Kalpan Desai

Current

Talent Acquisition at Viacom18
Talent Acquisition - Human Resources at COLORS VIACOM18

Past

Executive at GroupM
Management Trainee at Hindustan Times
Executive - Human Resources at HT Media Ltd.

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Education

South Gujarat University
South Gujarat University

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Kalpan Desai’s Summary

HR professional with substantial Media experience & expertise in Talent Acquisition, Talent Engagement & Learning & Development.

Kalpan Desai’s Specialties:

Talent Acquisition
Talent Engagement
Learning & Development

Kalpan Desai’s Experience

Talent Acquisition

Viacom18

(Public Company; VIA; Entertainment industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

Responsible for Talent Acquisition @ Vicaom18.

Handling the recruitments for all the channels under Viacom18 i.e. Colors, MTV, Nick, Vh1 & Studio18.

Single handedly handled the recruitment for GEC - Colors.

Also, handle Training and Engagement activities along with other Team mates.
Talent Acquisition - Human Resources

COLORS VIACOM18

(Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

2008 — Present (2 years )
Executive

GroupM

(Public Company; WPPGY; Marketing and Advertising industry)

March 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 2 months)

Solely responsible for Recruitments at GroupM and all the SBU falling under it i.e. Mindshare, Mindshare Fulcrum, Maxus, ESP, Interaction, Mediaedge, Mediacom.

Was involved in transition of Mediacom from Grey Worldwide to GroupM and setting up HR processes and compensation w.r.t. GroupM bands.

Also coordinated with the HR Director for Performance Appraisal.

SOX Audit
Management Trainee

Hindustan Times

(Public Company; Newspapers industry)

July 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 8 months)

Payroll processing for 600 employees in Mumbai location & Coordinating with 7 different locations in West & South for the salary Input.

Recruitment for Media Marketing & Sales team for West & South.

Benefits

Manpower Budgeting for year 2005-2006, 2006-2007 & preparing the projected budget for year 2007-2008.

Coordination for Performance Appraisal
Executive - Human Resources

HT Media Ltd.

(Broadcast Media industry)

2005 — 2007 (2 years )

Kalpan Desai’s Education

South Gujarat University

Masters , Human Resources , 2003 — 2005
South Gujarat University

B.Sc , MATHEMATICS , 2000 — 2003

Graduated with Honors in Mathematics. Minored in Physic.
Program: 1 semester at NIIT.