Headline

CHRO | Strategic HR & Org Transformation | Digital HR, AI & Workforce Analytics | Scaling Multi-Industry Organizations | 💡LinkedIn Top Voice | 🔅Founder of 600K+ HR Knowledge Community | Speaker

About

I work at the intersection of People Strategy, Business Transformation, and Digital HR. As a CHRO and strategic HR leader with over two decades of experience, I partner with founders, CEOs, and leadership teams to design organizations that scale — not just in size, but in capability, culture, and leadership depth. My work spans multi-industry, multi-geography, and multi-entity environments, where I have led HR functions and transformation initiatives across organizations with workforces ranging from 400 to over 4000 employees. A significant part of my experience lies in building digitally enabled HR ecosystems that move HR from administrative support to a strategic business capability. I have led enterprise-scale implementations and integrations across platforms such as SuccessFactors, Darwinbox, SAP HCM, and advanced people analytics using Tableau to automate HR operations and enable data-driven decision making. Alongside technology transformation, my focus has been on building high-ownership cultures, leadership capability, and scalable people practices. I have helped organizations scale teams to 1.5x headcount within 12 months while strengthening culture, succession pipelines, and talent capability. Increasingly, my work explores how AI, workforce analytics, and digital platforms are reshaping the future of HR — from intelligent talent acquisition and personalized employee experiences to predictive workforce insights. Beyond corporate leadership, I actively contribute to the global HR ecosystem. I lead and curate one of the world’s largest LinkedIn knowledge communities for HR professionals, with over 600,000 members, creating a platform for conversations on the future of work, people strategy, and organizational leadership. My perspectives on HR transformation and leadership have been published in leading platforms including HRM Asia, People Matters, Human Capital, Business Manager, and All Things Talent. I have also been invited to speak at industry forums such as the Nasscom Emerge Out Conclave and other international HR conferences. I remain deeply interested in collaborating with organizations that believe people strategy is not an HR agenda — it is a business growth strategy. Outside work, I enjoy writing about travel and exploring cultures — a reminder that leadership, like travel, is about learning from diverse perspectives.

Location

Pune City

Work experience

Chief People Officer at Gera Developments, Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, At Gera, we are driven by 2 words– Let's Outdo & while we build to outdo ourselves, we evolve lifestyles & the industry alongside. My role involves shaping the organization's people strategy, driving employee engagement, and nurturing talent development initiatives. Ensuring that people remain at the heart of everything we do, while fostering an environment where every individual can thrive and contribute to our collective success.

Founder and Moderator at H.R. Professionals LinkedIn Group, Jan 2008 - Present · 18 yrs 4 mos, LinkedIn, As Founder the "H.R. Professionals Group"​ on LinkedIn, I manage Group activities along with a team of Group Managers. The Group has 350,000+ members who are HR Professionals spread across different geographies, industries, HR functions and experience levels. The group is a platform for HR professionals to interact with each other. Entering into its 7th year of existence and growing at a healthy rate of 90+ new members a day, this is one of the Biggest moderated LinkedIn group of H.R. Professionals only. Join to: Network | Build Contacts | Share Knowledge | Learn from each other's experiences Click here to join the group: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=52264

Vice President - Human Resources (Head HR) at Global Insurance Brokers Private Limited, Dec 2021 - Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, GLOBAL is one of the leading providers of risk management, insurance and reinsurance broking services in the Indian subcontinent. We deliver a range of insurance related services to large corporates and to communities. This includes risk consulting, insurance placement, risk management, and claims management. Our operational delivery contains multi-layered services such as retail broking, reinsurance, employee benefit consulting and broking services. In my role as Head of HR, I am developing new HR strategies in line with the Business objectives. We are strengthening our pan-India Sales force with a mix of experienced hires and freshers from campuses. I am involved in restructuring roles and designing a fresh incentive scheme to power 1.5-2x revenue targets. There is a focus on automating HR processes via Darwinbox to allow the HR Managers to focus on attracting, motivating, and retaining talent.

Head - Digital Transformation Services in HRO at Infosys BPM, Oct 2021 - Dec 2021 · 3 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, The Digital Transformation Services (DTS) team at Infosys BPM works along side the Business Development, Consulting and Practice teams to advise clients on the use of Technology and Tools (both proprietary and third party) to drive efficiencies in their processes. Within this unit, I was leading the team responsible for Digital HR Transformations. I was involved in the RFI/RFQ stages to recommend DTS levers based on client's landscape and requirements. This involved presentations, proof of concept demos, budgeting, resourcing and delivery timeline planning. I acted as the Strategic Functional HR Consultant for a large multi geography corporate client. I set up the DTS HR Knowledge Base and helped in attracting the best talent for the team.

AVP - Human Resources at QualityKiosk Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Jul 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, QualityKiosk Technologies is a leader in Quality Testing, Performance Assurance servicing major players in Banking, Insurance and other emerging verticals. DevOps, Automation, AI Ops and Data Science Lab are the more recent offerings. With 2000+ employees we service clients across 25 countries in India, Far East, Europe and the Middle East regions. My role at QK involved leading and managing the HR COEs, HR Shared Services and HR Operations. I was responsible to benchmark existing people policies and processes and introducing new ones. I led Special Projects and Initiatives during the Build and Operate phases including - Migration to new HRMS , HR data integration with other existing software, Compensation Management and Restructuring in line with new labour laws, Setting up employee policies, documentation and compliance in a new country - Philippines. I was also responsible to manage Payroll and Compliance across all geographies.

Education

Corporate PGDBA, Human Resource Management & Finance Management, Symbiosis center for distance learning

B.E., Electronics, University of Mumbai