Aniruddha Singh has joined Varindera Constructions (VCL Group) as chief human resources officer (CHRO), effective August 2026. He brings over 25 years of experience spanning human resources leadership, enterprise transformation, organisational restructuring and operational excellence across infrastructure, steel, chemicals and consumer businesses.
Singh joins VCL Group while continuing his association with NexGen Leadership, the advisory venture he founded in March 2025.
Before establishing NexGen Leadership, Singh served as group CHRO and enterprise transformation leader at Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) from January 2022 to March 2025. His responsibilities extended beyond conventional HR management to enterprise-wide restructuring and operational improvement across infrastructure projects.
At HCC, Singh worked on redesigning the enterprise operating model, strengthening governance and improving execution across the project lifecycle. He also developed a competency framework tailored to engineering, procurement and construction operations, linking workforce capabilities with project requirements.
Earlier, Singh served as group chief human resources officer at GHCL from April 2019 to May 2020. He led HR strategy and enterprise transformation initiatives, introducing the company’s first HR dashboard and people analytics framework, as well as a tool to forecast attrition. He also developed learning and development programmes, covering 840 executives through 100 programmes, and worked on succession planning and identifying critical positions across business divisions.
Singh spent nearly a decade at JSW Steel, where he was president – human resources from December 2009 to April 2019. During this period, he supported mergers and acquisitions, business integration, organisational restructuring and manufacturing expansion. His work included workforce optimisation, employee relations, leadership development and productivity improvement. He also contributed to reviving a defunct plant within 60 days and accelerating project execution through organisational and workforce interventions.
Before JSW Steel, Singh was head – human resources and change management at Huntsman International (India) from May 2007 to November 2009. He led organisational change initiatives, employee engagement and operational improvement, and was part of the core team involved in the acquisition of Ciba’s Indian specialty chemicals business, covering more than 1,100 employees.
His earlier career includes nearly three years at Procter & Gamble, where he worked in corporate affairs and product integrity, and close to eight years at Salora International as manager – human resources. At P&G, his responsibilities included brand protection, supply-chain process improvements and resource optimisation.
Singh holds an LLB from the University of Delhi, with a background in taxation, labour laws and international trade.
At VCL Group, Singh brings experience in strategic HR leadership, infrastructure workforce management, organisational design and enterprise transformation, alongside a track record of linking people and operating models with business performance.
