
Timeline
About me
Hiring Talented People | Talent Acquisition Manager - Wipro Engineering Edge
Education

Bharathidasan university, tiruchirappalli
-Mba human resources management & marketing a
Mahatma gandhi university
-Bsc zoology aActivities and Societies: Zoological Society of Kerala (1) Member of Zoological Society of Kerala (1) Presented thesis on "Biodiversity of fresh water fishes".(2) Asst.editor for College Magazine.(3)I was a member of "Literary & Cultural Club" in CMS College, Kottayam ( Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala)(4) Team Member of "OBLOMOV"- a Campus Film produced by Students of CMS. This short film won several awards under short film category.
Experience

Cyber services india, kakkand, cochin, kerala, india
Aug 2008 - Aug 2010Sr.executive - talent acquisition• Exclusively handled recruitment process across US, Philippines and Bulgaria for a US based Multi-national BPO along with other clients (IT & ITES) for their PAN India requirements. • Handled Entry Level – Leadership Level hiring process.• Handled recruitment due diligence practice as a part of CXO hiring for a globally renowned BPO client.• Individually managed Recruitment Job Market Analysis & Forecasting for different clients.• Maintained & updated daily, monthly and yearly reports of recruitment activities with different clients. Show less

Cognizant
Sept 2010 - Jun 2021Talent Supply Chain (Workforce Management) SpecialistDuration: 2017 – 2021Responsibilities:(i) Lateral Corporate Deployment Pool Management• Managed PAN India Lateral Corporate Deployment Pool by validating, forecasting competency requirements, created Service Orders and flagged it for external hiring, tracked the supply and fulfilment with Talent Acquisition team• Worked with different business staffing team across locations for newly hired laterals deployment• Prepared and published weekly hiring & deployment reports and dashboards.(ii) Policy & Governance Management, Bench Management• Managed high ageing bench associate’s governance procedures as per the policy, process and legal guidance.• Assisted leadership team in creating and updating various bench management policy, process documents.• Handled automation of bench policy & governance management process • Single point of Contact for one of the large business delivery practices for Kochi, Coimbatore, Mysore, Pune, Mumbai, Gurugram (Gurgaon)/NCR Business Centers• Ensuring all project releases are as per bench policy• Collaboratively working with multiple business internal sourcing teams for faster deployment of bench associates• Educate bench associates about the need to adhere to organization policies governance matrixKey achievements:• Hired and deployed 1000 FTEs through central deployment pool• Automated bench audit process Show less • Worked as SOURCING LEAD for PAN India Cognizant Digital Business Unit.• Managed entire Sourcing & Recruitment Structure for all Cognizant Digital Business (CDB), Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions and Enterprise Data Security Solutions for Cognizant.• Build teams from scratch to form the Business Verticals and Digital Practices sourcing teams across three different locations in India.• Managed and mentored a team of 30 Sourcing Specialists towards fulfilling more than 1000 FTE digital skill open demands across India on a YTD basis.• Given training in Social Media (Linked-in) profile sourcing, job branding & campaigning both through job portals and social media platforms to newly hired recruiters across locations• Structured the team; designed & managed career architecture and created retention strategies• Defined program objectives & SLA's to ensure that all the team members are aligned to the overall talent strategy of the organization.• Was responsible for ensuring the talent is identified from the market at right time and cost.• Conceptualized and strategized on volume hires with Business, to deliver recruitment numbers.• Managing all Brand strategy is executed at different level thus ensuring significantly lower cost of acquisition.Key achievements:• Successfully ramped-up 70-member global sourcing team from scratch at Coimbatore, Pune and Cochin.• Fulfilled 1500 plus resource demands for entire Cognizant Digital Business group in 2015 YTD• Fulfilled 2400 plus resource demands for entire Cognizant Digital Business group in 2016 YTD Show less Responsibilities:• Recruitment in-charge for Cognizant Interactive Group, Performance Engineering Group (PACE), Cognizant Mobility, Insurance Technical Consulting Group (iTCG), Digital Security Group (DSG), Delivery Assurance Group (DAG), QE&A, Manufacturing & Logistic Group, & Senior Level hiring for Data Warehousing (EIM) practice.• End to end recruitment, starting from requirement gathering, sourcing, scheduling, HR interviews, Salary/ Offer Negotiation, Online offer creation, Handholding the candidates till DOJ• Managed all employee referral campaigns• Managed and maintained the Offer TAT & Joining TAT• Managed medium to high volume hiring numbers in various domains and skills in IT• End to End hiring through cognizant online recruitment portal (TALEO – Chire)• Maintained the market intelligence repository and hiring MIS & periodic reportsKey achievements:• Act as “go to” resource for all sourcing through various channels including social media & employee referrals campaigning and talent market analysis. • Part of initial key member team in building Test Delivery Centre (TDC) for QE&A through low cost model of hiring.• Successfully ramped up Cognizant Interactive Group, Cognizant Mobility (Mobile Service Practice), Insurance Technical Consulting Group (iTCG), BigData CoE and EIM – Data on Demand Group (DOD) at Cognizant Cochin Centre.• Successfully ramped up Cognizant Application Service (CAS), Insurance Group and Performance Engineering Group at Cognizant Cochin Centre.• More than 60% requirements closure through employee referral• Played a pivotal role in bringing up Cognizant Cochin BU head count strength from 400+ to 1000 plus.• More than 60% requirements closure through employee referral. Show less
Talent Supply Chain (WFM) Specialist
May 2017 - Jun 2021Sourcing Lead - Talent Acquisition
Feb 2014 - Apr 2017Talent Acquisition Specialist
Sept 2010 - Jan 2014

