People Movement

A seasoned HR professional, who has led HR for companies such as Indigo, Amazon and GE, Raj Raghavan has now joined CoreStack, the next-gen cloud business accelerator company, as CHRO.

Before joining CoreStack, Raghavan spent close to five years with Indigo, where he played a crucial role in maintaining the company’s status as India’s leading airline in terms of market share.

Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals has appointed Arvind Srivastava as their new president of HR. Srivastava has more than 26 years of experience in people management operations and restructuring organisations. Before joining Akums Drugs, Srivastava was associated with Bansal Group of Companies as CHRO & group head HR for two years.

Anushree Singh, who had last served as director – HR, label & graphic materials, South Asia at Avery Dennison from 2017 to 2019, before joining AkzoNobel in July 2019, is now back at Avery Dennison. This time, she has joined as HR director – EMEA, apparel solutions.

SUGAR Cosmetics, the Indian beauty brand, has appointed Nirav Jagad as chief people officer (CPO).

With over 19 years of experience, Jagad was a startup advisor for a while, after working with LEAD School as CHRO for eight months. Jagad was associated with Nykaa for over three years, as chief human resources officer (CHRO).

Priyaranjan comes with rich experience of over 30 years across a range of industries including hospitality, transportation, engineering, consulting, and pharmaceuticals. Before joining Welspun Corp, Priyaranjan was working as CPO at Navin Fluorine International.

He has expertise in managing diversity, developing long-term people strategies, and contributing to organizational growth.

After over six successful years with Diageo, as VP-HR operations, Diageo Business Services India, Srinivasan J has joined Pine Labs as Head – HR services. With this new assignment, Srinivasan will continue to work out of Bengaluru, Karnataka, putting his skills in HR transformation, global HR operations, HR systems, change management and people management to good use.

Auxilo Finserve, an education finance company, has named Lakshmi Ganesh as Head of HR &Administration. Ganesh has 15 years of experience in Human Resources including talent management and acquisition. Ganesh was earlier associated with Fullerton India credit company, Omkar Realtors and Developers, GVK and Reliance Energy.

Servotech Power Systems Limited, a leading player in the solar, EV charging and green power solutions space, announced the appointment of Dr Rajesh Mohan Rai as Chief Human Resource Officer, with effect from 15th December 2022. The appointment comes as a strategic move to help the company enhance talent and organisational capabilities.

Hero Vired, a LearnTech company for higher education aspirants and professionals, today announced the appointment of Samra Rahman as the Head, People, and Culture. As a member of the core leadership team, Samra will play a crucial role in attracting and retaining diverse talent, strengthening growth opportunities for them.