Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
HR Business Partner and People Consultant | Crisis De-escalation, Org Design & Process Automation I am a Business Partner with 10+ years of experience driving business-critical talent strategies, complex employee relations, and organizational transformations across global technology and financial leaders, including Google and Citi. I thrive at the intersection of business strategy and human behavior—partnering with executive leaders to navigate highly ambiguous, high-stakes people challenges that lack clear precedents. My expertise is built across four core pillars: 🎯 Strategic HRBP & Org Design- As a trusted advisor to tech and engineering leaders, I align people agendas with rapid market shifts. I program managed 19+ concurrent restructurings and change initiatives across APAC, facilitating leadership coaching and smooth transitions with 100% business continuity. ⚖️ Crisis De-escalation & Employee Relations -The "go-to" resource for de-escalating sensitive, multi-dimensional workplace crises. Partnering with cross functional teams I successfully mitigated high-risk legal risks, C-suite escalations, and sensitive medical/family support cases—safeguarding company reputation with empathy and compliance. ⚡ Systems Innovation & Process Scalability- I design scalable, automated solutions to eliminate administrative drag. I pioneered and secured executive buy-in for a regional automation proposal that transitioned manual restructure notifications to an automated platform, saving 4,000+ HR business hours annually across APAC. 💼 Prior Experience (Citi & Microsoft) • HRBP & Campus Recruiting (Citi, 2016-2022): Served as HRBP for 400+ employees and campus recruiter for 60+ universities (managing an INR 2.95 Cr budget to onboard 750+ hires). Co-led regional Workday migration and pioneered Citi India's Pride Network for LGBTQIA+ inclusion. • HR Summer Intern (Microsoft, 2015): Analyzed global compensation structures and performance management designs. 🎓 Academic Excellence & Clinical Training • M.A. in HRM & LR (TISS): Awarded the Institute Gold Medal & Best Student Award (Ranked 1st in the program), S Kalsi Shield, and the Best Research Dissertation Award on LGBTQIA+ inclusion. • B.A. (Hons.) in Economics (Hindu College, Delhi University). • Clinical Training in Adult Psychotherapy (5th Year, PTRC Mumbai): Specializing in advanced human behavioral patterns, psychoanalytic counseling, and mental health first aid. Let’s connect to discuss HRBP, People Operations, or org design!
Talent Engagement and Outreach: Supporting the India Cloud Tech Business to develop engagement strategy to connect with industry talent in order to meet the hiring and representation goals. Project manager of curated talent engagement (mid-senior level tech talent) and DEI outreach solutions for Cloud Tech Teams, Women in Tech (AnitaB.Org), LGBTQIA+ Talent and Senior Executives. Management of Scaled Employer Branding Projects: Lead “Decode with Google”- largest employer branding hybrid event (first ever)-with a pipeline of 80K+ leads of Tech Candidates with focus on senior and representative talent pool by leading a team of 200 Googler teammates and volunteers and delivered an increase of 80% in participation and 226% in branding impact. Recipient of APAC recruiting award and People Operations Year End Award for the project in the first year. Country Brand Manager: Assigned the role of Country Brand Manager in the space of Employer Branding and leading projects on advocacy, brand experience enhancement and positioning Google as employer of choice in the India job market
Early talent management, engagement, HR support, learning and career management. Managing batch of campus hires from premier business and undergraduate institutions joining the campus program in the front office and back office businesses of the franchise. Additional responsibility of managing APAC level Operations and Technology, Campus Development Program with similar support provided to cohort based out of 9 countries in Asia Pacific (excluding India)
Managing campus relations with 60+ technology and analytics institutes and talent acquisition, engagement and on-boarding of 400+ hires for the Citi Service Center Network, India. Managing Citi scholarship programs and campus competitions. Instrumental in the launch Citi Campus Hacking Challenge.
As part of the first stint-Worked in HR Business partner role for the Security Services business in Gurgaon, supporting employee life cycle, performance management, talent and learning and engagement of 300+ employee base. The second stint provided experience in working for the campus recruitment team focusing on hiring of close to 300+ technology and analytics hiring for the Citi Service Center network while partnering with 60 tech and analytics campuses.
Supporting business in the launch of the 360 degree feedback initiative and designing Training Program on Influencing Skills built on research insights and employee and employer feedback
As field work intern, managed creation of a comprehensive guide for international relocation focusing on the partnership with vendor partners and enhancing the support being provided to internal stakeholder
Revamping the Health and Wellness strategy for Microsoft. Designing programs and processes that improve effectiveness and efficiency with focus on employee feedback and needs and built upon latest research on wellness strategies at workplace.