Krish Shankar, former Group Head of HR at Infosys and founding mentor at Crossmentors, recently shared a presentation titled There…
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A seasoned HR leader with extensive experience across MNCs and Indian conglomerates, Priyank Parakh brings a wealth of expertise in…
Sanjeeb Lahiri, CHRO, GRP, joined the company seven years ago to help transform a traditional recycling business into a recognised…
Richard Lobo, chief people officer at Tech Mahindra, shares his insights on the evolving workplace, the changing role of managers,…
With nearly four decades of rich HR experience, Sushil Baveja brings valuable insights from his journey across multinational corporations and…
In this candid conversation with HRKatha, Girish Rowjee, co-founder and CEO, and Sayeed Anjum, Co-founder and CTO of greytHR, share…
Q. How satisfying has been your professional journey of 39 years? A. It has been a bagful of mixed experiences.…
Q. You spent 16 years at LIC before moving to a corporate role at ICICI Prudential. Now, 22 years on,…
Q. How would you define the culture at GE? A. Having been present in this region since 1902, GE has…
Q. In today’s times, what’s more challenging for a CEO like you — profit & business growth, talent & people,…
Q. RPG is a diversified group with businesses spread across sectors and domains. however, its brands have a strong individual…
Q. You have been shuttling between HR and manufacturing roles. Was it a well-thought out strategy or did you just…
Titan has different sets of employees for different functions and verticals, ranging from the shopfloor to the retail stores. How…
You happen to have worked mostly with large organisations. How different is it working for a startup now? When you…
Friendly and jolly Niti Khosla, lead-people analytics and business impact, Novartis International, is a true HR leader with the ability…
Moglix offers a variety of products from safety and electronics to office tools. The Company aims to make an impact…
It was a Friday afternoon, when the HRKatha team got the opportunity to meet a man who is not just…
She understands the imperatives for an organisation from a talent perspective. She possesses the consulting skills required to provide solutions.…
Automation and the volatile behaviour of workers have brought in a lot of challenges for HR in the changing automobile…
Gearing up for the future, organisations need to focus more on technology and be prepared for the impact that it…
What do you think are the broad challenges before the auto industry? The auto industry right now is going through…
Deodutta Kurane, group president and CHRO, YES BANK, has faced all sorts of challenges during his career. He started off in the manufacturing sector, and then shifted to the banking, financial services and insurance sector (BFSI) with liberalisation. Today, this HR leader is managing a new-age bank with an altogether different set of challenges, with digitisation impacting the business the most. In an interview with Sonali Chowdhury of HRKatha, Kurane shares the effect of digitisation in banking and the way forward.
It’s been less than a year since Johnny C. Taylor Jr., SHRM-SCP, took over as the president and CEO of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). A practising lawyer and a seasoned HR professional, Taylor has authored a book The Trouble with HR: An Insider’s Guide to Finding and Keeping the Best People.
He was in India recently and took out time to chat with Lipi Agrawal of HRKatha. Here are the excerpts of the interview, where he talks about the changing landscape of HR and the role of technology in it.
A core business professional turned HR leader, Kaustubh Sonalkar is currently the president-HR at Essar, and chief executive officer at Essar Foundation. He believes good people management is about idealistic thinking, and is more invested in the practical execution and achievement of those futuristic ideals through creative channels.
A high risk taker, willing experimenter and learner, and also an out-of-the-box thinker, Sonalkar is design oriented rather than control oriented. He talks to HRKatha about his experiences across industries and cultures and what future organisations will look like.
Jonathan Vehar, global VP-products, Dale Carnegie & Associates was in town. Vehar has worked with organisations to develop leadership and innovation solutions necessary for growth. He is considered to be an innovation thought leader. In an exclusive interview with Lipi Agrawal of HRKatha, he, along with his colleague Pallavi Jha, chairperson & managing director – ?Dale Carnegie Training India, share the future of training and the role technology will play in making training a measurable exercise. Excerpts…
Rattan Chugh, an engineer by design and a true HR professional by default, has close to three decades of experience with global organisations, ranging from startups to leading multinationals. He started his career as a hands-on engineer in the IT industry and grew through the ranks to serve in several key positions in the financial services industry.
Currently, the chief people officer at Times Internet, Chugh is focussed on building and sustaining a culture of excellence at the Company, that entrepreneurs and leaders could leverage for success. He talks to HRKatha about his experiences across industries, talent management and what it truly means to be an HR professional.

