Join us in Hyderabad
✦
January 30, 2026
✦
300 TA leaders
✦
100+ Companies
✦
15+ Industry Speakers
✦
Limited seats available
✦
Join us in Hyderabad
✦
January 30, 2026
✦
300 TA leaders
✦
100+ Companies
✦
15+ Industry Speakers
✦
Limited seats available
✦
Join us in Hyderabad
✦
January 30, 2026
✦
300 TA leaders
✦
100+ Companies
✦
15+ Industry Speakers
✦
Limited seats available
✦
Celebrating Talent Acquisition
InHyderabadiStyle
Like the perfect biryani, great hiring has layers, global TA leaders sharing strategies that actually work, one layer at a time
Recruiters.
Real Problems. Real Solutions.
FiesTA isn’t your usual recruiting event, 300+ TA leaders, real solutions, zero fluff. Connect, learn, and hire faster.
300+
Attendees
Attendees
15+
Speakers
Speakers
10+
Sessions
Sessions
100+
Companies
Companies
Partnered with ExecTASocial
To bring the best experience, this year we are proud to be
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Who & When
Who & When
Who & When
Schedule
One day. Dozens of insights. One shared goal: hire better people faster.
11:00
11:25
High-Performance Teams in the AI Era
Your Team vs. The Machine: Building Humans Worth Keeping in an AI World
Raghav Pavaman
General Manager & SVP at Candescent India
Jayant Patwardhan
Advisory Board, Zinnov
Piyush Raghuvanshi
CHRO, apna
09:00
09:25
Recruiting in the Age of Agents
Practical Tools for Today & Tomorrow
Johnny Campbell
CEO - SocialTalent
10:25
10:50
Telangana's GCC Vision
Building the Talent Backbone for Global Innovation
Government of Telangana
Government of Telangana
09:30
09:55
Leading in a Disrupted World
The TA Leader's Playbook for 2026–2027
Kevin Blair
Co-Founder - ExecTASocial
10:00
10:20
How We Rebuilt an AI Led Hiring OS (Without Replacing Humans)
Javeed A Khan
Co-Founder - TidyHire
11:30
11:45
From Cost Centres to Strategic Engines
Spotlight: Technogen
Prasad Vaddadi
Country Head - India GCC, Technogen India
Sneha Lohakare
Program Director, Technogen India
Rashmi Krishna
Chief Strategy Officer - Technogen
11:50
12:15
From 50 to 5,000
The Scaling Decisions That Made and Broke Us
Rajendra Prasad
Head of TA - Dream Sports
Pawan Sachdeva
MD - Carelon
Rajesh Menon
VP - CrowdStrike
Rashmi Krishna
Chief Strategy Officer - Technogen
12:15
13:00
Betting on Yourself When the Path Doesn't Exist Yet
Careers, Courage, and Reinvention
Mandira Bedi
Actress, TV Presenter, Entrepreneur
Divya Balraj
Country Head TA - Novatris
13:00
-
14:00
Lunch and Networking Break
17:35
17:50
Know your GCC
Rajesh Kosuri
Country Head - Mattel, Inc.
16:45
17:05
Candidate Experience is BS
Why We Pretend to Care But Don't
Bhragavi Divi
Head of TA, Cubic India
Jayshankar M
Senior Director – Talent Acquisition, Blue Yonder
Deepak Taduru
Head - Talent Acquisition, IQ-EQ
Sanjukta Mitra
Director - Customer Success, Technogen India
15:45
15:55
Early Careers - Off Campus
How do we look for the GEMS away from the Glitz and Glamour
Spotlight - CV CORP
Chaitanya Vaddi
CEO, CV CORP
15:55
16:05
Beyond Job Boards
Connecting with Senior Talent Through Trusted Alumni Networks
Spotlight - Vaave
Paresh Masade
Founder, Vaave
16:05
16:15
(n+1) : The FDE Movement
what no one said
Spotlight - Recro
Shubham Rastogi
Founder, Recro
15:20
15:40
Tech Stack Chaos 57 Tools and Still Broken
A Confession Session on TA Tech Buying
Keerthi Kariappa
Chief Customer Officer
Javeed A Khan
Co-Founder, Tidyhire
Savita Hortikar
Vice President- Global Head of Talent acquisition, Fractal
Chanakya Veladi
VP - Talent Acquisition, Feuji
17:10
17:30
I Hate Recruiting Now
The TA Burnout Nobody Discusses. When Did This Job Start Sucking?
