HR Movements: 6 Feb, 2017

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DLF’s Surajit Banerjee joins M3M India as president-HR

Banerjee’s professional experience spans across categories starting from FMCG, hospitality, aviation and telecom to real estate. 

Surajit Banerjee, erstwhile senior V-P HR at DLF has moved to another NCR (National Capital Region)-based real estate company M3M India as president HR.
In the past Banerjee has worked with companies such as SpiceJet, Max Healthcare, Hindustan Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser and Airtel.
After passing out from XLRI, Banerjee joined Hindustan Unilever (then Hindustan Lever) in 1990 as factory personnel manager. He spent five years with the company and during this period, he lead the HR function in several operating units, with primary focus on industrial relations, people processes and efficiency.
Between 1995 and 1998, he worked with the Oberoi group as director HR.

2.

Air Vistara's CHRO Varadarajan Srinivasan decides to deboard

An XLRI alumnus, Srinivasan has been an old hand at the Tatas. He plans to take a short break before on-boarding his next flight.

Varadarajan Srinivasan, CHRO & head of corporate affairs, TATA SIA Airlines, which owns Air Vistara, has decided to move on. Srinivasan, who spent close to three years with the company, is currently serving his notice period.
Confirming this development with HRKatha, he says, “I haven’t taken a decision on my next destination. As of now, I will take a short break post which I will take a call.”
“I was the first employee of the company and came in with a clear mandate of setting up the team. Now that everything is in place and an HR team is there to manage the organisation, it’s time for me to move on,” he adds.
An XLRI alumnus, Srinivasan has been an old hand at the Tatas. Prior to this, he was executive president–HR at Tata Tele Services for close to three years. In fact, this was his second stint with the Tata Group as he worked with them for four years between 1996 and 2000.

2.

Cushman & Wakefield gets Deepali Bhardwaj as head HR

In her new role, Bhardwaj will work with the firm’s leadership team in India to support business growth and momentum.

The real-estate firm Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Deepali Bhardwaj as head of human resources for India. In her new role, Bhardwaj will work with the firm’s leadership team in India to support business growth and momentum, as Cushman & Wakefield looks to accelerate its market leadership in commercial real-estate services in the country.

Bhardwaj will be responsible for further developing and solidifying Cushman & Wakefield’s employer proposition and best practices to support the vision of adding 500+ people to the organisation’s India teams in 2017. An experienced HR practitioner and business leader, Bhardwaj’s experience spans over two decades in strategic human resources management, operations and change management across large organisations, start-up ventures and even not-for-profit organisations.

Commenting on the appointment, Anshul Jain, managing director, India, Cushman & Wakefield said, “With a goal to further solidify our base in the market, expanding our talent base becomes key. A world- class HR function will therefore be a strategic enabler to our growth strategy. Deepali and her team will play a pivotal role in effective talent acquisition, retention strategies and in providing growth opportunities for our employees.”