Dr. G P Naik
Talent Avenues is led by Dr. G P Naik, a doctorate in Management from the Canara Bank School of Management Studies, Bangalore University. Dr. Naik has over two decades of comprehensive experience serving as an HR generalist, learning and development specialist, management educator, consultant, and researcher.
His professional history includes associations with institutions of high repute such as the LIC of India, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bank of Baroda, Bangalore University, M S Ramaiah Institute of Management, Presidency College, PES Institute of Technology, BNMIT, SGIMS, Karle Group of Companies, and IFIM Business School.
Dr. Naik has provided strategic advisory and consulting services to several organizations including the Karnataka Employers' Association, International Labour Organization (ILO), Sasken Communication Technologies, Persistent Systems, Sasaara Financial Services, Chamundi Sugars, Tagaraja College of Engineering, and the Institute of HRD.
He was elected as a member of the Board of National HRD Network (from 2005 to 2007 and 2009 to 2011) and served as the Honorary Secretary of the National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM), Karnataka Chapter (from 2010 to 2012). He has authored 6 books, 18 book chapters, and over 100 research articles, and has undergone expert training in Group Relations Conferences (GRC), Appreciative Inquiry (AI), and Human Process Labs (T-groups).
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Dr. Naik has authored six foundational reference books in Human Resource Development, Training and Development methodologies, and labour welfare studies.