May 2024 – Jul 2024 · 2 mos · Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · Remote

Oct 2022 – Dec 2022 · 2 mos · Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India · Remote

Aug 2020 – Oct 2020 · 2 mos

Dec 2014 – Nov 2015 · 11 mos · Bangalore

• Responsible for building the Flipkart employer brand across various talent segments

Apr 2013 – Sep 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

• My role is to build social elements into traditional learning interventions that add to the 70% of learning outside the formal learning. It involves working with the nine Academies within Philips, both functional and business related- and working with them to create learning communities and educating functional trainers on usage of social tools in managing these communities.
• In the earlier role I was responsible for leading Philips India’s employer branding initiative leveraging digital media and social platforms. Mentored the CEO, HR Head and Head of Strategy on understanding digital platforms. Trained the IT function and HR function on effectively leveraging social platforms. Grew organic Facebook fans from 2000 to 10,000 in a year. Led and managed campus focused campaigns as well as events to showcase thought leadership events for Philips.

Oct 2012 – Mar 2013 · 5 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Setting up the HR and Social Media practice at Social Wavelength

Aug 2011 – Sep 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

• Content Marketing. Thought Leadership. Marketing and Branding. Public Relations. Social media marketing. Blogger outreach.

Apr 2011 – Jul 2011 · 3 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Qontext was developed by Pramati Technologies and acquired by Autodesk.
• Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Qontext Inc. was a global provider of on-demand social networking software for medium to large companies and for software vendors seeking to quickly add state-of-the-art social features to their web-based applications.

Oct 2009 – Jun 2010 · 8 mos

• 2020 Social builds and nurtures online communities for Indian and international clients, to connect their customers, partners and employees, catalyze innovation and collaboration, and drive loyalty and advocacy.
• Heading the Employee and Talent community practice. Responsibilities include thought leadership on how businesses can use social technologies for corporate networking and employee engagement. Pitching to clients and presenting use cases to building talent communities
• Co-delivered a workshop for the CXOs of RPG Group an Indian conglomerate.

Nov 2006 – Dec 2006 · 1 mo

• Visiting professor at KIAMS for an HR elective on Performance Management and Competency Building

Sep 2006 – Sep 2010 · 4 yrs

• Led business development and delivered engagements.
• My expertise is primarily in the areas of capability needs assessment, gap analysis, intervention design and delivery, organisation change and transformation and capacity building.
• Have developed business and led engagements across Real Estate, Manufacturing, financial services, BPO and technology industries.
• Some assignments delivered while associated with Vyaktitva (suring 2008-09), performance consulting firm based out of Delhi :
• Diagnosing the culture of an FMCG company and recommending what it needs to change to drive business growth.
• Designed and delivered KRA setting and assessment programs for two telecom organizations.
• Designed, Developed and Delivered a program on HR Capability Development for the Plant HR Managers of a FMCG company
• Designed, Developed and Delivered a program on Competency Based Interviewing for the Hiring Managers and Recruiters of a Financial BPO
• Other consulting assignments
• Accredited learning partner with ICICI Bank, delivering training programs to executives and managers.
• Developed and Delivered a program on Performance Management for a IT Products company
• Designed and delivered a workshop on Employment Branding and Social media for Frito-Lay India.
• Designed and Implemented a Social Media Strategy for an executive search firm
• Capability building of new employees for a professional services firm
• Addressed project managers of an Indian IT firm on using social software tools for knowledge sharing.
• Was Associated with Tvarita Consulting for HRO service and Learning and Development solution design and delivery for its clients.

Jan 2006 – Aug 2006 · 7 mos

• HR Manager for technology consulting (Enterprise Application) practice.
• Focussed on areas like Retentions, Rewards, Performance Management and Employee Relations for around 400 ERP Consultants.

Jan 2005 – Dec 2005 · 11 mos

• Focussed on a business partnering role with emphasis on talent management and development. I analyze the company objectives and improvement opportunities from a consulting viewpoint and works with my business unit to implement recommendations.
• Succession Planning
• Talent Management
• Employee Development
• Management Support
• Coaching and Consulting business leaders
• Organizational Culture initiatives
• HR issue resolution
• In my earlier role I was responsible for Organizational Development (OD) activities like:
• Employee Satisfaction Surveys
• 360 degree feedback
• High Potential Talent Development
• Psychometric tools
• Team Interventions
• In addition to these activites I also delivered training programs in the leadership and management development areas.

Sep 2003 – Dec 2004 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Job Responsibilities
• Management, Leadership & Professional Development of approximately 3000 employees in HP’s Business Process Delivery Organization based out of Bangalore and Chennai.
• Achievements
• In conjunction with the technical training team developed the training road map for most of the roles in the organization.
• Developed a worldwide basic Management skills program along with the worldwide leadership development team and piloted the same.
• Modification of global training into local offerings by utilizing lower cost of local vendors while keeping global quality intact.
• Delivery of approximately 30 training programs per quarter with a consistent rating above four (on a scale of five)

Aug 2002 – Jun 2003 · 10 mos

• Training Delivery of programs like Creativity Thinking and Team Building.
• Consulting assignments around Strategic Management initiatives of Clients
• Research projects and setting up the firm's website

Jun 2002 – Present · 23 yrs 11 mos · India

• I’m really passionate about helping fellow HR professionals increase their levels of competence. The belief is that we can be of immense value to organizations, if we evolve into business advisors.
• I also believe that our world of work is changing slowly and surely and the skills that helped us be successful in the past will no longer be that helpful in the future
• Freelance Consultant (January 2016 to present)
• Conducted session on Emerging Trends of HR for the top management of SBI including Chairman
• Conducted a session on Personal Branding for 400 HR professionals of Schneider Electric in India
• Conducted a session on Employer Branding for Sun Pharma
• Conducted a session on Candidate Experience for TMP India’s clients
• Conducted a session on Employer Branding for TE Connectivity
• Conducted a session at Social Media Day Pune on Social Media and HR

Aug 2000 – Dec 2007 · 7 yrs 4 mos

• This e-group seeks to integrate the various emergent thoughts in the field of Knowledge Management in a uniquely Indian way.
• It seeks to be a community which shares learnings, knowledge, triumphs and tribulations in implementing this discipline in Indian organisations with their unique idiosyncracies and cultures.

Apr 1999 – Jul 2002 · 3 yrs 3 mos

• Initiated projects in the areas of KM, e-Learning, Competency Building and Organizational Development

Dec 1995 – Sep 1996 · 9 mos

• I was a Territory Manager for pharmaceutical sales at Eli Lilly India in the city of Agra. Of a team of two, we managed to achieve superb growth of speciality prescription drugs upto 140% of target. Relationship management with wholesale dealers, retailers and doctors was a critical skill for success.

Jul 1994 – Sep 1995 · 1 yr 2 mos

• As the Front Office supervisor of the ITC hotel Rama International at Aurangabad I was responsible for guest reservations to ensure that the hotel achieves optimum room occupancy.