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.
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01Jul 2021 – Sep 2026
Lead, Talent Acquisition & HR Business Partner
Jio Platforms Ltd · Mumbai, India
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.
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02Mar 2021 – Jun 2021
Talent Acquisition
Hexaware Technologies · Mumbai, India
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.
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03Feb 2020 – Feb 2021
HR Business Partner & Talent Acquisition
Orange Business Services · Mumbai, India
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.
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04May 2012 – Dec 2019
Senior Recruiter to Team Lead
Crystal Solutions Ltd · Mumbai, India
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.
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05Apr 2011 – May 2012
Talent Acquisition Executive
Providers — The Placement House · Chandigarh, India
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.