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Subhajit Adhikari

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Director Talent Acquisition at SMC Squared India
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Subhajit Adhikari is the Director of Talent Acquisition at SMC Squared, leveraging over 17 years of experience building recruitment strategies for the tech sector. An alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur, he focuses on Global Capability Centers (GCCs). Colleagues consistently describe him as creative, approachable, genuine, and highly responsive.

Outside of his professional life, Subhajit values long-term connections and nostalgia. He enjoys reconnecting with old friends from his school days at Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) and reflects on how those formative years helped shape the person he is today.

He had an epiphany in an elevator about management, observing that successful leaders are ultimately focused on the outcome, a philosophy he reflects on.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Director Talent Acquisition
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Subhajit shows up

Hard To Convince
Fast But Analytical
Quality Focused

They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service

Priorities

Topics Subhajit cares about

GCC Talent Strategy
His current role at SMC Squared is focused on establishing and managing Global Capability Centers (GCCs), which he describes as a trailblazing approach to talent.
Tech Recruiting
He has spent his career recruiting top talent for technology, analytics, and product management roles at major companies like Lowe's and GE.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Director Talent Acquisition
SMC Squared India
7-2022 - 5-2025
Associate Director- HR Talent Acquisition
Lowe's India
8-2020 - 7-2022
Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition (Head Technology Hiring & Channel's Team)
Lowe's India
1-2018 - 8-2020
Manager Talent Acquisition (Information Technology & Others) at Lowe's Companies, Inc
Lowe's India
12-2015 - 12-2017
Talent Recruitment Leader at John F.Welch Technology Centre
GE
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2010 - 2011
PGDC HRM
XLRI Jamshedpur
1999 - 2003
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
Sir MVIT, Bangalore
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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