Pratyusha sharma is a diverse HR Professional with 25+ years of experience in the industry and has grown from being an entrepreneur to a corporate HR professional . She currently is AVP HR at Cognizant Heads Talent Development and Talent Transformation for the Digital Business operations . She has earlier worked with companies from STG, TMI, GE , GEnpact .

She also leads the D and I Council for Cognizant Hyderabad - passionately works from women development to LGBTQ to hiring people with disabilities.

She was also the Chair for POSH at Cognizant Hyderabad . Apart from this is works for the advancement of career for women , safety of women and career enhancements of many individuals through ScSC, Nasscom , Hysea , NHRD . She has been delivering many talks at universities , organisations on women in workforce , Future of work , women safety and diverse topics . She is mentor with many platforms and spends her time to passionately give back to the society by volunteering through Vivekananda institute of human excellence , Nachiketa tapovan to uplift education and values