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Vartika Shrivastava

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TA Leader, Operations & DDIT - India & APMA at Novartis
📍 India

Vartika Shrivastava is a Talent Acquisition Leader at Novartis, specializing in aligning business strategy with talent initiatives for the India & APMA regions. She has deep expertise in both high-volume and niche hiring, with a background that includes leadership roles at Cisco. Vartika recently completed an executive program in Business & Corporate Law from IIM Calcutta.

She is deeply invested in continuous learning and personal development, having recently taken a career break to pursue executive education. Vartika is passionate about emotional intelligence and fostering a culture that reflects an organizations core values. She values creating meaningful impact and strong partnerships in her professional life.

Unique fact: Vartika is a certified Black Belt, a rigorous process improvement methodology, which she can apply to talent acquisition processes.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
TA Leader, Operations & DDIT - India & APMA
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
India
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Strategic Talent Acquisition
Her core focus is creating innovative recruitment strategies that align with business goals and ensure a strong cultural and behavioral fit for new hires at Novartis.
Continuous Learning
She recently took a career break for professional development, completing an executive program in Business & Corporate Law at IIM Calcutta and pursuing a PGDM from XLRI.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
TA Leader, Operations & DDIT - India & APMA
Novartis
2-2024 - 2-2025
Professional development
Career Break
6-2019 - 1-2024
TA leader- India Engineering
Cisco
5-2013 - 5-2019
Recruiting Business Partner
Cisco
7-2007 - 4-2013
Talent Acquisition Partner
NDS Limited
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Education
2024 - 2026
PGDM for Emerging CHRO (Pursuing)
XLRI Jamshedpur
2023 - 2024
Executive Program in Business & Corporate Law
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
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