Prasad Kurian

Current

Director - Organization Effectiveness (WW) & Accelerated Learning (Asia) at Flextronics

Past

Director - Learning & Career Acceleration Programs, Asia at Flextronics
Business HR Lead - HP Services India at Hewlett-Packard
Organization Effectiveness Manager at Hewlett Packard

Manager - HR Projects and Processes at Standard Chartered Bank
HR Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Scientist Engineer at Indian Space Research Organization

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Education

XLRI
University of Kerala

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Prasad Kurian’s Summary

Organization Development, Learning & Talent Management professional. More than 12 years experience including above 11 years experience in HR (in various roles like HR consultant, Program manager/Project manager/HR product manager, Internal HR consultant, HR Business Partner, Subject Matter Expert/Functional specialist etc.) and 1 year experience in Electronics Engineering. Trained Six Sigma Green Belt & trained/accredited to use the MBTI suite of instruments. Published articles on HR related topics and also contributed a book chapter (on competency based assessment centres; published by TMH).

Prasad Kurian’s Specialties:

Diagnosis, Solution Design, Process Facilitation and Program Management in Organization Development, Learning & Talent Management related areas. Experience in Corporate HR, HR consulting, HR Shared Service Centre, Internal HR Consulting and Business HR contexts.

Prasad Kurian’s Experience

Director - Organization Effectiveness (WW) & Accelerated Learning (Asia)

Flextronics

(Public Company; FLEX; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

Part of the corporate/global Learning & Organization Effectiveness team of Flextronics. Responsible for Institutionalizing the corporate Organization Effectiveness function in the firm (involving OE capability building and consulting) & for the development of competency frameworks. I also lead accelerated people capability building (in select strategically important domains) in the Asia region, apart from working on various projects/initiatives in the corporate L&D and Accelerated Learning domains.
Director - Learning & Career Acceleration Programs, Asia

Flextronics

(Public Company; FLEX; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

May 2008 — December 2008 (8 months)

Part of the global/corporate Learning & Organization Effectiveness team of Flextronics. Focus on accelerated capability building in Asia & on select internal consulting projects in the OE/OD and Learning domains.
Business HR Lead - HP Services India

Hewlett-Packard

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

November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)

As part of the HP Services HQ/Global Business HR team, enhancing the implementation effectiveness of HP Services people initiatives in India in the areas of labor optimization, workforce transformation, workforce planning, talent management, career development and management of change.
Organization Effectiveness Manager

Hewlett Packard

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

January 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 10 months)

Internal HR consultant position with focus on Organization Development. Lead inititaives in the areas of change management, building competency models, competency based development, career development, enhancing HR systems/processes & HR interventions. Worked with the workforce development team in select initiatives in the area of behavioral training & leadership development. Moved to a business/strategic HR role (part of the HP Services global HR team) from May 2006. Till June 2007, focus of the role was mainly on Talent Management & People Development. From July 2007 providing overall business/strategic HR support to one business unit.
Manager - HR Projects and Processes

Standard Chartered Bank

(Public Company; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

January 2003 — January 2005 (2 years 1 month)

Project Manager/Product Manager in the HR Shared Services Centre of Standard Chartered Bank (part of Standard Chartered Scope International). Transitioned and managed an SCB Global HR Product called skills families(combination of a job family framework and a competency framework that integrates the various HR systems in SCB). Also managed projects in the area of HRIS and Human Capital Analytics. Six Sigma Green Belt.
HR Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers

(Management Consulting industry)

April 1998 — January 2003 (4 years 10 months)

Project management/execution of a wide range of HR consulting projects(organization diagnostic studies, compensation and benefits, performance planning, career development, competency mapping, change management, job evaluation, research based HR products etc.). Also handled business development/practice building and team management roles.
Scientist Engineer

Indian Space Research Organization

(Defense & Space industry)

June 1995 — June 1996 (1 year 1 month)

Test and Evaluation Engineer. Quality Assurance of some of the electronic parts used in PSLV and GSLV projects.

Prasad Kurian’s Education

XLRI

MBA (PGDPM&IR) , Human Resources , 1996 — 1998

Graduated in top 3 of the batch
University of Kerala

M Tech , Telecommunications Engineering , 1994 — 1996

Graduated in First Class with Distinction. Dissertation on 'Image Data Compression'. GATE scholar

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Prasad Kurian’s Interests:

Philosophy of science, Organization Effectiveness, Talent Development, Psychology, Game Theory, Personal effectiveness at work, Cultural identity of Malayalees living outside Kerala