Emerging HR Professional Programme — Cohort 1 · 2026 · Genvarsity
Cohort 1 · 2026
Registration closes April 29, 2026
📅 May 02 – June 02, 2026
🌐 Online · Live
Genvarsity · Emerging HR Professional Programme

HR Business Partner Certificate Program
for Emerging Professionals

The gap between what a PGDM teaches and what a Day 1 HRBP role demands is real, wide, and rarely acknowledged. This programme closes it — in one month, with a veteran who has lived it.

Students (2025–27 Passout) · Cohort 1
₹4,999
Commitment Fee · Cohort 1 only
2025 · 2026 · 2027 Passouts
Working Professionals
₹7,999
Programme Fee · Full
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Online · 1 month · 20 hours live class · Mini project · Genvarsity Certificate
20
Hours Live Class
5
Hours Per Week
1
Mini Project
100+
Hiring Companies
₹4,999
All Inclusive

Built for the first five years of your HR career.

Most MBA and PGDM HR programmes produce graduates who understand theory. What they lack — and what organisations need on Day 1 — is the ability to think like a business partner, not a support function.

HR Business Partnering is the single most in-demand competency for emerging HR professionals today. It sits at the intersection of business acumen, people insight, and strategic influence. It is also the hardest thing to learn from a textbook.

This programme is taught by Aravind Warrier, Lead — People & Culture at Volvo Group India, in a live, cohort-based format. Four weeks. Twenty hours. One mini project that becomes your first portfolio piece. And exclusive placement assistance through Scout Express.

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MBA / PGDM HR Students & Graduates
Final year students and recent graduates looking to bridge the classroom-to-career gap before their first role.
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MHRM Students
Postgraduate HR students seeking specialised, practitioner-led content to complement academic curriculum.
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Early-Career HR Professionals
0–2 years in HR, looking to accelerate into a true business partnering mindset and build their credibility early.
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Career Pivoters into HR
Professionals from other functions — operations, finance, administration, or business — looking to make a deliberate move into HR with the right foundation from day one.

Four weeks. Twenty hours. One career shift.

Week 01
The HRBP Mindset — From Support to Strategy
Understanding the shift from transactional HR to strategic business partnering. What CEOs and business leaders actually expect from HR. Building business acumen as an HR professional. Reading P&L, org structures, and business cycles through an HR lens.
5 hours · Live
Week 02
Workforce Planning & Talent Strategy
Translating business goals into people plans. Headcount modelling, skill gap analysis, and succession planning fundamentals. Building a talent pipeline that anticipates business needs rather than reacts to them.
5 hours · Live
Week 03
Stakeholder Management & Influencing Without Authority
The art of getting things done when you don't own the decision. Managing upwards, sideways, and downwards. Difficult conversations, performance management support, and building credibility with business leaders early in your career.
5 hours · Live
Week 04
HR Data, Metrics & Making the Business Case
Using people data to tell a business story. Key HR metrics that matter to leadership. Building dashboards and presenting HR insights in a language business understands. Mini project debrief and certificate presentation.
5 hours · Live
Project
Mini Project — Your First HRBP Portfolio Piece
A structured, real-world assignment completed during the programme — diagnosing an HR challenge and presenting a business-aligned solution. Reviewed by Aravind. Submitted as part of your certificate and shared with Scout Express placement partners.
Across 4 weeks · Async

Tangible outcomes, not just knowledge.

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Genvarsity Certificate
Issued by Genvarsity. Signed by Aravind Warrier. Recognised by our placement partner network of 100+ companies.
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Exclusive Placement Assistance
Every graduate is introduced to Scout Express's employer network — including Kuttukaran Group, Manappuram Finance, Muthoot Securities, and 100+ hiring companies across India.
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Internship Placement for Top Performers
Select graduates — chosen based on mini project quality and Aravind's evaluation — are placed into internships with Scout Express client companies. Your project is your interview.
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A Real Portfolio Piece
Your mini project becomes the first item in your HR portfolio — a reviewed, practitioner-evaluated work sample that you can take into interviews.
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HRBP Frameworks You Can Apply Immediately
Not theory. Practical tools — workforce planning templates, stakeholder maps, HR dashboards — built during the programme and yours to keep.
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Genvarsity Community Access
Lifetime access to the Genvarsity HR professional community — masterclass updates, peer network, and ongoing learning opportunities.
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Direct Access to Aravind Warrier
Live sessions with Q&A. Direct feedback on your mini project. The kind of mentoring that used to require years of networking to access.
Aravind Warrier
Aravind Warrier
Lead — People & Culture
Volvo Group India
LinkedIn

A practitioner who has done the job — not just studied it.

Aravind Warrier leads People & Culture at Volvo Group India, one of the world's most respected engineering organisations. His career spans multiple industries and organisational scales, giving him a rare breadth of perspective on what effective HR business partnering actually looks like — across cultures, business cycles, and leadership styles.

Aravind's approach to teaching is rooted in practice: he teaches from real situations, real decisions, and real failures. Participants in this programme get access not to polished frameworks alone, but to the unfiltered thinking of a senior HR leader who navigates the same challenges they will face.

His presence in this programme is not ceremonial. He facilitates every session, reviews every mini project, and is available for Q&A throughout the four weeks.

People Strategy
HRBP
Org Design
Culture
Workforce Planning
Volvo Group

Where our graduates get hired.

Graduates of Genvarsity programmes receive exclusive placement assistance through Scout Express — India's talent intelligence platform. Our hiring partners include:

Kuttukaran Group
Manappuram Finance Limited
Muthoot Securities
+ 100 companies across India
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Registrations Open
Secure your seat at the early bird price of ₹4,999
April 29, 2026
Registration Closes
Last day to enroll for Cohort 1 · No exceptions
May 02, 2026
Cohort Begins
Week 1 live session with Aravind Warrier · Online
June 02, 2026
Programme Ends
Mini project submission · Certificate presentation · Placement process begins
Cohort 1 · 2026 · Registrations Open

Enroll Before April 29.

Limited seats. One cohort. One chance to learn HRBP directly from a Volvo Group People Leader.

Cohort 1 Special
Students
₹4,999
Commitment Fee
2025 · 2026 · 2027 Passouts
All inclusive · Cohort 1 only
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Working Professionals
₹7,999
Programme Fee
Full access · Certificate
Placement assistance included
Apply as Professional →
Genvarsity Certificate · Exclusive Placement Assistance for All Graduates
🏆 Internship Placement for Top Performers · Genvarsity Community Access
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