Arun Vishwanath is a passionate HR professional who has his interests in Executive Coaching, HR and Learning & OD interventions. In his corporate work experience spanning over 20 years, he has worked in hotels, cruise lines, retail and other service industries. Arun has been involved with development and deployment of HR & Learning strategies for some of the biggest and well-known organisations. He has worked in the areas of Business and Service Excellence. He is a certified Assessor for IMC RBNQA Business Excellence which is based on Malcolm Baldrige criteria from the US and has been an Assessor for the Affirmative Action programme of the Tata group.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Arun was the General Manager – Human Resources & Organisational Learning at Infiniti Retail – Croma – A Tata Enterprise prior to starting on his own. Handling the Corporate HR and Organisational Learning initiatives of a young Tata company, with a team of over 50 HR & Learning professionals. Prior to joining Infiniti Retail, Arun was Head - Training, at Raymond Retail, part of the Raymond group. Responsible for conceptualising, designing and implementation of the Learning, Training and Employee Development initiatives at Raymond Retail. He was also Corporate Head of Training and Development with RKHS (now Sodexo). He has worked as “Hotel Services Trainer” with P&O Princess Cruises for 6 years. Prior to this, Arun has worked in the hospitality industry as a Training Manager, Lobby and Restaurant Manager with Holiday Inn hotels at Pune and Hyderabad.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
• Certificate of Coaching – Institute of Executive Coaching & Leadership – Australia
• Business Excellence Assessor – IMC RBNQA based on Malcolm Baldrige criteria
• M.Sc. – Psychology from Madras University & Hotel Management Course from IHM
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Founder – Trainers Forum – the largest Trainers network in India reaching over 20,000 members through various social media platforms
• Founder President – The Bombay Toastmasters Club
• Founder - Book Lovers Club
• HR Leadership Award – World HRD Congress – 2013
• Super Achiever Award – Indira Business School – 2012
• Best Performing team – Raymond Group Excellence awards – 2011
AREAS OF INTEREST
• Talent Assessment
• Succession Planning & Talent Management
• Leadership Development
• Employee Engagement & Organisation Effectiveness
• Business & Service Excellence
E-mail: arun@trainersforum.in / arun.vishwanath@gmail.com
Mobile: (+91) 99201 40053 / 89760 24046
