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Kerala
Vol. XXVII, No.01 | APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2020
Redesigned HR
amid post
COVID-19 pandemic
Kerala
Contents
Message From Chairman 3
Message From Editor’s Desk 5
Webinar 6
Lawgorithm 9
Knowledge Sharing Sessions 11
Wither Laws, wither Labour... and Economy? 15
Learning to impart learning 16
L&D Next : Sustaining and Excelling 17
The COVID19 Enabled
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Kerala
Message from
CHAIRMAN
Message
Greetings
We are pleased to release the April 2020 to September 2020 issue of “Kerala Personnel e-News Letter”.
Many unexpected changes happened in our Life as well as challenges in our profession since March 2020
due to the outbreak of the Pandemic – Covid19 across the globe. As far as NIPM is concerned, the term of
the present Executive Committee of Kerala Chapter was over on 30th June 2020 and the new team was
supposed to take over from July 2020. The National Council Elections were also due after June 2020.
Unfortunately, the spread of the Pandemic compelled everyone to live with the situation and ultimately,
NIPM National Council had to take a decision to postpone the Biennial Elections to the National Council for
One Year and continue in office on Administrative roll only, without getting involved in any major policy
decisions. National Council also directed all Chapters to follow the decision to postpone the Biennial
Elections and directed the Chapter Executive Committees to continue in office for another year more.
Accordingly, the Kerala Chapter Executive Committee in their meeting unanimously decided to postpone
its Biennial Election Process also for One Year and the next election for the term 2021-2023 will be held
based on the Voter's List being published by National Council as on 31st March 2021.
During the Lockdown period, our office functioning was also affected to some extent and we managed
functioning of the office with our staff partially working from office and partially from home. It is a matter
of pride for the Kerala Chapter that we were the first among all the NIPM Chapters in the country to
organize regular Webinars from April 1, 2020 to keep the members update on various topics. Other
Chapters only followed us subsequently after we had done a few Webinars. This initiative was taken up
and implemented by young and active HR Tech Committee Members, under the guidance of our two Vice
Chairmen and Hon. Secretary. We have organized 26 such Webinars on different topics and Talks by
eminent speakers, as part of our Knowledge Sharing Program. The Webinar included an Interactive
Session with the Hon'ble Minister for Labour & Excise Sri T.P. Ramakrishnan.
Lawgorithm is another unique Program on Indian Labour Laws conceptualised by the Kerala Chapter and a
great initiative by the younger generation members of the HR Tech Committee. As part of this
#Intern2learn, an Internship / Live Projects for Up-skilling through online classes and Certifications for
Management Students, who are one of the worst hit during this challenging environment of Covid19, was
organised. We had participation from other States even for this programme.
3
Message from
CHAIRMAN
During the Covid19 period we have completed our Annual Audit and released our Audited Balance Sheet
for the FY 2019-2020. We have also conducted our Annual General Body Meeting for the year 2019-2020
on 22nd August 2020 through Virtual Mode, to adopt our Annual Report / Audited Balance Sheet etc., as
per directives of our National Council.
A major area we are lagging is mobilization of Membership for which I request all our existing Members to
at least introduce One New Member every year to NIPM fold. Since the Associate Membership Category
has been abolished by the National Council by amending the Constitution, I would request all former
Associate Members to apply for new Corporate or Life Memberships and remain in NIPM fold.
As you are aware, NIPM National Council has introduced e-Voting system from next Biennial Election
onwards to National Council as well as Chapter Executive Committees. NC has requested all Members to
Login NIPM Website and update their profile to get voting rights. I understand from National Council that
about 50% members have not yet updated their profile so far. This is a major concern and needs
immediate attention by our Members. All members are once again requested to Login NIPM NC Website
and update their Profile immediately.
