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India Today
5 hours ago
- Business
- India Today
Can tech innovations help HR become more efficient and people-first?
HR is no longer just about hiring and payroll — it's about building intelligent systems that empower people and drive business outcomes. As digital transformation sweeps across industries, HR leaders are under pressure to simplify operations, reduce costs, and adopt technologies like AI, automation, and cloud platforms. But with innovation comes complexity, and many struggle to manage the very systems meant to help them. Bridging this gap requires more than tools — it calls for visionary problem-solvers who understand both people and to Gartner, nearly half of all HR leaders (48%) plan to increase their HR technology budgets in 2024. Meanwhile, Deloitte's 2025 report emphasizes that automation and AI are emerging as key priorities in HR technology digital transformation is at the forefront of the HR agenda. Manual work is becoming a thing of the past, as companies invest in HR information systems and cloud-based HCM platforms. Artificial intelligence is increasingly being applied to recruitment, and enterprise level chatbots are becoming more common. Yet this progress has brought a new challenge. The systems have become increasingly complex and difficult to manage. Many of these technologies are so intricate that even experienced HR leaders struggle to manage them effectively. At the root of this complexity lies a central question: how can HR systems be simplified without compromising performance? For Sambit Panigrahi, a Senior HR Technology Analyst based in Miami, this question has shaped his entire professional A HIDDEN PAIN POINTadvertisementOne of Sambit's most impactful contributions came during his time at Deloitte Consulting, where he engineered a tool to solve a common problem in large-scale cloud HCM implementations. It is called the Setup Extractor. What is it used for?In Oracle HCM Cloud deployments, HR and IT teams often struggle to manually track configuration changes across development, testing, and production. These mismatches often lead to delays and tool was built using reporting technologies (BI Publishers and XML). It helps extract, version, and document configuration setups. It improves traceability, reduces errors, and cuts down on manual work. The Setup Extractor reduced migration-related errors by 75 percent, cut deployment time by 40 percent, and has been adopted across multiple enterprise projects. It has significantly improved both implementation quality and client satisfaction at DRIVEN COST REDUCTION WITH ERP CLOUDHR processes can be costly, labour-intensive, and often lack visibility across the organisation. To address these challenges, Sambit authored the article "Driving Organisational Cost Reduction through ERP Cloud Solutions: Strategies and Outcomes," published in The American Journal of Engineering and paper explains how smart HR systems reduce costs and boost efficiency, helping companies grow in a digital world. These strategies are already helping companies reduce overhead, improve workforce effectiveness, and move toward a more digital, scalable RAPTORS FELLOWSHIPadvertisementIn recognition of his contributions to the field, Sambit was invited to join the Hackathon Raptors Association as a Fellow Member. It's a selective global network of technology experts and innovators from leading companies, including FAANG and the Fortune 100. Fellowship status is awarded only to professionals who have demonstrated a significant and measurable impact in their this platform, he collaborates on next generation HR solutions, from AI-driven onboarding systems to predictive attrition tools. He runs hackathons, leads tech workshops, and moderates panels to help HR teams bridge critical knowledge TO INDUSTRY WIDE CHALLENGEHR today faces a set of urgent challenges: increasing complexity in technology, rising operational costs, low transparency, and a lack of technical capability among practitioners. Sambit Panigrahi is building practical, forward-looking solutions to each of he's not stopping there. Currently, he is exploring how virtual reality can be applied to HR workflows - with the goal of building systems that do not replace people but help them unlock their full potential."I believe in people's potential, and that's what drives me to create systems that help them grow, succeed, and truly thrive," says Sambit Panigrahi.- EndsTrending Reel
New Indian Express
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
From Ray's alter ego to cultural icon
In the beginning of the book Soumitra Chatterjee and His World, author Sanghamitra Chakraborty recounts a memory of the actor when he was six years old. 'One day, because he was sick, Soumitra could not go to school. His elder brother Sambit returned from school earlier than scheduled. Their mother, Ashalata, asked Sambit the reason. Here is how Soumitra remembered that moment: 'Rabindranath Tagore is dead, so our headmaster announced a holiday,' Dada said flatly.' Ashalata was an ardent admirer of Tagore. Like his mother, later in life, Soumitra worshipped Tagore as a sage, prophet, great artist, and social reformer. An ardent bibliophile, Soumitra read Pather Panchali by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay when he was a teenager. Later, he wrote, 'I had no idea then that playing the role of the grown-up Apu [protagonist of Pather Panchali] would be the birth of my acting career.' But it was not always an idyllic life. He saw some tragedies firsthand. During the Bengal Famine of 1943, in which 30 lakh people died, Soumitra recalled the unbearable stench of dead bodies piling up on the streets in Krishnanagar.
