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Mohammed Asif Iqbal
EE 175, flat No. 9, 3rd floor, Sector II, Saltlake
Kolkata – 700091, West Bengal, India
Cell: 91-98300-59830 • e-mail: asifmaiqbal@hotmail.com
Date of Birth: November 29, 1976
Goal: Exploring a challenging role of Generalist HR/ Diversity & Inclusion in the field of Human resource
Development with an organization of repute, to deliver value to the organization.
Synopsis
 PGDBM : Human Resource Management from Symbiosis Center for Management & Human Resource
Development (SCMHRD), Pune
 Currently associated with PwC as a Manager/ Principal Consultant in Consulting.
 State role model award in the disabled community by governor of West Bengal on December 3, 2007
 National award for outstanding disabled employee instituted by President of India on December 3, 2008
 National Institute of Visually Handicapped 2011 role model excellence award
 Conferred Community Change Champion Award instituted by United Nations & International Confederation of
NGOs (ICONGO)
 Conferred an award for Diversity & Inclusion contribution by World HRD congress 2016
 Received primary, secondary and partial college education from Dallas, Oregon (USA)
 Visually impaired person who works with the help of talking software installed on my laptop and cell phone
 Visit with former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam twice to discuss technology initiatives which would
benefit visually impaired / blind mass community on August 23, 2004 & January 10, 2006
 Acquired functional knowledge in Performance Appraisal, Training & Development and Workforce
Management through professional and academic assignments
Organizational Experience
Current Engagement: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Pvt. Ltd. (May 2, 2005 till date)
Assignment/ Project Key PerformanceArea Industry
Diversity & Inclusion Project
for PwC Global
 Identified global applications which posed
accessible challenges for disabled employees
 Took initiative of highlighting these issues to
Global CEO and global diversity leadership
team.
 Prepared a solution framework and presented
to global CEO team.
 Identifying vendor / consultant who could assist
in preparing road map on how to resolve
accessibility issues within the firm globally
 Work with vendor on designing accessible
solutions
 Validated and test solutions recommended by
vendor/ consultant
PwC Global
Designing technical
Competency framework for
insurance business of large
NBFC client
 Conducted interview with key stakeholders
such as business leader, member of senior
management, etc in order to understand their
job responsibilities and their job outlook for
next two years.
 Conducted research on job descriptions through
internal and external sources
 Led workshop with our internal industry expert
and finalize set of competency required for each
role within insurance business.
 Design functional competency framework
comprising of competency, elements and detail
of elements.
 Led validation meeting with client to freeze on
framework
One of the leading NBFC
industry in India

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Assignment/ Project Key PerformanceArea Industry
Schemes restructuring and
designing ICT roadmap
 Reviewed performance ofexisting schemes for
beneficiaries comprising cerebral palsy, mental
retardation,autism and multipledisabilities for
the last five years
 Conducted stakeholderworkshops across the
country and highlighted as well as documented
gaps in existing schemes
 Designed framework for new schemes
Designed ICT roadm ap for National Trust
and recommended m easures for online
m onitoring of schemes,direct transfer of
benefits to beneficiaries,online MIS
m onitoring and national disability
depository
National Trust, Ministry of
Social Welfare,
Government of India
Designing accessible solution
for inclusive IT
 Prepared implementation roadmap for Cabinet
approved Universal access for electronics and IT
 Identified 100 frequently visited citizen centric
websites through survey for conversion into
disabled friendly/barrierfree web sites (viz.
irctc.co.in, passport.gov.in, etc.)
 Reviewed accessibility features for revised
Government ofIndia Guidelines (GIGW)
 Evaluated existing text to speech (TTS) system
designed by governmentagency and identified
gaps based on end user feedback. Formulated
RFP inviting government / private vendors to
present their TTSsolution
Identified non visual captcha solutions and
recommended additional authentication
m echanism for transaction based e-
governance web sites
Department of Electronics
& IT, Government ofIndia