We have received tremendous support from all Members and Well-wishers for organizing our activities,
though the situation was negative and compelled people to stay at home. On behalf of the Executive
Committee, I take this opportunity to express sincere Thanks and Appreciation to all Members and Well-
wishers who are supporting us in our endeavors and request support in future too.
With Regards,
K. Lal John
Chairman-NIPM Kerala Chapter
4
Kerala
Message from
EDITOR’S DESK
Message
Dear professional colleagues,
We are pleased to present before you another issue of our “e-News Letter”.
For the last more than six months, the entire world was in great crisis. The COVID-19
pandemic has made not only a global health crisis, but also an unprecedented
socio-economic crisis. Initially, we were expecting that this crunch would be over in
a short time, but with the number of cases being reported every day, the complete
resolution of this issue is still a hope.
Our normal activities were also drastically affected by the spread of this pandemic
as well as the restrictions imposed to control the same. However, instead of being
idle we preferred to be pro-active and ventured in to actions. The series of webinars
was an outcome of the same. Other major initiative was "#Intern2learn-
Lawgorithm" which has also got vide acceptance and appreciation.
Let us strive to contribute our best towards humanity at this critical time when it
needs leadership and solidarity to defeat the pandemic.
With warm regards,
N. V. Ravidev
Editor & Hon. Treasurer
5NEW INITIATIVE
DURING
LOCKDOWN PERIOD
WEBINAR
To keep NIPM Members update, we have introduced a new venture, the rst of its kind in NIPM,
titled “Webinar” on various topics. This initiative was taken up and implemented by the HR Tech
Committee Team i.e. Mr. Ajesh Kumar N. K, Mr. Anand A. S, Ms. Kshama Sandeep, Mr. Sreelal M. R, Mr.
Jerry Chittooran, Mr. Jithin Chakkalakkal, Mr. Vishakh O.T etc. under the overall guidance of Mr. Saji
V Mathew, Vice Chairman, Dr. K. Anilkumar, Vice Chairman & Mr. Anish Aravind, Hon. Secretary.
Webinar - 1 Webinar - 2
Host
Host M. R. Rajesh Kumar
Organizational Coach &
Prof. BIJU VARKKEY
Family Business Facilitator
Faculty Member HRM Area
IIM Ahmedabad
Engage your body, breath & mind Learning in the #NewNormal
Ms. Rajlakshmi Saikia
Yoga with Global Capability Leader, Genpact
Ms. Sudakshna Thampi in a zoom-side chat with Mr. Anish Aravind
Hon. Secretary, NIPM Kerala Chapter
Time: 09:30-10:30 am
2 APRIL 2020
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We have organized total 26 Webinars during the lockdown period and all the programs were well
attended and appreciated by the Participants. The Webinar includes the Interactive Session on
Labour Laws with Sri T.P. Ramakrishnan, Hon'ble Minister for Labour Rehabilitation & Excise,
Government of Kerala. The details of these Webinars are listed under Point No. 6 i.e. Half Day/Short
Duration Programs
Webinar - 3 Webinar - 4
Host: Anilkumar G Birds and Citizen Science:
Business Coach, Managing Director
ACTIONRICH Business Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. Why and how to engage with nature
Dr. SUHEL QUADER
Talent sourcing through work from Home Scientist, Education and Public Engagement
Nature Conservation Foundation
Achyut Menon A K a Zoom-side Chat with
Global Hiring Specialist. Managing Director, Options Executive Search Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Nameer P. O
in a zoom-side chat with Ajesh Kumar N K, Head HR, Professor (Wildlife) & Head Centre for Wildlife Studies
Indel Money & Lead, HR Tech Committee, NIPM Kerala Chapter College of Forestry, KAU, Thrissur
Time: 06:30 - 07:30 pm Time: 06:30 - 07:30 pm
3 APRIL 2020 4 APRIL 2020
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6WEBINAR
Webinar - 5 Webinar - 6
Host: Ms. Jaya Jacob Alexander
Host: Ajesh Kumar N. K
Chief Executive Ofcer
Geojit Foundation Head HR, Indel Money
Understanding Practical Engagement in the times of Social
Aspects of POSH - Act 2013 Distancing-Ideas, Examples & Experiences
Mr. Sreelal M. R
Manager HR, APTIV Ms. Vidhi Kumar
Sr. Consultant, Organisational Performance, GatewaysGlobal
in a zoom-side chat with in a zoom-side chat with
Mr. Saji V. Mathew, General Manager (HR & IR) Mr. Mubarac A, HR Business Partner
Süd-Chemie, Vice Chairman-NIPM Kerala Chapter Amazon India Operations, Chennai
Time: 06:30 - 07:30 pm Time: 05:00 - 06:00 pm
5 APRIL 2020 6 APRIL 2020
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During the course of the Interactive Session with the Hon'ble Minister for Labour and Excise, he was
kind enough to agree to our request to have direct Interactive Sessions with him and other Senior
Government officials once in three Months on our special request. He has also suggested to arrange
the rst such interactive session at Kochi on a mutually convenient date.
