Ankur Poddar is a dynamic HR leader whose career journey blends engineering precision with people-first purpose. With over 17 years of multi-industry experience across telecom, technology, FMCG, and financial services, Ankur has consistently driven cultural transformation, leadership development, and talent alignment at scale.
Currently leading Culture & HR Ops at Lenovo India, Ankur oversees people strategy across major business verticals—including Commercial and Consumer—impacting thousands of employees nationwide. His ability to balance operational depth with strategic foresight has made him a trusted architect of progressive, performance-driven work cultures.
Previously at Airtel and Marico, Ankur shaped workforce capability across complex functions—retail, broadband, talent acquisition—building scalable systems that directly fueled growth. His expertise spans circle HR leadership, national hiring strategies, and pan-India engagement frameworks that resonate deeply across hierarchies.
As a featured writer and thought leader, Ankur’s published works on employee retention, workplace energy, and executional excellence reflect his intellectual clarity and ground-level practicality. His voice adds powerful depth to the AI at Work Community, where he explores how automation, data, and empathy can co-exist in modern HR ecosystems.
Ankur Poddar doesn’t just manage change—he humanizes it. His unique blend of tech fluency, cultural insight, and authentic leadership continues to make a meaningful impact across the evolving world of work.
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