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Vaibhav Dhawan

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Talent Acquisition and Talent management at GIA (Gemological Institute of America)
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Vaibhav Dhawan is a versatile HR professional with over 17 years of experience in talent acquisition and management across diverse industries like IT, Telecom, and Manufacturing. An alumnus of TISS and Punjab Engineering College, he focuses on creating happy and purposeful cultures with a bottom-line focus, leveraging his expertise in the complete employee lifecycle.

Outside of his HR career, Vaibhav is a Certified Happiness and Life Coach who follows the Ikigai philosophy. He is an avid reader, often sharing insights from books on performance, communication, and data-based worldviews. His personal approach is calm, approachable, and empathetic, which colleagues highly respect.

Unique fact: He is a National Sportsperson and was a finalist for the prestigious ET Young Leader award.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Talent Acquisition and Talent management
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Talent Management
His career spans the full employee lifecycle, from acquisition and onboarding to performance, engagement, and exit management across multiple high-profile companies.
Organizational Culture
He believes in a "3P approach" (People, Profit, Planet) and aims to build happy, healthy, and purposeful workplace cultures. Colleagues describe him as approachable and professional.
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Career

Work history

6-2021
Talent Acquisition and Talent management
GIA (Gemological Institute of America)
1-2021 - 5-2021
HR Consultant
HRipple Solutions
5-2020 - 12-2020
Senior Human Resources Manager
Nandan Petrochem Limited
10-2019 - 5-2020
Human Resources Lead
Aquasail India
2-2015 - 9-2019
Head of Human Resources and Administration
Red Apple Travel group
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Education
2007 - 2009
M.A in HRM&LR
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
1998 - 2002
B.E
Punjab Engineering College
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