2019 D&I in India Award Finalists

The winners will be announced at our 2019 D&I in India Best Practice Conference & Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 30 October 2019. 

Finalists are listed in alphabetical order by first name or organisation name.

To recognise an employee network that has played a proactive role in promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace as well as aligned its activities to the priorities of the business in India.

Finalists: 

AIG Analytics and Services Private Limited for India Young Professionals Employee Resource Group (IYP ERG) 

EY for EY Women’s India Network (EYWIN) 

HSBC for BALANCE

To recogise a specific initiative that has had a positive and measurable impact on supporting and promoting the advancement of women in the workplace in India.

Finalists: 

EY for Power-Presence-Purpose 

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited for WAVE 

Intel for Women at Intel India (WIN)  

Sodexo On-site Services for Project Pragati and SoTogether Gender Network

To recognise an organisation that has demonstrated a comprehensive and proactive approach to building disability confidence and creating a more inclusive workplace for people with disabilities in India. 

Finalists: 

EY 

HSBC

RBS

To recognise an organisation that has demonstrated a comprehensive and proactive approach to creating an inclusive workplace for LGBT+ employees in India. 

Finalists: 

Capgemini Technology Services India Limited 

Goldman Sachs 

RBS

The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group 

To recognise a business leader/senior executive who has demonstrated personal passion and used his/her influence to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond in India. 

Finalists:  

Keshav Suri from The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group & the Keshav Suri Foundation 

Mano Mathews from Northern Trust  

Swayta Murarka from HSBC

To recognise an HR/D&I corporate professional who has been a visible and committed champion of change in advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond in India. 

Finalists:  

Aritra Kanjilal from The Nielson Company   

Arnav Srinivasan from Refinitiv  

Mellener Anne Coelho from Northern Trust 

Tina Vinod from ThoughtWorks Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. 

To recognise a specific initiative that demonstrates a bold, new, different or creative approach to promoting and/or advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace in India. 

Finalists:  

Akamai Technologies for The #ThinkEqual Challenge 

RRD Global Outsourcing Solutions for Heart of Leadership (HoL)  

Tata Consultancy Services Limited for Allies of Diversity Conclave

To recognise a corporate initiative that has had a positive and measurable impact in promoting the social inclusion of a diverse or under-represented group in the wider community* in India.  

*Note, this is not a workplace initiative 

Finalists:  

AIG Analytics and Services Private Limited for Project AbhIGna

JLL for Project Unnati 

Mastercard for Girls4Tech

Société Générale​ Global Solution Centre for Women Skilling Program