Talent acquisition & HR leadership

People first.Possibility always.

I’m Raghav Duggal. I build hiring strategies, lead teams and bring practical AI into the way organisations work.

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13+years across people, hiring & leadership
1,400+Roles closed in 5 years
10,000+Interviews conducted
350+Campuses visited
50+Team members mentored
01 / The journey

Experience with impact.

From hospitality and customer experience to regional talent acquisition. A career built around understanding people, building teams and making work move.

08/2023 — PRESENT

Regional Manager, Talent Acquisition

Altruist Technologies · Bengaluru

Leading lateral and campus hiring across five states. Closed 28 critical positions in 9 days and reduced time to hire by 65% through structured hiring strategies, SLA discipline and AI assisted workflows.

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06/2022 — 08/2023

Talent Acquisition Manager & HRBP

AJ Jewellers · Mumbai

Managed pan India bulk and lateral recruitment, delivered 150+ hires and led a seven member recruitment team while improving reporting, vendor management and hiring visibility.

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10/2021 — 06/2022

Talent Acquisition Manager

upGrad · Mumbai

Recruited 450+ candidates across Sales, Marketing and Finance, while leading campus hiring programmes and employer branding across partner institutions.

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05/2020 — 10/2021

Associate Manager, Talent Acquisition

BYJU’S · Mumbai

Delivered large scale campus recruitment, onboarding 1,100+ hires and building relationships with 200+ colleges.

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10/2018 — 04/2020

Customer Service Manager

Future Retail · Foodhall · Mumbai

Led a six member customer experience team in a 25,000 sq ft store and improved customer satisfaction metrics by 200% in three months.

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12/2016 — 10/2018

Assistant Program Manager

Sheraton & Hyatt through TLC · Hyderabad

Led a 21 member telesales team, converted 2,000+ memberships and managed forecasting, reporting, seasonal events and training.

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07/2012 — 12/2016

Assistant Manager, Front Office

Lemon Tree Hotels · Delhi, Chennai & Hyderabad

Built the foundation in guest experience, operations, interviewing and onboarding, progressing from Management Trainee to Assistant Manager.

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02 / What I bring

Perspective meets practical experience.

People skills, operational discipline and the curiosity to keep improving how work gets done.

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People & strategy

Build the right teams with clear hiring strategy and strong stakeholder alignment.

Strategic TACampus hiringHRBPEmployer brandingMentorship
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Systems & execution

Turn workforce plans into repeatable, measurable hiring operations.

Workforce planningSuccessFactorsDarwinboxPower BIAI assisted analysis
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Learning & communication

Keep people informed, aligned and moving through clear communication.

MBA HRSHRMEnglishHindiBengaliPunjabi
03 / AI in practice

Better tools.
Human judgement.

I use AI where it creates practical value: research, communication, analysis and workflow improvement. That same capability extends into visual storytelling, music and creative production.

GeminiChatGPTPerplexityNotebookLMGoogle AI StudioVeo
Raghav Duggal in a creative AI production studioThe Ghost Index creative AI projectLuxury fragrance advertisement creativeThe RDX Effect creative projectThe Sound Multiverse creative project
04 / Career milestones

People behind the progress.

Hiring, mentoring and creating a better experience at every step. Milestone imagery is AI generated and illustrates the career themes shown here.

Hiring achievement celebration
1,400+Roles closed over five years
Professional interview
10,000+Candidate interviews
Campus recruitment
350+Campuses visited
Team mentoring
50+People mentored · largest team 21
Zero cost hiring results
Zero costHiring goals achieved
Multilingual communication
7 languagesConnecting with different audiences
05 / Credentials & creative work

Professional credentials.
Creative curiosity.

Alongside the professional track, I continue building hands on capability in Generative AI, prompt engineering and creative production.

Generative AI Foundations certificate from upGrad in collaboration with Microsoft
06 / Featured production

AI as a production capability.

Selected work spanning video, advertising, visual storytelling and music, developed through structured AI directed creative workflows.

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01 / LUXURY FRAGRANCE ADVERTISEMENT

Concept → direction → production.

A cinematic product film built around controlled visual language, product detail and editorial pacing.

Creative directionPrompt engineeringAI videoEditing
07 / Let’s connect

Good things start
with a conversation.

Whether it is a talent leadership opportunity, an HR challenge or a creative brief, I’m always open to a useful conversation.