Imon Ghosh

Ahmedabad, India (+91) 8128697050 imon@imonghosh.com

HEAD, LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT AND OD

Special Expertise in Learning & Development / HRD & OD / Project Management / Economics

PERFORMANCE PROFILE
Senior professional with over 25 years of experience in the corporate sector and academia, including heading the Learning and Development function in India for a Fortune 100 MNC, teaching Economics at an International School, Management School and a Law University, and serving as Director of the Academy of HRD, Indias premier institution specializing in human resources development for all organizational forms. Life Member of the Indian Economic Association and the All India Management Association. Ex-Officio Member of the National Executive Board of Indias National HRD Network. Individual Member of Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations. Currently writing two books, on Monetary and Fiscal Strategies for Ending Inflation (first monograph in 1984), and on Reducing Poverty and Accelerating Economic Growth (by widening, and deepening, global financial markets). Outstanding multilingual communicator, conference speaker, writer and trainer.

CORE COMPETENCIES
Learning & Development Organisation Development Strategy & Planning Development Economics Employee Engagement Strong Writing Skills Economics & Finance Coaching & Mentoring Project Management Team Building Talent Management Conference Speaker Leadership Development Performance Management Corporate Training Impact Evaluation Employer Branding Seminar Speaker

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
4/2010 to present: Director, Academy of Human Resources Development The Academy of Human Resources Development (AHRD) is Indias premier institution, specializing in human resources development for all organizational forms. Representative Accomplishments + Head of P&L position, responsible for the highest top-line revenues in the institutions history. + Focussed on ways to enhance revenues, and minimize costs, while building the brand of the Academy. + Strengthened the Academy of HRDs doctoral Fellow Program by enhancing its rigour (by increasing the number of modules from nine to eighteen), initiating research collaborations etc. + Represent the Academy on the National Executive Board of Indias National HRD Network. + Speaker at conferences, conclaves, seminars and workshops. + Introduced a Project Management approach to the work being done at the Academy. + Instituted in-service training for the AHRD team to foster continuous improvement. + Invited to provide inputs for Indias 12th Five Year Plan for the Higher Education Sector.

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10/2005 to 3/2010: Head of Training, METRO Cash & Carry India METRO Cash & Carry India is part of the Global Fortune 100 METRO AG Group, and is a leader in the business-to-business cash & carry wholesale format which offers institutions and businesses a wide assortment of products in both food and non-food categories. Representative Accomplishments Supported METROs expansion by organising the trainings prior to launch for all the Staff, Supervisors, Department Managers and Floor Managers at METRO Cash & Carry Indias Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kolkata Distribution Centres. Designed and delivered training on Visioning/Goal Setting, Team Leadership, Communication Skills, Delivering Superior Service, and Interviewing Skills; and delivered Train-The-Trainer, Induction, Project Management, Time Management training. In 2008, METRO Cash & Carry India conducted 559 training sessions for 7,824 participants during 5,835 training man days, with a 96.6% participation rate and 99% plus participant satisfaction rating, achieving 138.6% of the annual target, at 60% of the budgeted cost.

7/2003 to 8/2005: Manager, MD's Office, Seychelles Marketing Board The Seychelles Marketing Board (SMB) is tasked with ensuring food security at stable prices for the 85,000 inhabitants and 115,000 visitors per annum to the Seychelles, a picturesque small island developing state (SIDS). Besides importing and distributing a variety of products, SMB fulfills its food security mandate by manufacturing over 100 varieties of processed meats, tetra-packed milk and fruit juices, as well as yoghurt, jams and sauces, pasta, mineral water, snacks, tea and coffee, and prawns etc. SMB has 1,900 staff and a turnover during the 2003/4 fiscal year of 713 million Seychelles Rupees (130 million USD). My responsibilities as Manager in the MD's Office included serving on a Task Force that revamped SMB retail and manufacturing operations (and facilitated their privatization), developing and delivering corporate training modules for SMB Managers and Staff, besides being a member of the corporate News-gathering Board, Training Committee, Annual Report Committee and a technical committee responsible for all SMB brand positioning and marketing communications. Representative Accomplishments Contributed to the deliberations of a corporate Task Force and drafted/edited its final reports. Recommended a strategy for privatizing several Seychelles Marketing Board manufacturing units that was accepted, and operationalized. Built an extensive corporate training resource library from scratch. Conducted leadership development workshops for 200 SMB managers and supervisors. Authored a corporate training participant handbook. Provided training in visioning and goal setting, delivering superior service, teambuilding, communication and interviewing skills / HR processes to managers and supervisors, human resources and admin staff, duty free staff and corporate security staff. Participant feedback of my training workshops has been very positive (available on req.) Served on the Editorial Board for corporate publications, and contributed a column, 'Build The Future', for Newstalk. Drafted/edited the narrative (non-financial) sections of SMB's Annual Reports.

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8/2002 7/2003: Economics faculty at the Nopany Institute of Management Studies (NIMS), and Visiting faculty at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Calcutta, India The Nopany Institute of Management Studies (NIMS) was founded in August 2002. Representative Accomplishments Ranked one of the Management Institute's most effective teachers in a student evaluation of faculty.

