Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, August 2026 — Welspun Living Limited has elevated Rakhi Shukla to the role of Deputy General Manager – Business HR Head | Domestic Home Textile & Flooring Business, recognizing her strong leadership and strategic contribution to the organization’s people agenda.
The elevation follows Rakhi’s successful tenure as Interim Head HR, where she led the entire HR function for the Domestic Home Textile & Flooring Business following a leadership transition. Her confirmation into the permanent role reflects Welspun Living’s confidence in her ability to drive strategic human resources initiatives, strengthen organizational capability, and support business growth.
Rakhi has demonstrated an impressive growth journey within Welspun Living since joining the organization in 2024. She began as Lead Sales HRBP before being entrusted with an expanded mandate to lead the Enabling HRBP portfolio across the Domestic Business. Her responsibilities were subsequently broadened to include Talent Acquisition, recognizing her ability to lead both strategic HR business partnering and hiring initiatives. Following her appointment as Interim Head HR in early 2026, she successfully ensured seamless business continuity and led the HR function across the Domestic Home Textile & Flooring Business. Her latest elevation to Deputy General Manager – Business HR Head marks another significant milestone in her leadership journey.
Prior to joining Welspun Living, Rakhi spent nearly seven years with Lactalis Group as Senior Manager – Commercial HR & Talent Acquisition, where she led commercial HR partnering, talent acquisition, talent management, and leadership development initiatives. Earlier in her career, she served as HR Manager at Bajaj Processpack Limited, overseeing HR operations across talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, employee engagement, training, HRIS, and administration. She also held the role of Senior Executive – Human Resources at Group Tech India Pvt. Ltd., building strong expertise across core HR functions and organizational development.
Rakhi holds an MBA in Human Resources from GLA University and brings over 17 years of experience across HR business partnering, talent acquisition, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and people strategy.
About Welspun World
Welspun World is one of India’s fastest-growing global conglomerates, valued at approximately US$5 billion, with diversified businesses spanning home textiles, flooring solutions, line pipes, infrastructure, warehousing, oil & gas, steel, and advanced textiles. Headquartered in Mumbai, the Group operates across more than 50 countries, supported by manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Saudi Arabia, and employs over 30,000 professionals worldwide.
Committed to innovation, customer centricity, sustainability, and engineering excellence, Welspun World serves many Fortune 500 companies globally. The Group also places strong emphasis on its core values of Environment, Education, and Empowerment, while fostering an inclusive workplace that promotes learning, career growth, transparency, and leadership development for its employees.
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