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What is this “Fellowship of Org Coaching & OD”, all about?
This is a comprehensive general management programme. The programme is designed for
young business leaders who intend to manage their business and for individuals who aspire to
start their own business or aim to be the next CEO or Heads of Department.
What is the duration of the program?
This has 6 programs, out of which two programs happen at SP Jain Dubai campus. Hence a total of
two weekend workshop per month, plus a guided project which needs to be completed in 60 days
time. Hence whatever one learns, they implement in the form of a project.
What is the content of the program?
This program draws best management practices across the globe, aims in grooming business scions
in areas like planning, objective setting, coaching and astute management of their own business. For
each business is unique, there are many best practices which can be analyzed and applied.
What are the key take away?
This program supports the commitment to executive education through continuous learning
and the requirement of ongoing professional development.
Professional Recognition- of experience and achievement at the highest level;
Exclusive Network - of fellow Certified;
Knowledge Resource - through access to ongoing professional development and
Competitive Advantage - when applying for highly sought after leadership positions;
Global Perspective -
Impressive Credentials
What is WHRB?
World HR Board is the educational wing of Middle Earth HR, the world’s seventh largest HR training
company. Formerly known as Asian HR Board (AHRB), It was started with an objective of building global
change agents in the practice of HR and Leadership
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What is a Fellow of the World HR Board?
The WHRB – Fellowship program for HR and Leadership is a specialized HR and Leadership training and
certification program that provides focus on the professional development of the Fellow. Sponsored by
CAMI and World HR Board, in association with SP Jain Dubai, seeking to expand leadership in HR and
Leadership field
It is an educational opportunity lasting for a minimum of 8 to 10 months
Developed by WHRB for HR & Leadership professionals seeking to enhance their leadership
skills
and expertise in the strategic domain of HR.
Brings together forward thinking experts in the leadership, strategy and management to
address critical challenges, and to exchange ideas and solutions with other Senior HR level
participants
The World HR Fellowship program is designed to develop the Fellow through a range of
activities including:
1. Training and Reflection to support the fellow’s growth – completing six globally popular HR or
Leadership certifications within eight to ten months. The WHRB Fellow is expected to
complete all these in the merit grade and thereby show mastery
2. Publications – writing a comprehensive publication for WHRB under the guidance of a HR
mentor. This will become a publication and the WHRB fellow would earn royalties on all
further sales
3. Developing a new community based organization or initiative – The fellow is guided to
participate in Summits or conferences, create blogs, sites etc; to propagate and promote
HR.
4. Exhibit Leadership- by writing papers, participating in public forums, being a guest faculty, act
as a mentor to new students.
What are the benefits of becoming a fellow?
More than 40 percent of global organizations believe their HR and Leadership team needs significant
re-skilling/ up-skilling. The reason for this is rapid change; today's HR and Leadership professionals
must understand new practices, technologies, and strategies in order to add value.
Fellowships are structured to provide significant experiences and learning. Fellows are often expected
to take on a great deal of responsibility within a short span of time.
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(1) Competitive for Hiring: A fellowship adds substantially to your profile and provides you an
outlook to synchronize the strategic realms of HR and Leadership.
(2) Publish: You would write at least one publication and also several original articles during the
program
(3) Master subjectively : Attending 6 global HR certifications and doing respective projects ensures
expertise over the subjects of choice
(4) Faculty/Advisors: A fellowship gives you an opportunity to cement good relationships with
faculty members who can advise you what to work on and give valuable feedback while it is still
in development and guide you with the current trends in the job market.
(5) Network: Success in HR career depends on “not what you know, but who you know” This is
quite true of the WHRB fellowship as you attend 9 certification programs, you will be able to meet
over various professionals in close quarters, and regular meetings with other fellow students would
make them friends for life- like in any other academic institute
What is the Eligibility, Entry and evaluation process?
Eligibility
1. Business leaders of family businesses who intend to manage their business and for individuals
who aspire to work in family business.
