Contact:8336901333

E-mail: abhijitsiddhanta@yahoo.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL PARTICULARS
Name ABHIJIT SIDDHANTA

Father’s Name Sri Sukumar Siddhanta

Permanent Address 15/2/23, Jheel Road, Bank Plot, Sweet Land,

Kolkata – 700 075.

Contact no. 8336901333(M) / 9331783653(M)

E-mail address abhijitsiddhanta2014@gmail.com

abhijitsiddhanta@yahoo.com

Date of Birth 20/02/1970

Marital Status Married

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Passed B.Sc.(Honours) in Economics from Calcutta University with 2nd Class in 1991.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
I Awarded Certified Reward Professional by AON Hewitt Learning Centre in 2019

II Completed PGDHRM equivalent to MBA, (Recognised by A.I.C.T.E.) from Indian

Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Calcutta, the first
Management Institute in India, securing First Class with 66% marks in 1996.

III Completed one year full time Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management,
Industrial Relations and Labour Welfare from State Labour Institute, Calcutta
(Labour Department, Govt. of West Bengal) securing First Class with First Position
with 72% marks in 1993 session.

Conferred the award '101 HR Super Achievers (India) - HR Leadership Award'

for 2019 by World HRD Congress. 

WORK EXPERIENCE DETAILS (in chronological order)

NAME OF THE
SL NO. FROM DATE TO DATE POSITION
COMPANY
Marshall Corporation Executive –
1 Ltd, Kolkata – a civil November 1994 Sept 1997 Personnel &
construction company Administration
2 Elque Group, Kolkata Sept 1997 January 2000 Executive –Human
– having two Resources
companies Elque
Polyesters Ltd &
Plastosen Ltd –
manufacturer of PET
resin and PET
 packaging products
respectively
NAME OF THE
SL NO. FROM DATE TO DATE POSITION
COMPANY
Videocon Industries
Regional Officer – HR
3 – formerly Videocon January 2000 January 2002
& Admin (East Zone)
International Ltd
GKB Rx Lens Pvt.
Ltd. – largest
HR Head – Retail
manufacturer, retailer
4 January 2002 October 2004 Division & Export
& exporter of
Factory
ophthalmic lenses in
India
SREI Infrastructure
Ltd. – an NBFI
engaged into asset
financing, equipment Manager – Corporate
5 October 2004 February 2006
rental & leasing, HR
project financing,
venture capital, capital
market activities
Reliance
Communications
Ltd.- the second
Deputy General
6 largest telecom February 2006 May 2015
Manager - HR
company in India. Also
the largest in dual
technology network
India Power
Corporation Ltd.
(earlier DPSC Ltd.) –
one of the oldest
organization engaged
Head - HR
in
7 May 2015 Still continuing Operations,
Generation,Transmissi
Corporate
on & Distribution of
power. It also has a
visible presence in
renewable energy
segment

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCES

Total 24 years of experience in generalist HR roles handling Manpower Planning,

Recruitment & Selection, Performance Management System, Reward &
Recognition, Training & Development, Compensation & Benefits Administration,
Statutory Compliances under Labour Laws, Employee / Industrial Relations,
Grievance Handling, Staff Welfare and General Administration.

ASSIGNMENTS & RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE CURRENT JOB

Currently, serving IPCL as Head - HR Operations for the entire India Power Group
based at corporate office and responsible for Talent Acquisition (i.e., Manpower
Planning, Organisation Structure & Cost, Recruitment & Selection etc.), Talent
Management (i.e., Performance Management System, Reward & Recognition etc,)
Compensation & Benefits, Statutory Compliances, Industrial Relations and all HR
operational activities including attendance, payroll, Implementation of HRMS and
staff welfare.

No. of Reportees: 9
KEY HIGHLIGHTS

 Shouldered the responsibility of officiating Group HR head for one year

& six months (from Nov 2015 to June 2017) during the transition phase.
 Instrumental and part of the management team in negotiating & closing the
wage settlement with unions (total nine recognized trade unions) through
collective bargaining process for the period of 2012-2017; derived the key
logic and formulae of calculation.
 Instrumental in launching the new India Power HR Policy, Systems &
Procedures Manual in December 2017.
 Introduced tax-saving Flexi-Compensation structure in April 2018.
 Instrumental in recruiting more than 200 qualified manpower at different
levels, for Haldia O & M post commissioning and Meenekshi Energy in O & M
post take over from Engie and termination of O & M contractor engaged
during the erstwhile management, put together during 2017-18.
 A key member in the Meenakshi Energy takeover from Engie, a French
multinational activity and was responsible for integration of HR perspectives
during 2016-17.
 Availability of 90% approved manpower at any point of time for each of the
SBUs.
 Sourcing manpower mainly through head hunting, references and job portals
thereby minimizing cost of recruitment
 Lead the process of transition into HRMS system from the existing
manual HR processes by defining, formulating HR Master Values and
providing all relevant data & information to the implementing
organization (vendor). Launched HRMS system during 2016-17
successfully and it still continues.
 Completion of Performance Assessment for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17
within timeline adhering to the normalization process
 Formulating & Implementing Performance Linked Incentive Scheme for
power distribution business
 Engagement of Apprentices as per the provisions of Apprenticeship Act in the
organization for the first time
 Compliances under Labour Laws – cleared backlogs for 6 years
 Prepared rightsizing plan through manpower rationalization, VRS scheme
etc.
 Prepared HR Budget for 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19
 Covering all the employees in the Power Group under Group Personal
Accident policy
 Formulating Reward & Recognition Scheme for the Transmission &
Distribution business.
 Initiating the process of Talent Review and Succession Planning process in
the organization

