“HR Practitioner, Board Member, Academician, Best Selling Author & Motivational Speaker “ After completing her post graduation in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations (PM & IR) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, Aparna made her foray into the corporate world through NOCIL and moved into different roles in the HR function in organisations like Monsanto, Novartis, UCB, Deutsche Bank, Lafarge & Greaves Cotton. In her diverse roles, Aparna has successfully been a learning partner, mentor and coach to leaders, leadership teams and organisations to build competencies, learning abilities and nimbleness for achieving purposeful performance. An alumnus of IOD, Aparna is currently an Independent Director on the Boards of BNP Paribas Asset Management India Pvt. Ltd., Hexagon Nutrition Ltd. , SMILE Microfinance Ltd. & Rajratan Global Wire Limited . She has also served on the Board of T.S Alloys Ltd.(100% subsidiary of Tata Steel) as an Independent Director. With over 25 years of experience in HR across different verticals, she is currently contributing as a Board Mentor with various boards & as an advisor to various corporates in areas such as Strategic Leadership, Planning, Organization Behaviour & Strategy for Board Room Effectiveness, Organization Culture & Development, Leadership Relationships, Temperamental Traits & Derailment Factors within Boards etc. She has been felicitated with the “ All India Management Association (AIMA), National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM), National HRD Network, and Sumedhas, where she actively participates in disseminating her acquired knowledge and build the HR fraternity by creating future leaders. She was the Honorary Treasurer of National HRD Network, Mumbai Chapter (2012-2015) and a member of the Executive Committee. She was also elected as member of the National Executive Board of NHRDN for the period 2013-2015. Aparna is a celebrated author of 2 best selling books - “Reality Bytes-The Role of HR in Today’s World”, (English & Hindi) Foreworded by Dr. T.V Rao & “ Between U & Me”, Foreworded by PadmaBhushan PadmaShree Dr. Devi Shetty. To know more about Aparna, visit: - www.aparnasharma.in