Prabhakar Azad

Prabhakar Azad is a veteran HR professional in the real estate industry with over 26 years of experience.

A boomeranger, Prabhakar Azad is a Chief People and Process Officer at the Ashwin Sheth Group and he has been instrumental in inducting the exceptional senior leadership talent pool and integrating best people practices in the company. Leading the Group’s HR function, in the capacity of CPPO, Prabhakar’s perseverance has led the Company to be recognized as a growth-enabling and career-nurturing organization. Prabhakar has introduced the best policies, processes and procedures for the employees and, a technology-driven recruitment approach whose benefits are been seen with the best policies benchmarked to global standards.

Prior to this, he was associated with the foremost companies and has held senior positions such as Sahiti Group as CHRO, a division of Turner Construction Company as Global Head – HR (across South East Asia, India, Europe, America, Caribbean and Middle East), Lavasa Corporation Limited & its 30+SPV’s as Group Head – HR, a division of Hindustan Construction Company, Atos Syntel to name a few. He has implemented tech models like SAP – HR, RAMCO HR, FARVISION, GREYTIP, ORACLE, and HR- MANTRA in his previous organizations. He has immense expertise in internal and international mobility.

A mentor and influential leader, Prabhakar is a recipient of numerous awards and accolades like Most Iconic HR Leader by EIILM KOLKATA, Times Ascent, and World HRD Congress to name a few. He is a sought-after speaker at national-level HR conclaves, forums, media and management schools. He is a Certified Sr. HR Assessor for the CII – National HR Excellence Award and he was also a member of AMCHAM India.

Alumni of Cornell University, Prabhakar has done his MBA in Human Resources from J.D.C.Bytco Institute of Management Studies. He is a Black Belt, Dan 2 in Full Contact Karate from the world’s toughest club Ashihara Kai–Kan Dojo and also an avid traveler.