Mohan Sharma Khandrika is an experienced human resources professional with over 28 years of experience in India, Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria. He has held roles such as Head of HR at ICRISAT and Group Director of HR at Jotna International in Lagos, Nigeria. His experience includes recruitment, compensation and benefits management, talent acquisition, performance management, and training and development. He holds certifications in competency-based recruitment and analysis.

1. Synopsis of Resume
MOHAN SHARMA KHANDRIKA
Flat No. 501, Shilpa Residency, Nizampet Road, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500085
(Phone: +91-9908249555; email: (mohanksharma@gmail.com )
I bring the depth and range of comprehensive International HR best practices. I
have lived and worked in India,Saudi Arabia and Nigeria. The sectors I have
contributed include International not for profit, FMCG, and manufacturing
sectors. Human Resources responsibilities include HR Management, Learning &
Development, HR Technology, Talent Acquisition & and Compensation &
Benefits. I have facilitated several leadership development programs and team
building events with diverse nationalities.
My experience and skills include:
• An internationally certified competency-based Recruiter and Analyst
• Recruited over 300 internationally recruited professionals at various levels
– Executive Search
• Recruited over 300 managerial staff
• Competency based mapping of positions and skills and developing of job
descriptions
• Compensation and benefit management and benchmarking
• Manpower planning
• Recruitment and selection
• Staff On-boarding and Induction
• HR Administration
• Human Resources Information System (HRIS)
• Talent acquisition and management
• Performance Management and staff development
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Staff cost budgeting
• Conflict Management / Relationship Management

2. CV of Mohan Sarma
Curriculum Vitaé
MOHAN SHARMA KHANDRIKA
Flat No. 501, Shilpa Residency, Nizampet Road, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500085
(Phone: +91-9908249555; email: (mohanksharma@gmail.com )
Objective: To work for an Organization that believes in strategically aligning its
Human Resource with its business goals for optimum utilization of the competencies
through employee development.
Over 28 years of HR and Administrative experience in international
organizations
Worked as Head, HR at ICRISAT with a human capital of 1400 staff.
Skills
 A Good Communicator and Team Player and Team Lead
 Excellent Personal Relations and writing skills
 Policy Development Skills (trained in Policy Development) with legal knowledge and
background
 Excellent Administrator
 Strategic thinker in business plan development and required talent acquisition and
development
 HR Business Partner for implementation of business plan and align it with Strategic Plan
of the Organization.
 Thorough knowledge in compensation and benefit management and administration.

Competencies
 Sound academic background in General Administration, Human Resources Strategy,
Management, Recruitment, Performance Management, and salary and benefit
administration, Organizational Development, Gender & Diversity, and change
management.
 Correspondence with State (Home Department, FRO) and Central Government
(Ministry of External Affairs, Department of Agricultural Research and Education,
Ministry of Agriculture) for facilitation concurrence for newly created positions,
processing of Assignment Visas, Government of India ID cards, correspondence on
various government related issues.
 Experience in general administration of functional units such as housing and food
services, transport, travel, security, purchase and supplies, Projects, Internal audit.
 Managing and executing full-cycle recruiting and selection process for global, regional,
and local recruitment by drafting position announcement, advertising, receiving
applications, preparing a brief profile of candidates for short listing, appointment of
selection committees, serving on selection committees, facilitating interview process.
 Employment contract renewals, terminations, and relocation processes.
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 Gender and Diversity Advisor for cross-cultural relationships
 Experience in Africa in a big manufacturing, FMCG corporate (as Group Director,
Jotna International group of companies, Lagos, Nigeria), in talent acquisition,
development, career progression, and retention of talent. Road-mapping KPIs and
KRAs for High Performance Organization (HPO).
 Coached General Managers and Managers in developing business roadmaps for setting
business objectives for business improvement and diversification.
 Developed an EPP (employee performance plan) and EWP (employee workplan) and
put them in place.
 Experience in conducting employee climate surveys and salary surveys.
 Take Exit interviews to evaluate employee turnover, and identify and address problem
areas.
 Excellent negotiation skills to attract the best talent, analytical ability, and competency
development.
