Key Highlights : • Program Management of the Annual Appraisals and Promotion processes for Cognizant, globally, starting from entry level trainees upto the Senior Leadership - Planning and operationalizing the processes, central governance, partnering with HRBPs for effective process delivery. Collaborating with multiple cross functional teams for system enablement, communication management, downstream processes integrations etc. • Managing other allied processes like performance improvement plans, appraisal based grievances.• Analysis of data trends for these people processes across business units and geographies, for continuous process improvements. Building relevant Data dashboards for Business and People related decision making.• Revamping legacy processes, to align with changing business objectives.

Part of Performance Management and Organizational Effectiveness team, that is responsible for delivering new-age performance management and career management solutions.Key Highlights : • Operationalizing Annual Appraisals and Promotion processes for Cognizant, globally. • Supporting the implementation of other allied processes like appraisal based grievances.• Analysis of appraisal data trends, and sharing insights with concerned stakeholders.• Building Knowledge Repository

As part of Cognizant’s Total Rewards team, led the Employee Wellness Initiatives for Cognizant India (~2 lac associates). A Workplace Wellness Specialist, with demonstrated ability to improve employee engagement through best-in-class wellness programs.Key Highlights : • Design, implementation and monitoring of the workplace wellness interventions in physical and emotional wellness domain• Planning and implementation of org wide health challenges, maternity care program, Employee Assistance program to name a few – some of them recognized on external forums like People Matters and NHRD as well as internally through consecutive CPO awards.• Collaborating with cross-functional teams for end-to-end program delivery – Internal Stakeholders like HRBPs, Wellness Champions from Business Leadership, Procurement, Data Privacy & Legal Compliance, Corporate Communications Team etc. External stakeholders like Insurers, TPA, wellness service providers.• Consulting business units on customized programs to address specific work environments like graveyard shifts.• Impact Analysis of the programs.

As a Deputy Manager - HR, following have been my areas of responsibility:• Talent Acquisition : managing the Talent Acquisition function for the organization and working closely with business heads on the recruitment plan and hiring strategies• Employee life Cycle : Handling the entire recruitment cycle from sourcing till On-boarding & Induction, employee counseling, grievance handling and conflict resolution. Ensuring Performance Management across the employee life cycle.• HR policies and processes • Employee Engagement & welfare

Project Title: Effectiveness of non monetary Rewards and Recognitions Program @Cognizant (India)Description: - A detailed study of the As-Is processes of Reward and Recognition Practices in specific Business Units of Cognizant.- External Benchmarking with other peer organizations, and identifying best practices.- Recommendations on the To-be processes/alternatives.

- Trained in Data Warehousing (SQL, Informatica) in Business Intelligence Domain. - Responsible for development and maintenance of the Risk Management module of the client.