In a short career span of fifteen (15) years, Aparna has worked in a manufacturing set-up, sales & marketing organizations, in the Philippines(S-E Asia) and in a KPO too. She did her Post Graduation in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations (PM & IR) from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai (1996 batch). She started her career as a Management Trainee and is today, Director HR at Deutsche Bank Global Services (Deutsche Bank Group).

Aparna's first job as a Management Trainee was with NOCIL, then a Mega Chemical company. During her 2 year stint, she worked at the Thane Petrochemical Division plant & in the corporate office as well.

Next, she joined Monsanto in July 1998 as Manager - Human Resources. Here, her work covered the entire gamut of the company’s operations namely Manufacturing, Research & Commercial organizations. She spearheaded the staffing exercise of the Monsanto Research Centre, Bangalore by conducting a nationwide search for scientists. This was a very significant milestone in the history of the company due to the strong foundations laid by Aparna along with Monsanto management of the U.S & India.

Her next move in Monsanto was in 2002 when she became HR Head for the India Commercial Organization. She played a sterling role in Monsanto's efforts of ‘Creating a Winning Environment’ in India. Monsanto’s office was voted as the best office and Aparna was also interviewed on TV for her contribution to the change. She was also a member of the India Leadership team.

In September 2003, she moved to Manila, Philippines as the ‘Country HR Head’ for Monsanto. During her stint, Aparna had to first overcome significant local opposition & the language barrier. Nevertheless, Aparna played a stellar role in creating a winning team and guided their collective efforts. She was an integral member of the Country Leadership team & also a member of the Office safety STAR team which was working on the Alabang office’s OSHAS 18001.

With the rapid growth and swift changes in the business in India, Aparna relocated in August 2005 as Training & OD Lead for South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Srilanka & Nepal). Her focus was to provide the much needed focus on capability development.

After a fruitful, exciting and rewarding 7.5 years stint at Monsanto, Aparna moved to Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd as Head-HR for Global Services in India . She was responsible for the Captive Off-shoring business of Novartis & built a strong HR team in India. She led various people initiatives & worked very closely with counterparts in Switzerland & U.S.

She, then joined UCB India Pvt. Ltd (a next generation Bio-Pharma Leader) as Director HR for their Indian operations comprising of Field Sales, Network Operations Centre & Manufacturing facility. Aparna led many people initiatives & led the transformation of the organization successfully.

Having spent 14 years in the Life sciences space, Aparna has recently moved to Deutsche Bank (DBOI) Global Services as Director HR for their service centres in Mumbai & Jaipur. She is excited with the possibility of making a huge difference in this industry given the nature of business & complexity involved therein.

Aparna is an active member of various professional associations like Indian Society of Training & Development (ISTD), All India Management Association (AIMA), National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM), National HRD Network, Sumedhas etc. She also has a few articles in Indian journals & one in an International Research journal to her credit. Has been a recipient of many in-company awards.

She participates in various HR forums, panel discussions, guest lecture series & was a key speaker at the RD Aga series of Leadership in 2002. She's also on the selection panel for selecting students for various MBA colleges. She has been contributing to the evolving curriculum in Human resources for various institutions. She is an Accredited Management Teacher (AMT), conferred on her by AIMA, New Delhi in the field of General Management.

She brings in a rich experience in HR & is well positioned to provide quality HR leadership.