Qualcomm India has appointed Sankalp Naswa as Head of Total Rewards, bringing more than a decade of experience across compensation, people analytics, HR shared services and business partnering.
Naswa joins Qualcomm following his tenure at Lixil India and Sub-Continent, where he served as Head of HR. At Lixil, he partnered with 3 business entities and 3 manufacturing and assembly plants, supporting HR across the organisation’s value chain.
He also led a team of HR professionals focused on creating a consistent employee experience across the business.
Before Lixil, Naswa spent more than 10 years with Nestlé, where he held HR roles across multiple functions, businesses and countries. His experience covered people analytics, HR shared services, total rewards, manufacturing HR and commercial HR business partnering.
In his last role at Nestlé, he headed Total Rewards for South Asia and Indonesia. He was responsible for developing and implementing reward strategies while working closely with HR business partners.
His professional background combines HR analytics, business analysis, reward strategy, workforce insights and broader HR operations, which he will now bring to his new role at Qualcomm India.
Announcing his appointment, Naswa wrote, “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Head Total Rewards at Qualcomm India!”
He also thanked Shailesh Kumar, Siddanth A V and Harshitha Mungi for supporting his onboarding process.
His appointment adds to Qualcomm India’s HR leadership as the company continues to build its talent and people capabilities.
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