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Message from the National President

Dear Member,

It gives me great pleasure to present the first e-version of our monthly NHRDN

Newsletter.

As the new financial year dawns, and leaders and teams re-engage themselves in

planning for the year ahead, I think the pace of changes in the business environment

has increased to such an extent that many of the erstwhile business processes are

getting redundant. Hence the new financial year brings many such challenges in

business forecast & planning and so is in the challenge for HR leaders & professionals

to align the HR systems and processes.

One such challenge to my mind is the internal communication processes. The need for

more communication – consistent, open, meaningful will be a key for HR Leaders. In

any challenging business situation, communication, if effective, can play a critical

role towards achieving success. It is an area where HR can easily share the space with

the CEO. Thus, this new initiative of NHRDN – The E-Newsletter on a monthly

frequency.

Technological innovations have revolutionized the workplace and concern for

environment has became the socio-business imperative. NHRDN also has kept pace

with the changing trends and adopted the Green initiative. As a part of the green

initiative, I am pleased to present a new Avatar of NHRDN e-Newsletter.

In addition to reaching you through hard copy newsletter once in two months,

National HRD Network E-news will reach you on a monthly basis. E-Newsletter will

include additional features like latest NHRDN Activity updates, member updates etc.

In the current issue of the newsletter, you will find reports of some of our recently

conducted training programs like 1st Power of Women Leaders Summit and 1st

Shared Services Summit, National HRM Summit which were highly appreciated.

I hope you enjoy this issue and look forward to your feedback & support in this green

initiative.

Warm regards,

S Y Siddiqui

National President, National HRD Network &

Chief Operating Officer Administration (HR, IT, Finance & COSL)

Maruti Suzuki India Limited

Dear Member,

It gives me great pleasure to present the first e-version of our monthly NHRDN

Newsletter.

As the new financial year dawns, and leaders and teams re-engage themselves in

planning for the year ahead, I think the pace of changes in the business environment

has increased to such an extent that many of the erstwhile business processes are

getting redundant. Hence the new financial year brings many such challenges in

business forecast & planning and so is in the challenge for HR leaders & professionals

to align the HR systems and processes.

One such challenge to my mind is the internal communication processes. The need for

more communication – consistent, open, meaningful will be a key for HR Leaders. In

any challenging business situation, communication, if effective, can play a critical

role towards achieving success. It is an area where HR can easily share the space with

the CEO. Thus, this new initiative of NHRDN – The E-Newsletter on a monthly

frequency.

Technological innovations have revolutionized the workplace and concern for

environment has became the socio-business imperative. NHRDN also has kept pace

with the changing trends and adopted the Green initiative. As a part of the green

initiative, I am pleased to present a new Avatar of NHRDN e-Newsletter.

In addition to reaching you through hard copy newsletter once in two months,

National HRD Network E-news will reach you on a monthly basis. E-Newsletter will

include additional features like latest NHRDN Activity updates, member updates etc.

In the current issue of the newsletter, you will find reports of some of our recently

conducted training programs like 1st Power of Women Leaders Summit and 1st

Shared Services Summit, National HRM Summit which were highly appreciated.

I hope you enjoy this issue and look forward to your feedback & support in this green

initiative.

Warm regards,

S Y Siddiqui

National President, National HRD Network &

Chief Operating Officer Administration (HR, IT, Finance & COSL)

Maruti Suzuki India Limited

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NATIONAL HRM SUMMIT - AN HR ETCH FOR AN HR EDGE

National HRD Network along with NHRDN Mumbai

Chapter and BMA organized the 1st National HRM

Summit on 1 and 2 March 2013 at Hotel Kohinoor

Continental, Mumbai. It was well attended by several

CEOs, HR Heads, Team Leaders and Researchers, Line

Managers, Entrepreneurs, Academicians and Business

School Students. Mr. Yogi Sriram lead the Summit as

Summit Director. Mr. Shisharpura, MD, SKF

The sessions in the summit explored the building of an HR

Agenda that would support business Growth. The

interactive sessions focused on: glass half full or glass half

empty; make or buy decisions of top talent for succession

planning, transparency, handling difficult conversations

and coaching, how outstanding women professional have

broken through with the glass ceiling, rainbow of HR

competencies refracted through the prism of successful

Chief Executives, mirroring : the self image of HR

professionals and how they compare themselves with

P&L leaders, graduating from myopic perspectives;

moving from transactions to transformation, and looking

through the lens of Gen Y.

