Waaree Group has promoted Vishal Upadhyay to Vice President, Human Resources. He’s been with the Mumbai-headquartered solar manufacturer for more than 12 years.
Upadhyay moves up from Associate Vice President, HR. In that role, he managed HR operations across the group’s manufacturing businesses, including solar and lithium-ion technologies.
The company hasn’t disclosed an effective date for the new role.
Seven roles in 12 years
Upadhyay joined Waaree in 2014 as Assistant Manager, HR. His progression since then:
- 2014: Assistant Manager, HR
- Within three years: Deputy Manager, HR
- April 2018: Manager, HR
- 2021: Senior Manager, HR
- September 2023 to April 2025: General Manager, HR
- April 2025 onwards: Associate Vice President, HR
- 2026: Vice President, Human Resources
As AVP, he worked on greenfield projects, manpower productivity, performance management and HR digitisation. His areas of work include talent acquisition, HR operations, policy formulation, employee engagement and statutory compliance.
His LinkedIn headline, which still shows his previous AVP title, lists his focus areas as talent strategy, workforce excellence, culture and leadership development. It ends with the line:
“Empowering People & Processes for sustainable Solar Future”
Before Waaree
Upadhyay started his career in 2012 as an HR trainee at Amul. He then joined Filatex India as Senior Executive, HR, before moving to Waaree two years later. He studied at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University in Surat.
