The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), recently concluded its India annual conference in New Delhi. The two-day conference participation from more than 1000 delegates including HR professionals, corporate leaders and over 60 thought leaders from accross the world.
The theme of the conference was “Velocity-Speed with focus”, which highlighted that HR profession must grow and spot & nurture talent to meet the constantly changing demands of the business world.
The event addressed vital issues including significance of injecting velocity in HR, social stigmas at workplace, talent management, reasons to revamp HR, out of the box HR practices and HR function in defining leadership.
The conference also witnessed SHRM India announcing the winners of its annual awards for excellence in human resource management and innovative practices. Tech Mahindra won the awards in three categories - excellence in social media practices, excellence in developing leader of tomorrow and excellence in community impact which the company shared with watchmaker Titan Company Limited.
Among other categories, excellence in diversity and inclusion went to Aegis while excellence in talent sourcing and staffing was awarded to WNS Global Services; Microsoft India bagged the award for employer with best employee health and wellness initiative; excellence in human resources in South Asia award went to SriLankan Airlines.