By Radhika Sharma | HRKatha
Publication Date: 2026-10-15 12:48:00
Cisco has appointed Monika Kaushik as senior talent advisor– *APJC* , effective October 2026. She brings over 10 years of experience in technology talent acquisition, with expertise in recruitment strategy, regional hiring, workforce planning and recruitment process optimisation.
Kaushik joins Cisco after serving as manager – talent acquisition at VMock from July 2025 to April 2026. She partnered with the company’s founders and senior stakeholders to align hiring priorities with business requirements, overseeing recruitment across technology, product and business functions. Her responsibilities also included campus hiring, particularly from institutions such as the IITs and IIMs, and mentoring recruitment teams.
Before VMock, Kaushik spent over three years at Builder.ai as senior talent advisor, leading end-to-end recruitment across engineering, product, delivery, design and growth functions in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East and Africa regions.
Earlier, she…
