A techno-functional HR Professional with about 19 years of enriched and intense working experience out of which about 16 years of handling HR profile in IT and Educational industry. Acquired an in-depth understanding of HR as a department with strong hands in IT Recruitment, Interview and Selection, Salary Negotiation, Training and Development, Surveys in regards to Employee Engagement and TNI. Fulfilled mandates across different levels like HoDs, Sr./Professor, Associate and Assistant Professors, Sr./Developers, Test Engineers/Lead, QA specialists, Delivery Managers/ Heads, Support Specialists, Tech/Project Leads, Solution/ Technical Architects, Project/ Program Managers, Analysts, Business Analysts Pre-Sales & Consulting, Sales Manager/Heads and the entire gamut of other roles(if I’ve missed any).Have in-depth exposure to Psychometric profiling like CAI- Cognitive Ability Inventory, MRE-Managerial Response Exercise and FIRO-B- Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation Behavior, LEAD-Leadership Effectiveness & Ability Description, IELC-Internal-External Locus of Control, GAT-General Aptitude Test, BOT-Behavioral Orientation Test(Passive/Aggressive/Assertive). Attended various workshops on effective Interviewing skills, Competency Based Interview, Behavioral Based, Stress Based Interview, Thomas Profiling. Have Trained & mentored HR Executives and taken various Recruitment-specific workshops.Specialties: Recruitment, Staffing, Talent Acquisition, Manpower Planning, Resource Management, Human Resources, Retention, Managing Attrition, Database Management, Training and Development, Pre-Employment Screening, Referral Recruitment, Passive Candidate Search, Job Portal management, Quality of Hire, VC Presentations, Conducting Webinars, Performance Management, Compensation and Benefit, Negotiation, Policies and Procedures etc.