Smita Kapoor

Smita Shetty Kapoor is the CEO & Co-Founder of KelpHR and a subject matter expert. KelpHR's flagship offering of varied services under the umbrella of PoSH, from legal compliance to best practices, was Smita's brainchild. She is also tirelessly working towards creating awareness about Diversity & Inclusion and is the only Indian to rank amongst the world’s top 10 diversity consultants in the year 2020. A post-graduate in HRD from the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Smita had more than 16 years of rich working experience in the corporate world with organizations such as Mphasis - an HP Company, India Life Hewitt Ltd, Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. before she embarked on her entrepreneurial journey. Her areas of expertise included employee relations, training, and development, strategic management advisory services to mitigate human capital risk, grievance redressal of complex workplace issues including complaints of discrimination and sexual harassment, conflict resolution, diversity and inclusion, human resource development, mentoring, employee counseling and engagement. Smita is empaneled with over 30 organizations to help them monitor the working of the Internal Complaints Committee (IC) and also works as third-party support to help companies investigate cases of harassment. An active blogger, Smita loves hosting interviews and talk shows on subjects pertaining to PoSH, women & LGBT rights, and empowerment.