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About Us

Antal Chennai’s Cathedral Road Office caters to hiring needs of IT and ITES companies apart from hiring for GICs, Start-up, ECommerce, SaaS and Technology companies. 

Founded in 2011 by Vinu Nair, the office has grown many folds by helping organizations in Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad set-up or scale their centre and teams. They partner with clients to help them build world class teams to expand and grow their business, while the partnership with the candidates is to find them roles to help them advance their career by leveraging their existing skills, experience and preferences. The recruitment solutions that they offer range from providing solutions in executive search & selection, mid-senior level hiring and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO). 

Their clients are a mix of start-ups, well established MNCs setting up or growing their GICs, IT and ITES Organizations and brick and motor companies looking for IT Talent.

Meet the Team
  • Vinu Nair
    Managing Partner
  • Vinu Nair
    Managing Partner

    Vinu manages Client relationships and is also responsible for managing the overall revenues and profitability of the business. Vinu has been with Antal for close to 10 years and was in the IT industry for 13 years prior to Antal. 

  • Karpagam Ram
    Head of Operations and HR
  • Karpagam Ram
    Head of Operations and HR

    Karpagam manages operations to ensure recruitment delivery and quality is in line with Client needs and Antal’s screening and process standards. She also manages HR for the business.

  • Jeff Antony
    Senior Consultant/Team Lead
  • Jeff Antony
    Senior Consultant/Team Lead

    Jeff has been with Antal for over 5 years and currently oversees a team of consultants in the Technology and Product hiring. He also leads a team of recruiters focusing on GICs and product companies. Jeff also serves as an Account Manager for large GICs, assisting them with their hiring objectives. He assists the office's consultants with training and growth. Jeff enjoys music, filmmaking, and painting while he is not at work.

  • Preethi Naveen
    Senior Consultant
  • Preethi Naveen
    Senior Consultant

    Preethi Naveen has been with Antal for over 1.5 years and currently oversees a team of consultants in the Technology and Product hiring arena for GICs and support roles. She also serves as an Account Manager for large GICs, assisting them with their hiring goals. She assists the office's consultants with training and growth. Preethi enjoys socialising and networking outside of work and enjoys listening to music.

  • Tarunavikas Bharathi
    Consultant
  • Tarunavikas Bharathi
    Consultant

    Associated with Antal for close to 4 years, Tarun specializes in hiring top talent in the Product Engineering space for established GIC's and product organizations, Tarun also plays the role of a key Account Manager for large GIC's and product organizations, helping them fulfil their hiring needs. Apart from work, Tarun is passionate about cooking, script writing, film making, travel and driving.

Testimonials

We have worked with Mr. Vinu Nair and his team for a couple of Presales roles apart from a key Sales role for our UK business. We would like to acknowledge that we were impressed with Vinu & his team’s professional and meticulous approach in recruiting the best talent for us.  
They put in sincere efforts to understand our business and its needs this making this search a personalized one, they provided us with the best candidates who met our needs and expectations.  
Vinu and his team have excellent people skills along with impeccable industry knowledge and excellent hiring skills. After working with Vinu, Antal International is definitely our preferred recruitment agency and we recommend them time and time again.

  • KPO

We have been working with Vinu and his team for a while now. Throughout that time we found them to be one of the most professional and efficient recruitment firms we have ever dealt with.   
Vinu has closed various key positions for us like Global Delivery Manager, Project Manager, Area Director (Europe) etc. Every assignment that we worked on, Vinu & his team ensured that we only received profiles of high caliber candidates who understood our business and our needs, this made our entire recruitment process easier and less time consuming for us.   
Vinu and his team of specialist consultants have set a very high benchmark for themselves in the executive search firm market and what sets Antal International apart from the rest is their hiring processes, industry knowledge, niche specialization, professionalism, ability to plan, manage & execute international search projects as well.   
We would happily recommend Antal International to anyone who is planning to build their team with the best talent available in the Indian as well as global market.

  • IT Engineering Service Company

Thank you for the ongoing support that is provided by Vinitha and Vinu. 2020 has been hard but your team continued to deliver to the best of its abilities.
The team was quick to adapt and understand client requirements and ensured feedback was shared quickly.
Antal team has helped place candidates across technologies ranging from SAP, finance systems, data engineering to generalist roles. 
Keep up the good work and wishing the very best to entire Antal team.

  • GIC

Antal recruitment team has spent considerable time and effort with our team to understand about our company, business and culture. This helped them to communicate better with the potential candidates and shortlist the right ones after their due evaluation. This rigorous process has helped us in onboarding right people for our engineering positions.

  • Nagesh Kulukuru

Ridiculously efficient is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Athira. She managed my recruitment process while I was exploring an opportunity with a company. I was particularly impressed by Athira’s ability to handle even the toughest situations and discussions effortlessly. That skill often takes years to develop among professionals, but it seemed to come perfectly naturally to her. Athira would be an asset to any team.

  • Head Enterprise Application

Hi Athira, I met Satish today and the rest of the key people as well. The team culture is welcoming and I'm sure my journey here will be awesome. I wanted to reach out once I was done with the initial onboarding formalities, once again thanks for doing all the hard work behind the scenes to make this possible.

  • Product Manager

The consultant has supported and guided me to the best level possible through the recruitment process. He is terrific as HR and more than that the care, effort, and time he gives to each and every employee/client shows how sincere he is in their career growth and development

  • Manual - Functional UI,UX tester

Guru is a quick-thinking, energetic man who always communicates clearly and acts promptly. His courteous attitude and optimistic outlook on his work enable him to lead recruitment services with professionalism and attention to detail. He provided me with complete guidance, inspiration, and support from the beginning to the end of my onboarding in the new organization. Thank you and best wishes to him.

  • Manager- Marketing and Business Development

Pearlin was incredibly supportive and accessible throughout my job search. Her dedication and proactive communication made the entire process smooth and stress-free. I highly recommend Pearlin for anyone looking for a reliable and supportive recruiter.

  • Data Engineer

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Vision, Mission & Values
  • Our Vision: To be known and recognized as specialist recruitment partner who can help hiring become more informed, less time consuming  and accurate by interviewing minimum number of candidates thereby saving the hiring managers and HR teams their invaluable time.
  • Our Mission: To be an able recruitment partner to both client and candidate by delivering superior level of information, knowledge and skill about the market and the role thereby enabling them thus to make their hiring/career choices.
  • Our Values:
    • Partnership approach with both Candidate and Client to achieve respective objectives.
    • Honesty in representing candidate’s best interests.
    • Commit deliverable based on information and data and deliver as per commitment.
  •  We specialize in...
    • Product Engineering
    • GIC Hiring
    • Product/Program management
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    • Delivery management
    • Sales & Client management

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Welcome to an exclusive podcast series featuring Vinu Nair, Managing Partner at Antal, where he shares deep industry insights on the evolving landscape of Global Capability Centers (GCCs). Through these conversations with The Leadership Collective, Vinu explores the key trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the future of GCCs worldwide.

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