Most EORs are software companies that happen to offer employment services. We're an India-first HR company founded by Chartered Accountants who've spent years in cross-border compliance.
We know what it actually takes to onboard, pay, and retain engineers in India — because we've been doing it from the ground up, not from a dashboard.
"We kept watching US companies onboard their first Indian engineer, get hit with compliance surprises, and then get trapped by their EOR when they wanted to scale. We built People EOR to fix that — start lean, graduate to your own entity, and never change vendors."
Resident Director, RBI investment filing, state-level tax registrations, 15 labour law registrations. Most companies give up before they start.
Software-only platforms can't handle hardware procurement, office space, or local asset recovery. They leave you exposed on the physical side.
Transitioning to your own entity is made deliberately painful. People EOR is the only EOR that actively plans your graduation from day one.
People EOR was co-founded by three Chartered Accountants with deep expertise in Indian employment law, cross-border compliance, and entity structuring for foreign companies entering India.
We're not a SaaS platform that added India as a checkbox. We're an India-first HR operations company built by CAs who understand the law behind every payslip, every statutory filing, and every entity registration.
We have physical offices in Pune and Bengaluru, real hardware procurement relationships, and a payroll team with 15+ years of India-specific experience.
Our advisory team bridges the compliance layer with the people strategy layer — giving US companies a partner who understands both sides of building a world-class India team.
Chartered Accountant with deep expertise in cross-border compliance and India entity structuring for US, UK and Australian companies.
LinkedIn →Chartered Accountant specialising in Indian employment law, payroll taxation, and market entry structuring for US and UK companies.
LinkedIn →Chartered Accountant leading operations and compliance strategy. Ensures every client's India setup is watertight from day one.
LinkedIn →15+ years in India payroll operations. Handles PF, ESI, TDS, and all statutory filings for every employee on the People EOR platform.
LinkedIn →Divya brings nearly two decades of HR and People Operations leadership to People EOR, with a track record of helping high-growth and PE-backed companies scale the right way — building people infrastructure, leading global expansion, and putting the right people in the right seats.
As Founder of Leadership Evolutions LLC, she advises executive teams on organizational design, workforce strategy, job architecture, compensation philosophy, and leadership development. Her work has driven measurable outcomes across revenue growth, profitability, workforce expansion, retention, and cost reduction.
At People EOR, Divya shapes the people and pricing strategy that underpins how the company serves US tech companies building teams in India. Her perspective bridges two worlds most EORs never connect: the compliance and logistics layer that makes hiring possible, and the leadership and retention layer that makes it worth it. She also founded EVOLVE, an invite-only peer leadership community to elevate leaders to their maximum potential.
LinkedIn →Our goal is to hand you your own Indian entity at the right time. We succeed when you no longer need our EOR — that's a feature, not a risk.
We have real people, real offices, real hardware relationships. We don't outsource the hard stuff — we do it ourselves.
India's employment law is complex and penalties are personal. We treat compliance as the foundation, not a checkbox.
Everything bundled into one predictable USD payment. You always know what you're paying and why.
Our headquarters and primary office hub. Private branded spaces available for your India team from day one. Hardware procurement and logistics run from here.
Full operations presence in India's largest tech hub. Compliance, onboarding, and client support teams based here. Serviced office space available.
Our US desk is headed by Divya Divakaran, based in the United States. She works directly with US founders and People leaders — same timezone, same business context, no 12-hour lag on your questions.
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll walk you through exactly how we work and what your India expansion would look like with People EOR.