Kaunain is the Business Integrity Specialist at Transparency International (TI), where she drives integrity in business, a key part of TI's strategy. She works to strengthen business capacity for collective action, fosters integrity across value chains, and advocates for better regulatory frameworks and compliance mechanisms. Kaunain has contributed to projects like Integrity Pacts, focused on transparent public procurement, and the Business Integrity Country Agenda, advancing national-level business integrity. She also leads TI's efforts in private sector sustainability reporting, such as ESG.

Previously, she served as Research Coordinator at TI, contributing to the Anti-Corruption Helpdesk. Kaunain has campaigned for nuclear disarmament as a Regional Ambassador for South Asia with Global Zero in the USA and volunteered with the Child in Need Institute (CINI) in India. In the private sector, she worked in internal audit at Ernst and Young (EY) in India. Kaunain holds a Master’s in Corruption and Governance from the University of Sussex, and degrees in Political Science and Human Rights.