Aug 18 2026 to Aug 18 2026 6:30 p.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Incentives and institutions, culture and power — this panel discussion examines the intersection of behavioural science, public purpose, and corporate decision-making in contemporary India, centred around Sutapa Banerjee’s new book The Business of Business is (Not) Just Business.

Behavioural economics, the study of judgement and decision-making, has a rich academic history and practical applications across nearly every part of human experience. As public policy think tanks and corporate consultancies increasingly adopt and adapt this research, understanding its core principles has become more important than ever. Drawing on examples from the Indian context, the panel illustrates the relevance and multidisciplinary reach of behavioural insights in shaping both institutions and everyday decisions.

Venue: Auditorium

Speakers

Sutapa Banerjee
Author
Sutapa Banerjee is a seasoned business leader with over thirty years of experience across financial services, board governance, and behavioural insights. She spent the formative years of her career building and leading businesses within large multinational banks, and was recognized as one of the Top 20 Global Rising Stars of Wealth Management by the Institutional Investor Group (2007) and shortlisted among the 50 Most Powerful Women by Fortune India (2012). She serves on the boards of Zomato, Godrej Properties, and Polycab. An Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University, she has taught a pioneering elective as visiting faculty at IIM Ahmedabad, applying behavioural insights and design thinking to gender studies.

Manish Sabharwal
Chairman & Co-Founder, Teamlease Services
Manish is co-founder of TeamLease Services, one of India’s largest staffing and human capital firms, with over 300,000 employees in 5,000+ cities; TeamLease sponsored India’s first vocational university and operates its fastest-growing national PPP apprenticeship program, having hired 2 million employees over 25 years. He has served on various education, employment, and employability policy committees and as Independent Director on the RBI board. He is a Member of the CAG Advisory Board, Vice Chairman of NCAER, and serves on the boards of Ashoka University and the New India Foundation. He is co-author of Made in India: The Story of Desh Bandhu Gupta, Lupin and Indian Pharma and a columnist for the Indian Express.

Prateep Basu
Co-Founder & CEO, SatSure
Prateep Basu leads the decision-analytics startup working on technology access for sustainable development financing and global food, water, and energy security programs. A seasoned space industry professional, he studied aerospace engineering at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Trivandrum, and completed postgraduate studies in Space Studies at the International Space University. He has worked as a scientist at ISRO and as a geospatial industry analyst at Boston-based Northern Sky Research (NSR) prior to founding SatSure. He was invited as a TEDx speaker in 2019, discussing India’s place in the global space race.

Sandip Sen
Managing Director, Litmus World
Sandip Sen, Managing Director of Litmus World, is a pioneer of the outsourcing industry. In 2001, he founded Customer First Services, later acquired by Aegis; as Global CEO of Aegis, he helped grow it from under sixty people into a $700 million company with over 70,000 employees across multiple countries, and played a pivotal role in its sale for over USD 1 billion. He now leads Litmus World, a leading SaaS customer-experience platform, and advises global private equity firms and high-growth BPM companies. A graduate of Presidency College Kolkata with a postgraduate degree from XLRI Jamshedpur, he received XLRI’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2017.