At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top India based COO’ operating in the Human Resources space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Smiti Deorah
COO & Co-Founder of Advantage Club
Responsible for the company’s business operations, customer relations and employee development. UCLA, Mumbai University, Reliance and Microsoft alumni. Her extreme attention to detailing and deep affinity to benefit customers by serving them motivated her to leave Microsoft and start Work Advantage.
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About Advantage Club: Advantage Club provides an AI-driven platform intended for driving employee engagement.

Venkat Balan
COO of ZingHR
Venkat Balan has more than 20 years experience of commitment and passion to his job and team. His technical and functional knowledge have made him an inspiring leader across companies. In his career, he has held multiple Senior and Higher Management roles and has helped organizations streamline their Process Quality and HR operations, working with people-intensive companies such as Godrej, Birla, Patni and Quinnox. Venkat is an Engineering graduate and an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, (NMIMS).
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About ZingHR: An Enterprise HCM platform for the betterment of workforces covering the entire spectrum from Onboarding to Exit and beyond.

Saurabh Bansal
Co-Founder & COO of Career Power
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About Adda247, Career Power: Career Power is a premier institute for Government Jobs Preparation
Saurabh Tandon
COO of BetterPlace Safety Solutions
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About BetterPlace Safety Solutions: BetterPlace provides businesses with contractor workforce management, including onboarding, training, and background checks.

Alcino Dsouza
COO of Book My Bai
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About Book My Bai: The new way to hire a trusted maid.

Darshan Godbole
COO @Wenger & Watson of Wenger & Watson Inc.
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About Wenger & Watson Inc.: Wenger and Watson is featured in Silicon India Magazine as the Top Recruitment firm (Company of the year 2014) in Staffing and Recruitment.

Mike Seidle
Chief Operating Officer & Cofounder of PivotCX.io
Mike Seidle is an technology entrepreneur based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mike’s startups include Indy Associates, Professional Blog Service, Virtual Payment Systems and Work Here.
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About PivotCX.io: PivotCX creates the best candidate experience to increase candidate response and decrease time to hire
Pooja Shukla
Founder & COO of LearnKartS
Pooja Shukla is a co-Founder and COO at LearnkartS.
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About LearnKartS: Find perfect IT Trainer for your Training need or Look for freelance Training jobs online

Raghav Jain
Co-Founder & COO of Zobtree
Raghav Jain is the Co-Founder & COO of Zobtree.
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About Zobtree: Zobtree is a referral recruitment platform that enables its users to utilize social networks to seek for job referrals.
Nishant Trivedi
COO of TalentRupt
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About TalentRupt: TalentRupt is a global offshore recruiting company focused on healthcare, clinical and scientific, finance, and technology.
Harshal Chaudhari
Founder & COO of VAUCH Information Technology Private Limited
Harshal Chaudhari is a co-Founder and COO at VAUCH Information Technology.
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About VAUCH Information Technology Private Limited: Software Products
Harshal Chaudhari
Founder & COO of VAUCH Information Technology Private Limited
Harshal Chaudhari is a co-Founder and COO at VAUCH Information Technology.
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About VAUCH Information Technology Private Limited: Software Products