Some of the key speakers were:

• SeniorVicePresidentHR,Larsen&Toubro

• Group Executive President, Group

HR, Aditya Birla Group

• MD, SKF India.

• Executive Director (HR), ICICI Bank

Ltd

• Group President, HR, Essar Group

• ChiefPeopleOfficer,HindalcoIndustriesLtd

• ExecutiveDirector,HRD/OD&CP,LICIndia

• SGM&Head-CustomerServices, ICICIBank

Ltd

• Chief People Officer, Deloitte India

• President, Corporate

Development & HR, RPG Enterprises

• Managing Director, Tata Chemicals Ltd.

• Executive Vice President (Group

Human Capital), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

The Summit was attended by over 180 participants.

Mr.YogiSriram,

Mr. H R Shashikant,

Mr. Shishir Joshipura,

Mr. K Ramkumar,

Mr. Adil Malia,

Mr.VineetKaul,

Mr. KBSaha,

Ms. AnitaPai,

Ms. Rani Desai,

Dr. Arvind Agrawal,

Mr. R Mukandan,

Mr. Prince Augustin,

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: Mumbai: 1-2 March: 180

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1ST

NATIONAL HR SHARED SERVICES SUMMIT:

LEADING TRANSFORMATION THROUGH HR SHARED SERVICES

The first ever National Summit on ‘HR Shared Services’

at ITC Maratha, Mumbai was held on 22nd February

2013. The Summit was based on the thought-provoking

theme, ‘Leading Transformation through HR Shared

Services’, and provided a platform for discussion around

HR Shared Services, from employee, management and

partnership perspectives. The Summit lead by Mr. Pankaj

Bansal, Founder & CEO, People Strong shared a holistic

view of HR Shared Services and best practices, highlighted

trends, insights and key drivers for delivery models.

Interactive sessions and expert-led discussions were held

on the following topics:

• RecruitmentSharedServices-Transformingthehiringprocess

• HR Shared Services - The employee life cycle

transformation

• Change Management and Impact - Success Stories

• Technology Insights

A galaxy of speakers representing diverse sectors, shared

insights, views and perspectives. These included:

Sr. Vice President - Corporate HR,

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

• Group President – HR, Reliance

Industries Ltd.

• Head - Compensation & Rewards and

Human ResourceShared Services,ZensarTechnologies

• Head – Global HR, Cipla

• Practice Head & Associate

Vice President, Infosys BPO

• Vice President – HR Operations,

Schneider Electric

• Chief - Human Resources, ICICI

Prudential Life Insurance

• Regional Head - Talent

Acquisition, Tata Consultancy Services

• Executive Vice President – HR,

Kotak Life Insurance

• Senior Executive Vice President -

HR & CHRO, HDFC Standard Life Insurance

• AVP & Head of Strategic Initiatives -

People Functions,Mahindra Satyam

• Vice President, Everest Group

• Director, FORE School of

Management

• Mr. Yogi Sriram,

Mr. Vivek Paranjpe,

Ms. Parul Mittal,

Dr. D. Prasanth Nair,

Mr. Rajiv Raghunandan,

Mr. Ramesh Ranjan,

Mr. Judhajit Das,

Mr. Nikhil Subhash Dabhole,

Mr. Sugata Dutta,

Mr. Rajendra Ghag,

Mr. JP Sahu,

Mr. Rajesh Ranjan,

Dr. Jitendra K. Das,

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: Mumbai: 22 February: 182

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Feedback From Participants

Thanks for organising an extremely informative event.

There were many takeaways...

It was a very enriching experience.

Looking forward to more such programmes.

The program was indeed very insightful!

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• Executive Director - HR,

South Asia, Cadbury - Kraft Foods

• Co-founder & EVP, PeopleStrong HR

Services

The Session received an over-whelming response with an

audience of over 180 HR and Business Professionals from

across the country.

Mr. Rajesh Ramanathan,

Ms. Shelly Singh,

Mr. P. Dwarakanath delivering the Valedictory Address

A cross section of participants

NTPC WINS THE 1ST

NATIONAL CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP

QUIZ, TCS AND GE INDIA WERE DECLARED RUNNER-UP1 & II RESPECTIVELY

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teams representing Corporates from

across the country participated in the 1st

ever National HR Quiz, initiated by NHRDN, in the early

part of 2013. Entitled the

Quiz sharpened and tested pre-existing knowledge and

encouraged a competitive spirit among corporate

managers, in a fun filled environment. The Quiz was open

to management employees and students, who

participated in teams of 2 members.

