In today’s digital age of innovative disruptions, the fastest way to grow your business is by collaborating yourself with the leader in consulting, that is, Verch Consulting LLP. It is a place where amazing things get done.
Or in the promising words of Dr Venugopal Rao Chikkala, the CEO, “We act as a catalyst that works towards accomplishing the betterment of the client firms through various verticals, such as training, coaching, mentoring, consulting and entrepreneurship in a professional manner.”
Verch Consulting team has over 20 years of HR Professional experience in various MNCs. It is a team of highly competent, proficient, dedicated result oriented HR professionals who are well versed and proficient in undertaking End to End HR Assignments.
Dr Rao shares, “Our collaborative efforts with various partner firms work towards the culmination of better-performing employees as well as a profitable business and become a brand in the Industry.”
A Prominent Global Indian Leader to Reckon with
Dr Rao is a name to be reckoned with in the National Community as a Human Resource professional who had helped many Indian brethren solve their problems. With an innate desire to serve the poor, downtrodden and needy people, especially of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In a profession where people make a mark after long periods of service, Dr Rao had made a name for himself by delivering Human Resources service to expatriate communities.
He founded Verch Consulting LLP, through which he had been able to impart valuable Human Resources help to solve the unemployment problems of India. With an innate desire to serve the poor, downtrodden and needy people, especially of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Dr Rao is committed, devoted, and dedicated.
According to Dr Rao, many Indians and in specific the Telugu speaking people are at the forefront of Employment both in India and Abroad. Dr Rao had been behind the success of many among them.
Regarding his education, he completed his bachelor’s degree in Arts from the Govt. Degree College. He finished his LLB from Andhra University, and later HR from Andhra University, with a PhD in Human Resources Management.
Dr Rao has got around 16 years of rich experience in the areas of Human Resources Management. He worked for reputed organizations into Pharma and IT sectors located in Hyderabad.
Awards Received by Dr Rao for his activities and by Verch Consulting includes
- the Global Indian award from President Ms Pratibha Patil in 2013,
- Received CEO of the Year Award 2020 from the Indian Achiever Foundation,
- Received Most Promising Industry Leader -Talent Aquation Category -2021 by Business Mint,
- Verch Consulting Received SME Awards 2021 by Business mint,
- Verch Consulting received Small Business awards -2022 by Franchise India.
A Leading National Recruitment Brand
At Verch Consulting, the exemplary leader Dr Rao and his team’s vision is to build business partnerships with clients by providing qualitative HR end-to-end solutions with 100% client satisfaction. Further, they are on a mission ‘to become one of the top global HR consulting organizations by 2025.’
Sharing his and Verch’s core values, Dr Rao says, “Client First, Confidentiality, Integrity, Partnership, and Innovation are our pillars.”
Based on these core values, Verch Consulting’s strengths are
- “Delivering quality services to our customers in a timely fashion,
- We Intend towards closing positions with the stability of candidates,” says Dr Rao adding,
- “Maintain Strong relationships with candidates and with industry professionals.”
Founded by Dr Rao in 2019 in Hyderabad, Verch Consulting is the pioneer of organized recruitment services in India. Over the years, the firm has acted as a preferred talent acquisition partner to multinationals and leading Indian businesses to emerge as the leading recruitment brand nationally.
This combined with its role as a trusted consultant for Indian professionals translates into the firm’s core capability – Building Careers. Building Organizations, Verch’s roots in management consulting enable it to bring a unique approach to recruitment.
“Our focus has always been on middle and senior management talent needs. We operate through domain-specialist teams spread across the country, providing customized recruitment solutions across 24 industry practices,” says Dr Rao.
The team Verch is proud of its long-standing relationships in the industry and 75% of its revenues come from its existing clients. As it began its journey in 2019, Verch Consulting has started in a humble way and transformed into one of the leading and preferred talent acquisition partners.
Dr Rao states, “With three years of legacy, we have served 56 plus clients in diverse fields. With this, we have rolled up our sleeves as trusted consultants for Pharmaceutical, Infrastructure, Information Technology, Financial Institutions, Power and Energy, Mining, Iron and Steel, FMCG, Automobile, Agro and Chemicals, Engineering sectors, etc.”