 Good experience in dealing with social security benefits of staff (pension, health
insurance, Provident Fund, Gratuity).
 Experience in handling employee quota, quota renewals. Processing of Work Permits
and correspondence with Government Departments.
 Experience in developing HR policies and procedures for effective management to
maintain equity, parity among peers and Teams.
 Experience in multi-national, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary environment in managing
all aspects of HR.
 Experience in people-related logistics, relationship management, and maintaining
effective personal relations.
 Salary cost budgeting and monitoring.
 Excellent inter-personal, communication, listening and computer skills (presentation
skills in PowerPoint), including HRMIS
Computer Skills: Excellent skills in using MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook).
EDUCATION
Qualification Institution Division
Certified Recruitment
Analyst
Carlton Advanced
Management Institute,
USA
Distinction
PG Diploma in Business
Management &
College of
Professional
Distinction
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4. CV of Mohan Sarma
Administration (MBA
degree)
Management, Britain
Master’s Degree in Public
Personnel Management
Osmania University First
Bachelor’s Degree in Law
(LLB)
Osmania University First
Company Secretary - Inter ICSI Pass
Diploma in French
Language
Vivekananda Institute
of Foreign Languages
Distinction
Project Management Prince2
Experience:
Over 28 years’ of rich experience in Human Resources management, Administration that includes
financial management and budgeting.
Professional career:
Head, Human Resources Services: (superannuated from ICRISAT on 31 May 2015)
• Responsible for recruitment (from advertising, headhunting, selection and placement)
of all internationally recruited staff (IRS) and Scientific and Managerial Group
(SMG), Post-Doctoral Fellows, visiting Scientists, Consultants, Special Project Staff,
etc.
• Induction, performance management, relocation, home leave travel, salary and benefit
administration of the above senior cadre of staff.
• Career progression, benchmarking of positions and pay structures
• Talent management for staff retention and development
Group Director, HR - Jotna International, Lagos, Nigeria
• Chairman of Global Policy Committee and Change Management.
• Chairman of Bad Debts Board Committee; Chairman Capital Acquisition Committee;
Member of Board of Directors.
• Headed Legal Department, Information Technology Department, and Internal Audit
and helped develop Internal Audit Charter and annual audit plan for the audit function
for group of companies.
• Member of Senior Management for SWOT analysis on performance of senior line and
managerial staff.
• Championed to introduce Road Maps for all key departments (sales, marketing,
finance, Internal Audit, etc.) for role clarity and develop strategy to align the
departmental goals with the organizational goals.
• Responsible for implementation of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and to identify
Key Responsible Areas (KRAs) for all Departments to identify star performers based
on Top Grading principles, and to reward incentives to motivate high performers.
• Established recruitment channels for recruitment of staff at all levels including US and
Europe.
ICRISAT – Senior Manager – HR and Lead Officer- HR
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• Participated in the CG-Salary Surveys, for benchmarking senior positions to compare
salary ranges among CG Centers.
• Helped Director, HR and Administration in job grading of positions with a broad-banded
pay scale structure.
• Assisted the Director, HR and Admn in drafting the Personnel Policy Manual (for all
cadres) and Personnel Administration Manuals (for senior and managerial positions)
• Assisted the Director HR and Admn in drafting and implemented policy for non-regular
staff assignments (NRSA).
• Undertook benefits survey from all CG Centers align benefits of IRS.
• Assisted in developing a Performance Management System (PMS) and was part of the
PMS Team to train the trainers to disseminate the policy down the line.
• Member of Gender and Diversity Program.
• Trained on Dignity at Workplace and has been designated as Dignity Advisor by the
Gender & Diversity Program.