India Gazette
5 days ago
- Sport
- India Gazette
Back from long-term injury, Sambit Pradhan aims for glory at Rugby Premier League
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 24 (ANI): Hyderabad Heroes are cruising in the Rugby Premier League (RPL) at the moment as they stand on top of the points table with six wins in seven games to their name and are the first team to qualify for the playoffs. The key to their success is not just the impressive performances of marquee players like Joji Nasova, Kevin Wekesa or Terio Tamani, but also Indian players like Javed Hussain and Sukumar Hembrom who are equally contributing to the team's success. Another such player in their ranks is forward Sambit Pradhan, who is a regular player for the Heroes and has featured in all of their matches. Talking about the mood and environment in his team's locker room, Sambit said as quoted by a press release from RPL, 'The atmosphere in our team is very good. Despite losing our last match (against Bengaluru Bravehearts), no one pointed out any mistakes or blamed anyone. Even our coach (DJ Forbes) held a burger party for us to lift our spirits as we discussed our plan for the matches ahead.' Sambit also highlighted the impact of foreign players on Indians and what they could learn from the seasoned internationals. He said, 'I never thought I could be playing with such big international rugby stars whom I have only seen on TV before this. They are very technically sound, they have nailed down the basics. But more than technical, they are very calm while playing and hence don't panic and make mistakes. We Indian players struggle with and to minimise our mistakes, we need to play with a level head.' 'In three to four years, with RPL, new Indian players will rise up through the ranks, improve their skills and shine on this platform. Like my teammate Javed Hussain who is doing really well and has gotten famous because of his strong performances, more players will come into the limelight,' he added. The 27-year-old hails from Adaspur, a village in Cuttack district, Odisha and comes from a family of farmers. His journey in rugby started quite late when he was studying at Biju Pattnaik College in Bhubaneswar, where he spent most of his childhood. About how his journey started, he shared, 'One of the older guys in college asked me to come and play rugby. I wasn't that interested, but he said I would get to play in a stadium, which enticed me because I had never been in one. That is how I started playing.' 'I then played the senior nationals for Odisha, and that is how my career started. In 2015, I went to the senior nationals in Bihar, where I got very serious about my game since I was the youngest in my team and wanted to prove myself,' the player added. Sambit was regularly playing in tournaments for his state and clubs however, in 2019, he got injured and left the sport for three years. 'I broke my hand while playing a tournament in Amritsar and couldn't play for three years. I got it operated on at a government hospital and was scared if I will ever be able to play rugby again. The doctors assured me that I will be able to continue which gave me a lot of confidence,' he concluded. Sambit worked hard on his recovery despite doing a part-time job at a school where he used to teach children various sports. After three years, in 2022, Sambit started playing again for the Bhubaneswar Rugby Club and has now made his way back to the elite level with the Rugby Premier League. (ANI)
Hans India
5 days ago
- Sport
- Hans India
Back from long-term injury, Sambit Pradhan of Hyderabad Heroes aims for glory at Rugby Premier League
Mumbai: Hyderabad Heroes are cruising in the Rugby Premier League (RPL) at the moment as they stand on top of the points table with six wins in seven games to their name and are the first team to qualify for the playoffs. The key to their success is not just the impressive performances of marquee players like Joji Nasova, Kevin Wekesa or Terio Tamani, but also Indian players like Javed Hussain and Sukumar Hembrom who are equally contributing to the team's success. Another such player in their ranks is forward Sambit Pradhan, who is a regular player for the Heroes and has featured in all of their matches. Talking about the mood and environment in his team's locker room, Sambit said, 'The atmosphere in our team is very good. Despite losing our last match (against Bengaluru Bravehearts), no one pointed out any mistakes or blamed anyone. Even our coach (DJ Forbes) held a burger party for us to lift our spirits as we discussed our plan for the matches ahead.' Sambit also highlighted the impact of foreign players on Indians and what they could learn from the seasoned internationals. He said, "I never thought I could be playing with such big international rugby stars whom I have only seen on TV before this. They are very technically sound, they have nailed down the basics. But more than technical, they are very calm while playing and hence don't panic and make mistakes. We Indian