Diagnose
Map cohort readiness, recruiter expectations and institutional placement priorities.
Institutional Employability & Placement Advisory
Placements should be
designed, not left to chance.
We partner with business schools and universities to build employability systems that connect academic potential with corporate opportunity.
Trusted by institutions committed to better career outcomes
The employability gap
Academic achievement alone does not create career readiness.
Institutions are under pressure to deliver stronger placement outcomes while recruiter expectations continue to evolve.
Generic training cannot solve a systemic challenge. Students need structured preparation, placement teams need market intelligence, and institutions need a strategy that connects the two.
That is the system The Campus Champs helps build.
92
Corporate Partners
Active companies hiring from our campuses
680+
Professional Referrals
Experienced hiring managers and corporate leaders
12
Placement Consultant Partners
Specialist advisors driving institutional outreach
Our operating model
A placement engine, built end to end.
We work from institutional diagnosis to corporate connection—so preparation is focused, measurable and market-relevant.
Design
Build a context-specific roadmap across capabilities, domains and hiring outcomes.
Prepare
Deliver practical learning, simulations and targeted student interventions.
Connect
Create relevant corporate access through practitioners, panels and hiring networks.
Why The Campus Champs
Consulting rigour. Practitioner relevance. Institutional context.
Strategy before training
Every engagement begins with a placement objective, not a catalogue of workshops.
Practitioner-led delivery
Students learn from leaders who understand how companies evaluate and hire.
Corporate-connected
Our network turns market insight into relevant preparation and employer access.
Built for institutions
Programs align faculty, placement teams, students and leadership around one outcome.
Three pathways
One connected employability architecture.
Engage us across the full student journey or select the pathway your institution needs most.
Employability Foundation
Build the essentials every candidate needs before entering a recruiter conversation.
- CV Review & Standardisation
- Candidate Profiling
- Job Profiling
- Interview Readiness
- Communication & Grooming
Domain Accelerator
Translate academic knowledge into domain-specific confidence and workplace relevance.
- Finance
- Marketing
- Human Resources
- Technology
- Digital
- Analytics
- AI
Placement Excellence
Strengthen the institution’s placement engine through practice, access and strategy.
- Mock Interviews
- Recruiter Panels
- Corporate Interactions
- Placement Strategy
- Industry Outreach
- Placement Consulting
Specialised capability programs
Built around emerging roles and real workplace demands.
Industry relevance
Technology & digital careers, translated for the classroom.
Role-aware learning brings students closer to how modern organisations operate—from transformation and analytics to AI-enabled productivity.
Technology
& Digital
AI ReadinessAnalyticsDigital TransformationHR TechnologyBusiness Storytelling& Digital
The corporate network
Preparation informed by people who hire.
Our corporate relationships and professional referral network keep institutional programs connected to the market.
Leadership
A multidisciplinary team with operating experience.
Our leaders bring perspectives from consulting, talent acquisition, law, technology and business transformation.
Founder Partner
Pratik Arun
15+ years
Deloitte · Bertelsmann · Omnicom · Darwinbox · KPMG · PwC
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Having worked with Deloitte, Bertelsmann, Omnicom Media Group, Darwinbox, KPMG and PwC, Pratik brings more than 15 years of consulting experience in HR Advisory, Digital Transformation, HR Legal and Process excellence, Change management and HR Capability model delivery across 7 industries. He has a proven track record of successfully managing complex HR projects, facilitating seamless transitions, and implementing effective change management strategies. Skilled in establishing robust Recruitment and Onboarding processes, HR operations, ensuring compliance, and fostering employee engagement.
Partner
Shikha Jha
12+ years
Apexon · Omnicom · Technicolor · Teradata · Clover Infotech
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Shikha is a Talent Acquisition professional with over 12 years of experience in building high-performing recruitment functions across technology-led organizations including Apexon, Omnicom Media Group, Technicolor Creative Studios, Teradata and Clover Infotech. She has led hiring initiatives spanning digital engineering, cloud, data, AI/ML and enterprise technology, with expertise in talent strategy, campus and lateral hiring, recruitment operations, workforce planning and stakeholder management. Her strengths lie in designing scalable hiring processes, improving recruitment effectiveness, and delivering quality talent for niche and business-critical roles with a strong focus on operational excellence and candidate experience.
Partner
Paresh Lal
India & New York qualified
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas · AZB · Meta
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Paresh graduated from NLIU, Bhopal in 2011 and completed his masters from the University of Chicago Law School in 2019. He is qualified to practice in India and in the state of New York, USA; where he is registered as an attorney in good standing with the New York Bar. He is ex-Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and ex-AZB specializes in Business and commercial laws, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Banking Law, Insolvency Laws, Employment Laws and Competition Law. While working with AZB, Paresh was seconded to Meta, India. In this capacity he was appointed as India’s first Grievance and Nodal Officer of Whatsapp under the IT Rules 2021.
Chief Advisor
Vinay Chandhok
30+ years
Consumer · Telecom · Retail · Media
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Vinay is a seasoned business transformation and turnaround leader with over 30 years of experience across Consumer, Telecom, Retail, Media sectors. He believes in business model innovation as a core philosophy to drive business excellence across the organization fabric. Has rich experience in devising and implementing strategic initiatives for sustainable growth and Board Management having worked in the capacity of Business Head, COO and CEO for large conglomerate companies.
“Employability is not a final-semester intervention. It is an institutional capability.”
THE CAMPUS CHAMPS POINT OF VIEW
Institutional partnership
Let’s build a stronger placement strategy.
Tell us about your institution, cohort and priorities. We’ll start with a focused conversation about the outcomes you want to improve.