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Karunakaran Vinayagam

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Business Consultant at Stealth Startup
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Karunakaran Vinayagam is a talent acquisition leader with over 19 years of experience at firms like Genpact and Accenture. Now an HR Tech Builder at a stealth startup, he focuses on lean startup fundamentals to bridge the gap between education and employment. Colleagues describe him as analytical, passionate, and a great mentor.

His current mission is creating a human-led, AI-augmented platform to help college students become job-ready. He recently spoke at a university event on the importance of the Build-Measure-Learn loop for early-stage ventures.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Business Consultant
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Interview Readiness
His current startup is dedicated to helping college students improve their interview skills through human-led, AI-augmented mock interviews and structured feedback.
HR Technology
As an "HR Tech Builder, " he is actively developing a new platform to solve hiring challenges and has certifications in talent insights and recruitment marketing.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Business Consultant
Stealth Startup
3-2022 - 11-2024
Assistant Vice President - Campus/University Partnership and Engagement
Genpact
7-2021 - 3-2022
Associate General Manager - Talent Acquisition Group
Hexaware Technologies
3-2019 - 6-2021
Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition - Contingent Workforce Management
Accenture
11-2014 - 3-2019
Talent Acquisition Manager - Staffing Service
Accenture
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Education
2004 - 2006
MBA
Alagappa Institute of Management, Alagappa University
1999 - 2003
B.Tech
St. Joseph's College Of Engineering
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