Sandeep Verma
Summary
18+ years of experience in multiple domains like HR sourcing, business development, client management, government advisory, training and skill development, data management, sourcing and staffing, operations management and project management. Robust background in managing operations and driving team performance. Successfully led multiple projects to completion, ensuring alignment with company goals and fostering collaborative environment. Demonstrated leadership and strategic management skills to optimize resource allocation and drive productivity
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate General Manager
HCL Training and Staffing Services (TSS) Private Limited
02.2021 - Current
- Part of the leadership team of HCL TechBee program.
- Heading the HCL TechBee program in East Zone (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal).
- Leading a team of more than 40 professionals- onboarded more than 1,200 candidates.
- Complete ownership of the program in the zone in terms of operational, HR and financial metrics.
- Sourcing potential candidates for recruitment under HCL TechBee Program in the zone.
- Setting up teams, infrastructure, and processes for implementation of HCL TechBee program.
- Regular review of the program implementation and taking timely corrective action.
- Reporting and reviewing the program progress and key metrics.
- Networking with relevant government departments and institutions for business development.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams to align project goals with organizational objectives.
- Mentored the state teams, fostering leadership skills and enhanching team collaboration.
- Travel to all state locations for program review and support.
- Creating awareness on the HCL TechBee program among relevant stakeholders and leveraging resources.
- Successfully executed MoUs with state governments in Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha.
- Led operational strategy to enhance service delivery efficiency across training and staffing initiatives.
Consultant
Experis IT Private Limited (As a client of HCL Training and Staffing Services (TSS) Private Limited)
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Leading the implementation of HCL TechBee program in Telangana.
- Mobilizing 12th passed candidates for recruitment under HCL TechBee Program in Telangana.
- Recruitment of district coordinators in Telangana for implementation of HCL TechBee program.
- Regular review of the program implementation and taking timely corrective action.
- Reporting the program progress and key metrics on weekly basis.
- Networking with government departments and institutions for business development.
- Ensuring program outreach and awareness creation in the districts in Telangana.
- Training the district team on the scope of the program and their roles and responsibilities.
- HR and financial management under the HCL TechBee program in Telangana.
- Coordinating with the district team for ensuring online exams are conducted across the state.
- Scheduling HR interviews for the shortlisted candidates.
- Ensuring joining formalities of the candidates is completed within stipulated time.
- Managing data analytics and reporting for Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala.
Head Quality and Business Development
Bright Light Society
11.2017 - 12.2019
- Leading team of professionals in the organization for achievement of deliverables.
- Contributed to setting the strategic plans and vision of the organization.
- Ensure creation and implementation of strategies designed towards business development.
- Networking with external stakeholders, government departments, and corporate donors for leveraging resources.
- Networking with donors on project and compliance for smooth implementation and fund flow.
- Representing the organization in various forums and platforms at regional and national level.
- Reviewing projects in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Odisha.
- Field visits for monitoring the projects and ensuring adherence to the implementation plans.
- Visiting centres in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, and Telangana to ensure that the project-specific quality measures like staff recruitment, training of trainers, adherence to SoP, etc. are met.
- Ensuring compliance with the project and donor requirements for each project.
- Providing programme support to the operations team for effective project implementation.
- Capacity building of the operations team on operations and quality aspects of specific projects.
- Supervised the implementation of HCL TechBee Early Career Program in 9 districts of Telangana- (Adilabad, Mancherial, Mahabubnagar, Khammam, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Nalgonda, Hyderabad and Warangal) and 2 districts of Andhra Pradesh (Anantapur and Kurnool)
- Ensured candidate mobilization and conduct of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) through district teams across all 11 districts.
- Ensured 1898 candidates appeared for SAT and 762 cleared it. 402 candidates joined the HCL TechBee program.
- End to end data management for HCL TechBee program in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
- Preparation of quality standard documents/Standard of Practices (SOP) for different projects.
Regional Manager-East
Focus SkillPro Pvt Ltd
01.2013 - 10.2017
- Leading team of professionals in Eastern region.
- Expanded the region and brought new government projects in Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha.
- Management of ongoing projects in the region and providing support to other regions.
- Networking with external stakeholders, donors and Government agencies to get necessary clearances for programmes and leveraging resources.
- Networking with Urban Development Department (Bihar and Jharkhand), Welfare Department (Jharkhand), Department of Social Welfare (Bihar), Jharkhand State Watershed Mission (Department of Rural Development) for smooth project implementation and fund flow.
- Networking with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for business development and project implementation in Bihar and Jharkhand.
- Liaison with other local NGOs and key stakeholders at the regional and state level.
- Network with key government departments for resource mobilization.
- Representing the organization in important forum and platforms.
- Leading team in Eastern region for livelihood promotion through skill development projects supported by various government and corporate donors.
- Managing large scale skill development project for Urban Development Department (Bihar and Jharkhand), Welfare Department (Jharkhand), Department of Social Welfare (Bihar) and Confederation of Indian Industry CII- (Bihar and Jharkhand).
- Regular visits to the centres in Bihar and Jharkhand for ensuring compliance with project SoP.
- Overall networking and management of IWMP watershed evaluation (2010-11 and 2011-12 batch) in Jharkhand for Jharkhand State Watershed Mission (JSWM)
- Coordination with Kudumbashree, Government of Kerala for conducting Skill Gap Assessment (SGA) study across all districts of Kerala.
- Providing programme support to projects implemented in other regions of the organization.
- Identifying and recruiting suitable HR for the region
- Identification of training needs of staff and developing training calendar
- Preparing organization and project budget at the regional level
- Developing annual regional plans and ensuring adherence to it
- Preparation of organizational and Project LFA and coordinating periodic review.
