Ramesh Ranjan
With over four decades of experience in Human Resources Management, Ramesh Ranjan bridges corporate leadership, next-generation digital ecosystems, and impactful community building. He balances technology integration with an unwavering commitment to human capability.

Founder & CEO – Desirover.com
HR Advisor – ITCO Industries
VP/Director roles at Schneider Electric, APC, Caltex, Praxair
About Ramesh Ranjan
With over four decades of distinguished experience in Human Resources Management, Ramesh Ranjan is a widely respected HR leader, next-generation entrepreneur, leadership coach, and community builder. As the **CEO of VHR Labs** and **Founder & CEO of Desirover.com**, he designs innovative digital architectures that reshape how people collaborate, learn, and grow.
Ramesh is globally recognized for his ability to **bring together people, purpose, and performance**, seamlessly blending human insight with business strategy. His expansive work spans enterprise-scale corporate transformations, leading-edge digital learning platforms, and thriving global networks, reflecting a deep commitment to developing future-ready organizations built on **integrity, empathy, and innovation**.
Digital Ventures & Ecosystems
**VHR Labs** is a next-generation Digital HR company helping organizations transform the way they manage people, work, and workplaces in the AI era. As CEO, Ramesh leads the development of innovative AI-powered HR advisory solutions, digital learning platforms, employee experience frameworks, and practical tools that enable HR leaders to build future-ready organizations.
Built on the belief that technology should augment—not replace—human capability, VHR Labs brings together AI, digital platforms, expert knowledge, and a vibrant HR community into one integrated ecosystem. Through its Virtual HR Advisors, *Great Experience@Work* framework, *VHR Academy*, *VHR Community*, and *VHR Store*, the company empowers organizations to accelerate HR transformation, enhance workforce capabilities, and create meaningful employee experiences.
Visit vhrlabs.com →Mirroring his vision for user-driven digital hubs, Ramesh is the **Founder & CEO of Desirover.com**, an innovative online travel community platform that brings together travel enthusiasts to share authentic travel stories, itineraries, and localized insights from across the globe.
Desirover celebrates the spirit of exploration by blending **expressive travel storytelling with structured practical guidance**—featuring interactive travel diaries, cost-optimized itineraries, and localized safety maps. Born out of his intrinsic passion for travel, writing, and community frameworks, Desirover.com stands as **India’s premier travel storytelling hub**, where every shared journey inspires the next exploration.
Corporate Advisory & Global Networks
Ramesh serves as the HR Advisor to ITCO Industries, a leader in specialty chemicals, and sits on the Advisory Board of Hycons Bio Energy, a pioneer in Compressed Bio Gas and sustainable green energy.
He drives Organization Transformation & Development to help enterprises SCALE their business, specializing in HR & People Transformation, Leadership Development, building Organization Capability, and Digital Transformation.
Ramesh is the **Co-Founder and former CEO of the Global HR Community (GHRC)**. Under his strategic guidance, GHRC was honored with the distinguished **India 5000 MSME Award for Excellence** and acknowledged by LinkedIn as one of the **Top 10 HR Communities globally**, growing to serve an international base of over 10,000 professionals.
GHRC functions as a global learning system helping people Discover, Connect, Learn, and Grow via cross-border webinars, executive mentorship frameworks, and collaborative digital research initiatives.
Professional Journey
Ramesh’s professional track record spans **over 40 years across diverse industrial sectors and global territories**. He has helmed major organizational milestones at **Schneider Electric India, American Power Conversion (APC), Chevron Texaco/Caltex India, Praxair India, CoSystems India, Indian Herbs, and ITI**. His early foundational years in Industrial Relations at ITI Ltd. presented exceptional opportunities to co-create **India’s earliest structured Performance Management Systems featuring self-appraisals and closed-loop feedback mechanisms**.
Leadership Coaching & Academic Contributions
Ramesh is a **certified Executive Coach** specialized in unlocking systemic performance and guiding corporate leaders through volatile environments. He was **handpicked by Dr. Marshall Goldsmith** to join the elite **MG 25 India Coaches Group** under the global “Pay It Forward” movement.
Recognized by *Silicon India Magazine* among the **Top 10 Prominent Leadership Coaches**, Ramesh actively counsels select CEOs and CXOs globally on emotional alignment, legacy architecture, and change management. He also contributes back to the ecosystem as a **Mentor at E-Cell, IIT Bombay**, steering young startup founders within Asia’s largest business model competition, *Eureka!*.
A dedicated scholar, Ramesh has served as Professor of Human Resources and Visiting Faculty across India’s premier institutions, including **XIME, WE School, NMIMS, IFIM, Christ University, and ISME** Bangalore.
His academic contributions extend globally as a **Visiting Professor at the Prague University of Economics & Business** in the Czech Republic, where he instructs international cohorts on Global HR Trends, AI Disruption, and Cross-Border Leadership. Additionally, he serves as a Key Content Partner to the **IIM Bangalore–NASSCOM Leadership Resource Centre**.
Publications & Industry Associations
Ramesh authored the Amazon Best Seller **“Making People Count: How to Measure the ROI on Human Capital”** (with a Foreword by global HR authority Dave Ulrich). The text provides a definitive matrix detailing over **350 distinct HR metrics**, AI integrations, predictive modeling, and data-driven talent storytelling.
His continuous insights on Digital HR ecosystems are frequently featured within leading journals:
- *Technology: The Cornerstone of HR Service Delivery in Startups* – Sage Publications
- *Digital HR Transformation – Digital and Beyond* – NIPM Bangalore
- *Artificial Intelligence in HR* – DOMAIN Journal of Management & Research
- *Voice of Internal Customer Experience* – HR.com
- *Winning the Hearts & Minds of Employees* – NHRD Network Journal
Ramesh maintains active engagement with foremost national and global professional alliances to shape modern workplace policies and support upcoming talent across the industry:
- Vice President & Honorary Secretary, NHRD Bangalore Chapter
- Cluster Lead, NHRD Whitefield / Outer Ring Road Chapter
- Member, India HR Council of AMCHAM (American Chamber of Commerce)
- Panelist, HR Directors Roundtable of Petroleum Companies
- Member, India HR Council of The Conference Board
Awards, Honors & Foundational Philosophy
- **India 5000 MSME Award for Excellence** – for Global HR Community
- **Top 10 HR Best Practices by HR Startups** – NHRD Chapter recognition for Communios.ai
- **Asia-Pacific HR Best Practice Award** – SSON Singapore, for “Voice of Internal Customer Experience” at Schneider Electric
- **Top HR Best Practice Award** – NHRD, for the innovative “Plug into Schneider Electric” onboarding matrix
- **Top 10 Prominent Leadership Coach** – Silicon India Magazine
- **NIPM Gold Medal & Mary Clubwala Jadhav Gold Medal** – Academic Honors for outstanding research and program execution, Madras School of Social Work
Beyond his corporate and digital undertakings, Ramesh is an avid **writer, explorer, and cultural storyteller**. He actively honors his lifelong love for journalism by generating content that dissects the interactions between modern technological shifts, organizational behaviors, and human society.
He is deeply dedicated to developing **“Prakrithiye – A Way of Life”**, a personal philosophy emphasizing natural self-awareness, baseline gratitude, empathetic coexistence, and the preservation of human-centric balance amidst an increasingly automated digital landscape.
