Mr. K. Ramkumar
Managing Director
Mr. K. Ramkumar
Founder & Managing Director, Kautilya Leadership Centre
Mr. K. Ramkumar is the founder of Kautilya Leadership Centre, an organisation dedicated to building world class thought and practise in the domain of Leadership Consulting, Research and Development.
Mr. K. Ramkumar retired as the Executive Director on the Board of ICICI Bank. He was on the Boards of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and ICICI Ventures. Prior to his retirement he was the President of ICICI Foundation, ICICI Groups CSR arm. He has worked for Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Hindustan Unilever Ltd and ICI prior to his 15 years long innings at ICICI Bank. Ram worked on global HR projects on Competencies, Culture, Succession polices and processes and Performance management with HUL and ICI.
Ram as he likes to be called, has directly worked with original thinkers like Prof. C K Prahalad, Prof. Wayne Brockbank, Richard Boyatzis, Robert Kaplan, Mike Useem and Dan Ariely.
At ICICI Group as the group head of HR, he designed from first principles the comprehensive HR Philosophy, Policies, Processes and Practices, which facilitated the Bank and the Group companies to enable business growth and pre-eminence in their respective industries. He had envisioned the innovative practice of building industry ready talent pool at both entry level and first level management by partnering with Manipal Global Education and NIIT.
Ram is widely consulted on over the last 20 years on his thoughts on the future of HR for supporting the future of various businesses. Both HUL and ICICI are regarded as Leadership and Industry Talent building nurseries.
Having run businesses and led business innovation and technology for ICICI Bank, his approach to HR has always been business centric and fit for purpose HR Philosophy, policies and processes
He has been mentored by legends like Mr. Vaghul, Mr. H N Sinor, Mr. K V Kamath, Prof. C K Prahalad and Mrs. Kalpana Morparia.
He is widely regarded as a mentor to not only many HR Leaders but to many Business Leaders and CEOs.
During the last 10 years as the founder of Kautilya Leadership Centre he has worked with 170 organisations on facilitating them to think through Talent acquisition, Capability Building, Operationalising Strategy by aligning performance management, building leadership pipeline, managing change and shaping culture.
Mcgraw Hill has published his book “Leveraging Human Capital - A practitioner’s Perspective.”
Ram is an Independent Director on the board of Equitas Small Finance Bank along with being the Chair to their Nomination & Remuneration Committee. He is an Advisor and Chair of the HR Committee at Insurance Dekho and an Advisor for TVS Capital.
Founder & Managing Director, Kautilya Leadership Centre
Mr. K. Ramkumar is the founder of Kautilya Leadership Centre, an organisation dedicated to building world class thought and practise in the domain of Leadership Consulting, Research and Development.
Mr. K. Ramkumar retired as the Executive Director on the Board of ICICI Bank. He was on the Boards of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and ICICI Ventures. Prior to his retirement he was the President of ICICI Foundation, ICICI Groups CSR arm. He has worked for Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Hindustan Unilever Ltd and ICI prior to his 15 years long innings at ICICI Bank. Ram worked on global HR projects on Competencies, Culture, Succession polices and processes and Performance management with HUL and ICI.
Ram as he likes to be called, has directly worked with original thinkers like Prof. C K Prahalad, Prof. Wayne Brockbank, Richard Boyatzis, Robert Kaplan, Mike Useem and Dan Ariely.
At ICICI Group as the group head of HR, he designed from first principles the comprehensive HR Philosophy, Policies, Processes and Practices, which facilitated the Bank and the Group companies to enable business growth and pre-eminence in their respective industries. He had envisioned the innovative practice of building industry ready talent pool at both entry level and first level management by partnering with Manipal Global Education and NIIT.
Ram is widely consulted on over the last 20 years on his thoughts on the future of HR for supporting the future of various businesses. Both HUL and ICICI are regarded as Leadership and Industry Talent building nurseries.
Having run businesses and led business innovation and technology for ICICI Bank, his approach to HR has always been business centric and fit for purpose HR Philosophy, policies and processes
He has been mentored by legends like Mr. Vaghul, Mr. H N Sinor, Mr. K V Kamath, Prof. C K Prahalad and Mrs. Kalpana Morparia.
He is widely regarded as a mentor to not only many HR Leaders but to many Business Leaders and CEOs.
During the last 10 years as the founder of Kautilya Leadership Centre he has worked with 170 organisations on facilitating them to think through Talent acquisition, Capability Building, Operationalising Strategy by aligning performance management, building leadership pipeline, managing change and shaping culture.
Mcgraw Hill has published his book “Leveraging Human Capital - A practitioner’s Perspective.”
Ram is an Independent Director on the board of Equitas Small Finance Bank along with being the Chair to their Nomination & Remuneration Committee. He is an Advisor and Chair of the HR Committee at Insurance Dekho and an Advisor for TVS Capital.