The appointment comes as Rajan Kalantre, the current Director, Business Human Resources, moves to another Abbott affiliate effective December 16, 2025. Kalantre will continue in his present role until December 15, 2025, after which he will cease to be the Senior Management Personnel of the Company.
Vinutha brings over two decades of diverse HR experience. Since joining Abbott in 2015 as Senior Manager – BHR for Nutrition, she has held progressively senior roles across the Pharmaceuticals and Nutrition businesses, demonstrating agility and strong stakeholder partnership.
In 2020, she became Head – BHR for Abbott’s Primary Care business, followed by her appointment as Associate Director – BHR for Nutrition in 2022, and most recently as Director – BHR for the Specialty Care business in 2023. She has led key initiatives in managerial effectiveness, DEI, and talent integration for a major distribution partnership for Abbott’s diabetes portfolio. Vinutha is also a founding member of the Women Leaders of Abbott employee network. Prior to Abbott, Vinutha spent a decade at IBM in HRBP and Talent Management roles, driving leadership pipeline development and cross-business mobility.
She began her career in business process consulting in 2004. Vinutha holds a B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication from PCCE-Goa and a PGDBM in Management from Goa Institute of Management.
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Headquartered in Mumbai, Abbott India Limited, a publicly listed company and a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories The Company offers medicines in multiple therapeutic categories such as women's health, gastroenterology, cardiology, metabolic disorders and primary care.
Abbott India Limited is part of Abbott's global pharmaceutical business in India.
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