Unveiling the
Top 30 Talent
Leaders of 2024

Talent Leaders play a crucial role in today’s rapidly changing business environment. They drive engagement and ensure that talent is both selected for its skills and continuously developed through effective re-skilling and up-skilling programs. To honor these influential figures, Forbes India and Indeed launched the Top 30 Talent Leaders initiative. Following the success of our inaugural season, we proudly presented the top talent leaders for 2024.

This initiative celebrates those who are actively driving change, shaping the future of work, and making a significant impact in talent acquisition and management. This year, the response was overwhelming, with an impressive 450 entries from across India. Each submission was meticulously reviewed by our esteemed process partner, Ernst & Young, and narrowed down to the top 48 entries. These nominees were then advanced for final scrutiny, where our distinguished jury conducted thorough individual assessments. The grand event took place on June 13th, 2024, at the Conrad in Bengaluru. It was an unforgettable evening celebrating excellence and innovation in Talent Leadership. The Top 30 Talent Leaders of 2024 were unveiled, each recognized for their exceptional contributions and forward-thinking approaches in talent management.

Top 30 Talent Leaders of 2024

Anshul Bhargava

Senior Vice President, Global Head Talent Acquisition

Firstsource Limited

Asma Sultana

Vice President - Global Corporate Talent Acqusition | India Field Recruiting

Alorica India Pvt. Ltd

Devi Prasad Dash

Chief Human Resources Officer

Apollo Health and Lifestyle Limited

Gajendra Menon

Senior Director HR, Global Talent Acquisition

NTT DATA Global Delivery Services

Harsh Verma

Director and Global Head of Talent Acquisition

Avaya India Pvt. Ltd

Kanwal Kaul

Director- Talent Acquisition, People & Transformation Partner

NatWest Group

Karthik SM

Global Talent Acquisition Head

Biocon India Limited

Mino Thomas

Sr Director Talent & Global Head Talent Operations

Adobe Systems India Private Limited

Nitin Khurana

Global Head – Talent Acquisition

Indegene Pvt. Ltd.

Rajeev Sharma

Director Talent Acquisition

Amazon Development Centre India Pvt Ltd

Rajita Singh

Chief People Officer for India

kyndryl

Ranga Subramanian J

Executive Vice President – Human Resources

HDFC Bank

Ravish Saily

Head HR -Global Delivery Center

Syngenta

Ritesh Agarwal

Head of Talent Acquisition - India

BTeServ India pvt. ltd.

Ritu Bhatia

Head of Recruitment

Genpact

Samatha Prasad Kothapally

Vice President

Broadridge Financial Solutions

Sandeep S Joshi

Reliance BP Mobility Limited

Chief Talent Officer – Mobility Solution

Sandhya Kini

Director – Talent Development

WTW India Global Delivery Center

Santosh T K

Director, Talent Acquisition, Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies

Saurabh Ahuja

Vice President, Global Talent Attraction, Engagement & Diversity Effectiveness

Citi

Seema Rani

Director, Human Resources (Talent Acquisition Head, APAC)

Unisys

Seetharam Lakshminarayan

Senior Director - Recruitment

Virtusa

Shravan Kumar B N

Head of Talent Attraction – India & South East Asia

TE Connectivity India Pvt Ltd.

Shyamala Jayakumar

Head of Talent Acquisition

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Sudhir Kumar B

Head Talent Acquisition

Aeries Technology

Sunil Punia

Offering Dev Innov Senior Principal

Accenture

Suresh Ramachandra

Offering Dev Innov Senior Principal

Accenture

Swadesh Kumar Behera

EVP & Chief People Officer

Titan Industries Limited

Tina Vas

Senior Vice President – Global Human Resources

Sagility

Varun Gautam

Global Head – Talent Management & Acquisition

Persistent Systems Limited

Speakers

Gautam Gambhir

Former Indian Cricketer,
Former Member of the Lok Sabha and Philanthropist

Sunita Cherian

Chief Culture Officer

Wipro

Yogi Shriram

Ex Sr.VP - Corporate HR L&T &
Member of Ex Comm, L&T &
Strategic HR Consultant

Debolina Dutta

Professor of Practice,
Organizational Behavior & Human Resources Management

IIM Bangalore

Sashi Kumar

Head of Sales India

Indeed

Rohan Sylvester

Talent Strategy Advisor

Indeed

Neha Bothra

Assistant Editor

Forbes India

Naini Thaker

Special Correspondent

Forbes India

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Talent Leaders play a crucial role in today’s rapidly changing business environment. They drive engagement and ensure that talent is both selected for its skills and continuously developed through effective re-skilling and up-skilling programs. To honor these influential figures, Forbes India and Indeed launched the Top 30 Talent Leaders initiative. Following the success of our inaugural season, we proudly presented the top talent leaders for 2024.

This initiative celebrates those who are actively driving change, shaping the future of work, and making a significant impact in talent acquisition and management. This year, the response was overwhelming, with an impressive 450 entries from across India. Each submission was meticulously reviewed by our esteemed process partner, Ernst & Young, and narrowed down to the top 48 entries. These nominees were then advanced for final scrutiny, where our distinguished jury conducted thorough individual assessments.

The grand event took place on June 13th, 2024, at the Conrad in Bengaluru. It was an unforgettable evening celebrating excellence and innovation in Talent Leadership. The Top 30 Talent Leaders of 2024 were unveiled, each recognized for their exceptional contributions and forward-thinking approaches in talent management.

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