Interview with Mr Rajeev Dubey, National President, National HRD Network, India

Abstract

Human Resource Development (HRD) in India has been experiencing a transformation, especially over the last decade. National HRD Network (NHRDN), India, established in 1985, has been playing a pioneering institutional role behind this transformation. The NHRDN is all about tapping unexplored human potential. Its logo represents the idea that NHRDN helps complete the missing pieces in any HR practitioner’s life, be it professional or personal. The jigsaw piece in the logo represents a single individual, because it is the individual who has the power to change oneself and that only he/she can complete the circle of life. It carries the features of humanist classification, perhaps aptly reflecting the origin of the HRD function which has its roots in humanism. As the National Apex body of human resources (HR) professionals, NHRDN is committed to promoting the HRD movement in the country and enhancing the capability of HR professionals to compete globally, thereby creating value for society. Towards this end, NHRDN is committed to the development of HR through education, training, research and experience sharing. It is an auto nomous, not-for-profit, professionally managed organization, playing a catalyst role in grooming leaders for tomorrow. It has 12,500 members representing multinationals, public and private organizations including Government, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) spread across 30 chapters in India and serves as a reference point for HR Professionals in India. Mr Rajeev Dubey is the current president of NHRDN. He is also the president (Group HR, Corporate Services & After-Market) and a member of the Group Executive Board of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. He is also the chairman of the CSR Council and the Corporate Governance Cell of the Group and serves on the Boards of several Group Companies. He joined Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. in January 2004 after a career spanning 29 years in the Tata Group, where he joined in 1975 as a member of the Tata Administrative Service (TAS), the central managerial cadre South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management 1(1) 119–125 2014 SAGE Publications India Private Limited SAGE Publications Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington DC DOI: 10.1177/2322093714526668 http://hrm.sagepub.com