Dr. Ankita Singh.
Senior Vice President & Global Head of HR, IT, Travel &
Admin CIGNEX
Founder: HR ASSOCIATION OF INDIA
Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankitasingh1402/
Senior Vice President and Global Head of HR at CIGNEX She has over 22 years of progressive
experience in managing and leading various aspects of Human Resources spanning across
high paced business domains of ITES. In addition to all functions of HR, Ankita overseas other
enabling functions like Administration, Travel and Resource Management.
Ankita holds a PhD in Management and is a Gold Medalist in BBA as well as MBA. She has
done HR and Business Strategy related Executive Management Programmes from IIM-A, ISBHyderabad
and XLRI. She is a certified PPA (Thomas Profiling) Practitioner.
She has excelled in establishing innovative and competitive initiatives and institutionalizing
a strong performance driven culture at CIGNEX Datamatics which has resulted in the
company being certified as a “Great Place to Work 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 & 2020-
21”.
Recently, she has been awarded, for the third time in a row, amongst Forbes India’s Top
100 Great People Manager by the study conducted by GMI India. Apart from this great
recognition, Ankita Singh has also successfully completed one of the most prestigious
certification from Harvard Business School Online – “Sustainable Business Strategy”.
Her expertise includes transformational change management and M&A initiatives. She has
extensively worked in all facets of HR with special interest in the field of leadership
Development, Organizational Behavior, Culture Building and Employee Engagement.
She has been recognized in different prestigious platforms for her contribution and
excellence in the field of HR and leadership. She was awarded “CHRO of the Year 2021, 2020,
2019, 2018 and 2017” “Women Personality of the Year 2019 and 2018 by Femina” ,
“Business Person of the year 2020 , “Most influential Corporate Personality-2019”, “Indian
Business Woman of the Year 2019”, “Indian HR Champion of the year 2019”, “Women Leader
of the year 2019”, “Inspiring personality of the year 2019”, “Most Influential HR Leader of the
year 2019” “Best employee engagement project designer of the year 2019” just to name a
few.
She believes in driving organizational culture and values through PEOPLE, not processes
alone.
Apart from her professional excellence, Ankita is very active in supporting social causes by
working closely with various NGOs’ on Child Education and Development. She is an avid
traveler, and a passionate photographer.
Volunteer Experience and contribution:
Founder: HR Association of India
NATIONAL PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCE COUNCIL, Women’s Indian
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WICCI)
Speaker at Vibrant Gujarat 2021
Trustee and President XENA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
Corporate Advisory board : Poornima University
Corporate Advisory board : GLA University
Advisory Board Member :Tann Mann Foundation
Advisory Board Member : Yuvaleades Foundation
Advisory board of The Unicorn people
Corporate Advisory Board Member – Laddoo Foundation
National Jury Advisory Member – Master Trainer Pride of India
HR Management committee Della Leaders Club for Ahmedabad Chapter
Master of Mentor of the Master Union business school
President of Gujarat : IDYM Foundation
Mentor of AES Education Group
Guest lectures and Visiting faculty in 5 IIMs, 3 IITs and other recognized
colleges
Jury / Mentor for :
i. Economic Times HR awards
ii. Kamaikaze HR Awards
iii. IIT Mumbai Start ups
iv. Transformance Women Leaders Award
Publications: Regular contributor to the below mentioned:
1. People Matters
2. Human Capital Magazine
3. Business Manager
4. SightsinPlus
5. Corporate Review
6. HR Success Talks
7. Corporate Citizen
8. Silicon India
9. Consultants Review Magazine
Awards & Recognitions
1. Awarded by Forbes India and Great Manager Institute as Top 100
People Manager in India 2021 (Awarded for last 3 consecutive
years 2019,2020 & 2021)
2. “World book of record Power Women Achievement 2021” – Lead
India Foundation
3. “40 Under 40 for the year 2021” – The Indian Achiever’s club
4. “Woman HR Leadership Awards 2021” – Awarded by Ms. Kiran Bedi in Observnow HR
summit
5. “ILDC AMP Women Excellence Award 2021” – IDMBA Hyderabad
6. “Jury as Workplace Excellence Award – 2021” – by INFHRA
7. “Jury as Human Excellence Award 2021” – by Kamikaze
8. “Leadership & Summit Award 2021” – MORPHEUS
9. “Recognized Among 99 Women Achievement of INDIA for the year 2021”
- The Indian Achiever’s club
10. “APJ Abdul Kalam National Award 2021” - International Internship University
11. “Global women Award 2021” – Global Triumph Foundation
12. “Women Achievers Award 2021” – Indian Archives forum.
13. “Jury As Human Capital Award” – ET HR Award 2021
14. “Kalki Gaurav Award 2021 – Kalki Foundation Trust
15. “The Most Admired Global India’s Award 2020” by Passion Vista
16. “Women Excellence Awards 2020” - IDMBA Hyderabad
17. “Business Person of the year 2020” – 12th Asaid Literature Festival – Bharat
Nirman 2020 in Delhi
18. “CHRO of the year 2020” – Global HR Excellence Award 2020 – World HRD Congress
in 2020 Mumbai
19. “Woman HR Leadership Awards 2020” – Observnow HR summit presence of
Maneka Gandhi Delhi.
