HR brings new opportunities, says Roy

The use of disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) is pervasive in all sectors and verticals, said Anna Roy, Advisor (DM&A, Industry) at NITI Aayog.

Human Resource (HR) being one of most important vertical is bringing new opportunities to the fore and giving rise to new areas, leading to better results, said Roy.

Speaking at the ‘3rd Edition of the FICCI HR Conference 2018’ Roy said: “The essential thing is how do you reskill your workforce and how do you connect with the academia and other parts of the ecosystem to ensure that you hire right set of people.

So, skilling and re-skilling is crucial to the whole debate around HR”.

“The need of the hour for FICCI is to focus on how we tackle the skilling and re-skilling aspect and challenges,” she added.

Roy stressed upon the need for a greater connect between the industry, academia and the government to ensure that the education system is robust and for which she, on behalf of NITI Aayog, called upon the industry to partner with NITI Aayog in making of adoption of new technologies and making it more immersive within enterprises.

Roy also released report on ‘Are we ready for the future – A report on HR readiness for the new digital wave’.

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organized the conference ‘Redesigning HR in the Era of Disruptive Technology’.

“today HR is no more a support function. HR has a seat at the table not as a function, but as business leader,” added Sreekanth Arimanithaya, Senior Vice President, Integrated Workforce Management and India Co- Managing Director of DXC Technologies.

Predication about the future cannot be based on historical precedent or conventional wisdom. The digital disruption is the new normal, elaborated Ranjan Mohapatra, Director HR, Indian Oil Corporation.

Disruptive technologies have challenged the status quo, affecting all industries and reshaping the value chains and therefore altering the consumer behavior and expectations as well, he pointed out.

Everyone is affected in modern era of digital disruption. The key is to adapt and embrace digital transformation, he stressed. fiinews.com