Aditya Birla Group HR chief Santrupt Misra takes early retirement, Ashok Ramchandran to take over

Misra holds two postgraduate degrees in Political Science and Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, from the Utkal University & the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, respectively.

Dr Santrupt Misra has opted for early retirement from the Aditya Birla Group, the conglomerate where he worked for more than 27 years. Misra was the Global Director of Human Resources as well as Group Director of Birla Carbon and Director of Chemicals. He joined the group in 1996 as vice president of HR from Hindustan Unilever (HUL).

Ashok Ramchandran, Group Executive President of the conglomerate, will take the role of Director of HR, according to a report by Mint. He was earlier the Director of HR at Vodafone India till 2015 before joining the group.

Misra has worked at the board level for over two decades as a Non-Executive Director and Executive Director in publicly listed companies, unlisted companies, and not-for-profit organisations in India and overseas. He is a director in several companies of the Aditya Birla Group including Aditya Birla Capital Ltd., Grasim, and Birla Carbon Thailand, which are listed companies.

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Misra holds two postgraduate degrees in Political Science and Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, from the Utkal University & the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, respectively.