Jun 2017 – Jan 2022 · 4 yrs 7 mos

• ● Entrusted with developing and executing strategy pertaining to global University relations and recruiting for the purpose of attracting, identifying, and recruiting the top talent for VISA with a strong focus on diversity.
• ● Created and implemented Work Force Plan for 1000+ Interns and New College Graduates at a global level.
• ● Responsible for developing trusted business advisor relationships with key stakeholders - business leaders, hiring managers, HR partners, I&D team, Brand and Marketing, and Early Careers Program team to deploy the recruiting strategy and achieve hiring goals
• ● Successfully launched a virtual recruiting strategy with help of digital platforms and adapted to changing business scenarios to meet our talent needs and scale our reach nationally.
• ● Led a team of 20+ university highly qualified professionals and own a sizeable annual budget valued at approximately $2.5 million.
• ● Effectively established the University recruiting programs for India in 2015 with the opening of VISA office in Bangalore. VISA India was recognized as the top 10 employers for New college graduates the same year.
• ● Launched the following initiatives at VISA:
• 1) Code UR way 2) Visa discovery Program in 8 APAC countries 3) VISA week on HBCUs & Crack the code workshops 4) Regional Intern summits 4) Unique partnerships with Universities

Nov 2016 – Jun 2017 · 7 mos

Jun 2015 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

Jan 2012 – May 2015 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• ● Defined and executed the Qualcomm India campus recruiting strategy for hiring 500+ Engineers & Interns each year which includes designing, implementing, and executing robust, innovative, campus specific recruiting strategies to attract and hire top university talent and meet hiring goals for Qualcomm India.
• The above resulted in intern conversion rate of ~80% which was way above the market average.
• ● Built long-term relationships at target universities with key faculty members to create a pipeline of topmost talent from IITs in India for Corp. R&D business function in San Diego.
• ● First dedicated Campus Leader for Qualcomm India with strong focus on building relationships with the campuses and business. Strong collaboration with the HQs to implement consistent processes.
• ● Established U2Q (University to Qualcomm) program for Fresh graduates (0-3 yrs) and Idea Quest for Interns in India with a commendable success rate.
• ● Introduced a unique program to rehire the employees who left Qualcomm India to pursue master’s program in the US as interns in the Head quarters

Jul 2010 – Dec 2011 · 1 yr 5 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

• ● Led Campus Recruiting for two strategic businesses at MS- Microsoft India Development Centre and Microsoft Research.
• ● Hired and onboarded a huge volume of engineers and Program Managers from the top technology and business schools in the country. 100% offer acceptance rate from B- schools.
• ● Launched the initiative program to hire for US-Redmond from the top colleges in India for the very first time
• ● Improved intern conversion rate from 30% to 60% in one year

Jun 2007 – Jun 2010 · 3 yrs · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Instrumental in Building a framework for Campus Hiring for Target India which resulted in huge
• financial savings- Awarded the annual award for the same
• Launched the first Campus Program at Target India and established relationship with more than
• 20 schools.
• Hired from tier 1 schools like Indian Institute of Science, Delhi School of Economics etc.
• Maintained 100% joining conversion for the analytics group.

May 2006 – Jun 2007 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Catered to the end to end hiring of openings at GE-Research, C&I, Plastics & Water.
• Extensively involved in Campus Recruitment with all the tier 1 colleges.
• Screen & source resumes of different skill sets.
• Follow-up for offers, make offers, get the reference check done.
• Handled the Internship Program for the Centre.
• Handled the entire Fixed Term Hiring for the Centre
• Handled of the tool called “Brassring” for resume management and tracking the entire
• Successfully on boarded 280 students from across engineering colleges in India.
• On- boarded 100 + interns.