KOLKATA/DELHI: iPhones, cars, first-time bonus, scholarships to Harvard and Insead, custom-made Belgian chocolates for the children, international holidays, ‘thank you’ notes from the CEO and more than 100% bonuses are raining down on top performers in 2015.
India Inc is rolling out the red carpet for the best talent, hoping to keep the flock together. “We’re seeing that benefits and perks as a part of total salary have gone down, but organizations are using perks to drive efficiency and productivity,” says Hemant Upadhyay, managing consultant and leader, executive rewards practice at Hay Group India.
The perks are glamorous and given more judiciously to drive performance and recognition for people who have gone beyond expectations or have multitasked in 2014.
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Vikram is an experienced communications professional with over 17 years of expertise in growing, managing and defending leading brands’ reputation across industry sectors in traditional media and digital environments.
With his strong background in media and integrated communications, he drives impactful communications strategies that contribute to a company’s strategic objectives. He has held key positions at Tata Housing, Adfactors PR, Sampark PR, The Resort and Indian Express Group. He also had his share of entrepreneurial experience of publishing and editing a maritime weekly – Shipping Today for over 7 years.
Vikram has managed corporate, crisis and product PR and has actively interacted with almost every type of media across the length and breadth of our country. He has managed communications campaigns for large and mid-size companies in B2B & B2C space, across sectors such as Technology, Education, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Shipping, Logistics, Finance, Media etc. He has counseled at the highest levels as well as sorted things out at street level for top brands including Tata Housing, Aptech, 3i Infotech, Oracle Financial Services Software, BMC Software, Rolta India, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, Bharati Shipyard, Mumbai SEZ, Ybrant Digital and many more.
Vikram enjoys wide industry recognition as an expert on emerging media technologies and public relations. Vikram writes extensively on PR, social media, marketing and branding. A prolific blogger since 2004; his blog, Vikypedia.in is India’s most read PR blog. Most notably he has also founded Indian PR Forum, India’s largest online forum of PR professionals. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge on PR and Social media through lectures at various communications institutes across India and by also speaking at various industry forums, events & seminars.
Vikram holds a Master’s & Bachelor’s degrees in Journalism and Mass Communications. He has been honored with Y Imagine Excellence Award - “Best Young PR Professional of Year 2011” by Young India Communicators Forum (YICOF), Hyderabad, 5 individual awards at Tata Housing and 2 awards at The Resort for various communications related initiatives. His interests include his family, photography, travelling, of course, blogging.
Vikram can be reached via email at pr .vikram@gmail.com or on social hubs like About.me, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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