Human Capital
Human Capital Management: Aligned talent, accelerated results
KBL recognises that our people are the foundation of our business strength. Our employees are essential to developing the technologies our customers rely on and delivering the service excellence that underpins KBL's competitive advantage.
At the core of our mission, vision and values is KBL's leadership culture - one that inspires and empowers employees to achieve their full potential. We believe KBL succeeds when our employees succeed, not only financially, but also through sustained physical and mental well-being.
We are focused on harmonising our talent approach to provide seamless opportunities and meaningful experiences for employees across the globe. Our workforce has access to training, tools and coaching designed to support career growth, all within a culture of belonging and care that places people at the centre and actively promotes diversity, equity and inclusion.
For more than 100 years, our talented workforce has played a vital role in growing KBL into a global technology leader, delivering Total Fluidity Management solutions that people and businesses depend on every day. We continuously evaluate our talent management and compensation strategies to ensure they evolve with the changing needs of our workforce and remain aligned with our long-term goals.
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Key Highlights, FY 2025-26
Our Human Capital Approach Is Built on Five Foundational Pillars:
Sustainable Growth Through Talent Management
KBL’s talent management strategy is focused on enabling sustainable business growth by building leadership capability, strengthening the internal talent pipeline and ensuring continuity through effective succession planning.
A robust Leadership Competency Framework provides the foundation for identifying, developing and evaluating talent across critical roles. This framework defines the behaviours, skills and capabilities required to lead in alignment with KBL’s values, strategy and long-term objectives, ensuring consistency in leadership expectations across the organisation.
Structured talent reviews and potential assessments are conducted to identify high performing and high potential employees. These reviews enable data-driven decisions on development priorities, role-readiness and succession plans. Identified high potential talent is actively engaged through targeted learning opportunities, mentoring, cross-functional exposure and leadership development interventions designed to accelerate growth and expand capabilities.
KBL’s approach to succession planning emphasises developing internal talent to fill future leadership and critical positions. Through focused development interventions, including training, coaching and experiential assignments, we have strengthened our internal bench strength. As a result, 65% of key and leadership roles are supported by an internal talent pool, reinforcing continuity, reducing dependency on external hiring and preserving institutional knowledge.
This integrated talent management approach ensures that KBL remains future-ready, resilient and well positioned to meet evolving business needs while providing meaningful career progression and growth opportunities for employees.
Capability Building
KBL’s capability building approach is anchored in a role-based Behavioural and Technical Competency Framework designed to nurture talent and align workforce skills with evolving business and technological requirements. The framework clearly defines the behavioural and technical competencies required across roles, enabling targeted learning interventions that build capability, performance excellence and future-readiness.
Learning initiatives are purposefully designed to address behavioural and technical competencies, emerging new technology trends, as well as critical areas such as compliance, ethics and employee safety. This integrated approach ensures employees are well equipped to meet regulatory expectations, uphold organisational values and operate safely while delivering high quality outcomes.
A unique strength of KBL’s learning ecosystem is the organisation’s legacy of excellence, supported by a strong pool of in-house superannuated experts. These experienced professionals play a pivotal role in coaching, mentoring and nurturing young talent, transferring institutional knowledge and practical expertise. Through structured mentorship and knowledge-sharing programs, KBL builds leadership depth and preserves critical capabilities required for long-term sustainability.
During FY 2025-26, KBL conducted over 200+ learning and development programs, demonstrating a strong commitment to continuous learning and capability enhancement. On average, employees received 5 training person days per employee, covering technical skills, leadership development, compliance training, safety awareness and cultural alignment.
This comprehensive and competency-driven learning strategy strengthens KBL’s talent pipeline, reinforces succession-readiness and supports the creation of a future-ready organisation, one that blends experience with innovation to drive sustainable growth.
At KBL, we are committed to supporting the continuous growth and long-term development of our employees. As part of this commitment, KBL has a Higher Education Policy designed to encourage and support employees who pursue advanced education aligned with organisational and professional requirements.
The policy enables employees to enhance their technical knowledge, functional expertise and leadership capabilities, while balancing academic aspirations with workplace responsibilities. By supporting higher education, KBL helps employees deepen subject matter expertise, stay relevant amid evolving industry and technology trends and build capabilities critical to both individual career progression and organisational success.
Through this initiative, KBL reinforces a culture of lifelong learning and self development, empowering employees to take ownership of their professional growth. The policy also strengthens internal capability building by creating a more skilled, knowledgeable and future ready workforce, thereby contributing to sustainable business growth.
By investing in employee education, KBL demonstrates its belief that organisational success is closely linked to the development and advancement of its people.
Revisiting People Policies
We periodically review and update our people and well-being policies to ensure alignment with strategic priorities and employee needs. Policies such as Higher Education Support, Health Club Reimbursement, Travel Policy, Local Travel Policy, Change in Working Hours at Head Office and the Advanced Salary Disbursement Date were revisited. The National Pension Scheme was also extended to mid-level and junior-level employees.
