Dedication, Integrity,
Trust, Sensitivity

– cornerstones of our success

Ad Astra is a full-suite bespoke talent solution firm established in January 2007. We offer the best in recruitment practices to our clientele who range from marquee Fortune 500 firms to emerging growth corporations and startups. We attribute our success to proven best practices, our people and in-depth understanding of our clients. Ad Astra is committed to helping organisations identify star talents in order to maintain leadership positions in their chosen markets.

Ad Astra has been ranked No. 1 among Top 5 Most Promising HR Consulting Companies in India by SiliconIndia. They have ranked us as a firm in India that specializes in blending the global resources and best practices, thus meeting the talent demands of clients. Ad Astra is a women-owned organisation and our promoters have been ranked among top 25 women entrepreneurs building India globally. Ad Astra has won awards from Fortune 50 firms for being a partner of choice for diversity hiring.

Our Value Proposition

REACH

Placements in
33+ Countries

Recruitment in Metro &
Rural areas pan India

PEOPLE

Overall Team of 200+

Leadership team with
150+ yrs of
Industry Experience

TECHNOLOGY

Configurable Dashboard
for Bespoke Solutions

Powered by ML & AI

HIRING STRATEGY

Bespoke
Talent Mapping

Account
Specific Teams

DOMAIN EXPERTISE

Deep Industry
Knowledge

Proactive
Research Team

VISION

To be the leading HR Solutions provider in Asia, a respected employer and the preferred vendor of choice.

Mission

To change lives everyday – one job at a time.

Core values

Dedication to Every Client’s Success – through innovation and excellence in quality
Building Integrity and Trust – through honest work ethics and fair policies for clients and employees alike
Leading with Sensitivity – through thoughtfulness and responsibility

OUR TEAM

Nirupama V.G.
Managing Director
Sourav Bose
Vice President
Manuj Bij
General Manager
Bikram Basu
General Manager
Amrita Menon
General Manager - BD

Advisory Board

Dr G K Jayaram
Advisory Board Chairperson
V Raja
Advisory Board Member
D N Prasad
Advisory Board Member
  • Nirupama V.G.
    Managing Director

    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.

  • Sourav Bose
    Vice President

    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.

  • Manuj Bij
    General Manager

    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.

  • Bikram Basu
    General Manager

    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 Menon
    General Manager - BD

    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.

  • Dr G K Jayaram
    Advisory Board Chairperson

    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.

  • V Raja
    Advisory Board Member

    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.

  • D N Prasad
    Advisory Board Member

    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.