for the MBA-III (2019-21) students on “Talent Acquisition And Performance Management (A Strategic Approach In Current Scenario). The expert talk was delivered by MR. SHESHAV GUPTA, Head Human Resource Landmark Group (E-Commerce).
Mr. Sheshav is a creative thinker with expertise in balancing people needs with the goals and mission of the organization through enhanced performance management. He has experience in partnering with business leaders to achieve business excellence. He is well versed in HRBP, talent acquisition, talent management, succession planning, employee relation and retention.

The objective of the expert talk was to provide deep insights to HR students about the key issues in talent planning, identifying and assessing high-potential talent in current scenario and redesigning the performance & reward system in current scenario.

The session started with a warm welcome address of the guest by Dr Vivek Pachauri (I.T.S HR faculty- Management Department). Followed by welcome address, the guest started the session by briefly telling about the different retail formats of landmark group. He highlighted on the need of HR as Business Partners in an organization. He mentioned that HR is an enabling function and not just a support function. He talked in detail about talent planning and its lifecycle process of four stages that include talent acquisition, talent development, talent planning and talent reward. He shared some insightful concepts of HR FOR HR, 9 BOX MODEL, Balanced Score Card Model and the shift of organizations towards flat system from a bell curve philosophy. One of the most interesting was the ABCD MODEL (A- achievement, B-benefits, C- concerns, D- do next) which will help the HR develop in an organization. He embedded all the concepts with his exhaustive experiences in the industry as an HR specialist that helped the students to connect with the topics. At last he ended his talk by highlighting on the statement for HR i.e. “No Generalist only Specialist”.
The session was attended by actively interacting participants. There were many queries raised by the students which were judiciously satisfied by the speaker. At the end of the session Prof Ritu Saxena (I.T.S HR Faculty, Management Department) offered virtual plaque to Mr. Sheshav Gupta as a token of remembrance and gratitude with a formal thanks.
The session was indeed a great success.