The agenda

Opening: The Employability Question

Are we preparing students for the jobs that exist today, or the jobs that will exist tomorrow?

The Reality Check: What Industry Expects

A fast, audience-driven look at the differences between classroom learning and workplace expectations.

• Students vote on the skills employers value most
• Industry names the skills missing in entry-level hires
• Faculty share their biggest curriculum or resource constraints

Industry Meets Academia: The Dialogue

HR leaders, business leaders, recruiters, university faculty, placement heads and student representatives. Each industry question is followed by a student or faculty response, and each response can be challenged or clarified.

• What makes a graduate genuinely job-ready?
• Are curricula keeping pace with AI, automation and changing business models?
• Are employers expecting too much from freshers?
• What can colleges change, and what must industry do differently?

The Student and Faculty Voice

If we could redesign the learning-to-employment journey, what would we change? Students and faculty speak directly with industry leaders.

The Employability Challenge Lab

Mixed groups of industry representatives, faculty and students each take one real challenge and develop three practical recommendations.

• Redesign the first 90 days of a fresher's transition into the workplace
• Build an industry-ready curriculum for emerging skills
• Make internships and live projects more meaningful
• Use AI responsibly to improve learning and employability

From Campus to Career: Who Must Do What?

The conversation moves from identifying problems to agreeing shared responsibilities: curriculum, faculty immersion, mentorship, live projects and clearer feedback between employers and placement teams.

The HR Futurescape Industry–Academia Action Charter

Representatives identify a small number of realistic commitments, each with an action, a responsible partner, a first milestone and a measure of progress.

The Voice of Madhya Pradesh

One representative each from students, academia and industry presents the key takeaway and the next step their group will own.

Closing remarks

Employability is a shared responsibility, and meaningful change requires collaboration beyond a single event.

Inauguration and welcome address

The organiser's vision, a welcome from the event chair, and the conclave's central question.

Opening keynote: The CHRO of 2030

One high-profile business or HR leader sets the vision for the day.

Panel 1: HR as a Business Growth Engine

Business impact, workforce productivity and the CHRO–CEO partnership.

Panel 2: AI in HR — Hype, Reality and the Next Frontier

Practical AI use cases, agentic workflows, recruitment, governance and the changing role of HR teams.

Practitioner spotlight: AI in Action

Two short case studies of real HR challenges, implementation lessons and measurable results. Session by Anav Webtech (Capabilities and Product).

Audience Q&A and morning takeaways

Questions from participants and a quick synthesis from the session chair.

Panel 3: GCCs — India's Next Talent Frontier

Capability building, global leadership, talent strategy and culture across locations.

Future of Work: Two perspectives, one challenge

Skills-based organizations, reskilling, career mobility and performance.

Panel 4: From People Metrics to Business Outcomes

HR ROI, employee experience, leadership accountability and responsible transformation.

The HR Futures Forum: 2030 commitments

The three changes HR leaders must make immediately.

Audience interaction and closing keynote

Final audience questions, key lessons and a closing perspective from a senior leader.

Thanks, takeaways and next steps

Thanking speakers and partners, recognising contributors, sharing key takeaways and announcing next steps.