Suraj Chettri is a leading HR professional with nearly 20 years of experience in a variety of industries spanning across specialist HR functions. Currently the Head of Human Resources at Airbus India, Chettri started his career with Bata India and moved to Bosch India in 1996 and then to their HQ in Germany. In 2003, he joined General Motors Technical Centre as Head HR and was part of the Leadership Team responsible for setting up their operations in India. In 2011, Suraj joined the Airbus Group India. He was conferred with the Gold Karmaveer Chakra and the Rex Karmaveer Global Fellowship for his contributions towards the Bio-Diversity Program by iCongo in association with the UN during 2014-15.
In an exclusive conversation with People Matters, Chettri shares how the company is navigating the need for new technology skills, emerging challenges in skilling and building the right learning culture. Here are the excerpts from the interview:
How would you characterize the need for digital and technology upskilling in the context of your business and industry?
Technology is core to everything we do. Over several years, we’ve looked at the mega trends across the world in terms of technological break-throughs, demographics, and social trends in the context of rapid economic change and a shift towards urbanization. And then we looked at what our focus areas should be and came up with ten technologies that we would like to focus on.
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