Manager Institutional Funding and Communication
Focus SkillPro Pvt Ltd
01.2011 - 12.2012
- Livelihood promotion of marginalized youth through implementation of Andhra Pradesh Vocational Education (APVE) project in Andhra Pradesh
- Providing programme support to projects in Gujarat, Bihar, Assam, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
- Networking with external stakeholders, donors and Government to get necessary clearances for programmes and leveraging resources.
- Liaison with other local NGOs and key stakeholders at the state and district level
- Network with key government departments for resource mobilization.
- Representing the organization in important forum and platforms.
- Coordinating with different departments in Telangana- Department of Technical Education, Department of Collegiate Education, Irrigation and CAD Department, State Level Nodal Agency (SLNA- Department of Rural Development), Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), etc.
- Centre visits to centres in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for monitoring and quality compliance.
- Supporting the implementation teams on project planning and implementation
- Regular review of the projects being implemented to assess the progress and bottlenecks
- Developing large scale project proposals for donors like UN agencies, various bilateral agencies and State and Central government donors
- Fulfilling regular donor reporting requirements
- Regular identification of fundraising opportunities for the organization from institutional donors
- Designing and developing M&E systems for various projects
- Generating M&E reports and data for projects for facilitating review and constant monitoring
- Coordinating large scale research and impact assessment studies for agencies like NIRD, IL&FS CDI, YASHADA and various state and central government departments and agencies
- Developing study design and various study tools for the assessment and research studies
- Support action research and studies with inputs on study design, study tools, data management.
- Data analysis and report writing of the studies undertaken
- Support in the preparation of in-house documents like brochures, annual reports and other communication materials.
Programme Manager, Head Programme Management and Support Unit (PMSU)
Hyderabad Council of Human Welfare (HCHW)
08.2009 - 12.2010
- Support the teams by providing project management inputs at various project phases.
- Facilitated in the preparation of project specific LFA of various projects being implemented.
- Reviewing the projects to assess the progress and initiate timely corrective action.
- Regular monitoring of the projects and centres across various districts.
- Support in preparing Annual plans and budget of the organization.
- Coordinating the operation of the project teams and extending programme support to them.
- Support the project staff and Partners in documenting best practices for assessing project impact.
- Undertaking periodic review of the project outputs vis-à-vis plans.
- Ensuring smooth flow of funds to the partners.
- Designing and managing M&E systems for different projects.
- Preparing the consolidated monthly Process Indicator Forms (PIF) and narrative reports for internal review and for submission to donors.
- Preparing periodic M&E reports for ongoing projects for review
- Preparing project documents and Project Management Plans for project implementation.
- Developing and reviewing the operational manuals of ongoing programmes.
- Preparing all the communication material including newsletters, posters and brochures.
- Maintaining the MIS of the organization and assisting the partners in evolving their MIS.
- Capacitated the teams on project management pertaining to project designing and planning.
- Developing training module for capacitating the staff on documentation.
- Capacity building activities for the partners for effective project implementation.
Project Officer
Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)
06.2007 - 07.2009
- Promotion of livelihoods of poor and marginalized community through watershed development and natural resource management.
- Coordinated the operations of Teams of FES South India, in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
- Coordinated the operations of 24 Partner NGOs in Andhra Pradesh under the Watershed Development Fund (WDF) programme of NABARD, GoI.
- Assisting project partners to plan and evolve projects, providing strategic inputs for implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the ongoing programme.
- Monitoring and extending programme support to projects of FES in the region.
- Liaisoning with Government and CSOs for programme support and leveraging resources.
- Offering project management inputs to the Teams involved in programme implementation.
- Preparing Project Documents, Project Management Plans and directly involved in project formulation, planning and developing monitoring indicators.
- Facilitated in the preparation of organizational and Project LFA and coordinating periodic review in tune with changing project environment.
- Preparing annual plans and budget with the implementing team members and group heads.
- Periodic reviews to facilitate progress assessment and appropriate strategy adoption.
- Training and capacity building of regional teams and NGO partners on project management.
- Involved in Research design and planning for the Eco Profile Research Study in Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh by FES.
- Developed Project Management plans for FES South India in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
- Evolved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), in association with the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) for operationalization of the Community based ecological restoration of degraded common lands.
- Prepared a status paper on Common Property Resources in Andhra Pradesh which was accepted at the state level for formulation of Policy on Commons.
Education
MBA - HR
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
Mumbai06.2027
Post Graduate Diploma - Rural Development
Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS)
Ranchi06.2007
Bachelors in Business Administration - undefined
Birla Institute of Technology
Skills
- Project formulation and implementation
- Client management
- Training and skill development domain
- Business development
- Operations management
- Government advisory services
- HR sourcing and staffing
- Project management
- Proposal preparation and donor Management
- Data management and analysis
Certification
Online certificate course on Introduction to Project Management from The University of Adelaide.
Timeline
Associate General Manager
HCL Training and Staffing Services (TSS) Private Limited
02.2021 - Current
Consultant
Experis IT Private Limited (As a client of HCL Training and Staffing Services (TSS) Private Limited)
01.2020 - 01.2021
Head Quality and Business Development
Bright Light Society
11.2017 - 12.2019
Regional Manager-East
Focus SkillPro Pvt Ltd
01.2013 - 10.2017
Manager Institutional Funding and Communication
Focus SkillPro Pvt Ltd
01.2011 - 12.2012
Programme Manager, Head Programme Management and Support Unit (PMSU)
Hyderabad Council of Human Welfare (HCHW)
08.2009 - 12.2010
Project Officer
Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)
06.2007 - 07.2009
Bachelors in Business Administration - undefined
Birla Institute of Technology
MBA - HR
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
Post Graduate Diploma - Rural Development
Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS)
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