“I think when you get exposed to a new domain, or a new career, or a new job change or anything, wherever you're going, you will be facing recent hurdles. You will have to build it from scratch again, legacy cannot be carried forward. You have to work on it and you have to build it again and again."

Welcome to another episode of The Shape Of Work Podcast. In this episode, we have Sungkrityayan Khan, Vice President of Human Resources at Extramarks Education India, one of the fastest-growing educational technology companies, with a global footprint. The company has a huge presence in India, South Africa, Indonesia, and the Middle East. Sungkrityayan sheds light on the challenges of being a strategic HR leader and creating a more inclusive workplace.

Sungkrityayan has an overall work experience of over a decade. He did his B.Tech and his MBA from SRM University, and his PhD in Human Resource Management from Chitkara University. He has worked at various organisations some of which are iThink Learning, BYJU’s, and Airblack.

Episode Highlights

• The challenges of being a strategic HR leader
• Advice to HR leaders on creating a more inclusive workplace
• How to stay motivated during challenging times?
• Motivational and spiritual strategies for HR leaders

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Riddhi Agarwal

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.

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