July 2013 – till date Head, Human Resources services, ICRISAT, Patancheru, AP, India
Apr 2012 – June 2013 Senior Manager, HRS, ICRISAT, Patancheru, AP, India
July 2009 – Mar 2012 Manager, HRS, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India
May 2008 – June 2009 Lead Officer-HR, ICRISAT, Patancheru, AP
2007 – 2008 Group Director-HR, Jotna International, Lagos, Nigeria
1995 – 2007 Lead HR / Senior HR Officer / HR Officer / Asst. HR Officer
ICRISAT, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Apr 1994-March 1995 Personnel Coordinator, Human Resources Development Dept. Saudi
Arabian Airlines (Catering Division), Jeddah, KSA
1991 July - March 1994 Asst. Administrative Officer, Donor Relations, ICRISAT
1990 Jan – 1991 June Management Cadet (Management Trainee), ICRISAT.
1985-1990 Senior Secretary, International Cooperation, ICRISAT
Training and Development:
 Trained in all functional areas such as, General Administration, Purchase and Supplies
Management, Transport Management, Housing, Food Services and House Keeping
Management, Financial Management, and Security Administration.
 "Administrative Workshop on Administrative Policies and Procedures of all Service
Units" ICRISAT, 1989.
 "Proud To Serve You" an educative program tailor made by Time Management
International, U.K., on Customer Service and Quality for frontline office staff, Saudi
Arabian Airlines, Jeddah, KSA, July 1994.
 Management Development Workshop on Human Values in Performance Planning and
Evaluation, 21-23 September 1996, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kolkatta
 Workshop on Team Building in a Changing Scenario, 28-30 May, 1999, ICRISAT,
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
 Internet Recruitment, 26-27 May 2000, Bangalore, organized by TMI Network, Career
Mosaic and Breckenridge Group.
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 Leveraging Human Potential, National HRD conference, 17-19 August 2000, Hyderabad,
Andhra Pradesh
 Training in ‘Personnel Manager’, a Human Resources Information Systems Database
Management Program, One Click HR, London, 8-9 March 2001.
 Future Work-Mastering Change, Xth National Conference of the National HRD
Network, 1-3 November 2006, New Delhi.
 First International Conference on Leadership, Change and Innovation, 23-25 October
2008, International School of Business, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
 Senior Management Training Program by Asian Management Institute - 2013
International Travel on official business:
Travelled to Italy (Bellagio, Rome), Sri Lanka (Colombo), Jeddah (KSA), USA (World Bank,
Washington DC, and Association for International Agricultural Research Centers, Virginia), and
London, UK., Lagos, Nigeria, Manila, Philippines, Penang, Malaysia.
Professional Membership
Life Member, Human Resources Development National Network, India
Member, Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nigeria
PERSONAL DATA:
Name : MOHAN K SHARMA
Short name: Mohan
Date of Birth : 1 May 1955
Nationality : Indian
Marital status : Married; 2 children
Address for communication: Flat No. 501, Shilpa Residency
Nizampet Road, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500085.
Ph. +91-9908249555
Passport: N9449478 Validity : 13/03/2026
References:
Will be provided on request
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7. CV of Mohan Sarma
 Leveraging Human Potential, National HRD conference, 17-19 August 2000, Hyderabad,
Andhra Pradesh
 Training in ‘Personnel Manager’, a Human Resources Information Systems Database
Management Program, One Click HR, London, 8-9 March 2001.
 Future Work-Mastering Change, Xth National Conference of the National HRD
Network, 1-3 November 2006, New Delhi.
 First International Conference on Leadership, Change and Innovation, 23-25 October
2008, International School of Business, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
 Senior Management Training Program by Asian Management Institute - 2013
International Travel on official business:
Travelled to Italy (Bellagio, Rome), Sri Lanka (Colombo), Jeddah (KSA), USA (World Bank,
Washington DC, and Association for International Agricultural Research Centers, Virginia), and
London, UK., Lagos, Nigeria, Manila, Philippines, Penang, Malaysia.
Professional Membership
Life Member, Human Resources Development National Network, India
Member, Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nigeria
PERSONAL DATA:
Name : MOHAN K SHARMA
Short name: Mohan
Date of Birth : 1 May 1955
Nationality : Indian
Marital status : Married; 2 children
Address for communication: Flat No. 501, Shilpa Residency
Nizampet Road, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500085.
Ph. +91-9908249555
Passport: N9449478 Validity : 13/03/2026
References:
Will be provided on request
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