Sheryl Cornelio | Deputy Director Nursing | Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital |
| Shoheb Mohd A | Assistant Vice President – Collections | Synchrony International Services Pvt Ltd |
| Shrishail Dhanawade | Regional Head – Maharashtra | Agastya Foundation |
| Shubhang Misra | Head Exclusive Channel (Brand Stores), Sellout & Operations | Panasonic India Pvt Ltd |
| Sonica Gurung | Recruitment Manager | Aditi Staffing India Pvt Ltd |
| Sooraj Nair | Hub Lead | Uber India Systems Pvt Ltd |
| Srinath Gururajarao | VP and CHRO | Nexval Infotech Pvt Ltd |
| Srinivas Surapani | Vice President (Global Capacity Center, CS, HR Performance) | Schneider Electric |
| Sudheer Bandaru | CTO | Shortlist |
| Sumeer Ladia | Manager – West & North – BFSI | TeamLease Services Pvt Ltd |
| Sundar Rajan G | Vice President – HR | Redington India Ltd |
| Sunil Vishwakarma | Director (Risk Management) | Dream11 Fantasy Pvt Ltd |
| Trishneet Arora | Founder & CEO | TAC Security |
| Vamsi Krishna | Associate Vice President – IT Staffing | Quess Corp Limited |
| Varoon Rajani | Founder and CEO | Blazeclan Technologies Pvt Ltd |
| Venkatesh Viswanathan | Vice President – Supply Chain Finance & E-Commerce | FlexiLoans |
| Vikas Kapai | General Manager | Sofitel Mumbai BKC |
| Zahida Ternikar | Head – Customer Service | Kaya Ltd |
