Board Of Governors

Archana Bhaskar is the CHRO at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited and a member of the Management Council at DRL since June 2017. She has additional responsibility for Corporate Communications.

Archana has over 3 decades of professional experience across diverse industries such FMCG, Energy and now Pharma as well as geographies of US, Europe and Asia. She worked for several years with Unilever and Shell prior to joining Dr Reddy’s. She is a big believer in the potential of human capital and is committed to making a positive difference to society.

She is an alumnus of Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University and then went on to complete her PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. During the course of her career, she has attended several executive development and Leadership development programs.

Outside of work, Archana is passionate about nurturing diverse talent and enjoys Coaching and Mentoring people. She believes in learning and upskilling herself continuously as that is the key to staying relevant professionally.

Currently she is associated with the CII National committee for Skilling and Livelihoods, Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council and HR tech start-ups.

Archana supports several organisations that work for social good, mainly in Education and livelihood spaces.