Mr. Sunil Agarwal, Head – HR, Bharti Airtel addresses 2010-12 students
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Mr. Sunil Agarwal, Head – HR, Bharti Airtel, addressed the MBA 2010 – 12 students sharing his experiences on various issues related to human resources. He has more than 15 years of experience in various sectors from production, IT, paints and presently in telecom. He is presently Head – HR looking after Bengal, Kolkata & Orissa.

He started the discussion talking about life and its various experiences and related to the examples which he has faced early in his professional career. He related the discussion on life with one’s goal and how to achieve it. He pointed out minute things in day to day life which could have an impact on your goals and ambitions. He stressed the importance of looking forward during struggles and obstacles and warned us against succumbing to pressure and to erase the word “PROBLEM” from our dictionary.

He spoke about his various roles and responsibilities of HR i.e., performance management systems, staffing, compensation and benefits, employee engagement programs and then he explained why compensation and benefits is his favorite area of practice.

Finally he spoke about the Dos of an interview, mainly the functional knowledge, right attitude and practical approach and thought process. He shared with us the history and background of Bharti Airtel and touched upon the highly debated issue of Airtel’s brand makeover.

Overall it was a learning experience from Mr. Agarwal

Amit Pal and Aveek Banerjee
MBA 2010-12