Pallabi Bakshi — Co-Founder

Hey there! I am deeply passionate about people and Change Management especially when it comes to mindset shifts, biases, challenging the status quo and working in chaos. Happy to share that I be the one to walk in the path of creating history of Tata Motors by being the first dedicated person to lead DEI across the entire organisation straight from the office of Chief Diversity Officer. Earlier have had a short stint with ABG in their Cement Business (UltraTech) working in Organisational Effectiveness BCOE team. Prior to that about 6 years working with my first organisation where I joined from campus - Mahindra Finance where I have worked across roles . I started as a MT- Regional HR to Corporate Business HR to COE- Employee Engagement. During Covid, have singlehandedly revamped the Employee Engagement piece to make it relevant to present times. Personally I love music and travelling. Always look forward to have a conversation that triggers a spark within!

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Diversity and Inclusion expert with a strong background in Human Resources and Organizational Development.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 10 yrs 6 mos

Skills

Diversity & Inclusion
Change Management
Employee Engagement
Human Resources

Career Highlights

Pioneered DEI initiatives at Tata Motors.
Revamped employee engagement during Covid-19.
Led organizational effectiveness at UltraTech Cement.

Work Experience

Tata Motors

Senior Manager - Diversity Equity and Inclusion (2 yrs 8 mos)

Educational institutes.

Visiting Faculty (3 yrs 5 mos)

UltraTech Cement

BCOE - Organisational Effectiveness Culture Transformation and Change Management (Global role) (1 yr 2 mos)

Mahindra Finance

Employee Engagement Specialist (2 yrs)

Deputy Manager Human Resources Business Partner (1 yr 6 mos)

Assistant Manager HRBP (1 yr 8 mos)

Paharpur Cooling Towers

Summer Intern (2 mos)

The World Bank

Psychometry intern (3 mos)

Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd.

Industrial Psychology intern (6 mos)

Muthoot Fincorp Ltd.

Summer Intern (2 mos)

Coal India Limited

Psychology Intern (5 mos)

Emami Ltd

Marketing Communications Intern (3 mos)

Education

Executive PG Diploma in Organisational Development and Change at Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management

Master of Science (M.Sc.) at University of Calcutta Rajabazar Science College Campus

B.Sc(Hons.) in Psychology at Gokhale Memorial Girls College

Higher Secondary at Asansol Collegiate School

ICSE at The Assembly of God Church School - India

Pallabi Bakshi

Co-Founder

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India10 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Pioneered DEI initiatives at Tata Motors.
Revamped employee engagement during Covid-19.
Led organizational effectiveness at UltraTech Cement.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Diversity and Inclusion expert with a strong background in Human Resources and Organizational Development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Diversity & InclusionChange ManagementEmployee EngagementHuman Resources

Other Skills

Applied PsychologyBrand AmbassadorshipBusiness InitiativesCareer CounselingCoachingCommunication StrategyCounseling PsychologyCultural DiversityDiversity TrainingEmployee Learning & DevelopmentEmployee Lifecycle ManagementEmployee RecognitionEmployee RelationsEmployee Rewards ProgramsEmployee Training

About

Experience

Tata motors

Senior Manager - Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai · Hybrid

First and first, I can wear the hat proudly to say I am the first hire in Team DEIsha - the dedicated DEI journey of Tata Motors.
ofcourse it owes a lot to the invaluable contribution of a lot many to get it embarked officially...
1. Creating the DEIsha roadmap ( DEI journey of Tata Motors) from scratch
2. Extensive experience on curating DEI plan thoughts and institutionalising based on business exigency and needs
3. Anchoring , delivering Tata Group flagship sensitisation program called Onederful conversation
4. Taking care of DEI for all Business Units - Commercial Vehicle Business Unit, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, Electric Vehicle Business Unit, Corporate Functions
4. One of the best experience is I joining the organisation at a very unique time especially because I joined as a first resource to be hired in the team so being a pioneering member gave me excellent exposure , also because Tata Motors going through a demerger but DEI team worked for all Business Unit and remained the only COE team to cater to all business needs
5. Creation of activities was followed by implementation of the plethora of activities that's solely anchored by DEI team along with real time support of BHR team across BUs

Diversity & InclusionOrganizational LeadershipChange ManagementEmployee Engagement

Educational institutes.

