Genius Consultants Ltd, having core competency in business operations of staff solutions, celebrated the ‘9th Genius HR Excellence Awards 2019’ on September 12, 2019, by felicitating the best among leading organisations and HR practitioners across various sectors.
The grand occasion was graced by Chief Guest Chandra Sekhar Ghosh, CMD Bandhan Bank. Dr Kallol Dutt, Joint Labour Commissioner, Department of Labour, Government of West Bengal, Sandeep Seksaria, Managing Director, JG Hosiery and Vivek Gupta, Managing Director, Sanmarg, were guests of honour at the event. The keynote speeches were delivered by Rahul Bose, Global L&D Manager, IBM, and Ravi Gupta, CEO, Tata Auto Comp GY Batteries Pvt. Ltd.
Following the success in the past eight years, the Genius HR Excellence Awards event received encouraging participation of around 532 brilliant HR minds from across the country. The jury comprised Nihar Ranjan Ghosh, President, HR, Emami; Nadeem Kazim, eminent veteran HR industry stalwart; Sourav Das Patnaik, Director, at SREI; Arnab Chakraborty, GM-HR, CESC; and Indrani Chatterjee, Head-HR, All Cargo Logistics.

The evening witnessed enthralling performances by eminent percussionists Mallar Ghosh and Pratik Ghosh.
The award was divided into two sections — Company (Category A): companies with turnover of up to Rs1,000 crore; and Company (Category B): companies with turnover of Rs1,001 crore and above, respectively. Nineteen awards were given to 65 recipients from 3 categories.
The categories
- Individual Lifetime Awards: Lifetime Achievement Awards
- Individual Special Awards: CEO with HR Orientation; CHRO of the Year; HR Leader of the Year; Women Achiever of the Year; HR Professional of the Year; HR Professional of the Year (Specially abled); Leadership in CSR, Mentor of the Year, Upcoming Leaders of Tomorrow
- Organizational Awards: Best HR Practices; Best Training Initiative, Innovation in Recruitments, Innovative Retention Strategy, Innovative Succession Planning, Best Innovative HR Technology, Dream Employer of the Year, Outstanding Contribution to the cause of Social Development, Organization with Best Healthy Environment
This year, our partners: CRY and Vikramshila (Cause Partner); ITW Playworx (Communication Partner); ITW Consulting (Creative Partner); Sanmarg (Media Partner); and LuvIt (Indulgence Partner) were on board to make this event worth cherishing, along with the sponsors, JG Hosiery, Kingstone Educational Institute and National Insurance company.
For companies across India
The Genius HR Excellence Awards were launched in 2011 to spotlight the importance of HR as a profession and contributions of HR towards the growth of an organization. Since 2012, the Genius HR Excellence Awards were open to companies and professionals across India. The awards take a comprehensive look at the spectrum of HR services and are presented to the most outstanding achievers in these areas.
‘To honour best practices in HR’
‘We conceptualized these awards to highlight the creativity of HR practitioners of organisations with the aim to encouraging the adoption of best practices from one another. Recognizing excellence in the field of human capital management and celebrating success helps inspire an industry that fosters leadership skills, service, motivation, innovation and encouraging a continuous upgrade of the working environment. I’d like to congratulate all the achievers who have won the HR Excellence Awards in various fields. I’d also like to thank the jury members and all the participants who made this event a great success.’
—RP Yadav, C&MD, Genius Consultants