HR Movement: 16 Aug, 2024

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Anant Garg elevated to VP-HR, urology & critical care, BD

Garg has been associated with BD since 2019 when he joined as director-HR, India and South Asia. Global medical technology company, BD has elevated Anant Garg to the position of vice president-human resources, urology and critical care. Garg’s association with BD began in November 2019, when he joined as director-human resources, India and South Asia, based out of Gurgaon. A little over two and a half years into this role, he was promoted to senior HR director-global supply chain and Europe operations. This role saw him working out of Vaud, Switzerland for over two years. Now, with this latest elevation, Garg will be seen relocating to Georgia, US. An alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur, Anant Garg has spent a little less than two years with Accenture, as senior analyst, human resources. In December of 2005, he joined Mercer Consulting, as senior project leader (principal consulting), HR consulting. There, for over five years, he was responsible for leading large and complex HR consulting assignments across domains and industries.

 

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Shveta Arya to take over as MD, Cummins India.

Arya, who has been associated with Cummins since 2016, and is presently business head, power systems, will be elevated to the new role starting 1 September, 2024. Starting 1 September 2024, Shveta Arya—who is presently business head, power systems, Cummins India—will be elevated to the role of managing director, Cummins India. She will be stepping into the shoes of Ashwath Ram. This elevation will not affect her current responsibilities, which she will continue to shoulder at the power solutions company along with her new responsibilities. The Board of Directors has also appointed her as an additional director, with effect from 8 August, 2024.

 

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Radhika Arora moves from Jakson Group to Isgec, as CHRO

Arora has worked with BHEL and Sony in her two-decade old career. After spending over four years at Jakson Group, Radhika Arora has moved to Isgec Heavy Engineering, as chief human resource officer (CHRO). Having completed her BSc in maths, statistics and computers, Arora did a PGDBM with specialisation in HR and marketing, from MS Ramaiah Institute of Management, in 2004. She began her professional journey as a consultant for four months, with Spectrum Placements. Then came her stint with Bharat Heavy Electricals, where she spent over eight years. Based out of Delhi, she administered the performance management system for BHEL’s 12000-strong workforce. She also supervised the operation across all phases of the system, troubleshooting, giving system clarifications to unit HR and also coordinating with corporate IT for making design changes. She contributed significantly to the implementation of new HR initiatives, including High Potential Employees (HIPOs), succession planning, job rotation, exit interview system, knowledge management, competency management – technical and behavioural.