Karuna Vempala

SVP-Talent Acquisition

Karuna Vempala (Known as Karan) is the Head of Talent Acquisition @ Cigniti ( A Coforge Company ) . He leads the Talent Acquisition group and spearheads Hiring & Resourcing function for the organization. He collaborates with Senior Management and other key stakeholders to implement organizational level hiring strategy. Karan is an Industry recognized Talent Acquisition professional with compassion as core value and has more than 2 decades of experience in Solutions Hiring, Super niche skills hiring, Permanent & Contractual Hiring followed by strategic deployment. He has vast experience of Global hiring practices in countries such as America, South America(Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Mexico) United Kingdom , Canada, Europe, ANZ, South Africa and emerging markets .

Prior to Cigniti, Karan worked at AppLabs (A CSC Company) where he drove Talent Acquisition efforts for various hiring streams and handled the world- wide hiring needs of a large multi-million Enterprise accounts. Karan delivered high volume hiring demands and implemented robust frameworks that attracted talent to various programs . These frameworks were instrumental in building strong projects and portfolios within the company globally.

Karan is social and digital media enthusiast, Recruitment blogger, Networker, and a Speaker in Human Resource events and forums.

Karan is an alumnus of the Pune University from where he completed his Master’s degree in Personnel Management. His academic profile includes a Master’s program in Human Resources Management and DLL & LW from premier business management institutes based in Pune.