SHRM India acknowledged organisations with HR excellence at it's annual conference 2015 in New Delhi

SHRM India, in a statement today said that it felicitated organisations across sectors with the coveted HR Awards during the SHRM India annual conference and exposition 2015. These awards were presented to the winners in a glittering ceremony on the first day of the conference. This year, there were 11 award categories where 55 companies across 21 industries participated.

This is the fourth consecutive year that SHRM Awards acknowledged the organizations, which work passionately towards raising the bar for the profession and motivate their workforce through constant innovation. The jury for the award continuously evaluated the participating organisations based on the criteria of Innovation, Impact, and Sustainability & Scalability of the HR initiative to select the winners.

Tech Mahindra Limited won the awards in three categories - excellence in social media practices, excellence in developing leader of tomorrow and excellence in community impact, which the company shared with watchmaker Titan Company Limited. Among other categories, excellence in diversity and inclusion went to Aegis Limited while excellence in talent sourcing and staffing was awarded to WNS Global Services (P) Limited. The award for Excellence in HR for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises went to Kronos Incorporated.

While Microsoft India bagged the award for employer with best employee health and wellness initiative, the award for excellence in human resources in South Asia went to SriLankan Airlines. Special recognition awards were also given to Hindustan Petroleum Limited and School of business, NMIMS University.

Tech Mahindra Limited also received the runners up award in the Employer with best Employee Health & wellness initiatives category. Whereas Hindustan Unilever limited were declared the runners up in the Excellence in developing leaders of tomorrow category. Diesel and Motor Engineering PLC, Cadila Healthcare Ltd, and OSScube solutions limited were the runners up in the following categories: Excellence in HR-South Asia (Excluding India), Excellence in Talent sourcing and staffing and Excellence in HR-MSME respectively.

Achal Khanna, CEO, SHRM India said, “I congratulate the winners of the coveted HR awards.  These awards are recognition for those organisations, which not only adopt best HR practices but also keep fine tuning and changing their policies in line with the changing trends and business environment. People are a key resource in any organization and it is important to keep them engaged and motivated to ensure productivity. These organizations, which have been contributing to the society through their constant innovation, truly deserve the awards.”