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An Interview with Head - IR, SEG Automotive

5/27/2022

How One Man Turned A Village Into An Alcohol And Tobacco Free Zone!!

Naghabhushana K is a Senior HR leader with about 26 years of experience in the field of HR, Legal and Industrial Relations. Presently he heads IR in SEG Automotive (formerly known as BOSCH) at Naganathapura, Bangalore. He led HR in Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, ISKCON (Akshyapatra Project), Fosroc Chemicals and Kirloskar.

Nagbhushana K holds Masters in Social work from Bangalore University. He has contributed substantially in the areas of HR, IR, Social development, Art and Culture. He also directed four social impactful short movies namely – Bare Truth, Dhaana, Emergency Exit and Domestic Enquiry.

Besides his HR profession, he is passionate about Social development. He along with his family members, formed a community development organization called 'Namanam' at Noorundumalai, a tribal village at Krishnagiri forests in Tamil Nadu and borders with Karnataka.

This village is alcohol and tobacco free since 2002. In the last ten years, over 1,000 youngsters have found a new direction for their lives through Namanam.

From fighting alcoholism to employment to health to women empowerment, one by one, Nagabushan is moving the mountains of Noorundumalai. Noorundumalai now has a respectable school, a changed face from its dilapidated condition. The girls of the village, who used to be married off at the age of 12, are now standing up for themselves and their education.

Nagabushana is working hard for a change in this scene. He has now set up a factory at Noorundumalai to produce sanitary napkins for the women of the village, who are the ones employed at the factory, making the 100% cotton napkins and leading a feminine hygiene revolution among themselves.

Life begins when you start something, and blooms when you keep doing it

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An Interview with Head - HR Shared Services, Larsen Toubro Limited

5/21/2022

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Vishwanathan Babu is a dynamic Senior HR Leader & Alumni of IIM Bangalore, credited with building & leading multiple award winning best-in-class HR initiatives in the areas of cultural transformations, organization change and employee development across sales, R&D & supply chain business.

He is a Career expertise in designing, creating & launching and leading innovative programs to enhance corporate culture, improve employee performance and support change. A pivotal contributor to business, with a flair for problem solving, strategic decision making, strong communication, mentoring & integrating diverse teams around a common vision.

Over 30 years' experience both India and abroad, he provided leadership to HR in many multinational organizations and contributed significantly top & bottom line through organizational transformation programmes after M&A situation, building High performance organizations, setting up HR excellence center, HR processes & system. He is passionate about environment health & safety.

In order to build a rewarding employee experience, you need to understand what matters most to your people.

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An Interview with Senior Director, Human Resources, Biocon Limited

5/14/2022

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Mr. Jagannathan V, Senior Director of Human Resources at Biocon Limited, Mr. Jagannathan likes to be known as a Dynamic Transformational Leader. He is responsible for over 2500 people across three States - Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. Mr. Jagannathan has legecy of commercializing two firms from the greenfield phase, with his expertise in business operations and effective Human resources management. Based on his more than 22 years of perceptive experience in HR, IR, and administration, he believes that one can create a measurable impact on business by influencing, collaborating, and orchestrating networks to create effective people strategies. Mr. Jagannathan has also been recognized as one of the top 70 “Young HR Leader 2020” by the Great Manager Institute.

“Life is a journey not a destination. Don't compare yourself to others you are Unique.”

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An Interview with HR Thought Leader, Coach and Author

5/7/2022

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Naga Siddharth is an HR leader, Coach and Author. In his career, He has helped scale, build and accelerate organizations in the domains of aviation, information technology (services, product, cloud, support), healthcare, startups, retail and real estate.

Naga Siddharth is a credentialled Executive Coach (PCC, MGSCC), a member of the International Association of Facilitators and an author of psychometric tools. He has used design thinking for HR initiatives helping drive measurable business outcomes such as sales.

An author and researcher, four of his books are sold on Amazon. He has published books based on action research in areas of flow, roles, stress, organization citizenship behaviours. In 2017, he was recognized as under 40 HR leader.