Shyam is an experienced HR professional with over 15 years of experience developing high performing teams. He is currently the Head of HR and Admin at TATA Power SED. Previously he has held leadership roles at various organizations developing their HR strategies and managing their talent. He focuses on competency based HRM and leadership development. Some of his achievements include increasing employee satisfaction scores significantly and winning several awards for HR excellence.

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Shyam V Iyer
Futuristic | Maximizer | Learner | Input | Ideation
B.Com, MDCS, ACS, MDBA
09223268309
shyamv.iyer@gmail.com
Summary
Shyam is a committed and passionate senior
HR practitioner with 15 years of value-added
experience in developing high performing
workforce and creating people excellence for
large organisations. He is currently heading the
HR and Admin function at TATA Power SED
and is part of the senior leadership team.
He is passionate about maximising human
talent and has made his passion his profession.
His strengths based approach towards
Competency based HRM, evolving and
executing HR Strategies, Management Training
and OD along with his strong belief in “If it is
to be, it is up to me!’ has led him to lead large
organisations to develop high performing
teams in India with a strong record of
leadership.
It was also easy for him to work comfortably
across business models - be it an NGO or a
family owned start-up or a professionally
managed company and make significant
contributions. He was able to quickly grasp the
business vagaries and work in anticipation of
the end results – building a solid foundation
and setting huge benchmarks for himself and
an example for his peers and team.
An extremely warm, soft spoken and very
creative person, he is a keen observer and a
quick learner. He has a knack of dealing with
people and adapts himself to suit various
situations and people.
His core values of Trust, Drive for Results,
Learning Orientation, Value Creator with
Leadership skills enable him to play a
meaningful role in the organisations he has
worked with.
Industry Experience
• Not-for-profits. International NGO
• Retail
• Energy & Utilities
• Manufacturing & Hi-tech R&D
Career Profile (Starting from Current)
TATAtian since Sept 2005. Consistently
delivering ‘beyond expectations’, have earned
laurels and grown in seniority. Started stint
with TATA International heading the L&OD and
was transferred to Tata Power as part of Group
Talent mobility process. In Tata Power headed
the Talent & OD at Corporate HR from August
06 – July 08. Presently, Head HR & Admin with
Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division,
Mumbai since Aug 08. Identified as a ‘Hi-pot’
for years in a row.
Nov 04 - Manager, HR & Admin with a start up
company - Cosmos Brands International Group
Responsible for setting up and heading the
entire gamut of HR & Admin.
Aug 98 - Started the career as an HR Executive
with CRS – a multinational funding agency
based in USA (founded in 1943). During his
first stint his work got recognition followed
with a string of successive promotions to
senior roles and enviable strategic
assignments. Rose upto the level of Head HR
for the Indian Operations spanning across 12
State Offices in India.
Select Career Achievements at -
Tata Power (Aug 06 – July 08) & Tata
Power SED (Aug 08 till date)
 Designing and executing various OD
interventions – instrumental in securing
38
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rank as a Great Place to Work (2011),
Asia’s Best Employer Brands awards
(2011), Munjal award for excellence in
L&D (2010) and “Gold” award for Training
Excellence and Innovation in Retention
Strategies – 4
th
Annual Greentech HR
Award (2014)
 Winner of Tata Innovista award (2013) for
HR initiative (One of the top 5 recognised
out of 243 participants)
 Established best in class HR Processes and
Branding of 12 HR initiatives targeting
Gen Y employees
 Initiatives that led to increase in Employee
Satisfaction scores from 31% (2005) to
79% (2013) and Engagement scores from
3.06 (2005) to 4.01 (2013)

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 Advice and support to Senior
Management on HR issues and provide
change management solutions
 Supported the Organizational leadership
in redefining the Organizational VMV,
Structure, cascading it to the lowest
levels, role clarity and alignment exercise
to create a high performance culture
 Considerably reduced attrition at senior
and critical levels and ensuring leadership
pipeline across levels
 Played pivotal role in integrating HR
strategy to overall business strategy,
Balanced Score Card implementation
bringing in the Performance Oriented
Culture & linking it to Compensation and
Rewards
 Four HR initiatives designed for Tata
Power SED have been recognised within
Tata Power and benchmarked by various
Tata Group of companies
 Facilitated 35 Group Process Labs (MAP)
covering 473 key employees as
Organizational Transformation initiative
 In-house facilitator and trainer for
building Teams, Leadership and strategy
 Lead many cross functional teams on
Business Excellence, Community Relations,
QC, Corp. Communication, IT and Admin
Tata International (Sept 05 – Aug 06)
Winner of Best HR Excellence award held
during Second International HR Summit hosted
by Amity International Business School held in
the year 2005
Cosmos Brands International (Nov 04 –
Sept 05)
Setting up Business Organisation by providing
HR architecture. Was able to influence
business through performance based culture
and growth in leadership to a certain extent.
CRS (Aug 98 – Oct 04)
 Recruiting leadership teams, setting up
two State Offices at Bhopal & Jaipur,
Rolling out PMS, Developed HR Policy, etc
 Gave the organization a robust HR
system. In the later years effectively
managed re-engineering and downsizing
facilitating major business change agenda.
 Represented India office at the CRS South
Asia Regional Meeting held at Colombo.
 Recipient of the “Special Recognition
Award” and “Certificate of Appreciation”
for the Gujarat Earthquake Relief work
Laurels
 Conferred the prestigious “HR Leadership
Award” at the 7
th
Employer Branding
Awards, 2012
 Past Member of Academic Council of
Kohinoor Business School, Khandala
 Frequently invited to address various
Prof., Educational & Thought Leadership
forums
 Visiting faculty at IBS for ‘HRM’ & ‘OB’
Qualifications / Certifications
• Masters Diploma in Computer Science
• Bachelor of Commerce, Mumbai University
• Masters Diploma in Business Administration
•Associate Company Secretary (awaiting
membership no)
•Certified in MBTI
•Emotional Capital Ratio (ECR), certified in
Coaching by Roche Martin, Australia
Exposure to the following Key HR
Competencies
 Strategic HR & Policies and Processes
 Performance Management System
 Employee Engagement
 Learning & Organization Development
 Talent Management & Acquisition
 Competency Management
 Employee Services & Operations
 Compensation & Benefits, Analytics, Audit
 Employee Relations
Professional Member / Affiliations
 NHRDN
 Core Committee Member - Trainers Forum
 Core Committee Member - HR Club
 Core Committee Member - IFN, Mumbai
Interests
Teaching, reading, community service and
travelling to explore and learn
At this stage in my Career
Thirst for greater challenges and opportunities
at leadership levels that will not only make me
but also the Organisation to grow to greater
heights.
Personal Dossier
Celebrates Birthday on Dec 28, 1975
(Capricorn). Lives at Mulund with his Wife, two
kids and parents.