Intellectual capital and social capital are very important drivers of an organization which give it a competitive edge.
Both of these are concentrated in the human resource of the organization. Competent employees are the greatest
assets of any organization. It is necessary for the Organization to be in a position to utilize, develop and nurture the
intellectual capital and the social capital. This necessitates the organization to provide opportunities to show case
competency, and create a conducive climate in which employees work amicably without fear and can substantially
contribute towards the development of the organization. For this purpose a robust HRD Climate is extremely
important. This study is aimed at assessing the extent of HRD Climate in a government telecom company-BSNL.
The study is limited to the BSNL Odisha Circle. For the purpose of the study, primary data was collected from 215
employees of BSNL Odisha belonging to different managerial levels through a structured questionnaire. The 38 item
questionnaire developed by T.V Rao and J.Abraham was adopted to study the HRD Climate. The study revealed that
the General Climate and OCTAPAC Culture were better than the HRD Mechanisms.

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