AHRBASIAN HR BOARD

Licentiate Programs

Section 1 Brief Content and Methodology

Admission process …………………………………………………………………………......... 20

Alumni & membership ……………………………………………………………………........... 18

Alumni speak …………….……………………………………………………………………...... 16

Industry validation …………………………………………………………………………........... 14

Placement ………………………………………………………………………………………...... 13

Faculty overview……………………………………………………………………………….......... 9

Section 2 Faculty

Competency map and linkage ………………………………………………………….................. 7

Overall methodology …………………………………………………………………………........... 5

Course overview ……………………………………………………………………………….......... 4

10 Highlights of the Licentiate Program ……………………………………………………………. 2

Section 3 Placement, Alumni, Membership

AHRB Licentiate Program …………………………………………………………………………… 1

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AHRB Licentiate program

Today AHRB Licentiate is Asia’s leading specialized HR training and certification program that assists a HR professional to learn critical competencies and best global HR practices in Recruitment, L & D, Compensation and benefits, competency mapping, psychometric analysis, BEI etc. It is operating in various cities of Asia like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Dubai, Singapore, Karachi, Lahore and Jakarta.

AHRB Licensed practitioners have the skills to see and move beyond the traditional professional boundaries, taking their place practice leaders in HR. This program equips them gain the key practical HR competencies to complement their experience. Its industry relevant course content gives the winning edge and helps in moving ahead in the career path with a accelerated pace.

AHRB Licentiate provides you with a subsidized fee for 5 industry relevant specialized certified courses in various strategic HR domains. These international programs are today Asia’s most industry accredited programs. Today the top HR professionals from corporate like Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Dr Reddys, Citigroup, Sheikh of Dubai’s office, Masafi Dubai, Nigerian Air force etc participate to hone their skills in these programs. The programs are specifically designed for the working HRR professionals and use the blended education model of learning and would be part time in nature.

AHRB provides you an exclusive guidance under highly industry experienced faculties who come from colleges like IIMs etc., and hold positions like GM, HEAD (HR), Asst. Vice President in the companies like Infosys, Wipro, citigroup, DE Shaw, Accenture, Applabs, HCL, Airtel.

An industry advisory committee reviews the licentiate course for relevance to ensure they keep pace with change and match students’ professional and practical skills with what employers need. For providing a better career, AHRB also provides its participants with a placement support in various companies. The licentiate program offers certification opportunity through various programs: :-

- AHRB licensed HR generalist program - AHRB licensed Training &and Development program

1. Become HR Specialist

4. Faculty quality

Top 10Highlights of the Licentiate program

Establish yourself as a true HR specialist in various domains like Learning & Development, Recruitment, Compensation etc. This is the only course in Asia which has the depth of coverage related to the various aspects of human resource management. It is designed by industry consultants that allow you to develop actual practices in HR as per corporate requirements. It is not theoretical or outdated or US/UK laws focused like most HR programs may turn out to be and is based on a classroom coaching. e-tutoring, case studies and group activities.

This program is the only program designed to build both skills and knowledge through a comprehensive project approach. The program is Asia’s first educational program built around a competency framework designed for and by a global HR team of professional. It uses spiral learning- linking up all the modules for maximal skill building and learning, with all Kolbs learning styles being met using different exercises.

A Recent survey conducted show AHRB /MEC Certification, programs as the most accepted programs in HR by Asian organizations with - More than 500 top Asian corporate - More than 5000 HR professionalswho have validated AHRB/MEC programs by sponsoring their employ-ees to these programs. These employees in turn have given great feedback to the contents.

Every AHRB faculty is rated amongst the best in Asia, they hold high academic qualifications from institutes like IIM etc.., with an average of 20 years of industry experience, their last industry job was as the head of HR or general manager HR.Compare this with any MBA college and see the difference yourself. Our faculty has been consulting and training HR people at Asia’s top companies and have got a fantastic rating from participants.

3. Industry relevance and acceptance

2. Design of the program

membership of AHRB and career support. The program is reasonably priced and comes with additional benefits of 5. Low cost coupled with multiple scholarship and endowments

The Career centre of AHRB works towards the career advancement of AHRB Alumni. The AHRB network gets 5-8 enquiries every fortnight from various recruiters regarding various career opportunities which are shared with the member of Asian HR board at an ongoing interval.

