Well, a small group of Ola and Uber drivers would come to me and narrate their problems. But I said that I have to understand the problems first, then I could lead them to find a solution. After my work at the Government Department, I started working as a driver for Ola and Uber.
Author - Vivek S Patwardhan
Vivek S Patwardhan, a former Global HR Head of Asian paints having spent 33 years with the organisation, is a renowned Industrial Relations expert of the country. He was also associated with Tata Institute of Social Sciences during 2006-07 as TISCO Chair Professor.
A prolific writer, Vivek has edited book on Industrial relations and authored book on same subject in Marathi language also apart from the book "The Lulu Duologues'. His blogs on Employee Relations issues are very popular. He has been conferred with multipole awards like Indian Blogger Award in 2013 and 2017, Lifetime Achievement Award by alma mater MILS in 2018,by NHRDN South Gujarat Chapter and FOSTIIMA in 2022.
He is also on the board of reputed companies as independent Director.
“What would you call it?” Lulu, my parrot, asked. “Is that a writer’s block?” his mischievous tone was unmistakable. “Oh, Lulu! I am not a writer so there is no such block. I am a blogger and have not posted a blog for almost two months. And I had been posting a blog almost weekly for sixteen years...
Prisoners on Wheels We listen to Sensex and Nifty’s ups and downs, we read about whether Ambani (or Adani, if you like) retains his wealth or whether there is gain or erosion in it in the newspapers. Missing out of the social debate is the plight of the people at the bottom of the social pyramid –...
The Tell-All Book on Child Labour Our first meeting was not about child labour or his book ‘Porya.’ He left a great impression in the first meeting on my mind. Mr. Shailendra Pol spoke at a book launch event and in the short ten-minute speech his intelligence, wisdom, empathy, and sensitivity were...
Meaningful Conversations Hold The Key Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome you to this 9th IR Summit of National HRD Network, titled ‘Industrial Relations for the Industry 4.0 and the Beyond.’ It is always a good idea to review the situation and take bearings again which is what such Summits do, and...
Believe it or not. Some accidents are more important than other accidents. And some lives are more important than other lives. Chances are that conscientious readers will disagree with these statements. I am speaking of the Pirangut fire accident. Let me explain. On June 7 this year, or just a...
My Initiation in Employee Relations I will be speaking on ‘The Missing Conversations in Employment Relations.’ (This is the full text of my talk arranged by Tata Management Training Centre, and delivered before Tata Group Managers on Aug 04, 2023). My initiation in employee relations began at a...
Essentially, trade unions are not that much effective today, and so the old IR skills have been replaced by new skills, but rights and liabilities of the employer and employees remain intact.
Yes, five workers are running a factory! And the sales turnover runs in a few crores!! This discovery shocked me. I asked Mr. Hemant Mondkar who the factory manager was of the Thane factory. Mr. Hemant Mondkar is an IITian who runs his enterprise, HyTech Engineers Ltd. in a way which is both...
At the outset my tribute to National Institute of Personnel Management which has been organizing Naval Tata Memorial Lectures every year for the past 30 years. (This is the full text of the Naval Tata Memorial Lecture, which I delivered on Dec 16, 2022 at Indian Merchants Chamber, Churchgate...
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