Unveiling the
Top 30 Talent
Leaders of 2025
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 Biologics

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

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
Global Head - Talent Strategy
Quest Global

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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