players struggle with and to minimise our mistakes, we need to play with a level head." "In three to four years, with RPL new Indian players will rise up through the ranks, improve their skills and shine on this platform. Like my teammate Javed Hussain who is doing really well and has gotten famous because of his strong performances, more players will come into the limelight," he added. The 27-year-old hails from Adaspur, a village in Cuttack district, Odisha and comes from a family of farmers. His journey in rugby started quite late when he was studying at Biju Pattnaik College in Bhubaneswar where he spent most of his childhood. About how his journey started, he shared, 'One of the older guys in college asked me to come and play rugby. I wasn't that interested but he said I would get to play in a stadium, which enticed me because I had never been in one. That is how I started playing.' "I then played the senior nationals for Odisha and that is how my career started. In 2015, I went to the senior nationals in Bihar where I got very serious about my game since I was the youngest in my team and wanted to prove myself." Sambit was regularly playing in tournaments for his state and clubs however, in 2019, he got injured and left the sport for three years. 'I broke my hand while playing a tournament in Amritsar and couldn't play for three years. I got it operated on at a government hospital and was scared if I will ever be able to play rugby again. The doctors assured me that I will be able to continue which gave me a lot of confidence." Sambit worked hard on his recovery despite doing a part-time job at a school where he used to teach children various sports. After three years, in 2022, Sambit started playing again for the Bhubaneswar Rugby Club and has now made his way back to the elite level with the Rugby Premier League.
India.com
21-05-2025
- Business
- India.com
The Engineer Who makes HR run like Clockwork: How Sambit Panigrahi rewires Global HR Systems
Increasingly, as more companies move their HR-systems onto the net, the business of managing people is becoming more high-tech even than before. Worldwide, the market for HR technology in 2023 was more than $37 billion and is to increase over six-fold by 2032. India is also rapidly expanding in this space – its HR tech industry grew to $1.12 billion by 2024, and could be at $2.3 billion in 2033, according to the research firm IMARC . These engineers fuel this surge as they support the operations such that everything from hiring, payroll, benefits to reviews of performance of thousands of employees in companies runs smoothly. One of them is Sambit Panigrahi, a Bhubaneswar-born engineer now based in Miami. He has spent over 13 years behind the scenes of some of the world's largest HR technology projects. Now working as a Senior HR Technology Analyst at VITAS Healthcare, Sambit has overseen the full setup and launch of advanced HR systems for companies with more than 50,000 employees. Sambit also played key roles in large-scale integrations across the insurance, aviation, and financial services sectors, helping align platforms during mergers and major system upgrades. In each case, his role wasn't just to ensure system uptime, but to ensure that complex transitions happened with as little disruption to the people relying on them as possible. Instead of accepting slow processes and manual configurations as the industry norm, Sambit chose to fix what others ignored, building systems that quietly changed how global HR technology is delivered. The Unseen Problem Behind Corporate HR Systems Each time when a large company updates software, acquires any company or initiates a new HR process, the digital team of this company has to duplicate and migrate thousands of configuration settings. These setups (normally they control everything from salary rules to leave policies) are kept in different development, staging, testing and production environments. Without a clear way to compare these environments, engineers are forced to rely on screenshots, spreadsheets, and memory. It's slow, frustrating, and often inaccurate. Sambit first came across the seriousness of this problem while working at Deloitte, one of the world's leading consulting firms, where he where he was behind the set up of large HR software systems used by global companies to manage their employees (Oracle HCM Cloud). Teams had no easy way to track configuration changes. There were delays, repeated testing, and client dissatisfaction. And yet, this was considered 'normal' in the consulting world. This recurring issue appeared across projects and clients. ' We knew things would go wrong, we just didn't know where or when,' he recalls. 