Adi Chakravarty

Chief Human Resources Officer @ Gamlaa

About

22 years of HR leadership across India, UK, and South Africa. Building cultures that scale, shaping leaders, and driving people-centric growth. Career highlights include scaling teams from 0 to 4,000+, boosting frontline sales by 30% through TA innovation, designing compliance frameworks, recognition with CEO Awards and globally accepted recognition for HR innovation. Advisor to early stage startup founders and CXOs.

Country

India

City

Greater Hyderabad Area

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Change Management, Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Talent Strategy, Global Talent Acquisition, Compensation Strategies, Global Human Resources Management, Employer Branding, Labor and Employment Law, Strategic Thinking, Strategic Human Resources Leadership, Scaling StartUps, Human Capital Management, Organizational Design, Succession Planning, Leadership Development, Strategy, Problem Solving, Organizational Development, Employee Engagement, Talent Acquisition

Experience

Chief Human Resources Officer

Gamlaa

2026-4 - Present · 6 mos

Greater Hyderabad Area

CHRO working at the intersection of people, business, and scale for India's largest Biophilic Design Solutions Organization. Trusted partner to founders and leadership teams, aligning talent strategy with aggressive growth goals. Building legacy orgs that are fast, accountable, and built to endure.

People Advisor

BYT Capital

2025-12 - Present · 10 mos

Partner to DeepTech, AI and Robotics focused portfolio founders, architecting AI native people systems, talent density models and future ready org design to scale frontier technology ventures in India.

Head of People - India, UK & South Africa

Kalido

2022-10 - 2023-12 · 1 yr 3 mos

India, UK & South Africa

AI - First SaaS platform. Built and scaled India operations for a global , establishing the entity from ground zero. Architected and hired a full strength AI/ML engineering team. Localised and embedded a future-ready, tech-enabled HR architecture aligned to an AI-native operating model.

Head of Human Resources

Knowlarity - Cloud Communications

2020-8 - 2022-9 · 2 yrs 2 mos

India & Dubai

People partner to the CEO of a B2B Cloud Telephony Platform. Doubled employee NPS by launching Culture Clubs, reducing voluntary attrition by 30%. Won CEO’s Award for org-wide impact and leadership during hyper-growth phase.

Head of Human Resources

TravelTriangle

2016-9 - 2020-8 · 4 yrs

Gurgaon, India

People Strategy Partner to Executive Leadership. Scaled HR from 200 to 2000 during blitzscaling—built agile systems for hiring, onboarding, and culture. Slashed onboarding time from 15 to 3 days through live gamification and microlearning rollouts.

Group Head of Human Resources

Hotspot Retail Private Limited.

2013-4 - 2015-3 · 2 yrs

Base Noida, Managed Pan India

Strategic People Partner to 2 CEOs, earning EVP-level recognition for leading org redesign, building L&D from zero into a flagship business function, and implementing an enterprise-wide balanced scorecard to drive transparency, consistency & excellence.

Head of Human Resources

Hamleys of London

2012-7 - 2013-4 · 10 mos

Base Mumbai, Managed Pan India

People Lead, CEO’s Office. Pioneered ‘Audition’ hiring in Hamleys; lifted sales 30%, cut attrition 20%. This was recognised by Hamleys UK as a global best practice. Rewired hiring to focus on live performance over resumes. Drove HR for flagship brands: Hamleys & Diesel.