Glimpses from the 10th India CSR Summit and ESG Forum 2023

About India CSR Summit

Curated and hosted by CSRBOX and NGOBOX, the India CSR Summit (ICS) is Asia's largest CSR forum, attracting thousands of delegates and hundreds of speakers from across the region and beyond.

With its engaging panel discussions, innovative exhibitions, valuable networking opportunities, and informative masterclasses, ICS is the perfect platform to learn, connect, and be inspired to make a positive impact on society.

Whether you're a CSR professional, a business leader, or a social entrepreneur, ICS is the place to be if you want to make a meaningful difference in the world.

Till now, CSRBOX has hosted 9 editions of the summit, each one more successful and impactful than the last.

 

The summit is a highly significant event that sets a benchmark for its scale, participation, and knowledge sharing. In past nine years, the Summit has brought together over 21000 delegates from 4100 unique organisations along with 340+ exhibitors and 215+ diverse partners.

The summit's partners and sponsors include prestigious organizations such as NSDC, Dalmia Bharat Limited, BOSCH India, United Way India, GivingForce, OXFAM India, WISH Foundation, Smile Train, IBM India, among others. Moreover, the event was enriched by the participation of 100+ organizations, including British Council, HP, Tata Steel, SATO (Lixil), Nilkamal, Next Education, Virtulive, Goodera, CropIn, Aga Khan Foundation, and many others who showcased their innovative solutions.

2300+

Delegates

180

Speakers

45+

Sessions

1500+

Organisations

100+

Exhibitors

Speaker

Event Speakers

Shri Ashwini Kr Choubeyji

Hon. Union Minister of State Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India

Dr. Sanjeev Balyanji

Hon. Union Minister of State, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India

Shri Atul Kumar Tiwari Ji

IAS Secretary Ministry of Education, Skills Development and Entrepreneurship Government of India

Shri Asim Arun

Hon'ble Minister Of State, (Independent Charge) Social Welfare Department Government of Uttar Pradesh

Shri Kunwar Brijesh Singh Ji

Hon. Minister of State, Public Works Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Shri Vijay Kiran Anand (IAS)

Incharge-DG and Special Secretary - Basic Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Naveen Kumar, IAS

Special Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh

D. Randeep Ji, IAS *

Commissioner, Health and Family Welfare Services Government of Karnataka

Shri Banchha Nidhi Pani, IAS

Commissioner, Commissionerate of Technical Education, Government of Gujarat

Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, IAS*

Secretary-Sports, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Silver Medalist in Tokyo Paralympics

Smt. Vimala Ramesh (IAS)

CEO, Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Board

Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood

Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India

Isabelle Tschan

Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP India

Gopal Chhetri

Senior Vice President and Business Unit Leader, APAC Multi-Industry and Government BU, CGI

Deepak Kumar Arora

President, Public Affairs, Nayara Energy Limited

Swati Munjal

President, BML Munjal University

Anisha Ramakrishnan

Director, Transworld Group Chief Executive Officer, Wami Capital

Urvashi Prasad

Director, Office of Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog

Ashok Kumar Gupta

CEO, Dalmia Bharat Foundation

Abhishek Ranjan

Innovation Officer, Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education, Government of India

Rupali Kathuria

Communication and CSR Lead, Mastercard

Nikhil Pant

CEO, REACHA and Founder Lakshyaa

Mahankali Srinivas Rao

Chief Executive Officer, T-Hub

Ashwini Saxena

CEO, JSW Foundation

Neha Sachdev Munjral

General Counsel & Head CSR Initiatives, GE Healthcare

Balakumar Thangavelu

Director - CSR | India Head - Employee Volunteering & ESG, Cognizant

Inderjeet Singh

Partner, Financial Advisory, Deloitte India

Dr. Duru Shah

Chairperson, Metropolis Foundation

Chetna Kaura

Director and Head Corporate Social Responsibility, Publicis Sapient

Abhishek Ranjan

Senior Director & Global Head - Sustainability, Brillio Technologies Pvt Ltd Managing Trustee, Brillio Foundation

Deepa Kapoor

Non-executive, Independent Director, eClerx

Vibha Paul Rishi

Independent Director, Asian Paints and ICICI Bank

Hemant Gupta

MD & CEO, BSE Sammaan CSR Ltd.

