Shreyasi Deb, MBA, SPHR

abijnu@r.postjobfree.com

410-***-****

http://www.linkedin.com/in/shreyasideb

Career Summary

More than 7 years' experience and qualifications in developing and leading

HR organizations; strong record of performance and project delivery under

strict deadlines ; taken initiatives beyond the stated responsibilities

leading to significant process improvement ; multilingual with keen

interest in creative and business writing.

Education

MBA, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, NEW

DELHI, 1999-2001

Bachelor of Science [graduated with Honors], Economics [Minor: Political

Science & Mathematics], St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta,

India, 1996-1999.

Professional Membership & Certification

SENIOR PROFESSIONAL IN HUMAN RESOURCE (SPHR) -- SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT (SHRM) [WWW.SHRM.ORG]

Indian Society for Applied Behavioral Science (ISABS) [www.isabs.org]

Professional Skills

. STRONG KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF PERSONNEL

ADMINISTRATION

. Knowledge of business, financial structure and operations of

organizations

. Experience with implementation of Human Resource software and database

package

. Strong interpersonal and communication skills-ability to establish and

maintain effective relationships with other management staff.

. Experience with developing corporate communications strategy

. Ability to apply and adapt practices and techniques to the special

requirements of senior management to help them lead effectively

. Experience in coaching and mentoring human resource teams toward

accomplishing human resource objectives of the organization. Ability

to design professional development programs

. Expertise in MS-Office

. Experience working with Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

. Extensive experience of T-group intervention and application

Professional Experience

MANAGER - HUMAN RESOURCES, GRIDSTONE RESEARCH. A FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY, DATA

PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES COMPANY SERVING THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF FINANCIAL

SERVICES COMPANIES, 2006-2008

. Responsible for designing and implementing the month-long new employee

orientation program across all functions and levels.

. Presented one-day session titled 'Campus to Workplace' for campus

recruits

. Developed new skill and learning needs across teams based on inputs from

the performance appraisal process and the line managers. Created

training programs for managerial staff to enhance their personal and

professional growth

. Developed the employee engagement plan and budget

. Designed communication explaining the Gridstone Research business model

for candidates and head-hunters

. Supervised, mentored and evaluated Human Resources staff

. Implemented the HRMS - Managed the entire project for implementation of

HR e-system and liaised with the vendor and the internal IT team

(Implemented successfully in 1 month-July 2007)

Assistant Manager - Human Resources, Aviva Life Insurance

(www.avivaindia.com) Indian subsidiary of Aviva plc which is UK's largest

and the world's 5th largest Insurance Company, 2005 - 2006

. Nominated for the prestigious Rotational Development Program (for young

leaders with potential) for the year 2006-'08 within less than one year

of being employed

. Accomplished hiring of 150 sales, administrative and underwriting

professionals in 9 months under strict deadlines. Recruited, inducted

and facilitated joining formalities [e.g. explaining the employee

handbook, health insurance and other regulatory compliance requirements

to new employees] in the East-India Region [15 large branches and 26

small branches] for the Tied Agency vertical

. Responsible for Corporate Social Responsibility activities across the

region. Revived mobile library named 'Gurukul'

. Initiated employee development through individual and group level

intervention. [This was my individual initiative not part of my Key

Result Areas.]. Introduced several personal growth workshops for the

Sales Force

Senior Officer - Human Resources, Reliance Energy (www.rinfra.com) part of

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, is India's largest private sector enterprise

in power utility and other infrastructure sectors, 2001 - 2005.

. Nominated to a prestigious cross-functional team formed for key business

process redesign and growth strategy planning with McKinsey & Co in

2004. Developed the organization structure, staffing, people management,

Key Result Areas (KRAs) and leadership matrices required for

implementing the redesigned business processes

. Played a strategic role in designing and executing an employee

satisfaction survey

. Coordinated 'Project Shakti', an HR focused organizational restructuring

study conducted by retaining Mercer Consulting in 2002

. Handled pan-India recruitment for Reliance Energy Ltd Group companies

across all levels of the executive cadre. Member of the strategic team

formed for conducting intra industry (power utilities) salary survey.

Managed the salary restructuring process

. Nominated to the Editorial Board of REL News (In-house employee

magazine)

Current Professional affiliations

MEMBER -PROGRAM COMMITTEE AND MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE OF HOWARD COUNTY HUMAN

RESOURCES SOCIETY

Volunteer -North County and West County branches of Anne Arundel County

Public Library

Volunteer - Central Branch of Howard County Library

Awards, Scholarship & Publication

. ARTICLE TITLED 'TRENDS IN HIRING IN INDIA' PUBLISHED IN WATER, NO ICE IN

APRIL, 2008 [HTTP://WATERNOICE.COM/2008/04/28/TRENDS-IN-HIRING-IN-

INDIA/]

. Nominated for 'Rotational Development Program' (fast-track career growth

for leadership roles) at Aviva in 2006

. Article on Virtual Organizations 'Virtually HR!' published by 'Human

Capital' a HR management journal in Feb 2003

. National Scholarship for outstanding performance by WBCHSE in 1996

Professional Training: workshops/seminars attended

. INTERN OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY FOR

APPLIED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE (ISABS), NEW DELHI [COMPLETED THE BASIC LAB

(FEB'03), THE ADVANCED LAB (AUG'05) IN HUMAN PROCESSES (T-GROUP), PHASE

A OF PDP (MAY '06), PHASE B (MAY'08) AND SOME PORTION OF INTER-PHASE AND

INTERNSHIP WORK CONDUCTED BY ISABS.]

. 15 day introductory program on HR Module of SAP in Dec 2003 by Reliance

Energy

Management Institute

. Attended several labs and workshops on Organizational Development,

Dreams & Creativity, Powerful Communication, Extension Motivation,

Negotiation Skills, Adventure & Discovery Learning

References available upon request

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