Vishal Bhargava (He/Him)

Head of Talent

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India23 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

21 years of HR experience across diverse sectors.
Led talent acquisition for major financial institutions.
Co-founded a business school focused on HR solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned HR leader specializing in Talent Acquisition and Human Resources across multiple sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionEmployer BrandingHuman Resources

Other Skills

Employee CommunicationsDiversity, Equity and InclusionTechnology HiringClient ServicesShared ServicesManagementIRAdministrationHuman Capital SolutionsEmployee Life CycleRecruitmentHR FunctionsTalent ManagementStrategic ProjectsStrategic HR Projects

About

Created and managed HR functions in various MNC’s, start ups as well as professionally run large corporations across IT, ITES, Services and Manufacturing Sectors. 21 years behind me creating HR assets and enablers for organizations nationally and internationally.

Experience

23 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

2 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Idfc first bank

Head of Talent Acquisition

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

Heading Talent Acquisition, Employee Communications and Employer Branding for the bank across all business functions.
Leading a team of 135+ talent acquisition professionals across India.
Instrumental in setting up various critical processes and audit standards across the bank.
Continued focus on enhancing the quality of hire and candidate experience using the Ecube methods. Diversity, Equity and Belonging plays a pivotal role in the day to day operations of the talent attraction team

Talent AcquisitionEmployee CommunicationsEmployer BrandingDiversity, Equity and Inclusion

Bank of america

Vice President

Feb 2023 – Jul 2023 · 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · Hybrid

Heading the Technology hiring for the banking and risk business. Responsible for the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hiring initiatives for the bank across all verticals

Technology HiringDiversity, Equity and InclusionTalent Acquisition

Tiaa global business services

Director and Head - Talent Acquisition

Aug 2016 – Feb 2023 · 6 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai

Heading the Talent Acquisition function for TIAA India Technology, Client Services (Operations) and Shared Services functions across Mumbai and Pune.

Talent AcquisitionClient ServicesShared Services

Ags transact technologies ltd

Group Head - Talent Acquisition & Management

Mar 2016 – Aug 2016 · 5 mos · Navi Mumbai

Heading the Talent Acquisition & Management for all the group companies of AGS Transact Technologies and subsidiaries.

Talent AcquisitionManagement

Repro india limited

Group Head - Human Resources, IR and Administration

Dec 2013 – Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Repro India Limited is a global organization with footprints in more that 50 countries in the print solutioning, content management / design, EBooks, Manufacturing of food products, Estore and IT enabled services organization.
Heading their group Human Resources, IR and Administration functions globally along with its global development centers at Mahape (Navi Mumbai), Chennai, Surat, and Coimbatore.
Repro India has group companies like Rapples, Vocon, Quadrum, REPL and RKCL.
Responsible for the formulation and execution of the HR & IR Strategy across its group companies.

Human ResourcesIRAdministration

Fazlani altius business school

Co-Founder & Member of Board

Mar 2011 – Nov 2013 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai, Powai

Co-Founder and Member of Board for FABS in India.
Along with FABS was the Co-Founder of People Edge Management.
People Edge Management Pvt Ltd is a Human Capital Solutions provider that aims to provide cost efficient yet superior quality HR expertise with its geographical presence in Mumbai (Powai) and Pune (Koregaon Park).
The Core Team, with backgrounds from premium Business Schools has professional experience in some of the leading Fortune 500 companies.
We provide a spectrum of services across the Employee Life Cycle which includes People Acquisition, People Development, People Training, People Analytics, Public Sector and Education.

Human Capital SolutionsEmployee Life CycleHuman Resources

Hutchison 3 global services co. private limited

Head Recruitment (HOD HR)

Sep 2010 – Mar 2011 · 6 mos · Mumbai

Was heading Recruitment for Mumbai and Pune.

RecruitmentTalent Acquisition

Sterling infosystems, inc.

VP & Head HR

Feb 2010 – Sep 2010 · 7 mos

Heading the entire HR functions for India (Thane). Managing all processes right from Recruitment, Strategic Talent Management and Development, OD and Retention. Managing more than 700 employees based at 3 sites in Thane.

HR FunctionsTalent ManagementHuman Resources

Bharti axa life insurance

Associate Vice President - Staffing

Dec 2008 – Feb 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos

Was leading the Central Recruitment Team at the corporate office. Was also responsible for the Strategic Projects in Staffing for PAN India Recruitments for Bharti Axa Life

RecruitmentStrategic ProjectsTalent Acquisition

State street syntel services private limited

Head Recruitment and Site HR Head

Jul 2006 – Dec 2008 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Started my tenure as a Recruitment Head for Statestreet Syntel Mumbai and then moved on to Pune to Head the Pune Operations. Was leading the Pune HR functions for 2000+ employees and then moved back to Mumbai after 1.3 years to Head - Strategic HR Projects and Campus Recruitment (PAN India for Syntel Inc.)

RecruitmentStrategic HR ProjectsTalent Acquisition