Bhomik Shah

Founder & CEO, CSRBOX

Priya Naik

Founder & CEO, Samhita Social Ventures

Bhagwan Chowdhry

Professor of Finance, Indian School of Business (ISB) Faculty Director, I-Venture@ISB

Nirbhay Lumde

Head- Sustainability & CSR, Asia Pacific SBU, CGI

Archish Gupta

Investment Manager- India, LGT Venture Philanthropy

Dr. Nidhi Pundhir

Vice President, Global CSR, HCLFoundation

Anant Bhagwati

Partner, The Bridgespan Group

Sachin Sachdeva

Director - India, Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy

Co-Founder and CEO, Sattva

Sandeep Patel

CEO, Let's Recycle - NEPRA Resource Management Pvt. Ltd

Sreejan Dutta

Manager - Venture Philanthropy, LGT Wealth India

Kumar Anurag Pratap

Vice President & Head - Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, Capgemini India

Rachana Iyer

Head CSR, IDFC First Bank

Swapan Mehra

Founder-CEO, Iora Ecological Solutions

Tushara Shankar

Head CSR, Lupin Ltd

Anjalli Ravi Kumar

Chief Sustainability Officer, Zomato

Rakesh Kumar Singh

Senior Manager- CSR, Signify India

Sagarika Bose

Head CSR, SAP

Garima Dutt

President - CSR, Yes Bank

Sowmya Velayudham

Director, Education and Skilling, KPMG India

Archana Suresh

Director, Telangana Social Impact Group (T-SIG) Department of Industries Government of Telangana

Maneesha Patil

Diversity Equity & Inclusion and Community Engagement Leader, Amazon Operations, Amazon

Manasi Diwan

Vice President - Impact Practice, CSRBOX

Ved Mani Tiwari

CEO, NSDC & Managing Director, NSDC International

Samir Sharma

Head - Group CSR, L&T Financial Services

Dr.Niladri Bhusan Parhi

Assistant Executive Director & Regional Head -Land , R&R, CSR, Stakeholder Management, Dalmia Bharat Limited

Rekha Pillai

Head - CSR, bp India

Navdeep Singh Mehram

Head - CSR & Sustainability, DIAGEO India

Shilpa Jaiswal

Head CSR, JK Cement

Anupam Nidhi

Head CSR, Hindustan Zinc Ltd

Ashish Srivastava

Associate Director- Education & Skilling, EY Foundation

Pratima Harite

Head - of Asia Pacific CSR & Philanthropy, Lenovo Foundation

Sunil Kumar

Head CSR, ACG World

Rumi Mallick Mitra

Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, EY

Alpan Raval

Chief AI/ML Scientist, Wadhwani AI

Dr. Abi Vanak

Director of the Centre for Policy Design and a Senior Fellow at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)

Satyajit Gupta

VP, Asst GC and Head of India Legal, Global Head of CSR, EXL

Shruti Goyal

Associate Partner, Dalberg

Gagandeep Nanda

Associate Partner, Dalberg

Tushar Thakkar

Associate Partner, Dalberg

Aman Pannu

Head - Corporate Communication & CSR, DCM Shriram Ltd.

Sarita Bahl

Country Group CSR Head – Bayer South Asia & Director – Bayer Foundation India

Reema Jain

Industry Advisor, FUEL

Thakur Pherwani

Chief Sustainability Officer, TVS Motor Company

Arun Pandey

Global Corporate Social Responsibility Lead - Agriculture & Evaluation, John Deere India Pvt. Ltd

Akshay Kashyap

Lead - Amazon Future Engineer (AFE), India, Amazon

Amita Puri

Consultant, ILSS Fundraising Program, India Leaders for Social Sector

Upahar Pramanik

Assistant Vice President CSR, SAR Group

Dr. Vikas Yadvendu

Head CSR, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Limited

Poonam Sharma

Vice President & Head - Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability, PI Industries Ltd.

