Durgesh has been instrumental in setting up the Pune chapter operations for HRIA and is part of the current management committee as a Past President.
Durgesh is currently working as a Manager with the KPMG Management Consulting group. He has close to 11 years of strong and varied experience in the areas of HR strategy, organization design and development, employee engagement, talent management and change management.
He has previously held senior positions in HR with leading global consulting and technology firms like IBM, Zensar, Wipro and Acceltree.
Roopali Sundar is the Head -HR for India Region at Avaya India. In this role, she provides guidance on various Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Engagement, Employer Branding, Business enablement and Internal Communication initiatives.
Roopali brings with her close to 18 years of professional experience across segments such as Banking, Manufacturing, IT, BPO and HR consulting. Some of the significant organizations she has been associated with are: American Express Bank, Symantec, Grasim and Horton International. Her experience spans across Merger & acquisitions, Business Partner, OD, Compensation and benefit practices, Talent attraction and Talent development. She is recipient of a large number of awards for conceptualizing and spearheading some the best practices across organizations.
As a HaR leader, she has been invited to a number of academic and professional forums to present her thoughts on Talent practices. Her views are often published in Times of India, DNA, Express Computer, Human Capital and other publications.
She has been the President of HR Infotech- Pune Chapter in FY12 and associated with the forum for last 8 years.
Sunil Kashikar is Associate VP-RMG & Recruitment for Zensar Technologies Ltd, Pune. He comes with rich & diverse experience of 30+ yrs, spanning various functions like recruitment, resourcing, sales and business development.
His current role sees him planning and executing a timely & cost effective strategy towards fulfillment of IT skilled professionals required by Zensar to achieve its global service deliveries. He leads a team of over 40 Resourcing, Recruiting and support staff. Besides experienced associates, he is also tasked with recruiting bright young computer engineering graduates from institutes across the country.
Dinesh Gupta, currently working with IBM Global Business Services, in Resource Management Team, has overall 15+ years of experience in Recruitment & Resource Management.
Dinesh has been Instrumental in starting HRIA Pune Chapter in year 2006 & is associated with HRIA for past 10+ years now.
Was president of HRIA Pune chapter for the year: 2008-09.
He is the mentor of Pune chapter & also a Governing Council Member of HRIA.
Current designation: Lead – Sourcing, Talent Acquisition & Research – ZS Associates
Past: Talent Acquisition Lead – Capgemini
Associated with HRIA since 2007, Played various roles in Branding, PR, Membership Development. Currently supporting the Public Relations & Branding Committee
Jashan holds Bachelors’ Degree in Science from Fergusson College, Masters Diploma in Mass Communications & holds 10+yrs of experience in Sourcing &Recruitment across Geographies.
Associated with HRIA Pune chapter since 2007. He was elected in the HRIA Committee since 2011. Upto 2011 his prime responsibility included event management and all other admin related activities.
In the year 2013-14, he served the Association as a Treasurer and in the year 2014-15, He is elected as the Secretary of the Association.
