“I Joined Razorpay For The People I Met!”

From ‘Never heard of it, to establishing Razorpay as a brand, an employer of choice - attracting the top talent from the most established companies and today a dream company for many. Startup journeys are very different - the breadth and uniqueness of challenges, the urgency, quality and speed of execution, the unique style of leadership in displaying agility in decision making, small teams - every day is a brand new day.

The beginning, the end and the core of everything in my opinion are people. People can make or break things. 

“ I met. For they had a dream of building a happy place to be - not about biz or processes alone. It was to simplify payments for everyone else, and for me, it was to simplify the people practice. I continued with Razorpay because that focus has not changed. This journey has not been easy - but the struggles were worthwhile,” remembers Anuradha Bharat.

team and now their practices are powering the Indian payment ecosystem. Her team has added two new lines of business to enable that vision. 

The people function directly influences the DNA of a company by shaping its values and culture. The maturity in which the company deals with taking care of its people is driven by this function. “We bring in the empathy, emotional and the human quotient to key company decisions keeping the people and their needs at the very centre.” 

Acting not just as HRs but people who drive change in the changing times is the new role of HR today, in the times to come. 

“This new normal has in a way brought us closer to people. We suddenly understand the importance of human relations, human connections, socialisation, nature. And people will want to experience them even at their workplaces - after all, we spend more time in a day with our colleagues than we do with anyone else,” believes Bharat.

Bharat is proud of the fact that she initiated a payment gateway and today the opportunities she has, have been created using the collaborative efforts of the