Shelendra Singh takes charge as CHRO at Birla Precision Technologies

Birla Precision Technologies has appointed senior HR leader Shelendra Singh as its new Chief Human Resources Officer, marking a renewed organisational focus on workforce capability and leadership depth at a time of rapid industrial change.

The company announced the appointment as the engineering and tooling sector faces increasing pressure from automation, shifting skills requirements and heightened supply-chain competition. Birla Precision has been quietly strengthening its leadership bench through the year, and Singh’s arrival signals an intention to move beyond transactional HR practices towards long-term workforce readiness.

Singh brings more than 25 years of experience across manufacturing, services and diversified industries. His career, described on his LinkedIn profile, has centred on culture building, process discipline and large-scale people transformation. He has led structured talent development programmes, redesigned performance systems and built succession pipelines across complex organisations.

The appointment expands the leadership architecture at Birla Precision, where the HR function is expected to play a larger role in shaping strategic growth. Singh will oversee talent attraction, leadership development, employee experience and the company’s HR digitisation roadmap. He is also tasked with preparing the workforce for a more technology-enabled manufacturing environment, as automation and advanced tooling reshape the sector’s labour demands.

Singh said he is keen to work closely with senior management to advance a people-first agenda that aligns with business ambitions. His mandate reflects the company’s expectation that human capital will be a defining differentiator in the competitive industrial landscape.

As Birla Precision continues its modernisation efforts, Singh’s appointment is likely to influence how the organisation develops capability, retains skilled talent and builds the leadership strength required for its next phase of growth.