A consummate HR leader and mentor with an experience of 30+ years in Human Resources function globally across multiple countries and across Manufacturing, Consulting, IT & BPO industries. Paneesh has been driving strategic HR initiatives to realize bottom line results and enhance employee engagement in pursuit of organizational objectives.
A creative thinker, problem solver and decision maker, effectively balancing the employee needs with the mission of the organization.
He pioneered initiatives and led large HR interventions with an objective of creating an organization climate providing workforce strategy and management translating into a wide range of people programs, career development, total rewards, inspire and lead large teams deliver business needs and stimulate environment.
In Mindtree, Paneesh oversees the entire gamut of human resources function and employee life cycle management. Heading a large team of 150+ HR professionals, globally, he drives significant initiatives for creating an organization climate that fosters innovation, creates high energy culture and makes the company an employer of choice.
Awards & Accolades:
Paneesh has been conferred with several awards in HR excellence throughout his distinguished career;
- 101 HR Super Achievers in India conferred by World HRD Congress
- Best CHRO conferred by Larsen& Toubro
- 100 HR SuperAchievers conferred by ET Now
- Best Alumnus Achiever of the Year 2016 – 17 conferred by SymbiosisInstitute of Business Management, Pune
- 50 Most Talented HR Technology Leader awarded byWorld HRD Congress
- Transformational HR Leader of the Year awarded by The Guild HT Mint in association with KPMG& CNBC TV18
- Top 50 Inspiring HR Leaders in India awarded by The Economic Times, Edge
- HR Leadershipaward by The Business World
- HR Transformation award by The EconomicTimes
- HR Excellence award byDun & Bradstreet
- Chairman’s award for “Exceptional Performance” by Mr. KumarmangalamBirla, AdityaBirlaGroup
- Director’s award for “Outstanding Student” of the year at Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune
- Featured in the “Achiever’s Club,” a book released by SymbiosisInstitute of Business Management, Pune
- Featured in “100 Managers in Action” by Dr TVRao.
- Nominated executive member of the student’s council as the Industry & Public Relations Coordinator
Paneesh’ s articles and expert opinions on the evolving trends and paradigms in Human Resources regularly appears in high profile publications such as The Times of India, Human Capital and Smart Manager magazines.
An avid fan of cricket, Paneesh represented Madhya Pradesh in the CK Nayudu & Cooch Bihar trophies, college cricket team in his early days and also captained hisschool cricketteam