Nirmal Nair

About Nirmal Nair

Hands-On Talent Acquisition Professional with a constant desire to learn and deliver. • Start-up expertise in Recruitment & Selection. Set-up and scaled the Talent Acquisition COE for multiple organizations.• Proven ability in cost and resource optimization, productivity enhancement, and process improvement. Set up and empowered teams to deliver desired results. • Leadership Hiring, Project Hiring, Campus Engagements, Employer Branding, Talent Pipeline, Value Maximisation, Capacity and Capability Planning, Train-The-Recruiter, Promoting Diversity – have been some of the highlights of my career.• Fortunate to have Best Of Both Worlds in Talent Acquisition. My experience with Search Firms helped build rigour from a process, research and in-depth perspective. Large Indian Conglomerates like Suzlon Energy, Reliance Media, Essel Group, Times Group and Tata Retail provided exposure to scale, diversity & complexity.• Some of the guiding values that have shaped my career - customer centricity, action bias, performance culture, work ethics & integrity, team work, strategic intent, building diversity, and a solution-focused approach - all of this aimed at enhancing stakeholder value.

Experience

1. Head - Group Talent Acquisition

   Suzlon Group

   Mar 2025 — Present · Pune, IN

   Suzlon is a world leader in wind energy, with expansions in other renewable platforms and allied verticals. With presence in 17 countries and research centres in India, Germany & Netherland, we have established ourselves as a significant player in the global renewable energy space. My team and I help Suzlon to strengthen its talent pool and provide exciting career opportunities to those interested in making an impact in the renewable energy industry. Welcome to Suzlon - a Certified Great Place To Work!

Education

• Thomas Assessments

  Certified Assessor For Assessment Centres

  2013 — 2013

• MiddleEarth-Carlton Advanced Management Institute

  Certified Recruitment Analyst

  2011 — 2011

• MMS, University of Mumbai

  Masters Of Management Studies - 2 year full-time, Management

  1995 — 1997

• Gallup Inc

  Certified Strenghts Coach

  2016 — 2017

• Certified Assessor for Assessment Centres

  VSS Consultants

  2004 — 2004

• Public Speaking, Indo American Society

  Effective Public Speaking

  1995 — 1995

• Harvard Manage Mentor

  12-module Certification from Harvard Business Publishing

  2014 — 2015

• NIIT

  Diploma in Systems Management

  1992 — 1992

• DISC Profiling, Thomas Assessments

  Inventory based DISC Profiling

  2006 — 2006

• CBHRM, XLRI

  Competency Based HRM

  2007 — 2007

• SDHRM, Mumbai Education Trust

  Specialised Diploma in Human Resource Management -, HRM, OD & CM, Trg, HRD, C&B, Groups & Individuals.

  2009 — 2010

• Sales Training, Bell Canada Inc

  Sales Training

  1993 — 1993

Skills

• Performance Appraisal
• Performance Management
• Business
• Team Management
• Analysis
• Recruiting
• Talent Acquisition
• Sourcing
• Screening Resumes
• Talent Management
• Employee Relations
• Human Resources
• Screening
• Career Counseling
• Personnel Management
• Employee Engagement
• Market Intelligence
• HR Policies