Shaping young HR leaders
Mr. Amish Banker, Chief Distribution Officer, ICICI Life Insurance Limited, said, “We, at ICICI Life Insurance, firmly believe that ‘Talent has no gender’.
Avanse Financial Services (Avanse), a leading education-focused non-banking financial company (NBFC) in India, announced the appointment of Anila Rajneesh as its Chief People Officer, effective October 2026.
Ambuja Foundation, an independent, pan-India social development organization in collaboration with Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation (NSF) launched a Security Guard Skill Academy in Chirawa, Rajasthan after successful execution of a guard training initiative since 2021 at its Skill & Entrepreneurship Development Institute in Chirawa.
For over five decades, St. Joseph’s Institute of Management (SJIM), Bangalore, has been a frontrunner in management education, consistently nurturing professionals who embody both managerial excellence and strong ethical values.
Judge India Solutions, part of The Judge Group, has completed 10 years in India, marking a decade of growth from a 17-member team in Noida to a 500-member organisation with offices in Bengaluru & Hyderabad supporting a growing portfolio of IT, Learning and Talent solutions.
A year ago, AI discussions with HR focused on pilots. That stage is no more. AI is increasingly embedded in content processes, campaign planning and client reporting in the marketing and creative sectors.
Over the last decade, India’s GCCs stopped being execution centres; they shifted to being centres where global companies handed talent real ownership, decision rights, escalation authority, exposure to complex problems and encouraged cross-border solutioning, years earlier than most of the market was prepared to.
They fail when the organisation has not clearly defined the problem it wants the new leader to solve. They fail when a job description becomes a collection of responsibilities rather than a statement of business outcomes.
India’s manufacturing sector is undergoing a major transformation. Automation, digitalisation, sustainability requirements and changing global supply chains are changing the way factories operate and the skills they require.
Workforce planning is moving beyond headcount to outcomes. As AI agents become part of the workforce, organisations will need to plan around KPIs, competencies and business outcomes, determining what to Build, Buy, Borrow and Bot.
Higher education is going through one of the biggest shifts in its history. Artificial intelligence, automation, and fast-changing job requirements are forcing universities to rethink how they teach, what they teach, and how closely they work with industry.
The emerging Multinational Benefits Guide by Howden Employee Benefits examines how companies are managing employee benefits across different markets.