2. People aiming to be a Trainers and OD Consultant.
3. People planning to start their own business??
4. People who want to be an Entrepreneur?
5. People aiming to be Head HR?
6. Experience of 15 plus years and do not see any career growth.
7. People who are stuck and not able to progress in career.
8. People exploring to become a consultant.
9. Prepares people to sustain it through phases of transition and to grow it in an environment of
increased competition.
Process
1. Application forms and prospectus can be obtained by contacting World HR Board Team
2. You need to fill in the application from along with a statement of purpose and send it to us
within the specified date.
3. You need to undergo a psychometric and motivational rest.
4. Last round will be an interview by WHRB advisory board.
5. Seat will be allocated based on the performance of the candidate in all the three rounds.
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Payment:
Depending upon the percentage of scholarship awarded, the payments should be made at the
time of admission.
The fee for the convenience of the participant can be paid in 3 equal installments program (via
post dated cheques in the name of World HR Board, payable at Hyderabad/ via online fund
transfer) to the middle earth head office in Hyderabad.
Interview with an International Panel of Experts
1. The interview would be a discussion between the panelist and the candidate
Who would constitute the selection board and what will they ask?
OUR PANEL MEMBERS
Padmabhushan Sree T L Shanker – IAS
Over 40 years of experience in the field of institution building, governance and public administration.
Over 100 international publications in many global magazines, written several books in the area of
energy management, Public administration, is on the board of 10 major companies and PSUs.
Conferred with Padma Bhushan (India’s 3 highest civilian honor) by our former President, Sree APJ
Kalam for services rendered in the field of administration and governance
Nandita Sanker
Close to 2 decades of experience in Operations, Consulting and Training. Visiting faculty at Indian
School of business, ICFAI and IPE. Nandita is a certified faculty with City and Guilds of London and
Carlton Advanced Management Institute on HR subjects. She is one of the leading trainers for
certification programs in India on the basis of both feedback and number of people trained
Aveena Gudapati
Aveena has a Bachelors Degree in Engineering and a Masters Degree in Philosophy from Osmania
University (Gold Medalist), and an MBA from Columbia University, New York... He was part of a
Georgetown University team, which setup Cambodia’s first B-school with funding from USAID. He has
startup experience in building and then selling an e-learning venture. He has trained more than 5,000
employees of various companies in India, South East Asia and the US of A. He is passionate about
learning and the various philosophies which define it. He helped create a full featured art movie which
won a national award. He has, in the past has been on the advisory board of several educational
institutions in India.
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Nitin Sanker
He is a BE – Comp Sc - IIT – Roorkee, MBA - IIM – Kolkata. He Trains in India, South East Asia, Middle
East and US on a range of Leadership and HR subjects. Has been a visiting faculty at IIM- Calcutta and in
the Indian School of Business (ISB) associated with the ALP program (for CEOs, VPs and GMs), Training
of IPS probationers, Training for Mckinsey consultants etc... Is also part of the faculty development
team of the University of Jakarta and Institute of Technology - Bandung - two of Indonesia's most
prestigious institutes. He is part of the editorial board of one of India's top HR journals and holds an
honorary position as Executive Director of The WorldHR board. He has been cited as distinguished
alumni IIM - Kolkata on their site as well as in the Wikipedia entry for IIM-C.
Srividya Jayaraman
She has 18 years of work experience in the areas of Employee Relations, Compensation & benefits, HR
policy designing, Training, Performance & Talent Management. She has worked as HR head with
companies like ProcessMap with demonstrated performance in L&D, Change management &
Succession planning. In addition, she has been a visiting faculty to business schools like Institute of
public enterprise, Indian School of Business & St.Pious business school. She holds a Licentiate from the
WHRB & CAMI and Masters in Business Administration from Symbiosis Institute of Management
Studies & a Bachelors degree in commerce.
