About

Omkar Pradhan (OP) is a highly motivated and results-oriented Human Resource professional with close to 9 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, HR Transformation, Creating & Building People Strategies & Delivering Outcomes which bring Business Impact. He advocates the thought process that "HR Is a Product" & Not a Support Function. OP has a Bachelor of Commerce (University of Mumbai) along with a Diploma in Human Resource (DHRM) & Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource (PGDM) from Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WIMDR) and a Post-Graduate Certification in Human Resource Management (PGCHRM) from XLRI Jamshedpur. He is also an AON Certified Talent Acquisition Professional. OP loves building businesses by means of acquiring the best talent. He is skilled in sourcing, screening, working on strategies to tap high intellect talent all across geographies, all-round tactical and strategic talent mapping and talent architecture, managing & retaining top talent for the organization, digital HR transformation - researching & implementing digital 1st HR solutions, and HR & talent analytics - observing & working on numbers within the talent function. Currently, OP is the Lead - People, Culture & Talent at GoKwik, an e-commerce enablement company that focuses predominantly on solving crucial e-commerce issues like boosting conversion rates across the e-commerce funnel and reducing RTO for their partners. He is responsible for building a team of Real Rockstars in their field to fuel this profit-making start-up, which is growing at a rapid pace. Prior to GoKwik, OP has worked with Recruitment Route as a Community Builder & Enabler and with Aakash Educational Services Limited as a Senior Manager | Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding. At Aakash, he spearheaded the talent acquisition & employer branding for their digital vertical, which is Aakash EduTech Private Limited, an amalgamation of Aakash Digital + Meritnation (Erstwhile), a Blackstone PE investee company. After acquisition by BYJU's, he led efforts on attracting, hiring & building their engineering team for the digital test prep business @BYJUs. OP's education history includes a Post Graduate Certification in Human Resource Management (PGCHRM) from XLRI, a Diploma in Human Resource from Welingkar Institute of Management, a Bachelor Of Commerce (B.com) from the University of Mumbai, and a Post Graduate Degree in Business Management with a focus on Human Resources Development from NMIMS