About me

Areas of Expertise: | Employer Branding | Recruitment Marketing | University Relations ( Campus Recruitment ) | Talent Acquisition ( Lateral Recruitment ) | Public Speaking | Blogging | Industry Exposure: Banking & Financial Services, e-commerce, Information Technology, Pharmaceuticals (Healthcare), Life Sciences. Career Highlights: Lead employer branding for India for Amazon India Operations (IN OPS) and Compliance Operations (C-OPS) businesses under the e-commerce business umbrella. Cultivated an employer brand from ground up for Healthcare, Life science & Information Technology units for Merck India. Best Talent Advisor in Asia Pacific (2019) at Merck. Winner of Global HR Innovation campaign (2018) at Merck. Led a team of spirited recruiters to grow the strategic business unit from 250 employees in April 2018 to 1250+ (407% Growth) in 2020. Enhanced diversity composition from 12% to 22% during the period. Developed a campus hiring program for Healthcare, Life science & IT units for Merck India. An opportunity to be HR Business Partner for IT unit for a period of 6 months in 2020 for Merck India. Led a project on automation of employee onboarding system. Won AFE (Award for Excellence) at Infosys for being custodian of TED – Infosys Global Partnership. Won appreciation from CEO’s office at Infosys for suggesting 51 ideas of Social media branding. Merck: Head - Talent Acquisition for Merck Information Technology Centre (MITC) - Global Technology Center (Captive Center) in Bangalore with an employee base of 1200+. Head - Talent Branding ( Employer Branding ) initiatives for Life Sciences, Health Care & Information Technology businesses of Merck India. Head - University Relations (Campus Recruitment) for Life Sciences, Health Care & Information Technology businesses of Merck India. Highlights: Led a team of talented recruiters to grow global IT center's employee base by 407% over 2.5 years making MITC, a strategic, global Information technology hub for Merck. Infosys: Appreciation from CEO's Office for suggesting 51 unique ideas for Social Media Branding of Infosys. Custodian of TEDx Anchor Program, a global partnership between Infosys & TED. Campus Recruitment: Handled university hiring for Engineering Graduates, Business school Graduates(MBA), Arts & Science, CA & PhD candidates. Employer Branding: Handled corporate social media handles (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Glass door) for Infosys.Collaborated with recruitment team to enhance reach through micro sites, posters, brochures, events, content development.