Mr. Amit Chincholikar currently serves as Group President – Human Resources at Hinduja Group Limited, one of India's oldest and most respected diversified conglomerates.
Amit has served in a variety of leadership roles across companies, sectors, and geographies. Across these roles, he has looked after multiple areas including Performance, Rewards and Benefits, Employer Branding, Diversity & Inclusion, and Mobility. He has also led young talent leadership programs, HR governance, and employee resource group initiatives globally.
Prior to joining the Hinduja Group, Amit served as Global Chief Human Resources Officer at Yokohama Off-Highway Tires, a division of the Yokohama Rubber Company, where he was a member of the Global Executive Committee.
Amit has lived in Singapore, the United States of America, and India, and has handled HR-related matters for over 30 countries across continents. He served with the Tata Group for 13 years and, in his last role, was the Global CHRO for Tata Consumer Products, the consumer arm of the group. In his previous assignments, Amit has worked with companies such as the Aditya Birla Group and Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
Amit is the recipient of several awards including the SymRatna Award – the highest honor given by Symbiosis Professional University – as well as Influencer of the Year 2023 by Financial Express. He was awarded CHRO of the Year 2023 by Transformance Forums. He is also a visiting faculty member at several management schools including the IIMs.
Amit holds a postgraduate degree from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, and is a graduate in Statistics and Operations Research from the University of Mumbai.