Mitcch Duddani
Leadership & HR/Support Hiring Specialist
Arun Prasad
Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Flutter
Barnali Bhattacharjee
Head of Human Resources, FedEx Express
Kasturi R
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Alp Consulting
16:20
16:40
0 → IPO: The Hyderabad Story
G R Reddy
Founder - Husys Consulting Limited
Dr. Raj P Narayanam
Founder & Executive Chairman, Zaggle
Rajeshwar Rao
Vice President — Head Talent Acquisition, EdgeVerve
17:55
18:10
Know your GCC
Lalit Kumar
CEO, ArcelorMittal Global Business & Technologies
14:00
15:15
Start-up Showcase - powered by Triumphs of Talent
ZKY AI
Driven Background Verification
Exterview AI
Agentic Talent Intelligence Platform
SocialRipple.ai
Turns your workforce into your most powerful marketing engine, with trust and authenticity at scale
SourcingXPress
Turbo Charge Your Tech Hiring with SourcingXPress - Your Hiring Marketplace
HACKFORGE.ai
Hire Top Talent Through Hackathon
JusRecruit
Post the Job Role, wake Up to Shortlists
WYNPLOY
Elite Talent, Discovered Differently
Jury:
G R Reddy
Founder - Husys Consulting Limited
Rajesh Menon
Vice President, Global Business Services - CrowdStrike
Jayant Patwardhan
Advisor, GCCs/Technology/Leadership/Start Ups.
Raghav Pavaman
General Manager & SVP, India Operations - Candescent
Mohammed Fayaz
Founder, Triumphs of Talent
18:15
-
18:30
Vote of thanks
18:30
-
21:30
Networking Dinner
08:50
09:00
Why We Built FiesTA
Community Over Commerce, Transformation Over Transactions
Hari Krishna M
CEO - TidyHire & Co-Founder - FiesTA
11:00
11:25
High-Performance Teams in the AI Era
Your Team vs. The Machine: Building Humans Worth Keeping in an AI World
Raghav Pavaman
General Manager & SVP at Candescent India
Jayant Patwardhan
Advisory Board, Zinnov
Piyush Raghuvanshi
CHRO, apna
09:00
09:25
Recruiting in the Age of Agents
Practical Tools for Today & Tomorrow
Johnny Campbell
CEO - SocialTalent
10:25
10:50
Telangana's GCC Vision
Building the Talent Backbone for Global Innovation
Government of Telangana
Government of Telangana
09:30
09:55
Leading in a Disrupted World
The TA Leader's Playbook for 2026–2027
Kevin Blair
Co-Founder - ExecTASocial
10:00
10:20
How We Rebuilt an AI Led Hiring OS (Without Replacing Humans)
Javeed A Khan
Co-Founder - TidyHire
11:30
11:45
From Cost Centres to Strategic Engines
Spotlight: Technogen
Prasad Vaddadi
Country Head - India GCC, Technogen India
Sneha Lohakare
Program Director, Technogen India
11:50
12:15
From 50 to 5,000
The Scaling Decisions That Made and Broke Us
Rajendra Prasad
Head of TA - Dream Sports
Pawan Sachdeva
MD - Carelon
Rajesh Menon
VP - CrowdStrike
Rashmi Krishna
Chief Strategy Officer - Technogen
12:15
13:00
Betting on Yourself When the Path Doesn't Exist Yet
Careers, Courage, and Reinvention
Mandira Bedi
Actress, TV Presenter, Entrepreneur
Divya Balraj
Country Head TA - Novatris
13:00
-
14:00
Lunch and Networking Break
17:35
17:50
Know your GCC
Rajesh Kosuri
Country Head - Mattel, Inc.
16:45
17:05
Candidate Experience is BS
Why We Pretend to Care But Don't
Bhragavi Divi
Head of TA, Cubic India
Jayshankar M
Senior Director – Talent Acquisition, Blue Yonder
Deepak Taduru
Head - Talent Acquisition, IQ-EQ
Sanjukta Mitra
Director - Customer Success, Technogen India
15:45
15:55
Early Careers - Off Campus
How do we look for the GEMS away from the Glitz and Glamour
Spotlight - CV CORP
Chaitanya Vaddi
CEO, CV CORP
15:55
16:05
Beyond Job Boards
Connecting with Senior Talent Through Trusted Alumni Networks
Spotlight - Vaave
Paresh Masade
Founder, Vaave
16:05
16:15
(n+1) : The FDE Movement
what no one said
Spotlight - Recro
Shubham Rastogi
Founder, Recro
15:20
15:40
Tech Stack Chaos 57 Tools and Still Broken
A Confession Session on TA Tech Buying
Keerthi Kariappa
Chief Customer Officer
Javeed A Khan
Co-Founder, Tidyhire
Savita Hortikar
Vice President- Global Head of Talent acquisition, Fractal
Chanakya Veladi
VP - Talent Acquisition, Feuji
17:10
17:30
I Hate Recruiting Now
The TA Burnout Nobody Discusses. When Did This Job Start Sucking?
