He is the CEO and Founder of FYMC Private Limited. He is the convener for ERA Chennai Chapter. His credentials are:

• Started an organization at the age of 28 years and today FYMC is a 45 member team offering services from Chennai, Bangalore, Bombay, Coimbatore and Pondicherry.
• He is a First Class Post Graduate from Madras Christian College. He has done Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from MSSW Institute, Chennai. He is certified in Counselling Psychology. He is an ALHP Trained member from Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science (ISABS).
• He was the best outgoing student & excellence cup holder during his under-graduation and post-graduation period.
• He has more than 16 years of working experience in the Indian Corporate world. He was heading a HR Department in a German Multi-national company “Grundig Electronics” prior to starting FYMC Private Limited. He is well remembered for his energetic presentations and great people skills.
• He has dreams for this country. He aims is to build an organization with 1000 employees in India, mainly to provide employment for people. He also aims to build an Educational Institutions in remote villages in India.

Pradipta K Mohapatra is the Chairman of Executive and Business Coaching Foundation Limited. He was the CEO of the Technology Businesses of the RPG Group, which comprises companies in the IT, bio-tech, pharma and communication sectors. Pradipta is an alumnus of the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and Harvard Business School.

During the ‘90s, he was responsible for pioneering India's entry into modern organized retailing through the Foodworld, Musicworld, Health & Glow and Giant Hypermarkets stores.

He lectures in a number of business schools in India and abroad, and is represented in the Governing Councils of three Business Schools and Board of Studies of two prominent universities. He led initiatives to get industry and academy to work closer together as Chairman of the Education Sub-Committee of Confederation of Indian Industries for three years, and is currently the Chairman of the Southern Region of CII. Mr.Mohapatra is a Certified Master Coach from the Behavioural Coaching Institute.

Education Skills, & Membership

• Chemical Engineering graduate from NIT, Rourkela
• Studied Business at Jamnalal Bajaj, Mumbai & Harvard Business School, Boston
• Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, UK
• An accredited international CEO Coach from the Behavioral Coaching Institute, UK

He is on the Board of a number of RPG Group companies in India, USA, Europe and Asia Pacific. He has worked in a variety of public positions such as President of the Madras Management Association, Executive Council Member of the All India Management Association and was the immediate Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industries, Southern Region.

Amongst key assignments during his career:

1. Business Incubation: Apart from pioneering Retail business in India, he incorporated Music business in USA, Europe and Asia Pacific. Listed Saregama Plc. in the UK market.

2. Business Turn-around: Responsible for turning around businesses from sickness to robust health. Amongst them Spencer & Company Limited, Saregama India Limited, RPG Cables Limited and RPG Life Sciences Limited, two of whom were Chapter XI companies and now operating in robust health. All four are public listed companies.

3. Mergers and Acquisitions: Has been responsible for acquiring and divesting a number of businesses in India and elsewhere in the world for RPG Group companies. Recent M&A was acquiring a tier – II, IT company in the US.

4. CEO Mentoring: With long years of business supervisory experience, he has been credited to have coached and mentored some 20 first time CEO’s and large number of senior executives. He is now called upon to coach a number of CEO’s outside the RPG Group as well.

A number of his areas of work have been documented as case studies and taught as part of MBA programmes at IMD Lausanne; European Business School, Paris; IIM Ahmedabad and XIM Bhubaneshwar.

He has fair interest in academics and sits on the Board of Universities as well as some of the Business Schools. At present he is the Member, Board of Studies, Department of Psychology, University of Madras and Member, Advisory Board of SRM University.