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Assignment/ Project Key PerformanceArea Industry
Design and implementation of
social inclusion strategy of
Unique Identity Authority of
India (UIDAI)
Project management
 Conducted pilot enrollment camp for person
with disability at Mysore, Bangalore
 Conducted pilot enrollment camp for person
with disability at Tumkur, Karnataka
 Conducted special enrollment camp for person
with disability at Ranchi, jharkhand.
 Conducted special enrollment camp for leprosy
affected resident at Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh.
 special Conducted enrollment camp for person
with disability at Maharashtra
 Conducted special enrollment camp for person
with disability at New Delhi NCR region.
 Conducted and organized Aadhar acceptance /
awareness workshop across the country.
 Conducted sensitization workshop to
enrollment agency across the country.
 Conducted sensitization workshop with state
registrar and UIDAI official.
Technology
 Coordinate with vendors in designing disabled
friendly UIDAI web sites.
 Provide input and guidance to vendor on
developing disable friendly accessible
enrollment application.
 Ensured vendor complied with W3c compliance
and government of India (NIC) accessible
guidelines.
 Explored option of text to speech incorporated
onto Aadhaar enrollment application.
Unique Identity Authority
of India, Planning
Commission, Government
of India
Conducted motivational
session focusing on exploring
your potentials
 Conducted motivation session at St. Xavier’s
College Calcutta, JD Birla College Calcutta,
SCMLD Pune, SCMHRD Pune, Ilead , Kolkata
 Conducted power of self-belief session at HSBC
Bank, Vodafone, Tata Tele Services, ITC hotel,
iFlex solutions.
 Conducted mental toughness interview at super
30, Patna
 Conducted motivation session at NGO Os of
Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi
Academic institutions,
NGOs, corporates
Recruitment
 Designed interview assessment parameters
based on business requirements
 Conducted group discussion and personal
interview on various campus for Pwc
 Designed interviewing evaluation template for
assessing mental toughness for nonprofit
organization
 Conducted mental toughness recruitment
interview of candidates for non-profit
educational institute .
 Was part of interview panel for business school
selection committee
PwC, non-profit
organizations and
business school

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Assignment/ Project Key PerformanceArea Industry
Saratoga PwC HR
Benchmarking
 Reached out to prospective client seeking their
participation for Saratoga study
 Delivered presentation on Saratoga to key
clients/ accounts.
 Coordinate in resolving issues of client with
regard to Saratoga questionnaire
 Conduct Saratoga data compilation workshop
with client
 Coordinate data collection and send the same to
Analysis team.
6 industries
Skills gap assessment for West
Bengal State
 Design questionnaire to identify skill set gap
 Administer questionnaire to Industry
representatives such as CEO, CFO, VP HR, CPO,
etc. through personal interview
 Conduct data analysis to identify skill sets gap
between demand and supply of human
resources
 Formulate demand estimation of manpower
required in 2015 in each sector which was being
covered through the study
11 Industries
Job descriptions & Variable
incentive plan
 Interview job holders to understand their job
roles and key responsibilities
 Conduct as-is role analysis and identify gaps
 Design job descriptions for unique positions
available in the organization
 Formulate Key Result Areas (KRAs) and Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs) against each job
description
 Design variable incentive plan
 Design reward & recognition program
Steel manufacturer
Organization Design for
Kolkata urban Service for the
Poor (KUSP)
 Formulate job descriptions and design KRAs
along with KPIs for unique identified position
for all department of engagement.
 Design performance management system and
self-appraisal templates.
 Devise manpower requirement & training
requirements plan for all departments within
engagement.
Government
HR Process Improvement
 Designed recruitment processes.
 Involved with team in designing
communications process.
 Contributed to Team in designing training &
development process.
 Involved in designing performance management
system. Involved with team in drawing up job
descriptions for unique identified position.
 Conducting client interview with key process
owners to understand existing HR processes for
as is phase.
 Drafting to be HR processes into specified
documented format and presenting the same to
client during workshop.
Steel