We take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to the entire team who have made tireless
efforts in organizing these events and also thanks to all the participants who attended these
Webinars.
Webinar - 21
Webinar -22 Statutory Implications during
PANEL DISCUSSION
& Post Lockdown in the Manufacturing
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Mr. Varkiachan Pettah Adv. C. B Mukundan Adv. Benny P Thomas
Interactive session wit P. Ramakrishnan
Former DGM HR High Court of Kerala High Court of Kerala
English India Clays Ltd;
Shr i T. in a zoom-side chat with Mr. Saji V. Mathew, General Manager (HR & IR)
of Kerala) Süd-Chemie, Vice Chairman-NIPM Kerala Chapter
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Lawgorithm
The Learning & Development Committee, NIPM Kerala Chapter has initiated to organize a one-
month Internship / Live Projects for Up-skilling through online classes and certi cations for
Management Students who are one of the worst hit individuals during this Challenging
Environment of Covid19. The said program has been titled as LAWGORITHM. The Lawgorithm is a
certi cation program on Indian Labour Laws conceptualized by NIPM Kerala Chapter and is
intended to deliver adequate and precise learning which are essential to 3 diverse stake holders
i.e. Students, HR Practitioners and Business Owners.
The Lawgorithm Evaluation & Certi cation will be Module wise
online evaluation program with questions based on theory and
practical aspects and Certi cates will be issued to participants who
scores 60% and above marks in the examination conducted. The
Participants will be Students, HR Practitioners and Business
Owners:
9Lawgorithm
The highlights of the said program are as under:
a) It is proposed to conduct an online Internship / Live Project Program on Instructional
System Design for Online Modules of Labour Laws / Codes named LAWGORITHM under the
banner of #Intern2learn initiative of L&D Committee, NIPM Kerala Chapter.
b) This program has been designed to extend guidance, handholding, knowledge sharing,
grooming & mentoring youngsters to ready for post Covid19 #NewNormal HR Careers.
c) The Bene ciaries are Students of Professional HR Students, Internship Slots 10-20 Nos,
Selection is Intent of Interest through Web application & Virtual Interview and Preference to
Students from NIPM Kerala Student Chapters.
d) The Internship program to the students are guided and mentored by Senior Practitioners in
the industry and the main role of Mentors are Lea, guide and mentor a team of 2 to 3 interns,
work division and project tracking, draft review as per SOP and spent 30 minutes per day
with Interns etc.
e) The Lawgorithm Evaluation & Certi cation process is Module wise online evaluation
program with questions based on theory and practical aspects. The Certi cates will be
issued to participants who scores 60% and above marks in the examination conducted. The
participation certi cate will be issued to those who do not qualify in the examination.
