Rajan Kasture

Experience

• 

  Connexions

  Dec 1992 - Jun 1996

  Recruitment Executive

  During this period I did assignments in recruitment, admin & payroll for three organisations- Concept, Connexions and Polystic India.

• 

  ADCC Research & Computing Centre Ltd.

  Jul 1998 - Dec 2000

  Executive HR

  At ADCC I recruited S/W engineers from engineering Campuses and C-DAC centres.I designed compensation structure for 4 group companies based on compensation survey done by Info Edge India Ltd and KPCS for stock options.A certified assessor, I was core member of ISO 9000 certification team, which got organisation ISO certified.

• 

  Tata Group

  Aug 2002 - Feb 2007

  Senior Manager- HR

  As head of HR of Tatanet Division I worked on following areas1. Recruitment at all levels2. Designed organisation structure, PMS and compensation structure for organsiation with help of Mercer, Cerebrus Consultants and TATA Group HR3. Got operations and sales staff certified - CCNA certification program, TBEM certified assessors, IBM Blue Sheet certification program.4. Got organisation ready for TBEM assessment ( complete cycle from awareness to assessment)

• 

  Patni Computer Systems Ltd

  Mar 2007 - Jul 2010

  Manager- HRD

  1. Worked with BSC expert Nigel Penny in designing Balanced Scorecard for Corporates, Regions, Service lines and Functions and designing Variable Pay Plan for Leadership Team2. Talent Management- Work on LEAP ( Leadership Excellence At Patni), which was developed by McKinsey, this involved identifying leaders in middle management and grooming them to take senior level positions.3.Employee Engagement and Communication- Various initiatives like Confidante, Skip level meetings, Neutral exit interviews, CSR activities like Give India, Patni explorer, fwd>> magazine, Voice4.Worked on PMS and R & R system.5. As Head HR for General Electric BU worked on various initiatives to reduce attrition- Employee Forums, Training programs, CARE, GE retain initiative etc. Was key member of PROPEL team, which worked on initiatives to improve bottom-line. Show less

• 

  Nelco Limited

  Jun 2010 - Apr 2014

  DGM- HR and Business Excellence & HR Consultant

  • Did assessment for identifying Hi Pots using BEI, Situational interview, Role Play and OPQ Introduced culture of Innovation, enabling participation in Tata INNOVISTA and won award.• Conducted job evaluation exercise (Tata Rich Jobs) post-merger of two entities- Tatanet & NELCO.• Implemented Tata Business Excellence Model (from awareness to assessment). Organisation was placed in 350-400 band.• Interim Head of HR (2 quarters), invitee for HR and Remuneration Committee meetings• During Tatanet & NELCO merger-conducted workshops on Vision, Mission & Values and SWOT analysis for new entity, facilitated OD interventions to align manpower with NELCO vision.• For new entity- designed manpower plan, recruited manpower, implemented variable pay plan with PMS • Conducted Tata People Process Priority Index, Customer Satisfaction Survey and Employee Satisfaction Survey.• As head of HR for Tatanet- did recruitment at all levels and functions, design and implementation of compensation plan, leadership development (Dale Carnegie) performance management and process improvement to improve bottom line- 80% of employees certified in yellow belt and 12 employees in green belt. • Improved employee engagement level through VOX POPULI, score went up from 75 to 77 even during adverse conditions. Show less

• 

  Video Home & Electronic Centre

  Nov 2014 - May 2016

  Leadership and OD Consultant

  •Independent assessment of candidates (CXOs) during recruitment phase.•Assessment of leadership team (50 top leaders) for leadership development program (Using psychometric tests- DISC, FIRO-B, TKI & 360-degree assessment) •Restructuring of core and support functions and design KPIs for various roles.

• 

  Larsen & Toubro

  Nov 2015 - Oct 2021

  Leadership & OD Consultant

  • Trainer, assessor and facilitator for Development Centres (Asst. Manager to DGM level) conducted across India, Middle East and Africa.• Subject Matter Expert, Trainer, Assessor and Facilitator for L & T Human Resource Excellence Model (assessed 26 units). HREM is organisational development initiative of Corporate HR. Designed and conducted certification courses for HREM. Designed HREM 2.0 and HREM 3.0. Published HR process manuals and best practices( 2016 & 2017). HREM Model has won CII Award.• Worked on GPTW’s Culture Audit. Show less

• 

  Vivify Assessments

  Nov 2021 - now

  Assessor

  I work as assessor for assessment/development centers and assessment of HR process using business excellence framework.Empaneled with L & T, CII,Jombay, Basil Tree, Aon, Mettl & MercerClients:Jombay- as DC assessor -Linde, Optum, Hindalco, Cars 24, HFFC, DCM Sriram, KPMG, SocGen, Gainwell, Bharat Serum & Vaccines, NSDL, Tech Mahindra, Jindal Shadeed, CCIL, VSF Global, Diversy, Kotak Bank, Kalpataru, Carlsberg, Pipeline Infrastructure Ltd, Tata Technologies etc.Basil Tree- As DC assessor-Cipla, Dr, Reddy's Lab, Enrich, TATA AIG, Raymond etc.Aon- As DC assessor-Cosmo Films, Sterlite Technologies Ltd.Mercer- As DC assessor- Yes Bank, Honda M & S ( India)Mettl- As DC assessor -CiplaL & T- Assessor for DC1 and DC2, L & T conducts DCs in collaboration with EY and KPMG.As HREM Assessor for CII ( BALCO, Runaya Refining, TSPL) and L & T ( Independent Companies of L & T Group) Show less