Discussion on "Culture, Leadership and the Pandemic" - 24 May 2021

Culture, Leadership and the Pandemic MONDAY, MAY 24, 2021 | 6.00 PM KAVITA SINGH

M V N RAO

Chief Human Resources Officer United Breweries Ltd

Group Head – Human Resources & CSR, L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd.

JUDHAJIT DAS

DR VASANTHI SRINIVASAN

Chief Human Resources ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd

Professor, OB & HR IIM, Bangalore

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6:00 PM

Welcome Address

Mr Suresh Raman Vice President & Regional Head Tata Consultancy Services Chennai

Introductory Remarks

Mr Ganesh Chella Co-founder & Managing Director, Coaching Foundation India (P) Ltd

Panel Discussion

Ms Kavita Singh Chief Human Resources Officer United Breweries Ltd

Mr Judhajit Das Chief Human Resources ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd

Mr M V N Rao Group Head – Human Resources & CSR L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd.

Moderator

Dr Vasanthi Srinivasan Professor, OB & HR at IIM, Bangalore

Q&A Session 7:45 PM

Vote of Thanks

Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM Executive Director, MMA

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synopsis

Russian-born American psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner stated that human development is “powerfully shaped by conditions and events occurring during the historical period through which the person lives’’ (Bronfenbrenner, 1999).

True to what Urie Bronfenbrenner has said, the pandemic that has been rocking the world since March 2020 continues to rapidly shape our attitudes, values, life and work orientations even as speak. The nature and impact of these influences on individuals, communities, societies and nations appear to be more worrisome than hope inducing. And no one knows how this will evolve and when this will end.

Urie Bronfenbrenner noted in his ecological systems theory, culture changes people, and people change culture. When things are in a state of flux, as they are during the current pandemic, culture is an anchor which informs how leaders lead.

Thinking about it from an organisational context, it appears that culture and leadership can play a huge role in helping individuals cope with these implications and lead healthy lives and make meaningful and sustainable contributions at work.

So, what is the nature of organisational culture and leadership that will help and support employees in these complex times?

CFI, MMA and KAS have come together to organise a panel discussion on this very subject - Culture, Leadership and the Pandemic.

Passionate about making her workplace better by actively working with colleagues to bring out their best.

An HR professional with over 19 years experience with FMCG, Natural Resources, Mining & Metals, Shipping, Supply Chain & Logistics, Financial Services and Telecom. Experience in HR practices across geographies and emerging markets - Africa, Middle East, Europe, Indian Sub Continent.

Worked extensively on Strategic HR, Change Management, Leadership Effectiveness, Coaching, Culture Building, Business Partnering, Digitisation, Organisational Effectiveness and Analytics, Rewards, Talent Management, Governance, compliance and project management.

She is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer at United Breweries Ltd, Bengaluru and also held senior positions at Hindustan Zinc, A.P. Moller - Maersk (Africa, South Asia & Middle East, UAE), Damco Logistics, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd, Tata AIG, Reliance Infocomm, etc.

Education: IMD Business School - Orchestrating Winning Performance, Leadership Development, Bharathidasan Institute of Management Tiruchirapalli - MBA-Human Resources Management, Rajasthan University - Bachelor of Sciences - B Sc (Honours).

KAVITA SINGH United Breweries Ltd

Judhajit started his career with the RPG Group in 1995 after graduating from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

After working in a variety of roles with RPG Group he joined the credit cards division of GE Capital, India. He joined ICICI Prudential Life Insurance in November, 2000 and has now been with ICICI Prudential Life for over 20 years. He assumed responsibility as Head of Human Resources in 2005 and his current responsibilities span the functions of Human Resources, Operations & Customer Service, Admin & Infrastructure, IT Infrastructure & CSR.

JUDHAJIT DAS ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd

A Global C-suite HR professional with expertise in Large Scale Transformations, M&A, Change Management , Organisation Building and engaging with Senior Business leaders across various sectors like Manufacturing, Engineering, Information and Technology Services, Pharma and Hydrocarbon.

A certified CEO coach, President - Mumbai / Pune chapter of coaching foundation of India (CFI), Speaker in various management forums, TEDx , management institutes etc.

He is currently the Group Head - Human Resources & CSR at L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd and also held senior positions at Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, L&T Infotech Ltd, L&T Ltd, etc.

Education: Coaching Foundation of India - Certified CEO coach, Executive Coaching, XLRI Jamshedpur - post graduation, personnel management & industrial relations.

M V N RAO L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd

Prof Vasanthi Srinivasan, Professor Organisation Behaviour and Human Resources, IIM, Bangalore since 2000. Prof Vasanthi is an alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur. She has several publications to her credit.

DR VASANATHI SRINIVASAN IIM, Bangalore

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