• B.E (Hons) from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
• M.B.A. in PM & IR from Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur.
• Founded and built Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd into the first Public Limited HR Service provider in India with about 2100 professionals operating from 122 offices in India, Malaysia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, China, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Hong Kong, U.K. and U.S.
• Played a crucial role in the evolution of HRD as an industry in India by offering a basket of innovative HR products through Ma Foi.
• Generated career opportunities for above 2,00,000 professionals in 35 countries over the last 15 years - pioneered HR Business Process Outsourcing in India - Presently deputing over 49,600 personnel with over 400 blue-chip companies.
• Founder-Trustee of Sornammal Educational Trust (SET) that runs a school in Chennai for the underprivileged and has adopted 2010 children in Sivakasi and Chennai – Promoted micro finance & micro livelihoods through Self Help Groups for over 18,000 women.
• Director in Chennai Online, Kumaran Systems, AxisV Creatives, Tamil Maiyam, Goodwill Communications, Sresta Natural Bioproducts, Anugrahaa Qualitech Services, Mango Digital, Rudi Multi Trading Co. and Naethra Technologies.
• Member of Governing Council in Kalasalingam University, Ethiraj College, Velammal Institute of Management, A.D.M. College for Women and Center for Social Initiatives and Management.
• Founder-Trustee of Confederation of Indian Organisations for Service and Advocacy (CIOSA), a forum representing over 220 NGOs in Chennai.
• Trustee of Koothu-p-pattarai, a pioneer theatre group in Tamil Nadu.
• Active Rotarian, Madras Temple City.
• Eisenhower Fellow from India – Member of the prestigious Eisenhower network of 1800 global leaders from over 100 countries
• Member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO) global forum for young achievers in industry
• Charter – Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Chennai, a global forum comprising over 6000 entrepreneurs of Indian origin.
• Author of " You are Appointed ", a career guidance book in Tamil for Youth

Nigel has more than 20 years of experience in the Publishing/BPO industry. Having worked as a senior manager for Elsevier Science for 8 years, in which he worked on the implementation of their SGML workflow and tools, he is fully aware of the markets driving forces for today's publishers.

In 1990, Nigel moved to Polestar, the largest printer group in Europe as the Account Manager for their major customer, Reed Elsevier Ltd. The role includes origination, printing and strategic planning at a senior level.

In 2000 Nigel Moved to Chennai, as the executive Director of APPS. During his tenure the business has grown from 150 to nearly 500 staff and he has been instrumental in bringing new vertical revenue streams into the business. Nigel is currently doing an MBA via Oxford Brooks University.

Nigel has more than 20 years of experience in the Publishing/BPO industry. Having worked as a senior manager for Elsevier Science for 8 years, in which he worked on the implementation of their SGML workflow and tools, he is fully aware of the markets driving forces for today's publishers.

In 1990, Nigel moved to Polestar, the largest printer group in Europe as the Account Manager for their major customer, Reed Elsevier Ltd. The role includes origination, printing and strategic planning at a senior level.

In 2000 Nigel Moved to Chennai, as the executive Director of APPS. During his tenure the business has grown from 150 to nearly 500 staff and he has been instrumental in bringing new vertical revenue streams into the business. Nigel is currently doing an MBA via Oxford Brooks University.

Education:

• B.Com. (Hons.) - Bombay University, 1976
• M.A (Personnel Management & Industrial Relations) - Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Bombay, 1979.

Academic Distinction: Best Outgoing Student & Gold Medallist, 1979 Batch in TISS.

Awards Conferred:

• Conferred the ITM University Award for Leadership Excellence, 2006 – for being perceived as a Role Model, Nurturer of Talent, for a distinguished Track Record and Contribution to the Profession.
• Awarded Fellowship under the Group Study Exchange Program of Rotary International – toured USA and Canada for 6 weeks during April-May 1985
• Conferred Scholarship under Association for Overseas Technical Scholarships (AOTS), Japan for a Study Tour of Japan in November 1996.

Work Experience: Over 29 years' experience in Industry. Currently President – HR for BGR Energy Systems Ltd., since October 2008. He was earlier Vice President & Head – People & Organisation Development in Larsen & Toubro Ltd. – ECC Division from 2004-08. Prior to this, he worked in various capacities in Vedanta Resources PLC., (Sterlite Group), SRA Systems Ltd., Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd., EID Parry (India) Ltd., and Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd. (SPIC). While in L&T, he was also a Director on the Board of L&T-Infrastructure Operating Company.

Interests in Education & Training:

• Status of ‘Adjunct Faculty’ accorded by BITS-Pilani; and Visiting Faculty to The Great Lakes Institue of Management, Chennai; Chennai Business School, SRM University, Bharatidasan Institute of Management, Trichy; ACME & IFMR – Chennai; LIBA-Chennai; VIT-Vellore; Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar, and Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore.
• Member Selection Panel for MBA Admissions in Great Lakes Institute of Management, (GLIM) Chennai, B.I.M, Trichy and The Chennai Business School.
• Much Sought-after Speaker and Rapporteur in Professional, Social & Cultural circles.

