Uma Rao

Professor of Practice - Human Resources

Strategic HR Leader with demonstrated leadership across industries like manufacturing Telecom, IT, FMCG, Building Materials and automotive .Established credibility in driving High Performance Culture Organization Development and progressive policies to build a caring organization .Experience in multiple environment spanning MNCs, Indian companies ,Joint Ventures, Public Sector including Global Assignments. She  is keen in  her passion of teaching ,the most noble of all professions.


Publication

Mission K-54: Turning around the US$3bn Indian auto major – Ashok Leyland.

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 9 No. 

1. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-01-2019-0015, Authors: Cr, R., T.N., S. and Ganduri, U.R. (2019),

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies - ISSN: 2045-0621

Publication date: 12 April 2019


Changing the quality mindset at Ashok Leyland (Parts A and B),The CASE Journal, pp. 000-000. https://doi.org/10.1108/TCJ-11-2018-0119, Authors: Anuradha M.V., Rajan C.R. and Uma Rao Ganduri. 

Spirituality in Management in ISOL Journal in 2017 

Contributed hugely for the Ashok Leyland Turnaround case study, published in HBS in 2018,written by ISB

Professional Affiliations:

- Board Advisor, WOMENICE, an international NGO for women

- Executive Council Member of the Mentorship Forum for Women

 - Vice President, ISTD, Chennai Chapter and Hyderabad Chapter

- Member, Board of Apprenticeship Training, Southern Region

- Mentor for women professionals with 2 organizations

- Held various positions in CII 

Awards:

- Awarded the Women Super Achiever Award by World HRD Congress.

- Women Economic Forum Award for Exceptional Women of Excellence

- 100 Most Influential HR Leaders

- HR Powerhouse Award by ETHR