20. “Most Influential HR Leaders in Gujrat 2020” – World HRD Congress in 2020Mumbai
21. “Gujarat Best Employer Brand Award 2020” - World HRD Congress in 2020Mumbai
22. Awarded by Forbes India and Great Manager Institute as Top 100
People Manager in India 2020
23. “Make in India Award 2019” – 25th Mystique India Conclave & Expo-Bharat
Nirman 2019 in Delhi
24. “Best employee engagement project designer of the year “– 3rd Edition of
Employee engagement and Experience Summit 2019 in Mumbai
25. “Glory Of India Award” - 50th National Leadership Summit & Awards 2019 in Delhi
26. “Inspiring personality of the year 2019”- Leadership Summit & Awards 2019 in Mumbai
27. “Most Influential HR Leader of the year” - Future Women Leadership Awards
2019 in Mumbai
28. “Indira Business Excellence Award”-Indira Group of Institute 2019 in Pune
29. Awarded by Forbes India and Great Manager Institute as Top 100
People Manager in India 2019
30. “Woman Leader of the year”-Women Empowerment Summit and GIWL
Awards 2019 in Bangalore
31. “Leader in Human Resource Technology”-Asia HRM -2019 in Bangalore
32. “Indian HR champion of the year”- Indian HR summit and award-2019 in Mumbai
33. “Indian Business Women of the year”-Indian Business Women Conference &
award- 2019 in Bangalore
34. “Women Leader of the year”-Women Empowerment Summit and GIWL Awards-
2019 in Mumbai
35. “Most Influential Corporate Personality”-Indian Women Business Conference &
Awards- 2019 in Mumbai
36. “Business Woman of the year”-Future Woman Leader Summit &
Awards-2019 in Bangalore
37. “Top 100 HR Tech leader”-World HRD Congress-2019 in Mumbai
38. “CHRO of the year”-Making of Developed India awards(MODI)-2019 in Mumbai
39. “CHRO of the year”-HR summit and Awards-UBS Forums-2019 in Mumbai
40. “Women Hero of the year”-She leads summit-2018 in Mumbai
41. “Arch of excellence award”-All India Achiever Conference-2018 in Delhi
42. “HR and Leadership Award-Make in India Awards :Bharat Nirman
Foundation-2018 in Delhi
43. “Women Leadership Awards for Contribution in Field of Global HR Services”-
44. Women Leadership Award-2018 in Delhi
45. “Exemplary Leader Award”-Gujarat Best Employer Brand Awards-2018 in Ahmedabad
46. “CHRO of the year”-Future Leader Summit & Awards-2018 in Mumbai
47. “Innovative Leader of the Year”-Asia Pacific HRM Congress-2018 in Bangalore
48. “Asia’s most Innovative HR tech leaders”- Asia Pacific HRM Congress-2018
in Bangalore
49. “Top 100 HR Tech leaders ”– World HRD Congress -2018 in Mumbai
50. “Women Icon of the Year ”– FEMINA Awards -2018 in Mumbai
51. “The woman HR Leadership Award ”– The HR Club -2018 in Mumbai
52. “The Aaryabhatt Award ”– International Hindi Diwas -2018 in Indonesia
53. “Woman Leader in HR”- Future Woman Leader Summit & Awards-2017 in Mumbai
54. “HR Leader Award ”– Indian HR Convention – 2017 in Delhi
55. “CHRO of the year ”– ASIAN HR LEADERSHIP AWARDS -2017 in Dubai
56. “Hall Of Fame Award” – Gujarat Best Employer Brand Award- 2017 in Gujarat
57. “ Women Achiever Award ” – International Blogger Awards-2017 in Malaysia
58. “Women Super Achiever Award ” – Udgam group , Gujarat in 2017
59. “Women Achiever of the year Award ” – Anupama Foundation in 2017
60. “Women Personality Of the year Award ” – FEMINA World Women
Leadership Congress & Awards-2017
61. “HR Tech Strategy Leadership Award ” – HR Tech : World HRD Congress 2017
62. “Indian Women Achievers Awards for contribution in HR ” – Indian
Women Convention 2016
63. “Special Contribution in field of Human Resource Industry : IT & Software” –
64. Indian Women Achiever Awards 2016
65. “Women at work leadership award” – Times Ascent HR awards 2016
66. “The 25 Most Innovative HR Tech Leaders” – Asia Pacific HR Congress Awards2016
67. “Young HR Achiever Of the Year” – Human Capital Awards2016
68. ”Most Influential Leaders in India Award 2016” –World HRD congress
69. THOMAS PPA certification in 2016
70. “Women in Leadership award 2015” –World HRD congress
71. “Excellence in Human Resource Award 2015”- Bhartiya Vidya Peeth,Pune
72. “ Young HR professional Of the year 2015” – Employers Branding
Awards, World HRD Congress
73. “Women Leaders In India: IT HR” in 2015 byiiGlobal
74. “Young HR professional Of the year 2014” – Dream Companies to work for awards.
75. “Women Leaders In India: HR” in 2014 byiiGlobal
76. “Young HR professional Of the year 2013” – Dream Companies to work for awards.
77. Invited by “Counsel General of Belgium in Mumbai” for a high level discussion session
on “CSR” on the occasion of the Belgium Economic Mission to India presided over by
Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium.
78. “Young HR Achiever Of the Year” – Human Capital Awards2012
