Aug 2023 – Feb 2024 · 6 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

Apr 2020 – Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Aug 2015 – Oct 2022 · 7 yrs 2 mos

• Optimize and humanize the human side of the capital equation to drive value creation for the organisation and individual success for the employees
• Conceptualised and implemented many industry first people programs creating a strong people connect to the company
• Simplify HR processes to enable employee success at all levels
• Building an environment that fosters creation of new leaders organically
• Builder of culture, talent, process that drives effective engagement resulting in innovation
• Exceptional ability to drive and execute high level strategy in highly demanding fast paced environments.
• Led business restructuring, delivering several cost savings for the company and implementing talent review and succession processes.
• Partnered with internal and external stakeholders to helping build Razorpay as a brand
• Designed ESOPs management to meet the core philosophy of employee’s growing with the company.
• Setting up scalable people processes to suit the needs of the company at each stage - early, growth and scale.
• Designed, developed and managed high impact programs like talent management, leadership development, diversity & inclusion, compensation, training, organizational development, business transformation, merger & acquisition, succession planning, performance management, change management, skills assessment and employee relations.

Oct 2019 – Jun 2025 · 5 yrs 8 mos · India · On-site

• Coaching and advisor in the start-up ecosystem on hiring, retention, employee lifecycle, rewards, building culture and strong foundation to the people function.
• I am responsible to mentor young professionals in the human capital teams of startups on how to consistently keep the focus on a people first approach, people lifecycle, capability building to non-traditional and modern HR practices. My expertise in aligning innovative talent approaches that further business goals makes me the sounding board, guide and advisor to founders, leaders and human capital teams.

Sep 2010 – Apr 2014 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore

• Lead end-to-end multi-channel staffing for IT, R&D, WW Operations, License Compliance & Finance
• o Staffing
• Successful in setting up several high impact teams in India (Bangalore and Pune) from grounds up
• Solely responsible for planning and hiring high-quality talent, with aggressive SLAs, across all levels in the organization
• Focusing & prioritizing process metrics – Setting new benchmarks in staffing
• Process owner for team reports and requisition tracking - Accurate and insightful reports provided to the senior management giving visibility and direction on the progress and achievements
• Led a staffing team to achieve aggressive hiring targets. Screened, interviewed and on-boarded over 200 new employees in one fiscal year
• Accountable for Business Partnering for WW Operations & License Compliance
• o Stake holder management
• Managing complete Employee Life Cycle Management from Pre Joining till exits
• Successfully implemented reward and development plans
• Instrumental role in organizing various events like open houses, team building, etc.
• Communicating policy and procedures to employees
• Compensation planning – includes team parity, bonus
• o Employee Grievance Cell
• Employee query resolution cell – set up a ER (Employee Referral) clinic to help employees with ER related queries
• Skip Level meetings to get a pulse of the team & BU
• o Risk Mitigation & Attrition Management
• Identifying critical resources and flagging risk to the management
• Identifying employees who belong to the longer tenured & high performance category on their aspirations to manage attrition
• Managing employee interest in IJP and job rotation
• Supported implementation of HR programs like ‘great place to work’, Project Focus in both H1 & H2

Nov 2007 – Dec 2009 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• I a currently working as a freelance HR consultant for stat ups who need setting up HR and operational processes in India. I am working on niche, senior staffing requirements for start ups primarily in the technology space.

Nov 2006 – Nov 2007 · 1 yr

Aug 2006 – Nov 2006 · 3 mos

Feb 2005 – Mar 2006 · 1 yr 1 mo