Kalyani Balashanker(she/they)

Kalyani Balashanker has over 15 years of experience in HR and operations. Currently, they are the Director of People and Culture at Una Brands since January 2022. Prior to this, they served as the Senior Manager of People and Culture at Una Brands from August 2021 to January 2022. Kalyani also worked at ServiceStack Technologies Pvt Ltd. as an HR and Operations professional from July 2018 to August 2021. They were the Regional Manager of HR and Training at Fabindia Overseas Pvt Ltd. in 2012 for a duration of six months. Additionally, they held the position of Senior Manager of Human Resources at Dhanlaxmi Bank, Thrissur from July 2009 to January 2012. In 2006, they started their career as an Assistant Manager of Human Resources at Shoppers Stop, Mumbai and worked there for three years.

Kalyani Balashanker completed an MBA in Marketing from the Indian Institute of Modern Management in Pune from 2004 to 2006. Prior to that, they obtained a BA in Economics from Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce, Pune, from 2001 to 2004. In terms of additional certifications, Kalyani obtained a Technical Recruiting certification from LinkedIn in October 2020, and a Goal Setting: Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) certification from LinkedIn in August 2020. They also pursued HR Service Delivery (HRSD) Quebec Delta certification and a Partner Pre Sales HRSD Specialization certification from ServiceNow, for which the dates of completion are not specified.