Mr. R. R. Nair
Independent Director
BASF
Germany
Biography
Mr. R. R. Nair has an M.A Degree from Kerala University and a Post Master’s Diploma from IIT Kharagpur. He is also an alumni of Stanford & Michigan Universities through their executive education programmes. He has specialized in the fields of strategic human resources management and organization development. Mr. Nair was a former Director-HR for Unilever group companies, and presently a CEO Coach for business leaders. He was selected for the National Award by the National Human Resource Department Network for outstanding contribution to the HR profession in India. He was also conferred the “Life-time Achievement Award” by NHRD and by CNBC-KPMG. He contributes regularly to executive education efforts at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Mr. Nair currently serves a few company boards as an Independent Director. He is on the India advisory board of Schneider-electric. Among others, he was also a Member of the Academic Council of Tata Management Training Centre and the HR Technical Committee of the Reserve Bank of India. As a member of the Board of BASF India Ltd., Mr. Nair serves as Chairmen of the Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Stakeholders' Relationship Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.
Research Interest
Mr. R. R. Nair has an M.A Degree from Kerala University and a Post Master’s Diploma from IIT Kharagpur. He is also an alumni of Stanford & Michigan Universities through their executive education programmes. He has specialized in the fields of strategic human resources management and organization development. Mr. Nair was a former Director-HR for Unilever group companies, and presently a CEO Coach for business leaders. He was selected for the National Award by the National Human Resource Department Network for outstanding contribution to the HR profession in India. He was also conferred the “Life-time Achievement Award” by NHRD and by CNBC-KPMG. He contributes regularly to executive education efforts at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Mr. Nair currently serves a few company boards as an Independent Director. He is on the India advisory board of Schneider-electric. Among others, he was also a Member of the Academic Council of Tata Management Training Centre and the HR Technical Committee of the Reserve Bank of India. As a member of the Board of BASF India Ltd., Mr. Nair serves as Chairmen of the Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Stakeholders' Relationship Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.