The 4th Rewards and Recognition Programme ‘ZENITH 2014’ was organised by National HRD Network, Bhubaneswar Chapter here recently.
The programme showcased the benchmarked HR practices which are unique, innovative and have paid rich dividends as well as encourages the Best HR Young Managers to display their excellence. The event was inaugurated by chief guest Infosys Bhubaneswar Centre head Prabhat Kumar Das and key note speaker Chief-HRM, Tata Steel, Kalinga Nagar Project Partha Sarathi Mishra.
After the initial context setting which was done by National HRD Network VP and KIIT School of Management Director Dr Anil Bajpai, addressing the gathering of HR professionals, academia and industry experts laid emphasis on emotional sensitivity being the key to managing teams and people. “Connecting to the grassroots is very essential a component of accelerating excellence in organisations,” they said.
This was followed by a panel discussion on ‘HR as strategic partner in Decision making’. Srijat Mishra, CEO and MD Kalingasoft, Prof SS Ganesh from XIMB, Dev Dutta Sarma, Head - HR, Satven (Subsidiary of TechM) and Head - Rewards and Talent Management Initiatives, TechM and Ramesh Mantana, Senior Manager, HR Infosys participated in the discussion. It was moderated by Prof Shradha Padhi.
This year, entries were sought for two categories – Best HR Young Manager and Best HR Practices and organizations that participated include WIPRO, ITC, Tata Steel, ESSPl, PPl, Tech Mahindra, TSPDl and HPCl to name a few. Winners were picked up for Best Overall HR Practices, Most Exemplary HR Practice and Best HR Young Manager. Team awards included trophy and certificate. For individual winners and runners-up, along with certificate and trophy, reward vouchers were also given away.
Winners under the Best Overall HR Practices category are TECH Mahindra, 1st Runners Up RSP, SAIl; and 2nd Runners Up Godawari Power and Ispat limited. Winners under the Most Exemplary HR Practice category are ESSPl (winner) and Tata Steel (Runners up). Winners under the Best HR Young Manager category Devi Prasad Panthala TSPDl (winner); 1st Runners Up Arijit Majumdar, TSPDl, and 2nd Runners Up Vijay Singh, ITC.
In addition, the Chapter also conducted a Best HR Article contest amongst B-school students on the theme of ‘Aligning HR to Business Strategy.’ The competitions were adjudged by a jury-panel comprising senior members from corporate HR, academics and business. The winners in the Best HR Article contest include Harman Kaur and Varun Jhunjhunwala of KIIT School of Management (winner) ; Pooja Daruka and Upasana Samaddar of XIMB (1st Runners up); Deeksha Pattanaik of Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan (2nd Runners Up) and consolation prizes went to Simantika Mishra of Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan and B Sravya from Centurain University.