Mitcch Duddani
Leadership & HR/Support Hiring Specialist
Arun Prasad
Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Flutter
Barnali Bhattacharjee
Head of Human Resources, FedEx Express
Kasturi R
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Alp Consulting
16:20
16:40
0 → IPO: The Hyderabad Story
G R Reddy
Founder - Husys Consulting Limited
Dr. Raj P Narayanam
Founder & Executive Chairman, Zaggle
Rajeshwar Rao
Vice President — Head Talent Acquisition
17:55
18:10
Know your GCC
Lalit Kumar
CEO, ArcelorMittal Global Business & Technologies
14:00
15:15
Start-up Showcase - powered by Triumphs of Talent
ZKY AI
Driven Background Verification
Exterview AI
Agentic Talent Intelligence Platform
SocialRipple.ai
Turns your workforce into your most powerful marketing engine, with trust and authenticity at scale
SourcingXPress
Turbo Charge Your Tech Hiring with SourcingXPress - Your Hiring Marketplace
HACKFORGE.ai
Hire Top Talent Through Hackathon
JusRecruit
Post the Job Role, wake Up to Shortlists
WYNPLOY
Elite Talent, Discovered Differently
Jury:
G R Reddy
Founder - Husys Consulting Limited
Rajesh Menon
Vice President, Global Business Services - CrowdStrike
Jayant Patwardhan
Advisor, GCCs/Technology/Leadership/Start Ups.
Raghav Pavaman
General Manager & SVP, India Operations - Candescent
Mohammed Fayaz
Founder, Triumphs of Talent
18:15
-
18:30
Vote of thanks
18:30
-
21:30
Networking Dinner
08:50
09:00
Why We Built FiesTA
Community Over Commerce, Transformation Over Transactions
Hari Krishna M
CEO - TidyHire & Co-Founder - FiesTA
11:00
11:25
High-Performance Teams in the AI Era
Your Team vs. The Machine: Building Humans Worth Keeping in an AI World
Raghav Pavaman
General Manager & SVP at Candescent India
Jayant Patwardhan
Advisory Board, Zinnov
Piyush Raghuvanshi
CHRO, apna
09:00
09:25
Recruiting in the Age of Agents
Practical Tools for Today & Tomorrow
Johnny Campbell
CEO - SocialTalent
10:25
10:50
Telangana's GCC Vision
Building the Talent Backbone for Global Innovation
Government of Telangana
Government of Telangana
09:30
09:55
Leading in a Disrupted World
The TA Leader's Playbook for 2026–2027
Kevin Blair
Co-Founder - ExecTASocial
10:00
10:20
How We Rebuilt an AI Led Hiring OS (Without Replacing Humans)
Javeed A Khan
Co-Founder - TidyHire
11:30
11:45
From Cost Centres to Strategic Engines
Spotlight: Technogen
Prasad Vaddadi
Country Head - India GCC, Technogen India
Sneha Lohakare
Program Director, Technogen India
11:50
12:15
From 50 to 5,000
The Scaling Decisions That Made and Broke Us
Rajendra Prasad
Head of TA - Dream Sports
Pawan Sachdeva
MD - Carelon
Rajesh Menon
VP - CrowdStrike
Rashmi Krishna
Chief Strategy Officer - Technogen
12:15
13:00
Betting on Yourself When the Path Doesn't Exist Yet
Careers, Courage, and Reinvention
Mandira Bedi
Actress, TV Presenter, Entrepreneur
Divya Balraj
Country Head TA - Novatris
13:00
-
14:00
Lunch and Networking Break
17:35
17:50
Know your GCC
Rajesh Kosuri
Country Head - Mattel, Inc.