Positions Held in Professional/Industry Bodies:

1. Membership in Professional Bodies –

• CII National Panel for HRD/Industrial & Employee Relations, 2006-07 to 2008-09
• Member – Jury, CII-HR Excellence Award 2007
• Member, FICCI Tamil Nadu State Panel, representing for Corporate Social Responsibility, 2006-07 and 2007-08
• Member – Expert Sub-Committee, Business Advisory & HRD, Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 2006-07, 2007-08
• CII - Tamil Nadu Panel for HR & IR, 2004-05 & 2005-06
• Member, Governing Council, Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore
• Member, Academic Council, TRP School of Management, SRM University, Chennai
• Member, Advisory Council, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai
• Member, The Gandhinagar Club, Chennai, The Madras Cricket Club & Life Member – YMCA

Extra Curricular Achievements and Interests:

• Interested in Singing, Photography, Writing, Networking, Teaching, Training, and Travel.


• Selected into the Top 10 Singers (Solo Category) in “Padum Office”, the Singing Competition organized on Star-Vijay TV in December 2007 for Chennai-based Corporates.
• Traveled to Australia, Armenia, China Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE, UK and USA.

Family: Married to Dr. Nikhila Sharma, a practicing Pediatrician; they have a Daughter, Anu & Son, Aditya.

Post Graduate in Personnel Management (specialised in the subjects of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations).

Was awarded scholarship by George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University.

Attended Advanced programme in HRM at University of California, U.S.A in the year 1996.

Has morethan 20 years of executive experience wherein he contributed in various industries as a practicing manager. Has worked in textile, chemical, steel and currently in automobile industry.

Has been contributing in areas such as capacity and productivity enhancement and enhancing organisational and people effectiveness. Building Performance and innovation driven work culture.

Currently as Executive Director heads the HR division at Ashok Leyland Ltd.,

His contributions extend beyond the industry. Past President of ISTD, co-Chairman CII HR & IR Committee.

Has presented papers in seminars organised by various professional bodies.

Career Summary

Around fourteen years of experience in the field of Human Resource Management, specializing with experience in the entire gamut of HR activities like Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, Employee Engagement, Compensation and Benefits etc; Academic Qualification : M.A. (Public Administration - 1991 - 1993)

Professional Qualification :

• MSSW (1998 – 2000) Honours Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from the Madras School of Social Work
• PGCHRM from XLRI – (2006 – 2007) Post Graduate Certificate program in Human Resource Management

Work Experience :

Feb 2008 till date – Head – Human Resources – KLA Tencor Software India Pvt Ltd. KLA Tencor is a world leader in defect inspection and metrology within the semiconductor space. Role – Head of HR for the India region with focus on HR Strategy and Complete Responsibility for the HR function and it’s delivery for the India region.

Significant Achievements till date :

• Strategized Resource Management and Human Resource Optimization, and created the PIK (People Intelligence Kit) for better resource management and this has been accepted as a BKM at a global level
• Strategic Recruitment of Senior Technology Division Heads in low turn around time
• Incubated the Leadership Academy to identify, develop and nurture the future leaders of the Organization.
• Interviewed by the Business Line on the importance of People Management and this was published across India on the 23rd of June-08. The following link will help to read the full interview
  
  http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/mentor/2008/06/23/stories/2008062350821200.htm

Also worked for Standard Chartered Scope’s Technology division , POLARIS Software Labs and Satyam Computers

Also a Gallup Strength’s coach based on the Strength’s finder tool developed by Gallup University in Princeton, NJ, USA.

Oommen Abraham, General Manager Corporate HR, CavinKare Private Limited. He has done his B.Com and MSW (1992 batch) from Loyola College. Later he has done his Executive MBA from IFMR.

He has joined CavinKare as Management Trainee in 1993 when it was 12 crores company and has grown with the company and currently heads HR for the INR 600 crores CavinKare group with more than 2200 employees on rolls. He is the youngest and fastest grown General Manager within the company. Most of CavinKare’s brands are leading ones in its category in India either at NO.1 or No2 positions. CavinKare is a very dynamic organization and everyday working there is a great learning opportunity and he says growing in a growing organization is a real challenge.

He is tech savvy and he is proud saying that most of the HR processes in CavinKare are done online.

He has successfully rolled out CavinKare University and implemented Training Effectiveness Measurement model which has transformed learning at CavinKare.

He is also active in CII sub committees as member of Education Committee, CII SR and Modular Employable Skill, CII TN. He is an invited faculty at various management institutes and panel member for student selection at BIM, Trichy and IFMR.