Who Should Register 

This event is open for everyone to attend. However job openings are only for women.
Women looking for lateral opportunities at Junior, Mid & Senior levels.
Returnee Women - Women on a career break, looking to get back to work.

Agenda

Ignite 2021 – A Virtual Career Fair by WiT-Ace is India's largest career fair for women. This is uniquely curated event where we plan to squarely focus on trending opportunities that enable and employ women. It's a fun and engaging way for job seekers to explore 1000+ job openings, directly interact with recruiters on the spot and have access to over 30 top employers at the same time. Candidates can attend multiple masterclasses, workshops and panel discussions with global leaders when they join the fair. With no entry fees and exciting giveaways and rewards, it’s a new way to ignite your career. Come JOIN US!. 

Live Sessions

09:00am - 09:15am

Opening Note

Anuranjita Kumar, Founder & CEO, WiT-ACE
09:15am - 09:30am

Keynote Session

Kirthiga Reddy, CXO | Growth-stage Investor | Technology Executive | Public Board Director
In conversation with: Anuranjita Kumar, Founder & CEO, WiT-ACE
09:30am - 10:15am

War for Talent- CXO discussion

Jagdish Moorjani, Co-Founder and COO, CitiusTech
Manas Fuloria, Co-founder, Nagarro
In conversation with: Anuranjita Kumar, Founder & CEO, WiT-ACE
10:20am - 11:00am

Is Leadership Gender Agnostic?

Prameela Kalive, Chief Operating Officer, Zensar Technologies Limited
Manisha Kohli, Head of Partner Sales Engineering, Google Cloud
Sumita Ambastha, Co-Founder, Plaksha University
11:15am - 12:00pm

Finding the Human Connect with Conversational AI

Shridhar Marri, CEO and Co-Founder, Senseforth
Sugandha Srikanteswaran, Managing Director, Digital Technology Services, India Operations, S & P Global
Rania Khalaf, Chief Information and Data Officer, Inari
In conversation with: Pranjal Sharma, Economic analyst, Advisor and Author
12:05pm - 12:50pm

She Leads the Change

Shuchika Sahay, Global Chief Human Resources Officer, Firstsource
Prashanti Bodugum, Vice President, Technology and Chennai Center Head, Walmart Global Tech India
In conversation with: Aniruddha Sen, Director & CBO, WiT-ACE
12:50pm - 01:30pm

Paradigm shift in talent priorities & strategies

Mamta Sharma, Vice President & Head of Human Resources- India & Global Services, Fiserv
In conversation with: Aniruddha Sen, Director & CBO, WiT-ACE
02:00pm - 02:45pm

Skilling to Upscale the Career Path

Padmaja Alaganandan, Partner, PwC India
Chitralekha Datta, Partner, Client Services Leader - Public Sector (Government, Healthcare and LifeSciences), IBM Consulting
Debasis Panda, SVP and Head, TransUnion GCC India, TransUnion
In conversation with: Aniruddha Sen, Director & CBO, WiT-ACE
02:50pm - 03:35pm

How to S.H.I.N.E ?

Prachi Rastogi, Diversity and Inclusion Leader APAC, IBM
Sowmya Santhosh, Senior Vice President - HR, CitiusTech
In conversation with: Jaskiran Mehta, Head of Training, WIT ACE
03:45pm - 04:30pm

Defining the New Talent landscape: Mindsets, Attitudes and Skills

Ramesh Mitragotri, CHRO - UltraTech Cement, Aditya Birla Group
Debabrat Mishra, Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist, MyCareerDynamics
Sunita Cherian, Chief Culture Officer & Senior Vice President - Human Resources, Wipro
In conversation with: Aniruddha Sen, Director & CBO, WIT ACE
04:45pm - 05:30pm

Building a Diverse Workforce for Inclusive Products

Abhilash Nair, APAC Recruiting Leader, Google
Rohit A, Director, Google Ads, Google
Shanthi Sundar, People Partner, Google Cloud, Google
Surabhi Sharma, Hyd Site Program Manager, Google
06:20PM - 06:30PM

End Note

Anuranjita Kumar, Founder & CEO, WIT ACE
10:15AM - 10:45AM

Career Story of A Technologist

Mona Eldam, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
In conversation with: Shreya Prabhu, VP - Training, WiT-ACE
11:35AM - 12:10PM

