Pune, Maharashtra, India, March 2026 — Desmond George has started a new position as Assistant Vice President – Human Resources at Arya Omnitalk. Continuing his long-standing association with the organization, he steps into the AVP role after serving as Deputy General Manager – Human Resources, further strengthening leadership across HR strategy, governance, workforce planning, HR operations, and people initiatives aligned to business growth.
In his current journey at Arya Omnitalk, Desmond George has been part of the organization for over six years, taking on responsibilities across HR leadership. Prior to his elevation to Assistant Vice President – Human Resources (July 2025), he served as Deputy General Manager – Human Resources (from December 2019), based in Pune, contributing to key HR priorities spanning people strategy, employee relations, process governance, HR systems, and operational effectiveness.
Before joining Arya Omnitalk, he worked with CELER HR SERVICES as a Consultant, where he was associated with integrated HR solutions across areas such as HR consulting, outsourcing, recruitment, staffing, and HR operations support for clients.
Earlier, Desmond George spent more than seven years with Thermo Fisher Scientific, serving in progressively responsible HR leadership roles. His experience there included Senior Manager – HRBP and Total Rewards, where he worked as HR business partner support for the Analytical division in India and also led reward responsibilities at the country level across entities. He also served as Senior Manager – HR Operations Risk and Governance, focused on end-to-end HR operations and statutory compliance along with strengthening governance systems and processes, and as Senior Manager – Human Resources, with responsibility for employee life cycle management for entities in India.
Prior to that, he was associated with InteliScript Solutions as a Partner, handling multiple responsibilities across HR, sourcing, recruitment, branding, and marketing, along with end-to-end recruitment delivery in a consultative manner across business units. He also worked with Alcatel-Lucent as a Manager, where his responsibilities spanned HR policies and process administration, performance management, compensation review support, payroll coordination, HR MIS reporting, contract workforce management, leadership engagement, employee relations, HRIS management, and training enablement. He earlier served at Affinity Express as Manager – Compensation and Employee Benefit, contributing to policies, reward and recognition, MIS reporting, performance management systems, salary restructuring, recruitment, induction programs, payroll, benefits, engagement, and learning support. He also worked with Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited as Asst Manager – HR, managing large-scale payroll processes, HRIS, full and final settlements, statutory compliance related to payroll, benchmarking support, MIS reporting, vendor management, and team handling. Earlier in his career, he served at Paysquare Consultancy Ltd. as Incubation Center Head, supporting requirement analysis, data migration, payroll software mapping, data transition, service delivery, SLA adherence, documentation, and reporting.
About Arya Omnitalk
Arya Omnitalk is actively involved in offering IT, ITES, IoT, and wireless communication solutions, with its own design and development setup delivering IoT devices, ML-based classifiers, wireless terminals, SaaS and on-premise software solutions, data analytics, and mobile apps. Over the last two decades, the company has become a preferred choice for customers looking for customized and value-driven solutions. With strengths to consolidate and integrate multiple technologies, Arya Omnitalk also works as a system integrator for smart cities and highway tolling solutions and is a leading provider of walkie-talkie services across multiple cities. The company supports hundreds of thousands of installations in fleet management, push-to-talk walkie-talky services, advanced toll collection, and traffic management solutions, serving corporate clients, government, industry houses, and individual customers.
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