Global wellness brand, VAHDAM India, retailing India’s finest teas and spices in global markets, has appointed Kalpesh Tiwari as its chief human resources officer (CHRO).

Tiwari brings in over 14 years of experience and prior to joining VAHDAM, has worked across FMCG and e-commerce companies that include Limeroad, Mother Dairy and Mahindra and Mahindra.

He will be leading the entire HR function at VAHDAM India, across the manufacturing and non-manufacturing divisions with a key focus on attracting and acquiring great talent, developing and shaping existing talent, and creating a healthy working environment at VAHDAM. Tiwari will report into Bala Sarda, founder and CEO of VAHDAM India.

"I am very excited to have Kalpesh join us in our journey. Adding an HR leader to the team is part of the company's strategic plans to attract great talent, engage our current team and make VAHDAM India a fulfilling place to work for all our team members. I am confident that under Kalpesh's leadership we can further build VAHDAM India into a high-performance organization and make it fertile ground for our team members to flourish and grow,” said Sarda.

“I am honored to be part of the management team at VAHDAM India and contribute to its vision of taking India to the world. I look forward to focusing on providing an ecosystem that enables learning, and bringing out the best in each employee, for the positive growth of the company,” added Tiwari.

VAHDAM India was founded in 2015 by Sarda with a mission to build a home-grown Indian brand for the world. With direct sourcing from farms and estates across India, in-house manufacturing in their 100,000 sqft BRC Certified state-of-the-art facility, local distribution in key markets like the US, Canada, Europe and organic endorsements by global celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey and Martha Stewart among others, the company is executing a unique digital playbook of creating strong and scalable consumer brands globally.