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Karthik Raghupathy

Judge · DISC type Dc
Head - Total Rewards & People Operations at Rupeek
📍 Greater Bengaluru Area, India

Karthik Raghupathy is a Human Resources Leader with over 18 years of experience across banking, telecom, IT, and hospitality for companies like Rupeek and Aditya Birla Group. An alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur, colleagues describe him as approachable, a good problem-solver, and people-oriented.

He began his career in the hospitality industry after earning a hotel management degree. He is passionate about building people-first workplaces and leading with empathy, reflecting on his professional journey and the lessons learned from his diverse experiences.

He successfully transitioned his career from the hospitality sector to becoming a senior HR leader in the fintech industry.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Head - Total Rewards & People Operations
Location
Greater Bengaluru Area, India
Personality Overview

How Karthik shows up

Objective Thinker
Quality Focused
Fast But Wary

They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success. They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships.

Priorities

Topics Karthik cares about

Total Rewards
As Head of Total Rewards, he publicly discusses the importance of clear compensation structures and the difference between CTC and take-home pay.
People Operations
He has extensive experience managing the entire employee lifecycle, from onboarding to exit, for large workforces across multiple locations.
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Career

Work history

5-2024
Head - Total Rewards & People Operations
Rupeek
1-2024
Community Member
HR India Network
4-2022 - 5-2024
Manager - People Experience
Rupeek
7-2020 - 2-2022
Human Resources Shared Services Manager
Regalix
1-2017 - 1-2020
Manager Human Resources
Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Limited
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Media appearances

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Education
9-2025 - 7-2026
Senior Executive Development Programme in Building Future CHROs
XLRI - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Bharathiyar College of Education
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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