BW People Celebrates Top Forward-Thinking HR Practitioners
With increased complexities of human behavior, HR is not only seen as a support function but has extended its role to all business verticals.
BW People's inaugural 'HR 40 Under 40', in association with BW Businessworld, recognises HR professionals who have the zeal to make the industry, and the HR function, future ready.
Championing the cause of change, the summit brought together some of the most distinguished HR luminaries on one virtual platform for enlightening dialogues on pressing human resources issues of the near future.
A total of 107 nominations were received. Out of these 67 were shortlisted for the jury. These were carefully analyzed by the jury and the top 41 HR professionals were awarded today in a virtual awards ceremony.
The grand jury included Sumant Sinha, Founder, Chairman & Managing Director, ReNew Power (Jury Chair); Kulmeet Bawa, President & Managing Director, SAP Indian subcontinent(Co-Chair); Dr. A. Velumani, Creator, Thyrocare; Paul Dupuis, MD & CEO, Randstad India and Author, The E5 Movement; Rajkamal Vempati, EVP & Head Human Resources, Axis Bank; Rahul Taneja, Managing Director, Essar Capital; Rajendra Mehta, President & CHRO, Welspun India; Sudhir Mishra, Founder & Managing Partner, Trust Legal; Dr. Indu Shahani, President & Chair, ISDI | ISME | ISDI WPP; Dr. Vipul Singh, Divisional Vice President & Head of HR, ADP India; Nellie Wartoft, CEO, Tigerhall; Kavita Dasan, Head of People Practice, ABP News Network, and Gauri Sarin, President Approach Intl & Founder - Forum for Women Leadership for Better India (FWLI).
The Elite BW People 40under40 Achievers 2020:
S No. | Achiever | Designation | Organisation |
1 | Aditi Pareek | Head - Human Resources | Pepperfry.com |
2 | Aditya Gurjar | Director, People Team | WeWork India |
3 | Amrita Walia Kumar | Assistant Director, HRBP - Strategy & Transaction | CBS | Ernst & Young |
4 | Anu Yadav | VP -Human Resources | IndiaLends |
5 | Anuj Mishra | Manager - Compensation & Benefits | OYO |
6 | Anuradha Bharat | Head - People Operations | Razorpay Software |
7 | Ashish Mittal | Vice President, India Head- Total Rewards & Learning & OD | Aviva Life Insurance |
8 | Avisekh Agarwal | VP - Global Talent Acquisition | OYO |
9 | Darshika Chandra Khare | HR Leader | Johnson & Johnson |
10 | Deepa Wadhwani | Director & Head, Talent Acquisition | ADP |
11 | Divya Chathly | Vice President - Employee Relations | Barclays |
12 | Evita Fernandes | Assistant Director, Talent Lead - Strategy & Transactions | Parthenon | Ernst & Young |
13 | Girish Menon | Head - Human Resources | Swiggy |
14 | Indu Nair | HR Business Partner | Bayer CropScience |
15 | Julie Sachde | Director of Human Resources | JW Marriott New Delhi Aerocity |
16 | Kapil Takkalapally | Head of HR | Quantela |
17 | Megha Gupta | Director HR | Fiserv |
18 | Neeharika Bhupathi | Vice President - Early Careers India | Natwest Group |
19 | Nikita Zutshi | Vice President - Human Resources | MakeMytrip |
20 | Niyathi Madasu | Director HR | Premier Energies Limited |
21 | Paromita Bhattacharya | Business HR Partner & Practice Head for Compensation, L&D | ICICI Securities |
22 | Peyu Gupta | Head – Business HR & Talent Management | Panasonic India |
23 | Pradeep Kumar Bonda | Director - People Success | Altruista Health Services |
24 | Pragnya Mohapatra | Assistant Director - Location Talent Lead East I Bangladesh | Ernst & Young |
25 | Rachita Srivastava | Regional HRBP - North & East | Entertainment Network India |
26 | Rahul Bhatnagar | VP & Head - Human Resources | Pittie Group & IN10 Media |
27 | Rahul Jagannathan | VP - People & Culture | Design Cafe |
28 | Rashmi Badgaiyan | HRBP Lead (Global Product & Technology) India | ADP |
29 | Ravleen Anand | Head of HR | ALP Group |
30 | Reeti Dubey | Vice President - HR India | Natwest Group |
31 | Ritika Bhandari | Vice President & Head - HR, Middle East | Teleperformance |
32 | Shashikanth Jayaraman | Vice President - Human Resources | MulticoreWare Inc |
33 | Shikha Dhillon | HR Head - Radio & Entertainment Business | HT Media |
34 | Shilpa Kankaria | Lead - HR initiatives & HRBP Lead | ADP |
35 | Shruti Mishra | Lead - HR (Retail & Talent Acquisition) | PUMA Sports India |
36 | Sourya Sidhhartha Dash | General Manager - HR, EVP & Culture | Signify Innovations Ind |
37 | Surbhi Dewan | General Manager - HR | Ashiana Housing |
38 | Venus Soundararajan | Corporate Human Resources | BOB Financial Solutions Ltd |
39 | Vinayak Gupta | Training & Placement Officer (TPO) | JECRC University |
40 | Vivek Thukral | Talent Attraction Leader | Pega Systems |
41 | Yogja Singh | Associate Director – Human Resources | KPMG |
The winners were elated to receive the recognition and appreciated BW Businessworld’s effort of organizing the stellar BW People virtual summit and awards dedicated to the HR professionals of the country.