In addition to the hiring requirements, Verch also acts as a transformer for various verticals such as Corporate Training, Compliance Management, Background Checks, Payroll Processing, Recruitment Process Outsourcing with specialist skills, HR Transformation Consulting, and Total Rewards.
A Thoughtful Inspiration
When asked what his inspiration behind venturing into the consultancy space was, Dr Rao said, “I’ve thought about it a lot and there are three main reasons.”
First, is the opportunity to work on really challenging business problems. Second, is the opportunity to work closely with talented colleagues. And third, the variety of work you experience as a consultant.
HR Consulting is an intense, fast-paced profession. But, not everybody is cut out for a consulting career. “However, consulting provides exceptional opportunities to work with Top executives, progress quickly in our career, and collaborate with talented people, Verch consulting was to address the unique needs of the organisation,” feels Dr Rao.
Brand Verch Consulting’s USPs
Speaking about Brand Verch’s USPs, Dr Rao says, “Our business service is Unique and separates it from the competition. Our unique sourcing methodology ensures that the clients are served with the right candidates every time and on time and help the Organizations with the right choice and cocreate in building careers and Organizations.”
Verch Service innovation will be able to increase sales, profits and also the competitiveness of a business organization. Therefore, the company’s success in maintaining the continuity of its product sales lies in its ability to innovate to go one step ahead of its competitors.
A Broadly Encompassing Research-Based Talent Consulting
Sharing the immersive benefits of the services/solutions provided by Verch, Dr Rao says that their unique sourcing methodology ensures that the clients are served with the right candidates every time and on time and help the Organizations with the right choice and cocreate in building careers and Organizations.
He adds, “We offer comprehensive services with high precision, research-based talent consulting services broadly encompassing Executive Search in Leadership and Middle-level hiring, Discreet Reference checks for Senior Leadership and Critical positions, Payroll Services and Recruitment Process Outsourcing to name a few.”
Change-Driven Challenge Encountering
According to Dr Rao, the initial challenges faced by them were many. HR Consultants are typically hired as third-party experts who help businesses improve and maximize their human resources. They offer solutions to problems on an organizational level as well as the development and implementation of specialized best practices. These are aimed to correct outdated processes or drive change within an organization.
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about many changes to the world of business. Businesses have experienced downsizing to save costs and limiting their services to some extent.
And talking about the contemporary challenges Dr Rao says, “Now is the time to revisit our products and services so that they address the needs of our ideal client.
Due to covid many companies slow down the recruitment process we are expanding our services to Pan India planning to enter different verticals in HR services 30% Increase in Revenue by 2025 doing extensions we feel, we can overcome the challenges within one Year.”
Future Age of Disruption
Being an experienced leader, Dr Rao opines on how the adoption of modern technologies like AI and ML is impacting the industry space and how Verch Consulting adapting to the change. He says that we live in an age of disruption. Industries are getting transformed. Small companies are slowly capturing market share and establishing their brand. The word monopoly in business is slowly fading and anyone with the right strategies and innovative products can enjoy revenue share.
While Artificial Intelligence is still an unclear buzzword in tech for many, there is no denying that the recent AI and machine learning is heavily dependent on the huge amount of data. There are many predictions made by experts about the future of data analytics and how it is going to shape AI and machine learning in the coming years.
Dr Rao precisely feels, “We are already witnessing a business phase where enormous technology-driven change is helping us to address a number of challenges in achieving optimum growth.” AI technology has extremely strong developmental implications. And big data analytics is playing a major role in making AI more enterprise-ready.
Words of Wisdom
Dr Rao’s advice to budding entrepreneurs who aspire to venture into the consultancy space is wise. He says that building a good database, attractive interface, effective and efficient platforms and most importantly recruitment technologies will be very efficient and make happy candidates and successful hiring partners.
Strategic Team Building for Tomorrow
In the changing scenario, Dr Rao is envisioning scaling Verch Consulting’s operations and offerings in 2022 and beyond by,
- Strategic Hiring. Building a strong team is the foundation for success, as the employees are the backbone of a business.
- Building Partnerships,
- Marketing Strategy,
- Leveraging Technology.
