Cyient DLM has appointed Sandip Mishra as senior vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO), effective October 2026.
Mishra brings more than 29 years of experience in human resources leadership across technology, services, pharmaceuticals and healthcare. His expertise spans organisational transformation, talent strategy, culture-building and workforce management across complex, multi-geography organisations.
Before joining Cyient DLM, Mishra served as CHRO at Prodapt for eight years, from October 2018 to September 2026. During his tenure, he led the company’s HR function, working with business leaders on people strategy, organisational growth and transformation.
Prior to Prodapt, Mishra spent over three years at Dr Reddy’s Laboratories as senior director and head of HR for its Biologics business, from April 2015 to October 2018.
Earlier, he worked with Novartis Healthcare as head of HR for global operations from May 2008 to January 2015. His responsibilities included HR leadership for the organisation’s global operations.
Mishra also spent five years at Oracle as senior human resources manager, from April 2003 to April 2008. During this period, he served as site HR head for Hyderabad, HR business partnering head for application development and M&A Lead.
His earlier career includes assignments as assistant manager-HR at Intergraph and manager- HR at LearningByte International, where he began his professional journey in June 1997.
Mishra holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management in HR and Marketing from Goa Institute of Management and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.
His appointment brings extensive experience in leading HR through organisational transformation, rapid growth and change to Cyient DLM’s leadership team.
