Ashish Kolvalker

Ashish Kolvalker

Consultant at Hewitt Associates

India

Current
Past
  • Associate Consultant at Oracle
Education
  • 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
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Human Resources
Websites

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 successful HR Consultant and 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

  • Consultant

    Hewitt Associates

    (Public Company; HEW; Human Resources industry)

    September 2009Present (3 months)

  • Consultant

    Stratandops

    (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

    April 2009August 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 2008February 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)

  • Management Intern

    Hewitt Associates

    (Public Company; HEW; Human Resources industry)

    April 2008May 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 2005May 2007 (1 year 9 months)

    Involved in migration of HR Payroll & Training data within Oracle HRMS module from legacy ERP systems like SAP to Oracle eBusiness Suite.


Ashish Kolvalker’s Education

  • Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon

    MBA , HR , 20072009

    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)
  • Padre Conceicao College of Engineering (PCCE), Verna, Goa

    BE , Computer Engineering , 20012005

    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
  • Padmashri Vasantrao Dhempe Higher Secondary School of Arts & Science, Panaji, Goa

    HSSC , Science , 19992001

  • Mushtifund High School, Panaji, Goa

    SSC , 1999


Additional Information

Ashish Kolvalker’s Websites:

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

  •    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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