f) The Valedictory Session for the #Intern2learn Program was held on 11th July 2020 through
Zoom webinar. Participation Certi cates to all the Interns and Mementos, Certi cate of
Merits to the Winners were also distributed. Following are the Winners:
1. Seek & Learn Intern: Ms. VAISHNAVI PIDIKITI
2. Eager Beaver Intern: Ms. RESHMA SATTAR
3. Social Learning Enthusiast: Ms. SWETHA VENUGOPAL
4. Pace Setter Intern: Mr. MINHAZ SUBAIR
5. Design Champion: Ms. RIYA YOHANNAN
6. HR Trail Blazer: Ms. SRUTHI A. S.
g) As agreed upon NIPM Student Memberships to all the 20 Interns valid for One Year from
Date of Issue
10Knowledge
Sharing Sessions
01 01-04-2020 Engage your body, breath & mind Yoga with Ms. SudakshnaThampi
02 02-04-2020 Learning in the #NewNormal Ms. Rajlakshmi Saikia
Global Capability Leader, Genpact
03 03-04-2020 Talent sourcing through work Mr. Achyut Menon A.K.
from Home Managing Director,
Options Executive Pvt. Ltd.
04 04-04-2020 Birds and Citizen Science: Why Dr. Suhel Quade,
and How to engage with Nature Scientist, Education and Public
Engagement Nature Conservation
Foundation & Dr. Nameer P.O.,
Professor (Wildlife) &Head Centre for
Wildlife Studies, College of Forestry,
KAU, Trissur.
05 05-04-2020 Understanding Practical aspects Mr. Sreelal M R
of POSH-Act 2013 Manager HR, APTIV
06 06-04-2020 Engagement in the times of Social Ms. Vidhi Kumar
Distancing-Ideas, Examples & Sr. Consultant, Organizational
Performance, Experiences Gateways Global
07 07-04-2020 Leveraging Social media for HR Mr. Gautam Ghosh
Career Development & Employer Consultant on Digital and Social HR
Branding
08 08-04-2020 The HRBP Function: De nitions Ms. Ankita Poddar
and scope across organizations Sr. HR Business Partner at Amazon/HR
Blogger, Chennai
09 09-04-2020 Learning from China: How to best Mr. Tilman Rieger
reach Covid-19 post crisis stadium A CHRO turned Executive Coach
based in Shanghai, China
11Knowledge
Sharing Sessions
10 10-04-2020 What, Why and How of Design Mr. VineeshSatyanathan,
Thinking and it's relevance to Consultant at Elegantive Consults
HR Function/Role and Designs, Bangaluru
11 10-04-2020 Compensation & Bene ts Overview Ms. Deepa Koka, C&B Leader India,
SGP & Australia, Amazon.com
12 11-04-2020 Fostering Knowledge Mr. Jon Thurmond and Wendy Dailey
via #Connections-The HR Social Curators of HR Social Hour
Hour-Journey
13 12-04-2020 NoonLive Absolute: Life Before, Mr. Suhas Inamdar
Present and After Covid-19 Author & Head of Planning &
Technical, Dubai Real Estate Corporation
14 12-04-2020 #NewNormal Leap towards Digital Ms. Anila Rajneesh
Transformation CHRO, FedBank Financial Services
15 13-04-2020 Building culture in distributed Mr. Kavi Arasu
teams Principal, Flyntrok Consulting, Mumbai
16 14-04-2020 Connected but Agile Mr. Steve Browne
Vice President of HR at LaRosa's Inc.
