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Medhavi Thakur
Looking for a jobEmployee Relations Manager
Employee Relations Manager at Asian Paints who drove talent and capability initiatives across 10 plants.
IndiaEmployee Relations Manager at Asian Paints Ltd.
About
A full-time HR role with real ownership in areas of employee relations, HR business partnering, people operations, talent management or inclusion. Open to both individual contributor roles and team lead roles. Remote (India or global) or on-site anywhere in India.
At Asian Paints Ltd., I managed employee and industrial relations and talent initiatives across all 10 manufacturing plants. I led training needs analysis and capability-building interventions that supported talent movement and career pathing.
I also led organizational development initiatives, including rewards and recognition, engagement surveys, and action planning for 1,200+ employees. For the 2025 cycle, I executed Graduate Engineer Trainee recruitment, hiring 15 GETs across 8 campuses and 3 branches.
Earlier, as a Summer HR Intern at Bajaj Auto Ltd., I led the company’s participation in the CII HR Excellence Award assessment and authored its 91-page submission report. My fieldwork included a diversity hiring action plan for Mahindra & Mahindra and a five-year DEIB framework for Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson.
Experience
Employee Relations Manager
Managed employee relations and industrial relations for manufacturing capability building and talent management across all 10 plants. Led training needs analysis, organizational development interventions, and talent acquisition for entry-level cadres.
Fieldwork
Designed a diversity hiring action plan and engagement calendar for the Farm Equipment business.
Diversity HiringEmployee EngagementAction Planning
Fieldwork
Awarded a Field Work Placement Offer (FPO) in recognition of exemplary performance. Conducted 20+ interviews with candidates who declined Asian Paints offers and ran a thematic analysis of offer-decline drivers.
InterviewingThematic AnalysisData Analysis
Summer HR Intern
Led the organization's participation in the CII HR Excellence Award assessment and authored a 91-page submission report. Collected and analyzed HR process data to build a 5-year trend analysis supporting the award submission.
Education
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Pursued a Master's in Human Resource Management & Labour Relations, achieving a CGPA of 7.60/10.
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi
Completed a Bachelor's in Political Science with Honours, achieving a CGPA of 7.79/10.
Study Hall School
Completed Class XII with 96.25% in 2020 and Class X with 95.60% in 2018.
Completed Class XII with 96.25% in 2020 and Class X with 95.60% in 2018.