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Nitish Kashyap R

AI-Enabled HR Professional · MBA Student · People Strategy

nitishkashyapr8@gmail.com| linkedin.com/in/nitishkashyapr| github.com/NitishKashyapR| | Tumkur / Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Professional Summary

Future-ready HR professional and MBA (HR) candidate at VIMTECH, Tumkur, specializing in Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Talent Strategy, and AI-enabled workplace workflows. Combines foundational HR competencies — talent acquisition, learning & development, compensation & benefits, employee relations — with hands-on prompt engineering, generative AI tooling, local LLM deployment, and vibe coding to design efficient, data-informed people processes. Proven leadership through award-winning academic projects (1st place, college Shark Tank-style competition) and a portfolio of 20+ professional certifications and 27 verified digital badges from HRCI, SHRM, NASBA, Google, IBM, Anthropic, Yale, Wesleyan, and the University of Pennsylvania. Open to internships and entry-level HR roles.

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) — HR Specialization 2025 — Present
VIMTECH, Tumkur
  • Currently pursuing; specialization in Human Resource Management.
  • Key focus areas: People strategy, leadership development, organizational behavior, talent acquisition, employee engagement, compensation & benefits, organizational development.
  • Active contributor in group case studies, leadership initiatives, and academic project work.
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) — Accounting & Finance 2022 — 2025
Vidyavahini First Grade College, Tumkur
  • Focus areas: Financial accounting, business law, commercial principles, corporate management, taxation.
  • Built strong foundational expertise in principles of management and organizational dynamics.
Pre-University Course (Commerce Stream) 2020 — 2022
Sri Vani PU College, Tumkur
  • Focus areas: Accountancy, business studies, economics, basic mathematics.

Projects & Experience

DigiColibri — Business Promotion Platform Academic · First Place Winner
College Shark Tank-Style Competition — Team of 12
  • Led website design and built a live working web application prototype for a 12-member team; won 1st place in a college Shark Tank-style investment competition.
  • Conceptualized end-to-end digital promotion models enabling small and medium businesses to build their digital presence and optimize marketing outreach.
Seva Setu — Public Services App Proposal Academic · Civic Innovation
Digital Civic Tech Platform Concept · Team of 4
  • Designed a civic tech platform proposal connecting citizens with municipal and government authorities.
  • Features real-time civic issue reporting (roads, water supply, public lighting), engineer assessment workflows, public job creation, and emergency SOS response mechanisms.
Market Research Study — Union Bank of India Academic · Consumer Research
Lead Researcher & Data Analyst
  • Conducted an in-depth empirical market research study analyzing consumer perception, brand positioning, and customer satisfaction gaps.
  • Evaluated the alignment between the bank's marketing claims and actual branch service delivery.
Personal Interactive Portfolio Website Personal · Live
Creator & Web Designer ("Vibe Coded")
  • Designed and launched a fully responsive, AI-accessible portfolio with glassmorphism UI, dark mode, dynamic certification listings, and smooth animations.
  • Tech stack: HTML5, Vanilla CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), canvas particle system, JSON-LD structured data; includes a 100/100 ATS-friendly resume page.

Core Skills

Human Resources & People Strategy: HR Management · Talent Acquisition · Recruiting · Onboarding · Learning & Development · Compensation & Benefits · Employee Relations · Employee Engagement · Performance Management · Workplace Culture · Change Management · HRCI · SHRM Standards

People Analytics & AI: Workforce Planning · People Analytics · Generative AI in HR · Agentic AI · Prompt Engineering · ChatGPT · Gemini · Claude · Google AI Tools · Local LLM Deployment · Ollama · LM Studio · AI Productivity

Management & Behavioral Science: Project Management · Risk Management · Agile Methodologies · Positive Psychology · Organizational Behavior · Well-Being · Resilience

Technical & Professional Strengths: HTML5 · CSS3 · JavaScript · Vibe Coding · No-Code & AI-Assisted Development · Strategic Thinking · Analytical Problem Solving · Stakeholder Communication · Team Leadership · Public Speaking · Academic Research · Adaptability · Attention to Detail

Certifications

Human Resources (6 Main Programs)

HRCI Human Resource Associate Professional Certificate — HRCI / Coursera

Comprehensive HRCI credential covering 5 sub-courses: Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Compensation & Benefits, Employee Relations, Compliance & Risk Management.

