Superstar of the Quarter 2022 Cluster Head South Asia & MD India Jun 2022 With the twin objective of improving gender diversity in our frontline functions and continuing to build a strong talent pipeline for the future, We welcomed our first ever batch of 13 engineer trainees at FME India, 50% of whom are women.The HR & Technical Services team recently designed and led a campus recruitmentdrive across 3 leading engineering universities in the country to hire fresh engineeringgraduates against existing vacancies in the Technical Services team. The team… Show more With the twin objective of improving gender diversity in our frontline functions and continuing to build a strong talent pipeline for the future, We welcomed our first ever batch of 13 engineer trainees at FME India, 50% of whom are women.The HR & Technical Services team recently designed and led a campus recruitmentdrive across 3 leading engineering universities in the country to hire fresh engineeringgraduates against existing vacancies in the Technical Services team. The team demonstratedstrong collaboration & proactiveness in driving this important initiative. This was the culmination of extensive planning and a lot of behind-the-scenes action that went into deliberating over the required skill sets & qualifications, identifying the right colleges, designing a rigorous assessment process, and finally visiting the campuses for the recruitment drive. Show less

SPOT Award Cluster Head South Asia & MD India Dec 2021 Akansha meticulously planned and managed Diwali celebrations to ensure that all of uscome together on Teams platform along with our family members to rejoice and engage with eachother heart to heart over a 2.5 hours event. The event had sub-categories like Har Ghar Superstar(opportunity for family members to showcase their talent), Sabse Jaldi Sabse Behtar (online Rangolion Teams Whiteboard) and Bas Ek Minute (various 1 minute fun challenges for our employees).The way all of… Show more Akansha meticulously planned and managed Diwali celebrations to ensure that all of uscome together on Teams platform along with our family members to rejoice and engage with eachother heart to heart over a 2.5 hours event. The event had sub-categories like Har Ghar Superstar(opportunity for family members to showcase their talent), Sabse Jaldi Sabse Behtar (online Rangolion Teams Whiteboard) and Bas Ek Minute (various 1 minute fun challenges for our employees).The way all of us in FMC India come together along with our family members to connect with eachother and celebrate our festivals is a great example of fostering a culture of mutual respect, camaraderie, and belonging. Show less

Superstar of the Quarter - 2021 Cluster Head South Asia & MD India Sep 2021 Akansha has played a pivotal role ( supporting the business in setting up a Global Compliance Centre of Excellence (COE) in India, through effective collaboration with the Emerging Asia Compliance Lead and Global Compliance team. She has demonstrated high ownership and a great sense of urgency in leading the entire hiring and onboarding efforts end-to-end. Once the decision to set up a COE in India was formalized in order to provide ongoing support to the Global Compliance team, Akansha was… Show more Akansha has played a pivotal role ( supporting the business in setting up a Global Compliance Centre of Excellence (COE) in India, through effective collaboration with the Emerging Asia Compliance Lead and Global Compliance team. She has demonstrated high ownership and a great sense of urgency in leading the entire hiring and onboarding efforts end-to-end. Once the decision to set up a COE in India was formalized in order to provide ongoing support to the Global Compliance team, Akansha was very prompt and quickly jumped into action. She started interacting closely and regularly with all the keystakeholders, identified the right set of recruitment consulting firms to work on the search process, proactively scheduled introductory meetings between the hiring managers and representatives of the recruitment consulting firms to kick off the hiring, and led the entire process cycle starting from screening & interviews to the rollout of offers to onboarding of the new hires. As a result of her strong efforts and dedication, we have already successfully closed 13 positions, with the majority of the candidates having already joined us and some more slated to join us over the next 2-3 months. Akansha also played a pivotal role in the successful execution of Development Month. She successfully managed the communication, facilitation and logistics aspects for the various workshops/sessions planned as part of Development Month in June and July 2021, thus ensuring that we have an impactful two months of learning & development interventions for all our employees. Akansha has effectively demonstrated twoof our company's values - Collaboration and Proactiveness, in driving these excellent results. Show less

Key Projects Award - Leveraging the power of virtual to connect, develop & engage our employees MD Mar 2021

Core Value Award - Proactive 2020 MD - Fresenius India Jan 2021 Akansha took ownership of various HR initiatives to create a strong impact with her work. Some of her major contributions showcasing her proactive attitude are highlighted below:Strengthened brand image through LinkedIn posts on the summer internship program, including creating the testimonial video of internsTook ownership of reducing commercials with recruitment vendors: drove cost savings by negotiating lower commercialsProcess improvement/efficiency: Pitched in with great ideas… Show more Akansha took ownership of various HR initiatives to create a strong impact with her work. Some of her major contributions showcasing her proactive attitude are highlighted below:Strengthened brand image through LinkedIn posts on the summer internship program, including creating the testimonial video of internsTook ownership of reducing commercials with recruitment vendors: drove cost savings by negotiating lower commercialsProcess improvement/efficiency: Pitched in with great ideas to improve induction experience - ensured much more structured induction of new joiners in the first week of joining, rolling out Workday through MSS and ESS training and addressing related queries post-launch, played an important role in travel policy benchmarking, supported in creating hiring process document and local governance grid Provided strong onboarding experience to new joiners by facilitating Renal Discovery ProgramsHelped in driving increased diversity in the organization by hiring female employees (8) in sales and support functions and ensuring quality in hiring Show less

Rookie of the year - 2019 MD-Fresenius Medical Care February 1, 2020