Our People Stories
Tarun Chhibber
Vice President of Professional Services
Tarun Chhibber serves as Evalueserve’s Vice President of Professional Services. He has worked for Evalueserve for the entirety of his professional career, having joined straight out of college. Tarun has loved Evalueserve’s office culture since he came for his interview 20 years ago. Read on for our Q&A with Tarun.
Q: Why did you join Evalueserve?
Tarun: Let me share how this journey began. It was the 14th of February 2002. Evalueserve was conducting a campus hire drive from two colleges in its DLF Corporate Park office. In a gloomy recruitment year, I was fortunate to have an offer from a shipping company. But, since I didn’t have Valentine’s Day plans, I still decided to appear for an interview at Evalueserve with my friends! Positive vibes, vibrant culture, professional environment, friendly people, and world-class infrastructure were my quick observations about the company within a couple of hours. The more I interacted with people during my three rounds of interviews and observed the company’s working style that day, the keener I was to join the small family of just over 50 people. I was selected by Evalueserve and have been a part of its stupendous growth story ever since.
Q: How has your journey been in Evalueserve?
Tarun: My two-decade-long journey with Evalueserve has been a joyful one for a variety of reasons, including:
• Working with and learning from some excellent, bright minds, both within Evalueserve and at our client organizations
• Freedom to operate like an entrepreneur in an over 20-year-old start-up
• Recognition earned along the way
While I joined in an old building with a young physique, I am now in a new building with an older self (receding gray hairline doesn’t help, either).
Q: What have you learned during your experiences at Evalueserve?
Tarun: Over the last two decades, Evalueserve has given me a terrific platform, along with direct and indirect mentorship from so many wonderful colleagues. Despite the firm's rapid growth, we have been able to maintain the fantastic things that impressed me as a fresher in the corporate world. We have continued to evolve over the years and remain the industry pioneers with a start-up mindset. It not only taught me some values that may sound cliché – integrity, respect for each other, perseverance, and focus – but also helped me develop the agility needed to deal with uncertain times.
Q: What influenced your choice to join us?
Tarun: Many fresh young professionals are more inclined to join a big brand, but I was sure I would prefer a great culture over everything else. What made an impression on my young mind was the culture of meritocracy that I could observe from day one at Evalueserve. Even your boss would be willing to learn from you if you had something to teach. That culture of respecting individuals regardless of hierarchy is still evident, and I try to inculcate that within my team. You are rewarded for your work, encouraged to course-correct if things don’t work, and, as a company, we invest in our people.
Q: What drives your work?
Tarun: I strive to be continually learning and improving, delivering client delight, and meeting and exceeding my commitments.
Q: How do you want your colleagues to remember you?
Tarun: I want to be remembered as an action-oriented, empathetic professional who likes to challenge the status quo and drive transformation.
Q: What makes Evalueserve different from other companies?
Tarun: Evalueserve has a relentless drive for excellence, which I’ve had a front seat to for the past two decades. The organization continues to push all employees towards excellence.
