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Bengaluru, Ka, In

Asia Pacific

Business Consulting : Private & Public Sector, Start-ups/ Greenfield Ventures, International Funding Agencies, Government, Education. End2End Integrated Business & Institutional Environment.Additional Assignment (2024 onwards) : Senior Business Consultant & Adjunct Faculty at RV Institute of Management, Bangalore, India.Scope - Strategy, Structure, Business Systems & Business Competencies

Hubli, Karnataka, India

Operating as Chief Human Resources Officer, Senior Advisor in Strategy and Execution and Mentor for Start-ups. Operating in Hubli, Karnataka, India, for Deshpande Foundation(DF). DF works in the Social Entrepreneurship space and is headquartered in Boston, MA, USA.

Start up in Engineering and Business Consulting Practice. Advisor as Member of the Board of Directors.

Previously a JV of Sundaram Finance, India, and RSA, UK, and now a Sundaram Group Company. Leading the Human Resources team.Part of the strategic senior management team for business and organisation transformation.Responsible for end to end Business Organisation & People Practices for the company. Member of the Business Review Team (BRT).Worked on organisation transformation study by a Global Consulting firm.Created Royal Sundaram Academy and set up a JV with Manipal Global Academy for skills development in the General Insurance space. Trained in Big Data Analytics Applications.

Mumbai, India

TCE is a Tata Group Company that is among the most respected and largest business houses in India with global footprints. HR & Strategy Profile : As a seasoned Top Management Professional, was engaged with TCE. Operated in the Senior Management team, responsible for Human Resources, Administration, Business Excellence, Sustainability, Corporate Communication & (past - Merger & Acquisition, Partnering and Outsourcing, Information Technology, Legal and Secretarial).Executive Committee Member, Corporate Planning/ Strategy Steering Committee, Remuneration & Nomination Committee, Corporate Executive Committee, IT Strategy Steering Committee, Talent Management Committee, CSR Committee, Ombudsman team and Ethics Counsellor.

Executive Committee MemberHuman ResourcesResponsible for resourcing the new Commercial Vehicles Venture of Daimler AG of Germany in India.Led the end to end Human Resources function for the greenfield project ( Bharat Benz ) . Operated for Human Resources in a global matrix for India.

Ashok Leyland is among the top two market leaders in India in manufacture and sale of commercial vehicles.Was in General Management of Human Resources across dispersed plant and marketing sites. Also responsible for Technical training initiatives for organisation sustainability with industry institute partnerships. Organisation design and Resourcing of a greenfield venture.

Business Development and Strategic PlanningWorked with overseas consultants in crafting a strategy for change and growth. Was involved in strategy implementation with direct responsibility of starting up two new projects in Business Development. Coordinated in a matrix structure with people across continents.

Strategy Consulting Practice. Business Development and Project implementation of Consultancy projects in Strategy, Structure and Systems for clients in India and overseas.Tata Consultancy Services was then the No.1 Management Consulting firm in India, prior to the entry of the leading International Management Consulting firms. Worked on an array of projects across diverse industry sectors for private, public, government and international funding agencies in India and abroad. Exceptional success in breakthrough consulting project wins.

(Philips Telecom Kolkata (1995) / Lbu Kolkata/ Irm Mumbai)

Worked across three Strategic Business Units, viz. Lighting, Domestic Appliances and Communication.Responsible for internal consulting practice in : - Industrial Resource Management- Organisation & Efficiency- Total Quality Management- Costing and Budgeting and Pricing- Production and Procurement Services - Lean.- Projects - Indigenisation, New Product Introduction teams, ERP implementation team, Cost Management Team, Management Team, Headcount optimisation team, Post merger integration team.- Feasibility studies - Investment evaluation Head of Industrial Engineering and TQM and member of the Management Committee for a JV and greenfield project in electronic communication business.

Bachelor Of Technology (Btech), Mechanical Engineering, 1St Class With Honours

Activities and Societies: NSS, NCC, Department of Foreign Languages, Swimming Club Ranked in the first merit list of Indian Institutes.

Post Graduate, Industrial Engineering And Management Sciences, Distinguished Alumnus Award

Activities and Societies: Project and Placement Committee Management

Fellow Cost And Management Accountant Of The Icai (Fcai), Cost And Management Accounting

Indian School Certificate, Local Examinations Syndicate, University Of Cambridge, Sciences

School leaving examinations. Straight A's. Qualified as National Scholar.