VJ’s career spans over 48 years in Human Resource and in Leadership positions across industries such as Engineering and Projects, FMCG, IT, ITES and Financial Services, and in companies like Hindustan Lever Ltd., Cadbury India Ltd, Godrej GE Appliances Ltd, the Tata Group and Suzlon Energy Ltd. He has worked across geographies and led global initiatives in the areas of Leadership Assessment and Development. He has been on the Board of one of the Tata Group Companies. He has held the role of head of TAS and Group head of Learning and development at the Tata group and also held the position of Director – The Tata Management Training Centre (TMTC). He has a deep insight into Business, Organizational and Human processes and systems. He has also performed the role of Ombudsman and Chief Ethics Officer

Since, 2013, he is in to the areas of Leadership Assessments and Coaching. He has undertaken over 100 feedback coaching, and several Executive Coaching assignments including senior leaders of German and Italian Companies. He is an Adjunct Coach with the Center for Creative Leadership, USA (CCL) and is an accredited CEO Coach with the Coaching Foundation of India(CFI). He has also completed his Group Coaching Certification and coaches Teams constituted for specific purpose and for results. He has conducted Assessment Centre for Cadbury’s, RPG Group, Bajaj Auto amongst many other organizations.

He is also an Executive Director of the Totus HR School, that works with Companies on developing the capabilities of their HR professionals. He has co authored a book on contemporary HR practices ( HR HERE AND NOW) published by Sage publications, which has become a bestseller in its category. His second book is Leader’s Guide to Managing People in MSME.

VJ is a graduate in Science (Chemistry and Physics) from Bombay University , holds a Masters Degree in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from TISS and a degree in General Law. He is certified in the use of instruments such as MBTI (including step II), FIRO-B, Hogan’s Suite, WorkPlace Big Five, Cb5, Influence Style Indicator, Change style indicator and Behavioural Event Interviewing techniques such as IRIS, He is familiar with tools such as MCPA and LPA and has used the same extensively in leadership assessments.

He is a life member of the National HRD network and a professional member of the Indian Society for Training and Development and the National Institute of Personnel Management. He is a Partner with Social Venture Partners. One day however a small line of blind text by the name of Lorem Ipsum decided to leave for the far World of Grammar. The Big Oxmox advised her not to do so, because