6. Career Development Centre

7. Meet the best of HR, build an extensive network of HR professionalsMake a lifelong set of friends with some of the best HR professionals across Asia. The program consists of a mix of people with 0-10 years plus experience including HR entrepreneurs and consultants. You will also have the opportunity to participate in AHRB’s conferences which allow you to meet other HR professionals at a social level.

8. Stand out from the crowdThere are 1000s of MBA institutes crowding the market. A Li-centiate of AHRB is an exclusive qualification which allows you to climb the corporate hierarchy. With a class size of just about 10 students, the competition is fierce and really good people get through

10. Timing and VenueThe contact timing is 2-3 days every month- full time and then 40 hrs of project work done at your own pace which is ideally suited for working professionals. The venue is at a centralized professional facility in the center of the city with extremely good ambience. The programs are conducted on Friday – Saturday or Saturday – Sunday.

9. AHRB membership and lifelong supportYou get a free individual membership of AHRBs individual membership for 2 years. You get to be member of freelance forums for a lifetime. You get to meet and interact with top HR professionals including your classmates in various AHRB forums.

uted throughout the period of 8 months.

COURSE CONTENT & METHODOLOGY Course OverviewThe Licentiate program is structured around 5 modular courses which are evenly distrib-

Overall methodology of the program

HR Competency Map based design

The program helps in developing various competencies in terms of behavioral interviewing skills, psychometric analysis, Compensation designing, structuring and planning , competency mapping and program designing and facilitation etc.

uted throughout the period of 8 months.

COURSE CONTENT & METHODOLOGYCourse OverviewThe Licentiate program is structured around 5 modular courses which are evenly distrib-

Overall methodology of the program

-HR Competency Map based designThe program is built to develop a set of HR competencies in a systematic manner. The program integrates functional skills, business understanding and behavioral traits re-quirements for a global HR career. The program

The program helps in developing various competencies in terms of evaluating training needs and evaluation, psychometric analysis, maximizing effectiveness and validity of training programs, competency mapping and program designing and facilitation etc.

FACULTY

The faculty

The Faculty for the fellowship is a formidable force of trainers.

They are typically in the mid or early forties with at least 20 years of corporate experience at the highest levels as head of HR , CEOs of consulting companies or as functional heads. They are handpicked for their excellence in training as vouched for by international training experience all over Asia and USA . Tthey are corporate trainers and consultants in HR for the top companies in Asia Pacific , USA and Europe. They have been visiting faculty of top global institutes like IIM - Calcutta, Cap Gemini University France, Georgetown University USA , Indian School of Business- India.

They have been winning accolades from many of the top training centers globally for their excel-lence in training methodologies. All the faculty use experiential learning for maximal impact

Aveena Gudapati An Engineer, a Master in Philosophy from Osmania University (Gold Medallist), Hydera-bad and an MBA from Columbia University, New York, Aveena Gudapati has more than 18 years of experience, in India, South East Asia and USA. He has extensive experi-ence and expertise in business modeling, strategic planning, business development, and mergers and acquisitions. Over the years he has trained/ taught more than 10,000 people across various countries. He was also involved in creating a movie “Hope – I am for Change” with Rama Naidu as a key actor stressing the need for change in our educational system which won a national award. Some of the companies he has been involved with as a consultant/ trainer include, Infosys, Oracle, UBS, Satyam, Airtel, Tata Indicom, BDL, SBI, MBNA Corp, BAT(South East Asia), Singapore Telecom etc. He is currently the Managing Director of Bhrigus Software (India) Private Limited, a USD 100 Mn enterprise.

Nitin Sanker

A software engineer from IIT – Roorkee with a Post Graduate Management Degree in Business Administration from IIM – Kolkatta, Nitin is certified to conduct HR programs by Carlton Advanced Management Institute, US and City & Guilds, UK.With around 2 decades of experience in HR, Training and Consulting in India, Bahrain, Thailand, Singapore, UAE, Indonesia, Malaysia, and USA, he works with over 150 com-panies on Training and HR Process Design. He has also helped many organizations in the usage of six sigma and process models like PCMM & ISO 9006 to improve their HR process. Over a decade, Nitin has trained and Consulted professionals from Companies like Satyam, Cognizant, GE, Dr. Reddy Labs etc.Nitin has written extensively for publications like The Economic Times, Deccan Chroni-cle etc. He is on the Review board of one of India’s specialized HR magazines. He also used to author a regular column called ‘lessons for the classroom’ which appeared in a popular magazine. He is a visiting faculty at IIM (C) and ISB and also trains fellow students and future management trainers at IIMT. He is acknowledged as one of the India’s best quizzers being a regional finalist on BBC’s Mastermind India and a finalist on quiz time. He has won over 50 national level quizzes.

