Nishchae Suri is Managing Director, Cornerstone OnDemand India, and a recognized leader in workforce transformation and future-skills strategy. He spearheads Cornerstone’s business in India, leading a 1,600+ strong local team and partnering with enterprises to get their workforce ready to “Learn, Grow, Experience & Transform.” Under his leadership, Cornerstone OnDemand—a global leader in AI-powered learning and workforce agility serving over 7,000 customers and 140 million users worldwide—is helping Indian organisations close the skills gap faster through Cornerstone Galaxy, its new AI-based learning and talent experience platform. The ecosystem enables organisations to identify critical skills, build dynamic learning pathways, foster internal mobility, and translate workforce agility into measurable business advantage.

With over 25 years of experience across HR, strategy and transformation, leadership and talent management, learning and development, and rewards, Nishchae has worked with clients in more than 25 countries. Before joining Cornerstone, he led KPMG India’s People & Change practice and the KPMG Learning Academy as Partner & Country Head, and earlier served as CEO & Managing Director for Mercer India. He has also held strategic regional and global leadership roles with EdCast, Hewitt Associates, and Aon, shaping large-scale human capital and learning transformations across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. Nishchae holds an MBA from the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Economics Honours) from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University.