Culture of Continuous Performance
At KBL, we foster a culture of continuous performance that enables individuals, teams and leaders to deliver consistent results while continuously developing their capabilities. Our performance framework is designed to support employees at every stage of their career, from effective onboarding to leadership excellence.
- Performance Enablement for New Employees To support new employees in their effective integration and early success, KBL follows a structured 30-60-90-120 day feedback mechanism. This approach ensures regular guidance, clear expectation setting and timely feedback, helping new hires acclimatise to their roles, understand performance standards and build confidence during their initial months.
- Measuring Learning Effectiveness and ROI KBL emphasises the Return On Investment (ROI) of learning initiatives by systematically evaluating training effectiveness and its impact on required competency enhancement. Learning outcomes are assessed through feedback, application on the job and improvement in defined behavioural and technical competencies, ensuring that training directly supports performance improvement and capability building.
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Role-Based Performance Evaluation
Performance evaluation at KBL is aligned with role requirements through a structured goal-setting process. Goals are categorised into:
- Result Goals, linked to outcome-based and result-oriented KPIs
- People Goals, focused on collaboration, team performance and leadership behaviours
In addition, special initiatives and project-based goals are assigned to ensure timely delivery of critical assignments and strategic priorities, reinforcing accountability and ownership.
- Performance Governance and Review Mechanisms
To maintain consistency and effective control, KBL follows a robust monthly performance review mechanism, conducted from top to bottom in the presence of management. This structured review process ensures transparency, timely course correction and alignment with organisational objectives.
Further, mid year and annual performance assessments, supported by validation interventions, enable both individuals and the organisation to track progress, identify development needs and enhance performance on an ongoing basis.
- Leadership Performance and Feedback At the leadership level, KBL uses a 360 degree feedback mechanism to strengthen performance effectiveness. This comprehensive feedback process helps leaders gain insights into their behaviour, leadership impact and development opportunities, supporting continuous improvement and alignment with organisational values.
Promoting Diversity and Inclusion
At KBL, diversity isn’t just a buzzword, but one of our core values. We believe in the power of different perspectives, backgrounds and experiences coming together to drive innovation and success. Hence, we are dedicated to ensure that our workforce reflects the rich tapestry of the society. With a target of achieving 20% female workforce by 2030, we are actively working to break down barriers and create opportunities for women in the organisation and ensure there is no discrimination in the hiring process.
Providing Equal Opportunities
We have established a Standardised platform for hiring, compensation and talent development that guarantees equal opportunities for all, regardless of gender, race, or ethnicity.
Gender Equality and Women Empowerment
To continue our focus on women empowerment, we employed young female MBA graduates from the North-East to leverage the region’s socio-economic model. These women are from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Agartala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Siliguri (West Bengal) and have been deployed in front-end sales at different locations. We understand diversity in leadership is not only a best practice, but also a strategic advantage. We are proud to see an increasing number of women in mid-senior and leadership roles, contributing valuable perspectives, innovation and resilience to our operations. Functions like HR, Kaniyur plant, Product Portfolio Management have women leadership. Also, critical roles such as Foundry operations, Software IT applications, Oil & Gas also have women presence with highest deliverables.
Team Collaboration and Events
We recognise that a happy, healthy workforce is vital to our success. Hence, we are committed to creating meaningful experiences and nurturing a workplace where everyone can thrive. Our enhanced induction program helps new employees start their journey with energy and a strong sense of support. We also take pride in embracing diversity and building a sense of community through cultural celebrations. In addition, we encourage overall well-being by offering fitness sessions, yoga, sports like cricket and badminton, indoor and outdoor games and regular health check-ups.
KirloSphere
We have cultivated vibrant communities through clubs like KirloFit, KirloMind and KirloConnect, fostering wellness, creativity and inter-team connect within KirloSphere.
KirloFit
Yamuna Premier League (YPL) and Kirloskar Premier League (KPL)
A Grand Slam of Cricketing Excellence! The Yamuna and Kirloskar Premier League was a thrilling cricket tournament that united the employees in a celebration of sportsmanship, talent and teamwork. Organised under the KirloFit Club, the league aimed at fostering a sense of community and camaraderie among the staff members through their beloved game of cricket. The Yamuna Premier League and Kirloskar Premier League were both a resounding success, embodying the values of teamwork, sportsmanship and healthy competition. We look forward to future collaborations and initiatives that will continue to promote unity and well-being among the employees through the universal language of cricket.
KirloFit Badminton Tournament
A Smash Hit Event! The KirloFit Badminton Tournament held at our organisation was a thrilling event that brought together employees in a spirit of competition, camaraderie and fitness. Organised under the banner of KirloFit, our workplace wellness initiative, the tournament aims at promoting physical activity and teamwork among the staff members. In addition to large-scale tournaments, we actively encourage participation in a variety of indoor and traditional sports such as table tennis, chess, carrom, kabaddi and Surya Namaskar. These activities, supported under the KirloFit wellness initiative, are designed to promote not only physical health but also mental well-being, collaborative thinking and team bonding.
