DIVYANSHU ASTHANA
MBA, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Email: ****************@*****.*** LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/divyanshuasthana Phone: +91-99-808*-**** PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 47 MONTHS
Godrej Agrovet Limited Lucknow
HR Business Partner June-18 till date
HRBP for Central India (UP, MP, UK) ; managing lifecycle of 218 employees & 200+ CLs across 3 states & 5 factories
Support Leadership in Workforce Planning through manpower budgeting ensuring talent sufficiency and adequate pipeline
Manage End-to-End Talent Acquisition in-line with annual manpower planning, special requirements and diversity targets
Lead PM for Sales, Manufacturing and Corporate Employees – Support line-managers with Goal Setting, Hold C&D talks with employees and push OD using Personal Improvement Plan, MDPs, “start, stop, continue for managers” & talent mapping
Lead Employee Engagement through bouquet of localized and centralized RnR Programs, employee engagement activities, timely grievance redressal and structured on-boarding and exit management
Support COE-T&D in Need Assessment via FGDs with line managers; lead calendar designing & effective implementation
Lead Statutory Labor Compliances and Government liaising at factory & corporate locations for employees and CLs
Support HR leadership in Special HR Projects by ideating, conceptualizing and building solutions for problems at large
Lead HR Operations for the region by ensuring effective policy communication; conduct domestic and POSH enquires; touchpoint for all employees in matters of personal and professional (career, grievance) discussions, and resultant counselling HR Projects Undertaken
GAVL Animal Protein Business (HRBP) :
- Developed Resource-Potential Mapping for Uttar Pradesh Area (Market Size – 10000 MT).
- Results supported right recruitment, transfers and Performance Assessment. Helped in building better engagement scores.
GAVL, Corporate HR – Mumbai
- Build Shared Services for HR team of GAVL – Built the maturity model of HRSS and initiated convergence of 1st service
- Created an RnR program for Godrej Agrovet - A conglomerate with 6 diverse businesses at different maturity stages
GAVL, Crop Protection Business (Sales HRBP Stint) - Punjab, Haryana, UP and J&K Markets
- Consistent High Early attrition of 23% impacted business at large. Deep-dived into causes & suggested ways of limiting it
GAVL, Aqua Feed Business (HRBP Stint) - Gujrat and AP Market
- Internal engagement survey revealed low employee morale resulting into low productivity and high attrition level
- Conducted root-cause analysis- visited AP and Gujrat Markets, covered 100% employees in FGD & personal discussions
GCPL Soap Factory; (Plant Manager Stint) – Baddi, Himachal Pradesh
- Developed solution to multi-skill workers to optimize OT cost & tackle absenteeism (High Exposure to Apple Belt in HP) Career Launcher Limited Lucknow
Management Trainee: Oct-15 to June-16
Ideated, developed & implemented the marketing strategy of the firm at city level; helped in boosting the admissions by 30%
Managed Human Resource activities; tasked with scheduling and managing day-to-day activities for expense optimization
Imparted knowledge to a batch of > 200 students in domain of Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation & Advance English Infosys Limited Bengaluru
Systems Engineer, Application Development- Financial Vertical August-13 to July-15
Analyzed the current manual model of the system and suggested ways of improving the overall system efficiency & accuracy
Conducted usability & performance testing for on-time zero-defect delivery, a feat achieved by only top 20% employees
Highly appreciated for 99% defect-free and on-time delivery of projects in 2013-15; a feat achieved by top 10 % employees EDUCATION
Year Examination Institution
Marks
Obtained
2018 MBA (HRD) Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi 65% 2012 B.Tech.(Electrical) Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow 69% 2008 Class XII, ISC City Montessori School, Lucknow 85.5% 2006 Class X, ICSE City Montessori School, Lucknow 90.4% DIVYANSHU ASTHANA
MBA, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Email: ****************@*****.*** LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/divyanshuasthana Phone: +91-99-808*-**** INTERNSHIPS
Reliance Industries Limited Surat, Gujarat
Management Intern, Petrochemicals Division April-18 to June-18 Improve Contract Labour Management Model (CLMM)
Visited L&T, Indian Rayon, Tata Chemicals & RIL-Jamnagar to understand and benchmark CL Management System
Liaised with 6 teams for the execution of internal restructuring exercise; resulting in employee cost saving ~ 6 L/month
Introduced Aadhaar-based authentication system in CLMS, resulted in cost saving ~3l K/month & 40 man-hours /day
Created Skill Inventory, Grievance Inventory & wage register for ensuring de-risk & business continuity
Devised Ideological model of change; shift from employment to employability for overcoming cultural & legacy issues Human Resource Accounting (HRA)
Introduced the concept & developed a HRA Model & calculated the net worth of HR department at Reliance Hazira.
Model was appreciated to help management take recruitment, promotion and L&D decisions based on Rupee valuation POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Elected as President of Student Council of MBA-HRD (DSE) – Umbrella body for all the clubs & committees in B-school
- Introduced Peer-to-Peer Learning, Alumni Connect Circles and Vartalap – A forum for Industry interaction.
Treasurer, Central College student council: Responsible for the finances of all the student related activities on campus
Secretary, Annual College Fest ‘Utkarsh’: Led team of 10; responsible for successful execution of the event, which witnessed an audience footfall of 20,000+
EXTRA CURRICULAR INTERESTS
Awarded Best Speaker at IIT Kanpur’s national level debate competition at Antaragini, 2010; Footfall - 2000 participants
Presented paper on “Jugaad as reverse Innovation” at a national level conference, highlighting creativity behind “Jugaad”