17 14-04-2020 Role of Leadership in Black Swan Dr. D. Prasanth Nair
Moments Co-Founder of Asynitis
18 18-04-2020 HR through the looking glass-What Ms. Melanie Peacock-Canada
does the #NewNormal mean for the Boutique HR Consultant, MRFA
HR Profession? President
19 22-04-2020 Cyber Insecurity -Are You the Mr. Vnod T,
Vulnerability in the New Normal Head of Cyber Security, UL Technology
Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
12Knowledge
Sharing Sessions
20 25-04-2020 Global Economic Outlook with Focus Dr. Anuj Joshua Mathew
on Investment Flows Senior Economic Advisor & Head,
Investment Promotion and Policy
Analysis, Department for International
Trade, UK
21 29-04-2020 Statutory Implications during & Mr. A.S. Girish
Post Lockdown in the Manufacturing Mr. Varkiachan Pettah
& Service Industries at Kerala Adv. C.B. Mukundan
Adv. Benny P Thomas
22 9-05-2020 Interactive Session with Labour Sri T.P. Ramakrishnan, Hon'ble
Minister, Government of Kerala Minister for Labour Reforms & Excise,
Thru' Webex 22 Government of Kerala
23 29-06-2020 Future of Work, Role of Technology and Sri Sriram M.P., Founder Partner,
Impact on the HR Profession(al) Aventus Partners
24 30-07-2020 Emotional and Mental well Being of Psy. Vipin V Roldnt, Performance
Employees during Covid 19 Psychologist / Corporate Trainer /
Behaviour Coach, Roldant
Rejuvenation, A Mind-Behaviour&
Performance Studio, Kochi.
25 31-07-2020 Interaction with B-School Students – Resource Person –
Berchmans Institute of Management, Mr. Johnson Mathew, NC Member,
Canganassery NIPM (SR) & Senior VP-Corporate HR,
Topic – HR as a Business Partner Synthite Industries Ltd
26 15-08-2020 The Science of Being Happy Mr. Murali M.S., Director Marketing &
(Jointly organized by NIPM Kerala Chief Fun Officer, Capgemini India,
Chapter and Kerala State Productivity Bangalore
Council, Rotary Club, Trissur
13AGM &
EC Meetings
NIPM Kerala Chapter’s AGM 2020
22-08-2020 - As per directives of NIPM National Council, the Annual General Body Meeting 2020
was organized by Zoom Virtual Mode on 22nd August 2020 at 7.00 pm. The following main
agendas were transacted during the AGM 2020:
a) Adoption of Minutes of the Meeting of last AGM 2019 held on 15th June 2019.
b) Adoption of Annual Activity Report of NIPM Kerala Chapter for the year 2019-2020 (July
2019 to June 2020)
c) Adoption of Audited Accounts and Balance Sheet for the Financial year 2019-2020 in
respect of NIPM Kerala Chapter and NIPM Southern Regional Conference 2019.
d) Appointment of Auditors – M/s. Joseph and Co., Kochi for the Financial Year 2020-2021.
NIPM Kerala Chapter’s EC Meetings
EC Meeting - 14-04-2020 EC Meetings - 29-06-2020
EC Meeting - 13-05-2020 EC Meeting - 30-07-2020
EC Meetings - 04-06-2020 EC Meeting - 19-08-2020
EC Meetings - 29-06-2020 EC Meeting - 25-09-2020
14Wither Laws,
wither Labour...
and Economy?
Anish Aravind
Secretary NIPM Kerala Chapter
Entrepreneur, Human Brain Enthusiast | HR, HCM, People & Internet Strategy
Professional | Co-Founder @SS Consulting & M/A/R/S Kerala
Early in May 2020, The Economist made a general statement - that Covid-19 has also enabled anyone with
an agenda to use the virus as an excuse / capsule to propel that agenda into reality. Pretty sweeping remark
but a dangerous one at that. It took me another week to connect to the seriousness of that remark. The
following national events helped in making that connection.
The plight of Migrant labourers in India - these daily wage earners were the ones who were impacted by the
hastily designed / announced lockdown. Families are forced to walk 100's of miles to reach their ancestral
homes in their villages.
The response from business owners - starting from India's Silicon Valley, Bengaluru in Karnataka: So an
Industry association has lobbied and succeeded in preventing the migrant labourers from exercising their
choice, to return to their homes after being locked down for over a month without food / money.
