Webinar | The future of workspaces and jobs
Tags: Webinar, Jobs, Future, Events, Post Covid 19 World

Update: Link to the recording of the full webinar at the end of this story!

The Covid-19 pandemic has wrecked havoc over peoples lives — from a health, as well as economic perspective. Across the world, businesses are either going under, or downsizing to survive the recession that has hit the global economy. In this scenario, what does the future hold for the hundreds of thousands of graduates, as well as those who’ve recently been laid off?

To help us answer these questions and more, are Krishnamurthy Shankar, Group Head — Human Resources, Infosys and Basicolan Pradeep Bhalla, Principal Partner at 3P Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Webinar details

Date: 7 June 2020, 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM

Participants are welcome to post in their questions during the session. A curated selection will be discussed after the keynotes.

About the Speakers

Krish Shankar

Krishnamurthy Shankar

Group Head — HR, Infosys

Krishnamurthy Shankar is the group head of Human Resource Development at Infosys. In this role, he is responsible for envisioning employee experience and driving the talent and organization strategy.

Shankar has over 30 years of experience and has led HR functions in organizations like Bharti Airtel, Philips, Hindustan Unilever and Unilever. In his wide ranging experience in these organizations, he has facilitated transformation and capability development, along with leading the transformation of HR into a strategic partner.

Shankar holds a postgraduate diploma in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur, India and has received an executive certificate in Strategy and Organization from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a doctorate in Business Administration from Aston University. He is also the current president of the National HRD Network, a pan-India body of HR professionals.

Shankar blogs occasionally on LinkedIn, takes a deep interest in the technology and societal changes around us and is passionate about exploring new ideas in HR and organizational development and sharing them. A football enthusiast, he also likes trekking and running.

Pradeep Bhalla

Principal Partner, 3P Consultants

Pradeep Bhalla, Principal partner, 3P Consultants is a headhunter, focused on strategic hiring, including board searches for multinational and Indian companies.

Pradeep, a post graduate in management from Delhi University, has also undergone Management Leadership programs with IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland, and comes with a diverse professional exposure of close to 30 years across industries. Pradeep started his career as a Business Manager with Canon, spearheading the regional business operations for the Japanese multinational for close to a decade. He then moved to the service sector by taking on a Leadership role with Adecco, a Swiss multinational focused on the staffing and recruitment business, where he is credited for having created the sales and service fulfilment structure for the firm, while rapidly increasing the national footprint, capturing key long terms customers’ accounts and building sustainable revenues.

Pradeep then chose to move to the leadership hiring and recruitment space wherein for the past 14 years, he continues to work closely with organizations on building high performance and effective leadership teams while managing the talent universe across domains and functions.

A keen sports enthusiast, Pradeep also has a passion for cross mountain driving, when not immersed in reading and research.