Surinder Bhagat — Founder
Hi, I’m Surinder, Founder & CEO of Gigin. After two decades leading people strategy at Flipkart, Lenskart, Sabre South Asia, and global semiconductor firms like Western Digital, Freescale (NXP) and Cadence, I have seen this one pattern on repeat- Hiring stopped being about judgment. It became about scheduling, screening, chasing, coordinating. So we are rebuilding it. At Gigin, we are building an Agentic AI platform where autonomous recruiting agents work 24/7. Not dashboards. Not copilots. Agents that execute. Before founding Gigin, I’ve had the privilege of: 🔹 Serving as VP HR at Flipkart and CHRO at Lenskart 🔹Leading hiring at scale across high-growth e-commerce and tech ventures 🔹 Driving M&A integrations, org redesign, and leadership transformation across global teams My work sits at the intersection of : 🔹 Vertical AI SaaS 🔹 Autonomous agent systems 🔹 Large-scale talent intelligence 🔹 Real-world enterprise execution I’m a Stanford Graduate School of Business and Columbia Business School alumnus, but my focus has always been simple: 🔹Build systems that remove friction. 🔹 Build teams that scale with clarity. 🔹 Build companies that last. If you care about: 🔹 AI-first hiring infrastructure 🔹 Category-defining vertical AI 🔹 Re-architecting recruitment intelligence 🔹Scaling serious businesses Let’s connect.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in HRTech, specializing in AI-driven recruitment solutions.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 24 yrs 2 mos
Skills
- Ai-first Hiring Infrastructure
- Talent Acquisition
- Leadership
- Talent Management
- Recruiting
Career Highlights
- Founder of Gigin, innovating AI-driven recruitment.
- Led HR strategy at major tech firms.
- Expert in scaling talent acquisition processes.
Work Experience
LISA - Stanford GSB's LEAD Incubator & Startup Accelerator
Cohort Captain (1 yr 5 mos)
gigin.ai
Founder & CEO (4 yrs 2 mos)
Sabre Corporation
People Leader - India and South Asia (2 yrs 2 mos)
Western Digital
Head of HR - India (1 yr 4 mos)
Lenskart.com
Chief Human Resources Officer (4 mos)
Flipkart
Vice President Human Resources (1 yr 3 mos)
Senior Director - HR (2 yrs 9 mos)
Freescale Semiconductor
Country Human Resource Head - India (6 yrs 1 mo)
Staffing Head – Asia Pacific & Japan (2 yrs)
Cadence Design Systems
Staffing Manager (4 yrs)
Infogain
Senior Technical Recruiter (2 yrs)
Education
Executive Program in Management - LEAD at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Executive Program in Management at Columbia Business School
MBA at University Business School, Panjab University
B. Tech. at Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar
