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Nikhil Ganesan

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Head of People at Cobalt Studio · Learning and development · learning & development, coaching

Works at
Cobalt Studio
Location
Hyderabad, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
Experience
10+ years experience
Education
NIT Trichy
Languages
English, Hindi, Telugu

Overview

17 years in people and talent, the last 1 at Cobalt Studio, where I lead the L&D team. Built the leveling and comp framework for 4479 people. Amateur photographer; mostly street and food.

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  • Strong candidates, even outside open roles
  • Questions about learning and development
Please don't message about
  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Offshore staffing offers
Skills
manager trainingcoachingcareer frameworkslearning & development

Experience

  1. Head of People
    Nov 2025 - Present
    Cobalt Studio · 1 yr · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 3981 people.
    • Hired 50 engineers in a year with a 77% offer-accept rate.
    • Ran manager training for 272 first-time leads.
  2. Director of Talent
    Oct 2022 - Nov 2025
    Intel · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Hired 188 engineers in a year with a 78% offer-accept rate.
  3. Director of Talent
    Nov 2020 - Oct 2022
    PwC · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Cut time-to-hire from 59 days to 35.
    • Hired 160 engineers in a year with a 80% offer-accept rate.
  4. Recruiter
    Feb 2018 - Nov 2020
    ICICI Bank · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 866 people.
    • Cut time-to-hire from 56 days to 25.
  5. People Operations Manager
    Jul 2016 - Feb 2018
    Swiggy · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
    • Cut time-to-hire from 64 days to 30.

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Education

  1. NIT Trichy
    B.Tech, Human Resources
    2004 - 2008

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