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600 plus attendees to attend Unstop’s Talent Meet 2024
Mumbai: Unstop, the talent discovery, engagement, and hiring platform for students and graduates, is conducting the Unstop Talent Meet 2024 on 20th March at Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru. The event shall bring together HR leaders, university partners, and students to address the one thought driving the ever-evolving HR landscape – what’s the future of talent hiring?
Unstop Talent Meet 2024 is expected to have 600 plus attendees, 300 plus organisations, 25 panel speakers, and seven plus speaker sessions. Rahul Subramanian is set to host the event in his unique engaging style. Industry leaders including Deloitte partner Nathan SV; People Strong group CEO Pankaj Bansal; PwC partner Padmaja Alaganandan; Adani Group global chief human resource officer Vikram Tandon will be present at the event. A unique series of discussions titled Talent Talks will provide insights into employer branding, talent assessment and share secrets to hire ‘right’. Speakers from brands such as Marico, Air India, ITC, Mondelēz, L’Oreal, Lenovo, Ather, and many more, shall participate in the Talent Talks.
The event will see the release of the much awaited Unstop Talent Report 2024 based on the views shared by students, HR leaders and university partners. The report will reveal insights into Talent Discovery, Engagement and assessments. Burning questions such as who is hiring now and how to bridge the skill gap to help students land their dream jobs shall be answered in the report.
The Unstop employer branding tracker will be released with the dream employers list in various categories as voted and curated by students. Alongside this, students will be recognized for their performance and participation in competitions all year long through the Unstop Talent Awards 2024.
Unstop founder and CEO Ankit Aggarwal said, “We are pleased to announce Unstop Talent Meet 2024, formerly called the Unstop Campus Hiring Meet. It is the biggest platform of its kind for students, graduates, HR leaders, and industry experts to come together, share insights, and explore opportunities. We invite HR leaders, university partners and students to come together and unlock possibilities on the playground of opportunities.”
The event saw 300 plus HR leaders, 180 plus organisations, 50 plus universities, 20 plus panellists last year.
Brands
Nestlé India names Prateek Tripathi head of IS/IT and business excellence
Analytics veteran brings over two decades of data and governance expertise
GURUGRAM: Nestlé India has appointed Prateek Tripathi as head of IS/IT and Nestlé Business Excellence, effective 1 April, 2026, subject to approvals, the company said in a regulatory filing.
Tripathi will succeed Krishna Guha Roy, who will step down from the role on 31 March, 2026 to take up a larger leadership position within the global Nestlé group.
The company disclosed the development in a filing to stock exchanges under Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements.
Tripathi, 45, joined Nestlé in 2019 and currently serves as data governance lead for the Asia, Oceania and Africa zone since February 2025. In this role, he has helped strengthen analytics and data integration capabilities across the South Asia region.
Before joining Nestlé, Tripathi held leadership roles at General Electric, Citibank, Parle Agro and Nielsen, bringing more than 21 years of experience in analytics, data governance and business transformation.
At Nestlé, he began as data analytics manager and played a key role in shaping the company’s data governance framework, driving compliance with internal policies while identifying optimisation opportunities across markets in the Asia-Oceania-Africa zone.
Tripathi holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, computer science and statistics from Osmania University and a postgraduate diploma in business management from Goa Institute of Management.
The company said his experience in analytics, governance and digital integration positions him to lead Nestlé India’s IT and business excellence function as the firm scales its technology and data-led initiatives.