Anantadeb Bandyopadhyay

An MMS from K J Somaiya Institute, Mumbai with specialization in Personnel Management, Anantadeb has over 2 decades of experience in HR, Consult-ing and Training. He has held different industry positions as Head of HRD in companies like Exide Industries, Bata India and Xerox & has handled M&A, Strategy formulation, TQM implementation, Management Development, OD initiatives etc & worked initially with Indian Oil and L&T in HRD function. He has also conducted programs for ISTD, Calcutta Management Associa-tion, Chambers of Commerce, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Infar, Dabur, Grieves, L&T, SAIL. He is also a Certified Job Evaluator from PwC.

Nandita Asthana

With over 2 decades of experience in Operations, Training & Consulting, she has been a founder director of Middle Earth Consultants Private Limited. She has been providing training and consulting services to top companies which include Satyam, TCS, Dr. Reddy’s, Nokia, Deloitte, Market Tools, GE, Infosys, Accenture, etc.She is a certified as a HR trainer by both City and Guilds and Carlton Ad-vanced Management Institute. She has trained over 5000 managers and executives and coached and mentored over 500 professionals for organiza-tions like Wipro, GE, IBM. She has been one of the highest rated trainers consistently for both these institutions and has been the lead assessor and the TTT initiative lead trainer with them. She has been a visiting faculty at ISB, ICFAI Business School and IPE and has helped develop management faculty for ICFAI as an adjunct professor with ICFAI Institute for Management Teachers.

Cdr. Tomy P. Tharian (Retd.)

Cdr. Tomy has graduated from National Defence Academy and is a certi-fied trainer and life strategist from Oscar Murphy International Pte Limited, Singapore. He also holds a post graduate diploma in personnel management and industrial relations from a reputed school from Bangalore. He is a spe-cialized behavior analyst from Defense Institute of Psychological Research, New Delhi. Cdr.Tomy has over 3 decades of experience. He is an award winning global trainer with Middle earth consultants and Carlton advanced management institute USA. Some organizations he has been associated with are Defence and Police officers , Confederation of Indian Industries ( CII ), Hewlett Packard, AWAKE, Seimens, Apollo Tyres, Pepsi, India Life Hewitt, CMR College, MATS, NIFT,etc

Dr Rajesh Arora

Dr Rajesh Arora holds both a post graduate degree and doctoral qualification in Management. He has been a profit center head with one of the prominent consulting companies in the area of training. He is a visiting faculty with international management institutes from Australia and UK and also acts as an internship guide to students from ISTD India. He has won many prestigious international awards for speaking and training and is a certified trainer with CAMI US for HR programs. He has trained a large number of HR professionals and managers from organizations like IDBI, ICICI Godrej, Dabur, Mastek, I-flex, Oberois Tata group, IOL , HPCL, Tata Group and many others. His strengths include: Competency Mapping, Climate Surveys, Career Assess-ment and Progression schemes, Performance appraisal schemes, Career assessment and Progression schemes on which he trains and extensively consults.

Dr Rajesh Kumar

Dr Kumar holds both a post graduate degree and a doctorate in management. He has been a leading trainer and management faculty at some of Indias top institutions and organizations including Symbiosis, Mount Carmel – Bangalore for the past 15 years. And also a leading trainer with organizations like Wipro, Bangalore chapter of Chartered accountants of India, Tata group on Competency management , Training and facilitation and compensation management. For the last 10 years and more has been handling class-es at Sevabharathi a program for under privileged students.

PlacementOn completing the Licentiate program, you may go for a complete career change, be promoted within your existing organization, or even start up your own business. No mat-ter what your ambition we ensure that all of our graduates are equipped with the nec-essary skill, know-how and confidence to add immediate value to any organization. Through out your studies our career men-tors, career webinars offer you the opportu-nity to further develop, re-think or plan your future career path.

As you are aware over 80% of jobs are not publicly advertised but are filled through internal re-ferrals, The AHRB membership group of over 5000 HR Professional provide information about job requirements which can be filled. Some of the organizations where AHRB members are include

This includes over 500 top companies in India, Middle east and South east Asia and include the who’s who of corporate industry. We use our deep links with associate organizations in various countries to also get great corporate requirements The Small size of our group helps in customizing the placement and job search to specific needs amongst the licentiate group.

