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Karuna Vempala

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Global Head- Talent Acquisition at Covasant
📍 Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Karuna Vempala leads worldwide talent strategy at Covasant as the Global Head of Talent Acquisition, focusing on leadership hiring and scalable recruitment operations. His colleagues describe him as committed, dependable, and approachable. He holds a Masters Degree in Personnel Management from Pune University and a Diploma in Labor Law.

He is a social and digital media enthusiast, recruitment blogger, and a speaker at human resources events and forums. Karuna is passionate about sharing his insights on talent acquisition and believes that social, digital, and outbound hiring are crucial in the modern talent landscape.

He has a stated mission of building a billion-dollar independent testing unicorn, focusing on recruiting professionals in cutting-edge technologies like AI, robotics, and automation.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Global Head- Talent Acquisition
Location
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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AI/ML Talent
Currently building talent for Covasant's AI Innovation Center and actively posts about hiring professionals with skills in AI, Machine Learning, and Python.
Employer Branding
Identifies himself as an "Employer Branding Advocate" and writes about the importance of candidate experience from the very first interaction with a company.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Global Head- Talent Acquisition
Covasant
6-2025 - 11-2025
Talent Acquisition Leader
Elmer Technologies
4-2023 - 3-2025
Senior Vice President - Global talent acquisition
Cigniti Technologies ( A Coforge Company )
4-2021 - 3-2023
Vice President Talent Acquisition
Cigniti Technologies
4-2018 - 4-2021
Assistant Vice President, Head Global Talent Acquisition
Cigniti Technologies
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Education
1997 - 1999
MPM
Master's Degree in Personnel Management from IMED, Pune University
1997 - 1998
DLL & LW
Diploma in Labor Law and Labor Welfare from Symbiosis , Pune University
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