KirloMind
We take pride in being an inclusive organisation that celebrates the diverse cultures of our employees. By recognising and honouring their heritage, we foster a sense of belonging and pride. This inclusivity enriches our workplace and strengthens our community by promoting mutual respect and understanding. We actively encourage the celebration of cultural events and traditions, ensuring every employee feels valued and appreciated.
Navratri Celebration
A Vibrant Dandiya Night Extravaganza! The Navratri Celebration - Dandiya Night organised by us was a lively and colourful event that brought together employees to celebrate the joyous festival of Navratri. Organised with enthusiasm and cultural flair, the Dandiya Night aimed to honour tradition, foster community spirit and spread festive cheer among staff members
Independence Day Celebration
The Independence Day celebration was a patriotic and educational event that brought employees together to commemorate the spirit of freedom and independence. Through a themed quiz, participants received an opportunity to test their knowledge of historical events, national symbols and cultural significance associated with the special day.
Women’s Day
We reaffirm our commitment to supporting and uplifting women in the workplace and beyond and look forward to future opportunities for growth, collaboration and empowerment. At KBL, empowerment goes beyond words – it’s about action. This Women’s Day, we organised Self Defence Training programmes for all female employees across all locations of our group companies, reinforcing confidence, safety and wellbeing. Because when women feel strong and secure, they thrive – at work and beyond.
Diwali Celebration
At KBL, Diwali was a festive fusion of culture, creativity and colour. Our Diwali celebration was a vibrant and joyful affair that beautifully captured the essence of India’s rich cultural heritage. Themed “Dress Up in the Cultures of India”, the event encouraged employees to showcase the diverse traditions of our nation through colourful attire, creating a truly festive and inclusive atmosphere. Employees wore traditional outfits representing various regions of India, celebrating unity in diversity and also took part in Rangoli and Diya painting competitions, filling the workplace with colour, creativity and warmth.
Performance Recognition
Exemplary Awards: Is instituted to foster a strong culture of recognition by celebrating employees who consistently demonstrate excellence in performance, ownership and commitment. This award recognises individuals who set a benchmark for quality, collaboration and impactful results, inspiring others to strive for higher standards.
I Appreciate
We foster a culture of recognition where every employee’s effort is valued. This approach keeps them motivated and loyal to the organisation. “I Appreciate” card also play a key role in this process.
Long Service Awards
To appreciate the employees’ engagement and contribution, long service awards were distributed to 100+ employees. Many of our employees have worked with the Company for nearly four generations. These awards were distributed to employees who have served the Company for 15+ years.
CMD Awards
The CMD Awards is a prestigious annual event that recognises employees who have showcased exceptional potential and top performance. Nominations are based on recommendations from Heads of Departments and validated by a jury. This recognition highlights the efforts of individuals who contribute significantly to strengthening the Company, inspiring growth and excellence across the organisation.
Employee Communication
Maha Sabha
This is a platform for KBL employees to directly ask questions and engage in fruitful interactions with the CMD and JMD.
Quarterly Business Sharing
Every quarter, business insights are shared with employees through Quarterly Business Sharing. This practice motivates Employees and provides a clear understanding of the organisation’s progress.
Weekly Newsletters
Weekly newsletter highlights contributions made towards the Company’s growth across departments, as well as any new orders, deals and events celebrated throughout the organisation.
Organisational Announcements
This platform provides official and timely updates on any changes to the organisational structure, including leadership movements, reporting lines, role realignments and team changes. It ensures transparency, clarity and alignment by keeping all employees informed of structural developments that impact the way we work together.
Employee Benefits & Wellbeing - KBL Commitment
At KBL, employee well-being is a fundamental commitment that extends beyond the workplace. Through the KBL Commitment, the organisation ensures holistic support for employees and their families by offering comprehensive benefits focused on financial security, health protection and overall wellness.
Key elements of the KBL Commitment include:
A. Financial & Family Security
- Life Insurance Coverage to provide long-term financial protection
- Medical Insurance Benefits for employees and their dependents
- Financial protection support to safeguard employees’ families in unforeseen circumstances
B. Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- A structured Employee Assistance Program supporting mental, emotional and physical well-being
- Monthly wellness sessions conducted by qualified medical practitioners
- Expert guidance on health management, stress reduction and preventive healthcare
C. Workplace Integrated Wellness Amenities
- Access to wellness facilities and initiatives integrated into the workplace
- Programs designed to promote physical health, mental resilience and preventive care
Through these initiatives, KBL reaffirms its long-term commitment to employee care, fostering a culture where well-being, security and support are integral to both personal and professional success.
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