{"id":2917,"date":"2020-11-03T13:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2020-12-01T16:14:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T10:44:38","slug":"top-10-trending-speakers-of-the-month-october-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/top-10-trending-speakers-of-the-month-october-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Trending Speakers of the Month &#8211; October 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"fff31b069dab2d4baa9938924ee8e97c\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8586106947150931\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4223625083\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This lockdown, SpeakIn has been hosting online discussions covering the most relevant issues featuring the top brass and the most experienced minds. All you need to know of an industry is authentically dissected in these pointed and short webinar sessions.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>October came with glad tidings: SpeakIn recently expanded its core leadership to include the likes of Sanjay Srivastava, Suresh Mahalingam, Mohit Arora, and Jacob Jacob to drive its global growth vision and strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Enthralled with this, SpeakIn founder Deepshikha Kumar says, \u201cAt SpeakIn, we always keep our clients at the center of our work, delivering them the best in terms of quality, credibility, and uniqueness. We\u2019ve gone from strength to strength and the time has never been more fitting for seasoned veterans to bring to the table their own style and vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Up next are the top 10 speakers who broadened our horizons this October:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/T-V-Mohandas-Pai.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"671\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/T-V-Mohandas-Pai.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/T-V-Mohandas-Pai-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/T-V-Mohandas-Pai-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Shri T V Mohandas Pai\u00a0<b>(Chairman of Manipal University)<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Padma Shri awardee, T.V. Mohandas Pai is the current Chairman of Manipal University. He has been a former director of Infosys. He talks about his vision for the country as, \u201cA dream in which,\u00a0 by 2031, India becomes a 10 trillion dollar economy and a country where everybody has the necessities of life and each and every young person can realize his or her dreams by working hard and being smart.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bijou-Kurien.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bijou-Kurien.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bijou-Kurien-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Bijou Kurien (Chairman of the Retailers Association of India)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bijou Kurien is a former strategy board member at L Catterton Asia. Having more than three decades of experience in the Indian Consumer &amp; Retail industry, Bijou recently took over as the Chairman of the Retailers Association of India. Sharing his thoughts on the impact of Covid19 on the retail industry, he says, \u201cThe lockdown predominantly helped in the communication up-skilling of the employees<strong>,<\/strong> kept them engaged which in turn kept the customers engaged, preparing them for reopening.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anjali_Bansal.-e1604389311729.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"502\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Anjali Bansal (Founder and Chairperson of Avaana Capital)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anjali Bansal, one of the most powerful women in Indian Business, is the Founder and Chairperson of Avaana Capital &#8211; a platform that invests in the scaling up of growth-stage businesses. Advising young learners, she says, \u201cWhat you pick when you come out of college is not what you need to do for the rest of your life. College is a foundational learning ground and ideally, institutions should make lifelong learners. Find your purpose beyond the paycheck.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Padmaja-Alagnandan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Padmaja-Alagnandan.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Padmaja-Alagnandan-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Padmaja-Alagnandan-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Padmaja-Alagnandan-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Padmaja Alaganandan (Chief People Officer of PwC India)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Padmaja Alaganandan is currently positioned as the Chief People Officer of PwC India. Sharing her views on the current work-from-home scenario she says, \u201cWork-from-home, previously less resorted to, is being increasingly understood and encouraged by organizations. Now, the focus is less about the duration of online presence than what comes at the end of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kushagr-Agarwal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kushagr-Agarwal.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kushagr-Agarwal-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"fff31b069dab2d4baa9938924ee8e97c\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n    style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n    data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n    data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n    data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8586106947150931\"\r\n    data-ad-slot=\"5455236699\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n    (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><!--?span &gt;&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p style=\"text-align: center;\"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Kushagr-Agarwal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"573\" ?--><b>Kushagra Agarwal <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>(Founder and Director of Business Development &#8211; APAC &amp; EMEA, at KNR Management Consultants)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kushagra Agarwal is the Founder and Director of Business Development &#8211; APAC &amp; EMEA, at KNR Management Consultants. Highlighting the traits of a superstar recruiter, he says <strong>\u201c<\/strong>Employer branding is the most important thing where talent acquisition professionals are putting strong emphasis at. That is a part of helping companies scale up with the right talent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ankur-Pahwa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ankur-Pahwa.jpg 1894w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ankur-Pahwa-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ankur-Pahwa-768x898.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ankur-Pahwa-876x1024.jpg 876w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ankur-Pahwa-1024x1197.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Ankur Pahwa (Partner at Ernst &amp; Young)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ankur is presently a partner at Ernst &amp; Young in the Strategy and Transactions practice and also the National Leader for the E-commerce and Consumer Internet sector. Sharing his thoughts over the recent financial initiatives, he says, \u201cA bounce back of customer sentiment has been witnessed particularly in the online space, and recently announced liquidity-infusing initiatives will enhance both online and offline consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Jeeveshu-Ahluwalia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Jeeveshu-Ahluwalia.jpg 447w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Jeeveshu-Ahluwalia-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><br \/>\n<b>Jeeveshu Ahluwalia (Indian stand-up comedian)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Jeeveshu Ahluwalia, an Indian stand-up comedian, wears multiple hats as a writer, presenter, and actor. Sharing his thoughts on stepping out of his comfort zone, he says,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started at a call center and later became the director of a firm and after which I quit to do comedy. You need not suffer in order to make such a shift. It is just about finding the finer things in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gayatri-Gandhi.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gayatri-Gandhi.jpeg 221w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Gayatri-Gandhi-179x300.jpeg 179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Gayatri Gandhi (Certified KonMari Silver Consultant in India and the founder of Joy Factory)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gayatri Gandhi is the first Certified KonMari Silver Consultant in India and the founder of Joy Factory. Sharing one of her views on the KonMari method, she says, \u201cOnly the items that still serve their purpose in life and spark joy within are retained, while gratitude is expressed to the other items and they are discarded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anjali-Rajgopal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anjali-Rajgopal.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Anjali-Rajgopal-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><br \/>\n<b>Anjali Rajagopal (Motivational Speaker, Identity Advocate, and Entrepreneur)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Anjali Rajagopal is a motivational speaker, identity advocate, and entrepreneur. She heads the E-Commerce and Retail division at Indian Terrain. Speaking about her experience, she says, \u201cIn my opinion, India does not heed the enormity of trauma and how it affects its victims and is often swept under the carpet. Healing requires an outward process where people can talk about it, share their stories, and derive strength from one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sampark-Sachdeva.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sampark-Sachdeva.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sampark-Sachdeva-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><br \/>\n<b>Sampark Sachdeva (Founder and Chief Coach at SamparkSeSampark)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sampark Sachdeva is Founder and Chief Coach at SamparkSeSampark and a former Regional Head at OYO. Winner of the LinkedIn Spotlight award 2019, Sampark is convinced that \u201cIf you build your own brand, your company will get sufficient business; If you\u2019re a corporate professional then you\u2019re always an individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This lockdown, SpeakIn has been hosting online discussions covering the most relevant issues featuring the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1150],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}