Welcome to another episode of The Shape Of Work Podcast. In this episode, we have Avik Chakraborty, Human Resources Business Partner. Avik sheds light on the importance of equity, inclusion, and workplace diversity and strategising plans for organisational growth.

“It's essential to create an inclusive work environment where everyone feels like they are valued. I have tackled this challenge by developing diversity and inclusion policies, which provide diversity training to employees creating programs that encourage cultural awareness and sensitivity.”

Avik has his fair share of experience in HR. He has worked in various HR roles at various organisations for the most part of his career. He did his BCA from Burdwan University, his BBA from ICFAI Business School, and also graduated from Cornell University. He has worked at various organisations including Right Turn, VFS Global, and CBRE Host.

Episode Highlights

• Why diversity, equity, and inclusion is important for an organisation?
• How to deal with employee conflicts?
• How can HR managers strategise their plans to enhance organisational growth?
• Advice to aspiring HR professionals

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Aparajeeta Boro

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.