Papiya Banerjee
Papiya, who is based in Pune and Mumbai, is responsible for Relume's activity in India.
Prior to joining Relume, Papiya spent eleven years in leadership positions in global organisations. Her last assignment was as HR Director for Organisational Transformation at Aviva Asia Pacific, Singapore. Before this she worked in India for Aviva Global Services, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company and HCL Technologies.
Papiya has in depth experience of successfully managing the cultural transitions and systems integrations that result from corporate mergers and acquisitions. Her deep understanding of business strategy allows her to design solutions that contribute to the organisational bottom line.
Papiya is passionate about individual transformation as a form of leadership development. She has conducted intensive personal research in the area of authentic and integral leadership and has created a range of interventions from this work.
Papiya’s training and personal development has taken her to various parts of the world to learn from masters including Eugene Gendelin: Focusing (USA), Dr. Don Beck : Spiral Dynamics (USA), Kenwyn Smith: Conflict Resolution (CEDEP, France); Authentic Leadership in Action (Canada); Professional Development (Indian Society of Applied Behavioural Science, India).
Papiya is the founder member of the Avyudaya Centre for Transformation. She is the creator of the annual Avyudaya Festival of Learning which brings together different methods of learning, teaching and inquiry taught by some of India's finest gurus, philosophers and teachers.
Papiya loves exploring the world, watching movies and chatting with friends and family. She is passionate about Indian social transformation projects that impact grass root level change and is associated with Bhumi.
