Usha Sunderarajan

Usha Sunderarajan is a Human Resources Management and Organisation Development consultant. An alumna of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, she began her career in 1973 with Hawkins Cookers Limited and later joined Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. She then pursued research at the National Institute of Bank Management. In 1984 she earned a PhD in Organisational Behaviour from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Usha has since been consulting in Human Resources Development and Organizational Development. She was associated with SHL, for almost a decade conducting Assessment and Development Centres for diverse and large organizations. Since 2014 she has been serving on the Board of Desai Brothers Limited and also advising the company on Human Resources Development and Organizational Development.
In 2023 she joined Bihar-based Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital as mentor. This non-profit NGO is dedicated to eliminating curable blindness in rural communities and empowering women by training them as optometrists.