Krishna Rao
He is working as the Sr. Vice President in the Matrix Laboratories and has worked as GM-HR (India & Sri
Lanka) for Chevron. During the last 20+ years of work experience he has worked in diverse industries,
such as Automotive, Financial intermediary, Pharmaceutical, Garment or Apparel manufacturer, and
now in Oil and Gas sector. He has handled workers, signed union settlements, lead compensation and
benefit surveys, large scale recruitments, setting up HR function from the scratch, setting up training
function and learning centers, organization culture building initiatives, assessment and development
centers leading to individual development plans (IDP’s) and career development plans (CDP’s),
succession planning, downsizing, employee engagement, develop and implement policies, etc .
Puli Srinivas Rao
Has over 16 years of work experience in the field on IT Consulting, Staff Augmentation & Talent
Acquisition, he has worked for companies like IBM, Intelligroup, Synergy & his current assignment is
with Web Synergies as Head – Talent Acquisition & Business Strategy. He holds a Fellowship from
WHRB
& CAMI & Master’s Degree in Public Personnel Management & Post Graduation Diploma in
Personnel Management & Industrial relations & a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, all from Osmania
University.
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Sanjay Ghanghaw
With a Masters from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and PG Diploma in Labor Laws & Labor
Welfare, Training & Development and Coaching & Counseling, is currently pursuing a Ph D. from TISS.
Has 16 years of experience in all areas of HR. Currently working with Actavis Pharma as Lead HR.
Previously, was the Director Human Resources in The Leela Kempinski. Has also worked with Crompton
greaves Ltd., Ananth Rathi Securities Ltd., National Organic chemical Industries Ltd., Modi Xerox group
and Cottage Industries Ltd.
Aly Orensa
Highly accomplished and focused senior HR professional with over 29 years of cross-functional
experience in HR management, strategy consulting, and aligning strategic thinking, with a proven
ability to align HR practices with business goals; working collaboratively with business leaders, offering
strong leadership to international teams with detailed experience in planning and executing all the
human capital elements of business strategies (planning and policy, talent management, recruitment,
total reward, employee relations, information management, managing service relationships).
Track record of gaining experience in diversified industries and working with brand organizations such
as such as KPMG, Shell Egypt and Glaxo Wellcom to name a few.
Garfield Gregory A D ‘Costa
A learning and leadership development strategist with a passion for inspiring and transforming leaders
in the fields of human excellence, driven through innovation, pragmatism and value based consulting
solutions. An MPhil in management and a Masters in labour management and marketing. Close to two
decades of experience in strategic human resource management, marketing, training and consulting.
Worked in diverse industry verticals such as IT, Healthcare, Real Estate, Hospitality & Entertainment,
Commodity Futures, Energy, Consulting and Education, with major conglomerates including Larsen &
Toubro, Weatherford International, Dubai Holding, ADNOC, etc. The American Board of NLP and ANLP
(UK) certified NLP Practitioner, Time Line Therapy Association„ (USA) certified Time Line Therapy
Practitioner, ICF accredited program coach employing the globally recognized Co-Active and
Organization & Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC) tools and techniques, British Psychological
Society member in Competence in Occupational Testing (A&B), Hay Certified skills in Job Analysis, Job
certified Evaluation and Rewards Management, Up Your Service certified course leader in Building
Superior Service skills, Philip Crosby & Associates II certified Course Trainer in Enterprise Excellence
skills etc.
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What will they ask?
Our Panel will ask more on participants experience and expertise etc…
What is the purpose of this selection process?
Is to recognize future HR & Leaders
Help produce energized culture in organizations and an organizational consciousness which
promotes growth and Human Good
What are the qualities the candidate should possess?
We are looking for people who we feel would be leading the HR vertical in organizations over the next
5-8 year time frame.
Career Trajectory of people who can be in a leadership role in HR in an organization over the
Passion for changing organizations and a positive outlook towards Human Good
Leadership ability and behavior
Ability to communicate across levels and organizations
What are the certifications I have to do?
