Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai · Hybrid

• Aarka 3P
• Strategic HR | People Development | Compliance Advisory | Culture Transformation
• Driving integrated HR and governance solutions that align people strategy with business performance. Partnering with organizations to build compliant, high-performing, and future-ready workplaces.
• SS Sons & Associates
• Labour Law Compliance | Industrial & Employee Relations | Litigation Advisory
• Providing end-to-end labour law advisory, industrial relations strategy, and risk mitigation support to corporate and industrial establishments.
• Role Overview
• Strategic HR advisor and legal consultant to corporate and manufacturing clients across diverse sectors.
• Designing and implementing HR transformation initiatives aligned with business growth and organizational culture.
• Developing robust labour law compliance frameworks to strengthen governance and minimize statutory risks.
• Leading IR/ER interventions, policy formulation, and leadership advisory for sustainable workforce management.
• Delivered 200+ corporate workshops on Labour Laws, HR compliance, leadership effectiveness, and best HR practices.
• Core Expertise
• Strategic HR Advisory | Employee Engagement | People Development | Labour Law Compliance | Industrial & Employee Relations | Governance & Risk Mitigation | Culture Transformation | Leadership Development | HR Policy Design & Implementation

Jun 2023 – Feb 2024 · 8 mos · Mumbai · On-site

• Bennett Coleman & Company Limited – India’s leading media conglomerate and one of the country’s largest publishing houses
• Led Industrial Relations (IR) and Employee Relations (ER) for a large and diverse workforce, ensuring harmonious labour–management relations, proactive dispute resolution, and robust statutory compliance. Successfully partnered with business leadership to align people strategy with organizational goals while maintaining a stable and high-trust work environment.
• Drove comprehensive personnel management practices and spearheaded strategic HR initiatives focused on workforce planning, policy governance, and performance alignment. Contributed significantly to organizational effectiveness through structured Organization Development interventions, strengthening systems, processes, and leadership capability.
• Played a key role in fostering a culture rooted in engagement, discipline, accountability, and performance excellence, thereby supporting sustainable business growth.

Jun 2018 – Jun 2023 · 5 yrs · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

• HR Leadership Partner – Strategic Workforce & Industrial Relations
• Served as a strategic HR partner in supporting enterprise-wide people initiatives at Mumbai International Airport Limited, contributing to the seamless functioning of one of India’s busiest and most operationally complex 24/7 aviation infrastructures.
• Aligned human capital strategy with business continuity, safety governance & operational excellence, ensuring workforce readiness across critical airport functions including terminal operations, airside management, security coordination, engineering services, and passenger interface functions.
• Executive Contributions:
• Partnered with senior leadership to strengthen Employee & Industrial Relations frameworks, ensuring stability across a multi-union, multi-stakeholder ecosystem operating under stringent regulatory oversight.
• Enabled performance governance mechanisms that reinforced accountability, service quality benchmarks & operational discipline in a high-pressure, time-sensitive environment.
• Supported strategic workforce planning models to optimize manpower deployment for round-the-clock operations, balancing cost efficiency with service excellence and compliance mandates.
• Contributed to policy formulation and implementation aligned with labour legislation, aviation safety standards & statutory regulatory requirements.
• Played a key role in sustaining industrial harmony & mitigating operational risk through proactive engagement, structured communication & conflict resolution frameworks.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with Operations, Security, Engineering, Commercial & Administration to ensure HR strategy remained tightly integrated with enterprise risk management & business resilience objectives.
• This experience strengthened my capabilities in leadership advisory, governance alignment, workforce resilience, and managing people strategy in large-scale, regulated, and reputation-sensitive environments.

