Uday K

About Uday K

An astute HR professional with a unique academic blend of - a Degree in Electrical Engineering and a MBA - both full time degree courses from reputed institutes. A solid HR experience with large well established, multi-location, multi-cultural MNC organizations as well as start-ups. One of the rare HR professionals having in-depth and hands-on knowledge of \'Full Spectrum HR\' ie. covering & having delivered impactful results within the areas of Human Capital Management, HR Strategy, HR Business Partnership, Mergers & Acquisitions, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Organizational Capability Building (Learning & Development), Performance Management & Optimization, Compensation, Benefits & Total Rewards, Change Management & Organizational Development, HR & Talent transformation, Employee Engagement, HR analytics & HR Digitization projects. Having a good functional command over Industrial Relations / Employee Relations, Administration & Security as well. Recipient of multiple awards from many of my employers for - Successfully delivering HR automation, cultural & talent transformation projects with significant ROI- Ensuring niche, leadership & mass scale hiring assignments getting closed with “the right candidate recruited at the right time” philosophy- For having framed some of the most efficacious policies; which got high appreciation by both – the organization’s management as well as employees- Significantly improved the Employee Engagement Scores- Significantly reducing the attrition %- Successfully driving the organizational capability building initiatives so as to ensure that the organization has more than sufficient human capital with the required upskilled competence- Coaching the HR team to a superior level of qualitative & quantitative performance- Resolving many vexed Labor / Industrial Relations issues amicably without the employee or the union having to take recourse to any other resolution forum/s- Well managed the Admin & security function. In my career span I have worked with some of the best in class MNC organizations; wherein I have managed an employee strength right from 400 to nos; along with managing a multi-cultural workforce across locations & countries viz. India, United Kingdom, Singapore, UAE, Philippines, Uruguay & the United States of America. Always passionate about people. Always agile. Always forward looking. Always open to learning new things. Always happy to be hands-on. An avid scuba diver & passionate gardner. Honorary Visiting Professor - Univ of Mumbai. Tel +91••••••••51.

Experience

1. Head HR (Hrbp, Talent Management, Culture, C & B, L & d, Od and Talent Acquisition) Head Admin

   Prudential plc

   Nov 2019 — Present

   HR Leader / HR Head for the HR team/s managing the entire Global Capability Center/s (viz. Digital & IT, ITES, Accounting services, Actuarial & Quants & BPO / BPS) providing full spectrum HR coverage viz- HRBP, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Employee experience, L&D, C&B, Employee relations / Industrial relations and OD.\\\\n\\\\n- Lead the GCC CoE on Employer Branding, Internal Communications & Employee Experience.\\\\n\\\\n- CoE leader for HR Digitization\\\\n\\\\n- Also lead the Admin and Workplace solutions team as additional responsibility.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Education

• Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1995 — 1999

• University of Mumbai

  Masters in Management Studies, HR & Marketing

  2003 — 2005

• MVLU College of Science

  HSC, HSC

  1993 — 1995

• PBHS, Goregaon, mumbai

  SSC, SSC

  1983 — 1993