Visiting Faculty

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos · Mumbai / remote / online

Life is about learning and co-creation. and what better way than interacting with students!

Ultratech cement

BCOE - Organisational Effectiveness Culture Transformation and Change Management (Global role)

Apr 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

1. Implementation of ABG Group Purpose Statement across locations of UltraTech.
2. Inculcating inclusive behaviours by closely monitoring workshops done on "Cultivating an Inclusive Mindset"
3. Inclusion & Diversity Award. Conceptualisation to implementation completely done by me. It is a process laid to incentivise managers who demonstrate inclusive behaviours towards women employees.
4. Values Award - Implementation of Values Based Award where employees who demonstrate the 5 ABG Values are recognized by capturing their stories.
5. Analysing the various women cohorts and their movement trends,Preparing ways to engage and retain women in the Organisation.
Creating regular communication to engage women.
6. VIBES (Engagement surveys)- Analysing employee engagement survey data particularly from a D&I perspective with respect to gender.
Creating Manager Action Planning of Vibes Employee Engagement Survey.

Organizational EffectivenessChange ManagementInclusion & DiversityDiversity & Inclusion

Mahindra finance

3 roles

Employee Engagement Specialist

Apr 2020 – Apr 2022 · 2 yrs

Working on Covid-19 Engagement plans, Rewards and Recognition, Employee talent platforms, Wellness platforms, communication channels, communication strategy, wellness strategy , benchmarking best practices , part of multiple projects.
Manpower: Entire organisation. 20k plus

Employee EngagementCommunication StrategyWellness Programs

Deputy Manager Human Resources Business Partner

Promoted

Sep 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

This was my first independent responsibility as an HR Partner after I finished my regional stint.
In this role I partnered the Recovery and the Legal team Pan India and was responsible for handling firstly,performance management with respect to handling appraisals, incentive structure , query resolution and secondly,employee engagement with respect to annual engagement survey, handling action plans, creating and implementing the vertical pledge poster, thirdly internal communication strategy. I was in the First Business HR Team post HR Verticalization and partnered the regional and circle heads in leading all initiatives linked to culture,capability building , learning , performance and engagement. Manpower : Around 8000

Performance ManagementEmployee EngagementInternal Communication

Assistant Manager HRBP

Dec 2016 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos

1. Handling the entire employee lifecycle processes that enables HR functions of a region.
2. Conducting the entire gamut of engagement initiatives throughout the region.
3. Handling the various corporate sustainability initiatives of a region.
4.Managing employee grievances.
5. Being the HR SPOC for the employees of a particular region.
6. Aligning business partnering with HR requirements.
7.Managing discipline across the region regarding the hygienic factors.
8. Additionally carrying out the local Learning and Development SPOC too in this region.
Approx Manpower : 500

Employee Lifecycle ManagementEngagement InitiativesGrievance ManagementHuman Resources

Paharpur cooling towers

Summer Intern

May 2015 – Jul 2015 · 2 mos · Kolkata

1.Working in the proposal of the launch of its first newsletter.
2.Competency mapping of employees.

The world bank

Psychometry intern

Jul 2014 – Oct 2014 · 3 mos · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Application and Interpretation of Psychometric tools for behavioral profiling using LSQ( Lifestyle Questionnaire) under the supervision of Proff Dr Buddhadip Mukherjee, IISWBM, Kolkata

Himadri speciality chemical ltd.

Industrial Psychology intern

Jun 2012 – Dec 2012 · 6 mos · Singur, West Bengal, India

Analysing the different factors of job satisfaction and organisational citizenship behaviour under the supervision of Dr Ishita Chatterjee, Asst Proffessor of Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta

Muthoot fincorp ltd.

Summer Intern

Apr 2012 – Jun 2012 · 2 mos · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Assisted in hiring, conducting interviews, onbaoarding, joining formalities, engagement activities, HR operations

Coal india limited

Psychology Intern

Jan 2012 – Jun 2012 · 5 mos · Asansol, West Bengal, India

Occupational Stress and Team Effectiveness on sample of 120 managers of Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd under the supervision of Dr Swaha Bhattacharya, Proffessor Department of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta