Venkataraman Subramanyan

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Venkat is an experienced business leader, facilitator and coach and delights in the joy of making others great. His strong communication, presentation, and coaching skills inspire individuals and teams to uplift their aspirations, to realize their true potential.

His clients respect him for his utmost honesty and integrity, his passion for excellence, his ability to ask hard questions in a soft way, and on helping them think critically, so that they could execute with rigor and compassion.

His vast experience across Asia in a variety of leadership roles helps him tailor his engagements across cultures. He is currently leading several engagements in areas of Global Leadership Development, Execution Excellence, Sales Leadership, Women Leadership, Group Coaching and Executive Coaching.

Venkat is the Founder and Director of Tripura Multinational, an organization dedicated to driving Sales Excellence within organizations, building an Integrated Educational Institution, and Tripura Foundation to serve the under-privileged through the power of Education. As a Sales 3.0 facilitator and sales coach, Venkat engages in capability building around deal coaching, partner sales management, account management, and pipeline management. Through these engagements, he has generated over US$3 Billion in net new opportunities, and helped develop deal strategies for multiple deals ranging from $100K to over US$40M. His Deal Qualification framework has also been adopted as a Global Standard by organizations, and implemented as part of their Global CRM. Venkat is an experienced coach, and uses his coaching and training skills to coach CxOs, Partners, directors and managers at many Fortune 500 Companies. He has over 1000 coaching hours over the past 36 months – split as 30% on individual coaching, and 70% on Group coaching. He has had the privilege to coach leaders from over twenty nationalities across the Globe. With 25 years of experience in the IT industry, Venkat has had a strong and successful career at Microsoft for over 13 years, in multiple roles, culminating as the COO for their Enterprise and Partner Business. Venkat, and his wife, Sripriyaa live in Singapore and delight in the opportunities to make others great!!

Their vision is to Touch and Transform a million lives by 2020 and a billion lives by 2030.

Sripriyaa Venkataraman

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Sripriyaa Venkataraman (Priya) leads the Partner, Innovation and Coaching Practice for Tripura Multinational. Priya is a certified coach from Coach Training Alliance, and has enjoyed the opportunity to coach individuals from different countries, cultures and diverse backgrounds. Her works to elevate the impact and influence of coaching led to the establishment of a highly successful coaching community called Global Coaching Lab, where she helps independent coaching professionals to successfully build their business and also helps internal coaches within organizations to increase their coaching effectiveness.
Priya focuses her independent coaching on two specific areas: Executive Coaching and Cross Cultural Diversity Coaching.

As a Cross Cultural Diversity Coach, Priya works with expats and professionals to successfully navigate their adaptation and cross cultural challenges to make informed choices in their Personal and Professional transition. She also focuses on professionals who like to accelerate their integration into a new environment, and utilize the power of diversity and coaching to reach their GOALS faster.

As an Executive Coach, Priya works with business heads and country managers to help them create newer thinking and behaviour to achieve world class excellence in their roles. She takes the courage to challenge their existing approaches to their business and people to create aspirational goals and successfully execute them.

As an independent professional, having spent the last decade in multiple locations across Asia has helped her gain appreciation for the power of harnessing diversity for personal and organizational growth.

Priya is an MBA in International Business and Human Resources from Maharishi University of Management, Iowa, USA. To further her understanding on diversity in business, Priya has earned a certification on handling Diversity within Organizations, from University of California, Berkeley. Her interest in writing features, spurred her to gain a certification in Feature Writing, from the University of California, Berkeley.

Today, Priya is passionate about positively influencing and transforming the lives of millions of people around the world, and this core principle forms the foundation for the vision and mission of both her companies, Tripura Multinational and Global Coaching Lab.

When Priya is not leading her team or coaching clients to attain their goals, she enjoys her classical dance sessions which bring about a sense of holistic balance. She loves cooking for her family and friends, travelling across the globe and feature writing. She lives currently in Singapore along with her husband Venkataraman Subramanyan.

Harish Subbaraman

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Harish has a diverse work experience, which is spread across different industries viz, Telecommunication, Banking and Events Management.

His experience has allowed him to operate in many roles like Sales, Business Development, Customer Service, Marketing, and Learning & Development. Thorough his engagements and interactions, He possesses a commitment to delivering customer service excellence and a reputation for ensuring complete customer satisfaction.

Before joining Tripura Multinational, Harish worked in the capacity of a Learning & Development Specialist for Singtel. In this role, he was delivering and facilitating training programs (Sales and Soft Skills) within Singtel, where he has helped the company to train employees ranging from New Hires to Experienced Professionals across 3 different regions. He is regarded as a very successful individual, when Training and Engaging his Stakeholders. In 2016, Harish was honoured to receive the GOLD Award for the Best Trainer during the 16th International Contact Center Association of Singapore.

In his current capacity, Harish is responsible for managing the customer success by focussing on:

• Business Development -where he plays a Strategic role in expanding the client/ customer base for both the organizations (Tripura Multinational and Global Coaching Lab).
• Program Marketing and Branding.
• Facilitation of our Sales and Leadership Development programs
• Contributing to Innovation projects
• Developing program content and experiential learnings experiences for client engagements Harish enjoys reading books and likes to play badminton.

Raju Venkataraman

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Raju is an accomplished business leader, leadership trainer & executive coach with 30 years diverse experience in global MNCs & Asian companies.

Raju has been living in Singapore and working across the Asia-Pacific region since the early nineties. He has successfully mentored the career growth of executives in finance, strategy, IT, sales & distribution functions, assisting them to enhance their communication, strategic thinking and stakeholder management skills. Most recently, Raju was CFO & Head of Strategy for The Walt Disney Company in South East Asia (SEA). Now as a coach and trainer, he:

• Helps executives grow in their career journey, with executive coaching and career management advice. He helps executives achieve career success by providing one-on- one coaching.
• Conducts training workshops for managers and leaders as well as for MBA students on Business Model Innovation, Negotiation Skills, and other business skills including Being Political Savvy, Being a Strategic CFO, Developing Executive Presence.

Raju is a well-regarded panelist & speaker on topics such as Excelling amidst change & disruption, Strategic CFO, Balancing Diversity vs Meritocracy, Career Resilience, Performance Measurement.

He has been described by his colleagues and mentees as a good listener with high integrity, commercially astute & approachable yet prepared to challenge. In addition to in-depth business knowledge and cross-cultural understanding, he is a keen industry watcher, with special interest in media & entertainment, hospitality, consumer products/services & technology sectors, & in Asian economies

Masaru Someya

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Based in Japan, Masa (Masa) Someya is an experienced global facilitator and coach, specializing in executive leadership and business coaching.

Masa is highly skilled in delivering both leadership and business coaching throughout all levels of an organization as well as to develop next generation of talent through personal coaching leveraging his expertise on career development facilitator skill. Masa’s expertise centers on focusing high-profile leadership talent around trust, communication, relationship development, conflict resolution and alignment to provide a competitive advantage to the core business. Masa is also widely respected as a thought leader and key influencer.

Masa has a wealth of experience working in a truly global environment at Hewlett-Packard. Masa has 30 years of extensive marketing and sales experience including strategic planning, market research, product planning, sales promotion, market development, solution development, market communication, marketing program planning/execution, partner alliance and sales management on both large scales multi-year enterprise mission-critical projects to volume business on client PCs. Masa also has 23 years’ experience in managing and developing staff members, which includes multinational teams consisting of people from Europe, Asia, and Americas. Masa also has four years of experience as a global facilitator, instructor, and trainer for leadership and sales skills in over 13 countries in APJ and also in the US in both English and Japanese, having facilitated more than 300 training classes, including sales skills, leadership development. Masa has also led two major PMI (Post Merger Integration) projects.

Masa's client list spans a wide range of business categories including manufacturing, technology, electronics, healthcare and telecommunications.

Certifications

• ICC certified(Leadership and Business)
• GCDF(Global Career Development Facilitator)
• Inventory of Leadership Styles
• Japan national qualified Career Consultant

Education

• BS in Computer Software Science & Engineering from Kogakuin University, Tokyo
• Keio University MCC, Tokyo, Career Advisor Basic, 2006 Career Advisor Advance, 2010

Practice Areas

• Executive Coaching
• Executive On-Boarding
• Executive Presence
• Executive Team Coaching & Development
• Leadership Development
• Business Coaching
• Sales Excellence
• Global Presentation Skills
• Team Coaching & Facilitation
• Workshop/Program Design
• raining Delivery
• Workshop/Program Facilitation
• Visioning & Strategic Planning
• Career Self-Reliance
• Business Consulting
• Global Communication

Harini Chari

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Harini Chari is a brand strategist by education, social entrepreneur by profession and a people developer by passion. She is a career brand consultant at global outplacement firm, Lee Hecht Harrison and has coached leaders, entrepreneurs, millennials, professionals and the differently abled, aligning their brands with their online, offline and in-paper profiles. She has empowered, inspired and energized audiences in the realms of Branding, Leadership, Storytelling and Diversity.

With over 18 years of experience across Asia, US and Europe, she has led the brand strategy for organizations such as Amcham- Finland and National Council of Social Service- Singapore. Orchestrating the brand strategy of L’Oreal, Nestle and Tiffany’s, she has been on either side of the brand table, thus bringing with her unique insight into the brand experience. She has had the privilege of speaking and empowering audiences at the US- ASEAN Women in Leadership Conference (Jakarta), Workforce Development Authority (Singapore), Amway/Amcham Entrepreneurial Spirit Conference (Finland), Digital Leadership Conference (Vietnam), Shell (Indonesia), Eastman Chemicals (China), INSEAD for the Finnish Business Councilas well as being featured on Singapore & Swedish television news channels.

Her unique style is based on a holistic approach which helps her clients create impact for themselves and others. By exploring inner core values and aligning them with outer decisions, she helps her audience connect the dots between their values, passions and goals and present themselves such that they are seen, heard and sought.

Harini has a Masters in Advertising from Michigan State University and is a REACH (Pioneer Institute in Personal Branding, US) certified Personal Branding and 360 degree brand strategist. She is based in Singapore and currently directs and manages her social enterprise, Brand You.

Krishnan Raman

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Krishnan is an experienced Consultant, Coach, Mentor & Facilitator with nearly 20 years of experience in enabling Leadership at all levels across India, South Asia and other parts of the world.

His clients like to engage him for his Integrity, Honesty & Commitment to ensure no stone is left unturned to ensure deliverable results. They respect him for his in-depth knowledge and the way he brings new insights that facilitates shifting of existing mindsets. He breaks down complex things into simple processes that makes it easier to master new techniques. Most of his clients consider him among the best they have ever engaged.

Krishnan has more than 25 years of business experience to draw from and more than 500 organizations of varying sizes have benefited from his expertise to increase their Sales, Market Share, Profitability, Employee Engagement, Customer Loyalty, Trust, Personal Productivity and Team/Organizational Execution Capabilities.

He has been able to turn around businesses from loss making to highly profitable enterprises. CEOs of various organizations continue to hire him year after year as a Mentor & Coach for his ability enable them in a VUCA world to not only sustain but increase their Sales, Profitability & Operational Excellence.

Some of the leaders he has coached have been recognized and awarded for achievements at National & Global levels.

He is also a Senior Certified Trainer on Situational Leadership by Center for Leadership Studies and certified by Microsoft Academy of Excellence.

He started his career in Information Technology and during his international exposure, he has developed and implemented systems Canada, USA and also served as a Consultant to the Embassy of the United States of America, Canadian High Commission and various other national and multinational clients.

Through his training and coaching, he has inspired many individuals and teams to achieve extraordinary results in their lives.

He lives in Gurgaon, India and his personal Mission is to enable the highest potential in every individual he serves. His Vision is to leave this world as a better place for the future generations.

Dr. Raj Dravid

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Broad and deep experience in the vocational education space for underprivileged groups in India, Africa and Middle east. Advising different governments in Africa on building the skills training portfolio. Conceptualizing and implementing different psychometric tools for identification of entrepreneurial traits in African small holder farmer groups(SHG). Part of the core group of L3 ( Leasing & Leveraging Livelihoods)- a company engaged in offering value added services like leasing, skill building and reduction of post harvest losses(PHL) in Africa. In this capacity work with Alliance for Green revolution in Africa (AGRA). L3 is a company of 3 entities two from US and one from India.. Innovare Advisers- USA, Post-Harvest Technologies, USA and EcoDev Solutions, India.

