Redefining the Future of Work

By: WE Staff | Wednesday, 24 September 2025

As workplaces evolve in an era shaped by digital disruption, transforming employee expectations, and a renewed focus on purpose-driven leadership, Team Marksmen Network is set to host the much-anticipated 4th edition of Most Preferred Workplace 2025-26 on September 26^th, 2025, Friday in Mumbai. This event, focused on the IT & ITES industry, will spotlight leaders and organisations reimagining workplaces with purpose, empathy, and resilience, in an era exemplified by accelerating AI, automation, and workforce reinvention.

Underpinned by the theme “The Workforce Reset: Creating Purposeful, People-Centric Organisations”, the event is set to put forward-thinking enterprises that are redefining the contours of workplace excellence in a rapidly transforming world on the centre stage.

The event will feature impactful sessions, including a panel discussion titled “Future of Work: Where Purpose Meets People and Performance”, Undocketed Rules: Navigating Power, Influence & Growth as a Woman, where top HR Leaders are set to decode the fractured ecosystem in the industry.

Luminaries from diverse domains who are set to join the conclave include:

• Shweta Shalini, State Secretary and Spokesperson, BJP Maharashtra; BJP leader and Advisor to Deputy Chief minister of Maharashtra, Executive Director of Maharashtra Village Social Transformation Foundation (VSTF)
• Poonam Mahajan, Former Member of Lok Sabha, Member, Tapaswi Charitable Trust
• Vinit Goenka, Founder Secretary, Centre for Knowledge Sovereignty; Member of Program, Committee, Ministry of Culture, Government of India; Former Member Governing Council, Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), Former Member IT Task Force, Ministry of Road Transport and Highway, Government of India

Notable corporate and industry leaders include:

• Sarita Fernandes, Senior Director - HR & L&D Transformation | Global Projects & Strategy Lead, Capgemini India
• Priti Kataria, Chief Human Resources Officer, Birlasoft
• Sanjay Singh, Chief Human Resources Officer, CMS Info Systems
• Susan Cutinha, Global Head - Leadership Development, Organizational Development & Culture, LTIMindtree
• Shilpa Pai, Sr. Vice President & Global Head HR, 3i Infotech
• Priyanka Amonkar, Head - Talent Excellence, People Growth & Development, Yotta Infrastructure Solutions
• Savita Mittra, Director Talent Acquisition - Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa (AMEA) and India, Mondelez International
• Sonali Bhave, Head  HR, Lumina Datamatics
• Poppy Sharma, CGM HR, Central Bank of India
• Roma Bindroo, People Director & Head Of HR - Sanofi CHC, South Asia
• Sakshee Sud, Director - HR. Beiersdorf India Pvt. Ltd.
• Ashu Sawhney, Head of Human Resources, DCB Bank

Adding to the day’s dynamism, the Most Preferred Workplaces Awards 2025 will celebrate 30+ trailblazing organisations that are redefining excellence by balancing innovation with empathy, growth with purpose, and scale with sustainability.

At its core, the initiative aims to reaffirm reaffirms its commitment to shining a spotlight on changemakers who are creating workplaces where people don’t just work — they thrive.