# HRBx (HR in a Box), hrbx.in

> HRBx is a partner-led executive search and HR advisory firm based in Whitefield, Bengaluru, founded in 2021. It runs retained searches for CXO, VP and senior leadership roles, provides fractional HR and fractional CHRO services, and helps employers build a talent brand. It serves startups and growth-stage companies, GCCs and established enterprises, family businesses, and companies entering the India market.

## About HRBx

- Full name: HRBx, short for "HR in a Box"
- Type: Boutique retained executive search and HR advisory firm
- Founded: 2021, by Vivek Nath and Ritij Chaudhury
- Headquarters: Whitefield, Bengaluru, India
- Engagement model: Partner-led. A Managing Partner is involved from the briefing to offer closure on every search
- Who it serves: Startups and growth-stage firms, GCCs and established enterprises, family businesses, and companies entering India
- Not a fit: High-volume recruitment, mid-level hiring and job placement for individual candidates

## Geographic coverage

- Pan-India executive search and people advisory.
- Key locations include Bengaluru (Bangalore), Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Mangaluru (Mangalore), with searches extending to other Indian business hubs based on the mandate.

## Services

- [Executive Search and Leadership Hiring](https://hrbx.in/leadership-hiring): Retained, confidential searches for CEO, MD, CTO, CPO, CFO, CHRO, Country Head, GCC site leader and functional VP roles across India
- [Executive Search for Companies Entering India](https://hrbx.in/leadership-hiring/india-market-entry): Country Head, India MD and founding executive searches for global companies and GCCs building their first India leadership team
- [Executive Search in Bangalore](https://hrbx.in/executive-search-firm-bangalore): CXO and senior leadership searches for technology, GCC, fintech, healthtech and manufacturing businesses in Bangalore
- [Fractional CHRO Services in India](https://hrbx.in/fractional-chro): Embedded senior HR leadership for growth-stage companies, family businesses, GCCs and PE or VC-backed organisations that do not need a full-time CHRO
- [HR as a Service](https://hrbx.in/hr-as-a-service-2): Virtual HR support for smaller and growing companies, covering HR frameworks, systems and on-demand advisory, with execution through HRBx's partner network
- [Talent Branding](https://talentbranding.in): Employer branding and recruitment marketing, so that the right candidates choose an employer before the first conversation

## Guides and Insights

- [How to Choose an Executive Search Firm in India](https://hrbx.in/insights/how-to-choose-an-executive-search-firm-india): What founders, boards and CHROs should ask a search firm, what to watch for, and when a boutique outperforms a large firm
- [What Is Executive Search in India](https://hrbx.in/insights/what-is-executive-search-india): How retained executive search works in India and how it differs from recruitment
- [Compensation Benchmarking in India](https://hrbx.in/insights/compensation-benchmarking-india): How to benchmark leadership compensation by sector, stage, geography and ownership structure
- [GCC City Playbooks: Talent and Pay Guide](https://hrbx.in/insights/gcc-city-playbooks-talent-and-pay-guide): City-by-city guide to leadership talent and pay for companies setting up or scaling a GCC in India
- [Why Family Businesses Fail at Succession Planning](https://hrbx.in/blog/family-businesses/why-80-percent-businesses-fail-at-succession-planning): For family businesses looking at succession planning. Why handovers go wrong and what to put in place early
- [When Should Indian Small Businesses Hire a Fractional CHRO](https://hrbx.in/blog/benefits-fractional-hr-services-growing-companies): For small family businesses and small companies considering fractional HR. The signs that a growing business needs senior HR leadership, and how fractional HR compares with a full-time HR hire

## Compensation Benchmarking

- [Compensation Benchmarking in India: A Practical Guide for HR Leaders](https://hrbx.in/insights/compensation-benchmarking-india): How HR leaders in India benchmark pay, covering CTC vs take-home, variable pay, ESOPs, city pay gaps, and how HRBx builds pay bands and compensation philosophy.
- [Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking for GCCs in India: A Playbook](https://hrbx.in/insights/india-gcc-compensation-benchmarking-playbook): How Global Capability Centres price roles across Indian cities, map global levels to India levels, and benchmark employee benefits against peer GCCs, including the impact of the 2025 labour codes.
- [How to Choose a Compensation Benchmarking Partner in India (Buyer Kit for GCCs)](https://hrbx.in/blog/gcc/how-to-choose-compensation-benchmarking-partner): A buyer kit for small and mid-size GCCs with an RFP checklist, fixed vs retainer pricing, specialist vs big-brand trade-offs, and anonymised examples from Bengaluru, Chennai and Coimbatore.
- [GCC City Playbooks: Talent and Pay Guide](https://hrbx.in/insights/gcc-city-playbooks-talent-and-pay-guide): City-by-city talent and pay guide for GCCs in India.

## Company

- [Home](https://hrbx.in/): Overview of HRBx and its three services
- [About Us](https://hrbx.in/about-us): The founders and the partner team behind HRBx

## Topics HRBx Covers

- Executive search and leadership hiring in India
- CXO, VP and Country Head hiring
- GCC leadership hiring
- GCC talent and pay by city in India
- Hiring non-family CEOs and CXOs for family businesses
- India market entry leadership hiring
- Fractional CHRO and fractional HR services
- HR as a Service for growing companies
- Talent branding and employer branding
- Leadership compensation benchmarking in India

## Further reading

- Blog / insights index: https://hrbx.in/blog
- Leadership hiring: https://hrbx.in/leadership-hiring
- HR as a Service / fractional HR: https://hrbx.in/hr-as-a-service-2
- Talent branding: https://hrbx.in/talent-branding
- Family business advisory: https://hrbx.in/family-business-hr-consulting
- About the team: https://hrbx.in/about-us
- Sitemap: https://hrbx.in/sitemap_index.xml

## Contact

- Website: https://hrbx.in/
- Talent branding site: https://talentbranding.in