'You're constantly double-checking settings across files, screens, and emails, hoping nothing breaks in the live system. It's stressful, and it wears people down.' The Tool That Changed Everything Instead of accepting the inefficiency, Sambit decided to solve it at the source. ' The tool was built using reporting and data technologies (Oracle BI Publisher and XML) that allowed it to automatically pull out setup information from different systems, keep track of changes over time, and show exactly what was updated, when, and by whom,' Sambit explains. It flags differences between setups, logs user-specific changes, and even creates backup snapshots before major updates. This Setup Extractor Tool produced immediate results. It cut down the amount of manual work engineers had to do by more than a third, reduced mistakes during system updates by 75%, and helped teams finish their work 25% faster — even when rolling out changes across multiple countries. Most importantly, it made system launches smoother and helped earn greater trust from clients. Initially used to manage salary-related settings, the tool was later expanded to cover all major parts of the HR system, including employee records (Core HR), payroll, benefits, and performance management. It has since become a highlight in Deloitte's solution demos, contributing to higher win rates in competitive bids. Today, elements of the tool's design and approach have influenced broader configuration practices in HR tech projects beyond Deloitte, as clients and partners alike sought similar solutions for their own systems. From Fixing Systems to Serving People Each of the systems in the enterprise tech hide the human factor whose job depends on whether the system runs smoothly or otherwise. The best technical solutions are those that drive others to perform their tasks more quickly, accurately, and with less hassle without anybody even being aware of them. In healthcare, this effect becomes much more apparent. At VITAS Healthcare, the largest hospice and palliative care provider in the U.S., Sambit led the full launch of a cloud-based HR system (Oracle HCM Cloud) to manage data and services for over 12,000 employees. His focus extended beyond clean configuration. He automated benefits enrollment workflows and integrated multiple vendors into one cohesive HR ecosystem, removing delays and manual handoffs. He also led the integration of a 350-employee acquisition, expanding VITAS operations into seven new regions without delays—an effort that required harmonizing HR systems, onboarding processes, and payroll structures across both organizations. But one of Sambit's most impactful works was the Recruitment Efficiency Scoreboard, a tool developed to help HR teams hire clinical staff faster and more effectively. The dashboard provided real-time visibility into recruiter performance, hiring timelines, and compliance risks across regions. Over the course of a year, the tool helped cut time-to-hire by 24%, boosted recruiter accuracy by 35%, and reduced early attrition by 12%. ' When you're hiring for clinical care, delays hurt patients,' Sambit says. 'The scoreboard helped us speed up hiring and reduce dropout rates.' This kind of internal tooling is rarely discussed in public, yet it shapes the day-to-day functioning of major institutions. It's a reminder that innovation doesn't always come from flashy new products, while it often starts with listening, mapping where people are getting stuck, and quietly removing friction. The Larger Lesson: Don't Just Deliver. Design. In the contemporary enterprise environment, the actual worth of an engineer does not only lie in fulfilment of assigned tasks, but in enhancement of the engine underneath. The best professionals do not stand by waiting to be told what's broken, they see what bogs others down and invent solutions that quietly smooth friction from the system. ' You don't have to invent the next big app,' says Sambit. 'Sometimes, the most valuable thing you can do is fix what slows everyone else down.' Across roles and industries, three principles stand out: Fix what others ignore Many of the most persistent problems—inefficient workflows, inconsistent setups, poor documentation—are considered routine. Real impact begins when someone chooses to improve themselves. Design for reuse A well-built internal tool or process shouldn't solve just one team's problem. Reusable, documented solutions are the building blocks of scalable organisations. Own the full system The most valuable contributors understand the interplay between business logic and technical delivery. They don't just implement. They align technology with long-term organizational needs. This proactive, systems-oriented, and quietly transformative mindset is what will define the next generation of global tech leadership. ' If you only see your role as coding what's assigned,' he says, 'you'll never see the full problem. But when you ask why things break—and how to prevent it—you start building real value.' In a global tech industry that often celebrates visibility over substance, the quiet work of fixing systems, improving workflows, and reducing friction is foundational, but rarely spotlighted. Whether in healthcare, finance, or logistics, progress often depends not on disruptive ideas but on those who identify inefficiencies and quietly remove them.
