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Suparna Mitra brings Titan experience to TeamLease’s staffing future
Suparna Mitra spent 24 years helping Titan sell watches and other products.
In February 2026, she became the leader of TeamLease, a company that helps other businesses find and manage workers.
TeamLease looks after the pay and paperwork for about 350,000 people.
It works with more than 4,000 clients in many industries.
Some workers have regular entry-level jobs, while others have specialised skills such as technology, finance or law.
Mitra says many young people now want flexible jobs and may have several careers over their lifetimes.
She also wants TeamLease to explain all of its services more clearly to customers.
Her new job is a major change because she moved from consumer products to business-to-business staffing.
Suparna Mitra joined TeamLease as managing director and chief executive officer in February 2026 after 24 years at Titan Company.
TeamLease has 350,000 people on its rolls, serves more than 4,000 clients and reported FY2025-26 revenue of ₹11,860 crore.
The company provides general and specialised staffing, including payroll, compliance, hiring and employee-benefit administration.
Mitra says flexible work and multi-career paths are becoming more attractive to employees and employers.
At Titan, Mitra helped develop premium watches, including the limited-edition Jalsa tourbillon watch priced at approximately ₹41 lakh.
- Who
- Suparna Mitra, formerly a senior Titan Company executive, and TeamLease, led by its co-founders Manish Sabharwal and Ashok Reddy in transitioned roles.
- What
- Mitra has taken over as TeamLease’s managing director and chief executive officer after a 24-year career at Titan.
- Where
- The interview took place at Dongle Café in Indiranagar, Bengaluru.
- When
- Mitra joined TeamLease in February 2026; the article was published on August 31, 2026.
- Why
- Mitra was attracted by TeamLease’s mission of putting India to work and wanted to learn a new business category focused on staffing and human-resources services.
Key facts
- TeamLease workforce
- About 350,000 people are on TeamLease’s rolls; approximately 2,500 work for TeamLease itself.
- Clients
- TeamLease handles more than 4,000 clients.
- FY2025-26 revenue
- ₹11,860 crore.
- Monthly hiring
- The company is hiring approximately 20,000 people per month at any given time.
- Global capability centres
- TeamLease works with more than 120 global capability centres.
- Mitra’s Titan tenure
- She worked at Titan for 24 years, including five years as chief executive officer of its watches and wearables division.
- Jalsa watch
- Titan’s limited-edition Jalsa tourbillon watch sold for approximately ₹41 lakh.
Quotes
Suparna Mitra
MD and CEO of TeamLease, formerly CEO of Titan’s watches and wearables division
“I’ve been reading business papers for the longest time. Earlier, I used to only look at the retail articles or marketing or B2C businesses. Now I read end-to-end because literally everybody is a client or a potential client.”
thehindubusinessline.com
“It’s a company that is not even aware of its full impact as it just believes in quietly doing things. And I come from a company where you did good work, but you also talk about it.”
thehindubusinessline.com
Sources
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