Kavita Azad

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Chief Human Resource Officer at CollegeDekho

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Overview

Kavita Azad is the Chief Human Resource Officer at CollegeDekho, bringing over 20 years of experience from global multinationals and startups. An MBA graduate, she specializes in talent strategy, leadership development, and HR transformation. Colleagues describe her as a proficient, dedicated, and highly valued HR professional and a great team player.

Kavita is passionate about building successful organizations through a great work culture and fostering a positive employee experience. She is an advocate for empowering women in the workplace and believes in driving positive change to contribute to an organizations overall growth and success.

She has entrepreneurial experience, having co-founded a tech eCommerce startup called Hokar before joining CollegeDekho.

Personality Overview

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Friendly But Slow

Curious But Skeptical

They typically tend to be late adopters even when they seem friendly and excited about what you have to sell  They are unlikely to ever become strong champions even when the conversations are going well; you should focus on cultivating other champions They are often friendly and nice, but can sometimes suprise you with their piercing questions

Topics They Care About

Building Work Culture
States a strong passion for building successful organizations through great work culture and focuses on this in her current role at CollegeDekho.
Talent Strategy
Her experience spans building talent strategy, leadership development, and capability building across diverse industries like EdTech, ITES, and financial services.
HR as Business Partner
Believes HR plays a meaningful role in contributing to positive business impact and has led initiatives to align HR with organizational growth.

Media Appearances

CollegeDekho Appoints Kavita Azad As Its Chief Human Resource Officer. Featured in BW People

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Kavita Azad joins CollegeDekho as CHRO, ETHRWorld. Featured in Economic Times – HR

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Work History

8-2022
Chief Human Resource Officer at CollegeDekho
6-2020 - 7-2022
Co-Founder at Hokart
1-2018 - 1-2020
Vice President Human Resources at eClerx
8-2016 - 12-2017
Associate Vice President Human Resources at LiquidHub
9-2011 - 8-2016
India HR Transformation Lead at British Telecom

Education

2000 - 2002
Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Army Institute of Management & Technology
6-1996 - 4-1999
Bachelor of Arts - BA (Honours) from Delhi University

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Insights For Selling To Kavita

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be prepared for a lot of questions, answer them objectively
  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Ask them questions to understand their needs better while staying affable

DONT's

  • Don't ask them to move fast, let them take their time and digest all the information
  • Avoid phrases like ‘trust me’, ‘you will just love it’ etc.
  • Do not sound overly eager, modulate your energy levels especially if you are generally enthusiastic

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kavita is

  • Clear proof of product value matters to them, followed by others' testimonials and rapport.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kavita

  • They are likely to give you a clear answer without taking you around in circles. However, if you share a good relationship, they might not be so forthcoming.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kavita move?

  • They like to perform full analysis and can take time to make any decision.
  • Can Kavita take some risk or not?

  • They weigh all decisions systematically and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Kavita

Personality Compatibility


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