After successfully handling human resources for Kotak Mahindra Bank’s wholesale bank and treasury for over four years,Sayantani Dutta has taken on the CHRO role at Bajaj Housing Finance.
Dutta, who holds an MBA from the Xavier Institute of Management (XIM) Bhubaneshwar, started her career with TVRLS, in 2002. She served as associate consultant at this behavioiur systems company for a short stint in Ahmedabad before moving to EXL Service as trainer for just over two years, in Noida.
In 2004, she landed the role of assistant manager, Idea Cellular, which brought her to Hyderabad. In this role, she was responsible for performance management, on-boarding and training and development for the Andhra Circle of Idea Cellular.
Her next stop was GE Capital in 2005, when she took on the role of VP-human resources, based out of Gurgaon. After a successful seven year-tenure at GE Capital, she switched to Walmart in 2013.
As the lead-talent management, HRBP for HR and engagement at Walmart, she managed to lead the overall talent strategy for the organization in addition to playing the HRBP for HR and driving employee engagement. She ensured that talent capability, strengths and gaps were identified with actions taken for critical roles post de-merger of Bharti and Walmart.
The year 2014 saw her joining Vodafone as head-performance management. Based out of Mumbai, she enabled fair and transparent performance decisions and drove quality performance dialogue for over two years. She was then elevated to the position of circle HR head, Karnataka in 2016.
In 2018, she was VP-talent management, Vodafone Idea. It was in February 2020 that she joined Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mumbai.
Her unparalleled ability to understand difficult situations and act accordingly will stand her in good stead in her new role at Bajaj Housing Finance. HRKatha wishes her all the best.