Saleha Antulay

Manager - Rebuild India Fund, Dasra

Anuradha Sharma

Country Manager, Oracle Academy & Philanthropy-South Asia, Oracle

Giresh Mohan

Head - Community Development, ITC Limited – Social Investments

Harish Kulkarni

Lead- Global Employee Volunteering Program & CSR Manager, Tata Communications

Alifya Loharchalwala

Head of Impact - Gray Matters Capital

Somjit Amrit

CEO, IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation

Dr. Lopamudra Priyadarshini

Assistant Vice President, Head - Community Relations & Sustainability, Hindalco Industries Limited

Saket Kumar

President, Water Bank Foundation Trust

Pratyush Panda

Head - ESG, LTIMindtree

Vishal Bhardwaj

Group Head - CSR, Indorama

Jainee Nathwani

Head – CSR & Sustainability, United Breweries Limited

Meenakshi Batra

MD & Country Director, Americares India

Anagha Mahajani

Vice President, Ambuja Cement Foundation

VK Madhavan

Chief Executive, WaterAid India

Gazala Shaikh

Head- Group ESG, L&T Finance

Srihari Chity

Integrator (Resource Mobilisation, Communications & Partnerships), PRADAN

Sumana Sarkar

Vice President & ESG Lead Global Business Services, Bank of America

Krishnan Komandur

C.E.O, Adar Poonawalla-Clean City Initiative

Anirban Mukerji

Head, Qualcomm for Good India and S.E. Asia

Kiran DM

Sous Sherpa, Civil 20 and Principal Investigator, Indian Social Responsibility Network

Swati Vasudevan

Managing Director, Khan Academy

Shashank Rastogi

Principal, The Bridgespan Group

Praveen Karn

Group Head - CSR, Minda Corporation Limited

Chetan Kapoor

CEO, Tech Mahindra Foundation

Saumya Lashkari

Director & Board Member, 360 ONE Foundation

Shalini Goyal Bhalla

Managing Director, International Council for Circular Economy

Narendra Kumar N

Head CSR, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited

Abhishek Gupta

Chief Operating Officer - YuWaah (Generation Unlimited), UNICEF

Prof Satyanarayanan Seshadri

Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, Head of the Energy, Centre of Excellence, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras Faculty-in-charge, Energy Consortium, IIT Madras

Joydeep Sen

Associate Director - Assurance, Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants LLP

Srijan Pal Singh

Founder & Mission Commander at Homi Lab and Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Foundation Trust

Vikas Bhatia

Dy. General Manager - Corporate Social Responsibility (Head - CSR), Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited

Dr. Sapna Poti

Director Strategic Alliances, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India

Jignyasa Kurlapkar

Head - CSR and AA, Rallis India Limited

Alok De

Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Development of Rural Value Chain

Girija Mukund

Director, CSR and ESG, Kyndryl India

Puja Trisal

Director, Flipkart Foundation

Sumit Tayal

CEO, Give Grants

Dr. Kavita Chaudhari

Deputy Director - Corporate Social Responsibility, Sanofi

Ronak Jogeshwar

Founder, HappyTinkering

Santanu Basu

Project Director, HCL Harit- the green initiative, HCL Foundation

Rishi Pathania

Vice President - CSR (Global Head), UPL Group

Abida Aneez

Vice President - CSR, Legrand Group India

Roopali Singh

Senior Director Legal & Corporate Secretary, Whirlpool India

Anu Mehta

Head- Corporate Social Responsibility, Honda Cars India Ltd

Shubhrajyoti Bhowmik

Partnerships Officer, UNICEF

Matilda Lobo

Head CSR, IndusInd Bank

Joel Fernandez

Chief of Partnerships & Strategy, TeamLease Education Foundation

Sankara Mahalingam

Global Lead – Community, Outreach, Firstsource

Rohit Bahadur

Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP

Ravi Pahuja

Chief Operating Officer, Raman Kant Munjal Foundation

Parthasarathi Changdar

Lead CSR, AkzoNobel

Sakina Baker

Head CSR Bosch Limited & Bosch India Foundation, Bosch India

Dr. Milind Antani

Lead, Pharma, Life Science and Healthcare Practice Head,Social Sector Practice, Nishith Desai Associates

Anagha Poojari

General Manager - CSR, Kalpataru Projects International Limited

Mamta Carroll

Senior Vice President and Regional Director – Asia, Smile Train

Abhimanyu Sahu

COO, Director-Commercial Entrepreneurs Network, Access to Energy, Schneider Electric India Foundation

Kapil Jangale

Managing Director, Plastroots Waste Management & Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Pia Arora

