Nationwide Appoints Anusha Danamaraju as Human Resources Director

Nationwide has appointed Anusha Danamaraju as Human Resources Director, effective September 2026. Based in Hyderabad, she brings around 12 years of experience across HR business partnering, organisational development, talent acquisition, employee development and culture-building initiatives.

Danamaraju announced the appointment on LinkedIn, describing it as the beginning of a new professional chapter. Her career has spanned technology services, e-commerce and healthcare-related services, with experience supporting business leaders and developing people practices aligned with organisational priorities.

From Providence India to Nationwide

Before joining Nationwide, Danamaraju served as Senior Manager HRBP – Technology and Engineering at Providence India, a position she held from August 2022. Her work in the role involved human resources business partnering within technology and engineering functions.

The experience added to her background in aligning workforce and people priorities with business requirements, building on earlier roles in organisational development, talent management and HR leadership.

Her move to Nationwide marks the latest step in a career that has progressed across several HR specialisations, from recruitment and organisational development to business partnering and managerial responsibilities.

Building People and Culture at udaan.com

Before Providence India, Danamaraju worked as Senior Manager HRBP at udaan.com from December 2019 to August 2022. She led HR business partnering for the company’s Lifestyle vertical and Business Operations, with responsibility for a workforce spanning approximately 380 employees and direct coverage of around 230 employees. She also managed a team of two.

Alongside core HR partnering, she contributed to learning, talent and culture initiatives. She helped develop Elevate, an experiential, gamified managerial effectiveness programme through which more than 100 mid-level corporate managers were trained during her tenure.

She also launched Gurus of udaan, a peer-learning platform, and worked on culture-building initiatives, including the development of behavioural success mindsets intended to be adopted across the organisation.

The role gave her experience across employee development, managerial capability-building and the creation of workplace practices designed to support organisational culture.

Organisational Development and Talent Mobility at Infosys

Danamaraju spent approximately four and a half years at Infosys, where she held roles in talent acquisition and organisational development.

As Lead – Organisation Development from December 2018 to December 2019, she worked on career architecture design, including defining business roles, job descriptions, key result areas and competencies in collaboration with stakeholders.

She also managed the company’s Bridge Programme, a reskilling and talent mobility initiative supporting employees transitioning into new roles. Her responsibilities included partnering with employees through these transitions and facilitating role-integration exercises connected with mergers and acquisitions.

Earlier, as Lead – Talent Acquisition from June 2015 to December 2018, she worked on business-school recruitment and hiring chartered accountants, with reported recruitment involvement covering more than 800 candidates across these groups.

Her experience at Infosys established a strong foundation in workforce planning, capability development and talent acquisition, extending beyond recruitment into longer-term employee and organisational development.

Academic Background and HR Leadership

Danamaraju holds an MBA in Human Resources from Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship. Her career reflects a combination of specialist HR experience and broader business-facing responsibilities across different industries.

From developing recruitment programmes and career frameworks to supporting business units, managerial development and employee mobility, her experience spans several core areas of the human resources function.

A New Role at Nationwide

At Nationwide, Danamaraju takes on the Human Resources Director position after working across HR business partnering, organisational development and people management roles at Providence India, udaan.com and Infosys.

Her professional background brings together experience in supporting technology and engineering teams, strengthening managerial capabilities, facilitating talent transitions and developing workplace culture initiatives.

The appointment represents the next stage of her HR career, bringing this cross-functional experience to Nationwide as she begins her new role in Hyderabad.