As President of EcoDev Foundation my work involves strategizing ways to help female school going kids by providing them affordable sanitary napkins through vending machines as well as providing employment opportunities to underprivileged ladies in the manufacturing and distribution of the napkins.

My work involves advising donor agencies, governments and corporates on poverty alleviation strategies for underprivileged youth, working with farmers on agri mechanisation to eliminate rural poverty. I have actively engaged in working with rural youths to make them employable as well as develop entrepreneurial abilities in them in Senegal, Tanzania and other African geographies. Funding has come from agencies like AGRA, USAID and Rockefeller Foundation. Also, have developed psychometric tools to measure entrepreneurship traits as well as determine creditworthiness through instruments like Business Excellence Index(BXI) and Creditworthiness Excellence Index (CXI). Recently have started work in Bangladesh with two large groups in streamlining their sales channel by creating Centre of Excellence (CoE)

Philippe Rosinski

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Philippe Rosinski is a world authority in Executive Coaching, Team Coaching, and Global Leadership Development.

He is the first European to have been designated Master Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation. He has pioneered a global approach to coaching that leverages multiple perspectives for greater creativity, impact and meaning.

The Harvard Business School chose his ground-breaking book Coaching Across Cultures as its featured book recommendation in the category of business leadership. His innovative approach of bringing the crucial intercultural dimension into the practice of coaching has won him worldwide acclaim. His latest book Global Coaching has been described as having moved the art and science of coaching to a new level”.

Since 1999, he is principal of Rosinski & Company, an international network organization that helps leaders, teams and organizations unleash their human potential to achieve sustainable high performance. Previously, he was the Director of Custom Programs at the Center for Creative Leadership Europe. Philippe Rosinski is a professor in the MBA program for global managers at the Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic. He received an Electrical and Mechanical Engineering degree from the Ecole Polytechnique in Brussels. He holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and the Executive Master in Management degree from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. He is also certified to use a variety of psychometric instruments and is the author of the Cultural Orientations Framework (COF) assessment available at www.cofassessment.com.

Philippe Rosinski has spoken at numerous international conferences. He participated in the first International Executive Coaching Summit (1999), initiated and led the first European Executive Coaching Summit (2003). He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice. He also serves on the Global Advisory panel of the Association for Coaching. He lives near Brussels with his family.

Ramakrishnan Sundaresen

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Ramakrishnan (Ram) Sundaresan, is an independent advisor and business transformation consultant. He turned an entrepreneur in April 2013 after a successful track record of 25 years in the corporate world. In his second innings, Ram intends to leverage his rich corporate experience to enable individuals and organizations unlock their potential. He is particularly interested in helping start-ups and small business ventures grow their operations. Ram’s understanding of key drivers of business performance along with his proven ability to develop high performing teams and to handle rapid growth has enabled him to make significant contributions to many organizations.

Since March 2013, Ram has been a Director on the Board of Fusion Foods, which is a well established food solutions provider catering to blue-chip Corporates and Industries in South India. Fusion Foods has been growing rapidly in the recent past, with its turnover increasing seven-fold in five years since 2013. Was instrumental in re-structuring the business and successfully completing a transaction with a strategic investor during 2017, providing an exit to existing investors while also funding future growth.

Currently, an Advisor to Newt Global Consulting (NGC), a global technology company headquartered in Dallas, USA and providing IT consulting and solutions to several large enterprises including fortune 100 Companies. NGC is focused on Digital Transformation through automation and cloud-i-fication or cloud enabling enterprise applications. Also advise Newt Global Future Ventures, a group company which provides telematic solutions in the enterprise location based services (LBS) space.

Also, a co- founder ( with his wife) and oversees the operations of Canscan which is a stand-alone medical diagnostic centre in Chennai, offering primary diagnostic services such as ultrasound scan, digital X-ray, Echo- cardiogram and pathology Lab tests.

