Sidharth Pratap

About Sidharth Pratap

HR professional with 16 years of experience in varied areas of HR including Talent…

Experience

1. Talent Manager HR Business Partner

   Cognizant

   Jun 2010 — Present · Pune, IN

   Current Role: Talent Management / Vertical HRBP & Employee Relations Location Lead: Provide HR partnership for Director & above (D+) associates, for both strategic and tactical initiatives, day to day HR support and execution of strategies for assigned business units and provides HR policy guidance and interpretationFeb 2019– Nov2022Role: Facility Lead- Talent Manager/ HRBP: Team Management: Leading a team of 7 Junior Talent Managers with a headcount of associates to run the employee engagement program. o Performance Management Implementationo Employee Relations & Consequence Managemento HR Analyticso Employee Lifecycle Managemento Retention of Senior Manager & above.o BCM: Work from Home enablement, RTO, Vaccination Driveso Employee Health & Safety (EHS) Location Lead, ISO & Client Audits.o Team Mentoring & Trainingo Client Locations Managemento GenC Engagement Location Leado Local police and Law enforcement Interactionso Bench ManagementNov 2014- Feb2019Role: Vertical HR BP- Finance & Accounting & Product Retail Vertical o M&A Assimilation of 2 Projectso Performance Management Lead for the Verticalo Leadership Assimilations & Engagemento R&R Leado Career Architecture Implementation o Client Management & Auditso Analytics & Insights for Leadershipo Mentoring and Training Team Members. Jan 2014- Aug2017Role: AssimilationsPioneered the Assimilation engagement for Mumbai under a Special Project. Primarily aimed to arrest the high attrition among new hires during their first 6 months in Cognizant. Achievements: 1. Lowest Infant (0 to 6 months) Attrition % across all locations consistently across 20••••77% vs 27.80%(India)2. Improvement of the Overall quality of post Induction engagement from the lowest to one of the highest in India. Improved in the quality of rehires. Reduced difference in existing associates & rehires. June 2010 – Dec 2013Role: Vertical Talent Partner/ HR BP- for Life Sciences & BFS Verticals

Education

• Madras Christian College

  MA, Economics

  2002 — 2004

• Madras Christian College

  BA, Economics

  1999 — 2002

• The Lawrence School - Lovedale

  CBSE, Commerce

  1991 — 1999

• ITM Business School

  MBA, Human Resources Management

  2004 — 2005

Skills

• Mis
• People Management
• HR Policies
• Personnel Management
• Recruitments
• Talent Management
• Technical Recruiting
• Human Resources
• Talent Acquisition
• Screening
• Employee Engagement
• Vendor Management
• Recruiting
• Change Management
• Performance Management
• Hris
• Management
• Team Management
• Employee Relations
• Sourcing
• Performance Appraisal