Swati Arora Email & Phone Number

Hyderabad, Tg, In

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Heading Recruitment Efforts for all Verticals for Schrödinger India offices• Leading the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council for APAC Region for Schrödinger• Actively involved in the spin-off for Schrödinger from D. E. Shaw as a separate entity in India from a strategic growth standpoint• Involved in the scaling up of existing verticals such as Development, Engineering, Testing and Research• Building new teams from scratch for new verticals such as Human Resources, Legal, Finance, Administration, Drug Discovery and IT

Hyderabad Area, India

• Overseeing the recruitment efforts for all openings for Technical teams.• Playing a pivotal role in designing, executing and refining the recruitment strategies to identify and attract world-class talent for Technical teams.• Leading initiatives to utilize non-traditional forms of recruitment, branding and marketing, while championing recruitment best practices within the team.• Guiding and encouraging the team members in setting ambitious goals for themselves and working towards achieving them.• Analyzing and forecasting budget and trends for the forthcoming year.

Hyderabad Area, India

• Screening resumes/handling interviews/working on MIS reports.• Ensuring a positive hiring experience for the candidates.• Recruiting world-class talent in technology and science from both campus and market. • Driving and enhancing various recruitment programs and initiatives for our global operations as well as streamlining the existing processes. • Engaging with leading universities, while working closely with key stakeholders to attract and engage the right talent.

Bengaluru Area, India

Talent Acquisition:• Fully staff the Teach For India Bengaluru Operations team and plan for future manpower requirements• Streamline the hiring process and automate processes where appropriate Talent Management:• Design and execute the onboarding for every new staff member in the team• Design and execute the onboarding of Fellows with the Senior Program Manager• Manage the performance management processes such that managers can drive a high-performance culture • Create HR processes and systems to embody Teach For India’s core values to enhance staff experience and engagement• Lead the Fellow Support plan conversations with Program Manager/Senior Program Managers/City Directors• Manage staff retention to promote longevity in roles, while also managing exit processes when necessary• Manage Fellow exit processes Organizational Design:• Support the City Director in planning for future manpower requirements• Play the role of a strategic thought partner to the City Director and other city operations team members to help build and nurture the Bengaluru site into an enduring institution • Design processes, templates and structures that provide visibility for the City Operations team into the city’s and individual teams’ / verticals’ progress to goals, and help improve continuously Operations – Administration and Finance:• Design and/or maintain systems to manage knowledge, capture and analyze data and evidences and simplify work flows • Implement the finance and administrative processes with 100% compliance to SOP • Manage allocation of the City Budget • Oversee the processing of Staff and Fellow reimbursements on a monthly basis • Manage the overall functioning of the City Administration team

Chennai Area, India

• Selected as one of the 487 fellows out of 13426 applicants to serve in Teach for India committed to teaching in under-resourced communities and becoming life-long leaders to expand opportunities for all children• Class Teacher in the Co-Teaching Model for Grade 2 at CPS Taramani which was one of the initial schools in Chennai to be a part of the Co-Teaching Model that is a Pilot introduced for the first time in schools in Chennai• Part of the first batch of 25 Fellows across India to take part in the SHIKSHANA Targeted Intervention program jointly done by Chennai Institute of Learning and Development (CHILD) and Centre for Holistic Empowerment of Teachers Children and Adolescents (CHETANA)• Organizer and Co-Ordinator for Events Committee for Chennai Students Kondattam for 2014-2015• One of the 10 members of the Fellow Math Committee across the City to help in creating Maths curriculum and assessments• Selected as one of the 14 fellows for the Good to Great Chennai Chapter among the entire cohort of 2013 and 2014 to drive students to a scale of 5 on the student vision scale by integrating Academic Achievement, Values and Mindsets and Exposure and Access• Selected as one of the 4 members of the National Training and Impact Committee to design Curriculum across all the cities• Selected as a Fellow Advisor to represent Chennai in the Summer Institute 2015 in Pune• Selected as the Fellow Guide for First Year Intervention Classrooms for Chennai for the year 2015-2016• Selected as the Grade Level Lead for all Grade 2 classrooms across Chennai for the year 2015-2016• Selected as the Fellow Reviewer, Selection Team for conducting telephonic interviews and reviewing fellow applications for 2016• Selected as a Transformational Impact Journey Finalist for 2015-2016 across all Teach for India classrooms in the country

Chennai Area, India

• Worked on Restful WebServices in Java, Jquery, HTML5, Batch Monitoring, Report Generation and Data Analysis

Chennai Area, India

• Worked towards building a 3D game called VelutheWelder which would enable skill development in India using Unity• Led a team of 24 developers and worked towards visualizing and analysing data about India using KML and Tableau• Led a team of 5 developers to build an Android application for on field surveys in remote areas

Certificate Programme In Leadership Essentials, Management

Pgdba (Post Graduate Diploma In Business Administration), Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Engineering, Cgpa 9.0/10

Activities and Societies: Events Co-Ordinator Aarush College Fest, Table Tennis Team

High School, Physical Sciences, Isc - 90%

Activities and Societies: Debate Team, Quiz Team, Elocution Team, School Prefect, Games Vice Captain, Rajya Puraskar Recipient for Guides