Aditya Birla Group Appoints Ashok Ramchandran As Director HR, Ramesh Mitragotri As Group Exc President- GHR

Following Santrupt Misra's exit as the Group Director, Birla Carbon and Director- Chemicals & HR, Aditya Birla Group, effective 15 January 2024, Ashok Ramchandran will take over his position. 

Misra has moved on from his position to pursue an active career in public life. 

Currently, Ramchadran serves as the Group Executive President- HR at ABG since October 2015.

An internal company email by Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairperson of Aditya Birla Group stated, " “I am delighted to inform you that Mr. Ashok Ramchandran, Group Executive President- Group HR, is being appointed as Director, ABMCPL, in the capacity of Director- HR, Aditya Birla Group.” 

With over three decades of experience, Ramchandran previously held leadership roles at Asian Paints, GE Capital, Tata AIG Insurance and Vodafone India before joining the Group in 2015. He is an expert in talent staffing and development, succession planning, rewards and organisation design. 

Prior to ABG, his last stint was at Vodafone India as the Director HR and before that as the Senior VP- HR at Tata AIA Life Insurance. 

As he takes on this new role, Ramesh Mitragotri, currently the CHRO of Ultratech Cement will succeed Ramchadran. 

“Taking over Ashok, as the Group Executive President- Global Human Resources, will be Mr. Ramesh Mitragotri, currently the CHRO- Ultratech Cement,” the email stated. 

Mitragotri joined the Group in 2007 and became the CHRO of Ultratech Cement in 2016. Prior to ABG, he served at Owens-Corning, HCC and Philips India.

The company is yet to announce the successor of Mitragotri.