UKG appoints Tanuka Bairagi as VP of HR in India

UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) has appointed Tanuka Bairagi as Vice President of HR, India, reinforcing the HCM leader’s commitment to its fastest-growing talent market. Bairagi will anchor a people strategy oriented around skills, manager effectiveness, and inclusion, while scaling hiring for product, engineering, and customer-facing roles. With HR becoming increasingly data-driven, her focus areas include talent analytics, career frameworks, internal mobility, and leadership development to support UKG’s product roadmap in workforce management and payroll. The company frames the appointment as pivotal to sustaining engagement and belonging across distributed teams, with HR tech practitioners themselves modeling modern, consumer-grade experiences for employees.