For the year 2015-2016 currently the list of programs which a WHRB Fellow is expected to
complete includes the following globally accredited programs
CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS UNDER FELLOWSHIP CURRICULUM
• Coaching & Counseling Certification (CACC) - by CAMI
• Certified Organizational Development Analyst (CODA) - by CAMI
• CScBAP (Scorecard & Business analytics professional)
• (OR)
• Certified High Performer Identification Specialist (CHPIS) by CAMI
• CHR BPC (HR Business partner & consulting)
• (OR)
• Master Trainer facilitator (MTF) by CAMI
• Certified OD Developer (CODD) - by CAMI
• Business Strategy (by SP Jain Dubai)
You would collaborate on a Publication at the end of the program with a Mentor.
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You would need to spend 5-10 hr every month for the 8 months in the spread of HR Best practices in
the HR society
What is the pedagogy followed in the CAMI and WHRB certification programs?
WHRB certification is a 3 step process:
1. 2-3 days workshop (total 16-24 hours); 20% weightage to the theories and 80% to the group
activity. Participant devotes major time in learning from your peers, creating more scope for
experiential learning. Courseware / Reading material is given in the class for the reference.
2. Project submission – based upon the assessment guidelines, you transfer the learning
immediately through your project and research work.
3. Publication – It is the final compilation of all the work done during the course of fellowship
program
4. Exhibit Leadership – it is one credit program, where the fellow has to exhibit his leadership
qualities by writing white papers, being part of public forums such as summits, take guest
lecturers etc…
Every year MEHR conducts close to 120 workshops. We had 160 workshops in 2012. To check for the
participants response and referrals, kindly visit our web-link: http://mecindia.in/referals1000.html
http://www.middleearthhr.com/success-stories/top-1000-referrals
What degree is awarded?
The participants will get a transcript of marks mentioning the courses completed and the level of merit
for each course / program after each semester.
After the successful completion of the entire Fellowship program, the final degree is that of the
“Fellowship program in Org Coaching & Org Design” awarded from World HR Board (WHRB).
“Business Strategy” certification from SP Jain Dubai
Individual CAMI i.e. Carlton Advanced Management Institute of US; certifications for the other 5
programs
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What is the cost of the program and how much is the MEHR scholarship
The program costs a total of 210000 INR. There are 2 scholarships being awarded including 1
seat for full scholarship.
No. of
Name Coverage Value of scholarship
Scholarshi
p Criteria
Vimala Sankar
Full Waiver for Tuition, Admission
and Works out to 50% for
Memorial Courseware (Only Venue, Food and Professional Max 2 Per Be in the top
Scholarship Govt, Taxes would be charged) Certification Region 2 on Merit list
WHRB HR
Full Waiver for Tuition, Admission
and Works out to 40% for
Change Agent Courseware (Only Venue, Food and Professional Max 5 Per Be in the top 5
Scholarship Govt, Taxes would be charged) Certification Region in the merit list
NOTE
The number of scholarship seats depends on the discretion of interview panel and the quality of
aspirants.
How much time must I spend and can I do it along with my work?
You must do one certification a month – This would mean attending one 2-3 day workshop
(Friday-Saturday or sometimes Saturday-Sunday) , doing a 24 hour project during the month, by
working at home on your free time under the guidance of the mentor.
You have an opportunity to select two of your electives from the given choice… You can
definitely do this along with your regular work as it does not need a full time dedication we feel
that if a person works for 2 weekend every month and puts a couple of hrs during his regular
week days. He/ She can complete the workshop during the month.
Location of the program. ?
This contact classes are held near your city and it also has a five day contact sessions held in Dubai.
You would need to attend 2 days of contact session in one of these cities of India (like Hyderabad,
Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, and Delhi), Egypt, and Dubai, regardless of the place you live
for CAMI certifications and One week in Dubai, S P Jain campus for Business Strategy certification.
Thus the program is ideally suited to people living in these cities or nearby cities.