The response from national Industry bodies - Suspending labour laws for 3 years!!!
Response from some state Governments - notably the one of the states with top 5 population gures in the
nation. So - Labour laws related to settling industrial disputes, occupational safety, health and working
conditions of workers, and those related to trade unions, contract workers, and migrant labourers will be
defunct for next 3 years if this ordinance becomes a law.
As a student, Learner, designer and practitioner of HR for enabling business results via people since 1997,
I'm worried. A look back at history of Labour laws will help one connect to the reasons for my worry.
Post Industrial revolution, in the 18th and 19th Century conditions of workers had reached a stage so bad
that it paved the way for establishment of laws and regulation aimed to protect the rights of workers across
the world - leading to 1st May being declared as Labour day. Read about this and the impact of recent
amendments here.
In our country too - Most of the labour laws came out of HR / People policy manual of some of the forward
thinking business owners - speci cally JRD Tata - from the Tata Steel days - where will the recent changes
take us?
Is this a good time for such diversions? What prevents the leadership role players to design for collaboration
- using empathy as a base and forge win-Win situations for humans as an anti-dote that will revive the
economy, battled down by Covid-19?
The Original article was rst published in the author's Linkedin pro le.
15Learning to impart learning..
Radhika Krishnan
Senior Consultant, SS Consulting
Socrates said, "Know thyself." I say, "Know thy users." And guess what? They don’t think like you do."-
Joshua Brewer Learning is a continually evolving process. The advent of technology and the
accessibility to abundance of information in multiple forms is changing the landscape of learning.
With the availability of multiple digital tools in hand, to shorter attention span and freedom to switch
instantly from one learning form to the other, learners learn very differently now as opposed to the
traditional learning approaches.
To put in a nutshell, here is what learners are looking for - personalized and bite-sized learning nuggets
that are fun, interactive and visually stimulating, which are available at the tip of their ngers to learn
on the go! Hence, these are exciting as well as challenging times for the instructional designers to
design contents that are equally informative and engaging.
You will come across a plethora of instructional design models as well digital learning forms, that you
can leverage, on the internet. Hence, I will not delve deep into that. What would like to share with you
are three important tips from my instructional design experience that I believe remain CONSTANT
even while the learning landscape changes.
1. EMPATHIZE with your audience - you are the subject matter expert, not them. Make early
assessments on what level of understanding your audience is at and design accordingly.
2. Relatable & practical EXAMPLES are the best ways to retain learning and obtain active participation.
3. Explain the JOURNEY/EVOLUTION of the concept that you are talking about, which helps audience
to connect better to the WHY, the present and the future.
Ensure to focus on how best to connect with your learners. Classroom or digital, long or short, audio or
visual, know thy users! They don't think like you.
16L&D Next : Sustaining
And Excelling
The COVID19
Enabled
Digital Learning
17Learning Experience, Not Learning Management
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(The Author is a mid-management HR professional. He heads OD vertical for
VKC Group, one of India's leading Footwear and Apparel brands. Opinion
expressed here is purely personal and doesn't re ect the sentiments of the
organization or professional bodies he represents.
Jerry Abey Chittooran
HR Manager (OD Lead)
VKC Group
20A/c Conference Hall @ Nipm House
NIPM Kerala Chapter has got TWO Air conditioned Conference Halls with State of the Art
facilities having seating capacity of 40 and 60 seats suitable for Conferences, Seminars,
Panel Discussions, Trainings etc. These Halls are available on affordable Rent.
For details and Booking please Contact
NIPM Ofce on 0484-2393489 / 4050310 / 9846807946 / kc@nipmkerala.org.
National Institute of Personnel Management (Kerala Chapter)
NIPM House, Mather Square, B-Block,2nd Floor, Opp. Town Railway Station
KOCHI – 682 018 (KERALA) Ph: 0484-2393489 / 4050310
www.nipmkerala.org | e-mail: kc@nipmkerala.org
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