Abhilasha Malviya

Award-winning Chief Human Resources Officer with 19 years of progressive leadership across power, steel, mining and infrastructure enterprises, including Vedanta, Tata Steel, Jindal Steel & Power, Kalpataru Power and JK Organisation. Proven track record of designing and executing enterprise-wide culture transformation, change management, employer branding, internal communications and employee advocacy strategies that translate business ambition into measurable people outcomes. Trusted C-suite and Board-level advisor on organizational capability, talent strategy and governance, with a McKinsey-endorsed track record in leading Agile behavioural transformation and building high-performing, future-ready organizations.

Chief Human Resources Officer - Vedanta Limited – Power (TSPL) - Gurugram, India

(2024-09)

• Lead enterprise HR strategy, organizational development and culture transformation for the Power vertical, reporting into the CEO and engaging directly with the Board on people, governance and organizational risk.
• Driving leadership capability building and succession pipelines at the senior executive layer to support aggressive business growth targets.

Head, Communications – Raw Material - Tata Steel - Jamshedpur, India

(2024-07 - 2024-09)

• Owned communications strategy for the Raw Materials function, shaping internal messaging and stakeholder narratives at the corporate level.

Group HR & Industrial Relations - Tata Steel - Gurugram, India & Jamshedpur

(2020-07 - 2024-07)

• Change Management: Spearheaded a McKinsey-endorsed, organization-wide Agile behavioural transformation; led "Xcelerate" leadership programme for senior officers and "PRAGATI" frontline leadership programme for NOPRs.
• Employer Branding & Talent: Owned fresh-talent MT induction, engagement and career management from premier institutes; built Buddy and Mentor-Mentee programmes to strengthen the employer value proposition.
• Internal Communications & Employee Advocacy: Delivered flagship engagement platforms — CLAP, AWOW, SAKSHAM, SYNERGY — and launched the Step-UP AI platform and SuperApp initiative to enhance the employee experience end-to-end.
• Diversity & Inclusion: Led the D&I squad, developed the LGBTQ+ community charter and ran breakthrough sessions across the organization.
• Built an innovation scorecard/metrics framework to measure and grow employee innovation potential across the enterprise.
• Directed competency-based managerial and leadership programmes on Tata Steel's nine-competency managerial framework, alongside coaching, BluMint leadership programmes and directed higher-education policy for officers.

Senior Manager, HRD - JK Organisation - New Delhi, India

(2019-04 - 2020-06)

• Change Management: Led the Customer-Centric Culture intervention with the Top Management Team and implemented Business Transformation Programmes (BTPs) with newly designed SOPs across HR processes.
• Internal Communications: Launched an e-induction module and technical training module on pulp mill operations; implemented SAP SuccessFactors across HR modules.
• Employer Branding: Owned corporate presence and content strategy across LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, and rolled out the Percipio soft-skills e-learning platform.
• Governance: Implemented a company-wide POSH awareness campaign and designed the PACE talent-development programme for the JKO East region.

Lead, Talent Management - Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited - Noida, India

(2017-09 - 2019-03)

• Aligned manpower planning to targeted revenue growth across the Railways and TLD businesses.
• Employee Advocacy: Drove employee engagement, OD and leadership interventions (KALP, KCI job rotation) alongside 360° feedback and performance management systems.
• Managed succession and career planning for DETs, GETs and MTs, and assessment/development centre processes.

Manager, HR & Employee Services - Jindal Power Limited (JSPL Group) - Gurgaon, India

(2015-07 - 2017-09)

• Led HR operations across 5,000+ MW installed power capacity spanning four locations in Chhattisgarh and Odisha, plus a greenfield project in Senegal.
• Change Management: Drove the Process-Based Organization (PBO) initiative and cost-optimization/resourcing strategy for optimum workforce utilization.
• Employee Advocacy: Ran GPTW benchmarking studies and the RIPPLE engagement initiative; built IDP frameworks for succession planning.

Deputy Manager, Human Resources - Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. - Raigarh, India

(2012-06 - 2015-06)

• Headed Learning & Organizational Development for a 2,500+ employee, 4x250MW and 4x600MW thermal power plant.
• Built an internal pool of 90 certified trainers within two years and launched the "Gyan Drishti" e-learning portal and Etiquette-Communication module.
• Internal Communications: Designed and delivered "Shishtachaar" — a business etiquette, communication and presentation skills programme — company-wide.
• Employee Advocacy: Implemented the GPTW Trust Index survey and RIPPLE initiative across 3,000 employees; led succession mapping and HIPO identification.

Manager, Business Development - Britt World Wide India

(2010-08 - 2012-06)

• Delivered functional and non-functional training, knowledge management and customized corporate training design across client organizations.

Business Manager - Dale Carnegie Training

(2008-07 - 2010-07)

• Structured business strategy and development, managed key client and partner relationships, and oversaw project teams, budgets and delivery of soft-skills programmes nationally.

Management Trainee - Dale Carnegie Training India

(2008-01 - 2008-06)

• Supported national sales of open and in-house corporate soft-skills training programmes.

Advanced Programme - Human Resource Management - XLRI Jamshedpur (2023-01 - 2024-12)

Executive Certificate Programme - Human Resources Management & Services - XLRI Jamshedpur (2015-01 - 2016-12)

Diploma - Training & Development - Indian Society for Training & Development (2011-01 - 2012-12)

M.Phil - Management Studies - Padmashree Dr. D. Y.

Patil

Vidyapeeth (2011-01 - 2012-12)

PGDM - Marketing & IT - Balaji Institute of Management and Human Resource Development (2006-01 - 2008-12)