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    Home»People»Movement»Chithra Thomas appointed HR head at Tesla India
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    Chithra Thomas appointed HR head at Tesla India

    HRK News BureauBy HRK News BureauApril 22, 20211 Min Read131478 Views
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    Tesla has appointed its new country HR leader, Chithra Thomas. With 18 years of experience in HR backing her, Thomas has moved from Reliance Retail where she was the VP-HR, handling the HR operations for AJIO, an e-commerce initiative of Reliance Retail.

    At Reliance Retail, she led a team of 90 members and looked after total rewards, talent acquisition and designing of learning and development initiatives. She also handled the core HR operations for 25,000 employees.

    After completing an MBA in HR, Thomas started her career with HPE India and worked with them for six years.

    In 2009, she joined Walmart, and completed an over five-year tenure there before joining Reliance Retail in 2015.

    Having registered itself in India in January 2021, Tesla will soon start its operations in the country. The firm has also accelerated its hiring for other leadership positions. Recently, it has hired Manuj Khurana as the business development head for India region and Nishant from Arther Energy as head of the supercharging, destination and home-charging business.

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    36 Comments

    1. Manoj on April 22, 2021 10:18 pm

      Congratulation!

      Reply
    2. Mohammad Khaled on April 23, 2021 11:22 am

      Sir any kind vacancy for logistics

      Reply
    3. Flt Lt Saju Paul on April 23, 2021 2:41 pm

      Dear Team,

      This is Flt Lt Saju Paul, currently at Dubai and employed as Grp HR Manager, taking care of the entire GCC region. In case of any suitable assignment pls contact me +971 50 8286176. Email me Sajpaul2001@yahoo.com

      Reply
    4. Ramesh Suriyanarayanan on April 23, 2021 2:51 pm

      Thanks for sharing the article in linked in

      Reply
    5. Virendra Tiwari on April 23, 2021 3:56 pm

      Congratulations ???

      Reply
    6. Shabbir on April 23, 2021 4:05 pm

      Congratulations

      shabbir.ahmad@hamdard.com

      Sr mngr corporate HR

      Reply
    7. Rupesh padwekar on April 23, 2021 6:07 pm

      Any kind of vacancies for oracle technical consultant for ebs.

      Reply
    8. GURMEET SINGH on April 23, 2021 10:23 pm

      Congrats madam….you have fixed a long way to achieve this position, it’s not the destination, many more is yet to achieve , and I am a huge fan of yours…so…best of luck …for new responsibilities…Rab Rakha…!

      Reply
    9. Rohit kumar on April 24, 2021 12:16 am

      Congratulation
      Looking for job had experience of 11 years in telecom and power sector but now job less since covid started..

      Reply
    10. Mohit Gupta on April 24, 2021 5:02 am

      Great opportunity

      Reply
    11. Mohammed Vajih Uddin Khan on April 24, 2021 6:01 am

      Hearty Congratulations ??
      Best Wishes

      Reply
    12. Sanjay Bose on April 24, 2021 6:46 am

      Congratulations !

      Reply
    13. Chandrakant Johare on April 24, 2021 7:27 am

      Congratulations

      Reply
    14. Rajiv Shankar on April 24, 2021 8:06 am

      Compliments Compliments!!!
      Tesla is a Great Company and you use wonderful strategies. It will be a winning combination when you work there.

      Reply
    15. Yogesh Sadhnani on April 24, 2021 8:16 am

      Hi! I am Having 22 years of international as well as domestic experience and since last 3 years working In Reliance Digital as Manager and looking for change in Job within Automobile industry. Pls contact me if you have vacancy.

      Reply
    16. Dolphy Pinto on April 24, 2021 10:50 am

      Congratulations Chitra ?

      Best wishes

      Reply
    17. Dolphy Pinto on April 24, 2021 10:50 am

      Congratulations Chitra ?

      Best wishes

      Reply
    18. Bijo Mathew on April 24, 2021 11:58 am

      Congratulations Chithra

      Reply
    19. Ashok kumar on April 24, 2021 10:19 pm

      Congratulations Mam

      Reply
    20. vipin on April 24, 2021 10:35 pm

      sir any job in u.p

      Reply
    21. Ravi Kumar K on April 24, 2021 10:37 pm

      Congrats, chithra san

      Greenfield project export HR

      Reply
    22. satishbabu on April 25, 2021 10:10 am

      like to share my resume for the suitable job in your concern

      Reply
    23. Sachin Bhardwaj on April 25, 2021 11:47 am

      Hi Congratulations mam! I’m having a vast experience of 16 yrs under telecom in B2C & B2B sales as well as services, looking for the good opportunity in automobile industry, kindly contact me if you have any suitable opportunity for me @ bhasach@gmail.com

      Reply
    24. Sumana Chakraborty on April 25, 2021 8:00 pm

      Congratulations ma’am.

      Reply
    25. Vikas Kumar on April 25, 2021 9:10 pm

      Congratulation , !! Look forward to work with you.

      Reply
    26. Sudhir on April 26, 2021 11:30 am

      Congratulations Chithra

      Reply
    27. Shivaraj Ekbote on April 26, 2021 6:13 pm

      I want to startup to compete

      Reply
    28. Tagat Singh on April 27, 2021 12:39 pm

      Congratulation!!

      Reply
    29. Yesu Rathnam Manne on April 29, 2021 1:19 am

      Congratulations Ms. Chithra. I am really exited to see Tesla in India. May Tesla grow and flourish in India.

      Reply
    30. Nagesh Ovhal on April 30, 2021 9:46 pm

      Congratulations ???

      Reply
    31. Vaithy on May 1, 2021 11:49 am

      Congratulations on your new role

      Reply
    32. Sanjv on May 2, 2021 7:05 pm

      Looking for opportunity

      Reply
    33. Dhirendra Deo Rai on May 3, 2021 7:49 pm

      Looking for challanging task , able to move anywhere in India !

      Reply
    34. SATYAVIR SHARMA on May 5, 2021 2:06 pm

      For Campus Placement of the Fresher Engineering/Management Students, please contact

      Reply
    35. khujli on June 12, 2021 10:47 pm

      its a proud moment for all of us.

      Reply
    36. Jasmeet Singh Gill on October 18, 2021 5:25 pm

      Many Congratulations Mam,

      I am having 20 years of experience wherein 15 years core experience in Exide Industries Ltd and my last designation was Regional Service Head. I am also searching a good opportunity. May I requested to kindly consider me as a candidate for a suitable position in the organisation.

      Thank you.
      Regards,
      Jasmeet Singh Gill
      8588839029

      Reply
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