Avinash Jhangiani is an award-winning design thinking, innovation and digital transformation leader with more than 23 years of experience with Big 4 US Consulting, large MNC and global communications agency in USA and India. As founder CEO of Play2Transform Group, he provides management training and consulting services to corporates, start-ups and education sectors using the principles of Design and Play as a catalyst to foster a culture of human-centric innovation and drive new age mindsets. Under his leadership, Omnicom Media Group won various local and international awards, including 4 Gold Lions at the prestigious Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

He was honored as Exemplary Mentor of Change by NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission and recognized as a global TeachSDGs ambassador advocating UN's sustainable development goals. He also curated India’s first and largest Book of Dreams, endorsed by a Nobel Peace Laureate and ASG Supreme Court of India. He is certified by IDEO and INSEAD on leading change and innovation by design, and also serves as faculty at S.P. Jain School of Global Management and NMIMS, Mumbai.

Mr. Jhangiani recently authored a leadership playbook, titled ‘Beyond 2020 Mindset’ that shares down-to-earth mindset shift strategies and case studies from GE, HP, SAP, Unilever, Conde Nast, Deutsche Bank, Reliance, LinkedIn, among others. Connect with him on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter.