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About Ramesh Ranjan

Ramesh Ranjan

CEO – VHR Labs | Founder & CEO – Desirover.com | Leadership Coach | HR Advisor | Author | Speaker | Mentor

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.

Leadership
Principal Consultant – Ranjan Consulting, CEO of VHR Labs & Desirover
Track Record
40+ years heading global HR operations
Ramesh Ranjan
Ramesh Ranjan
Augmenting human capability, building workplaces, and inspiring journeys with purpose.
Current Strategic Roles
CEO – VHR Labs
Founder & CEO – Desirover.com
HR Advisor – ITCO Industries
Member Advisory Board – Hycons Bio Energy
Prior Highlights
CEO – Global HR Community (GHRC)
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 – Transforming HR for the AI Era

**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.

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Desirover.com – The Travel Storytelling Community

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.

Visit Desirover.com →

Corporate Advisory & Global Networks

HR Advisor & Consulting Engagements

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.

Global HR Community (GHRC) Leadership

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**.

 
Schneider Electric India
Vice President – HR Services (India) | Global HR Director – Global Supply Chain & Manufacturing (ITB)
Expanded HR Shared Services infrastructure from 36% to comprehensive 100% operational coverage for over 16,500 employees. Architected the enterprise-wide *”HR Goes Digital”* matrix to enhance internal service delivery speeds, suppress systemic overhead costs, and orchestrate seamless post-acquisition corporate integrations.
 
APC India
Head of HR – India Subcontinent
Accelerated high-growth operations across manufacturing, R&D, and regional sales hubs. Mitigated systemic attrition through pioneering engagement structures and steered human assets smoothly during the landmark acquisition transition into Schneider Electric.
 
Caltex India Pvt. Ltd.
Head & General Manager – HR (India & Sri Lanka)
Successfully consolidated three independent legacy organizations post-merger. Standardized complex job-grading systems, integrated cross-entity compensation models, and established the India Leadership Council to unify corporate strategy.
 
CoSystems India Pvt. Ltd.
General Manager – HR
Built the complete human resource infrastructure from scratch for an emerging telecom software startup, rapidly scaling the workforce framework from early inception to over 320 specialized personnel inside 12 months.
 
Praxair India Pvt. Ltd.
Senior Manager – HR
Engineered corporate HR policies, steered critical M&A due diligence and talent mappings, and structured optimization models to align local operations with global support services.
 
Indian Herbs & ITI Ltd., Bangalore
Manager – HR | Assistant Personnel Manager
Pioneered early organizational development protocols, introduced systematic performance reviews, led large-scale industrial relations workflows, and designed structures contributing directly to early ISO standard certifications.

Leadership Coaching & Academic Contributions

Executive Coaching & Strategic Mentorship

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!*.

Academic Faculty & Global Lectures

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

Author & Research Publications

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
Community Councils & Policy Influence

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

Selected Awards & Distinctions
  • **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
Personal Philosophy

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.

“Technology must always be leveraged to expand and augment human capability—never to displace the essential human spirit.”
— Ramesh Ranjan

 

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