Acumen Business Catalyst · East India Summit

The Work
Has Always
Been People.

25 years building Indian organisations from the inside out. Now putting down roots in the East — closer to the clients, closer to the work.

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Invite-only · Limited seats · 15 May 2026 · Tollygunge Club, Kolkata

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Date15th May 2026

LocationTollygunge Club, Kolkata

FormatInvite Only

CapacityLimited seats

HR leadership· AI readiness· People strategy· Workforce transformation· CHRO conversations· Leadership development· Organisational capability· HR leadership· AI readiness· People strategy· Workforce transformation· CHRO conversations· Leadership development· Organisational capability·

Why this exists

Presence isn't a postcode.
But it matters.

For 25 years, Acumen Business Catalyst has worked with Indian organisations at moments that counted — leadership transitions, capability gaps, the kind of change that doesn't resolve on its own. Most of that work required being genuinely close to the problem.

Opening in the East is about exactly that. Closer to our clients, more connected to the realities they navigate, able to respond when the situation needs it.

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25+ years

Working with Indian organisations across sectors

1000+ engagements

From succession planning to full-scale transformation

1 finding

People are always the work — every time

Acumen Business Catalyst — 25 years

The room

Who Should Attend

You will be in good company. This is a curated, invite-only summit designed for senior leaders who carry the people agenda.

CHROs & HR Heads

Chief Human Resource Officers and senior HR leaders shaping people strategy at scale

Business & Functional Leaders

MDs, CEOs and functional heads who partner closely with HR on leadership and organisation design

L&D & Talent Leaders

Heads of Learning, Talent Acquisition and Leadership Development driving capability agendas

OD & Change Leaders

Practitioners leading organisation design, transformation and culture change at scale

Succession & People Analytics

Leaders working on succession planning, workforce analytics and future-of-work strategy

✦ This is an invite-only, curated summit designed for senior decision-makers. Attendance is by selection.

The agenda

Four conversations
worth having.

Each session is built for the people in the room. The questions are real. So are the people asking them.

Opening keynote

People Are Still the Point

The pressure to automate is real. So is the fear of being left behind. Dr. Kalim Khan opens by addressing both — drawing on 25 years of work with Indian organisations to show that the companies pulling ahead aren't choosing between technology and people. They're getting serious about both, in the right order. Not optimism. Evidence.

Dr. Kalim Khan · Acumen Business Catalyst

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CHRO conversation

What's Keeping You Up at Night?

A frank exchange between senior HR leaders about the pressure points that rarely surface in official forums — AI rolling out faster than organisations are ready, roles that no longer match the actual work, talent walking before anyone saw it coming, and boards demanding transformation without fully knowing what they mean. If you've been in any of these situations, you'll recognise every word.

Sujoy Banerjee · Ranjan Banerjee · Amitava Mukherjee · Senior HR Leaders

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Stories from the field

25 Years. Three Stories.

Three Acumen senior leaders. Eight minutes each. One thing they'd never put in a proposal — because the most useful lessons from 25 years of client work don't survive the journey into a framework. Real moments from real engagements. The kind that only make sense in a room where everyone has been there too.

Tanveer Shaikh · Sameer Pimpale · Sabyasachi Bhattacharya · Acumen Business Catalyst

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Closing address

This Isn't Just Good Ethics. It's Good Business.

The case for treating HR as a strategic function is, at its core, a financial one. Arnab Basu closes with the data — companies that make this shift consistently outperform those that don't. He'll give everyone in the room the language to take that argument back to their boards and make it land.

Arnab Basu · PwC

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Inflect is not a conference. It's a room where the right people have a conversation that's been overdue. Every seat is earned. Every person here is already sitting with the questions on the agenda.

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In the room

You'll be in
good company.

Inflect is invite-only and deliberately small. Every person here is already sitting with the questions on the agenda — not watching from the outside, but inside the problem right now.

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100

Senior HR Leaders

from leading organisations across India

40+

CHROs

with board-level accountability for people decisions

Invite-only room

no observers, no vendor pitches — just real conversations

“Every person in this room is already sitting with the questions on the agenda — not watching from the outside, but inside the problem right now.”

Your
seat here

Attendance is by selection. There are 100 senior HR leaders and 40+ CHROs expected at Inflect — all from leading organisations across India. If you belong in this conversation, we want to hear from you.

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The Work
Has Always
Been People.

Secure your seat

Presence isn't a postcode.
But it matters.

This room has limited seats.

Who Should Attend

Perspectives worth
being in the room for.

Four conversations
worth having.

You'll be in
good company.

Seats are limited.
Interest is already high.

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A room worth being in.
On a date worth clearing.

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Register Your Interest

The WorkHas AlwaysBeen People.

Secure your seat

Presence isn't a postcode.But it matters.

This room has limited seats.

Who Should Attend

Perspectives worthbeing in the room for.

Four conversationsworth having.

You'll be ingood company.

Seats are limited.Interest is already high.

Register your interest

A room worth being in.On a date worth clearing.

One last chance to register

The Work
Has Always
Been People.

Presence isn't a postcode.
But it matters.

Perspectives worth
being in the room for.

Four conversations
worth having.

You'll be in
good company.

Seats are limited.
Interest is already high.

A room worth being in.
On a date worth clearing.