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Saurabh Shankar

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CHRO at vivo India
📍 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Saurabh Shankar is the Chief Human Resources Officer at vivo India, where he leads the HR and administration functions. An alumnus of the Indian School of Business and Xavier Institute of Social Service, he is an experienced professional focused on aligning HR with organizational objectives and partnering with business leaders.

He is passionate about creating a tangible community impact through direct, thoughtful actions. This is demonstrated by his recent involvement in setting up a library, cleaning, and planting trees at a local government school to improve the learning environment for children.

He champions a unique team philosophy, summed up as "1 + 1 makes 11, " to illustrate how trust and shared purpose create exponential, not just linear, results.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
CHRO
Location
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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Culture and Capability
Believes that meaningful progress occurs only when an organization's culture and its people's capabilities advance together, a key learning he shared at the end of 2025.
Collaborative Teamwork
Actively fosters a "Carnival of Team Spirit, " promoting his philosophy that collective effort with shared purpose leads to multiplied outcomes far greater than individual contributions.
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Career

Work history

12-2024
CHRO
vivo India
1-2019 - 12-2024
Director - HR
vivo India
10-2015 - 1-2019
DGM - HR
Samsung Group (Cheil India)
4-2014 - 9-2015
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Videocon Telecommunications Ltd
4-2013 - 3-2014
Manager - Human Resources
Videocon Telecommunications Ltd
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Education
3-2023 - 2-2024
Executive Leadership Program
Indian School of Business
2003 - 2005
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Xavier Institute of Social Service
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