Aarti (Marwaha) Upadhyay — CEO

As an HR professional with approx 2 decades of diversified experience in managing teams & driving strategic initiatives; what's made me successful is by achieving commercial outcome through effective HR strategy & credibility building. As a strategic advisor to business, I have developed a broad spectrum of organization skills & competencies in HR & Leadership Development. More specifically, I am responsible for defining strategic human capital agenda, Talent management, Leadership level hiring, Communication of HR strategies, Diversity program, Implementation of complex & large- system changes, Leadership and Organization developments. Over a last decade, I have witnessed HR emerge from being a mere support function to becoming a HR "strategic partner" in successful organization. This was basis the mindset of being agile; resilient, biased for action & people first strategy. I have had the opportunity to work with some of the stalwarts of the industry, and during my stint with them, partnered with Business in strengthening organization effectiveness by being a strategic partner, an employee sponsor & a change mentor. My strengths include the skill of influencing business leaders to achieve Organization synergy and Business Partnering through coaching and mentoring interventions and a proven ability to meet aggressive business timelines by being an effective communicator. With 2 decades of the career span, I have demonstrated a strong knowledge & function expertise transforming and achieving business focused commitments across diversified industries & cultures such as Retail, NBFC, Steel & Power & Tele-communications. Specialties: HR Strategy, Talent Acquisition, Employee Engagement, Business Partnering, Diversity & Inclusion, Post merger Integration, Leadership Development & Change, Institutionalizing Rewards programs & HR Compliances.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in diverse industries including Retail, NBFC, Steel, and Telecommunications.

Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India

Experience: 16 yrs 3 mos

Career Highlights

Two decades of HR leadership experience.
Expert in transforming HR into a strategic partner.
Proven track record in talent management and organizational development.

Work Experience

IIFL Home Loans

Chief Human Resources Officer (7 mos)

Devyani International Limited

Chief People Officer (3 yrs 6 mos)

Head Of Human Resources - Business Operations (2 mos)

Walmart

Vice President Human Resources (1 yr 3 mos)

General Manager: Talent Acquisition & Business HR ( Field & Corporate) (2 yrs 5 mos)

Dy. General Manager - Talent Acquisition & HR Partner (Corporate) (2 yrs 6 mos)

Religare Enterprises Ltd.

Associate Vice President – Corporate Business HR (1 yr 2 mos)

Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.

Talent Acquisition Manager (11 mos)

Reliance Communications

Cluster Business HR Partner (3 yrs 11 mos)

Education

Certification at XLRI Jamshedpur

MBA at Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur

Master of Commerce at Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College

Bachelor of Commerce - BCom at Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur

Aarti (Marwaha) Upadhyay

CEO

Gurugram, Haryana, India16 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Two decades of HR leadership experience.
Expert in transforming HR into a strategic partner.
Proven track record in talent management and organizational development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in diverse industries including Retail, NBFC, Steel, and Telecommunications.

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Experience

Iifl home loans

Chief Human Resources Officer

Aug 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Devyani international limited

2 roles

Chief People Officer

Feb 2022 – Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Leading the People function for Devyani International. Responsible for developing meaningful and achievable HR operational plans to support the delivery of the organizational objectives and vision.

Head Of Human Resources - Business Operations

Feb 2022 – Apr 2022 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Leading the HR function for all Brands - KFC, Pizza Hut, Costa, Vaango & Airports

Walmart

3 roles

Vice President Human Resources

Promoted

Apr 2020 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

Progressively high-impact HR roles for 16+ years, spanning HR generalist and specialist roles. Delivered results and developed competency across Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, Talent management, Learning and Development, Culture, Diversity & Initiatives

General Manager: Talent Acquisition & Business HR ( Field & Corporate)

Oct 2017 – Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Lead critical assignments in Human Resources function in Talent Acquisition, Corporate & Field HR, Culture & Engagement & Diversity & Inclusion.

Dy. General Manager - Talent Acquisition & HR Partner (Corporate)

Apr 2015 – Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Lead critical assignments in Human Resources function in Talent Acquisition, Corporate HR, Culture & Engagement & Diversity & Inclusion

Religare enterprises ltd.

Associate Vice President – Corporate Business HR

May 2009 – Jul 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos · Noida Area, India

Implement HR strategies by establishing department accountabilities, including Talent Acquisition, Training and Development, Succession Planning, Appraisal and Performance Management, Employee Relations and Retention.
Successful in Business partnering with 11 business / verticals / companies of the corporate group. Oversee the day-to-day HR operations including staffing, payroll and employee benefits, performance management, training and employee relations

Jindal steel & power ltd.

Talent Acquisition Manager

May 2008 – Apr 2009 · 11 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Man Power Planning, Job analysis, Job description and specification of the employees as per the requirements.
Recruitment for all functions Technical / Non Technical - middle & senior level positions at Delhi/ NCR for steel projects
Handled campus recruitments, lateral recruitments and also exposed to organizational design & manpower planning for new business(Bulk Hiring for GET & MT)

Reliance communications

Cluster Business HR Partner

May 2004 – Apr 2008 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Madhya Pradesh

Responsible for HR Business Partnering. Progressed from managing a Circle role to a Cluster lead role. Acted as a conduit between Business Management, Corporate HR & employees to drive employee engagements, Performance Management Process& HR Operations.