{"id":74426,"date":"2026-09-28T17:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/asia-leadership-summit-2026-in-bengaluru-explores-a-new-leadership-paradigm-the-whole-leader-not-more-whole\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T17:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:09:09","slug":"asia-leadership-summit-2026-in-bengaluru-explores-a-new-leadership-paradigm-the-whole-leader-not-more-whole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/asia-leadership-summit-2026-in-bengaluru-explores-a-new-leadership-paradigm-the-whole-leader-not-more-whole\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Leadership Summit 2026 in Bengaluru Explores a New Leadership Paradigm: \u201cThe Whole Leader, Not More\u2026 WHOLE\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Asia Leadership Summit &amp; Awards 2026 united industry leaders in Bengaluru to explore holistic leadership, balancing ambition, resilience, purpose, performance, and human connection.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Delhi [India], September 29<\/strong>: The <strong>Asia Leadership Summit &amp; Awards 2026<\/strong>, organised by <strong>TimesAspire Unicom Network Pvt. Ltd.<\/strong>, brought together CEOs, CXOs, HR professionals, entrepreneurs, finance leaders, marketers, coaches and industry experts at <strong>Fairfield by Marriott Bengaluru<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Held around the theme <strong>\u201cThe Whole Leader, Not More\u2026 WHOLE,\u201d<\/strong> the summit explored leadership beyond the constant pursuit of greater agility, resilience, influence and productivity. Discussions examined the balance between growth and resilience, ambition and purpose, performance and humanity, and technology and human connection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event was executed by <strong>Varun Uchil, Head \u2013 Operations<\/strong>, and <strong>Sanket Parmar, Head \u2013 Communications<\/strong>, under the strategic vision of <strong>Fiza Bi Ameen, CEO<\/strong>, and <strong>Zaheer Samnani, Program Director<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summit Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The summit featured <strong>Rajesh Mishra, Partner, KPMG in India; Sushma Banthia, Executive &amp; Leadership Coach; Raghuram Krishnan, Chief Financial Officer, Adobe; Nishant Banthia, Vice President, Dell Technologies;<\/strong> and <strong>Mansij Majumdar, Head \u2013 Corporate HR, Manipal Education<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sessions included <strong>\u201cThe Leadership Contradiction,\u201d \u201cThe Leader Who Doesn\u2019t Have the Answer,\u201d \u201cThe Leader Who Walked Away,\u201d \u201cThe Uncomfortable Table,\u201d<\/strong> led by Sushma Banthia, and <strong>\u201cGrowth vs. Resilience: What Should Leaders Optimise For Now?\u201d<\/strong>, moderated by Rajesh Mishra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Asia\u2019s Leadership Excellence Awards<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recognition ceremony celebrated professionals and organisations across HR, finance, marketing, hospitality, business, technology, CSR, healthcare, education, insurance, manufacturing and social impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Human Resources &amp; People Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Great HR Leader to Work With:<\/strong> Neha Kapoor (Vodafone Idea), Buravalli Swarna Latha (Skyroot Aerospace), Gagan Jyot (RMSI), Manas Kaviraj (Advanced Weapons &amp; Equipment India), Sonu Gupta (Coders Brain Technology), Dr. Balaji M. S. (Critical Facility Group).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Influential HR Leader:<\/strong> Hemant Patel (Acutaas Chemicals), Nikhil Raj (Equiniti India), Srinivas Kuchimanchi (HFCL), Ramesh Nandyal (Cprime Inc.), Hari Nair (Nahars Engineering India), K. Kalaiselvan (Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers), Rajat Sheth (Elan Group).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Influential CHRO:<\/strong> Ajoy Salve (Busybees Logistics Solutions).<\/li>\n<li><strong>People &amp; Culture Excellence \u2013 Excellence in Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion (DE&amp;I):<\/strong> Equiniti India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Asia\u2019s Women Leadership Excellence<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Influential Women Leaders Award:<\/strong> Sushma Banthia, Executive &amp; Leadership Coach; Chiragi Thakor, Senior Director \u2013 HR Asia Pacific Business, Idex Corporation; Preeti Pallepati, ED &amp; Group COO, Raghu Vamsi Machine Tools Private Limited; Aditi Mukherjee, Chief People Officer, NCDEX Limited; Manjula Rao, Chief Human Resources Officer, FirstCry (Brainbees Solutions Ltd.); Namita Vyas, Global Senior Leader \u2013 Talent Acquisition, Boeing; Namrata Goyal, Producer, Filmstoc and Secretary, Mijwan Welfare Society; Shalini Naagar, Senior Director \u2013 HR, Baxter India Private Limited, Gurgaon; and Dr. Sameena Shaikh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Asia\u2019s Finance, Marketing &amp; Hospitality Excellence<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Influential CFO Award:<\/strong> Pramod Agarwal (ERGO Technology), Bikram Ghosh (Western Coalfields), Shri Proteek K. Chakraborty (Electronics Corp of India), Saket Maheshwari (SVC Co-operative Bank), Rakesh Tumane (MOIL), Jayesh Sanghrajka (Infosys), Kishore Kumar Senapati (AAI Cargo Logistics), Mukesh Kumar (MECON).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Influential Marketing Leader Award:<\/strong> Krunal P. Patel (NSE India), Tom Thomas (Equiniti India), Naveen Malhotra (EdgeVerve \/ Infosys).