LTIMindtree, the IT services company, has appointed Chetana Patnaik as the new chief human resource officer (CHRO), with effect from 1 April, 2024.
She is presently heading human resources and CSR for Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Transportation Infrastructure division. She joined L&T as head-talent acquisition, chairman’s office, in July 2012. She was elevated to her present role in October, 2020.
An alumna of Berhampur University from where she completed an MBA, she holds a certificate in impactful leadership from SP Jain School of Global Management and has also attended a programme in global leadership development at the University of Michigan-Stephen M Ross School of Business.
Patnaik’s professional journey began as an assistant manager with Ramee Group of Companies in 1995. By 1998, she had joined Gati as head-HR, West zone. Six years later, she moved to Reliance Infrastructure, as head-talent management, corporate HR. For almost seven years, she successfully devised multi-pronged recruitment strategies for all businesses of the company, handled compensation bench marking, revamped the performance-mangement system, drove mentorship programmes, spearheaded the employer branding exercise and other HR initiatives.
From 2010 to 2012, she was head-talent management, GVK Group, based out of Mumbai.
Her association with L&T began in July, 2012, when she joined as head-talent acquisition, chairman’s office. Less than two years into this role, she was promoted to head-HR.
Known to be an insightful, smart, dedicated, focused and mature HR leader, with a great sense of humour, HRKatha is confident that she will create a positive impact in her new assignment at LTIMindtree.
