The Society for Human Resource Management of India (SHRM) has given their Special Award for HR Impact in People Practices to Reliance Jio. SHRM India is a part of the world’s largest professional, not-for-profit Human Resource association. It has over 285,000 members in 165 countries. Its mission is to support the HR professional and advance the HR profession through globally recognised certifications, collaborative communities, comprehensive resources, research, professional development opportunities, academic alliances and advisory services.
Due to Reliance Jio’s gigantic feat of creating and launching Jio services the recognition has been awarded to them. The company has introduced their services across 18,000 cities and towns and more than 200,000 villages through a network of 1,215 offices and a formidable team of over 60,000 employees across India.
As said by the folks at SHRM, As one of India’s youngest start-ups, the average age at Reliance Jio is 30 years, making Reliance Jio an organisation of the young, by the young, and for the young. The HR team has further created an ecosystem across India, where the company has more than 500,000 partners, and considers them part of the Jio family. Together with all partners, the Jio family is nearly 5,000,000-strong. IDBI Bank was awarded for excellence in social media, Aditya Birla Group for developing leaders of tomorrow, Aegis for diversity and inclusion, Pepsico and Wipro for talent sourcing and staffing.
