Kanishk Chauhan
HR Director
- Role
- Director at Riversource Capital
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kanishk Chauhan
A career built across Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Africa Markets has shaped a distinctive perspective on how businesses scale, transform, and sustain themselves through people. Deep exposure to industries such as manufacturing, retail, energy, aviation, logistics, insurance, and investments has enabled a broad understanding of both operational realities and strategic shifts.Known for bridging business ambition with organisational capability, with a track record of aligning structure, talent, and leadership to real-world growth and transformation agendas. Experience spans multi-country talent & culture lead, strategic business partnership, operations, industrial relations, workforce transitions, change management, leadership coaching and embedding global frameworks within local contexts, all while navigating the cultural, commercial, and regulatory nuances unique to each market.Beyond function, there is a deep commitment to business impact, working with CXOs and regional leaders to solve for capability gaps, drive accountability, and build cultures that can adapt at pace. Exposure to entrepreneurial ventures and advisory roles has further sharpened commercial acumen and agility.At the core I believe that people strategy must move in lockstep with business strategy, fluid, grounded, and designed for what’s next.
Experience
Director
Oct 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Served as one of the founding directors at Riversource Capital, an investment firm focused on managing alternative investment funds for HNIs, UHNIs, and global financial institutions. Played a hands-on role in setting up the business, shaping its operational backbone, building the organisational framework, and driving early-stage business development. Contributed to building investor relationships, setting up governance and compliance structures, and defining the firm’s investment thesis in India’s real estate sector. This phase marked a deliberate shift from a pure HR career into the entrepreneurial ecosystem, offering end-to-end exposure to how capital, people, and business strategy come together to scale a niche financial platform.
Education
Maharshi Dayanand University
B.Tech, Electronics & Communication Engg.
2003 — 2007
Xavier Institute of Social Service
PGDPM, Personnel Management
2008 — 2010
Skills
- Employee Benefits
- Recruitments
- HR Consulting
- Organizational Development
- Strategic HR
- Sap HR
- Succession Planning
- Screening
- Deferred Compensation
- Compensation & Benefits
- Hris
- HR Policies
- Performance Management
- Employee Training
- Human Resources
- Technical Recruiting
- Employment Law
- Talent Acquisition
- Performance Appraisal
- Sourcing
- Vendor Management
- Employee Engagement
- Industrial Relations
- Personnel Management
- Policy
- Business Development
- Employee Relations
- Training
- Change Management
- Talent Management
- Compensation & Benefit
- Grievances
- Recruiting
- Team Management
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