HR Head Santrupt Misra takes an early exit from the Aditya Birla Group

After nearly thirty years with the Aditya Birla Group, Santrupt Misra, the Director of Group Human Resources, has decided to take early retirement. Misra stood out as a unique HR leader in the Indian corporate sector, as he not only oversaw certain business units but also held the positions of Group Director for Birla Carbon and Director of Chemicals within the Birla group.

The news of Misra’s departure was communicated through an internal email on Wednesday.

Ashok Ramachandran, Group Executive President of Aditya Birla Group, has been elevated to director of HR. He has been with the group since 2015 and is a seasoned HR professional with over 34 years of rich and varied experience. These changes will be effective on January 15, 2024.

Misra serves as a director in multiple publicly traded companies of the Birla group, including Aditya Birla Capital Ltd., Grasim, and Birla Carbon Thailand. He was among the initial members appointed to Kumar Mangalam Birla’s core team at the Aditya Birla Group. This was in 1995, when, at the age of 28, Kumar Birla had to assume leadership of the business following the sudden passing of his father, Aditya Vikram Birla.