Consultant at Hewitt Associates
India
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- Consultant at Hewitt Associates
- Past
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- Consultant at Stratandops
- Part-time Facilitator at Professional Tutorials (PT), Gurgaon
- Management Intern at Hewitt Associates
- Associate Consultant at Oracle
- Education
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- Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
- Padre Conceicao College of Engineering (PCCE), Verna, Goa
- Padmashri Vasantrao Dhempe Higher Secondary School of Arts & Science, Panaji, Goa
- Mushtifund High School, Panaji, Goa
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Ashish Kolvalker’s Summary
Currently employed at Hewitt Associates in the Talent & Organization Consulting practice, Ashish is an alumnus of MDI Gurgaon, one of the premiere B-schools in India.
He finds interest in areas like Talent Management, different forms of Behavioural Assessment including Psychometric Testing, Competency Frameworks, OD Interventions like Team Effectiveness and Leadership Development, Employee Engagement, Assessment & Development Centres etc. He is well-versed with several Psychometric tools and instruments used in the corporate world. He is also passionate about assessing people through Interviews.
He has worked on several academic as well as live industry projects in the areas of Talent Management, Compensation & Benefits Management, Competency Development, T&D, Human Resource Information Systems, Leadership etc.
Ashish has had varied experience in the Consulting domain, having worked with Oracle, Stratandops & now Hewitt. He looks forward to being a leading HR professional in the country.
Ashish Kolvalker’s Specialties:
Talent Management, Psychometric Testing, Competency Frameworks, Assessment & Development Centres, Performance Management, Learning & Development
- Well versed with different psychometric instruments like FIRO-B, Belbin's Inventory, DISC and MBTI
- Certified by Thomas Assessments International for use of DISC, PPA & HJA
Ashish Kolvalker’s Experience
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Consultant
Hewitt Associates
(Public Company; HEW; Human Resources industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
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Consultant
Stratandops
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
April 2009 — August 2009 (5 months)
Stratandops is an HR Consulting firm, providing strategic HR solutions to firms in order to leverage their human capital and derive the maximum benefits
• Mainly involved in the conceptualization, design, development & delivery of a Stratandops proprietary programme for the Leadership teams of organizations
• Extensive research and documentation, study of different psychometric instruments and other behavioural exercises
• Use of instruments like FIRO-B, Belbin’s Inventory,DISC profiling by Thomas Assessments and also certain instruments by Dr Udai Pareek
• Responsible for pitch presentations
• Co-facilitating the programme for the clients
• Gap analysis within the Leadership teams using relevant data
• Using different OD techniques within the programme
• Outlining Individual Development Plans
• Involved in making manuals, generating individual analysis reports as well as continuous interaction with the client for review -
Part-time Facilitator
Professional Tutorials (PT), Gurgaon
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
December 2008 — February 2009 (3 months)
Involved in the Personality Development Programme, facilitating MBA aspirants for Group Discussions / Personal Interviews etc (during the last leg of my 2 year B-school stint at MDI)
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Management Intern
Hewitt Associates
(Public Company; HEW; Human Resources industry)
April 2008 — May 2008 (2 months)
Summer Project in Expatriate Benefits. Involved survey research of a large number of multinational and local companies and expatriate benefit study across levels in these companies - across six to seven sectors.
Studied expatriate policies like allowances, incentives, taxation etc. Involved analysis of expatriate prevalence and expatriate benefit trends in the market
Received a Pre-Placement Interview opportunity as a result of my performance. -
Associate Consultant
Oracle
(Public Company; ORCL; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2005 — May 2007 (1 year 9 months)
• Techno functional Consultant working in HR Data Migrations from Legacy ERP systems to Oracle Applications
• Developed broad understanding of Human Resource Information Systems involving Oracle Applications 11i HRMS (integrated with PeopleSoft)
• Understanding of the main Oracle HRMS Modules addressed like Core HR, Payroll, Benefits Administration, Time and Labour, Self-Service, Learning Management, iRecruitment, HR Intelligence, Performance Management, HR Help Desks etc
• Worked on a huge German based Construction major project through Oracle Germany, involving migrations of HR data like Self Service & Payroll
• Customization – involving creation of new Oracle forms in the Oracle e-Business Suite HRMS Module
• Worked on a Localization project through Oracle Japan/Interfaces project through Oracle UK
• Continuous client interactions; presentations to senior team members
Ashish Kolvalker’s Education
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Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
MBA , HR , 2007 — 2009
(MDI Gurgaon is one of the Top 10 Premiere B-schools in India, and is well known for some of the best faculty, great research work and international linkages)
Topper of the Final Term in the HR specialization
Courses of interest: Psychometric Testing, Organizational Behaviour, Talent Management & Competency Frameworks
Several Academic & Live Industry projects with Bharti Airtel, Pantaloons India (Future Group), PepsiCo, DuPont, RPG etc- Activities and Societies:
- - PGHR Students Representative / Elected Member of Senior Students Council, MDI ( Dec 2007 - July 2008)
- Class Representative - MDI PGP-HR (Batch 2007-09) (Dec 2007 - Feb 2009)
- Core Team Member for organizing Imperium 2007 at MDI (Inter B-School fest - national event)
- Core Team Member of ThInC (Information Consulting Club) at MDI (2007 & 2008)
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Padre Conceicao College of Engineering (PCCE), Verna, Goa
BE , Computer Engineering , 2001 — 2005
University: Goa University
- Activities and Societies:
- Extra Currics:
- Event coordinator for ProQuest 2004 in college (Computer fest consisting of debates, quizzes, seminars etc)
- Member of the College Magazine Committee (2004-05)
- Several Prizes in Creative-writing and essay writing competitions
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Padmashri Vasantrao Dhempe Higher Secondary School of Arts & Science, Panaji, Goa
HSSC , Science , 1999 — 2001
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Mushtifund High School, Panaji, Goa
SSC , 1999
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Ashish Kolvalker’s Interests:
Networking, Blogging, Music, Reading books, Playing Badminton / TT
Ashish Kolvalker’s Groups:
- Student Member of the National HRD Network
- Active member at Pagalguy.com, CiteHR
- Online forums like Orkut, Facebook
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Club ex-Oracle.org -
Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group) -
India HR Forum -
MDI - Management Development Institute, Gurgaon -
Worldwide Management Consultants (23,000+ members) -
MDI Alumni Group -
Psychology and/or Psychometrics -
PaGaLGuY.com -
Hewitt Associates -
H.R. Professionals -
India Leadership Network -
Hewitt Associates & Alumni -
Consulting Network - http://consultingnetwork.co.in -
Organization Development Network, OD Network, ODN -
True Wealth HR Network -
Thomas Personal Profile Analysis -
National HRD Network, Delhi Chapter -
Team HR -
MDI - PGPHR (2007-2009) -
IIM Jobs -
'09 Grads -
Interviewing Tips and Techniques -
Psychometrics in India
Ashish Kolvalker’s Honors:
- Topper in the Final Term at MDI Gurgaon - 2009
- Fifth in the State of Goa for the SSC Examination as per the Goa Board Merit List - 1999
- Topper, Mushtifund High School - SSC Examination - 1999
- Best Outgoing Student - Mushtifund High School, Panaji, Goa (1998-99)
- Best Outgoing Student - Padmashri Vasantrao Dhempe HSSC, Goa (2000-01)
- Second Rank in Goa University - Computer Engg Semester 6 Examination (2004)
- Certificate of Appreciation for the contribution to Japanese Localization Project as part of Documentation - Oracle SSI - 2005
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