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CHRO | Strategic People & Organisation Leader | AI & Technology | Leadership, Culture, Talent & Organisational Scaling

About

People are at the heart of every successful organization, and I've built my career around creating workplaces where individuals thrive and businesses grow. As the Chief Human Resources Officer at Emvo AI, I lead the people strategy for a fast-growing AI company, partnering with leadership to build scalable, high-performing, and people-centric organizations. My focus spans the complete employee lifecycle—from attracting exceptional talent and designing organizational structures to fostering culture, leadership development, and employee engagement. Over the past 15+ years, I've worked across startups and high-growth organizations, building HR functions from the ground up and aligning people strategies with business objectives. My experience includes: • HR Strategy & Business Partnering • Organizational Design & Workforce Planning • Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding • Employee Experience & Culture Building • Performance Management & Rewards • Leadership Development & Succession Planning • HR Operations, Compliance & Policy Design • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Some career highlights include: ✔ Scaled organizations during high-growth phases. ✔ Led end-to-end HR strategy across global teams. ✔ Achieved 0% attrition during the COVID-19 remote work period. ✔ Led HR due diligence during fundraising processes. ✔ Eliminated recruitment agency dependency, reducing hiring costs. ✔ Implemented HRMS and digitized HR operations. ✔ Built employee engagement initiatives that strengthened culture and retention. I'm passionate about shaping the future of work, helping organizations scale sustainably, and creating environments where people can perform at their best.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Chief Human Resources Officer at Emvo, May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, In my role as CHRO at Emvo, I build the foundations that help a scaling startup grow with purpose. I lead culture, talent, and organisational development initiatives that support high performance, agility, and long-term sustainability—putting people at the center of every decision.

Head of Human Resources at Emvo, May 2025 - Dec 2025 · 8 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, In my role as Head of Human Resources at Emvo, I spearheaded all aspects of HR, from recruitment to performance management, fostering a culture of employee engagement, Induction and all scope of HR roles and responsibilities, be it successfully implementing HRMS, developing policies, and manage payroll effectively, contributing to the company's growth and success.

Head Of Human Resource at CauseMatch, Mar 2020 - Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Led HR strategy across India while partnering with global teams. Built HR policies and people processes supporting organizational growth. Designed performance management and rewards frameworks. Championed inclusion initiatives across geographically distributed teams. Established succession planning and leadership development practices.

HR Manager at Bonito Designs, Jul 2016 - Feb 2020 · 3 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Handling End to End of HR Activities like: - Policy Making - On boarding, Induction & Exit - Talent Management - Employee Engagement - Employee Grievance handling - Culture Building - Talent Acquisition - Performance Management - HR Compliance - Leave Management - Payroll Management

Director HR at Naukrifever.com, Feb 2016 - Jun 2016 · 5 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

HR - Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist at Sutra Services Pvt. Ltd., Jul 2015 - Jan 2016 · 7 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Core Activities - - Planning, coordinating and executing end-to-end hiring/recruitment assignments. - Screening, short listing, taking telephonic rounds, writing accurate feedback and following up with candidates. - Handling all scheduling activities between candidates and clients, also negotiation & fixation of salaries. - Other than the traditional job sites, using LinkedIn, Twitter, etc., including Head hunting. - Using X-Ray search, Social talent search, Boolean search etc for sourcing - Following processes and maintaining internal Database of candidates. - Managing Clients as Accounts, and maintaining healthy business relationships with them. In Depth Start Up hiring Knowledge on - Product Hiring - UX Designer, UI Designer, Android Developer, Product Designer Tech Hiring - Java Developer, ROR Developer, Project Manager, Android Developer, IOS developer, .Net, Manual/ Automation Tester etc. Non Tech Hiring - Marketing –Strategic Partnership Manager, Business Development Manager, Finance Manager, Content writer, SEO,SEM, BTL, ATL, Ops, Training, City Manager, Operations Manager, etc. Current Client- Thrillophilia Adventure Tours Pvt Ltd. Bangalore Positions worked or working on and closed with the current client is as follows: Tech Hiring- ROR Developer, Hybrid Mobile App Developer, Manual Tester Non Tech- Sales/BD Manager, Category/BD Manager, Administration Executive, Finance Manager, Business Development Associate, HR Recruiter

Education

Postgraduate Certificate, HR Analytics, XLRI Jamshedpur

Master’s Degree, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General, XLRI Jamshedpur