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Priya Krishnamurthy

Lead India Employment and Payroll Specialist

Priya has 13+ years working with Indian payroll and labour law. Formerly a senior HR Tax consultant at a Big 4 firm in Bengaluru and a payroll operations lead at a Pune-based EOR, she covers the operational reality of Provident Fund, ESI, Professional Tax, gratuity, and the four new Labour Codes for foreign employers entering India.

India (all 28 states and 8 union territories) 5 languages 13+ years experience
13+
Years experience
1
Countries covered
6
Areas of expertise
10
Articles on Peorient

About Priya

Priya is Peorient's resident expert on hiring in India. She practised employment law in Pune for four years before moving in-house at a Big 4 firm's HR Tax practice in Bengaluru, where she ran the India payroll compliance line for inbound multinationals for six years. She joined a Pune-headquartered EOR as Head of Payroll Operations in 2022 before coming to Peorient as the editorial lead for India content. She has run state-level Shops and Establishments registrations in 14 Indian states, processed Form 16 issuances for 6,000+ employees over her career, and has the kind of hands-on intimacy with EPFO portal quirks that you only get by spending years on the wrong end of an inspector's letter. She also serves on the editorial advisory board of a Mumbai-based HR magazine focused on India operations.

Areas of expertise

EPF, ESI, gratuity, and statutory bonus calculation State-by-state Shops and Establishments and Professional Tax Maternity Benefit Act 2017 implementation Four new Labour Codes (Wage, IR, Social Security, OSH) TDS and Form 16 employer obligations Permanent Establishment risk for India inbound

Education

  • LL.B (Hons), Symbiosis Law School, Pune
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Labour Laws and Labour Welfare, Government Law College, Mumbai

Credentials & certifications

  • Advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
  • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) with India payroll specialisation

Speaking & publishing

  • FICCI HR Conclave panellist, 2024
  • NHRDN Pune Chapter monthly speaker series, 2023 to present
  • TiE Pune Global Hiring Roundtable, 2025

Professional memberships

  • Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
  • National HRD Network (NHRDN), Pune Chapter
  • All India Federation of Tax Practitioners (associate)
Editorial disclosure: Priya contributes to Peorient as part of the editorial advisory team. Peorient is an independent advisory platform that earns referral commissions when companies engage providers through the site. Priya's editorial recommendations are made independently of commercial relationships, and providers do not have approval rights over coverage.

Also written by Priya

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