ASSIGNMENTS & RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PREVIOUS JOB (RCOM)

(1) Served as Head of HR Operations (i.e., responsible for Talent

Acquisition & Talent Management) in the unified circle of Kolkata-WB
since July 2014 till May 2015. Responsibility includes Recruitment &
Selection, Performance Management, Compensation & Benefits,
Rewards & Recognition, Employee Retention, HR Operations etc.
  No. of reportees – 4

(2) Served as the HR Head of West Bengal Circle and also additionally
responsible for the Talent acquisition for key positions and
Performance Management for the East Region (Kolkata, WB, Orissa,
Assam, NE, Bihar & Jharkhand) from Dec, 2012 to June 2014.
 No. of reportees – 4

(3) Was heading the HR Operations of WB Hub handling HR functions of

Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, Talent Management and
HR ops (Designation - DGM) consisting of Kolkata, West Bengal, Assam
& NE circles from July 2011 to Nov, 2012.
 No. of reportees – 8

(4) Handled the role of Hub HR Lead – Wireless Business for WB Hub
(circles – Kolkata, WB, Assam & NE) from November, 2009 to June 2011.
 No. of reportees – 7

(5) Handled the role of Talent Acquisition Lead for Kolkata & WB circles
from July 2008 to October 2009.
 No. of reportees - 4

(6) Handled the role of Talent Management Lead for Kolkata, WB, Bihar &
Jharkhand circles from February 2006 to June 2008.
 No. of reportees - 2

Key responsibilities handled in RCOM:

Recuitment & Selection

- Sourcing & selection of manpower
- Creating bench strength
- Utilising cost-effective sources for recruitment
- Manpower availability at optimum level
- Head hunting for key positions
- Minimising recruitment cost
- Onboarding & induction programme

Talent Management
- Performance management – Balanced Score Card
method – Quarterly & Annual
- Administration of MSIP (Monthly Sales Incentive Prog)
& PFP (Pay for Performance) programmes
- Nurturing & grooming high performer-high potential
employees
- Employee retention – high performers
- Succession planning
- Rewards & Recognition – implementation of national
level programmes and launching & implementation of
hub level programmes
- Employee Engagement activities / HR initiatives
- Employee Communications
 HR Operations
- Maintaining SAP HR modules
- Employee Life Cycle Management
- HR policies & processes
- Compensation & benefits
- Online Processes like e-Recruitment, e-PMS, e-People
Solution, e-Separation etc
- Grievance handling
- HR Audit
- HR AOP – preparation & implementation
- Maintaining Employee / Industrial Relations
- Monitoring statutory compliances
- Disciplinary issues

Talent Development
- TNI process
- Implementation of T & D plan as per budget

Additional Responsibility :

 Handled the role of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Head;

implemented all national level programmes and launched a few
region level projects.

Key milestones in RCOM :-

 Achieved an Employee Engagement Score of 66% for West Bengal Circle in April
2014, which is second highest among all circles.
 Achieved an average of 2.1 mandays of training coverage for all the employees of
WB circle in 2013-14. Unique employee coverage is 80%.
 Implementation of Assessment Center Development Center process at region level
in 2013-14.
 Launched & implemented a CSR project ‘Prayag’ – providing computer training to
the young persons from economically weaker section of the society in 2013-14.
 Implementation of Region level Swagat – Samagam – Swikaar process , i.e.
Induction – nurturing of resources- Confirmation process in 2012-13.
 Recruited more than 360 manpower in Wireless business in East Region in 2012-13
with zero recruitment cost on placement agency.
 Recruited more than 250 manpower in Sales & Distribution in 2011-12 as per
‘Accelerated Manpower Programme’ without incurring any recruitment cost on
recruitment agencies – positions ranging from frontline Executive to GM.
 Voluntary Attrition among 0 to 6 months employees minimized to 1% in 2011-12
 Implementation of Performance Improvement Plan for the below expectation
performers as per consequence management during 2011-12.
 Minimizing employee cost as percent of revenue for the hub to 2.7% in 2011-12
 Rolled out hub level R & R programme ‘Ullash’ in 2011-12.
 In 2010-11 launched and implemented a CSR project ‘Swabalamban’ – providing
vocational stitching training under NCVT to the women from economically weaker
(below poverty line) section of the society, which has become a model project
nationally.
 Implemented ‘Operation Parivartan’ – a HR operation initiative in 2009
successfully.
 Participated in organization benchmarking on HR policies in 2009.
 Rolled out ESOS (Employee Stock Option Scheme) in the circle in 2008.
  Rolled out circle level R & R programme – Reliance Blue in 2008
 Rolled out designation for the RCOM employees in 2007 and associate company
roll employees in 2011.
 Rolled out Balanced Score Card method in 2006-07, acted as a Circle PMS
Coordinator and being a certified Balanced Score Card Trainer, organized and
conducted cascading training sessions for the employees in the entire circle. Also
organized KRA setting workshops in the circle. Also rolled out online Balanced
Score Card based ePMS in the same year.

MEMBERSHIP
 Life Member of the NHRDN, Kolkata Chapter