The 6 regional winners competed with each other in an

action packed and exciting Grand Finale, held on 16th

March 2013 at the IILM Campus in Delhi, where the well-

known was the Quiz Master.

Managing Director, Vedanta Aluminium

Ltd. who was the Chief Guest at the Grand Finale

distributed the Prizes and Awards to the winners.

secured a place on the NHRDN Roll of Honor by winning

the All-India National Quiz, while TCS and GE were in the

second and third position respectively.

Mr. A.K. Chopra, VP-HR and CC, Petronet LNJ and Mr. R.P.

Singh, Director HR, IFFCO were the Guest of Honour on

the occasion who gave away gift hampers to the winners.

‘A Challenge Championship’,

Mr. Krish Banik,

Mr. S K Roongta,

NTPC

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The Second Student Conference on “Shaping careers –

Lesson from Veterans” was a milestone for the

aspiring management students who came from different

esteemed academic institutes throughout Rajasthan. The

Conference was a guiding light for the students that

provided them the direction for carving their own career

path and find the requisite means to make the required

transition from student to professional life.

Over the last few years, National HRD Network has been

making sincere efforts to build meaningful collaboration

with education centres of various regions. Toward this

end, several interactive sessions with students have been

held steered by NHRDN leaders. The sessions have given

an opportunity to the young and impressionable minds to

have their career related queries addressed from time to

time. In this light, National HRD Network, with the support

of Jaipur Chapter, IILM-AHL, Jaipur and IIHMR, Jaipur

hosted the second Student Conference to address career

concerns of these young minds at Indira Gandhi

Panchayati Raj Auditorium, Jaipur.

The Key personalities present were Prof. Ashok Bapna,

President – NHRD, Mr. Avadhesh Dixit (Global Head HR,

CMC India Ltd.), Ms. Jayati Roy (Sr. Manager-HR, NDTV

India), Mr. Anurag Malik (Partner, Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd.)

and Mr. Amit Agnihotri (Chairman, MBA Universe.com).

NHRDN STUDENT CONFERENCE: IGNITING YOUNG MINDS

Jaipur, Jammu and Lucknow

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The Interactive Seminar Lucknow Chapter organised on

18th February 2013 for the postgraduate and

undergraduate students to prepare them for complexities

and realities of the corporate world. The three sessions

were focused on the common mistakes/pitfalls to keep

away while starting their career, how to make an early

impact on their career, making themselves employable

and how to use social media for career enhancement.

In his opening address, Prof. V.P. Sahi, Director, Amity

Business School (ABS) and President, National HRD

Network, Lucknow Chapter offered the students an

opportunity for a heart to heart talk with invited speakers

from the corporate world. He also thanked the speakers

for taking out time from their busy schedule. It was

heartening to know from him that the Lucknow Chapter of

NHRDN has been adjudged as the ‘Best emerging chapter’

recently.

Maj. Gen. K.K. Ohri, AVSM, Pro Vice Chancellor, Amity

University Lucknow Campus gave welcome address where

he pointed out that one is yet to find a place that teaches

what exactly is required in organizations. He also asked

the faculty of ABS to take note of the advice of the

speakers and to prepare students accordingly.

NHRDN STUDENT CONFERENCE: IGNITING YOUNG MINDS

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The role of training cannot be overemphasized in

continuous growth and development of Human

Resources. It is required to build and sustain strong

organizations and is critical in meeting and initiating

change. While training has emerged as the key

differentiator in enhancing and sustaining individual and

organizational growth, qualified and capable trainers have

become a scarce commodity.

Keeping these imperatives in view, NHRDN for the first

time conducted the highly acclaimed three-day

Residential Workshop on

at The

International Centre, Goa.

Mr Thomas Goldthorp a Certified Master Trainer and

Master Coach from Ireland was the Workshop Director.

The Workshop was a great success as it refreshed and

sharpened the training skills of over 20 trainers and line

managers, in the areas of conducting, organizing and

imparting training in addition to their line responsibilities.

'Training Delivery Skills for

Trainers' on 28 February – 2 March 2013

TRAINING DELIVERY SKILLS FOR TRAINERS:

A COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP ON TRAIN THE TRAINER

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With Best wishes,

Kamal Singh

Director General, NHRDN

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NHDRN MILESTONES

For the first time, NHRDN in association with People

matters is taking an initiative to build capacity for

B-Schools.

As a national apex body of HR Profession, we connected

with various stakeholders to understand the dilemma

faced by B-schools, Corporates, Parents regarding various

ranking released by different surveys.

