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Aditya Batavia

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Lead - Belonging at Target
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Aditya is a seasoned DEI and culture transformation leader with 15 years of experience at firms like Target and PwC. He specializes in designing award-winning, inclusive skill development programs to build equitable, high-performing organizations. He is also a certified NLP Master Practitioner.

Outside of his formal roles, Aditya is a passionate advocate for social justice, with a strong focus on LGBTQ+ community inclusion. He actively participates in advisory labs and public discussions to engineer genuine cultural equity, and people who know him describe him as passionate and strategic.

He once designed and launched an innovative Reverse Mentorship program pairing C-suite leaders with members of the LGBTQ+ community to foster inclusive leadership.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Lead - Belonging
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Inclusive Leadership
He has personally trained over 3, 000 managers on inclusive leadership, bias mitigation, and equitable decision-making to build leadership capability.
LGBTQ+ Advocacy
He created multiple targeted programs, including 'Interning with Pride' for the LGBTQ+ community and a mentorship program for transgender individuals.
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Career

Work history

2-2025 - 12-2025
Lead - Belonging
Target
6-2024 - 2-2025
Senior Manager
PwC Acceleration Centers in India
5-2022 - 2-2025
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager
PwC Acceleration Centers in India
5-2019 - 5-2022
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager
ThoughtWorks
7-2016 - 4-2019
Assitant Manager - HR (L&D)
Future Group India
In the press

Media appearances

Target Moves From DEI to 'Belonging'. Featured in Yahoo News
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Education
2018 - 2018
NLP Master Practitioner
Society of Neuro linguistic programming
2017 - 2017
Certified NLP Practitioner
The Society of Neuro Linguistic Programming
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