Suparna Raju

Suparna raju

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location of Suparna RajuBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Phone number of Suparna Raju+91 xxxx xxxxx
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  • Timeline

    Apr 2016 - Jun 2016

    Student Internship

    St Joseph's Old Age Home
    May 2016 - Jun 2016

    Student Internship

    Times of India
    Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

    HR Intern

    Goodricke Group Limited
    Apr 2018 - Aug 2018

    HR Advisor and Researcher

    As-Suffa Outreach
    Sept 2018 - Jan 2019

    Students's Union Ambassador

    The University of Sheffield
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
    Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

    HR Associate

    CogX Festival
    Feb 2020 - Jun 2021

    Human Resources Associate

    Larsen & Toubro
    Current Company
    Jun 2021 - now

    Lead Associate

    EY
  • About me

    Ernst & Young GDS

  • Education

    • St. joseph's college of arts and science (autonomous)

      2014 - 2017
      Bachelor of arts (b.a.) triple majors in english, journalism and psychology

      Activities and Societies: 1. Key modules: Social Psychology: 96%, Abnormal Psychology: 90%, Advanced Journalism: 76%, Arts & Culture Journalism: 74%, South Asian Studies: 67% 2. Completed two research papers, one at micro level: “Past life Regression” and the other at macro level: “Happiness and General Health: A study on those who are engaged in physical activity and those who aren’t”.

    • The university of sheffield

      2017 - 2018
      Master of science - ms human resources management/personnel administration, general distinction

      Activities and Societies: A graduate CIPD Member • Key modules: Accounting and Financial Management – 90%, Performance Management- 78%, Research Methods- 73%, Managing People in Organisations – 70%, Employee and Organisational Development – 70%, Industrial Relations – 63%• Worked in As-Suffa Outreach (AS0) in Sheffield and Birmingham, based dissertation on the organization, titled: “Improving Volunteer Attraction and Retention Practices by understanding Volunteer Motivation: The Case of a charity organization”.• Received the India… Show more • Key modules: Accounting and Financial Management – 90%, Performance Management- 78%, Research Methods- 73%, Managing People in Organisations – 70%, Employee and Organisational Development – 70%, Industrial Relations – 63%• Worked in As-Suffa Outreach (AS0) in Sheffield and Birmingham, based dissertation on the organization, titled: “Improving Volunteer Attraction and Retention Practices by understanding Volunteer Motivation: The Case of a charity organization”.• Received the India Postgraduate Merit Scholarship Show less

  • Experience

    • St joseph's old age home

      Apr 2016 - Jun 2016
      Student internship

      • Conversed with the residents, served food, took care of their daily needs. Also involved in fundraisers for the organisation.

    • Times of india

      May 2016 - Jun 2016
      Student internship

      • Published 2 articles in the Times of India, daily edition. Also, wrote for the Times Travel Magazine – ‘Wanderlust’• Attended events, interviewed event organisers and the guests to compose the education related articles

    • Goodricke group limited

      Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
      Hr intern

      • Dealt with issues such as unionisation, working conditions at tea gardens and submitting weekly reports after the visits• Got an exposure to the recruitment and training procedures after going through several case studies of employees• Administered Psychometric tests on potential employees to determine their personality, aptitude and competency

    • As-suffa outreach

      Apr 2018 - Aug 2018
      Hr advisor and researcher

      • Assisted the company with its volunteer retention and engagement problems as part of my masters’ research project; “Improving Volunteer Attraction and Volunteer Retention practices by understanding Volunteer Motivation: The case of As-Suffa Outreach”• Visited 8 As-Suffa centres, built bonds and talked to volunteers regarding their work to understand the underlying issues • The dissertation was qualitative in nature where the objective was to understand problems in the current volunteer attraction and retention practices at ASO and accordingly devise strategies to overcome them Show less

    • The university of sheffield

      Sept 2018 - Jan 2019

      1. Engaged in meeting and greeting International/EU students arriving at Manchester Airport in a friendly and professional manner and assist them with onward travel to their accommodation.2. Create a positive first impression of University of Sheffield.3. Kept accurate records of students using the service and maintain effective communication with the team for any changes or delays.4. Liaise with relevant airport authorities.5. Being helpful and respond to all queries of new students. Show less

