A Senior Human Resources Professional with diverse industry experience of over 32 years in MNCs & Indian Organizations covering Engineering, Information Technology, Telecom, including Academics and Research industry verticals.

He is currently the Professor (OB / HR, IR & LL) VIT University, Business School and has held positions such Sr. Vice President – Head HR, CHRO, and Chief Learning Officer etc. in the industry while being associated with organizations such as Larsen & Toubro (SWC), Reliance Group (RCOM), JT Mobiles Ltd (TELIA Sweden), Tata Unisys Ltd, DCM Shriram Ltd.

A Doctorate in Social Sciences (PhD - Job Hopping and Employee Turnover), with M.Phil in Labor Studies, Masters in Labor Studies, LLM (Labour & Employment Laws), PG Diploma in Training & Development, PG Diploma in Human Resources Management, Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Commerce.

He has undergone training & certifications in Managing People (USA), Training Delivery & Evaluation, Legal Issues for Employees (USA), Human Resource Concepts.

He has also undertaken the 18 months Strategic Leadership Development Program from IIM (Bangalore), besides specialised training & certification as Certified Individual & Organization Assessment Centre - IOAC, Neol Tichy – On Thought Leadership, Dave Ulrich – HR Balance Scorecard, Stephen Covey- Leadership Premier, Dr. Marshal Goldsmith – What got you here will not get you there, Master Train the Trainer program-ISTD, Lateral Thinking ! By Edward De Bono.

He has published 55 research papers in leading Journals on Job Hopping, Employee Turnover, Training, Socio Legal Study on Women Garment Workers, besides 2 books on Employee Turnover: Telecom Industry Perspective & Plight of women workers in the Fashion industry.

He has been the proud recipient of the Golden peacock award- 2011, IPE AWARD, Star Award-2012 & TISS-CLO Award 2011 for innovative training practices in the organization, Proud Indian Eminent Professor Award, 2022 & Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Teachers Award 2022.

He is a Visiting Faculty in leading Business & Engineering schools to connect with academicians and students on industry perspectives, driving Campus to Corporate programs, besides being a regular speaker on various professional platforms, International Conferences and remains actively involved in skill development with NSDC, TSSC, MSBTE and Apprenticeship Council.