With an association of 25 years with the company, Rajesh Nair has worked across HR operations, employee relations, talent acquisition and management, among other functions. What sets him apart is his ability to communicate with employees at all levels, which has helped in aligning leadership goals with organizational accomplishments.

As an HR leader he strongly believes in being a business person first, which gives him the freedom to develop HR’s scope as a strategic function. He sets direction for the overall strategy of the HR function. He works passionately in the development and implementation of diversity and inclusive initiatives in the organization. He also ensures compliance with government, state labour standards and policies.

Prior to his current role as Head HR Emcure group, he headed the Human Resources department for Emcure’s Manufacturing facilities, Research and Development (R&D) units and support functions units of Emcure.

He is an MBA from Savitribai Phule, Pune University. In his other assignments, he was also associated with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, for a brief but impactful stint in 2009, where he was associated as BU HR Head of the company’s Biologics Development Centre.