The National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) was founded in July 1999 as a national level institution of excellence in the higher learning of law in India. On the invitation of the founding Vice-Chancellor of NUJS, Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon, I taught classes on Economics and Environmental Law, and also participated in research on globalization and the impact of the WTO on Indian agriculture. Representative Accomplishments A paper I wrote on Reducing Rural Poverty has been included in the NUJS syllabus for a course on Agricultural Law and Law relating to Local Self-Government.

5/2001 7/2002: Creative Director of the National Advertising Agency at its Headquarters in Calcutta. The National Advertising Agency is among India's oldest advertising agencies (established in 1924). Representative Accomplishments Guided the Agency's creative teams in conceptualizing and executing press, television, outdoor, exhibition and sales promotion campaigns. Provided oversight of the client servicing function.

9/2000 4/2001: Pre-Sales Specialist with the Web Development Company. Established in 1998, the Web Development Company (WDC) offers internet and web related technology solutions in India, the Asia/Pacific region and Europe. Representative Accomplishments Conceived and oversaw execution of communications strategy for WDC and its clients, involving both creative and business development teams.

1/1998 8/2000: Established The Imon Ghosh Life-Skills Workshops & Seminars. Representative Accomplishments Conducted workshops and seminars on Goal Setting Skills, Effective Communication, Motivation and Leadership etc. Won a Man of the Seminar Award after delivering a speech at the Indian Ceramic Society. Faculty for a Family Counselling Course organised by The Legal-Aid Services, West Bengal (LASWEB) at the Calcutta High Court. Commissioned by CARE India to assess the SGSY, the Govt. of India's largest rural self-employment programme. The 121 page final report of this study, which addresses issues in microfinance, poverty reduction and impact evaluation can be downloaded at
http://www.imonghosh.com/free_resources/Enhancing_the_Development_Impact_of_the_SGSY.pdf

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1/1996 12/1997: Served on the faculty of the Kodaikanal International School in South India as Economics teacher Established in 1901, the Kodaikanal International School is an autonomous, Christian, multicultural, residential school with a co-educational program for pre-school to Grade 12 students. KIS is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges & Schools, USA, and recognized by the Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi. Representative Accomplishments Invited to join the Rotary Club of Kodaikanal. Served as Director for Youth Services, organized interschool competitions and inaugurated two new Rotaract Clubs in Kodaikanal. Elected High School Staff representative to the school's library management committee, and to a subcommittee that oversaw the computerization of library records. Tasked to identify learning resources on the World Wide Web for use in our classroom environments.

11/1993 12/1995: Educational Consultant with World Book International's Indian affiliate, Lotus Learning Representative Accomplishments Made Senior Consultant within a year. Guest speaker at the Calcutta Management Association, on Monetary and Fiscal Strategies for Ending Inflation (text of talk available on request). Conducted several economic surveys for the Reuters News Agency in Mumbai. Interviewed key economic decision makers including the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England and the Chairman of the State Bank of India; wrote for the Reuters news wire.

6/1991 10/1993: Established own Advertising and Management Consultancy Representative Accomplishments Developed communications strategies and media campaigns for clients. Organised conferences.

1/1983 5/1991: Advertising Copywriter and Client Service Executive with Kerala-based Agencies Representative Accomplishments Conceptualised media campaigns, wrote advertising copy, made presentations and provided client service support to a diverse range of clients in the private and public sectors. An advertisement I wrote for the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) was published in a special edition of Time Magazine celebrating the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution during the mid-1980s.

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EDUCATION
M.A. Economics, University of Mysore. Studied at various International Schools, including the Lesotho High School, Woodstock School in Mussoorie, Uttarkhand, and the Kodaikanal International School in T.N., India, from kindergarten to 12th grade. Pursuing a Ph.D. Personally committed to life-long learning, and continuous personal growth.

PUBLICATIONS
Published articles in various newspapers and journals, dealing with economics, technology and life-skills. Currently writing two books, on Monetary and Fiscal Strategies for Ending Inflation, and Reducing Poverty and Accelerating Economic Growth.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS / AFFILIATIONS

Life Memberships: All India Management Association, National HRD Network, Academy of HRD, Indian Society for Training & Development, Indian Science Congress Association, Palni Hills Conservation Council, Indian Economic Association, Indian Econometrics Society, and the Indian Society of Labour Economics. Indian Society for Corporate Social Responsibility, and the Society for Monitoring and Evaluating Development Projects. Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

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Rotary: Served as Director for Youth Services at the Rotary Club of Kodaikanal in 1996 and 1997, Chairman of a District Project for Street Children with the Rotary Club of Cochin East in 1998, Director for International Services and Chairman - Rotary Foundation for 2009-'10 at Rotary Bangalore Downtown. Chairman of the Board of Studies for Management and Accounting at the Nirma University Institute of Law.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Linkedin profile: Personal website: Writing samples: Blog: NDTV Panel: TEDx Talk: http://in.linkedin.com/in/imonghosh http://www.imonghosh.com/ http://www.imonghosh.com/resources.html http://imonghosh.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAXiOVI1pwY&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o28RTu7ovlQ

Imon is intelligent, intercultural, experienced, people-oriented and balanced. He attracted me a lot and contributed to our co-work with his professional manner. - Yoshio Mizuno Head of Corporate Development at METRO Cash & Carry Japan, K.K. (Endorsement on Linkedin)

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