Managing Consultant
Uma brings nearly 25 years of experience in HR with Strategic, Operational and Leadership roles in Organizational Development, Human Resource Management and Learning & Development (L&D). Her core capabilities have been honed across organizations such as the Taj Group of Hotels, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Cerebrus Consultants, the RPG Group, e4e Healthcare and Thryve Digital Health LLP.
During her corporate stints, Uma has worked closely with senior leadership as well as business teams bridging gaps while designing and delivering programs aimed at upskilling resoruces and initiating change management. She has led sensitization workshops aimed at enabling global teams to learn trust, and build a collaborative work culture. During her consulting stints, Uma implemented competency-based talent development frameworks and global performance management processes for various clients.
As a trusted HR leader in business environments, Uma has delivered numerous workshops to address and nurture leadership at different levels of an employees’ career. Her multi-facted career has involved being part of forums set up to guide and support working women. Uma's work in this area grew to driving and delivering programs and focus groups equipping women with the skills required to navigate through bias, stay relevant during career breaks, assertive communication and many more relevant attributes. Being a certified EQ practitioner, she has used EQ interventions & coaching to better equip and empower women.
Additionally, Uma is a recognized, experienced investigator on Workplace Harassment & Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH). In this capacity, she has delivered multiple sensitization and capacity building workshops, and is an external committee member with global corporates in this sensitive domain.
Uma's avid interests include practicing traditional music and classical dance, while being a keen traveller and reader. She is an animal lover at heart, and constantly looks for excuses to interact with dogs or just spend time with the two of her own.
Lead Consultant
With over 28 years of experience in Human Resource Management, Binu comes with deep knowledge of HR Operations, Employee Engagement & Talent Acquisition.
A large part of her career was with the erstwhile Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). During her stint at TCS, she has handled multiple portfolios across the employee life cycle including, Talent Acquisition, Onboarding & Orientation, HR Operations, Employee Connects.
Binu has been associated with ESA from inception working with our clients ranging from start-ups to Small and Medium Businesses (SMB). Her primary role is in setting up policies and processes, including conducting focus group sessions to drive the HR framework. She is also the main HR SPOC for these organizations.
Binu is a trained classical dancer and In her spare time, she loves dancing & cooking!
Consultant
Veda has 24 plus years of experience in Payroll Processing, Learning & Development, Talent Acquisition & Employee Engagement. As the Lead HR at with Spencer's Travel Services Limited, part of RPG Group, her proficiency was within areas such as performance management, learning & development, 360 Degree Feedback and running Employee Engagement Surveys across diverse business verticals. At ESA, she is instrumental in putting together the HR Roadmap for our diverse clients and driving key initiatives.
Veda's interests include listening to songs & cooking!