      • Students's Union Ambassador

        Sept 2018 - Jan 2019
      • International Student Ambassador

        Feb 2018 - Jan 2019
      • Meet and Greet and Global Campus Ambassador

        Sept 2018 - Sept 2018
    • Cogx festival

      Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
      Hr associate

      • Recruitment: Worked as an Associate Recruiter, assisting with sourcing new candidates, by composing and posting job descriptions on ‘Angellist’ and approaching via LinkedIn• Following up with the candidates and screening them against the job criteria• Assessing and interviewing candidates• Applied optimized practices to our recruitment function such that we reduced agency dependency from 60% to 20% over 5 months and maintained this up to my departure from the business• Management and evolution of company benefits & compensation as we scaled, in line with budgets and culture• Design and roll out of career paths across all functions • Reported monthly to the Board on key HR and Recruitment metrics• Assisted in managing change programs in line with company strategy• Assisted in introduction of ‘CharlieHR’ to the company and got it set up for the staff, helping manage employee data successfully. • Ensuring legal compliance with HR practices• Assisted in redesigning employee handbook and onboarding procedure• Managing and coordinating engagement activities that include ‘Women in AI’ meetups, Friday pub night, Potluck, monthly food market visit• Database management on company's website• Supporting the development of a vibrant community and platform ecosystem.• Part of organizing committee of CogX, the biggest AI festival in UK• Awards Management Associate: Working with the CogX Awards team, finalizing award categories, finalists and contacting them. Responsible for the Awards Production.• Marketing Manager: Responsible for managing the social media channels of the company and keeping it up to date with the help of the software- Hootsuite. During CogX 2019, our hashtag was trending at No.5 for two days on Twitter• Partnership Management: Contacting prospective partners, pitching CogX to them and securing ecosystem and media partners. Show less

    • Larsen & toubro

      Feb 2020 - Jun 2021
      Human resources associate

      • Recruitment: Responsible for managing the entire recruitment life cycle, from mapping, composing job descriptions, sourcing and screening profiles, for both technical and non-technical roles• Conducting preliminary rounds of interviews• Collecting and managing Induction credentials of candidates• Creating and rolling out employment contracts to new hires• Employee engagement and recognition: Assisting the HR head of the company to organize monthly birthday celebrations for employees, women’s day, ethnic day celebrations• Being the interface between external stakeholders and company,• Planning and managing documents for dealership, pricing, execution of plan• L&D: Assisting the HR Head in Designing and Implementing a learning program for Tier 1 employees and administering 360 degree survey• Liaised with the L&T Prayas trust and documented their effort in creating over 50k masks and created a video to promote the contribution of the NGO to the society, amidst the pandemic• Contract labor management: Liaising with Team Lease, the primary manpower providers for L&T in managing employee data, attendance, payroll of contract laborers Show less

    • Ey

      Jun 2021 - now
      Lead associate
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Financial literacy

      National institute of securities markets (nism)
      Mar 2013
    • Human resources: payroll

      Linkedin
      Dec 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Life skills for college students

      Rajiv gandhi national institute of youth development
      Mar 2017
    • International conference on 'higher education in the 21st century opportunities and challenges'

      Saint louis university
      Dec 2014
    • International conference on 'community mental health : trends and challenges'

      University of north carolina wilmington
      Dec 2015
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Suparna Raju
      India Postgraduate Merit Scholarship The University of Sheffield Nov 2017 The India Postgraduate Merit Scholarship is awarded every year by the University to 8 students from India, on the basis of their academic and overall achievements. I was fortunate enough to be awarded the same, which covered 50% off my tuition fees.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Student Volunteer

      Issued by Sheffield Students'​ Union on Dec 2017
      Sheffield Students'​ UnionAssociated with Suparna Raju
    • Volunteer

      Issued by St.Josephs College of Arts & Science for (W) on Jan 2012
      St.Josephs College of Arts & Science for (W)Associated with Suparna Raju