Sharukh Vazifdar has been appointed as Head of Compensation & Benefits at Pune-based Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited. With over a decade of experience in HR, particularly in the Rewards domain, Sharukh has driven rewards strategy and operations across diverse sectors including pharmaceuticals, real estate, private equity, and manufacturing. He has led key processes such as compensation reviews, benchmarking, benefits administration, and workforce planning.
In addition, Sharukh brings deep expertise in organization design, job evaluation, incentive plan design (both long- and short-term), HRIS architecture and implementation, and organizational restructuring. Sharukh has worked with global teams, supporting employee bases ranging from 2,000 to 12,000.
Before this new role, he founded RewardCraft and held key positions at Mattr, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Godrej Properties, contributing significantly to their rewards and people strategy functions. Academically, Sharukh holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources Management and Labour Relations from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), one of India’s leading institutions for HR education. At Kirloskar, he will be driving initiatives across total rewards, performance-linked compensation, and organization design to help build a more talent-centric organization.