Gurugram, Haryana, India, December 2025 – Jaipriya Mishra has been promoted to the role of Deputy General Manager – Human Resources (Learning & Development) at airtel, marking a significant expansion of her responsibilities within the organisation’s people and capability agenda. In her new role, she is focused on strengthening enterprise-wide learning strategy, leadership development, and future-ready capability building across the organisation. pasted
In her current role as DGM HR (Learning & Development) at airtel, Jaipriya Mishra is responsible for driving organisation-wide learning priorities, with a strong focus on leadership development, capability building, and large-scale transformation initiatives. Her mandate includes strengthening leadership pipelines and enabling strategic workforce readiness through structured learning interventions. pasted
Prior to this elevation, she served as Senior Learning Partner – COE at airtel, based in Gurugram, Haryana, India, where she played a pivotal role in driving organisation-wide AI upskilling initiatives, leading Advanced Leadership Programs (ALP), and designing strategic learning interventions across senior, mid-level, and frontline employees to build future leadership capability at scale. pasted
Earlier, Jaipriya Mishra worked as Senior Manager | Head – Talent Management & Development (UP East) at airtel, based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, where she led end-to-end HR business partnering for over 750 employees, drove talent councils, strengthened gender representation, managed attrition through focused engagement initiatives, and built structured succession pipelines through learning academies. pasted
Before joining airtel, she built strong HR business partnering expertise at Unilever, holding roles across Employee Relations, Supply Chain, and Sales HRBP portfolios in Haridwar, Baddi, and Lucknow, where she worked on workforce restructuring, union negotiations, capability development, future-of-work initiatives, and large-scale business partnering across multiple regions and business units. Her early career included an HR Internship in Learning & Development at Lupin, laying the foundation for her specialization in talent and capability development. pasted
Jaipriya Mishra holds a PGDM in Human Resource Management from Xavier Institute of Social Service, and an Honours degree in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi, providing her with a strong academic grounding in people management, organisational development, and business economics. pasted
About airtel
airtel is one of India’s leading global communications solutions providers, offering a wide range of services including mobile, broadband, enterprise solutions, and digital platforms. The company continues to invest heavily in next-generation technologies such as 5G, IoT, and digital infrastructure, while focusing on talent development, innovation, and sustainable growth to support India’s digital transformation journey.
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