Building Agile Learning Experiences

Gopi Bahl, Head of Technology - Banking and Financial Services, Commodities & Global Markets and Macquarie Capital at Macquarie India
Charusmitha Rao, Senior Global Learning & Talent Development Manager, Akamai Technologies
In conversation with: Jaskiran Mehta, Head of Training, WIT ACE
12:15PM - 01:00PM

Financial Planning - Masterclass

K.S Rao, Head - Investor Education & Distribution Development, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC
01:00PM - 02:00PM

Decode India's digital future with Google Cloud Teams

Anil Bhansali, Vice President, Engineering and Head of India Development Center, Google Cloud, Google
Amit Zavery, VP, Engineering, Google
Aastha Bhardwaj, Software Engineer, Google
Pritam Shah, Engineering Director, Google
Venkatadri Ganesan, Engineering Manager, Google
Kiranmayi Bhamidimarri, Software Engineer, Google
Sonia Shankar, Recruiting Lead, Cloud - India, Google
Amruta Joshi, Director, Cloud Engineering Delivery, Google
02:00PM - 02:45PM

Business in the age of AI

Suguna Jayaraj, SVP, Head of P&C Analytics, Swiss Re
Dr.Manish Bhide, Distinguished Engineer & CTO AI Governance, IBM
In conversation with: Shreya Prabhu, VP - Training, WiT-ACE
02:50PM - 03:35PM

The Future of Work - Cloud: Need for Women to Reskill, Network and Grow

Chitralekha Datta, Partner, Client Services Leader - Public Sector (Government, Healthcare and LifeSciences), IBM Consulting
Anuj Malhotra, Sr. Partner & Vice President, Service Lines and Operations, IBM
AB Vijaykumar, Global CTO - Hybrid Cloud Management & Platform Engineering, IBM Consulting
Santosh Prasad, Partner & Service Line Leader, Hybrid Cloud Transformation, Client Innovation Centre, IBM Consulting, IBM
Ameeta Roy, Senior Director - Solution Architecture, Red Hat

What You Get When You Register?



1000+ Jobs with
leading employers



Skilling & Learning
Sessions



Membership to WiT
Communities



Mentoring & Careers
Counselling sessions



Toolkits for interviewing &
personal branding



Vouchers & Hampers from
leading product companies

Key Partners

Associate Partners

Gift Bag Partners

Participating Employers

Participating Communities

Frequently Asked Questions

Ignite 2021 is a Virtual Career Fair by WiT-Ace for women across the country. This immersive and interactive virtual career fair offers one to explore 1000+ job openings. Being one of India's largest virtual career fair especially for women, it is an opportunity for women candidates to connect with top employers who have a strong gender diversity focus. Candidates can apply for jobs and directly interact with recruiters on the spot from anywhere in the world!
In the spirit for inclusion, this event is open to all. Anyone can attend the event, explore employers and join the virtual workshops, masterclasses and panel discussions. However, the job openings are only focussed on women and diversity candidates.
While registrations for the event are open now, the career fair will be live on Nov 12th 2021. However, the platform is open for all candidates to visit booths of employers participating in the fair, view job openings, apply for relevant opportunities and block any available slots for one-on-one chats with recruiters for the day of the fair.
Yes. When you register you get access to explore jobs and interact with employers; watch the panel discussions and keynotes; attend workshops and masterclasses; and take home giveaways and rewards.
Not for now.
Its very simple. You just have to use your login ID and password (the ones you have created while registration) and you can login anytime upto November 12th . But remember to complete your profile first while registering.

Once you login you will be automatically redirected to the virtual lobby. You can visit the exhibit Hall where you will find all participating employers and their job openings. You can also see all jobs in the Job Search tab. Easily navigate to different openings to know more details and find suitable positions to apply by simply clicking on the “Apply Button”. Your profile which you created during registration will be automatically sent to employers. If your are shortlisted you will hear further from the recruiters
Once you go through the job details of a specific employer, look out for the “Apply button”. As soon as that is clicked, your resume and form (that you had filled out as part of your registration process) will be sent for that job to the recruiters.
You can apply to as many jobs as long as you qualify and have relevant skills and experience for them. Make sure you review all job descriptions in detail before applying.
Once you submit your application for a specific job opening – depending on the selection process of that employer, a shortlisting for suitable candidates will take place. Shortlisted candidates will be informed on further steps.
The names of participating companies will be available on the lobby. You will be able to view company booths, jobs and apply for them once you register and login to the event from now to 12th November 2021.
No. You do not need to download or install any software to participate in our conference. You only need to have access to the Internet.
Drop us a mail at [email protected] We will revert back to you within 24 hours.