Welspun India Ltd (www.welspunindia.com) is part of Welspun Group (www.welspun.com) – India’s fastest growing global conglomerate. The Group has presence in the Line Pipes, Home Textile, Infrastructure, Warehousing, Steel, Oil & Gas, Advanced Textile and Flooring Solutions businesses.Welspun India Ltd (WIL) is a global leader in home textile solutions with presence in Bed, Bath, Rugs, Flooring and Non-Woven Textile. It has presence across 50 countries with dominant market share in US, Europe and Middle East. Some of WIL’s marquee brands are Christy, Martha Stewart, Scott Living, Spaces, Welhome, Welspun, Welspun Flooring and Spun.WIL success is driven by a global team of over 20,000 people.

The three and half years has been a journey of a very different kind….I had joined Capital Foods, in March 2019 to establish the HR function. This entailed starting, almost from scratch, and setting up a function which could partner to build the kind of scalability and agility to help leap frog from being one of the players to a very significant one. Another ask was to have a clear focus on making Capital Foods a Preferred Employer Brand!!The business grew two-folds in 3 years. Amidst this backdrop, we focused on enhancing employee experience through integration with technology, without losing the personal connect (and this is to be read with a pinch of salt since we are talking about those years where the pandemic was playing out its full course). We achieved almost 97% application for CFPLs Summer Intern Program in select campuses of repute.All-in-all, we lived a well-articulated, value-based philosophy and built a culture that rested on the “LED” pillars of Learnability, Experimentation and Dignity. The testimonial to this was that for 3 consecutive years, employees called it an innovative, meritocratic and ‘Feels-like-family’ culture!! The most exciting part of this journey was that all this co-transpired with Pandemic enforced lockdowns –and hence, we did not have any templates to refer to, what we had was experimentation possibilities!!!! I can look back with great satisfaction and speak from my heart when I say, it has been a very meaningful and satisfying experience. Filled with gratitude for all the colleagues with whom I worked…And, now on to something more exciting and purposeful….

Responsible for setting up HR systems and processes Pan-India for all the ABG Schools and Hospitals at factory locations. The Aditya Birla Group has multiple businesses and factories, that are located at remote locations. These factories/units are usually equipped with townships, healthcare facilities and schools. Most of the schools are affiliated with the CBSE Board and operate under the brand name of Aditya Birla Public School (ABPS). Mostly, the schools offer +2 level of education, some offer education up to 10th standards and some up to primary level. Approximately 15 schools are affiliated with the respective state boards. The role envisages creating robust HR systems and processes for the schools to help them become Centers of Excellence for offering wholistic education.Similarly, there are many hospitals and dispensaries that cater to the healthcare needs of both the employees as well as the communities around. This is to bring healthcare facility as close as possibly to ensure that there is an immediate medical attention available when required. The role envisages setting up robust HR policies, systems and processes for both these set of institutions i.e. the schools and the hospitals. This involves collaborating with stakeholders in the business and with the school / hospital management and work through them to create and implement an integrated HR eco system.

Owner for Strategic as well as Operational issues of the HR Domain for 4 lines of businesses, including Cement Marketing, Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) business, Aggregates Business, Building Product Division. These businesses span across mining, manufacturing, sales (retail and institutional), branded channel (UltraTech Building Solutions & Building Products Division), marketing, supply chain (rail, road and marine operations), Technical Services etc.Conceptualized and implemented a process for capability building for current as well as future requirements for the business – the outcome of this was the designing, implementation and institutionalization of the Sales and Service Academy Framework.

Responsible for HR operations across all zones in India. Provides strategic support for Compliance, Group policy adherence, ensuring synchronicity in employee life cycle patterns with the Group’s standards and vision, devising HR strategy in line with Business and Group requirements. Spearheaded the post merger integration of the acquired Gujarat units. Has undertaken initiatives for Organization Restructuring, Talent Management - launching an L&D Platform E3 (E-Cube), structured role-based learning interventions, succession planning, Employee and Dealer recognition and engagement programs.

Moved to asset management business post completion of secondment assignment with Aditya Birla Money. Provided leadership to HR function at the business unit level. Responsible for the entire gambit of HR Operations as well as Admin Processes. The major areas of contribution in this role centred around Job Evaluation & Job Banding process for entire AMC, launch the L&D platform viz. Academy of Excellence, institutionalization of Reward & Recognition plans and Revisiting and restructuring the organization structure.

Moved into this role as Head Human Resources, on a 2 years secondment, as part of a structured career movement process available to select managers across ABG businesses. Head of HR for 2 companies viz. Aditya Birla Money Mart and Aditya Birla Money. Had a clear mandate to migrate the HR at BSDL from a basic, operation-driven mode to a more policy-and-process driven approach so that HR could play the role of a strategic partner in the planned exponential growth of BSDL. Conceptualized and implemented post merger integration of HR function of Aditya Birla Money ( erstwhile Apollo Sindhoori Capital Investment Limited). The role encompassed areas like organizational restructuring, introducing performance management from a non-existent level to a self-sustaining system, employee engagement initiatives, talent management etc.

Managed the Job Analysis and Job Evaluation portfolio at Group Human Resources. The role was primarily to ensure that job evaluation gets institutionalized. This involved process ownership for completing / initiating job evaluation exercise; building capability at different levels across the Group; educating various stake holders on the job evaluation process, method, outcomes and applications. Has done work with various businesses of the group, both on real economy and 'new age' businesses like Retail / Telecom and Fin Ser. Has received special recognition in the area of Job Evaluation, Organization Design. Have received extensive training on the subject from Hay Group.

Joined as a core member of the founding team for Insurance business. Spearheaded the talent acquisition process, handled the accountability of 2 main portfolios viz. Sales HR (that contributed 75% of the total workforce) and Compensation & Benefits for the entire organization. Institutionalized processes for recruitment, electronic induction of employees and Performance Management. Process Owner for Balanced Scorecard implementation, Competency Mapping, “Executive Coaching’, Job Analysis and Evaluation.

A hand-picked resource of the three-member core team that undertook the Group-wide initiative on JOB ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION for Aditya Birla Group. The task force was responsible for setting up the job evaluation process that was to be used as the foundation stone and integrating thread for all future HR initiatives. The core team carried out evaluations across all ABG units (in India and abroad) for the 4 top tiers. It also set up processes to roll-out the project and percolate it to other positions as well. Underwent extensive training and certification on Job Analysis and Job Evaluation from the Hay Group.

Independent assignment as HR head. Streamlined HR processes to integrate the trading business of the group. Reviewed and revised HR policies in line with the group’s guidelines.

Joined as Officer, Human Resources, and promoted to Senior Officer in 3 months. Was Process owner for cultural integration program for DigvijayCement, post its acquisition by Aditya Birla Group. Handled talent acquisition , assisted in Compensation and Benefits, Process owner for the Organizational Health Study of the Aditya Birla Group, Process owner for Performance appraisals, assisted in negotiation with unions