Anita has a proven track record in Talent Management with a focus on learning, leadership
development, and diversity. Her experience spans a range of industries and locations including the
public sector (at United Nations, Vienna), pharmaceutical (at Merind, Mumbai), shipping (at NYK,
Tokyo), beverages (at Tata Tea, Kolkata) and IT (at IBM, Bangalore & Mumbai).
Before her current role at IBM, she has held a number of leadership roles including Head of India
Leadership Development, India Diversity Leader, Member of the IBM Global Design Team, and
Leadership Development Leader for the Americas, ASEAN, ANZ, Korea, and Japan.
In 2009, she was awarded the WILL Women’s Choice Award for her "deep passion, outstanding
commitment, and high delivery in the field of inclusivity and gender equality."
A graduate from Harvard University & Chevening Fellow at the London School of Economics, Anita is
passionate about sharing her expertise by speaking at a variety of conferences including the National
HRD Conference, CLO, Community Business, CII, AIMA, Inventicon, Transformance Forums, World
HRD Congress, and NASSCOM sponsored conferences. She has designed and delivered a course on
"HR in Practice: A Corporate Perspective" to honours students of the BMS at Xaviers' College, Mumbai.
She has also written and been interviewed in national publications including the Economic Times, Times
of India, Human Capital, Chief Learning Officer, Business Today, Business Manager, People Matters, All
Things Talent, and Indian Management.
Subject: Learning Design & Development In the Context of Future of Work
Master an effective approach to program design and development
Objectives:
- Understand program design methodologies like Discussion, Videos etc.
- Create program story board through course outlines in line with TNA and learning outcomes
- Learn to create a full fledged learning program
- Learn nuances of program implementation like facilitation skills and role of PARTS (Participation, application, Reward and Engagement, Transfer and Senses)
- Learn to conduct budgeting and ROI analysis for learning interventions
Outcomes:
Harness and implement the best possible approach of program design and development
- Leverage an agile way of program design to deliver on learning outcomes
- Appreciate the nuances of budgeting and ROI to assess tangible business impact
- Leverage learning trends to bring new insights and actions in learning interventions