15 Revolutionary Men HR Leaders 2016

Anil Warrier

Director & Head - Talent Acquisition, Human Resources at SAP

Anil has close to 25 years of experience out of which he has spent the last 10 years in the recruitment and talent acquisition domain. He is the Director & Head of Talent Acquisition, Human Resources at SAP. He has been a part of SAP for the six years and has been instrumental in hiring university students.

Amitabh Singh

General Manager HR at ICICI Bank

Amitabh is the Head HR for Rural & Inclusive Banking Group, Treasury Group, Operations Group and Corporate Center Group. Head Learning & Development and HR Service Delivery team. He specializes in psychometric testing of the candidates before hiring them. He has close to 20 years of experience and has been working for ICICI bank for three years and six months. Before joining ICICI bank he was with ICICI Prudential.

Sriram Rajagopal

Senior Vice President - Human Resources at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Sriram has been in the industry for over 22 years. He is the Senior Vice President Human Resources, currently responsible for Managing the Talent Supply Chain processes at Cognizant. In this role Sriram is responsible for Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Performance & Consequence Management, Reward Management, HR Technology, Workforce Management and Analytics.

Karan Butalia

SVP & Head Business HR at Axis Bank

Karan has close to 28 years of experience in the Banking Sector and has worked with Axis Bank for the last 14 years. He started working for Axis Bank as a AVP Branch Banking now is the Senior Vice President & Head Business HR. He is known for introducing new ideas and strategies in his work.

Sebi Chacko

Chief Human Resources Officer at Strides Shasun

Sebi has a diverse professional experience. He handles multiple functions currently and has been awarded several honors and medals. He currently leads the HR function at Strides Shasun Limited and is a Trustee of the Strides Foundation.

Vasudevan Rajagopalan

HR Head - Retail, CPG & TTH Business Cluster at TCS

Vasudevan is responsible for talent identification, talent development and management for Retail, CPG and TTH business cluster at TCS. Vasudevan has close to 23 years of experience in the industry. He has been working with Tata Consultancy Services for the last 20 years.

Ranjit TP

Director Talent Acquisition at Epsilon

Ranjit is Talent Acquisition professional with 19 years of experience. He has managed recruitment across different types of organizations including Epsilon, Wipro and Capgemini. He has also worked for startups in the past. He is known for being passionate about using analytics to improve process efficiency.

Anand Mishra

Assistant GM - Head Business - HR, Talent Management & Leadership Development at Wockhardt Pharma

Anand has 18 years of experience in the HR domain. He has experience in all HR sub domains including talent management, talent acquisition, employee engagement, performance management. He is known for his expertise in post-merger re-structuring, evolving and executing OD and L&D interventions. He has various certifications in the domain that adds to his expertise.

Nat Iyer

Global Head - Strategic Hiring at Mu Sigma Inc.

Nat has over 24 years of diverse experience in Technology, Consulting and Executive Search. He has significant experience in setting up and scaling business, managing product lifecycle, and running large operations. He is known to be strong in client-management and business development roles. Apart from handling Strategic Hiring decisions at Mu Sigma he is also an independent advisor and consultant.

Sudhir Dhar

CHRO - Group Head HR at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd

Sudhir is an experienced Human Resources professional. He is the Group Head HR at Motilal. He has over 20 years of experience in the domain and is known for his business acumen. He was a finalist of Linkedin’s Conscious Business Leadership Awards for Asia Pacific in 2016. He has also penned various publications about the economy.

Vivek Tripathi

CHRO at Lava International Ltd.

Vivek has over 21 years experience in HR domain. He has handled various aspects of the HR and Talent Acquisition roles including development of Talent, building a Leadership Pipeline and developing robust Human Resources systems and processes to manage growth. He is a Certified Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Progamming (NLP)

Sarthak Raychaudhuri

Vice President HR, Asia South at Whirlpool Corporation

Sarthak is an HR professional with specialized skills in organization development, change management and aligning HR to business. He is responsible for HR in Southeast Asia, Oceania, Japan and Korea markets besides India.

James Job

Vice President at Hinduja Global Solutions

James has an excellent track record as an HR professional, he has received various awards in his career as an HR leader. He has handled and led various projects across geographies. He is known for market/competitive analysis, business development, budgeting and profitability improvement.

DP Singh

Vice President & HR Head - India/SA at IBM

DP Singh is an HR professional with over 30 years experience in HR and Business. Known for being an HR generalist who successfully partners with business in growth and its life-cycles, laying the foundations for HR function and processes to enable growth. He is also known for working with cross-cultural teams knitting them together to deliver business results.

Jatinder Salwan

SVP Human Resources - Head Talent Acquisition and HR Operations at Societe Generale

Jatinder has over two decades of experience in Human Resources across fields. He now handles an employee base of 5500 employees over three centers for all businesses across IT/ITES and Banking Operations, supporting Societe Generale’s global banking business. Have functional expertise in HRIS, and is a part of Global evaluation and implementation team for HRIS.