Ritesh Verma

About Ritesh Verma

Capability & Performance Leader with 26 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, specializing in converting learning interventions into measurable business outcomes. Proven track record in driving sales capability, enhancing managerial effectiveness, and building scalable capability frameworks aligned to business strategy. Strong stakeholder engagement with business leaders to improve productivity, execution excellence, and revenue impact. I lead the L&D Team of Alembic Pharmaceuticals, a leading pharmaceutical company in India.I have completed my PhD in Organizational Psychology, with a focus on enhancing employee engagement, their development and performance.My core competencies include coaching, talent development, sales training, assessment design, and organizational psychology. I have successfully implemented cutting-edge learning and development strategies, tools, and processes for enterprise-level talent development and coaching, aligning staff learning needs to company goals and business outcomes. I have also incubated new learning experiences and optimized existing programs, through a team of L&D professionals. As a certified coach and master trainer, an XLRI certified assessor, an NLP practitioner, and a DiSC trainer, I have a strong track record of designing and delivering high-impact customized learning solutions and assessments for various levels and functions of the organization. I am passionate about helping people grow and thrive in their roles and careers, and creating a culture of learning and excellence.Over the years, I’ve realized that training alone doesn’t drive performance—behavior does. And behavior changes only when systems, managers, and execution come together.I work at the intersection of capability building and business performance, helping organizations move from “learning delivered” to “performance achieved.”My focus areas include:• Sales capability and field force effectiveness• Manager coaching and behavior reinforcement• Converting learning initiatives into measurable business outcomesI have partnered closely with business leaders in the pharmaceutical industry to improve execution quality, productivity, and team effectiveness at scale.I strongly believe that:“Learning is an event. Performance is a process.”Increasingly, my work is centered on building systems that ensure capability translates into sustained business impact.Always open to conversations around capability transformation, manager effectiveness, and performance-driven learning.

Experience

1. Head of Learning and Development

   Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited

   Oct 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

Education

• Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

  PGDBA - HRM, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

  2014 — 2016

• XLRI Jamshedpur

  Certified Assessor, Competency Based Assessment Centre

  2019 — 2019

• Aon Hewitt Learning Centre

  L&D Certification, L&D

  2019 — 2019

• Indira Gandhi National Open University

  Master of Arts - MA, Industrial and Organizational Psychology

• IILM

  Diploma in Sales & Marketing, Sales and Marketing Operations

  2014

• Middle Earth HR

  Certified Master Trainer & Facilitator, Training

  2021 — 2021

• The Academy of Modern Applied Psychology

  Diploma in Modern Applied Psychology, Psychology

  2021 — 2021

• Indira Gandhi National Open University

  Diploma in Management, Business Administration and Management, General

  2002 — 2003

• Indira Gandhi National Open University

  Master of Arts in Psychology , Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  2019 — 2021

• ANLP India

  Certified NLP Practitioner, Neuro Linguistic Programming

  2014 — 2014

• Shri JJT University

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Industrial and Organizational Psychology