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Karthik Unnikrishnan

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Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at phData
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Karthik is a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at phData with over a decade of experience, specializing in tech and product hiring. An engineer by training from Annamalai University, he now focuses on building high-performing teams. Colleagues describe him as dedicated, sharp, and innovative, with a talent for strategic recruitment.

He is a passionate advocate for modernizing hiring practices, believing organizations should look beyond conventional templates to find transformative talent. His approach is deeply influenced by his interest in AIs role in reshaping HR and a strong commitment to championing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Unique fact: He is an engineer who successfully pivoted his career into Human Resources, embodying his belief in hiring people, not resumes.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Job Level
Middle
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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AI in Recruitment
He identifies as an "AI enthusiast reshaping Talent Acquisition" and recently completed an AI Tools Workshop, indicating a focus on leveraging technology in hiring.
Unconventional Talent
He believes companies lose due to "outdated thinking" and advocates for hiring unconventional candidates who can bring genuine transformation, rather than fitting a fixed template.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
phData
7-2023 - 7-2025
Talent Acquisition Lead
GrayMatter Software Services Pvt Ltd
1-2023 - 6-2023
Talent Acquisition Manager
Ezetap by Razorpay
10-2019 - 12-2022
Talent Acquisition Manager
BYJU'S
10-2018 - 9-2019
Recruitment Lead
BYJU'S
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Education
8-2020 - 12-2022
PGDM
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
2009 - 2013
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
Annamalai University
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