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Anand R
Sr. Vice President-HR HCL Tech, Board Member-NHRD &
Author@McGraw Hill
Noida Area, India
Summary
I am passionate about making a difference with my expertise and
leadership. Apart from my role at HCL Technologies, I am trying to
contribute to the HR profession through National HRD Network, and
to the larger society through my book: "Job Readiness for IT & ITES"
Worked with the CEO and C-suite to define & deploy HR strategy
and distinctive people practices on a global scale. The practices,
around our “Employees First Customers Second” philosophy have
won international acclaim.
I have professional HR experience of 18 years and leadership HR
experience of 11 years
Expert level proficiency in Leadership & Organizational
Effectiveness, Global Compensation & Benefits, Business HR, HR
and Social Technology and in building employment readiness
Experience
HCL Technologies
Sr. Vice President - Human Resources
June 2016 - Present 
Transitioning to an end to end division HR responsibility for our Engineering
and R & D services division , accountable for all human resources functions
from hire to retire
IT & ITES Industry
Author: Job Readiness for IT & ITES
June 2016 - Present 
McGraw Hill just published my book "Job Readiness for IT & ITES"-- a ready
to use placement and career companion for students and new entrants into IT
& ITES jobs. The book germinated from nearly two decades of my observation
and experience of the trends in the IT and ITES sector. It is a comprehensive
and covers career counseling, job hunting, job literacy, getting through the
selection process, navigating early career success with more than 100+ case
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exercises. Available online @ www.mheducation.co.in, flipkart and all major

bookstores in India

NHRD Network
Member of the Board
July 2015 - Present 
National Capital Region, India

As member of National Executive board of NHRDN, I work with eminent

colleagues. My personal focus and contribution has been on two aspects -
a) introducing and deepening organizational effectiveness (OE) as a body of
knowledge in academia and in practice, b) Conceiving and launching a mobile
app for the network (perhaps the first for a professional network) that helps
members attend NHRD events, participate and volunteer as well as discuss
and buy services in the network

HCL Technologies
6 years 5 months

Global Head: People Practices (Vice President)

April 2012 - June 2016 (4 years 3 months)
I direct our compensation & benefits, career, talent & performance functions.
The top 1000 leaders from hire to retire is a direct accountability. Through a
portfolio of projects and programs, we deploy and evolve the firm’s Human
Resources strategy across business acquisition to business fulfillment
Facilitated CHRO and Business President Transition and supported the CEO
in his transition
Provided oversight to HR for enabling functions (4500 employees) and
delivered a 22% productivity

AVP/VP
February 2010 - March 2012 (2 years 2 months)
Diagnosed and evolved the firm’s medium term corporate and talent strategy
for the CEO. Prof. Tarun Khanna of the Harvard Business School guided the
core team on the project
Created a pipeline of 60 leaders, 38 of whom performed substantially higher
roles post development
Conceptualized and implemented a business and HCM transformation journey
to pursue capability upgrade and industrialized service delivery (C-DEX). This
large scale transformation involved directing of 5 functional experts, 40 cross
functional leaders, 600 employees in the pilots, reporting to a C-Suite steering
committee over a 2 year timeframe

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Bharti Airtel Limited

Head - Talent Management & OE
October 2009 - February 2010 (5 months)
Supported through construct options, the firm-wide organization re-design and
restructuring decisions
Anchored the annual talent review cycle for senior and top management levels
for the C-Suite
Built a requirement framework for IT-ization of developmental HR processes,
including the definition of common design principles across these processes

HCL Tech
11 years 5 months

DGM / GM / HR Director
September 2005 - September 2009 (4 years 1 month)
Facilitated a CEO Transition, one organization-wide restructuring and
substantial restructurings in BFSI & Product Engineering businesses
Helped the CEO evolve the EFCS philosophy and implemented distinctive
people practices in career, performance, engagement & development areas
Led HR for our SAP practice during its transformation and rapid growth (50%
+ for 2 years) with an end to end mandate. Highlights were Leadership on-
boarding, new client ramp ups, new service offerings & establishing Go To
market channels
Helped integrate the delivery teams of HCL and our 650 Mn USD acquisition-
Axon (an SAP consulting company)

Manager / Senior Manager - HR

January 2002 - August 2005 (3 years 8 months)
Worked with the President and COO to create the business design for services
business by working on structure, streamlining process and identifying /
acquiring talent
Managed the Performance Office for the COO, in-scope was the top 3 levels of
the organization
Created and implemented 2 long term incentive programs, one of which was
stock options
Helped create the pre-sales, marketing functions and industry verticals and
staff key positions
Facilitated 2 major structure changes
Cadre Managed Young Leaders / SMTs (Premier school MBA’s) from hire to
retire (approx 200 under management of SMT office) at any point in time

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Asst Manager - HR
May 1998 - December 2001 (3 years 8 months)
Helped the division head transition a Product R&D organization to a services
organization by
Re-defining & deploying the position specification, performance management,
behavioral training and on-boarding processes across the division
Handling Generalist HR and recruitment for select sub-divisions

Education
XLRI
PG Diploma, HR · (1996 - 1998)

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

M.Sc, Physics · (1994 - 1996)

University of Madras
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Physics · (1991 - 1994)

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