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Saurabh Upadhyay

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Senior Vice President and Head HR at Medanta
📍 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Saurabh Upadhyay is a senior HR leader with over 27 years of experience across the healthcare, data science, and consumer goods sectors. As the Senior VP & Head of HR at Medanta, he leads the people strategy. He holds a Masters in HR from JBIMS and has trained in leadership development at Harvard Business School.

Outside of his professional life, Saurabh is interested in photography and travel. He also expresses his creativity through writing and is an unpublished poet. These pursuits highlight a creative and observant side to his personality, complementing his analytical professional skills.

He was awarded a University Gold Medal for achieving the top rank in his post-graduate degree in Psychology.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President and Head HR
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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People Strategy
His career has centered on creating and executing people strategies for major global organizations like Medanta, Tredence, and Bacardi.
Organizational Culture
As Chief People Officer at Tredence, he championed a "people-first" approach, leading the company to become a "Great Place to Work-Certified" organization.
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Career

Work history

9-2023
Senior Vice President and Head HR
Medanta
3-2021 - 9-2023
Chief People Officer
Tredence Inc.
1-2019 - 2-2021
Human Resources Consultant, Advisor and Executive Coach
Freelance
9-2015 - 1-2019
VP - Human Resources, Asia Middle East & Africa (AMEA) and North Asia Pacific (NAPAC)
Bacardi
6-2010 - 8-2015
Director - Human Resources, India and South East Asia
Bacardi
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Education
2000 - 2003
MHRDM
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS)
1995 - 1997
MA
University of Lucknow
1993 - 1995
BA
University of Lucknow
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