Celebrating Outstanding Winners For Their Commendable Contribution To The HR Fraternity

HR is now not only a support function but also extended its functions to all business verticals. The onset of pandemic has shown that HR professionals are the true flagbearers of any organisations. HRs adapting technological disruption with with AI and ML and innovating new ways of executing & performance management. In an era when the economy and the job market are reeling under a less productive phase, India’s HR experts joined  7th edition of BW People HR Excellence Summit and Awards. The stellar gathering shared key views and experience in the domain and shared their vision on how the market dynamics are going to change drastically with a fresh pool of opportunities in times to come.

Talees Rizvi, Director - BW People & BW CFO World Community with his power-packed keynote address inaugurated the 7th edition of BW People HR Excellence Summit and Awards one-day program along with other HR industry veterans sharing the limelight with him.

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 Excellence Summit and Awards 2022, in association with BW Businessworld, recognised HR professionals and organisations 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.

Over 100 nominations were received. These were carefully analysed by the jury and the top 40 HR professionals were awarded in a virtual awards ceremony.

The grand jury included 

  • Dr. Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld, Founder, exchange4media  
  • Mr. P. Dwarkanath, Former Chairman, GSK Consumer Healthcare Ltd  
  • Dr. Punam Sahgal, Former Dean and Professor, IIM Lucknow  
  • Mr. Saurav Banerjee, Managing Director & Founder, MyyTake  
  • Mr. Sunandan Bhanja Chaudhury, Client Partner, Pedersen & Partners  
  • Mr. Amit Malik, Former CEO & MD, Aviva India  
  • Dr. Vipul Singh, Divisional VP & Head of HR, ADP  
  • Mr. K.A. Narayan, President-HR, Raymond  
  • Mr. Harsh Wardhan, CEO, CSC India  
  • Prof. Rajan Saxena, Management Educator & Institution Builder, Former Vice Chancellor NMIMS, Mumbai, Former Director, IIM Indore  
  • Mr. Antony Alex, CEO, Rainmaker  
  • Mr. Talees Rizvi, Director - BW People & BW CFO World Community  
  • Ms. Noor Fathima Warsi, Group Editorial Director, BW Businessworld  

Further, there was virtual celebrations of all the winners which aimed at recognising insightful and talented 40 Under 40 HR professionals having the zeal to bring about a change in the industry.

The Elite List Of BW People HR excellence Achievers of 2022

CategoryNameOrganisationPosition
Best HR StrategyNeha SaxenaHero FinCorpWinner 
Best HR StrategyPooja ChauhanJK CementRunners Up
Best Emerging HR StrategyRadhika NiranjanNearby TechnologiesWinner 
Best place to workPurnima KumarDisney-StarRunners Up
Best place to workNikita ZutshiMakeMyTrip IndiaWinner 
Equal Opportunity EmployerFareena RawtherTimesPro - a Times of India Group initiativeWinner 
Excellence in Compensation & BenefitsGarvita SinghGodrej IndustriesWinner 
Excellence in Talent AcquisitionDeepshikha KumarAmdocsRunners Up
Excellence in Talent AcquisitionNikita ZutshiMakeMyTrip IndiaRunners Up
Excellence in Talent AcquisitionMr. Mayank DhingraLarsen & ToubroWinner 
Excellence In Diversity And InclusionPurnima KumarDisney-StarWinner 
Excellence In Diversity And InclusionPriyanka MohantyStartekRunners Up
Excellence in Employee ExperienceNikita ZutshiMakeMyTrip IndiaWinner 
Excellence in Employee ExperienceKomaladevi VelumaniLenovo IndiaWinner 
Excellence in Learning & DevelopmentMelissa LuizHindustan Unilever LimitedWinner 
Excellence in Learning & DevelopmentMs. Aditi MukherjeeNational Commodity & Derivatives Exchange LimitedRunners Up
Excellence in Learning & DevelopmentPriyanka MohantyStartekRunners Up
Excellence in HR technologyAbdul WahabLarsen & ToubroRunners Up
Excellence in HR technologyAbhijit ApteTech MahindraWinner 
Excellence in Learning TechnologyMonideepa BanerjeeZEE Entertainment EnterprisesWinner 
Excellence in performance managementAkshaya KashyapFuture Generali India Insurance CompanyRunners Up
Excellence in performance managementNikita ZutshiMakeMyTrip IndiaRunners Up
Excellence in performance managementKomaladevi VelumaniLenovo IndiaWinner 
Excellence in Employer BrandingMelissa LuizHindustan Unilever LimitedWinner 
Excellence in line of Business StrategyPriyanka MohantyStartekWinner 
Excellence in Employee Engagement StrategyBensely Zachariah Fulcrum DigitalRunners Up
Excellence in Employee Engagement StrategyAbhishek MisraRockwell AutomationWinner 
Excellence in Health & Safety InitiativesSupriya JainBeam Global Spirits & Wine IndiaRunners Up
Excellence in Health & Safety InitiativesMs. Aditi MukherjeeNational Commodity & Derivatives Exchange LimitedWinner 
Excellence in Employee Welfare InitiativeNikita ZutshiMakeMyTrip IndiaWinner 
Excellence in Employee Welfare InitiativeKaran BakshiMichelin IndiaRunners Up
Best HR Team of the yearPurnima KumarDisney-StarRunners Up
Best HR Team of the yearNikita ZutshiMakeMyTrip IndiaWinner 
Woman Leader of the YearSmiti DeorahSmiti Deorah, Co-Founder & COO, Advantage Club TechnologiesWinner 
CHRO OF THE YEARAnjali RaghuvanshiAnjali Raghuvanshi, Chief People Officer, Randstad IndiaWinner 
Life Time Achivement AwardRajeev DubeyPresident (HR, After-Market & Corporate Services) & Member of the Group Management Board Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.Winner 








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