Gautam Ghosh

Current
  • Senior Consultant at Tvarita Consulting
  • Blogger at http://gauteg.blogspot.com
  • Owner and Moderator at HRgyan
  • Owner and Moderator at Knowledge Management Society of India
Past
  • Managing Partner and Organizational Consultant at The Imagence Partners
  • Visiting HR Lecturer at Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Managemet Studies (KIAMS)
  • Manager HR at Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.
  • HR Generalist Advisor at Dell Inc.
  • Training Development Specialist at Hewlett Packard
  • Consultant - Individual & Organizational Development at Erehwon Innovation Consulting
  • Senior Executive at Satyam Computer Services Ltd
  • Territory Manager at Eli Lilly
  • Front Office Supervisor at ITC
Education
  • XLRI Jamshedpur
  • Manipal Academy of Higher Education
  • St. Francis' College, Lucknow
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Management Consulting
Websites

Gautam Ghosh’s Summary

Gautam has over 8 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.

He is also a contributing editor of internet community Recruiting.com and was a visiting faculty for HR at Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies in 2006.

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 Facor 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

  • Senior Consultant

    Tvarita Consulting

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

    November 2007Present (7 months)

    Responsible for delivery of HR services and consulting assignments for clients in the high tech domain

  • Blogger

    http://gauteg.blogspot.com

    (Non-Profit; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

    June 2002Present (6 years)

    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 9866511236 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 2000Present (7 years 9 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 2000Present (7 years 10 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.

  • Managing Partner and Organizational Consultant

    The Imagence Partners

    (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

    September 2006November 2007 (1 year 3 months)

    The Imagence Partners is a boutique OD, HR and Social Media consulting firm based in Hyderabad that works with clients in the areas of Performance Management, Business Blogging, Learning & Development Strategy and Knowledge Management.

    Some assignments delivered:

    • Accredited learning partner with ICICI Bank
    • Delivered a program on Performance Management for a IT Products company
    • Social Media Strategy for an executive search firm
    • Workshop on Employment Branding and Social media for Frito-Lay India (PepsiCo India Snacks)
    • Workshop on transitioning new employees to professional life for a professional services firm
    • Talk on using social software tools for knowledge sharing for an Indian IT firm.
    • Currently submitted proposals on Managerial Coaching and Development for a global pharmaceutical firm, Indian IT products company.
    • Proposals also underway for Organizational Structuring and Climate surveys in two IT start-up firms

  • Visiting HR Lecturer

    Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Managemet Studies (KIAMS)

    (Education Management industry)

    November 2006December 2006 (2 months)

    Visiting professor at KIAMS for an HR elective on Performance Management and Competency Building

  • Manager HR

    Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Human Resources industry)

    January 2006August 2006 (8 months)

    HR Manager for technology consulting (Enterprise Application) practice.
    Focussed on areas like Retentions, Rewards, Performance Management and Employee Relations for around 400 ERP Consultants.

  • HR Generalist Advisor

    Dell Inc.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DELL; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2005December 2005 (1 year)

    Focussed on a business partnering role with emphasis on talent management and development. I analyze the company objectives and improvement opportunities from a consulting viewpoint and works with my business unit to implement recommendations.

    Succession Planning
    Talent Management
    Employee Development
    Management Support
    Coaching and Consulting business leaders
    Organizational Culture initiatives
    HR issue resolution


    In my earlier role I was responsible for Organizational Development (OD) activities like:

    Employee Satisfaction Surveys
    360 degree feedback
    High Potential Talent Development
    Psychometric tools
    Team Interventions

    In addition to these activites I also delivered training programs in the leadership and management development areas.

  • Training Development Specialist

    Hewlett Packard

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

    September 2003December 2004 (1 year 4 months)

    Job Responsibilities
    Management, Leadership & Professional Development of approximately 3000 employees in HP’s Business Process Delivery Organization based out of Bangalore and Chennai.

    Achievements
    In conjunction with the technical training team developed the training road map for most of the roles in the organization.
    Developed a worldwide basic Management skills program along with the worldwide leadership development team and piloted the same.
    Modification of global training into local offerings by utilizing lower cost of local vendors while keeping global quality intact.
    Delivery of approximately 30 training programs per quarter with a consistent rating above four (on a scale of five)

  • Consultant - Individual & Organizational Development

    Erehwon Innovation Consulting

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

    August 2002June 2003 (11 months)

    Training Delivery of programs like Creativity Thinking and Team Building.
    Consulting assignments around Strategic Management initiatives of Clients
    Research projects and setting up the firm's website

  • Senior Executive

    Satyam Computer Services Ltd

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

    April 1999July 2002 (3 years 4 months)

    Initiated projects in the areas of KM, e-Learning, Competency Building and Organizational Development

  • Territory Manager

    Eli Lilly

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

    December 1995September 1996 (10 months)

    I was a Territory Manager for pharmaceutical sales at Eli Lilly India in the city of Agra. Of a team of two, we managed to achieve superb growth of speciality prescription drugs upto 140% of target. Relationship management with wholesale dealers, retailers and doctors was a critical skill for success.

  • Front Office Supervisor

    ITC

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Hospitality industry)

    July 1994September 1995 (1 year 3 months)

    As the Front Office supervisor of the ITC hotel Rama International at Aurangabad I was responsible for guest reservations to ensure that the hotel achieves optimum room occupancy.


Gautam Ghosh’s Education

  • XLRI Jamshedpur

    MBA, Human Resources, 19971999

  • Manipal Academy of Higher Education

    Bachelor's in Hotel Management, Management, Marketing, Hotel Subjects, 19911994

    Activities and Societies:
    Welcomschool (WGSHA), Literary & Dramatics Society, Editorial Board
  • St. Francis' College, Lucknow

    ISC, 19791991


Additional Information

Gautam Ghosh’s Websites:

Gautam Ghosh’s Interests:

management and leadership development, learning organizations, human resources development, organization development, HR Strategy, Talent Management, Learning Strategy,

Gautam Ghosh’s Groups:

Indian Society for Individual and Social Development (ISISD)
LinkedinInnovators
LinkedinBloggers
MyLinkedinPowerForum, HCI, Hyderabad XLRI Alumni, Bloggers

  •    Hewlett-Packard Alumni Association member
  •    XLRI Alumni member
  •    LinkedHR member
  •    True Wealth Creators' Network member
  •    India HR Forum member
  •    Worldwide Management Consultants member
  •    Leader member
  •    Linking Consultants member
  •    Satyamites member
  •    LinkingIndia member

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.


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