Apr 2022 – Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• I head Talent Acquisition for Delhivery SaaS platform and Corporate functions at scale for the largest fully integrated logistics services player in India.
• I hired for roles in Seattle (US) and Gurgaon/Bengaluru/Goa.
• Recruited for all things tech, product, design, analytics, digital platforms, SaaS sales at Delhivery.
• I had also taken up additional responsibility in recruiting for the following teams - Commercial, Finance, Network Design, Office of the CEO and People teams.

Aug 2021 – Mar 2022 · 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• At Expedia, I worked on APAC Tech/Product Recruitment for the largest sector at EG - Platform and Marketplaces (EG Services) hiring for locations of India (BLR,GGN), US (Seattle), China (Shenzhen) and Australia (Brisbane).

Dec 2020 – Aug 2021 · 8 mos

• I head Talent Acquisition for Wynk, Airtel Product and startup Incubator New Businesses.
• : Product for airtel- Product Management, Growth, Data Product Management, Design, Analytics, Customer Experience
• : Tech for Wynk - EM, Machine Learning, Backend, Frontend(React), Mobile (Android,iOS), SDET, Devops, Info Security
• : Business for startup Incubators - Ad-tech, Financial Services, Surveillance, Payments, Cloud Communication
• : Data Science - Data Scientists, ML Engineers
• : Leadership : Across all Digital teams (Tech and Product)

Jun 2019 – Nov 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

• I lead hiring for Airtel X labs, Wynk & New Business Incubators (Ad-tech, Surveillance, Financial Services, Digital Store, B2B Marketplace)
• Hiring across:
• Product for Airtel,Wynk and New Business Incubator : Product Management, Data Product Management, Design, Analytics, Growth
• Tech. for Airtel : Machine Learning/Data Science, Cloud Solution Architecture, Security
• Tech. for Wynk: Mobile(Android,iOS), Backend(Java), Frontend (React), Devops, SDET/QA, Data Science, Data Engineering
• Business for Airtel : Tech Presales, Customer Experience (social media/training/fulfillment), Alliances , Partnerships, Business Development
• I'm also spearheading Leadership hiring for Product and Technology across all verticals.

Jul 2018 – May 2019 · 10 mos

• Built the Product and Data Science teams across Airtel X labs and Wynk from scratch.
• I lead hiring for Product, Design, Growth, Analytics and Data Science at Airtel

Apr 2017 – Jul 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Below were my position attributes as a lead recruiter:
• Talent Acquisition Lead for all Technology positions for Makemytrip in Bangalore and Gurgaon
• Part of Young Leaders Academy at Makemytrip
• Interview Insights Analytics in recruitment
• Responsible for Technology blog for Makemytrip
• Hiring Returning Indians for Data Science roles
• International hiring for Strategic Technology and Product roles
• Technologies hired for Machine Learning, NLP, Data Engineering, Java, Android, iOS,UI development, Information Security, QA, NOC
• Non-tech roles : UX, Finance, Product
• Levels hired for - SDE1, SDE2, Lead, Principal, AD, Director, VP

Aug 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Makemytrip is the market leader in Online Travel and we have hired at a large scale for both our Technology Centers in Gurgaon and Bangalore.
• I joined MakeMyTrip as a Tech. recruiter in individual capacity. My job responsibility primarily entailed hiring for Makemytrip Technology Team.
• I also looked after employer branding for Makemytrip on Glassdoor.com ( 'Open Company'​ status)
• Positions closed (across all levels):
• >Data Science - Machine Learning/ NLP (Python (Numpy, Scipy, Pandas,Scikit), R Programming)
• >Data Engineers (Hadoop-Spark-Scala)
• >Backend (Java-Spring, Python-Django, MongoDB, Couchbase, MVC/SOA)
• >iOS (Swift/ Objective C)
• >Associate Director (PWA/Payments)
• >Android (Android SDK)
• >Frontend (reactJS, angularJS, nodeJS, bootstrapJS,HTML, CSS)
• >Big Data Architect (Spark, Scala, Pig, Hive, Storm, Elasticsearch, Redis, Kibana, Cassandra)
• >Tech. Architect (distributed applications, architechtural tradeoffs, low latency, design)
• >QA (Automation(Selenium/QTP), Manual)
• >Insourced >Drupal/CMS
• Other responsibilities and Key focus areas:
• Campus hiring for Product, Technology and UX
• Recruitment Hackathons - HackerEarth, Ideatory (Data Science)
• Good understanding of Hiring platforms – Linkedin, Naukri, Belong.co, Stackoverflow, Instahyre, Angel.co, Hirist, Hiree
• Sound knowledge of tech./intelligence platforms – Github, Kaggle, Klout, Behance, Dribble, Owler, Crunchbase, Tracxn
• Recruitment Vendor Management

