The story
behind the
firm.
Founded by a retired Army officer who spent two decades on the hiring side of India's most demanding organisations — JustHR has been building leadership teams since 2005.
Every mandate we take is one where I would personally stake my professional reputation. That's not a motto — it's how we operate.
From uniform
to boardroom —
and then to advising both.
JustHR was founded not by a recruiter, but by someone who understood what leadership actually looks like from the inside. Capt. Manmeet Singh commissioned into the Indian Army in 1991, served in some of the most demanding operational environments in the world, and then spent over two decades in HR leadership across ITC Hotels, HCL Perot Systems, and Oracle India — shortlisting, selecting, and building teams.
In 2005, he founded JustHR in Whitefield, Bengaluru — not as a staffing agency, but as a specialist talent advisory firm for organisations that refuse to treat leadership hiring as a transactional exercise. That same veteran-founder perspective is what shapes JustHR's Veteran Hiring practice today.
Key milestones in
two decades of building teams.
Capt. Manmeet Singh
Commissioned into the Indian Army's Corps of Artillery in 1991, Capt. Manmeet Singh spent his formative years in environments where leadership was measured not in appraisals but in outcomes. Service in Siachen, Kargil, and Dras shaped a philosophy of precision, accountability, and performance under pressure that remains the operating principle of JustHR to this day.
After leaving uniform, he brought that philosophy into corporate India's most demanding HR environments — ITC Hotels, HCL Perot Systems, and Oracle India. As a hiring decision-maker across these organisations, he developed an understanding of what separates leaders who deliver from those who merely impress — an understanding that no amount of recruiting software can replicate.
In 2005, he founded JustHR in Bengaluru. The firm's entire model is built on a single conviction: that hiring decisions at the leadership level are too consequential to be left to a process optimised for volume. Every mandate is personally led. Every recommendation is one he would make with his own reputation on the line.
"The difference between a good hire and a great one is rarely on the CV. It is in the conversation before the recommendation — and that conversation is one I have personally, every time."
Three principles.
No exceptions.
Not a mission statement written for a website. Principles demonstrated on every mandate.
Precision Over Volume
We do not present ten candidates in the hope that one is right. We present three — each one someone we would hire with our own reputation on the line. Quality over quantity is not a positioning line. It is how we operate.
Sector Depth
We work in sectors we understand from the inside — engineering, manufacturing, technology, defence, and built environment. We do not take mandates where we cannot bring genuine domain knowledge to the conversation.
Founder-Led Always
Every mandate, every search, every recommendation is personally led by Capt. Manmeet Singh. Not a junior team member. Not an automated tool. The experience you engage is the experience you receive.
To make leadership hiring
a strategic advantage — not a liability.
Most organisations treat executive hiring as a process. We treat it as a decision — one with consequences that outlast any short-term cost consideration. Our mission is to ensure that every leadership hire we make strengthens the organisation that trusted us.
The firm organisations
call before the urgency hits.
The best talent advisory relationships are not reactive. They are built over time, grounded in a consultant's deep understanding of a client's business, culture, and leadership requirements. Our vision is to be the first call, not the last resort.
Sectors where
we bring depth.
We do not claim to serve every sector. We serve the sectors where our domain knowledge makes a measurable difference to the quality of every mandate — see the full Industries page.
Not the largest firm.
But the most
precise one.
JustHR is a boutique firm by design. We keep our mandate count low and our quality of engagement high. Clients return not because we have the biggest database — but because the search we ran last time was the last one they needed on that role.
The right hire starts
with the right conversation.
Whether you're looking to build a team, fill a leadership gap, or simply understand what rigorous executive hiring looks like — Capt. Manmeet Singh is the right person to start that conversation with.
Talk to Capt. Manmeet Singh