# Vikram Parekh

> Vikram Parekh is a co-founder based in Ahmedabad, India, building talent infrastructure for data, AI and analytics. He co-founded datavruti (data, AI & analytics recruitment) and is building estana (estana.in) for recruitment agencies and graph (mygraph.id) for professionals.

Core belief: better information makes better hiring decisions. Increase signal, reduce noise.

## Companies and products

- [datavruti](https://www.datavruti.com): datavruti (datavruti.com) is a specialist recruitment firm that helps startups, global capability centres (GCCs) and enterprises hire data, AI and analytics talent. It recruits only in that domain.
- [estana](https://estana.in): estana (estana.in) is an AI-native operating system for recruitment agencies that raises recruiter output and consistency without adding headcount at the same rate.
- [graph](https://mygraph.id): graph (mygraph.id) is a career platform for data, AI and analytics professionals offering custom resumes, interview preparation and a personal career graph that captures the context and evidence behind their work.

## Writing

- [What losing 80% of our business taught me about concentration risk](https://vikram-portfolio-psi-five.vercel.app/writing/what-losing-80-of-our-business-taught-me-about-concentration-risk) (2026-11-05): In 2023, two clients left as hiring froze, and most of datavruti went with them. Here's what I watch differently now.
- [The advice that's right today can become wrong tomorrow](https://www.datavruti.com/blog/the-advice-thats-right-today-can-become-wrong-tomorrow) (2026-07-07): How focusing on tech hiring grew datavruti, then exposed it, and why survival, growth and resilience each need different decisions.
- [I managed by outcomes. I just didn't know what drove them.](https://www.datavruti.com/blog/i-managed-by-outcomes-i-just-didnt-know-what-drove-them) (2026-06-24): Separating what a recruiter controls, influences and can't control, and coaching from there.
- [Not all revenue is the same](https://www.datavruti.com/blog/not-all-revenue-is-the-same) (2026-06-18): Why net fee income, not top-line revenue, became the number I watch most closely.
- [Is your recruitment business healthy?](https://www.datavruti.com/blog/is-your-recruitment-business-healthy) (2026-06-16): The questions agency founders rarely ask each other: client concentration, recruiter productivity, forecasting.

## Contact

- Email: vikram@datavruti.com
- Phone: +91 98679 98866
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikramkparekh
- Website: https://vikram-portfolio-psi-five.vercel.app
- Location: Ahmedabad, India

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