Vivek Kaul is a senior consultant at Vernalis. He has done his MBA & completed an Executive Diploma in Organizational Studies from IMDR (Pune). He heads the Small Business Practice at Vernalis and also handles business development in Pune.

Vivek rotated thru several HR roles early in his career covering Staffing, Employee Engagement, Training, and Management Development as part of his stint at leading companies such as P&O Nedlloyd, Ma Foi, and Tata Business Support Services (where he was responsible for introducing Assessment Centers). He later moved on to Kimberly-Clark (India) as HR Head (India) where he was instrumental in introducing a new Performance Management System.

In 2008, Vivek decided to move out of a full-time job and pursue his interest in consulting & teaching. Since then, he has done variety of assignments in areas of Talent Assessment & Development, Performance Management, Coaching & OD. His association with Vernalis began in 2008 while at Kimberly Clark and he joined Vernalis in Feb 2012.

Vivek leads the Small Business Practice at Vernalis – extending HR & OD insights to the SME sector and enabling their growth by engaging and vitalizing the workforce. He has invaluable experience in working with Entrepreneur managers and helping them modernize and upgrade the HR infrastructure in their organisations.

Apart from HR & OD Consulting in Small Organisations, Vivek also has extensive expertise as an assessor for Assessment Centers. He has participated in over a 100 assessment centers and is on the selection panel of two Leading Indian Business Schools. Vivek is also a certified Predictive Index analyst and has undergone extensive skill building at Vernalis on Evidence based Coaching.

In the past, Vivek has been associated with various projects of Rotaract Club and also held an official position. He has dabbled in sports like Lawn Tennis, loves to watch Cricket, play chess and meditate in his free time.