Akshatha Rao

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HR Business Partner at Acko

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Overview

Akshatha Rao is an HR Business Partner at Acko with experience managing the entire employee lifecycle and leading strategic workforce planning. A graduate of MDI Gurgaons PGDM-HR program, she has developed HR dashboards for trend analysis across 10 countries. She is also a certified Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner.

Akshatha has demonstrated a commitment to social causes through her previous role as a Zonal HR Secretary for UPAY (UnderPrivileged Advancement by Youth), an NGO dedicated to educating and empowering underprivileged children in India.

Uniquely, she holds a Bachelor of Architecture, bringing a creative and structural design perspective to her human resources career.

Personality Overview

Negotiator

Objective Thinker

Precise

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features.  They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often. They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions.

Topics They Care About

Workforce Planning
Designed a flexi-workforce model and streamlined operational processes for over 40 retail stores at Landmark Group.
HR Analytics
Developed and implemented HR dashboards to analyze workforce and attrition metrics across the MENA and SEA regions.
Employee Engagement
Managed the end-to-end employee lifecycle for over 300 corporate employees and designed the annual engagement framework.

Media Appearances

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Work History

6-2025
HR Business Partner at Acko
11-2023 - 9-2024
MT - HR Business Partner at Landmark Group
7-2023 - 11-2023
Management Trainee - Workforce Planning, UAE Territory at Landmark Group
7-2022 - 5-2023
Zonal HR Secretary at UPAY (UnderPrivileged Advancement by Youth)
4-2022 - 6-2022
Summer Intern at Cummins Inc.

Education

8-2021 - 2023
PGDM-HR from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
2015 - 2020
Bachelor of Architecture - BArch from B. M. S. College of Engineering

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Insights For Selling To Akshatha

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch
  • Keep some extra margin while sharing pricing, they are likely to negotiate later
  • Be formal and objective, they will appreciate it more

DONT's

  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them
  • Do not use very emotional or colorful language

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Akshatha is

  • Strong evidence of ROI, effective pricing, and proven data points matter the most to them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Akshatha

  • It is not very hard for them to say no if they are not convinced about the decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Akshatha move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Akshatha take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Akshatha

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