Alumni are the best brand ambassadors for any educational institution. One of the measures of the success of an educational institution is the success of its alumni and IBS has one of the largest and strongest alumni networks. So, here is the success story of one of those Alumni. Ms. Priyanka Sarkar Deb is a highly knowledgeable, hands-on, and very hardworking person. She Knows her way around the challenges. She is an expert in handling people matters in strategic situations as well as in core HR subjects. As an HR generalist, she has managed varied employee groups for a span of 2000 employees across locations within India associated with the field of Information, Communication and Technology – the new ICT industry, BPO, and Financial industry.

Ms. Priyanka has done her PGPM from ICFAI Business School in 2003-2005, She is currently working in Ericsson and leading transformation projects for a 7000+ digital services unit that spans across India, China, and European countries. The role she performs demands a unique mix of covering the dual dimensions of Operations as well as People transformation. The operations area includes a focus on areas of operational hygiene, cost leadership, and workforce management edging it further with digitalization and automation.

In addition to her professional responsibilities, she is mentoring 3 professionals from the industry and is an active social contributor with a registered NGO. She has also worked with IBM, and Indiabulls and has ventured into many dimensions of HR, operations, strategy development, and transformation.