Ajay Devaraj Email & Phone Number

Chennai, Tn, In

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Providing strategic direction to the Association Liaising with the Government on policy and regulatory mattersFacilitating policy level change to de-bottleneck implementation of RE projects Liaising with State Utilities to resolve technical and commercial glitches Partnering with experts to leverage the benefits of machine learning and artificial intelligence to enhance quality of data required to effectively manage state and regional-level electricity gridsPresentation of facts to ensure success in representations made by the Association Maximising value addition to members of the Association Publishing a monthly magazine

Chennai Area, India

Balanced Scorecard - Performance Management - Building sustainable skills

Chennai Area, India

Helping clients 1. Maximise Organisational Effectiveness2. Optimise System Efficiency3. Build Organisational Capability, and 4. Enhance Employee Engagement

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Set up Corporate-level Matrix structure to manage business entities across Asia, Europe, South America & Australia.• Set up Zamin Trading DMCC, managing all external interfaces, budget & risk mitigation; developed full-fledged business plan for new lines of business. • Contributed to detailed due diligence for M & A in Brazil; was on steering committee that subsequently handled the merger; led & owned integration of IT, HR, Community Relations & Corporate Communication.• Set up Offices in Beijing, China and Jakarta, Indonesia including permits, licences, registrations, entering into lease deeds, designing the offices and hiring staff. • Led and articulated a culture of Focus, Accountability, Result-orientation, driven by supporting policies, processes and systems.• Developed a technology enabled balanced scorecard-based performance management system and a framework of internal growth; formulated a global band and grade matrix to facilitate mobility between locations.• Increased employee capability and per person productivity through: o A curriculum-based skills enhancement programme o Competency management o Leadership and Management Development• Conceptualised & implemented a full-fledged automated HRIS with web-based self-service , accessible on hand held devices, reducing costs, streamlining administration and improving efficiencies, whilst enhancing employee engagement.• Led, planned and implemented the set-up of IT infrastructure; steered SAP migration covering FICO, MM, PM, Fusion HR and SD modules and integrated legacy systems and other software with SAP. • Led establishment of Business Warehouse (BW), Business Objects (BO) Business Intelligence (BI) and SAP mobility for bar code based inventory management; established data security protocols and set up a Disaster Recovery Data Centre.• Reported to the Group Board.• Following industry-wide disruption, closed down / down-sized several of the Group’s businesses.

Chennai Area, India

Led a Strategy, Organization Development and HR Consulting Practice. Projects handled include: • Head hunting leadership talent for a Chennai-based conglomerate.• Balanced Scorecard related work + facilitating culture change for a market leader in its industry. • Capability building for implementing Performance Management System using Balanced Scorecard; • Competency Mapping, Assessment, Leverage and Development; Leadership effectiveness • HR advisory services • Coaching, counseling and mentoring services.Based on value added, had repeat business from clients

Mumbai Area, India

• Articulated, branded and communicated long-term goals and accompanying company values through multiple channels • Developed Mission, Vision and Values for an acquired business.• Cascaded long-term goals through robust tools, processes and supporting systems – Balanced Scorecard, IT-enabled Performance Management - to ensure goal and role clarity, with accompanying accountability, across functions and down the hierarchy; led to businesses exceeding targets, being declared supplier of choice, and becoming the world’s second largest in its industry type.• Bridged talent and competency gaps through multiple methods, while simultaneously de-risking the organization and building a leadership pipeline.• Worked closely with Strategic Business Unit Heads in de-risking their businesses; also put in place succession plans for every business critical position in the organisation; further, helped them analyse and identify opportunities for value creation and strategic competitiveness using a Human Capital Matrix.

Mumbai Area, India

• Developed organisational design and manning strategy and acquired talent from India and abroad. • Led efficient integration of acquired businesses, including development of systems and processes to facilitate revenue growth from INR 870 Million to INR 5.10 Billion in 18 months in one of the businesses.• At the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, drove changes in the industry through innovative approaches to the setting up of the organisation: a full-time employment model, benchmarks for manning ratios and international standards in patient care for the first time in the history of the hospital industry in Mumbai; within 3 months of commissioning; the hospital achieved and has since sustained an occupancy rate in excess of 85% as against an industry norm of 3-5 years; it has also consistently won the best hospital award in its region year after year.• Conceptualised and commissioned a nursing college from scratch; obtained all central and state government permissions. Built excellence into the design with students achieving 100% 1st Class pass rate. • Implemented SAP – HR in all businesses of the Healthcare Vertical. • Established an e-Learning platform with content based on best-in-class standards.

Sofia, Bulgaria

March ’06 to December ’06, Director – HR, Kremikovtzi AD, Bulgaria (a Unit of Global Steel Holdings Limited, and March ’05 to March ’06, Head of Organizational Development, Global Steel Holdings Limited, Nigeria. • Developed and rolled out corporate HR Mission, Vision and Strategy.• Developed and implemented comprehensive, internationally benchmarked HR policies and processes, with buy-in from all concerned, in eight countries spread over Asia, Europe and Africa. • Gained buy-in from the Federal Government of Nigeria, the local community and employees and restructured Ajaokuta Steel, Delta Steel and the National Iron Ore Mining Company, resulting in savings of approximately USD 6.3m per annum and a reduction in headcount of approximately 2,000. • Rolled out performance management systems aligned to unit goals.• Set up computer and simulation-based training systems to accelerate enhancement of employee capability.• Reduced exposure of expatriates to statutory risk and increased productivity using Appreciative Inquiry, Six Sigma and TPM.

Hyderābād Area, India

Strategy, OD Consulting, Research, Training and Education• Conducted job evaluation and devised a competency management system for a leading automotive company.• Facilitated increased sales and shop-floor productivity in an FMCG company.• Enhanced capability of non-professional middle level managers in an MNC in the commodities business.• Worked on building leadership for a company in the healthcare industry.• Enhanced team effectiveness in a public-sector defence and space metallurgical establishment.• Facilitated structural change in a mining company and brand building for two educational institutions.• Taught General Management, Business Communication, Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at Doctoral and Post Graduate levels in Business Schools in Hyderabad and Jaipur

Handled managerial sourcing for 23 SBU's covering 6 sectors - Agri, Steel, Power, Oil, Finance and IT

Hyderabad

Corporate Head of IR

Secunderabad

Head of Personnel & Administration

Plant Head of Personnel & Administration

Ma [Pmir], Personnel Management & Industrial Relations

Ba, Economics