Tata Steel appoints new HR chief

Tata Steel appointed P Senthil Kumar as their new Chief Human Resource Officer on Friday. Kumar had joined Tata Steel two months leaving Cairn Energy India Pvt Ltd where he was the Director (HR & Administration).

Kumar will operate from Jamshedpur and report to Tata Steel Managing Director H M Nerurkar, the company said in a statement here.

Welcoming Mr P. Senthil Kumar, Mr H.M Nerurkar, MD Tata Steel said “It gives me immense pleasure to announce Mr. P Senthil Kumar as Chief Human Resource Officer. On behalf of the Tata Steel family, I welcome him whole-heartedly and wish him the very best”

He is a B Tech in Chemical Engineering from NIT Trichy and a PG Diploma in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from XLRI Jamshedpur, the statement added. Subsequently, he also completed an Advanced Human Resource Management Program at Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

In his long and illustrious career he has worked in a number of organizations in Manufacturing, Hospitality, and FMCG sectors across a variety of HR & IR roles. Mr Kumar is also a Member of the CII National sub-committee on HR and is actively involved & well known in the HR professional community across the country.