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Sridhar, 56, has spent over 34 years with ITC.

She has moved from Sun Pharma, where she was director, human resources.

Padmanabhan quit the Vedanta Group in August, 2015.

Acquisition and retention of talent will be a key challenge for Suri in this primarily talent-led business, where attrition rates are very high.

Dinesh, former director, compensation & benefits, Asia Pacific at Coca Cola, has over 12 years of experience

The Genpact Centre for Women’s Leadership (GCWL) is an  industry-academia partnership— combining the power of research with industry best practices — to empower women, make them leaders and drive gender-inclusive growth. 

Srinivas Kandula, chief people officer, IGate has replaced Aruna Jayanthi, CEO, Capgemini India.

Prof. T V Rao is a known name in the HR circuit. In his recent book, – ‘Effective People’ he has studied and analysed effective professionals from all walks of life. The book demonstrates how one can push oneself to become effective, and ultimately be super effective.

Currently, the chairman of TVRLS, Rao has many firsts to his credit. He is the founder and first president of the National HRD Network, and the first honorary director of the Academy of HRD, India. In a career spanning 40 years, he was a Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad for over 20 years beginning 1973 and subsequently an Adjunct Professor until 2014.

He speaks to HRKatha on his new book, and shares his views on HR in the present corporate world.

Bector quit Reliance Industries, early this month, where he was chief talent officer

A chemical engineer and IIM Ahmedabad alumnus, Sharma was earlier director-HR at Monsanto.

Dewan has moved in from NIS Sparta where he was the chief business officer.

Nair is currently senior VP- leadership & organisation development, and also the global head of diversity and inclusion at Unilever – a position she has held since January 2013.

This high-profile departure from the Reliance Industries HR function, comes close on the heels of the resignation of group CHRO, Prabir Jha, in August.

Lyngdoh’s mandate will be to help Lenskart build a culture of its own.

Nandal has moved in from Damco, where she was head, HR-South Asia, and also part of the Maersk Group’s global HR leadership team.

A research scientist and wine maker, he also has a first class honours degree in human biochemistry. But that’s not what best describes Mark Inglis — the first double amputee to summit Mt Everest. He is the fighter whose career has gone from being a SAR mountaineer to a legless one. He lost both his legs to frostbite in 1982, when he was stuck in an ice cave dubbed the ‘Middle Peak Hotel’, near the summit of Mount Cook for 14 days.

Inglis, now a motivational speaker, helps people achieve their own potential in life. He speaks to HRKatha on what the corporate world can learn from mountaineering.

Based out of Dubai, Martyris will play a dual role, managing both the Kuoni Group and VFS Global.

An alumnus of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and an accredited coach (ACC) recognised by the International Coach Federation, Makarand Khatavkar, group head–human resources, Kotak Mahindra Bank, has built HR teams from scratch, more than once.

A seasoned HR professional, Khatavkar’s career spans three decades. He has spent around 20 years in the BFSI sector alone. Prior to joining Kotak, he led HR at Deutsche Bank.

He speaks to HRKatha, on how the banking industry is realigning its people’s strategy with the changing business environment, and the plans specific to Kotak Mahindra’s employee engagements.

Yuvaraj Srivastava spent more than five years with the Indian army before he moved to the corporate sector. This certainly makes him a differently talented HR professional.

Post his army days, Srivastava dabbled in different sectors starting from an industrial unit (Asian Paints), moving on to hospitality (The Oberoi), then to FMCG (PepsiCo) before joining a new age company (MakeMyTrip). His exposure to HR management in different sectors has contributed to the richness of his experience.

Srivastava, CHRO, MakeMyTrip speaks to HRKatha on how human resources is same yet different in varied sectors. He has coined different terms for each of his experiences. He describes how serving the armed forces has taught him to be a better HR professional. Excerpts!

At Dimension Data India, Salve’s primary responsibility will be to design and deliver strategies to create a culture of trust, collaboration, and ownership facilitating employees to accelerate their ambition.

Richard Lobo is a qualified mechanical engineer who decided to pursue a career in human resources. Post his PGDM in Marketing and Finance, from Xavier Institute of Management, Lobo dabbled in sales and marketing at Godrej & Boyce.

He joined Infosys in 2000 where he was recently appointed as the senior vice-president & head-HR. In his new role, he oversees the functions of business HR, employee relations, geography-HR and HR delivery for Infosys.

In the last one year, the company has introduced several changes in terms of people practices. Lobo chats with HRKatha on the company’s people strategy and his overall view on the changing dynamics of the human resource function.Excerpts!

The job portal specialises in providing employment in the informal sector.

Prior to this, Kar was V-P and head-HR, Reliance Digital.

Nick Williams did not come to India with any pre-conceived notion. And that helped him explore and build an independent opinion about the Indian workplace.

Kumar, MD, CHRO, Citi South Asia has tried not to be a destiny’s child. She is a fiery, self-reliant person who dared to go the unconventional way.  

Savlani steps in for Navin Chugh, who has moved on to a new global role as the executive vice president, strategic global sales.