Itc infotech
Jun 2021 - Apr 2022Manager - talent acquisition• Managed and lead the entire gamut of recruitment for Digital Solution practice• Translated business requirements into strategic talent acquisition actions with measurable key performance indicators (KPIs)• Lead a team of dedicated recruiters and managed their workload to ensure maximum effectiveness.• Set monthly recruitment targets, monitored and reviewed recruiters performance• Monitored the recruitment process and constantly reduces the cost of hiring• Deployed sourcing strategies and talent pipelining for niche hiring across all levels to source top talent through social media, job boards, Internet sourcing, and Employee Referral Program & external job posting.• Created weekly dashboard & recruitment analytics and shared with global delivery heads & leadership• Partnered with key business stakeholders to come up with future talent needs and set & drive sourcing strategies. Show less

Wipro
May 2022 - nowTalent acquisition manager - wipro engineering edge• Responsible for developing & driving talent sourcing strategy, alternate talent sourcing methods for key accounts in Wipro Engineering Edge business. • Managing a team of sourcers and recruiters.• Responsible for developing market intelligence.

Wipro
-Talent sourcing head - wipro engineering edge
Licenses & Certifications

Naukri maestro recruiter
Naukri.comJan 2024- View certificate

Using the talent insights report in recruiter
LinkedinOct 2025 - View certificate

Harnessing ai in the recruiting lifecycle
LinkedinDec 2024 - View certificate

Ai-driven excellence - linkedin hiring assistant assessment
LinkedinNov 2025 - View certificate

Linkedin recruiter and ai-driven talent acquisition professional certificate by linkedin learning
LinkedinDec 2024 - View certificate

Generative ai in hr
LinkedinDec 2024 - View certificate

Excel with linkedin recruiter assessment
LinkedinMar 2023
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Jishnu KSGEM Awards - The Delivery Excellence Award (Q2 2016) Cognizant Technology Solutions Sep 2016
- Awarded to Jishnu KSGEM Awards - The Delivery Excellence Award (H2 2015) Cognizant Technology Solutions Dec 2015
- Awarded to Jishnu KSGEM Awards - OSCAR (organization-wide Social Collaboration & Relentless Support Award) – H1 2015 Cognizant Technology Solutions Jul 2015 GEM Awards - OSCAR (organization-wide Social Collaboration & Relentless Support Award) – H1 2015
- Awarded to Jishnu KSReD : Icon for December 2014 Cognizant Technology Solutions Dec 2014
- Awarded to Jishnu KSReD : Icon of September 2012 Cognizant Technology Solutions Sep 2012
- Awarded to Jishnu KSReD : Icon for December 2011 !!! Cognizant Technology Solutions Dec 2011
Languages
- enEnglish
- maMalayalam
- hiHindi
- taTamil
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