K N Rao has over 24 years of experience in human resources management. He currently works as the Director of Human Resources for Penna Cement Industries, leading HR functions for 4 cement plants. Prior to this, he held HR leadership roles at various other companies. He has expertise in areas such as performance management, training, compensation, and talent management. Rao has an MBA in human resources and is pursuing a PhD from JNTU.

1. Curriculum Vitae
K N RAO
1-5-986/1/3, ROAD NO 2, CITIZEN COLONY OLD ALWAL SECUNDERABAD 500010
ANDHRA PRADESH
 Mobile: 91-9949353948
E-mail: knrao1506@yahoo.co.in
Personal Details
Date of Birth : 15th
June 1967
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Married
Over 24 years of working experience in Human Resource domain having broad knowledge and working
experience in all facets of HR Management – Industrial and Employee Relations, Employee and
Organizational Development, Employee Training, Performance Management and succession planning,
Payroll, HRIS and Statutory Compliance, Compensation & Benefits, HR Leadership development, talent
management, career management, PMS, HR Budget and driving employee engagement initiatives.
I currently work as DGM-HR for Penna Cement Industries Limited, Hyderabad leading the entire
gamut of HR functions for 4 Cement plants and other Power plants
I have driven several HR practices across various organizations and my core strengths are my result
orientation, proven ability to handle multiple and competing priorities and energy to conclude issues to
logical end.
Work Experience
PENNA CEMENT INDUSTRIES LIMITED HYDERABAD
HR HEAD Oct 2012- Till date
DALMIA CEMENT (BHARAT) LIMITED Sep 2009 – Oct 2012
Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh
AGM -HR & responsible for plant HR activities.
SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED Sep 2008 – May 2009
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Worked as Global Learning Consultant
INFOTECH ENTERPRISES LIMITED June 2006 – Sep 2009
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Worked as Senior Manager HR for Manufacturing Vertical apart from leading L&D, CSR, Campus
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2. J K TYRES LIMITED October2005 – June 2006
Banmore, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Worked as Sr Manager HR and lead Plant HRD activities
ULTRATECH CEMENT LIMITED (FORMERLY L&T) July 1998 – Oct 2005
Tadipatri, Andhra Pradesh
Worked as Asst Manager HR
M/S HYDERABAD BATTERIES LIMITED July 1997- July 1998
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
M/S ANDHRA PRADESH PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL Nov 1990 – June 1997
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Worked as Assistant Director and Handled HR vertical, Training, apart from Energy Management and
Consultancy assignments
LIST OF FEW TRAINING PROGRAMS ATTENDED
 Competency Mapping by T V Rao Learning Systems, Ahmedabad
 Leadership Grid Training by Dr P N Singh , Mumbai
 Management Development Program by Larsen and Toubro Limited
 TPM by Eicher Consultancy Services, Mumbai, CII Hyderabad
 WCM (World Class Management) by Aditya Birla group
 E Learning by Gyanodaya, Aditya Birla group
 ISO 14001, ISO 9000, OHSAS ISO 18001 systems by D N V Limited Hyderabad
 CII EXIM award by CII New Delhi
Guest faculty for B Schools like JNTU Hyderabad, Malla Reddy Engg College and many more
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
PMS:
Introduced KRAs based evaluation at Penna Cement Industries with categorization of employees
Ran thru five cycles at Dalmia Cement Limited,Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh Unit and was a Core team Lead
for PMS revisions at Infotech Enterprises and earlier Organizations
Strategic HR:
Develop man power strategy for Marketing, metrics for making HR as a strategic function, thru and thru
Exp in PMS, Succession planning, Job Rotations, Transfers, Out sourcing
IR:
Supporting Disciplinary measures as appropriate and strengthening IR Management; 3 Long term
settlements for Contract Workmen and grades fixation agreement for Executives (Local recruitment- Sons
of soil)
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3. Disciplinary measures like Suspensions, Enquiries, etc and Obtaining Court Injunction Orders.
Gate Control, Contract Labour Management, Gate Safety Meetings, Safety Committee meetings etc
Recruitment, PMS Budget and Cost Monitoring
Dept budget preparation, Cost monitoring and reviewing
KRAs, Dept MIS, Dash Board, HRIS, SAP and Weekly trackers to HO
Develop measures/ alternatives for effective cost control and value add interventions
Training and Development
Individual development Plans, Higher Education Interventions for improving qualifications, IDPS,
LMS
Value Champion : Member of the Quality Improvement Committees in Organ
Sound knowledge of Quality, Energy, Environment and Safety Management Systems including Du
Pont Safety Management Systems
CSR: Headed the CSR system for Dalmia Cement Bharat Limiited
Facilities Management: Guest Houses, Transport, Security, Colony maintenance
Educational Qualifications
Pursuing Ph.D from JNTU (Expected Date of Completion May 2015) from JNTU
B Tech (Mech) from REC Warangal - 1990
EMCAT (Energy Mgmt Consultancy &Training ) from National Productivity Council Madras (1993)
Dip T&D (ISTD) 1999
Certificate course in Psychology from University of Madras, 2002
MBA – HRM (IGNOU) 2003
PG Diploma in PMIR & LW from A P Productivity Council, 2003
M Phil in Management from Periyar University 2008
Name: K N RAO
CCTC: Rs 22 lakhs PA
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