Apr 2015 – Aug 2015 · 4 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

• 1. Talent Acquisition for all IT and Enterprise Sales positions across India
• 2. Employer Branding and Workforce Planning
• 3. Strategic sourcing and ensuring minimal TAT
• 4. End to End Recruitment for all positions
• 5. HR Business partner for Bangalore
• 6. Vendor Management for various recruitment initiatives
• 7. HR Generalist responsibilities
• 8. Employee Engagement

Jun 2014 – Mar 2015 · 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• 1. Team Lead for a Talent Management Certification Project
• 2. Creation of Individual Development Plans and preparation of training calendar
• 3. Preparation of Questionnaires for feedback and training evaluation
• 4. Preparation and Revision of Company HR policies.
• 5. Recruitment for IT,Knowledge Shared Services team and HR/admin team
• 6. Sourcing and Employer branding on various platforms
• 7. Organizing Quality Circle and TCG Hamilton Internal sports
• 8. Content creation of Corporate Book of Knowledge for Talent Management.
• 9. Implementation of Mentor-ship program and On-boarding Program.
• 10. Creation of workflow diagrams for Workforce Planning.
• 11. Goal Setting and Broad Banding implementation in the organization
• 12. Preparation, Update and Review of HR process documents.

Feb 2014 – Feb 2014 · 0 mo · Greater Delhi Area

• 1. Transformation of Company Policies into Standard operating procedures
• 2. Understanding NGO community work through field visits and setting up libraries in government schools

Apr 2013 – Jun 2013 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Project 1:
• Project Title:
• 'Preparation of a training charter and recommendation of an innovative learning framework based on the 70:20:10 principle'
• Project Description:
• The project involved finding training needs from the middle management and preparing a charter based on the 70:20:10 principle of innovative learning. This training charter was implemented in the Operations Team of C L Philips India.
• Recommendations:
• 1. Department training needs for each department of Consumer Lifestyle Philips
• 2. Training charter for Operations Team in prioritization and time management, knowledge management, stakeholder management , S.L.A and automation tools
• 3. Team building training for Consumer Lifestyle Philips by IRIS corporate solutions and Dale Carnegie India.
• Project 2:
• Project Title:
• ‘Preparation of a set of interventions to build a performance oriented culture in Consumer Lifestyle Philips India’
• Project Description:
• The project involved bench-marking best practices across different organizations, their feasibility study in Philips and doing a pilot run of three initiatives in Consumer Lifestyle Philips India.
• Recommendations:
• 1. 'Boomerang' initiative for re-hiring top talent with the help of a strong alumni network and social media.
• 2. 'Birthday Tree' initiative in collaboration with Grow-Trees, U.N.E.P and W.W.F as part of the Employee Engagement Program.
• 3. 'Pre-Onboarding' initiative for new hires.

Feb 2013 – Mar 2013 · 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Training and Development ( Effective delivery and Feedback) Research Project. The project was an exploratory research on effectiveness, delivery and feedback of the training provided at Indian Institute of Petroleum Management(I.O.C.L,Gurgaon) to the executives from different plants of I.O.C.L all over India. It involved interviews with the trainers, the trainees and with the training program in-charge. Qualitative Analysis of the collected interview data was used for drawing inferences for the research project.

Oct 2012 – Nov 2012 · 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• worked on HR Shared Services and automation of HR practices like leave management, training and development, recruitment, client management, transfer etc.

Dec 2010 – Jun 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Roles and Responsibilities:
• ‘Tester’ for Apple Point Of Sale Functional team
• i) Grey box testing using Unix, MySQL and iPhone Simulators
• ii) Conducting Knowledge Training sessions for the new trainees
• iii) Coordinating with Development, Production and Automation team on latest builds released for the Point Of Sale Software

Jun 2009 – Aug 2009 · 2 mos · Dehradun

• 'Creation of a 3D walkthrough of the KDMIPE campus by using White_Dunes software'