Executive Education: BHEL’s Perspective

Abstract

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is one of the most preferred employers. Good HR practices, favourable individual development opportunities, an employee-friendly work environment and development opportunities makes it so. In fact, training and development has been at the core in the glorious journey of BHEL. Way back in the 1960s even before the factories came up, training schools (later known as Human Resource Development Centres-HRDCs) were the first to come up at BHEL plants in Bhopal, Hardwar and Hyderabad. BHEL takes pride in the fact that it was the first among the pioneers in Indian PSUs to establish an exclusive setup for training people, when terms like OD/HRD were still new to HR professionals and academicians in India. In the present times of VUCAD 2 (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous and digitally disruptive) business environment, this quest for learning-unlearning and relearning has become all the more important. Thus, BHEL has created Corporate Learning and Development (CLD) function with the underlying theme 'Learn-Share-Develop for Tomorrow' for 'Creating BHEL of Tomorrow'. Through various interventions at various levels, we ensure that the prime resource of the organization-the human capital-is always in a state of readiness to meet the dynamic challenges posed by the fast changing environment. Keywords Best HR and HRD practices, opportunities for individual development, conducive working environment and culture