Keeping this in mind NHRDN has launched Ranking of

B Schools, the first of its kind exercise where the entire

methodology was DATA-Based, and did not consider any

perceptual data. In addition, for the first time in the

ranking history of Indian B-Schools, a validation team

consisting of a Research Team accompanied by an NHRDN

Industry representative, visited most of the participating

B-Schools.

• NHRDN is committed to the development of people

through education, training, research and experience

sharing.

• NHRDN works closely with the management

institutes, engineering colleges, student community

and industry and can play an important role in

accreditation of institutes

• NHRDN being a non profit, non partisan organization

can bring total transparency in the process of grading.

• NHRDN’s understanding of industry requirements can

set a rigorous process of grading.

• As one of the largest HR Associations in India, NHRDN’s

membership organizations and professional members

are ‘consumers’ and ‘employers’ of Business School &

EngineeringCollegeStudents in theCountry.

This ranking also had the privilege of being guided by an

eminent Advisory Committee comprising of eminent

professionals from both Industry and Academia, and their

valuable contribution in each and every stage made it a

complete holistic exercise. Never before has any ranking

study in India involved so many Industry veterans to such a

great extent, and that itself vouches for the quality and

rigor this study comprises of. Not to mention, the

encouraging feedback shared by all the Directors of the

Business Schools where the process was conducted.

Why NHRDN?

NHRDN undertakes the Ranking of B-schools

To avail this opportunity kindly contact:

+91 981 125 0897

vinod.kakran@nationalhrd.org

National Professor is an honorary position instituted by

NHRDN. Through, the National Professor initiative,

NHRDN aims at equipping the students with skills required

to meet various emerging issues of Management

Education in India (with reference to HRD). This will help

us to bridge the gap between industry and academia and

provide inputs to budding managers for alignment with

Industry requirements.

Recognizing the imperatives letters were sent to Business

Schools in 2nd and 3rd tier cities to avail the services of our

National HRD Network National Professor. As on date, the

following institutes have signed/ shown interest:

• Vels, Chennai • MSM, Meerut

• IILM, Jaipur • KIITS, Bhubaneswar

• Gulzar Group of • ACCMAN, Greater Noida

Institutions, Ludhiana

and more are slated to register once B-Schools reopen

in July.

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NHRDN is pleased to announce its 17 National Conference on

21 , 22 and 23 November, 2013 at Swabhumi, Kolkata

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We have been continuously reinventing NHRDN Services to

serve the professionals better. Among various initiatives,

NHRDN Board felt strong need to recognize excellence

among young and budding managers. Keeping this agenda in

mind and In order to increase salience of Business School

Students and Young HR Professionals in NHRDN, and to build

and showcase their capabilities, National HRD Network

approached Prof. Ram Charan, bestselling author and gobal

advisor to CEOs for instituting a suitable award. We are

delighted inform all our members that Prof. Ram Charan has

accepted our invitation to contribute towards this cause. We

lookforward to youractiveparticipation in this initiative.

Watch this space for more details in the next edition of our newsletter!

Prof. Ram Charan Award for Young HR Professionals for Innovative Ideas in HR & Essay Competition forHR Students

Forthcoming Programmes For Q1 (April, May, June) 2013

S.No Program NameDuration

(Days)Date *Program Theme Venue City

1 Workshop Enhancing Self Effectiveness through NLP 3-4 May 2The Sheraton Hotel,Saket

New Delhi

3 Workshop Roadmap to Success 17-18 May 2 New Delhi

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Summit 10 May 1 New Delhi2Human Capital Conclave

(A 2nd. Talent Management Initiative by NHRDN)

4 Special Focus Conclave 24 May 1 The Taj Mahal Hotel New Delhi1st CEO Conclave - Scripting Organizations

for Tomorrow: Agenda for Action

Special Focus Program 14-21 June 6 Chicago3rd Global HR Mission – USA

Special Focus Program 20-23 June 2 Goa Mariott

Resort & SpaGoa1st HR Leadership Retreat

We welcome your feedback and suggestions on: feedback@nationalhrd.org

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Consulting Editor:

Anuradha Sharma, Founder & CEO, Fulki Communications Pvt. Ltd.Communication Design Partner

NHRDNProf. Ram Charan Award

for Young HR Professionals

for Innovative Ideas &

Essay Competition for

HR Students

The Sheraton Hotel,Saket

The Sheraton Hotel,Saket