Nirvaan360

Our Team

Meet Our Expert Team Driving HR Excellence and Media & Entertainment

Sheela Sirish

Sheela Sirish

Co-Founder

Uma Balakrishnan

Uma Balakrishnan

Co-Founder

Leadership

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Sheela Sirish

Sheela Sirish is a Strategic HR Leader with over 25 years of Corporate experience in Talent Acquisition, HR Policy development, Workforce planning, and Organizational transformation across global technology firms, startups, GCCs, and diverse industries in India & abroad. She has successfully scaled hiring operations of 500–3000 Associates, built compliant and employee-centric frameworks, and led HR teams across India, USA, and UK. She is adept at Policy Governance, Employee Relations, Performance Management, Succession Planning, and Employer Branding, consistently aligning HR strategies with business goals. Recognized for her executive presence and stakeholder consulting, Sheela brings a balance of strategic vision and hands-on leadership to every engagement. Her mission is to create future-ready Organizations that thrive on engagement, compliance, and innovation.

Sheela’s extensive Staffing expertise includes managing large-scale recruitment ramp-ups across India, USA and UK, building and mentoring recruitment teams of 40+ Recruiters, RPOs, and Account Managers, and delivering end-to-end staffing solutions for Tech & Non-Tech Clients. She has streamlined recruitment processes through ATS automation, achieving up to 30% improvement in efficiency and significantly reducing time-to-hire. She has partnered with leadership to design HR delivery models for EdTech, IT, BFSI, Real Estate, and Pharma sectors, aligning workforce planning with organizational strategy. She has strengthened employer branding and internal communication, positioning organizations as employers of choice. Her global experience spans talent acquisition leadership across India, USA, and UK, ensuring staffing solutions that balance speed, quality, and compliance. Above all, Sheela’s HR and Staffing leadership has consistently enabled Organizations to achieve sustainable growth while fostering inclusive, employee-centric cultures.

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Uma Balakrishnan

A seasoned strategic leader with over two decades of distinguished experience in Industry Connect, Corporate Alliances, Leadership, and Stakeholder Management. She has been instrumental in building high-value industry partnerships, driving strategic collaborations, and creating strong business ecosystems that bridge academia, enterprise, and innovation across India.

With deep-rooted expertise in the Media & Entertainment sector, she has played a significant role in fostering impactful industry tie-ups across Animation, VFX, Gaming, Multimedia, Digital Media, and emerging creative technologies. Her strength lies in building transformative alliances with leading studios, production houses, creative enterprises, educational institutions and corporate stakeholders—creating sustainable collaborations that drive innovation, strengthen industry capabilities, and support long-term sectoral growth.

Recognized for her ability to connect strategy with execution, Uma has successfully led initiatives that have strengthened industry-academia integration, expanded corporate partnerships, and created scalable platforms for collaboration across the Media, Entertainment, and Digital ecosystem. Her leadership reflects a deep understanding of market dynamics, creative industries, and evolving business landscapes, enabling her to build future-ready partnerships that deliver measurable impact and strategic value.

With deep industry insight and a people-first leadership approach, she continues to shape future-focused ecosystems that create lasting value and measurable impact, specializing in creating sustainable talent pipelines, empowering professionals, and aligning industry needs with future-ready talent.