Awards & Membership

He has recently received an award for his contribution to Learning and Development and selected him as one among ‘50 Most Influential Training and Development Professional in India’ by CHRO Asia and World HRD Congress in July 2015.

Member of CII, Karnataka Chapter in the HRD forum for the last 3 years.

Executive member of the Governing Committee of NIPM, Karnataka Chapter from 2014 to 2016 and also a Life Member of NIPM Karnataka Chapter. Presently the Chairman of Magazine and Publishing Committee of NIPM.

Receiving ’50 most Influential Training and Development Professionals’ award from CHRO Asia

Education

Bachelor of Arts - University of Mysore, Mysore, 1988 with First Division.

Master of Social Work (MSW – HR Specialization), University of Mysore, 1990 with First Division and First Rank.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) in Social Work, University of Mysore,1997.

Other certifications:

  1. SAP/Human Resource Module, SAP Academy, Sapient College, Siemens Information Systems Ltd., (SISL) Chennai
  2. Certificate Course in SPSS PC, the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi and conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (tiss.edu) Bombay.
  3. Internal Quality Auditor course ISO, SA 8000 Auditor course etc.,
  4. Management Development Program at XLRI, (xlri.ac.in), Jamshedpur
  5. A 10-day residential training program at Sumedhas, The Academy for Human Context (sumedhas.org)Madras in personality development.
  6. Entrepreneurship Development program, Department of Small-Scale Industries Development Corporation, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore.
Awards and Scholarships received:

Received merit scholarships during college days and below mentioned are some of the awards received in relation to the profession.

  1. Recipient of “Most Talented H R Leaders in South India” award given by Asia Pacific HRM Congress and Times Ascent, 2017;
  2. ‘HR Leadership Award’ from Times Ascent and Asia Pacific HRM Congress,2016,
  3. ‘100 Most Talented Global HR Leaders Award’from CHRO Asia in the year2015,
  4. ‘50 Most Influential Training and Development Professionals in India’award from CHRO Asia in the year 2015,
  5. ‘HR Leadership Award - 2012 form Employer Branding Institute.

Awards received:

Membership in Professional Associations and collaborations with Non-profit organizations

  1. Life Member of NIPM Karnataka Chapter.
  2. PATRON member of The Textile Association(India)
  3. Charter President of MSW Socialites, an Alumni Association of the Department of Studies in Social Work, University ofMysore.
  4. Member of NHRD, Bangalore Chapter
  5. Founder and Managing Trustee of SNEHA (Society for New Environment and Humanitarian Action), an NGO (trustsneha.org)
  6. Member of CII, Karnataka Chapter.
  7. Was a member of the Advisory Committee of Centenary Celebrations of University of Mysore.
  8. Was Assistant Governor for Rotary International District 3190.
  9. Was a member of ‘Skill Development Committee’ of Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce andIndustries, Bangalore.
  10. Has been a member of the CII delegation to Singapore and Malaysia to study the best practices in HR during 2004 (Visited Singapore Airlines, Malaysian Airlines, Citi Bank, PETRONAS Towers, May Bank, Singapore Port to name afew).
  11. Had been to Sri Lanka for a couple of times to study the best practices in NIKE factories, visited MAS Active, Hirdramani Group of factories, Bodyline, Linea Intimo, Fonterra, Greenkeepers,

Academic Support:

He was a Member of Board of Studies, Department of Studies in Social Work, Kuvempu University, Department of Studies in Social Work, St. Philomena’s College, Mysore, Department of Studies in Social Work, University of Mysore, Executive Committee member of B Voc. Studies, Tumkur University, Tumakuru, etc.,