Jury

Sharad Gangal

Executive Vice President - HR & IR & Admin and Member of the Executive Council
Thermax Limited


Sharad is an Executive Vice President – HR, IR & Admin and Member of the Executive Council with Thermax.

He started his career with Asian Paints and then moved on to Boehringer Mannheim a German Pharma Company. In 1996, Sharad joined Cadbury India Ltd. At the time of leaving Cadbury Sharad was responsible for Employee Relations, Organizational Effectiveness and Compensation Strategy. During his tenure at Cadbury he also had a stint with the Cadbury Schweppes business in Australia. He joined HDFC Standard Life in 2007 to Head HR where he was responsible for Human Resources, Learning & Development and Sales Training. Employee Engagement & Change Management are his areas of specialization.

Sharad is also on the Academic Council of Symbiosis International Business Management School and teaches courses in Performance Management & Organizational Design.