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Assignment/ Project Key PerformanceArea Industry
BPO Vertical Solutions
 Coordinate with HR network and setup meeting
to understand role of HR in BPO industry.
 Contribute towards team in preparing a
functional requirement document.
 Coordinate and meet with operations manager/
team leader of various BPO’s in Mumbai,
Bangalore and Delhi to validate functional
requirement documents on BPO operations.
 Generate awareness of PwC creating a BPO
vertical solutions among these BPO’s and create
network for PwC team and BPO’s operation
manager/ team leader to interact.
BPO
E-governance for government
of West Bengal
 Assess the current state of internal processes
for citizen centric service delivery mechanism.
 Identification of areas for improvement and
prioritizations of services.
 Contribute in design of e-Governance roadmap
for social welfare department.
 Assess current skills sets and identify trainings
for capacity building under e-governance
initiative.
 Prepare detail project report for E-governance
implementation.
Government
Business Process
Restructuring
 Designed Sales & Marketing process.
 Involved in designing loyalty program.
 Guide client in selecting ERP system which
would support their growth and business
requirements.
Jewellery Retailer
Business Development
 Carry out background research of their financial
statement, products &services, competitors,
market shares, etc. of prospective client.
 Contact CEO/CFO/CIO/COO for appointment for
possible business opportunity for team.
 Prepared business proposals and respond to
RFP(Request for Proposals)
 Coordinate with team member for client
interaction in different regions and prepare
status report on each lead generated.
Manufacturing
Positions of Responsibility
 President of Welfare Society for the Blind.
 Former Joint secretary of National Association For The Blind
 Lead Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Core disability cell
 Member, High level Advisory committee on Universal Access of Department of IT, Government of India
Currently serving as EC board member of NHRDN Kolkata chapter
 Member interview panel of Superr 30 (Rahmani) Patna
 Member HR Committee for Bengal Chambers of Commerce
AcademicCredentials
Year Qualification Institute /board Specialization Percentage
2003-
2005
PGDM
Symbiosis Center for Management & HRD
(SCMHRD, Pune)
Human Resource
(HR)
72%
1999-
2001
B.Com St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta Commerce 53%
1995 HS Dallas High School, Oregon, USA General 89%
1993 10 Dallas High School, Oregon, USA General 89%

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Achievements
Academics:
 First visually impaired to receive PGDM Certificate in Symbiosis Family.
 First visually impaired to graduate in commerce from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta.
 Initiated reservation quota for disabled in Indian Institute of management and Indian Institute of technology
 Outstanding student award in sociology and global Study in High School.
Other Achievements
 Meeting with former President of India (Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam) to discuss technology initiative which would
benefit blind/ visually impaired community.
 Delivered a presentation on IT impact on disabled at Infocomm 2004 and 2006 organized by Nasscom and
Businessworld group.
 Delivered a presentation on smiling challenges, diversity & inclusion, hiring people with disability makes
business sense and self-motivation at HSBC bank, Vodafone, Tata tele services, iFlex Solutions,
SCMHRD, SCMLD, IIM Calcutta, CII, national HRDN network, SHRM India annual conference.
 News story on me which appeared in Star TV, Zee News, Star Ananda, The Telegraph, The Statesman,
Pune Times, Indian Express, Business Standard, The Economic Times and Hindustan Times and quoted in
Businessworld magazine, India today magazine, PC quest.
 State role model award in the disability community by governor of West Bengal on December 3, 2007
 National award constituted by President of India for outstanding disabled employee on December 3, 2008
 World HRD Congress award for contribution in the field of Diversity & Inclusion
 United Nation Community change champion award
Computer Proficiency
 MS. Office, Windows XP, Oracle SQL
Tools Used:
 Work with the help of talking software (JAWS) which provides audio output of computer screen.
 Talking software installed on my cell phone.