About

Balaji Roy is a Chief Human Resource Officer at Aqualite Industries with over 17 years of experience in HR, HRM, Talent Acquisition, Competency-based Mapping, Executive Coaching, HR Consulting, Training, Recruiting, Comp & Ben Consulting, Talent Management, Benefits Negotiation, Campus Hiring, Team Management, HR Analytics, Sales HR, Sales Capability Development, and Global Leadership Hiring. He is a change management expert and has played an instrumental role in transforming and setting end-to-end HR system processes for organization transformation. Balaji is deeply passionate about creating purposeful transformation and focuses on creating a measurable and sustainable competitive advantage for organizations. He has strong and diverse recruitment experience including executive search, talent management, employee engagement, and performance management for multiple organizations. Balaji has led recruitment expansion across multiple geographies including India, EMEA, and USA, Canada for the manufacturing and engineering industry. He specializes in HR and has a proven track record of building robust HR operation and talent acquisition teams. Currently, as Head of Human Resources at Aqualite India, Balaji is responsible for driving the people agenda, focusing on leadership development, talent management, culture building, organization effectiveness, employee relations, and engagement. He coaches leaders in areas of team performance and effectiveness and leads the AOP and Strategic Workforce Planning process. Balaji has previously worked with Relaxo Footwears Limited as a Human Resources Business Partner and with Action Group as a General Manager Human Resources. At Relaxo Footwears Limited, he worked with business leaders, HRBPs, and C&B COE to design and implement variable pay plans for the business groups. At Action Group, he was accountable for all HR statutory and labor relations and compliances, including statutory filing to government authorities. Balaji holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from CV Raman College of Engineering (CVRCE), Bhubaneswar, and a Master of Business Administration in Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General from Utkal University. He is proficient in search technology and is always looking for ways to improve HR processes and drive organizational effectiveness.