Associate Vice President DEI & CSR, Sagility Health

Rituparna Ghosh

Head Of Corporate Communications and CSR, Linde

Gauri Bhure

Head of CSR, DXC Technology

Neeraj Lal

CSR Head, Arvind Ltd

Shubham Pahwa

Lead- Corporate Social Responsibility & Diversity & Inclusion, Bata India Limited

Swapnil Agarwal

Director, Dhwani RIS

Ashish Garg

Professor and Head, Sustainable Energy Engineering, IIT Kanpur

Dr Dushyant Prasad

General Secretary and Executive Director, ABMSS

Natasha Raj

Head- Human Resources, HDFC Credila Financial Services Limited

Pranjal Jyoti Goswami

Chief Sustainability Officer, Gokaldas Exports Limited

Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra

CSRBP-Strategic Projects & Stakeholder Engagement, Bayer CropScience Limited

Rema Mohan

Chief Executive Officer, NSE Foundation

Anshu Taneja

Managing Director and Board Member, VisionSpring, India

Achin BN Biyani

Assistance Vice President, IPE Global Limited

Manmohan Singh

Head of Aspirational Districts Collaborative (ADC), Piramal Foundation & Co-Founder of Kaivalya Education Foundation

Nuriya Ansari

President, Learning Links Foundation

Samar Verma

Programme Officer, Ford Foundation

Dr. Anupama Shetty

Mission Director, Biocon Foundation

Jagdananda

Mentor & Co-Founder, Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD)

Ravi Arora

Head of Marketing and CSR, Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology India Pvt Ltd.

Nayana Chowdhury

Senior Director- Breakthrough: Leads Programs and Co-leads Strategic Partnerships and Scale Up, Breakthrough India

Robin Sarkar

Project Director-Shiksha Initiative, Shiv Nadar Foundation

Dr Davinder Singh

President, Kalgidhar Trust

Veena Srinivasan

Executive Director, WELL (Water, Environment, Land and Livelihoods Labs) at IFMR, Krea University

Sameer Shisodia

CEO, Rainmatter Foundation

Ravi Bagaria

Co-Founder, Aria CFO Services LLP

Amit Saraogi

CEO & Co-Founder, Oorja Solutions

Dr. Srinivasa Rao Pulijala

Chief Executive Officer, Apollo Medskills

Dr. Aparna Hegde

Founder and Managing Trustee, Armman

Anurag Saxena

Vice President, Asia, Accion Global Advisory Solutions

Dr. Kirti Chadha

Chief Scientific Officer & Group Head CSR, Metropolis Healthcare

Anish Kumar

MD, Transform Rural India Foundation

Poonam Choksi

Head - Social Sector Capacity Building (SSCB), A.T.E. Chandra Foundation

Krisha Mathur

Director, ACT Grants

Namrata Vora

Chief Impact Officer, Krushal Open Commerce Pvt Ltd.

Amit Maheshwari

Head - Business Development SAARC Countries, Netafim

What People Are Saying

testimonial
"I want to thank the team and leadership at CSR Box for putting together a platform like this. I see a lot of energy, lot of committed and talented people coming together, exchanging ideas but more than that, most importantly, collaborating and looking at partnerships because that's the way ahead."
Mr. Jalaj Dani
, Co-Promoter, Asian Paints; Founder, Dani Foundation
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"This was my first experience here. CSR is an emerging field and there's a lot of professionalism that's coming into it and I am glad that CSR Box is creating a platform to accelerate that process."
Ms. Devdatta Mulchandani
, General Manager and CSR Head, Hyundai Motor India Ltd
testimonial
"This is one of the most enriching experiences I have had post-COVID. This platform provides a cross-learning environment, bringing together people from the social, government, and corporate sectors who are doing innovative work to create impact. The platform offers a cross-learning experience where we can learn about best practices to incorporate into our programs. The event was very well-organized and well-planned, the panels were well-set, and the team encouraged us to be punctual."
Ms. Rupa Bohra
, Managing Director, TNS Foundation

Event Schedule

We are presently in the process of developing the agenda for the ICS 2023. For your reference, we suggest that you download the agenda from previous year to gain insight into the nature and scope of the event.

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India CSR Outlook Report

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