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Aru Uppal

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Head HR - Global People Strategy at Intangles
📍 Pune, Maharashtra, India

Aru Uppal is a Global HR Leader at Intangles, specializing in building people strategies for technology, logistics, and consulting firms. Her experience spans North America, APAC, and EMEA, focusing on aligning HR with global business growth. People who have worked with her describe her as empathetic, trustworthy, and dependable.

Recognized for her contributions as a working mother, Aru received the "Women at Work Leadership Award" for exceptionally balancing her professional and personal life. She is also a strong advocate for psychological safety and ethical HR practices in the workplace.

She is an award-winning professional, having been named "Talent Management Professional of the Year" for her strategic contributions to employee engagement and employer branding.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Head HR - Global People Strategy
Location
Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Global People Strategy
As Head of Global People Strategy at Intangles, she has extensive experience shaping HR frameworks across North America, EMEA, and APAC for various global companies.
AI-Powered HR
Her headline describes her as an "AI-Powered HR Visionary, " and she focuses on data-driven, AI-integrated HR transformation to build resilient and future-ready workforces.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Head HR - Global People Strategy
Intangles
8-2023 - 8-2025
Associate Vice President - Human Resources (APAC)
Vanderlande
1-2021 - 8-2023
Head Human Resources - North America, EMEA & India
Data Dynamics
4-2020 - 9-2020
Senior Human Resources Manager
Optymyze
4-2015 - 4-2020
Human Resources Manager
Optymyze
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Aru Uppal Appointed Head, Global People Strategy at Intangles. Featured in HROstrum
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Education
2017 - 2020
Research Doctorate
Chitkara University
2006 - 2008
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Savitribai Phule Pune University
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