16:45
17:05
Candidate Experience is BS
Why We Pretend to Care But Don't
Bhragavi Divi
Head of TA, Cubic India
Jayshankar M
Senior Director – Talent Acquisition, Blue Yonder
Deepak Taduru
Head - Talent Acquisition, IQ-EQ
Sanjukta Mitra
Director - Customer Success, Technogen India
15:45
15:55
Early Careers - Off Campus
How do we look for the GEMS away from the Glitz and Glamour
Spotlight - CV CORP
Chaitanya Vaddi
CEO, CV CORP
15:55
16:05
Beyond Job Boards
Connecting with Senior Talent Through Trusted Alumni Networks
Spotlight - Vaave
Paresh Masade
Founder, Vaave
16:05
16:15
(n+1) : The FDE Movement
what no one said
Spotlight - Recro
Shubham Rastogi
Founder, Recro
15:20
15:40
Tech Stack Chaos 57 Tools and Still Broken
A Confession Session on TA Tech Buying
Keerthi Kariappa
Chief Customer Officer
Javeed A Khan
Co-Founder, Tidyhire
Savita Hortikar
Vice President- Global Head of Talent acquisition, Fractal
Chanakya Veladi
VP - Talent Acquisition, Feuji
17:10
17:30
I Hate Recruiting Now
The TA Burnout Nobody Discusses. When Did This Job Start Sucking?
Mitcch Duddani
Leadership & HR/Support Hiring Specialist
Arun Prasad
Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Flutter
Barnali Bhattacharjee
Head of Human Resources, FedEx Express
Kasturi R
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Alp Consulting
16:20
16:40
0 → IPO: The Hyderabad Story
G R Reddy
Founder - Husys Consulting Limited
Dr. Raj P Narayanam
Founder & Executive Chairman, Zaggle
Rajeshwar Rao
Vice President — Head Talent Acquisition
17:55
18:10
Know your GCC
Lalit Kumar
CEO, ArcelorMittal Global Business & Technologies
14:00
15:15
Start-up Showcase - powered by Triumphs of Talent
ZKY AI
Driven Background Verification
Exterview AI
Agentic Talent Intelligence Platform
SocialRipple.ai
Turns your workforce into your most powerful marketing engine, with trust and authenticity at scale
SourcingXPress
Turbo Charge Your Tech Hiring with SourcingXPress - Your Hiring Marketplace
HACKFORGE.ai
Hire Top Talent Through Hackathon
JusRecruit
Post the Job Role, wake Up to Shortlists
WYNPLOY
Elite Talent, Discovered Differently
Jury:
G R Reddy
Founder - Husys Consulting Limited
Rajesh Menon
Vice President, Global Business Services - CrowdStrike
Jayant Patwardhan
Advisor, GCCs/Technology/Leadership/Start Ups.
Raghav Pavaman
General Manager & SVP, India Operations - Candescent
Mohammed Fayaz
Founder, Triumphs of Talent
18:15
-
18:30
Vote of thanks
18:30
-
21:30
Networking Dinner
08:50
09:00
Why We Built FiesTA
Community Over Commerce, Transformation Over Transactions
Hari Krishna M
CEO - TidyHire & Co-Founder - FiesTA
FiesTA 2026 Speakers
FiesTA 2026 Speakers
FiesTA 2026 Speakers
Learn From Those Who Will Do It
Industry leaders who've built hiring teams, filled impossible reqs, and figured out what actually works at scale.
Why FiesTA
Why FiesTA
Why FiesTA
YOUR DAY AT FiesTA'26
See the tools teams use to screen thousands of candidates
See the tools teams use to screen thousands of candidates
See the tools teams use to screen thousands of candidates
Hear from leaders who've built recruiting teams from 5 to 50
Hear from leaders who've built recruiting teams from 5 to 50
Hear from leaders who've built recruiting teams from 5 to 50
Take home workflows you can deploy Monday morning
Take home workflows you can deploy Monday morning
Take home workflows you can deploy Monday morning
Who to hire, what to build, and what to buy next quarter
Who to hire, what to build, and what to buy next quarter
Who to hire, what to build, and what to buy next quarter
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Featuring the startups shaping tomorrow’s hiring landscape, sponsored by Triumphs of Talent
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Questions?
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From tickets to transfers, here's what you're probably wondering.
Who should come to FiesTA?
Who should come to FiesTA?
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Will sessions be recorded?
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When will FiesTA 2026 tickets be available?
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Location
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Trident, Hyderabad
Telangana, India
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