• Facilitating change to a performance/results based organizational culture, from an activity based culture usually found in NGOs.
• Strategic planning and project cycle management; HR strategies, plans & processes.
• Community based small and medium enterprise development.  
• Recruitment, training and mentoring of management and staff; advised managers on employee relations, staffing and candidate selection.
• Designed and deployed a job-specific and goal-based Performance Management program, and training to apply the same.

• Formulate HR strategy, policies & processes, and ensure compliance. Implement initiatives in organizational development, performance management, compensation; talent acquisition, staffing & retention, and staff welfare.
• Introduced a 360 degree Performance Management System based on the balanced scorecard system.
• Advise Management on all legal and strategic issues, statutory compliance & liaison activity, court matters, IR issues. Salary, wages and benefits administration
• Conduct Employee engagement and satisfaction surveys; increased employee retention and satisfaction by facilitating job enrichment and career planning & progression.
• Elevated employee morale and increased confidence through communication forums, employee opinion survey, and performance incentives. Created an environment of inclusion, open communication, and honesty during times of change. 

As Executive Director provide leadership to the organization, a private equity & real estate advisory firm to commit capital on behalf of a diverse range of investors both private and institutional. The firm buys majority & minority stakes in small companies having the potential to grow. Responsibilities & achievements include:

• Develop and implement business strategies, marketing and operational plans, negotiate with existing & potential investors and prospective investments
• Direct all aspects of operations, specially valuations of potential investments
• Enhance investor value and maintain oversight in invested firms
• Established and nurtured successful business relationships with investors/clients from India, the mid-East, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
•  Achieving a smooth transition for the relocation of the business to Hong Kong, now known as Century Palm Ltd.

• Design, develop and co-ordinate training within a rapidly expanding workforce
• Build upon existing training and processes for change management
• Develop the use of alternative learning methods in practice such as coaching, e- learning, shadowing to achieve targeted Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
• Ensured evaluations were conducted on all training and development programs in line with the approved evaluation strategy.
• Appointing and monitoring external training organizations for specialist training courses.
• Initiate a pilot program for stress management & reduction, which after proving successful and generating great feedback was implemented across all departments and employees.

• Development of a comprehensive HR strategy, plans, and processes linked to strategic    and operational goals (customer acquisition & retention, up selling, cost reduction)
• Implementation of a modern leadership style/structure and to achieve productivity improvements and cultural change through cross functional projects and team working
•  Facilitating both in-house and outsourced training programs to promote organizational and individual learning through joint Company and employee initiatives
• Implementation of performance management and development processes for all staff
• Significant improvements in flexibility of employee resource to deal with changing seasonal demand
• Achievement of recruitment targets in line with business expansion goals

The organization makes corporate films and documentaries to help clients with their PR, Advertising & Marketing, sales, training, production and operations. Clients include reputed multinational organizations such as, Cummins, Castrol, Thyssen-Krupp, Wipro, CDAC, Indian defense and R&D organizations, NGOs, etc. Achievements include:

• Understanding the clients’ business and needs to develop appropriate marketing and communication strategies and plans.
• Engage with the staff & management of the clients at all levels for co-ordination at all stages of the project
• Manage the internal processes of the organization and deal with vendors and partners. Supervise travel and logistics.
• Manage budgets and cash-flow

• Effective leadership of a Task-force of 250 personnel in Nagaland as part of a unique project to involve Army Engineers, medical, agricultural, and other specialized personnel for carrying out development work among rural communities. The project achieved excellent results & outcomes and has been comprehensively documented.
• Responsible for a workforce of 200 to 400, administration & HR responsibilities include pay & allowances, motivation, training & development, career planning & hygiene factors.
• Construction of Mountain-roads, Modular Bridges, Living shelters, Water supply projects and other amenities in border areas requiring engineering & project management skills & competencies.
• Successfully led regular de-mining and explosive clearance operations in the Jammu & Kashmir and Nagaland without suffering a single casualty.
• Instructor/trainer in the College of Military Engineering, Pune, India.