Area of Expertise: OB, HR & Strategy
Krithivasan S is a senior Human Resources professional with 18+ years of experience across HR leadership, talent acquisition, university hiring, HR strategy, employee engagement and people management. He currently serves as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Prayagh Consumer Care Pvt Ltd, where he leads the people and people-strategy agenda for the rapidly growing FMCG and confectionery organization.
He brings extensive experience in campus recruitment, talent strategy and early-career hiring, having spent several years leading university hiring and strategic HR initiatives at Virtusa. His career also includes HR leadership roles at Pickyourtrail, YourTribe and Deloitte, along with earlier experience in recruitment and HR services.
Areas of Expertise
- Human Resource Strategy & Leadership
- Talent Acquisition & University Hiring
- Leadership Development & Talent Management
- Employee Engagement & People Experience
- HR Business Partnership
- Employer Branding
- Learning & Development
- Performance Management
- Organizational Culture & Transformation
- Campus Recruitment & Early-Career Talent
Career & Professional Highlights
- Currently serves as Chief Human Resources Officer at Prayagh Consumer Care Pvt Ltd, leading people strategy for the organization.
- Brings 18+ years of experience in Human Resources, with substantial expertise in talent acquisition, university hiring and HR strategy.
- Previously served as Director & Head – HR at Pickyourtrail, following several years in HR leadership and university hiring roles at Virtusa.
- At Virtusa, held progressively senior roles spanning HR Strategy, Partnerships and Global University Hiring, with nearly a decade of experience in the organization.
- Has also held HR leadership responsibilities at YourTribe and earlier HR roles at Deloitte and MeritTrac Services.
- Has extensive experience in campus hiring, having spent nearly two decades engaging with students and building early-career talent pipelines.
- Recognized as a Young HR Achiever by the World HRD Congress in 2018 for initiatives undertaken for the student community at Virtusa.
- Holds an Executive Diploma in Human Resource Management from XLRI Jamshedpur, a PGDHRM from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, and a B.Com from the University of Madras.
- Actively contributes to HR thought leadership, career development and industry–academia engagement, including sessions for management students and young professionals.