Prodapt has elevated Itha Lakshmipathi to senior vice president – human resources, expanding his responsibilities to lead the company’s global HR business partnering and corporate HR functions.
Lakshmipathi took up the role in October 2026, having served as vice president – HR from October 2024 to September 2026. He initially joined Prodapt in December 2021 as assistant vice president – HR.
In his new role, he leads a 59-member organisation comprising global HR business partnering, regional HR and global HR shared services. This includes a team of 23 HR business partners, with regional HR heads for Europe, Latin America and the Americas reporting to him. The function supports the company’s workforce across more than 20 countries in India, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America.
During his tenure at Prodapt, Lakshmipathi has worked on strengthening the company’s people practices, leadership pipeline and global HR operations. His initiatives include institutionalising nine-box talent reviews and succession planning frameworks, developing predictive HR dashboards for attrition risk and workforce planning, and driving the adoption of digital HR platforms.
He has also led initiatives to strengthen the company’s workplace culture and employee experience.
Before joining Prodapt, Lakshmipathi was corporate head – HR at Aragen Life Sciences, where he served as senior director – human resources from October 2020 to December 2021 and human resources director from August 2018 to September 2020.
Earlier, she worked as associate director – HR business partnering at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories from November 2015 to August 2018. She also served as global head – human resources at Napier HealthCare and head – human resources at LabourNet.
Lakshmipathi began her career with Sudha Soft as an HR executive in 2001. She subsequently worked with Oracle India, Matrix Laboratories and Novartis, handling HR management, compensation and benefits, and HR service delivery responsibilities.
She holds a Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior Executives (PGPMAX) from the Indian School of Business and a postgraduate diploma in business administration, with a specialisation in Human Resources, from Siva Sivani Institute of Management.