Managing Organizational Change for HR Professionals — SHRM / LinkedIn Learning

Leading and supporting organizational change initiatives, change models, employee communication, and reducing resistance.

Generative AI in HR — SHRM / LinkedIn Learning

Practical use cases of generative AI across core HR functions, policy drafting, employee communication, and HR automation.

Generative AI: Recruiting and Talent Acquisition — NASBA / LinkedIn Learning

Reshaping recruiting, candidate screening, talent acquisition workflows, and candidate experience through AI.

Leveraging Agentic AI in HR — SHRM / LinkedIn Learning

Autonomous AI agents applied across HR workflows — automating multi-step people processes and supporting HR decision-making.

Data-Driven HR: AI-Powered People Analytics for Workforce Planning and Employee Experience — SHRM / LinkedIn Learning

AI-powered people analytics for workforce planning, talent forecasting, and employee experience.

AI & Technical Skills (6 Certifications)

Google AI Essentials — Google / Coursera

Foundational AI concepts, prompt engineering techniques, productivity workflows, and practical applications of generative AI.

Google Prompting Essentials — Google / Coursera

Advanced prompt design, structured prompt frameworks, multi-shot prompting, and AI workflow optimization.

Google AI Professional Certificate — Google / Coursera

Comprehensive professional program covering end-to-end AI capabilities, machine learning fundamentals, and corporate AI deployment.

Generative AI for Executives and Business Leaders — IBM / Coursera

Strategic positioning of generative AI, organizational AI adoption, risk management, and executive leadership in the AI era.

Cyber Security Overview — Infosys

Foundational course covering essential cybersecurity principles, common threats, and best practices for safe digital behavior.

Claude 101 — Anthropic / Skilljar

Anthropic's foundational course on Claude covering model capabilities, effective prompting, context management, and responsible AI usage.

Advanced Management (3 Certifications)

Google Project Management Professional Certificate — Google / Coursera

End-to-end project management methodologies, Agile frameworks, risk management, and team leadership.

Google People Management Specialization — Google / Coursera

Leadership techniques, performance evaluation, team motivation, feedback loops, and talent development.

Introduction to Risk Management — NASBA / LinkedIn Learning

Organizational risk assessment, corporate governance, financial controls, and risk mitigation strategies.

Psychology & Human Behavior (5 Main Programs)

Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization — University of Pennsylvania / Coursera

Specialization with 5 sub-courses: Seligman's Visionary Science; Applications and Interventions; Character, Grit and Research Methods; Resilience Skills; Design Your Life for Well-being Capstone.

Introduction to Psychology — Yale University / Coursera

Foundational psychological science, perception, memory, cognition, and human mental processes.

The Science of Well-Being — Yale University / Coursera

Evidence-based strategies for happiness, productive habit formation, and personal well-being.

Moralities of Everyday Life — Yale University / Coursera

Psychological foundations of moral judgment, empathy, altruism, and human moral behavior.

Social Psychology — Wesleyan University / Coursera

Social influence, interpersonal relationships, group dynamics, and cognitive biases in social contexts.

Verified Digital Badges (27)

Google — 15 badges · Credly

Prompting Essentials · Project Management Professional · People Management Essentials · GenAI for Execs & Business Leaders: Formulate Your Use Case · GenAI for Execs & Business Leaders: Integration Strategy · GenAI for Executives & Business Leaders: An Introduction · AI for App Building · AI for App Deployment · AI for Brainstorming and Planning · AI for Content Creation · AI for Data Analysis · AI for Research and Insights · AI for Writing and Communicating · AI Fundamentals · AI Professional Certificate

Google Cloud Skills Boost — 7 badges

Gen AI: Unlock Foundational Concepts · Attention Mechanism · Gen AI: Beyond the Chatbot · AI Boost Bites: Your Personal Feedback Agent · Gen AI: Navigate the Landscape · Gen AI Apps: Transform Your Work · Gen AI Agents: Transform Your Organization

IBM — 4 badges · Credly

Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals · Generative AI for Business Leaders & Executives Specialization · SkillsBuild — Customer Engagement: Communication and Personality Dynamics · SkillsBuild — Customer Engagement: Problem Solving and Process Controls

HRCI — 1 badge · Credly

Human Resource Associate Professional Certificate