Ashok Ranjith

Hi,

Congratulations on managing talent strategy during these challenging market conditions. Deep University partnership & campus recruiting strategy is gaining high significance in enabling organizations to scale up their revenue and margins. I have plans to passively explore good leadership opportunities in the University Recruitment landscape. As future demand from campus channels is expected to rise significantly in the next five years, deep campus partnership is seen as a very decisive strategy among many reputed organizations.

My profile Summary:

I led LTIMIndtree & Cognizant’s Early Career Talent, University Recruitment, Campus Liaison, Talent Attraction, Academic skill partnership, and Diversity campus recruiting program. Handled 10 full life cycle University Recruitment with Cognizant and played a pivotal role in Cognizant’s fast phased growth journey from 1 billion USD to 17+ billion USD in 15 years. 

·       I manage end-to-end entry-level workforce planning strategy, responsible for strategizing the infusion of early career talent with high learning agility from top Universities.

·       The portfolio includes all aspects of university recruitment, talent attraction, employer branding, infusion of skill training in the college curriculum, process transformation, campus planning, and talent branding engagements, recruitment, and onboarding.

·       Transformed Cognizant campus recruitment slots from Slot–II to Slot-I and introduced democratic slot sharing mode which is the most preferred campus recruitment model today among all key Universities and top IT service organizations.

·       Responsible for the partnership with technology organizations for skill-based recruitment service delivery models and diversity initiatives

·       Managing University recruitment for multiple businesses supported processes to deliver skill-ready resources.

·       Managing the extended role of an executive coach for Cognizant North America, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore location to train campus liaison and operations best practices and customize it location specific.

·       Managing a pan-India integrated team, driving a broad portfolio of transformation programs to drive effectiveness and efficiency.

·       Built a world-class university relations program with a differentiated approach from other competition with the go to campus approach.

Regards,

Ashok Ranjith R

LTIMindtree, Principal Director-HR

Ex-Cognizant Technology Solutions

Director- Human Resources

Career Experience:

• Oct 2021 – Till Date         : LTIMindtree, Principal Director – HR, University Liaison & Early Career Talent Hiring
• Jan 2007 – Sep 2021         : Cognizant Technology Solutions, Associate Director – HR, University Liaison, Early Career
• Nov 2004 – Jan 2007        : Data Software Research Company, HR Business Partner
• May 2002-Nov 2004        : Savant Technologies, HR Business Partner

Education: Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, University Of Madras, 2002