Building teams. Partnering with leaders.
From greenfield to scale.

A comprehensive 14-year track record leading strategic talent acquisition and human resources across global scale-ups and industry titans.

  1. 01

    Lead, Talent Acquisition & HR Business Partner

    Jio Platforms Ltd · Mumbai, India

    Jul 2021 – Sep 2026

    Career Progression: Talent Acquisition Manager → TA Lead → HR Business Partner → Lead, TA & HRBP

    Strategic HR and Talent Acquisition partner to emerging digital businesses — JioPC, JioGames, JioAICloud, JioSecure, Care and Managed WiFi — several built from greenfield stage to fully scaled organisations.

    • Partnered with CXOs and business, product and engineering leaders to build and scale multiple digital businesses from idea stage to full cross-functional organisations.
    • Built organisations from the ground up — hiring CEO- and CXO-level leadership first, then scaling GTM, product and technology teams beneath them.
    • Led a Talent Acquisition team of up to 12 across full-cycle hiring, sustaining a 70–78% offer acceptance rate on business-critical roles.
    • Delivered leadership and niche technical hiring across Product, Data/AI-ML, Software, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Architecture, Data Engineering and Analytics.
    • Drove organisation design, workforce planning and AOP manpower budgeting; implemented a Job Architecture framework impacting 5,000+ employees.
    • Led strategic campus hiring across IITs, IIITs and BITS; served as an empanelled HR interviewer for campus and lateral hiring.
    • Scaled a business unit from 25 to 100 people in 2 months; closed 30+ critical leadership roles in 3 months.
    • Recognised with 9 performance awards and 4 role progressions in 4 years.
  2. 02

    Talent Acquisition

    Hexaware Technologies · Mumbai, India

    Mar 2021 – Jun 2021

    Delivered strategic technology hiring for digital and enterprise roles, managing the full recruitment lifecycle with a focus on niche technical talent and hiring speed.

    • Managed end-to-end recruitment from sourcing to onboarding for leadership and niche technology roles.
    • Partnered with hiring managers and business leaders to align recruitment strategy with organisational priorities.
  3. 03

    HR Business Partner & Talent Acquisition

    Orange Business Services · Mumbai, India

    Feb 2020 – Feb 2021

    Led a team delivering end-to-end technical hiring while partnering with business leaders on workforce planning, employee relations and performance management.

    • Led a team of 4 delivering end-to-end hiring for Cloud, Network and Enterprise technology roles.
    • Partnered with business leaders on people strategy, workforce planning and employee relations.
    • Awarded "Change Maker" within 3 months of joining for early impact on HR and hiring priorities.
  4. 04

    Senior Recruiter to Team Lead

    Crystal Solutions Ltd · Mumbai, India

    May 2012 – Dec 2019

    Led global technical talent acquisition across India, the USA and the Middle East, progressing from Senior Recruiter to Team Lead and building scalable recruitment frameworks.

    • Delivered senior leadership and niche technology hiring across international markets.
    • Built scalable recruitment frameworks and led a high-performing hiring team.
    • Owned end-to-end hiring including stakeholder management, vendor governance and offer negotiation.
  5. 05

    Talent Acquisition Executive

    Providers — The Placement House · Chandigarh, India

    Apr 2011 – May 2012

    On-the-job training in talent acquisition, supporting sourcing, candidate coordination and recruitment operations — the foundation of a 14-year technical recruitment career.

    • Supported sourcing, candidate coordination and recruitment operations.
    • Built the foundation for a specialist technical recruitment career.

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