Arun Singh

Building a strong leadership eco-system/pipeline and talent hub, alongside culture and HR systems, for a listed, fast-growing electrical & transformer component manufacturing business. Growth is an integral part of the eco-system at MEIL and hence onboarding and developing talent with a growth oriented mindset.

All under the sun in the field of Human Resources, Industrial Relations and Administration. People, Team and Organisational Transformation always at the core, while working closely with people. - Largest Cold-Drawn Seamless Tube manufacturer in India - With and for Railways through engineered components in India and abroad for 60 years (A dedicated Forging Unit) - Engineering Projects and more...

This completed my troica of working in Tata, MNC and Promoter driven work culture as in this tenure of my journey of experiencing the 360 degree word of Corporates. I worked with with 6 organisations at the same time - MNCs, Tata organisations as well as few promoter driven organisations. The goal was one - to see why what they say in books of HR is so generalised and unclear and for one to bring real life changes, one has to understand that every organisation is different. Every person has a different perspective. Unless an HR leader understands this, he/she will never realise the true meaning of qualities like 'Listening', 'Humility', 'Observation', 'Learning', 'Growth', 'Culture', 'Professionalism', 'leadership', 'management', 'Teamwork', 'Communication', 'Collaboration', etc. The words which were boring things people had written about became live tools of transformation for me. I could almost see that instead of using jargons and templates mentioned by Managemenet Gurus, one could actually create customised 'simple to understand and impactful when implemented' HR frameworks and tools to help not only organisations which wanted to grow at a moderate pace but also those which wanted a massive 50%+ YoY growth while still not losing sight of process, systems, operational hygiene and compliances. This gave me insights which none could ever get from 1000 books and 10 Ivy League Professional institiutions. I had a new alchemy of People centricity of Tatas, Process orientation of MNCs and Result driven approach of Promoter driven organisations. I now knew, why HR has to keep justifying itself. The fact is - even HR professionals do not know the real power of HR. And this ie because for one to understand the true and hidden power of HR, an HR professional had to first break the comfort zone and practice DIY with different cultures. Transformation is not just a word for me. For any Corporate/Business problem, there is an HR solution which even HR can't see and realise :-)

Completed crucial projects at a fast pace in the days of pandemic while keeping the work places safe and protected. Building of organisation Culture, Compensation study and implementation of recommendations and building an inspired and engaged HR team were some of the best experiences.

- Developing a framework of partnering with the Business and executing while getting the buy in from the stakeholders - Deriving Human Resource Strategy from the Organisation strategy and cascading down to annual action plans - Leading Organizational restructuring / Change management programmes while reporting to the Board of Directors - Enabling the CEOs in holding organization wide communications forums - Board meeting presentations - Leading gender based 'Diversity and Inclusion' related initiatives across the organization - Talent Acquisition through various sources with a focus on Campus Recruitment Drives in a few of well known institutes in India. Has handled all aspects of campus recruitment drives and other modes of hiring practices - A motivational, leadership and manageent development speaker having conducted many workshops for middle and senior management teams at Tata BlueScope Steel as well as motivational sessions for larger audiences in other institutions - Employee Engagement programmes. Launched innovative employee development and engagement programmes eg ‘Teachers Day’ (felicitation of internal facilitators), ‘International Women’s Day’, ‘Inspiring Leadership Series’ for Heads, ‘New Leaders Orientation’ for Managers, Hobbies clubs, to name a few - Performance Management System and managing all aspects of PMS in SAP HR module - Performance Rewards and Benefits programmes linked with the annual SAP based PMS system - Talent Retention through enhancing organisation wide connect among people - One-to-one and Focus Group Interactions - Organising Executive Leadership Team Forums - Administration for the organisation and Industrial Relations for overall plant productivity - Signing wage revision and bonus agreements with Unions - Auditor in Affirmative Action Agenda under Tata Group - Has been a lead auditor in Affirmative Action programme for Tata Group to improve the quality of life of SC/ST community (assessed Tata International Limited)

Marketing and Business Development Plan for various Business Divisions of Tata BlueScope Steel for Metal Building Systems

My stint with HR began with this role. Worked as Head-Corporate Support in the office of Managing Director, Tata BlueScope Steel Limited and was exposed to all organizational level major technical and people related decisions. Was the convener of Western Regional Network Forum, Pune (a common forum of tata group companies) holding 3 events in a year (Innovation day, CHRO conclave and Tata CSR forum)

Executive Assistant to General Manager-West Bokaro Division, Tata Steel. Analysis and Value addition in all major decisions of General Manager of the division including all HR and technical related issues. Worked with 3 senior leaders and learnt the nuances of leadership, people motivation and employee relations. Spent the maximum time while working with the future Vice President-Human Resource of Tata Steel Limited and learning some of the world class People practices in one of the leading world class Steel Companies which Tata Steel Limited truly is.

Recruited from campus and joined as a Graduate Engineer Trainee in Tata Steel

All aspects of Operations and Maintenance and leading a team of Supervisors, Operators and Maintenance Staff

Joined through Campus Selection from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.

Learning Labour Laws from the Institute, which shaped my career when I had my first full time programme in 2002-03, is a great experience. Learning from some of the best Professors in Labour and Industrial Laws in the country is always an experience I have always loved. This programme focuses on the 4 New Labour Codes which replace 29 Labour Laws.