1,000+ verified HR professionals

The communityHR built for itself.

Everyone in the company brings their problems to HR. HRIN is where HR takes theirs. An invite-only network of vetted practitioners who answer honestly.

HR only. No exceptions. No vendors. Zero spam.
Ananya Raghavan
Head of People · Bengaluru
Mohit Sethi
HRBP · Pune
Kavya Nair
HR Ops Lead · Gurugram
Certified HR AI Practitioner
Earned through CHAP, evaluated by senior HR leaders
What HRIN offers

One community.
Two ways in.

Join the room and grow with people who do your job. Earn the credential that shows you can lead HR through what comes next. Most members do both.

The network

Get in the room.

Ask the things you cannot ask anywhere else, in a room where every member has been checked by a person first.

A public profile that leads with what you changed, not where you sat
A directory you can search by skill, tool, function or city
The Resource Vault and Buzz, arriving for members as they ship
The credential

Prove you can lead HR through AI.

A certification built for working HR professionals. Not a certificate you get for turning up.

Assessed by senior HR leaders, not marked by software
Certified HR AI Practitioner, Level 1 designation
Built around the decisions HR is being asked to make now
Certify through CHAP and the HRIN Verified badge lands on your profile.
Inside the platform

Not a group chat.
A place with a door.

A chat thread has no memory and no identity. The answer somebody gave six months ago has scrolled away, and you have no idea who half the numbers belong to. This is what HRIN gives you instead.

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Your name
Your role at your company
Impact highlights
-14%Attrition
120Hires, 9 months
4.6Engagement
Skills and tools
Comp & BenPOSHOrg designWorkday
A profile that is yours

It opens with the numbers you moved, not the titles you held, and it lives at a link you can put in an email signature.

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All functionsTalentOpen to opportunities
Ananya Raghavan
Head of People · Bengaluru
Mohit Sethi
HRBP · Pune
Kavya Nair
HR Ops Lead · Gurugram
A directory you can search

By skill, tool, HR function or city. Type what you are dealing with and get the practitioner who has already handled it.

See the whole platform
The HRIN way

Every member is both.
Seeker and giver.

When you ask, the room answers. When somebody else asks, you are the one who has already been there.

Seeker
HR Director
2h
“How are you all handling return-to-office pushback? I need real strategies, not corporate talking points.”
Giver
CHRO
1h
We ran a six month hybrid pilot. Happy to share the playbook and the two mistakes that cost us the most.
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Seekers

Ask openly, without dressing it up. A policy dilemma at midnight, a CHRO conversation you need to prepare for, a number you need sanity checked. No judgement, and it does not follow you back to work.

Givers

Answer from what you have actually lived. The mistakes, the wins, the decision you would take back. That is worth more to the person asking than any framework they could look up.

Today you ask. Next month you are the one answering.
Member voices

Not our words.
Theirs.

Named members, real roles, and a link to every one of them. Nothing here is anonymous, so go and check for yourself.

HRIN is an excellent platform to connect, collaborate and learn. It is not just another random HR group for me. I truly value this community and proud to be one of the HR leaders here!

Hima Mohan Prabhu
HRBP @ Eltropy
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HRIN has something for every career level. I love the mentoring offered to junior and mid-level professionals. For senior leaders, the curated reading material and questions from different industries help build both a macro and micro perspective.

Arati Mohanram
Ex-VP @ Mr. Cooper
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What sets HRIN apart is the zero-noise environment. No forwards, no self-promotion, just genuine queries and real engagement. It works on both a personal and professional level, and that is rare to find.

Prachi Kelkar Bhide
Training and Talent Manager
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The credential

HR is splitting in two.
Choose your side.

CHAP is a certification for working HR professionals who want to apply AI to the job they actually do, and a credential that proves it to everyone else.

Four live sessions, hands-on exercises, and a capstone
Assessed by senior HR leaders, not marked by software
Earns the HRIN Verified badge on your public profile
Explore CHAP
Sample HRIN certificate awarding the Certified HR AI Practitioner designation
Every certificate carries its own number and issue date.
Questions

Before you apply.

If something is not answered here, write to us at hr@thehrin.org and a person will reply.

Working HR professionals: generalists, specialists, HRBPs, people operations leaders and CHROs. If HR is not your primary role, this is not the right network for you, and that is the point. Every application is read by a person before it is accepted.
Because a group chat has no memory and no identity. The answer somebody gave six months ago has scrolled away, you cannot search for the one person who has actually run a POSH investigation, and you have no idea who half the numbers belong to. HRIN keeps the part that works and adds what a chat thread cannot have: a verified profile behind every member, a directory you can search, and a library that stays put. And nobody can add a vendor to HRIN.
No. HRIN is free to join. Every application is still read by a person before it is accepted, which is what keeps the network worth being in.
Within 72 hours. We review every application by hand, so it is not instant, but you will hear back from us by email inside three days either way.
What is shared inside HRIN stays inside HRIN. Candid conversations only happen when people trust that, so republishing what another member has said, including screenshots, is grounds for removal. Your own email address and mobile number are never shown on your public profile.
No. HRIN has a strict zero-promotion policy. No sales pitches, no vendor spam, no personal promotion, and no agency recruiters sourcing candidates. This is a community, not a marketplace.
No. HRIN runs entirely in your browser today, on your phone as well as your laptop. Nothing to install.
CHAP is a structured certification for HR professionals who want to apply AI to their real work. Four live sessions, hands-on exercises, and a capstone assessed by senior HR leaders. Completing it earns the HRIN Verified badge on your profile. Full details, including dates and fees, are on the CHAP page.
HRIN started in India and is open to HR professionals worldwide, with members across 27+ cities. The platform runs in your browser, so where you are does not change what you get.
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