Celebrating India's 40 Most Talented HR Leaders: Should They Be Our Forum's Super Moderators?

Dear All, ET Now and World HRD Congress on 15th Feb 2013 at Taj Lands End in Mumbai awarded 40 MOST TALENTED HR LEADERS from India. We must congratulate those 40 MOST TALENTED wholeheartedly and be proud of them. They are our leaders and mentors. Our forum should appoint them as Super Moderators.

40 MOST TALENTED HR LEADERS from India

• Vijaykrishna Subrahmanyam, Director - HR, CSS Corp Pvt. Ltd.
• Ivy Lenet Saldanha, Director HR - India, Actuant India Pvt. Ltd.
• D. C. Mandlik, Vice President (Pers. & Admin.), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
• Vishant Janawade, Head - HR, Hindustan Electricity Generation Company Pvt. Ltd. (HENERGY)
• Verghese Mathew, Chief People Officer (Global), Shapoorji Pallonji Engineering & Construction
• Sidharath Tuli, VP & Head - HR, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
• Sanjay V. Kavathalkar, VP - HR, HIL Ltd.
• P. Manoj Kumar, Director & VP - HR & Corporate Affairs, Innovative Foods Ltd.
• Ajithkumar Balakrishna, Director - Global HR, US Technology International Pvt. Ltd.
• Rakesh Sharma, Group President - HR, Topworth Group of Companies
• Shrikrishna Bhave, Director - HR, Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
• Devarajan R., Director - HR, GlobeOp Financial Services India Pvt. Ltd.
• R. Nanda, VP - Corporate HR, Tata Chemicals Ltd.
• C Krishna Kishore, VP - HR & IR, Greenko Group
• Supratik Biswas, Head - HR (India), Mercury Pharma Services Pvt. Ltd.
• Dhanesh Gupte, Head - People & Organisation Development, India & South Asia, Syngenta India Ltd.
• Daniel Jacob, Asst. General Manager - HR, EC Group Datasoft Pvt. Ltd.
• Rahul Gaikwad, GM - HR, Centro Combustion Furnaces Pvt. Ltd.
• Tanmay Panda, Head - HR & Corp. Comm., National Payments Corporation of India
• Indra Jaishy, GM - HR, Planet M Retail Ltd.
• Subba Raju Percherla, Director - HR, InfoSage Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
• Sridhar Gurivisetty, Director - HR, Hitachi Consulting Software Services India Ltd.
• Ravi Gupta, VP - HR, Promed Exports Pvt. Ltd.
• Jitendra Kumar Sharma, GM - HR, NSL Sugars, Renewable Power & Conventional Power Divisions
• Raj Louis, Chief Human Resources Officer, Jewelex India Pvt. Ltd.
• Dr. Chandrima Banerjee, VP - HR, Srei Sahaje Village Ltd.
• Dharmesh Mistry, Vice President & Chief Talent Officer, Ugam Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
• Arun Singh, GM - HR, Tata BlueScope Steel Ltd.
• A. Narendren Nair, Director - HR, Eaton Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
• Hirak Bhattacharjee, VP - HR & ER, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
• B. Venkataramana, President & CPO, Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd.
• Rajiv Burman, Director HR MSIT India & China, Microsoft
• Sukumaran Mariappan, Head - HR, SAARC Region, Middle East & Thailand, Trimble Navigation Inc
• Abhijeet Banerjee, Country HR Head - India, Weatherford Oil Tool M.E. Ltd.
• Kaushik Gopalan, Global Process Leader, IBM INDIA PVT. LTD.
• P. Seshagiri Rao, Head - HR, Adani Welspun Exploration Ltd.
• Rakesh Chhabra, Senior VP - HR, Biological E. Ltd.
• Sampatkumar Aratti, VP - HR, Lapp India Pvt. Ltd.
• Pankaj Sathe, Chief People and Operations Officer, KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd.
• V Nagaraj, Senior VP & Chief People Officer, Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd & Arvind Retail Ltd.
• Ravi Shankar B., Chief People Officer, Mindtree Ltd.
• Rasheed M. A., VP - HR, Hartex Rubber Pvt. Ltd.
• Prasad Menon, Director & Head of HR, McAfee Software India Pvt. Ltd.

Regards

It is really good that there is someone who recognizes the best in individuals who always strive to recognize the best within their organization.

Thanks & Regards,
S.P. Bhardwaj

I just wanted to share that it is definitely a proud moment for the HR community, especially for me, as I am currently associated with Sridhar Gurivisetty in his team at Hitachi Consulting. It is a great experience working with him on a daily basis! It is admirable to see leaders like him at work, where they motivate and educate you at every step!

Regards,
Shahnaz

That's a good idea to provide the list of the 40 most talented HR leaders in India. I agree with other members—such attention and acclaim act as a proactive step for other HR professionals to excel. It also gives a happy and pleasant feeling when we learn that among CiteHR members, someone who works on a day-to-day basis, Shahnaz, is associated with one of the leaders.

Regards,
TS

While I do appreciate Keshav Korgaonkar's suggestion about 'offering them as Super Moderator', I think we seem to be thinking through the 'heart' in a situation where 'thinking through the head' seems to be the necessity.

Explanation

The very word 'Moderator' includes and presupposes a very active involvement by the member in the discussions, in addition to 'moderating' within the discussions where varying points of view are put forth and discussed. Now, how many of these HR Leaders would have the kind of time to actively get involved in the threads/discussions, given that invariably all of them are senior Corporate HR functionaries? And, how many among them would have the 'willingness' for such an 'involving' activity?

However, it does seem logical and realistic to utilize the wide and varied experience of such Leaders. So instead of putting them in the league of Moderators, how about using a different nomenclature for such HR Leaders—like Mentor, Chief Mentor, etc.? Something akin to what is used in the IT industry—Project Manager and Program Manager... only the concept being similar.

Just give this angle a thought.

Regards,
TS

Good to see this news. Can anybody also share what and how they did in their organization and exhibited their leadership? This will also be a good learning opportunity to understand the HR practices in their organization.

Regards,

It would be great if we could know what these leaders have done to be among the top HR leaders of the country so that we could also look to implement the same in our organization.

Congratulations to the winner! We appreciate all of you; you are motivating individuals like us. Keep going and please share your experiences in your field. It will be helpful to those who want to succeed in the HR field.

Thanks & Regards,
Geetha

Congratulations! As a part of curiosity, what are the criteria for listing the above talent? On what basis is the talent assessed?

Regards,
Rajeev

It is nice to hear such great news recognizing the HR fraternity. Thanks to this forum for sharing and providing an opportunity to learn so many things. This motivational news is great for the HR fraternity.

Thanks a lot, Mr. Keshav, for this news.

Regards,
Mahan