A N Verma
Shri A N Verma, Founder Director , Ontological Leadership Foundation, is a distinguished HR thought leader , with over 40 years of experience in strategic human resource management. He has held pivotal leadership roles, including Executive Director (HR) at NTPC Limited and Chairman of UPL (a joint venture of NTPC and Reliance Infrastructure Limited) . He also served as Senior Advisor (HR) at EESL , post superannuation.
A visionary HR professional, Shri Verma has transformed business visions into impactful HR initiatives, driving performance, profitability, and employee engagement while fostering positive organizational culture. His expertise spans best-in-class HR practices, authentic leadership development, employee relations, conflict management, emotional intelligence, and change management.
Trained by IIM , Bengaluru/ Kolkata, Harvard and Wharton Business Schools, Shri Verma is a globally exposed leader who views human capital as an organization’s greatest asset. Known for his empowering leadership, he thrives on complex challenges, aligning HR strategies with business goals to position HR as a catalyst for excellence.
Yogi Balkrishna
Yogi Balkrishna is a spiritual teacher, thinker, author and Founder President of Vedantvidya Sansthan Trust. A disciple of Poojya Swami Sukhabodananda, he has been teaching Yoga and Vedanta for over a decade. His core area of interest is application of profound and timeless Indic wisdom in the corporate context and synthesizing it with the modern management practices. Combination of Spiritual Knowledge and his own experience of working in corporates makes him uniquely equipped to disseminate spiritual wisdom in the corporate arena.
He has a rich and diverse experience of over 30 Years, which includes his assignments in NTPC Ltd. and Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL). In addition to being a dual graduate in Mechanical and Computer Engineering he is a qualified CFA from ICFAI.
An avid trekker, explorer and traveller, Yogi Balkrishna has been to high altitude places like Pindari Glacier, Tapovanmam, Gangotri, Badrinath, Kedar-Nath, Amarnath, Gurudongmar, Tiger’s-Nest in Bhutan and also to Majestic Kailash-Mansarovar.
His inspirational talks and workshops enable individuals and teams to thrive in this fast changing and challenging business space with peace and poise. He is a regular invitee to spirituality-based programs in corporates and Management Institutes. Conferred with Kaka Kalelakar Samman for 2019 by Hindi Sansthan UP, for his work on Kenopnishad, he is also a regular contributor to Speaking Tree Column of Times of India. His collection of reflective Hindi-Poems ‘Suno-Re’ is popular among Hindi-Poetry lovers. His latest book in English on ‘Patanjali Yoga Sutras – A journey to Limitless’ released on International Yoga Day-2022 for the benefit of people who intends to understand the True essence of Yoga.