After serving Unisys India as director-HR for over three years, Prajwal UI has moved to AHEAD to take up the role of director-people and operations.
Prajwal brings to the table about 24 years of experience, having begun his professional journey in 2002, as analyst-quality assurance, at Excel Par Electronics. He then joined Comat Technologies as executive-business logistics, in 2003.
His next stop was SAP India where he took up the role of consulting associate-HCM practice, in April of 2007.
Infosys Technologies appointed him business partner-HR in November of 2007. After three years of handling employee engagement, employee onboarding, performance management, as well as special initiatives and projects, he moved to Wipro Technologies, as manager-human resources.
His association with Wipro Technologies lasted over a decade. He started off as HR manager and was soon promoted to senior manager-human resources in February of 2015. In this role, he worked out of New Jersey for over two years. June of 2017 saw him returning to Bengaluru to play senior manager-HR for over four years.
It was in July of 2021 that he came to be associated with Unisys India, where he spent a little less than four years, as director-HR.
At AHEAD, a company that provides digital platform engineering and transformation services, Prajwal will lead the people strategy, operational excellence and organisational transformation initiatives across its India operations.
He brings to the table expertise in talent management, performance and rewards frameworks, compensation and benefits, diversity and inclusion programmes, HR automation and SAP HCM-driven process transformation.
Prajwal UI is looking “forward to partnering with leadership teams to strengthen our people practices, enable scalable operations and support the organization’s growth journey in India”.
Sumed Marwaha, managing director, AHEAD – India, believes in Prajwal’s “strong blend of strategic HR leadership and operational depth”. According to him, Prajwal’s “experience in managing complex, global workforces and driving transformation at scale will be instrumental as we continue to invest in India as a core delivery and innovation hub.”
HRKatha wishes Prajwal all the best in his latest assignment!


