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Chandigarh, India

Chandigarh, India

SETUP SCHOOL OF INCLUSION- Lead the program and activity design team for the Piramal Centre for Children with Special Needs to plan, coordinate, and manage a lifespan approach of the Inclusive Education, Livelihood and Assisted Living programs from concept to demonstration.- Engage with all stakeholders in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the School of Inclusion initiative to ensure better development outcomes.- Work with civil society, private sector, and the government to promote a non-discriminatory, inclusive, and integrated development approach.TECHNICAL AND STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP- Work closely with leadership across India to support and help conduct necessary analysis and prepare documents for the project or activity design. Develop an understanding of concepts including development hypotheses, theory of change, and analytical design and procurement requirements.- Lead project and activity reviews with relevant stakeholders to assess progress and address key issues as needed. Synthesize program input, developing and disseminating briefing materials, and tracking actions to ensure key issues are addressed.- Provide strategic leadership in the preparation of portfolio reviews, strategy development, and other performance reporting tasks.INTEGRATION OF INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO- Co-lead, with technical teams, the incorporation of an inclusive development approach in the implementation of the Foundation’s strategy.- Lead the development of an Inclusive Development strategy and convene and facilitate an Inclusive Development and Gender Working Group.- Lead training for technical officers, implementing partners, and other stakeholders in the interdepartmental and donor community on the Foundation’s inclusive development approach. - Participate in and ensure the effectiveness of periodic monitoring site visits- Support budget, outreach, and other reporting requirements as related to inclusive development issues.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

BUSINESS STRATEGY AND OPERATIONSo Advanced the organizational work plans mitigating conflicts with organizational values and mission.o Assumed responsibility to support and enable fundraising across India and act as the primary liaison for board members.o Established and developed government relations and corporate relations for the foundation, with an emphasis on stewarding relationships with domestic and international funders, investors - Indian companies, bilateral, multilateral agencies, and international and government agencies.o Sharpened and strengthened existing or new operations and financial management strategies and proposals based on external feedback.GOVERNANCE, RISK ASSURANCE AND COMPLIANCEo Assured 100% statutory and legal compliance on a zero-tolerance benchmark.o Created the governance & compliance charter by setting up appropriate ethics practice; drafted the Code of Conduct, Employee Handbook and Business Conduct Policies; reviewed the ethics and integrity program; regular reviews of internal controls and systems to detect/investigate any unethical practice and illegal activities and periodic reports to the CEO & conducted ethics awareness workshops and trainings.HUMAN RESOURCES, SHARED FACILITY AND OFFICE ADMINISTRATIONo Proven expertise in system design for Organization Structuring, Workforce Planning, Capability Building, Talent Management, Competencies, Culture Re-engineering, Change Management, Organizational Development & Effectiveness, Employee Retention & Engagement, Balanced Scorecard, & Leadership Hiring. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYo Set up risk proof and top standard IT and communication infrastructure.o Implemented IT policies regarding authorized hardware and software usage.o Architected IT platforms, including Knowledge Management Centre, shared drives, staff Intranet and cloud server.o Automated project management and office support functions using Sales Force and Fluxx.

Mumbai Area, India

• BUSINESS STRATEGY: Corporate entrepreneur with expertise in transforming early stage ambiguity and chaos into structured processes and services to achieve business and financial objectives. Business leader specializing in building human capital capability, aligning structure, building people skills/capabilities, systems to drive growth, innovation, and continuous improvement having worked in both fast paced start-ups and leading multinational conglomerates. Developed the Human Resources strategic vision for the organization across businesses. Presented the business case, set up the structure and governance to monitor the strategy. • RECRUITMENT & SELECTION: Catalyst for building strong talent pools, customer-centric leadership teams, and top-tier performance cultures. I have recruited at all levels (till CXO) across domains like Venture Capital, Investment Banking, Consulting, Development Sector, Renewable Energy, Consumer Goods (E-commerce, Customization, FMCG), Travel (Discovery, Concierge, AI, Hotels, Hostels, Trains), Fintech (P2P Lending, Digital Payments, Insurance, Investments), B2B and B2B2C (Enterprise Security, Telecom, HR, Logistics, Media Management, Consulting, Software, Manufacturing).• Developed the organization’s MONITORING, EVALUATION & LEARNING systems (by leveraging technology) that are integrated in the program structure thus providing real time feedback on program direction to the implementation team; also transferring the knowledge to the implementation team and building their capacity.• Proficient in managing the entire PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM cycle from setting KRA's & KPI’s, establishing a framework for substantiating performance appraisal system linked to periodic evaluation, normalization and reward management. Implemented a transparent 360° performance appraisal system based on objective goal setting & well-defined SMART KRA’s.

Mumbai Area, India

• Created the GOVERNANCE & COMPLIANCE charter by setting up appropriate ethics practice; drafted the Code of Conduct, Employee Handbook and Business Conduct Policies; reviewed the ethics and integrity program; regular reviews of internal controls and systems to detect/investigate any unethical practice and illegal activities and periodic reports to the CEO & conducted ethics awareness workshops and trainings.• Implementing PEOPLE ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES including Fun@Work, attrition management & employee grievance redressal across the group entities. Proven expertise in system design for Organization Structuring, Workforce Planning, Capability Building, Talent Management, Competencies, Culture Re-engineering, Change Management, Organizational Development & Effectiveness, Employee Retention & Engagement, Balanced Scorecard, & Leadership Hiring. Initiated progressive HR practices like Thomas profiling and Competency mapping for critical roles in the organization. Built the competency framework for different roles and realigned the selection process towards achieving a higher probability of a right hire. Training Need Assessment (TNA), Content Development, and Leading and Delivering Training sessions.• Improved the BUSINESS METRICS as follows: Talent Retention improved by more than ~70 %, Productivity improvement by ~120%, Human Capital Costs: Kept at same base, Talent Rationalization & Optimization leading to savings of 7-9%, Improvement in employee shelf life from avg. 1.5 years to ~3.2 years, Reduction in cost per Hire by ~40% and Improved ESAT scores by ~70%.

Mumbai Area, India

• LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT: Initiated progressive HR practices like Thomas profiling and Competency mapping for critical roles in the organization. Built the competency framework for different roles and realigned the selection process towards achieving a higher probability of a right hire. Training Need Assessment (TNA), Content Development, and Leading and Delivering Training sessions.• Implementing PEOPLE ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES (Employee Resource Groups, Annual Day celebrations, competitions, CSR activities, Fun at work programs, birthday celebrations, anniversary gifting, town hall, skip/pulse meetings); attrition management & employee grievance redressal across the group entities. Proven expertise in system design for Organization Structuring, Workforce Planning, Capability Building, Talent Management, Competencies, Culture Re-engineering, Change Management, Organizational Development & Effectiveness, Employee Retention & Engagement, Balanced Scorecard, & Leadership Hiring.• FEEDBACK & ANALYSIS – Conducting Exit interviews of resigned staff, prepare the Exit Analysis & update the Senior Management about the findings. Initiated various measures to improve employee retention. Ensure that full & final settlement of all resigned staff is completed within due time.

Mumbai Area, India

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Information Technology

Be, Information Technology, First Class