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Pankaj Pujari

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India-HR Country Lead at Semtech
📍 Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Pankaj Pujari is a strategic HR leader with over 18 years of experience in the semiconductor and infrastructure sectors. As India-HR Country Lead at Semtech, he specializes in HR transformation, M&A, and talent management across multiple Asian geographies. He is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta.

Passionate about professional development, Pankaj is an award-winning mentor dedicated to fostering growth in others. He is a strong advocate for holistic employee wellbeing, emphasizing physical and mental health. People who have worked with him describe him as calm, balanced, and agile.

He is a recipient of the KeyLearning Mentorship Excellence Award 2025 for his contributions to individual mentoring.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
India-HR Country Lead
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Personality Overview

How Pankaj shows up

Precise But Practical
Fast But Analytical
ROI Driven

They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms. They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others.

Priorities

Topics Pankaj cares about

HR Transformation
He has extensive experience leading HR through IPOs, M&A, and HRIS implementations at companies like Semtech and Feedback INFRA, showcasing a focus on strategic change.
Semiconductor Talent
He actively recruits for highly specialized engineering roles at Semtech and has listed other industry leaders like NXP and Texas Instruments as professional interests.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
India-HR Country Lead
Semtech
4-2019 - 4-2024
HR Business Partner - India
Semtech
6-2018 - 3-2019
Assistant General Manager-Human Resources (HR Head)
Feedback INFRA
2-2016 - 6-2018
Sr. Manager-Human Resources (HR Head)
BHARAT ROAD NETWORK LIMITED
3-2015 - 2-2016
Deputy Manager - Human Resources
JAS Forwarding Worldwide
In the press

Media appearances

Pankaj Pujari Elevates to HR - India Country Lead at Semtech. Featured in HR Today India
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Education
1-2021 - 3-2022
Executive Program in Strategic Human Resource Management
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
2005 - 2007
Master of Business Administration - MBA
IILM Academy Of Higher Learning, Lucknow
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

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