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Influential Hospitality Leader Award:<\/strong> Abhishek Pani General Manager \u2013 (Radisson Blu Resort Visakhapatnam), Shyam Kumar General Manager (DoubleTree by Hilton Bengaluru Whitefield), Sunil Tandon <strong>Assistant Vice President<\/strong> (Sterling Holidays &amp; Resorts).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Asia\u2019s Business Leaders,Excellence &amp; C-Suite Honors<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Influential CEO Award:<\/strong> Alok Rungta, Managing Director &amp; CEO, Generali Central Life Insurance Company Limited; Swati Saxena, Founder &amp; CEO, 4Thoughts Finance; and Virender Pankaj, CEO, Aseem Infrastructure Finance Ltd.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Influential Business Leaders Award:<\/strong> : Puneet Chandok, President, Microsoft India and South Asia, Microsoft; Madhav Sheth, CEO, AI + Smartphone; J. Vijey Christopher, Executive Director, Brinton Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; Debraj Dam, Chief of VAD, Supertron Electronics Pvt. Ltd.; Bhupesh Sushil Rahul, Chairman &amp; MD, United India Insurance Company; Dr. U. Saravanan, Chairman &amp; MD, National Fertilizers Limited; and Pushpendra Kumar, Founder &amp; CEO, Equence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Business Leader of Excellence Award:<\/strong> AI + SMARTPHONE (Most Disruptive Mobile Phone Brand), Onward Technologies (Fastest Growing Digital Engineering Company), Meghna Shah, CEO, Tandem (Influential Woman Leader in Public Relations &amp; Communications and Leading Entrepreneur in Public Relations &amp; Brand Communications.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Asia\u2019s Business, Organization and Brand Leadership<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Branding &amp; Marketing Impact Award 2026: Equiniti India for Customer-Centric Brand of the Year; Wrench Solutions for Marketing Excellence Award; and Exponential-Functions for Emerging Digital Marketing Agency of the Year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Insurance Excellence &amp; Leadership Award: Generali Central Life Insurance Company Limited for Best Claims Settlement Excellence; and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for Best Insurance Company of the Year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Manufacturing Growth &amp; Leadership Award: Dhash Green Energy Pvt. Ltd. for Manufacturing Excellence Award and Visionary Manufacturing Leader Award; Manjunath N. Reddy, Founder &amp; Chairman, was recognised for visionary manufacturing leadership.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PSU Leadership &amp; Governance Excellence Award: Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO). Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited. (south India)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Healthcare Excellence &amp; Leadership Award for AI Innovation in Healthcare \u2013 Cigna Health Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Responsible Business &amp; Social Impact Award for Excellence in CSR &amp; Social Impact \u2013 United India Insurance Company.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Banking &amp; Financial Services Award for Best Wealth Management Company and Best Asset Management Company \u2013 IIFL Capital Services Limited.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>People\u2019s Choice Company to Work:<\/strong> <strong>Spar Technology Services India Pvt. Ltd.<\/strong> and <strong>Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Education Leadership &amp; Excellence Award \u2013 Best International Curriculum School:<\/strong> <strong>NES International School Mumbai.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Social Impact Sector<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best NGO Initiative &amp; Social Impact Award:<\/strong> <strong>Suryoday Trust \u2013 NGO of the Year; Rise Against Hunger India \u2013 Best NGO of the Year;<\/strong> and <strong>United Way of Bengaluru \u2013 Best NGO Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Top CSR Impact Leader:<\/strong> <strong>Dinesh Karunakar Shetty, Chief Executive \u2013 Principal Technical Advisor, BSCIC Certifications Pvt. Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Different Perspective on Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Asia Leadership Summit 2026<\/strong> brought together leadership dialogue, networking, experiential learning and recognition around a central proposition: <strong>leadership is not simply about becoming more\u2014it is about becoming whole.<\/strong> Through its sessions and recognition ceremony, the summit examined uncertainty, sacrifice, purpose, resilience, human connection and the choices that shape leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cThe Whole Leader, Not More\u2026 WHOLE\u201d<\/strong> remained the defining message, highlighting that leadership is not only about what leaders achieve, but also how they lead, what they stand for, what they question and who they become along the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2014 Team TimesAspire Unicom Network Pvt. Ltd. \u2013<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesaspire.com\/\"><em>https:\/\/www.timesaspire.com\/<\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you object to the content of this press release, please notify us at pr.error.rectification@gmail.com. We will respond and rectify the situation within 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia Leadership Summit &amp; Awards 2026 united industry leaders in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-74426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}