The Managing Director and mastermind behind Ad Astra, Nirupama V G, comes with a 25-year experience in HR, Business Development, and Recruitment Consulting. As part of the Management Team, Nirupama has co-founded 3 of India’s largest HR Consulting firms which were later acquired by Multinational HR firms. She has been an integral part of many Multinational companies successfully setting up their operations and has been driving successful service delivery in some of the toughest industries. She is revered as a Thought Leader in the HR Consulting and Recruitment Industry in India. She has also served on the Executive Council of Executive Recruiters Association and is a Career Mentor with Monster– the world’s largest job portal. She holds an MBA in HR from NIPM, India.

A co-founder of Ad Astra, Sourav Bose, heads the international business and India’s eastern region Business Operations. His MBA from Burdwan University, India coupled with over two decades of experience in Business Development and Recruitment Consulting, has made him an expert in Turnkey Project Management. He has helped various companies set up their operations in the eastern region of India. He believes in a focused approach and continuous investment to enhance operational and delivery standards. He specialises in the implementation of global best practices along with a blend of technology and CRM. In his stint before Ad Astra, he built the entire business of a large recruitment firm, which made the company one of the top 3 firms in a span of 1 year.

Packed with two decades of experience in the talent search and staffing industry, Manuj, has been successful in placing CXO talents in industries like FMCG, Automobile, Consumer Durable, Telecom, Heavy Manufacturing, Chemical and Infrastructure. He has successfully executed multiple RPOs and Project Hirings, for various multinationals and large Indian corporations. He currently heads the northern region operations for Ad Astra. He enjoys networking and creating high-performance teams while being adept at key Account Management and Business Development. He is a commerce graduate and MBA by qualification.

The head of Business Development of the western region, Bikram Basu, has experience in various areas like sales, marketing, consulting and business development. Before moving to Consulting 10 years before, he has had 15 years of experience in training, logistics and telecom. In Ad Astra, as a part of the Strategy Team, he works on the acquisition and mining of National Strategic Accounts, utilising his expertise in research. He is a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from NIS Sparta, India.

Amrita takes care of Business Development for Southern Region in Ad Astra Consultants. She comes with more than 25 years of experience across various industries like Banking and Finance, Advertising and Retail . Post the initial stint at Apple Finance, she took on senior roles as a private banker at ING Vysya Bank and Societe Generale. After 15 years in banking and finance, she moved to the Advertising and Retail industry where she worked at as a business development consultant.  She holds a post graduate diploma in Business Management from T. A. Pai Management Institute.   She is an avid runner and has taken part in many half marathons across India.

G.K. Jayaram is the founder and managing director of the Institute of Leadership and Institutional Development (ILID). He was the first Chairman of Infosys, and the Founding Director of the award-winning Infosys Leadership Institute based in Mysore. Jayaram has had a four decades-long career in the consulting and corporate worlds.

In a career spanning over 37 years in Fortune 100 companies, including Philips ( 2 years) , GE (14 years) and Unilever (8 Years), held leadership roles such as CEO (13 years), CFO (11 years), Business Development Director, Sourcing, Commodity Buying head, HR and Legal cum Secretarial leader.

Conferred as a Master Professional(IHRP-MP) by Institute for Human Resource Professionals (IHRP) in 2019, D N Prasad is well-known in the HR Space. He has now joined Public Service with the Singapore Government, as Senior Director for Strategy, People and Organization, with GovTech. Prior to this he worked Infosys for over seven years and in google for eleven years. Currently serves on the board of Management Studies of T.A. Pai Management Institute.