May 2016 – May 2018 · 2 yrs · Mumbai · On-site

• With Blue Star Limited, a market leader in air-conditioning & commercial refrigeration solutions, I was entrusted with leading Industrial Relations & statutory compliance functions across pan-India operations, covering manufacturing units, project sites & service establishments.
• I was responsible to strengthen labour law governance across the organization & ensure 100% compliance of central & state labour legislations & other allied statutes. I established structured compliance monitoring systems, internal audit mechanisms & proactive risk mitigation frameworks to safeguard the organization against legal exposure & operational disruption.
• Key contributions included:
• Driving harmonious Industrial Relations through structured engagement with unions & workmen representatives
• Leading wage settlements, long-term agreements & productivity-linked negotiations
• Managing conciliation proceedings, labour court matters & statutory inspections
• Standardizing compliance processes across multiple states to ensure uniform governance standards
• Strengthening contractor compliance monitoring & workforce documentation systems
• Partnering with plant leadership to align IR strategy with operational efficiency & business continuity
• My focus was on fostering a culture of mutual trust, transparency & accountability to build strong communication channels between management & workforce, we were able to reduce disputes, improve productivity & enhance employee engagement across locations.
• This role required balancing legal rigour with practical business understanding ensuring that compliance was not merely defensive, but strategic. The outcome was a more resilient industrial ecosystem that supported Blue Star’s growth trajectory while maintaining stability & regulatory integrity.
• The experience reinforced my belief that robust Industrial Relations is not a support function,, it is a strategic pillar of sustainable enterprise performance.

Jun 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai · On-site

• Academic Engagements | Visiting Faculty & Board Contributor
• Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai
• Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), Pune
• Smt. Parmeshwaridevi Durgadutt Tibrewala Institute of Management Studies & Research (SPDT), Mumbai
• Dr. D. Y. Patil PGDM Institute, Pune
• Delivered executive lectures, masterclasses, and practitioner-led workshops on Human Resources, Labour & Employment Laws, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Organizational Strategy.
• Bridged academia and industry by integrating real-world case studies, regulatory insights, and leadership perspectives into classroom learning.
• Served as a Board of Studies contributor, actively shaping curriculum design, leadership development frameworks, and industry-aligned academic programs.
• Specialized in Strategic HR, Leadership Development, Compliance Governance, and Organizational Transformation.

Oct 2011 – May 2016 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

• Saint-Gobain India Pvt. Ltd. | Gyproc Business
• Led Human Resources, Industrial Relations, and Administration for the Gyproc Business, overseeing the entire spectrum of people strategy and workplace operations.
• Drove strategic HR initiatives aligned with business objectives, ensuring robust statutory and labour law compliance while maintaining harmonious and progressive industrial relations. Played a key role in strengthening workforce stability, productivity, and organizational resilience.
• Championed talent management, performance excellence, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness initiatives to build a high-performance culture. Simultaneously enhanced administrative governance and operational efficiency to support seamless business execution.
• Focused on creating a compliant, people-centric, and growth-oriented work environment that enabled sustainable performance and long-term business success.

May 2007 – Sep 2011 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

• Kirloskar Group Enterprise
• Heading Human Resources, Industrial Relations, and Administration, managing the complete spectrum of people and workplace operations. Spearheading strategic HR initiatives aligned with business objectives, ensuring stringent statutory and labour law compliance, and fostering stable, progressive industrial relations.
• Driving talent management, performance excellence, workforce engagement, and organizational effectiveness while strengthening administrative governance and operational efficiency. Focused on cultivating a compliant, high-performance, and people-centric culture that supports sustainable growth and long-term organizational success.

Mar 2004 – Apr 2007 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai · On-site

• Heading the complete spectrum of Human Resources and Administration, spearheading strategic HR initiatives, ensuring statutory compliance, strengthening talent management, enhancing employee engagement, and driving operational excellence to create a high-performance, compliant, and people-centric workplace.

Nov 1997 – Feb 2004 · 6 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

• Leading end-to-end Human Resources and Administration, driving strategic HR initiatives, statutory compliance, talent management, employee engagement, and operational administration to build a high-performance and compliant workplace environment.