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Anil Chandra

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Principal - Executive Search at Atlassian
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Anil Chandra is a talent acquisition leader with 20 years of experience building hiring engines for startups and enterprises like Atlassian, ThoughtSpot, and InMobi. He specializes in executive search and scaling teams in high-growth environments. He holds a PGCHRM from XLRI Jamshedpur.

His professional writings focus on the importance of soft skills in career progression, such as clear articulation, the ability to summarize complex information, and effective context-switching between different tasks and audiences.

Unique fact: While at a stealth startup, he single-handedly scaled the team from 0 to 40 employees in less than 18 months.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Principal - Executive Search
Job Level
Senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Startup Scaling
He has extensive experience building recruitment infrastructure and scaling teams from the ground up in high-growth startups like Ola and a stealth company.
Executive Search
His current role at Atlassian is focused on finding and engaging exceptional executive-level talent for leadership positions within India.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Principal - Executive Search
Atlassian
1-2023 - 10-2025
Founding Member - Global Talent Acquisition
Stealth Startup
4-2020 - 1-2023
Senior Director - Global Talent Acquisition
ThoughtSpot
8-2018 - 4-2020
Global Head - Talent Acquisition
InMobi
11-2014 - 8-2018
Growth stage startups - All Things TA & HR
Tapzo (Ex-Helpchat) and Ola
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Education
PGCHRM
XLRI Jamshedpur
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
Visvesvaraya Technological University
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