Ms. Monica Dhar
General Manager

Diversity & Inclusion, Expert POSH, Setting ICs, Workplace Harassment, Mental Health, Wellness, Happiness & EQi2.0 Coach

A Learning and Development Expert, Monica Dhar comes with 27 years of rich work experience. She is a post-graduate in Human Resource from XLRI, Jamshedpur and has worked in organizations like Genpact and Hewlett Packard where she led and managed the Learning and Development and Talent Management functions.

She joined Reliance in Jan 2011 as the Training Lead for RALP (Reliance Accelerated Leadership Program), Reliance’s flagship leadership program. 

She leads the HR academy from 2012-2014.

She pioneered and lead the Diversity and Inclusion initiatives for Reliance Industries and put a robust governance framework for POSH in place.  As a D&I specialist devise, evaluates and implements policies and programs to infuse diversity consciousness and culture. Rolled out the Development Program meant for the safety and security of women employees. Created awareness about diversity in gender & cultures among HR and Business leaders. Introduced and launched family-friendly policies. Conducting benchmarking research & developing metrics to measure progress.

Currently, she is the Leading R-Swasthya - wellness initiative for Reliance and continues to be the subject matter expert for POSH.

She is a certified SHRM facilitator and an emotional Intelligence (EQ-i) and Happiness coach and training is close to her heart.

She continues to be passionate about the empowerment of women and has been instrumental in rolling out gender-focused initiatives like mentorship program R-Aadya, where senior business leaders are mentors to high potential women

She is a certified Green Belt and LEAN principles. She is an Accredited MBTI facilitator and Certified on HPI (Human Performance Improvement) ASTD (American Society for Training and Development). She is also a trained facilitator for Steven Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. 

Monica brings invaluable energy and execution focus to work. Her ability to look at the process end-to-end and willingness to stretch across boundaries and in terms of workload make her a great professional.

“Women take career breaks due to multiple reasons-caregiving being the most predominant one. It is the collective responsibility of corporates to create an ecosystem where second career women can be productive and make a positive contribution. The need of the hour is to mainstream career returns and normalize career breaks-it can help can push the needle. It can help reverse the trend of the declining labor force participation rate of women, and help businesses infuse greater gender diversity in their workforces. However, the most critical contributor remains-the women themselves, they have to believe in themselves and surge forward”