Pragya Singh Kadian
Human Resource professional
Gurgaon,HR
Summary
Experienced Learning & Development and Talent Management professional with a proven track record of managing end-to-end employee development initiatives. Skilled in identifying learning needs, designing impactful programs, and driving talent strategies aligned with business goals. Passionate about fostering a culture of continuous learning, sales growth enhancing employee engagement, and building future-ready capabilities across organizations.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
Work History
Senior Manager - Training & Development and Talent Management
Niva Bupa
01.2025 - 09.2025
- Learning & Development: Delivering impactful learning experiences through TNI Instructional design, content creation, and business-aligned interventions that support employee growth and performance.
- Employee Recognition: Drive Niva Bupa's employee engagement survey, through pre/post survey communication campaigns.
- Rewards & Recognition: Design and program manage entire R&R Framework including the Annual and Quarterly awards.
- Lead employee communication campaigns for different initiatives including building a Great Place to Work.
- Data Analysis & Reporting: Generating comprehensive reports, tracking feedback and managing high stakes programs with data driven decisions.
- Support talent management initiatives including performance management, Individual developmental plans and succession planning.
Senior Talent Management Specialist
KPMG
01.2022 - 01.2025
- Program Management: Perform TNI through job analysis and work with SMEs to support the program management of learning interventions.
- Vendor Management: End to end training vendor onboarding and program management.
- Data Analysis: Creation of monthly and quarterly dashboards based on level and businesses.
- Dashboarding: Monthly/Quarterly updates to stakeholders via business dashboards.
- LMS Support (SAP): Designing of content and enabling execution for technical and enabling skills.
- Stakeholder Management: Prioritized numerous activities by continually updating information, controlling scheduling and corresponding with contacts via phone and email.
HR Talent Management Analyst - APAC
BlackRock
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Marketing and training communication: Communicate course announcements. Create and manage calendar invites. Monitor class enrolment, ensuring optimal number of participants.
- Employee Service: Conducting Performance management along with 360 degree feedback analysis
- Ensuring end-to-end training logistics and support Setting up virtual training rooms, physical room reservations.
- Worked on projects around diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Vendor support and expense management: Main point of contact for training vendors. Communicate with vendors to ensure seamless delivery of the program. Manage the financial uploads (Purchase orders/ invoices) for the events on internal system.
- LMS (Workday) 6 MIS Support Responsible for managing data and training metrics dashboards. Preparing regular reports, training scorecards and training data based on business asks.
- End to end management of regional and global projects, on boarding APAC population and new hire orientation. Managing global calls to provide updates on APAC training and development activities.
- Stakeholder management Working with HR talent management partners to collate nominations, identify business speakers/ facilitators and put together briefing documents for stakeholders and speakers
HR Executive-Learning & Development
VitalSmarts India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2018 - 01.2021
- Successfully managing and scheduling behavioral trainings PAN India. TNI and mapping out annual training calendars.
- Single handedly managing administrative tasks for multiple locations. Hands on experience on LMS Software: SAP Litmus, working on MIS, training feedback analysis. Single point of contact for training solutions provided by company.
- Extensively focused on building relationships with VitalSmarts US based clients. Ensuring client satisfaction to build and improve client relationships. Onboarding induction, rewards and recognition and internal organizational communication. Talent acquisition and internal recruitments. Hands-on experience on HROne.
Education
Accelerated General Management Program -
IIM-Ahmedabad
04.2025
MBA-HR and Marketing -
University School of Management, Kurukshetra University
06.2018
M.Sc. - Mathematics and Computing
Panjab University
06.2015
Skills
- Project Management
- Instructional Design
- PMS
- Articulate 360
- Time Management
- Leadership Effectiveness
- Effective Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Content Curation & Development
- Persuasion and Negotiation
- Interpersonal skills
Certification
- Crucial Conversations
- Crucial Accountability
- Instructional Design
Hobbies and Interests
- Travel
- Adventure
- Connecting with people
- Dance enthusiast
Timeline
Senior Manager - Training & Development and Talent Management
Niva Bupa
01.2025 - 09.2025
Senior Talent Management Specialist
KPMG
01.2022 - 01.2025
HR Talent Management Analyst - APAC
BlackRock
01.2021 - 01.2022
HR Executive-Learning & Development
VitalSmarts India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2018 - 01.2021
Accelerated General Management Program -
IIM-Ahmedabad
MBA-HR and Marketing -
University School of Management, Kurukshetra University
M.Sc. - Mathematics and Computing
Panjab University