For the group students who are looking at freelance careers and setting up their own organizations, AHRB provides set up support. AHRB’s freelance bureau listing allows such AHRB fellows people to get job offers from various member organizations.

Industry validationsThere are number of blue chip companies who have sponsored their employees to take up programs. The list which follows is an exhaustive one and spans across all the important segments starting from infrastructure to finance. A majority or them have got a global presence and are thoroughly sat-isfied by the amount of learning their employees carry back to their work places.

ALUMNI SPEAK“Quality is never an accident, it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives” – Willa A. Foster Alumni speak

COMMENTS FROM MIDDLE-EAST“Superb, learnt several aspects of recruitment which I though never existed”-Yvonne Caldwell, HRM, National Bank of Abu Dhabi.“Very good information program on learning and development, enjoyed the learning experience”-Mohammed Bin Naseer, HR Executive, Dubai Maritime city.“Well planned and executed, focused on basics of recruitment”-Samiha Al Sayaadi, Recruitment analyst, Commervial Bank of Dubai.“The knowledge imparted on new processes of compensation was of paramount importance”

“Brilliant delivery, superb value addition on effective recruitment”-Mohammed Bin Naseer, HR executive, Dubai Maritime city.

COMMENTS FROM INDIA“The usage of techniques in teaching the details of compensation was exemplary.”-Vikas kukreja, HRM Infosys.“Informative practical, adaptable, learnt new things in recruitment”-Suhas Arora, Lead HR, Cocacola.“Evolved as a trainer, learnt the art of facilitating”-Jahnabee Bharall Senior trainer, HSBC “Superlative atmosphere, the recruitment chapter effectively was phenomenal”-Akhil Rastogi Sr HRM, Eicher motors“Great knowledge quotient, learnt new things on reward management”-Bhanupriya Athavale, HR supervisor, Wipro technologies.

“Excellent program, details on taught with a lot of exuberance”Js Aprillia Sr. sales recruiter, LG (Indonesia)

Asiah Surodit Sr. HRM, Burmrungrad hospital (Thailand)“Great concept building learning details broadened my horizons of knowledge”M r Ramadhan, Asst. VP(HR), LIPRO bank(jakarta)“Excellent training atmosphere, going back with bagful of knowledge on recruitment”Clarence S. Defoe HRM, Indonesia power.

Gih Reh Lieung Asst. HR manager, MAN“Inspired me to develop more about competency framework and performance management system and very good”

understanding and competency learning”Tatiyana Sarif, Corporate HR Manager, PT Lautan Luas TBK, Jakarta

Alumni & membership

On graduating from the licentiate you will get two year of free membership with AHRB silver membership, you will join over 4000 HR alumni spread all over Asia. As Alumni you will be eligible to get all the services in terms of knowledge updates, alumni events. The website will give you constant updates on laws and a variety of aspects required by HR professional globally.

The institute takes pride in their illustrious alumni, people who are holding prestigious positions in the corporate sector. The alumni have been our constant source of inspira-tion. We also take great pride in the kind of diversity of our alumni they are from dif-ferent culture and ethnic backgrounds but are bound together by a common interest – HRM, its practice and application to organizations. Buoyed by the positive feedback received by our alumni we aim to partner more individuals aspiring to move up in life.Some of the illustrious alumni are:

Mr. Suhas bhllawadikar, GM (hr and admin), Lee and Muertis, India Ms. Palma Daniele, COO, Navionics, Italy

Ms. Asiah Gunari, Director HR, RS Durin Sawit, IndonesiaMs. Anies M Sensusri, HRD Manager, PT Solvay Pharma Ina, Indonesia

Mr. Lucky Okloklo, HR Head, Stanbic Bank, NigeriaMr. Ali N Hinai, Head of Recruitment, P.D.O, MuscatMr. Ghaye Al Riyaj, Manager HRMD, Central Bank of Oman, MuscatMr. Masoud Al Mackary, CEO, Ajyal, Muscat

Ms. Deema Owelmrin, HR Generalist, Halliburton, DubaiMr. Kamal Amara, MD, RSMC, Dubai

Mr. Naqueeb Alam, AGM HRD, ETA, DubaiMr Sayeed mibah ul walah rizwe, VP head CCBM, Allied Bank, PakistanMs. Sweta sen, specialist trainer, DELL IndiaMr. Nitin Dang, OD hr, IBMMr. Kiranbeer sawhney, asst. manager, Vodafone

“Education come from living life, following passions, accessing information, observ-

