Hindustan Power has roped in Gopalji Mehrotra for the role of chief human resources officer (CHRO). He joins this diversified group, empowering communities with affordable, reliable and sustainable energy, from ACME Group where he served as CHRO.
An alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur, Gopalji Mehrotra began his professional journey with ITC, in 1993. During his decade-long tenure there, he played multiple roles in corporate and manufacturing HR. By the time he moved on from ITC, he was heading HR for the technology joint venture.
From 2003 to 2005 he served as vice president-human resources at Kennametal Widia India, working out of Bangalore. This role saw him partnering with the new CEO to build a culture of accountability, flexibility, speed of response to market. By 2005, he was elevated to global human resources director at Kennametal, based out of the US for the next six years.
Mehrotra’s next stop was Zensar Technologies where he served as senior vice president for a year before taking up the role of senior vice president at Mylan, in 2011. The next three years saw him busy strategising and executing divestment, relocation and acquisition of businesses in Shanghai, Beijing and Xiamen regions of China.
Ashok Leyland roped him in to play senior vice president and CHRO in 2014.
From 2016 to 2018, he was president, Astix.
December of 2018 was witness to Mehrotra heading human resources for HPCL-Mittal Energy. In this long stint lasting seven years, he led change for future-readiness of a $14B refining-petrochemicals business.
It was in April of 2025 that he came to be associated with ACME Group as CHRO.
A Master Certified Coach by International Coach Federation (ICF, Switzerland), he is a CXO mentor and Hogan certified.
His 30 years of deep and diverse experience across six industry sectors —FMCG, manufacturing, pharma, automobiles, IT, chemicals and energy—will hold him in good stead in his new assignment.
HRKatha congratulates Gopalji Mehrotra, and wishes him all the best as he lead HR strategy, organisational transformation and talent management to “build the future-ready and resurgent Hindustan Power workforce”!