Harjeet Khanduja

Senior Vice President at Reliance Jio

Mumbai, India

Harjeet is an International Author, Speaker, Poet, Inventor, Influencer and a HR Leader. He is also known as RK Laxman of Business.

Harjeet has set multiple green field projects and has handled HR for large multinational organizations in various geographies including India, US & Canada. Harjeet’s experience spans a range of industry sectors that include Automotive, Manufacturing, Pharma, Alternate Energy, IT-ITES, Telecom, Digital, Healthcare and Retail and has worked with Business Houses like Tata, Reliance and Piramal. He is currently working as Vice President HR at Reliance Jio.

Harjeet is a Thomson Medalist from IIT Roorkee and has completed his management education from INSEAD. Harjeet is a certified practitioner of SAP HCM, Six Sigma, Executive Coaching, OKRs, Design Thinking, Predictive Index, Tata Business Excellence Model, ISO 9000, ISO 27000, Insights wheel, HIPAA, Value Engineering, Kaizen and 5S. Harjeet has 3 published patents in the area of HR Technology.

He has been conferred with HR Leadership Award, Pride of Nation Award, HR personality of the year, LinkedIn power profile, Global Learning Award, Global Digital Ambassador, Top 100 HR Minds, Top 100 Global Thought Leaders, SHRM Top 50 HR Social Media Influencers, ET Top 20 HR Influencers and Top 50 HR Tech Leaders. Harjeet has been featured in a book "Heroes amongst us" by Dr. Amit Nagpal.

Harjeet has been a Guest Faculty at IIM Ahmedabad and NMIMS, Board Member of Federation of World Academics, Member of CII HR & IR Committee, Member IIRF Quality Assurance committee, co-chair of Nasscom D&I committee, Rotary club and SAP HCM.

Harjeet has been associated with various NGOs like Council of Technical Scholars, Anuthi (NGO focused on education of disabled).

Harjeet has authored a book "Nothing About Business" which has been an Amazon best seller. Apart from that, Harjeet has been published in books like Chicken Soup for an IITan Soul, Touched by Poetry. He has been published in leading magazines including People Matters, Business Manager, Insights plus, HR.com, Human Factor, The Indian economist, Human Capital, IT Next. He writes a column for Human Capital called "The H in HR" and a column “Alag Hai” for People Excellence Magazine.

Harjeet is an International Hindi Poet and writes satirical poems on social issues and features in SAB TV.

Harjeet is a TEDx speaker and speaks on variety of topics including HR, Leadership, Technology, Economics and Entrepreneurship.

Available For: Authoring, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Mumbai
Speaking Topics: Leadership, Decision Making, Employee Experience, Digital Disruption, HR Transformation, HR Technology