Close Menu
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    • Our Story
    • Partner with us
    • Reach Us
    • Career
    Subscribe Newsletter
    HR KathaHR Katha
    • Exclusive
      • Exclusive Features
      • Research
      • Point Of View
      • Case In Point
      • Dialogue
      • Movement
      • Profile
      • Beyond Work
      • Rising Star
      • By Invitation
    • News
      • Global HR News
      • Compensation & Benefits
      • Diversity
      • Events
      • Gen Y
      • Hiring & Firing
      • HR & Labour Laws
      • Learning & Development
      • Merger & Acquisition
      • Performance Management & Productivity
      • Talent Management
      • Tools & Technology
      • Work-Life Balance
    • Special
      • Cover Story
      • Editorial
      • HR Forecast 2024
      • HR Forecast 2023
      • HR Forecast 2022
      • HR Forecast 2021
      • HR Forecast 2020
      • HR Forecast 2019
      • New Age Learning
      • Coaching and Training
      • Learn-Engage-Transform
    • Magazine
    • Reports
      • Whitepaper
        • HR Forecast 2024 e-mag
        • Future-proofing Manufacturing Through Digital Transformation
        • Employee Healthcare & Wellness Benefits: A Guide for Indian MSMEs
        • Build a Future Ready Organisation For The Road Ahead
        • Employee Experience Strategy
        • HRKatha 2019 Forecast
        • Decoding and Driving Employee Engagement
        • One Platform, Infinite Possibilities
      • Survey Reports
        • Happiness at Work
        • Upskilling for Jobs of the Future
        • The Labour Code 2020
    • Conferences
      • Rising Star Leadership Awards
      • HRKatha Futurecast
      • Automation.NXT
      • The Great HR Debate
    • HR Jobs
    WhatsApp LinkedIn X (Twitter) Facebook Instagram
    HR KathaHR Katha
    Home»People»Movement»Piramal Group beefs up its senior HR team
    Movement

    Piramal Group beefs up its senior HR team

    HRK News BureauBy HRK News BureauOctober 21, 2016Updated:September 21, 20183 Mins Read5694 Views
    Share LinkedIn Twitter Facebook
    Share
    LinkedIn Twitter Facebook

    Vikram Duggal joins as the VP and head HR for pharma solutions, while Unmesh Rai is the new head-employer branding and talent acquisition.

    Pharma major Piramal Group is all set for an HR overhaul. The company now has a new CHRO in Vikram Bector, who joined a few months ago.

    Following this, the company has made two new senior level appointments in HR department. Vikram Duggal has joined as the VP and head-HR for pharma solutions, and Unmesh Rai is the new head employer branding and talent acquisition.

    Duggal and Rai will both work with Vikram Bector, who joined the company as the Group CHRO this July. Bector, who is driving the HR Transformation 2.0 at the Piramal Group, has vast experience in building world-class HR practices. He is well known for his expertise in leading HR transformations on a large scale; as well as for being a thought leader and a leadership coach.

    Even as the Piramal Group accelerates its HR transformation through the ‘Strategy for Employee Engagement and Development Support’ (SEEDS) programme, the group is strengthening the HR team in a phased manner and has roped in Duggal from Sun Pharma and Rai from Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for their HR team.

    Duggal, who will shoulder responsibility of PPS global hr business partner lead where he will extend leadership to corporate as well as global sites, brings with him a rich experience of over 20 years in the field of designing and implementing organisation transformation interventions, talent sourcing, talent management and employee relations in pharma manufacturing and financial services. He played a variety of roles at Sun Pharma including head-HR for the emerging markets business spanning over 40+ countries. He has previously worked with Ranbaxy, PineBridge Investments (erstwhile AIG Investments), ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and Hindustan Unilever Limited. He has a master’s degree in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur and a bachelor’s degree in science with a specialisation in statistics.

    Rai will head employer branding and talent acquisition for the Group, and will be responsible for carving out a new talent acquisition centre of excellence (COE). This new COE would help meet the growth aspirations of the diversified businesses and build on the employer brand for a group with a rich legacy of over three decades. Rai joins from RIL, where he was involved in HR transformation, talent acquisition and branding. He has also worked with the Tata Group, where he headed talent acquisition and employer branding for Tata Motors.

    The Piramal Group has been in the news for a variety of reasons— from acquiring five injectable anaesthesia and pain management products from Janssen Pharmaceutica for a deal valued at $175 million, and for pressing the accelerator in the OTC space. With such expansion at both its business and people fronts, the Group is leaving no stone unturned in staying at the forefront in the industry.

    Piramal Piramal Group Unmesh Rai Vikram Bector Vikram Duggal
    Share. LinkedIn Twitter Facebook
    HRK News Bureau

    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    ten + 16 =

    Related Posts

    Pooja Sondhi is the new CHRO, Adomantra Digital India

    June 12, 2025

    Natarajan, Vohra elevated to strategic leadership roles at Redington, starting July 2025

    June 11, 2025

    Landmark Group gets Ina Bajwa as group head of talent & engagement

    June 11, 2025

    Tata Steel elevates Chandan Mishra to head-HR, Sahibabad

    June 11, 2025

    QUICK HR INSIGHTS

    EDITOR'S PICKS

    The truth about lies: Why résumé fraud has become an epidemic

    June 13, 2025

    Redefining recognition: Why the future of HR leadership lies with rising stars

    June 12, 2025

    Social media is showing Indian workers what they’re missing—and they want change

    June 11, 2025

    When employees leave without notice, who bears the moral burden?

    June 10, 2025
    Latest Post

    L’Oréal expands employee share-ownership plan to boost engagement

    News June 13, 2025

    L’Oréal Groupe has announced the launch of its fifth global employee share ownership plan. This…

    From scrap to sustainability: GRP’s transformation story

    Quick HR Insights June 13, 2025

    In this powerful excerpt, Sanjeeb Lahiri, Chief Human Resources Officer at GRP Ltd, shares how…

    Coal India introduces new uniform dress code for employees starting July

    News June 13, 2025

    Coal India (CIL) is rolling out a new uniform dress code for its employees from…

    NDMC rolls out major employee-welfare measures

    News June 13, 2025

    In a bid to ensure employee welfare, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has approved…

    Asia's No.1 HR Platform

    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram LinkedIn WhatsApp Bluesky
    • Our Story
    • Partner with us
    • Career
    • Reach Us
    • Exclusive Features
    • Cover Story
    • Editorial
    • Dive into the Future of Work: Download HRForecast 2024 Now!
    © 2025 HRKatha.com
    • Disclaimer
    • Refunds & Cancellation Policy
    • Terms of Service

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.