- Claire Aumonier

Mr. Shashikant Pawar, Training Manager, IDBI FortisMs. Nisha Garg, Manager HR, Eureka Stocks and sharp BrokingMs. Rimple Dhawan, HR Recruitment Analyst, NOKIA (INDIA)Ms. Sushma Bhalkikar, Associate Manager HR, GMR InfraMs. Aparna Smaran, HR Recruitment Analyst, Samsung (india)Ms. Jyothi Wadwa, Training Manager, Fortis HealthcareMr. Fracisco Pereira, Specialist Training and Development, InfosysMr. Roger pinto, Sr. Training Manager, SafenetMr. Rajendra Tripathi, Manager-HR Blue dart expressMr. Vipin Trehan, Director-HR, Dr. Reddy’sMs. Mridula Das, Senior Manager L & D, HTMT Global SolutionsMr. Vaibhav Asnodkar, Senior HR Lead, InfosysMr. Nitin Nikam, Asst GM, HR, MD India Health Care, IndiaMr. S.K.Saha, Chief Manager Balance Scorecard, HPCL, IndiaMr. Gawrav Sharma, GM-Hr, Pepsico, IndiaMr. Hitesh Sanghvi, MD, Cunix Infotech, IndiaMr. P.V.Kalawar, VP-HR, Clariant, IndiaMr. Shreekanth P, Vice CEO, Sella Synergy India Ltd, IndiaMs. Tulika Sabharwal, HR Manager, Wipro TechnlogiesMr. B.N.Srinivas, Asst Manager-HR, Soft Merchant Pvt LtdMr. Shaik Abdullah Bhavazeer, GM-HRD, Ajay Metachem Pvt LtdCol. Sunder Lalvani, HR Consultanat, Bahrat Bijile LtdMr. Suubhash Sapre, Director HR, HPCLMr. Nagesh Rastogi, Sr. manager, Maytas Infra LtdMs Gowri Bhatta, Sr. Manager HR, Nestle India Pvt LtdMs. Snehal Baweja, HR Lead, HexawaretechMr. Ajay Rihane, HR Sales, CocacolaMr. Aashish Mathunga, VP-HR, Ing VysyaMr. Gurpreet Singh, Sr. Manager-HR, IDBI fortisMs. Rashmi Rao, HR Lead, IBM

Application forms and prospectus can be purchased by contacting Asian HR Board Team.

Admission Process

Applying for the AHRB’s Licentiate program

No of seats

Eligibility for program

Credit Waiver facility-

Admission Procedure

the performance the candidate will be allocated a seat and can also earn scholarship.

40% seats are reserved for people with 2 -6years of experience in HR. 10% seats are for people with less than 2 years, MBA-HR freshers30% seats are reserved for people with more than 6 -8years of experience in HR.20% seats are reserved for people with more than 9 years plus of experience in HR.

Credit Waiver facilityThe program offers credit waivers which reduce the cost to certified HR professionals possessing the following certifications – Certifications from MEC/CAMI, SHRM-USA or CIPD-UK certified professionals

1. Application forms and prospectus can be obtained by contacting Asian HR Board Team. 2. You need to fill in the application form along with a statement of purpose & send it to us within the specified date.3. You need to undergo a psychometric and motivational test .4. A round of telephonic interview. Based on the performance the candidate will be allocated a seat.5. Payment - Depending upon the amount to be paid, the payment has to be made at the time of admission. The fees can be paid in 3 installments program (via post dated cheques in the name of Asian HR Board, payable at Hyderabad) to the middle earth head office in Hyderabad.

Admission Procedure

Eligibility for program

Admission Process

No of seats

Murali Krishna Mumbai region & other AHRB queries M: 09676963111 E: murali@mecindia.org

Pradeep Delhi Region M: 09293268451 E: pradeep@mecindia.org

Fathima Hyderabad and Pune region M: 040-64601388 E: ahrb5@earthhr.org

Samiullah Bangalore region M: 09247517462 E: ahrb5@earthhr.org

Contact Desk

Location Proposed Batch Size

Hyderabad Licentiate – 10; Fellowship - 5

Delhi Licentiate – 12; Fellowship - 10

Bangalore Licentiate – 12; Fellowship – 8

Mumbai Licentiate – 12; Fellowship – 10

Dubai Licentiate – 12

Singapore Licentiate – 12

Lahore Licentiate – 12

Karachi Licentiate – 12

Jakarta Licentiate – 12