Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has appointed Kanika Sharma as India HR Manager, bringing her back to the firm after nearly five years at Bain & Company. In her new role, Kanika will lead Talent Acquisition and Contingent Workforce (CWR) for India. She brings experience in talent acquisition, campus hiring, leadership recruitment and human resources.
Kanika joins BCG after spending nearly five years with Bain & Company in Gurugram. She most recently served as Manager, Talent Acquisition & HR from March 2023 to May 2026. Before that, she was Campus Recruitment Lead, where she handled recruitment initiatives and further strengthened her expertise in talent acquisition and HR within the consulting industry.
This marks Kanika’s return to BCG, where she previously spent more than five years. From January 2016 to July 2021, she worked as Senior Specialist – Campus Recruiting Team. Her latest appointment expands her responsibilities at BCG, with a broader leadership mandate covering talent acquisition and contingent workforce management across India.
Key Highlights:
- Kanika returns to BCG as India HR Manager
- Brings extensive HR experience from BCG, Bain & Company and Tech Mahindra
- Leads talent acquisition and workforce management across India
Prior to this, Kanika was working with the Corporate HR – Global Leadership Acquisition & Development Team at Tech Mahindra, where she led the recruitment process from the business schools of India for non-technical hiring. This experience has brought new methods of leadership acquisition and development into her HR career, in addition to her long and distinguished campus recruitment experience.
In his previous professional assignments, Kanika served as an intern at India Today, and as Audit Associate with EY, where he performed financial statement auditing and compliance assurance work. Her career has since shifted focus to Human Resources and Talent Acquisition in a variety of top-tier consulting and technology firms. She now joins BCG as India HR Manager bringing this experience.
Founded in 1963, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting firm that partners with business and societal leaders on strategy, transformation, growth and organizational challenges. The company brings together industry and functional expertise, to enable organizations to create sustainable competitive advantage and long-term growth.
BCG provides solutions in management consulting, technology & design, and corporate & digital ventures. It has teams who operate in synergy with its clients, from various functions and industries, and bring together strategic know-how and transformation power, with a wide angle.
Kanika’s career also includes experience with Tech Mahindra, where she was part of the Corporate HR – Global Leadership Acquisition & Development team and worked on business school recruitment across India. She began her professional career with EY as an Audit Associate and later gained experience at India Today before moving into talent acquisition and human resources. Her diverse background across recruitment, leadership hiring and HR has supported her progression into senior talent leadership roles.
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