Mar 2025 – Oct 2025 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Strategic Human Resource Business Partnering : Used HR metrics (attrition rates, time-to-hire, employee engagement scores) to identify trends, inform decision-making, and present actionable recommendations to leadership
• End to End Recruitment: Hired 28 people from the core insurance industry in a span of 8 months. I also introduced and implemented a compliant onboarding and off-boarding process for BimaKavach
• Managed HR systems & processes: Introduced and launched Keka ATS, initiated and ran linkedIn Ads for attracting and hiring talent - Utilized HRMS for data management, reporting, and process automation where applicable.
• Introduced Bi-weekly, Quarterly meetings, Townhalls and R&R for leadership and employees across the organisation.
• Reduced the attrition rate by ~60% and increased employee referrals by 100% and eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score) by ~88%
• Introduced training and development for talent building - trained employees on mandatory HR and IT policies like POSH, Information technology and Core Insurance topics by industry leaders for knowledge and talent building
• Handled payroll, introduced SOP for payroll processing, salary benchmarking, compensation reviews, and benefits administration to ensure BimaKavach remained competitive and attractive to talent.
• Created and implemented SOPs for recruitment, performance management, travel and HR/employee related payments and implemented performance frameworks.
• Managed entire employee lifecycle , HR, IT and Admin Operations for BimaKavach
• Ensured legal compliance: Maintained up-to-date knowledge of Indian labor laws and regulations, ensuring all HR practices were compliant, was part of ISO and Infosec trainings

Apr 2024 – Feb 2025 · 10 mos · Goa, India · On-site

• Led the recruitment and onboarding process for core teams in engineering, sales, and business development across new cities in Gujarat and India.
• Implemented HR business partnering strategies to enhance employee engagement and retention.
• Managed the complete HR lifecycle from recruitment to exit, ensuring smooth operations and compliance with labor laws.
• Oversaw payroll and HR operations to streamline processes and improve efficiency.

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Goa, India · On-site

• I'm building a vibrant and exclusive community for startup enthusiasts, specifically for founders, DEIB champions & career shifters to navigate their journey and build/join impactful ventures.
• A one-stop solution for early stage startups and founders to attract, hire & manage talent.
• Foundhrverse is a full-stack HR solution that enables you with the following:
• 1. Pre-vetted diverse talent pool (across any industry)
• 2. Easy Talent Management Frameworks for retention
• 3. HR/DEIB advisory to build inclusive cultures and impactful ecosystems.
• Client Portfolio :
• 1. Renevik Solar - a solar solutions startup based in Goa & Gujarat.
• 2. Ziti - A B2B SAAS catering platform.
• 3. 47 Creations - A platform built to hire Fractional CMOs for 10x Growth
• 4. Talkinglands - TalkingLands revolutionizes property discovery by offering a seamless platform for users to explore and connect with dream properties.
• 4. Flam - Flam is a leading AI-powered mixed-reality content creation and publishing platform for immersive and experiential marketing and advertising.
• 5. Pagarbook - PagarBook helps small to medium sized enterprises keep track of their staff attendance, salary, & bonus in an easy-to-use

Jul 2023 – Nov 2023 · 4 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

• I built the initial teams - tech, product, marketing, growth and sales along with people ops and culture.
• Hired the founding engineering, sales and accounts team

Jun 2023 – Jul 2023 · 1 mo · Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India · On-site

• Took a career break for 2 months to explore a different industry.
• As a Community Manager a.k.a "Vibe Manager"(as they like to call it) with Zostel Mussoorie, my key responsibilities included:
• 1.Community management and engagement - conducting day time activities like taking guests on off-beat treks and hikes around the locality. Engaging the crowd with indoor activities/games like night adventure walks, poker nights, music and bonfires during the night.
• 2.Operations: Front-office management, handling bookings, transport and check-in's on the PMS tool. Helping guests with making an itinerary for their trip.
• 3.Social media management : Content creation and management for Zostel Mussoorie's IG page

Mar 2022 – May 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

• I led the HR and Admin function and was also part of the Leadership team at Flam.
• My key responsibilities include:
• Talent Management : Recruitment and entire employee life cycle management including On-boarding & Off-boarding
• Built a team of 60+ with 25 Engineers and 20 Design folks, including marketing and sales roles.
• Increased the retention percentage to ~90% and Referrals to ~22%, reduced the hiring cost by 80% in the first quarter.
• Performance Management (Set up performance evaluation metrics & assessments for the entire org)
• Organisational Development (Org culture change, OKR implementation & adoption,Succession Planning, Leadership Development)
• Successfully implemented Org level and team level OKRs, increased the OKR awareness and adoption to 100% within 6 months.
• Setting up HR Policies & Procedures, letters from scratch for start-ups
• Compensation and Benefits (Processing payroll, Introduced Flexi Benefit Plan for Tax savings)
• Employee Engagement (Increased the employee happiness quotient from 20% to 80% over 3 months)
• Handling Employee Relations and Training and Development.
• My Ad-hoc projects include handing HRIS, office finances, labor relations,
• office administration, vendor management, online and offline community management, change
• management and product support.

Jun 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• At PagarBook, I worked as HR Executive, directly reported to founders', built and spearheaded the HR,
• Admin and finance functions. I joined them at an early stage and scaled the team to ~650+ employees.
• My key responsibilities included:
• Talent Management - (Recruitment and entire employee life cycle management) Built the initial sales
• and customer support function and scaled it to 250+ employees over one quarter. Directly worked with
• the co-founders and leadership. Managed a team of 10 HR's and admin.
• Compensation & Benefits - Handled payroll for 650+ employees with 3P vendors, introduced Flexi
• Benefits Plan for tax savings.
• Performance Management : Performance Evaluation & Assessments (set up evaluations and
• assessments for different functions in the org)
• Org Change & development ( Org Culture, HR automations)
• Setting up HR Policies & Procedures, letters from scratch for start-ups
• Employee Engagement (Maintained the employee happiness quotient above 60% throughout)
• My Ad-hoc projects include vendor management, social media management, employer branding and
• sales.

Oct 2019 – Jun 2020 · 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• I worked as Talent Acquisition Partner at cult.fit(cure.fit)
• My key responsibilities included:
• Sourcing for tech, non-tech and product roles from talent portals, social media and networks.
• Talent Mapping to build a talent database
• Vendor management- handled 10+ vendors for recruitment.
• Stakeholder management- Liaison between leadership and HR team
• Employer Branding

Jul 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• I worked as Channel Specialist at Google(via Cognizant)
• My key responsibilities included:
• Talent Mapping
• Talent research and sourcing profiles across all levels for Engineering and Global Business Operations from APAC, EMEA and North America locations.
• Experienced in sourcing profiles for functions like IT, HR, Finance, Marketing, Sales, Business Development & Business Strategy.
• Tools used for sourcing profiles are LinkedIn, internal hiring tools and open web search.
• Market mapping and Industry mapping for leadership roles to have a better perspective.
• My Ad-hoc projects included handling the CSR activity for the 150 member Google People Ops team.
• Been awarded multiple times for 100% productivity achievement over and above.

Jun 2017 – Aug 2017 · 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• I interned as Recruitment associate at HGS
• End to end recruitment
• Bulk Hiring for Sales
• Internship and Research
• Research on "Influences of Psychological Capital on Individual Learning at Work"

Dec 2016 – Dec 2016 · 0 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

• Organization Study