Professors of Practice

Debashish Ghosh

Senior Vice President and Country Head Berkadia, A Berkshire Hathaway abd Jefferies Financial Services Co.

Debashish Ghosh is a senior Human Resources professional with over 20 years of experience in managing end-to-end functions in HR. Over these years, he led both global organizations and Indian conglomerates across multiple industries and locations.

His core expertise lies in organization culture transformation, change leadership, and talent management.

Debashish is currently working as the Senior Vice President and Country HR Head of Berkadia, a Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Services Co. Prior to joining Berkadia, he was associated with GE, Genpact, and the Ramoji Group managing multiple roles in HR.

Debashish is an Executive Alumnus of IIM Calcutta and a Marshall Goldsmith Certified Executive and Teams Coach. He is also a certified practitioner of several behaviour and personality assessment tools.

Debashish has been awarded with two of the most prestigious HR credentials in the world - Senior Certified Professional® from Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM-SCP®), and Global Talent Management Leader (GTML™) from Talent Management Institute.

His contribution towards Human Resources function has been recognized by the industry. His recent achievements include:

  • Recognized by Siliconindia magazine as one of the “Top 10 most promising HR Leaders 2020”.
  • Featured in Forbes India magazine (Oct '21 issue) as "India’s 50 Best HR Leaders 2021"

Debashish passionately advocates the cause of industry-academia collaboration. He sits in the Industry Advisory Boards/Committees of several Universities, B-schools and Colleges.

Debashish is a sought-after public speaker and has delivered guest lectures/keynotes in over 200 educational institutions and industry forums.  He is also a LinkedIn influencer with over 70K followers.

Debashish is a trusted mentor for many students and young professionals. Topmate, a mentoring platform, has recognized Debashish as one of the top 1% mentors worldwide. LinkedIn has also recognized him with the “Top Mentoring Voice” badge.