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Sharukh Vazifdar

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Head of Compensation & Benefits at Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sharukh Vazifdar is the Head of Compensation & Benefits at Kirloskar Oil Engines with over a decade of HR experience. He specializes in rewards strategy across the pharmaceutical, real estate, and manufacturing sectors, managing workforces of up to 12,000 employees. He holds an MA from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

Outside of his corporate roles, Sharukh is passionate about education and knowledge sharing. He has served as a guest faculty member at NMIMS and his alma mater, TISS, teaching advanced compensation. He also authors a blog, "a Rewarding Experience," to explain complex rewards topics through a practical lens.

He founded RewardCraft, a specialized consultancy offering customized solutions in compensation, benefits, and organization design.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Head of Compensation & Benefits
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Rewards Strategy
He has led the Rewards vertical across multiple industries and founded a consultancy, RewardCraft, focused on customized reward solutions.
Teaching & Mentoring
Serves as a guest faculty member at prominent institutes like NMIMS and TISS, finding the experience to be deeply fulfilling and enriching.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Head of Compensation & Benefits
Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited
7-2024 - 6-2025
Founder
RewardCraft
10-2023 - 9-2024
Global Compensation Manager
Mattr
3-2022 - 5-2023
Head of Rewards (India)
Boehringer Ingelheim
9-2021 - 11-2021
Guest Faculty
SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
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Education
2011 - 2013
Master of Arts (MA)
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
9-2023 - 12-2023
Human Resources - Compensation
University of Toronto
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