About

Rakesh Gopalani is an experienced HR professional with over 14 years of experience in the field. He is currently working as the DGM - HR at Porter, where he is responsible for driving the company's human resources initiatives. Rakesh has a stellar track record and has trained over 10,000 individuals across 8 countries and 20 nationalities. Prior to joining Porter, Rakesh worked as the Training Head at Oyo, where he was responsible for shaping and rolling out comprehensive learning and development programs for around 2000 employees. He also managed onboarding and performance of new hires across business verticals and partnered with business and HR for identifying learning needs. Rakesh facilitated the design and delivery of learning and development solutions through classroom and learning management systems and tracked training initiative outcomes to measure business impact. Before Oyo, Rakesh worked as the Head - Premier Learning Academy at Tata, where he consulted with multiple stakeholders and partnered with businesses for strategizing, creating, and executing the annual learning and development plan based on organizational goals. He also conducted training need identification/analysis and built trainer capability and groomed them by facilitating various trainer development initiatives. Rakesh holds an Executive Program in HRM from XLRI, a Post Graduate Diploma in Instructional Design from Symbiosis International University, and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing and Finance from the International Management Institute - IMI, Belgium. He is proficient in Search technology and has relevant experience of 14.79 years. Overall, Rakesh is a passionate HR professional who has a proven track record of driving human resources initiatives and has a deep understanding of learning and development. He is a strategic thinker and has excellent leadership skills, making him an asset to any organization.