Krishna Karthik started his career in 1995 as a system hardware engineer in PSG College of Technology, in Tamil Nadu where he was responsible for troubleshooting PC, PC-XT.

In 1997, he shifted to Init Systems in Tamil Nadu, as a system hardware and network engineer, troubleshooting servers, systems and printers.

The following year, he joined The Hindu Group working across the Hyderabad and Kochi branches in the electronic department. He is currently in Coimbatore in the IT pre-press.