RAJ SEEPARSAD RE-ELECTED NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF IPM (SA)
IPM KZN Branch is pleased to announce that Rajroshan (Raj) Seeparsad, HR Manager of GUD Holdings, has been re-elected as National President of the Institute of People Management (IPM) (South Africa).
IPM KZN Branch is pleased to announce that Rajroshan (Raj) Seeparsad, HR Manager of GUD Holdings, has been re-elected as national president of the Institute of People Management (IPM) (South Africa). This is his second 2-year term as national president.
Raj has been a member of IPM for 29 years and was a student member of the Durban coastal branch until 1988 when he joined the Natal Midlands branch in 1989 and where he is currently based. He was made a "Fellow" of IPM at the IPM National Convention in 2001. His elevation to National President was preceded by his election as vice president (branches) and then as adviser to the IPM National Board of Directors before becoming IPM's vice president of stakeholder relations and then national president in 2011. He has represented IPM at the World HR and related Congresses in Singapore, Brazil, Australia, Thailand and America. He also represented IPM and chaired a session at the World HR Congress in Mumbai, India where he was presented with a Global HR Leadership Award. More recently, he won two international awards recognising his outstanding leadership skills and knowledge.
The first award was the Global HR Excellence Outstanding Leadership Award at the 2013 World Human Resources Development Congress held in Singapore and India. He was presented with the award after conducting a presentation on Global HR Trends and the challenges facing HR, incorporating HR as a business partner and HR's role in driving innovation.
His second award the "Africa HR Leadership Award" was presented to him in absentia at the Asian Confederation of Business Conference held in Mauritius in December 2012.
Raj is a 2nd Deputy President of the Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business where he chairs a number of committees and participates in local, provincial and national government activities.
