Mar 2024 – Sep 2024 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Hired for leadership roles in Engineering, Market Research, Finance and Legal

Jun 2023 – Feb 2024 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka

• After working non-stop for a decade, took a break for caregiving, fitness and learning. Completed a 6-month Global HR Leadership Program from National University of Singapore. Learnt how to effectively manage and encourage collaboration with C-suite on HR strategy across functions. Felt immensely recharged.

Oct 2022 – May 2023 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Solid engineering and HR leadership attracted me to lead the TA for their core revenue-generating group company, Pramana. Built their recruiting engine from scratch alongside VP Engineering and hired niche talent for research-tech.

May 2022 – Aug 2022 · 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

• Spearheaded their TA+HRBP function for Tech. Added Head of Analytics and campus graduates in this short stint while working with CTO and other leaders to rebuild their hiring approach and process.

Dec 2021 – May 2022 · 5 mos

• Coached and worked with 3 Directors of Engineering to make their team of 180+ effective. Worked on Unacademy's first ever Annual Operating Plan and IJP program for tech.

Jun 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Joined right after Facebook round (Series D) to help scale the tech team from ~60 to 280 (in 1.5 yrs) with 85% joining ratio for stellar niche talent. Led all TA research + campus programs alongwith lateral hiring. Contributed significantly in strategic HR projects and policy-building in CoE, Operations, Employer Branding.

Aug 2019 – Mar 2020 · 7 mos

• Coached employees and built learning content for tech recruiting - selection quality, offer negotiations, mapping the industry, etc - and guided account managers in difficult situations. Lot of industry learnings.

Nov 2018 – Jul 2019 · 8 mos

• Joined as member #6 to lay their foundations. Handled end-to-end recruitment for tech giants and startups like Flipkart, Browserstack, UpGrad, Postman, Spinny, BCG and 25 other great teams. Closed SDEs to DoE level roles with 75% joining ratio. Managed two associates.

Sep 2017 – Aug 2018 · 11 mos · On-site

• Scaled the team to 60 (including worldwide consultants) with just 5% attrition rate.
• Rebuilt the whole hiring engine and employee lifecycle from scratch
• Fostered an open and upskilling culture through policy building and L&D programs
• Handled all onboardings (fresher, lateral and consultant) and exits
• Continued to run tech community events and helped Business Development team with Pre-Sales.

Dec 2016 – Aug 2017 · 8 mos · On-site

• Became interested in HR and took up TA + employer branding responsibilities through tech events. Grew local tech community on multiple platforms by 5x and reduced hiring TAT from 3 months to 1 month.

Sep 2016 – Feb 2017 · 5 mos · On-site

• Joined as #15 to deliver performance analytics on deployed software projects while also establishing new office in Pune and admin operations alongside finance head and CEO. Automated 80% lifecycle tasks.

Oct 2015 – Jun 2016 · 8 mos · New Delhi Area, India · On-site

• Completed Cloudera Hadoop certification and joined here as member #13 to create a data decisions hegemony and make business data-driven. Functional efficiencies rose but we ran out of funding runway. A terrific learning experience on multiple fronts, especially the pace.

Feb 2013 – Aug 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Kolkata and Chennai · On-site

• Wrote end-to-end nventory management software in small teams for world's leading retailers - Staples, Sephora, Walgreens. Gained rich cultural growth and understanding of needle moving projects.

Aug 2009 – Jan 2010 · 5 mos · Masqaţ, Oman · On-site

• Matched college students with a cultural exchange opportunity in MENA region (Iran, Turkey, India). Learnt a lot about the MENA region and how seemingly small exchanges can leave profound impact in life.