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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.
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Coca-Cola appoints Tapaswee Chandele as Global Chief People Officer
Succeeds Lisa Chang from May 1, reports to CEO Henrique Braun
MUMBAI- When leadership refreshes, culture often follows and The Coca-Cola Company is pouring a new mix into its global people strategy. The company has appointed Tapaswee Chandele as its Global Chief People Officer, marking a key transition in its human resources leadership as long-time executive Lisa Chang steps down after seven years in the role.
The appointment, effective May 1, positions Chandele at the helm of Coca-Cola’s global people agenda at a time when multinational organisations are rethinking talent, culture and leadership pipelines in an increasingly hybrid and competitive workforce landscape.
In her new role, she will report to chief executive officer Henrique Braun, signalling the strategic importance of HR within the company’s top leadership structure.
Chandele brings over two decades of institutional knowledge to the role. She currently serves as senior vice president and executive assistant to president and chief financial officer John Murphy, a position she has held since May 2025, placing her at the centre of the company’s financial and operational decision-making. Prior to this, she spent six years, from 2019 to 2025, as senior vice president of global talent, development and HR system partnerships, where she led Coca-Cola’s worldwide talent strategy and worked closely within Chang’s leadership team.
Her journey with Coca-Cola began in 2001 in India, and over the years she has built a cross-market perspective through roles spanning human resources and talent development. Her international assignments across Turkiye and South Africa, followed by a relocation to the United States in 2017, reflect a career shaped by both geographic and functional diversity, an increasingly critical trait for global leadership roles.
The transition also marks the end of Lisa Chang’s seven-year tenure, during which she played a central role in shaping Coca-Cola’s global people practices through a period defined by organisational transformation and evolving workforce expectations.
Chandele’s elevation comes at a time when HR is no longer a back-office function but a strategic driver of growth, culture and resilience. As Coca-Cola looks ahead, the focus will likely be on aligning talent strategy with business agility ensuring that the people behind the brand remain as globally adaptive as the product itself.
