Gautam Ghosh

Current

• Consultant at 20:20 Social
• Blogger at http://www.gautamblogs.com
• Owner and Moderator at HRgyan

• Owner and Moderator at Knowledge Management Society of India

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Education

• XLRI Jamshedpur
• Manipal Academy of Higher Education
• St. Francis' College, Lucknow

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

Gautam Ghosh’s Summary

Summary of professional experience: More than 11 years of experience in Management Consulting, Organisation Development, HR Management and Capability Building across a range of Indian and international organisations across industry sectors

Gautam has over 9 years of experience in HR and Learning & Development in the Consulting and IT, BPO sector with firms like Satyam, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Deloitte & Touche. His experience covers Knowledge Management, e-learning, Organization Development, Management Consulting,Training Management, Performance Management and Employee Relations.

He is an MBA in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and has two and half years experience before that in hotel operations in ITC Hotels and pharmaceutical sales with Eli Lilly.

Gautam has given talks on “Blogging for Business” at organizations. He’s frequently quoted in the press as an authority on business blogging. If you want to interview him or invite him to speak at a conference, e-mail him at gautam@gautamblogs.com or call at 98731-41236

Gautam’s blog has been listed by HRWorld amongst the top 25 HR blogs worldwide and also amongst the Career 100 - a list of the top 100 career related blogs globally in the English language. His blog is also featured on the Alltop Careers and Alltop India categories. Earlier the blog has been featured as a case study in the book Business Blogs: A Practical Guide

He has won the NHRD Network young managers’ paper writing contest in 1999, and has written and done case analysis on HR areas for Businessworld, Human Capital, The Human Factor, HR.com and Cybermediadice.com as well as youth magazine JAM. He has also been quoted extensively by publications like Human Capital, Economic Times and Daily News and Analysis.

Gautam Ghosh’s Specialties:

Business Consulting, Human Resources, Blogging and Communication, Training, Facilitation, HRD, Coaching, Leadership Development, Organizational Development, Employee Relations

Gautam Ghosh’s Experience

• Consultant

  20:20 Social

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  October 2009 — Present (3 months)

  20:20 Social is a Social Business Strategy firm, serving Indian and international clients. We operate at the intersection of business, communities and social technologies and add value with our focus on business results.

• Blogger

  http://www.gautamblogs.com

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  June 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)

  I’m really passionate about helping fellow HR professionals increase their levels of competence. The belief is that we can be of immense value to organizations, if we evolve into business advisors. If you’d like to connect with me send me an email at gautam.ghosh @ gmail.com or call me at +91-98731-4236 and we can bounce off some ideas.
  
  I also believe that our world of work is changing slowly and surely and the skills that helped us be successful in the past will no longer be that helpful in the future.
  
  Recent accolades:
  
  1. Ranked by HRWorld amongst the top 25 HR blogs worldwide
  
  2. Amongst the Career 100 - a list of the top 100 career related blogs globally in the English language.
  
  3. Listed on the top career sites on Career.Alltop.com as well as the India category on India.Alltop.com
  
  4. Winner of the Best HR Blog Category in the RecruitingBlogs.com and ZoomInfo's "Best Blogs of 2007 contest"

• Owner and Moderator

  HRgyan

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  September 2000 — Present (9 years 4 months)

  HR Gyan is a community that connects HR professionals to share current and emering HR practices. My role is that of a facilitator and moderator (if need be)

• Owner and Moderator

  Knowledge Management Society of India

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  August 2000 — Present (9 years 5 months)

  This e-group seeks to integrate the various emergent thoughts in the field of Knowledge Management in a uniquely Indian way.
  
  It seeks to be a community which shares learnings, knowledge, triumphs and tribulations in implementing this discipline in Indian organisations with their unique idiosyncracies and cultures.

Gautam Ghosh’s Education

• XLRI Jamshedpur

  MBA , Human Resources , 1997 — 1999

• Manipal Academy of Higher Education

  Bachelor's in Hotel Management , Management, Marketing, Hotel Subjects , 1991 — 1994

  Activities and Societies:

  Welcomschool (WGSHA), Literary & Dramatics Society, Editorial Board

• St. Francis' College, Lucknow

  ISC , 1979 — 1991

Additional Information

Gautam Ghosh’s Honors:

Was given awards for being the most prolific idea contributor in Satyam Computer Services.

Won the third prize in the Young HR Managers Conference for a paper written on 'The HR and IT partnership at Satyam' as part of the National HRD Network's Conference in New Delhi, 1999.

Gautam Ghosh’s Contact Settings

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