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Browsing: People
The who’s who of the global HR fraternity – when they switch jobs (Movement), tracing their career journey (Profile), debating on a topical subject (Point-of-view), when they have an exclusive chat with the HRKatha editorial team (Dialogue) and when an expat explores interesting facets of the India work culture (Expat’s Diary)
In her second stint with the company, Sagar will lead and execute the people strategy for its people-aligned transformation
She moves from Network18 where she was responsible for talent acquisition, talent management and retention.
An alumni of Sydenham College Mumbai and XLRI Jamshedpur, Tarapore comes with three decades of global leadership and diverse experiences across multiple industries.
The move comes after his successful stint, with Vodafone India, of over six years.
Roy Choudhury will replace Ashok Ramachandran as director, human resources, Vodafone India.
Rao’s career spans over two decades managing human resources function across manufacturing, consulting, IT & BPO industries.
From a Class-I gazetted officer with the government of India to the CHRO of India’s largest business house, the journey has not been a cakewalk for Prabir Jha, president & group CHRO, Reliance Industries.
Jha started his career as an assistant works manager at the Dehu Road Ordnance Factory, Pune, in 1990. However, after completing nine years in a secured government job, he decided to test new waters. He took two years’ leave to pursue a full-time course in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur, which marked the beginning of his corporate life. Jha has diverse experience across industries—from engineering and information technology to pharmaceutical and automotive— and now even a business conglomeration. His personal goal is to support people to become better professionals and more importantly, complete individuals.
He speaks to HR Katha on a subject that plagues the HR industry today — the use of data in human resources. Excerpts…
The erstwhile HR head for Lenovo India, Subhankar Roy Chowdhury has taken over as global head HR strategy, M&A and analytics.
The premier law firm with offices in Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi, boasts of 98 partners, over 400 lawyers and a total staff of more than 650 professionals. It has hired over 70 students from various leading law schools for 2015–2016.
Adil Malia, group president, HR at Essar group, has worked across industries, cultures, regions and functions. From FMCG to hardcore engineering and infrastructure; from a Global MNCs such as GE, Coca-Cola to promoter led companies such as Essar and Godrej; from India to West Asia from employee relations, training, HRM, organisational development to marketing in tactical and strategic roles.
He shares with HR Katha his candid views on the state of human resources function in India.
Kyran joined TI India as a human resources manager in 2004. Since then he has moved up the ladder and has held several important positions including global roles.
The company hopes to continue its growth by improvising HR practices and talent management.
With more than 25 years of experience in the field of human resources, Lall is fully equipped to understand the needs of the industry.
Roy has been credited with the launching of various HR initiatives at OIL.
With this new appointment, the company hopes to strengthen its focus on hiring stellar individuals who will help the organisation grow at an even faster pace.
President & group CHRO, Vedanta Resources, Rajesh Padmanabhan believes in two things – people and change – that have influenced him greatly in breaking moulds and foraying into uncharted territories.
When the young Shailesh Singh came to Delhi with an aspiration to crack the civil services exams, he had no idea what the future stored for him. Over the next few years, he carved his own path and ventured on a journey, which would make him emerge as one of the most successful players in the HR industry. In a conversation with HR Katha, Singh, who is currently the chief people officer and director of Max Life Insurance opens up about his transformation from an aspiring civil servant to an employee advocate.
The country head, human resources, at Lafarge India, has recently launched her first book – ‘Reality Bytes – The Role of HR in Today’s World’. A ready reckoner for HR professionals and aspirants, peers in the industry have termed it as a crisp, practical and contemporary book that helps readers understand the nuances of the complex world of human resources.
Sharma speaks to HR Katha on her experience as a writer and her candid views on the HR function.
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He will drive a number of strategic growth initiatives to broaden the current service and solution offerings, with a strong focus on the benefits and investments offerings.
Venkateswaran’s mandate is to accelerate the growth of the international express and healthcare businesses.
Krishna has earlier worked with the Tata Group, Coca Cola India, Seagram Distilleries and Oberoi Hotels.
Karra had joined Airtel in May, 2014.
Seema Nambiar, senior director, people resources, McDonald’s India–West & South, has been associated with the Quick-Service-Restaurant (QSR) sector for some time now, and been part of the McDonald’s family for more than 15 years. Prior to this, she managed employee training for Domino’s India.
In her current role, she is responsible for ensuring seamless integration of company and people strategies at McDonald’s, West and South divisions. She focusses on enhancing the company’s employer brand image, and works towards creating a heightened Employee Value Proposition. In her previous role at McDonald’s, Nambiar was head – learning, development and strategy planning.
While sharing the employee development programmes at McDonald’s with HR Katha, she talks about how McDonald’s helps its employees build a career and not just pursue a job which is quite unusual in the QSR sector. Excerpts
Paneesh Rao, sr. vice president & head of human resources, Atos India, has nurtured a passion for people management over two decades of his commendable industry experience. It has been a journey of growth and evolution for him. Working with people – directly or indirectly – has shaped him into an honest and ethical person. He shares his thoughts with HRKatha on his life’s experiences and insights.
Online taxi and auto rickshaw aggregator Ola Cabs is all set to scale up its HR function and Saikia to play a vital role in sourcing top talent