Apr 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Currently working at ITC's manufacturing unit at Kidderpore, Kolkata, which has 300+ unionized workforce.

Dec 2018 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Responsible for executing a healthy ER strategy for the largest women workforce factory of ITC
• Ltd.
• ICML Pudukkottai was a greenfield project of Foods Division which engages 2000+
• workers as on date; of this more than 75% are women
• Recruited 150+ workmen from various ITIs across Tamil Nadu and 200+ NEEM trainees
• (10th/12th pass)
• Ensured certification of the Standing Orders for the Unit
• Brought in a category of workmen called “Company Apprentice” for the first time in Foods
• Division
• Designed and rolled out a production linked incentive scheme for workmen which will play a key role in the upcoming settlement
• Designed and rolled out rewards and recognition scheme for the workmen
• Maintaining cordial relation with all government officials and the local communities
• Developed multiple grievance handling mechanisms like works committee, special welfare officers
• and skip level meeting with Factory Manager
• Responsible for preparing the HR budget for the Unit and ensuring adherence to the plan
• Systems put in place to ensure control on unauthorized absenteeism
• Heading additional responsibility of employee transportation for more than 500+ staffs and
• workmen
• Heading additional responsibility of Security for the 64-acre campus
• Member of core team that ensured production resumed in less than 48 hours during the COVID lockdown in March, 2020

Jun 2018 – Dec 2018 · 6 mos

• In my current role as an HRBP in the Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) Refinery I am responsible for 4 Plants and 2 Tech-Support functions, with the total manpower of around 320 employees at any given point in time.
• In this role I get the opportunity to handle various stages of the employee life-cycle. Few of the responsibilities that I handle in this role are:
• 1. Manpower Planning: Ensuring the availability of competent workforce at the right time
• 2. On-boarding the employees to the culture and policies of the organisation
• 3. Driving various employee engagement activities and ensure smooth functioning of the Plants
• 4. Conduct various communication meeting to create a culture of two way communication and ensure swift redressal of the concerns
• 5. Custodian of the PMS cycle which begins with deriving individual goals from the Plant AOP and ends with the awarding of the final rating by Manager
• 6. Drive development initiatives for hi-pos who are identified as a part of the Annual Talent Review Process
• 7. Handling SAP to manage employee related data and for query resolution

Dec 2017 – May 2018 · 5 mos

• After working as an HRBP for almost 5 months I was asked to move into Talent Management & Projects team. This is a central HR team that works closely with the CoE TM, based out in Mumbai, and the employees of Jamnagar. Here I got the opportunity to work on the Annual Talent Review process, which is a potential calibration exercise wherein the potential of ~400 leaders of JMD was accessed and calibrated. Hi-Pos are identified during the process and necessary interventions are agreed upon by the calibration panel to further hone their skills.
• I was also responsible for driving the final stage of PMS, which involved Performance Rating calibration and Increment calculation for the 5300 odd employees of Jamnagar Site. Following the guidelines from the P&R CoE it was my responsibility to ensure that the employees were calibrated based on their performance via a fair and transparent calibration process.
• In this role I was also handling Career Acceleration Program (CAP) and Sapphire Coaching. Both these are TM interventions given to Hi-pos who are identified through a rigorous selection process.
• In addition to the above responsibilities I also got to work on few other projects like
• (a) revamping the employee exit process by making all the clearance processes online
• (b) CSR project of effective utilization of the excess food prepared in the canteens of the refinery
• (c) designing a customized MDP module, with a leading B-School, for our mid-level manager

Jul 2017 – Nov 2017 · 4 mos

• The first 3 weeks at Jamnagar was utilized in understanding the Refinery - functioning of the various plants and how various departments supports the operation. A sound knowledge of Safety protocols was also developed during this time. My bachelor's degree in Engineering help me here since I was able to relate a lot of concepts to what I had learned earlier.
• After 3 weeks I was assigned the role of HRBP for 3 plants in the SEZ refinery site within the Jamnagar Refinery complex. In this generalist role I was hands-on working with around 250 employee being actively involved in every stage of employee life cycle management. It gave me the opportunity to work closely with people from across levels and helped me in understanding how the HR policies impact the lives of front-line employees.
• I got the opportunity to work with people overcoming the barriers of language, age and seniority within the organisation.

Jun 2017 – Jun 2017 · 0 mo

• After I joined Reliance I was made to go through a month long rigorous induction program at the Navi Mumbai office (RCP). During this one month I got the opportunity to understand the various businesses that the company is into and also to meet various senior leaders, which helped me in understand what the leadership is expecting from me as a Management Trainee. Post this one month of induction I was asked to report at the Jamnagar Manufacturing Division.

Nov 2016 – Dec 2016 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

• As a part of my fieldwork internship I conducted an audit of the IDPs of the Key Talents of the organisation and also checked how effectively are the development plans being incorporated into the LnD calendar.

Sep 2016 – Oct 2016 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

Apr 2016 – Jun 2016 · 2 mos · Jamnagar Area, India

• Analysed the current communication practises for the Values & Behaviours of Reliance at the Jamnagar Manufacturing Division (JMD).
• Designed and rolled out communication strategies to effectively reach out to the 10,000+ employees at JMD.

Dec 2015 – Mar 2016 · 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Developed a framework for attracting and recruiting women in the sales force.
• Worked on policies and engagement initiatives for retaining women in sales force.
• Analysed the Inter-State migration pattern of women for employment related reasons in India using the NSS Survey Results

Jul 2015 – Oct 2015 · 3 mos · Mumbai

• Worked with the Sales HR team on the following projects
• 1. Attrition Analysis of the Sales Executives
• 2. Developed a Reward and Recognition framework for the Sales executives pan India

Jul 2012 – Aug 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Thrissur

• Coordinated multi-program training sessions of TIME, Thrissur branch
• Organized and conducted Campus Recruitment Training program in various engineering colleges in Kerala
• Conducted seminars on behalf of the marketing team across various colleges
• Faculty of Quantitative Aptitude and Logical Reasoning
• Prepared students for Group Discussions and Personal Interviews