Ramesh Ramakrishnan

About Ramesh Ramakrishnan

As a Learning & Development professional with over 16 years of experience, I have delivered challenging assignments on establishing a L&D function from the ground up. My core expertise lies in developing & implementing L&D strategy, driving end-to-end L&D processes and building an integrated learning, talent & leadership development ecosystem based on the 70-20-10 development principles that enables a continuous learning & high performance culture. I have set up the learning & skills-certification processes, governance processes, established the digital and social learning architecture at a Global Functional Capability Building Academy through which we drove large-scale upskilling & reskilling programs for global audience. I\'ve worked extensively in building & deploying Competency Models & Career-progression Frameworks, building People Management & Leadership Development Journeys that have resulted in significant business impact.I have worked with some of the best brands like Aditya Birla Group (ABG), Madura Fashion & Lifestyle, Trident Hotels (Oberoi Group of Hotels), and Future Group. Currently, I am with Gyanodaya - Aditya Birla Global Centre for Leadership Learning, where I look after driving cultural transformation, behavioural and functional capability programs. In my previous role, I managed the learning & development practices for a world-class corporate academy at ABG, through which we built group-wide capability & culture building in the evolving space of Customer Experience & Customer Journeys, Consumer Insights, Digital Marketing, Innovation & Design Thinking for the diverse B2C, B2B and new-age businesses of the group globally. I hold certifications in Design Thinking from Stanford GSB, Psychometric Assessments (MBTI & OPQ), Enterprise Gamification, and Train-the-Trainer from Dale Carnegie and have been using the insights to develop impactful learning & leadership development solutions. I am a big fan of experiential, social & community learning practices (both in the physical & digital learning world) and use these along with formal methodologies to build a continuous & sustainable learning & collaboration culture. My current interests lie in Design Thinking & Neuroscience and its application in crafting Human-centered learner journeys. I am happy to connect and brainstorm how we can use these modern practices & technology to help individuals and teams bring out the best in themselves and others and achieve great heights of professional & personal achievement. Let\'s connect!

Experience

1. Program Director - Aditya Birla Global Centre for Leadership Learning Gyanodaya

   Aditya Birla Group

   Jan 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   As a Program Director at the group\'s Global Centre for Leadership Learning I am responsible for driving cultural transformation, behavioral and functional capability building programs.

Education

• Welingkar Institute of Management

  Diploma in Human Resources Management, Human Resources

  2006 — 2007

• GlobalNxt University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Enterprise Knowledge Management, Consumer Behaviour

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS), Business Administration and Management, General

  2003 — 2006

Skills

• Stakeholder Management
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Leadership Development
• Learning & Development
• Talent Management
• Competency Based Training
• Psychometrics
• Instructional Design
• Training Facilitation
• Training & Development
• Gamification
• Mbti
• Trusted Business Partner
• Employee Engagement
• Train the Trainer Certification
• Team Building Facilitation