S. K. Acharya

Biography

  Shri Acharya is presently on the Board of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd., (NLC), a premier Lignite Mining cum Power    Company of Government of India as Director (HR) with Headquarters at Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, India. He holds the apex HR    Leadership position in the company, with an annual turnover of around five thousand crores engaging around 30,000    people in various parts of the country. •  With an Hons. Degree in Economics from Ravenshaw College and Post Graduation in Personnel Management from    Utkal University, he carries with him over 32 years of rich and varied experience of HR profession in BHEL (Heavy    Engineering Sector), NTPC (Power Sector), NTPC-SAIL Power Company (Power Sector with blended culture of Steel    Sector) and now in NLC (Mining cum Power Sector). •  An expert in Strategic HR with equal proficiency in HR operations Shri Acharya earned accolade in handling field IR in    upcoming Power Projects in troubled regions of Eastern and Central India in 19080s and 1990s when Union Militancy    was a dreaded factor. He proved that handled with guts, grit and determination, IR governance can be made free from    political manipulations and can be made a complementary tool for smooth company governance facilitating achievement    of business goals. •  During his tenure in corporate functioning over almost last one decade, he played an instrumental role in changing the    face of HR from facility maintainer / provider to talent developer and business partner in the context of NTPC, the Mega    Power Utility of Govt. of India. He also pivoted the e-application of HR Processes on SAP platform there and established    the value and integrality of HR in acquisitions and mergers specifically in policy design and handling of related human    and cultural issues. With his belief, ‘people at the core’ he is best known for his out of the box approaches to people    issues and while heading the corporate HR of NTPC Power JV with SAIL, he successfully brought people from NTPC and    SAIL together on one platform of a performance driven work culture. There he gave the company a wholly self designed    ‘Competency Matrix’ suitable for the business and culture (of the company) which earned the company “Global HR    Excellence Award” for innovative HR Practices in World HRD Congress 2011. Now as the HR Leader in NLC, a company    traditionally rich in technical skills, he is engaged in strengthening of performance orientation by introducing new HR    initiatives like Improvised Performance Appraisal System (IPAS), Leadership Development Programme (LDP) the    Organization culture and climate Survey (OCCS) and performance linked variable pay matrix for all cadres. Under his    leadership, NLC has won the ‘IPE HR Leadership Award 2012’ in the category of Organization with Best HR strategy in    line with Business. •  05. Already a recipient of ‘HR Leadership Award’ 2011 from World HRD Congress and Employer Branding Institute of     Asia, Shri Acharya was conferred with ‘Leadership & Inspiration Award’ by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry     in 2012 in recognition of his leadership qualities. •  A widely travelled and well trained person in India and Abroad, Shri Acharya lends his services in academics as a visiting    faculty to many premier Business Schools and Management Institutions. •  Presently as Chairman of National Institute of Personnel Management (Neyveli Chapter) and a member of the HR     Committee of Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE, India), he is actively associated with promotional     activities for enriching HR profession as a whole.

Research Interest

  Organic and Inorganic chemistry Physical & Synthetic chemistry Geochemistry & Astrochemistry Polymer chemistry & Biochemistry Analytical and Biophysical chemistry Material chemistry Nano chemistry Pharmaceutical Chemistry Forensic and Medicinal chemistry Mineralogy and Petralogy Radiochemistry Industrial and Engineering chemistry Computational Chemistry Nuclear and Quantum Chemistry