In his corporate career, Ram has held various positions of increasing responsibility as well as leadership roles in diverse businesses, including newly established companies where he has helped scale businesses, creating value for shareholders. His extensive experience spans areas such as Corporate Governance and General Management, Business Planning, Management Information Systems, Treasury, Financial Accounting & Control.

Ram stepped down as the General Manager / CFO and Director on the Board of Verizon Data Services India in March 2013. As a member of the team which established Verizon’s technology center in Chennai in June 2001, Ram played a key role in growing its operations – which now spans three cities and over 7000 resources. Having started his career in 1985 with Price Waterhouse in Chennai, Ram has worked in many leading companies – Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Titan Watches (TATA group), TI Cycles (Murugappa group), RPG Cellular and Saregama Plc, UK (RPG group).

Ram has a Bachelor's degree in Commerce and is a Chartered Accountant. He is also a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries (CS) and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants (CMA). Ram has completed an Advanced General Management program from Kellogg Business School, Northwestern University, USA.

Janakiram MSV

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Janakiram is an analyst, advisor, and architect with a focus on emerging technologies. He works closely with technology platform companies, startups, ISVs, and enterprises advising them on technology strategies. As a practitioner working with a diverse customer base across the domains of IoT, microservices, DevOps, and SaaS, Janakiram gains insight into the challenges involved in enterprise technology adoption. His research and analysis sets out to help customers make the right decision in choosing the right platform.

Janakiram is an Amazon and Microsoft certified cloud architect, as well as a Google Developer Expert, IBM Champion, and Microsoft Regional Director. He is an active contributor at Forbes, Gigaom Research, The New Stack, and TechRepublic, and teaches Big Data, Cloud Computing and DevOps as guest faculty to students enrolled in the master’s program at the International Institute of Information technology at Hyderabad (IIIT-H).

His website: https://www.janakiram.com

S Sugavanam

Mr.Sugavanam brings with his over 31 years of professional experience as a Finance and Accounting Expert.

Currently he leads the Finance, Accounts and Administration team at Tripura Multinational India Pvt. Ltd. Sugavanam, finds joy and meaning in working with numbers and keep others accountable.

Apart from his role with Tripura Multinational, Sugavanam spends time in his spiritual quest.

Niharica Sand

Mr.Sugavanam brings with his over 31 years of professional experience as a Finance and Accounting Expert.

Currently he leads the Finance, Accounts and Administration team at Tripura Multinational India Pvt. Ltd. Sugavanam, finds joy and meaning in working with numbers and keep others accountable.

Apart from his role with Tripura Multinational, Sugavanam spends time in his spiritual quest.

Anupama S Iyer

Anupama completed her graduation in Communication Design from DJ Academy of Design in Coimbatore in 2017. For her Graduation Project, she interned with Tulika Publishers (who publish books for children) during which time she designed and illustrated a board book for toddlers (Dosa Amma Dosa) and a young adult book (The Boy with Two Grandfathers authored by Mini Srinivasan). She continued working in Tulika after her graduation where she illustrated book covers for books like Excavating History, That Summer at Kalagarh in addition to designing layouts for books and marketing collaterals.

She has been associated with TM and GCL since her college days during which time she worked on brochures, specific illustrations, and presentations.

She is trained in Bharatanatyam- an Indian classical dance form and performs in solo and group productions. Kalaripayattu- a martial art form of Southern India, reading, visiting historical places and ancient temples and marveling at their architecture, travelling to remote places, doodling and walking are a few things that pique her curiosity.

Bhageerathi Venkatesh

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Ms. Bhageerathi brings her passion for Selling and Sales to the Tripura Multinational Team. Her passion to work in the area of Customer Success aligns to her strengths, where she contributes to our growth as a Customer Success Manager.

Bhageerathi blends her innovation and marketing skills to think differently and hence deliver strategic customer growth for Tripura Multinational.

She is currently based in Seattle in the US and is helping build the Tripura Footprint in North America.

Krishan Kumar Chopra

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Krishan brings with him experience of more than 40 years in Industry in areas of Engineering Planning, Quality Control, Supply Chain, Marketing & Sales and Strategic Planning.

After graduating from IIT Bombay in Mechanical Engineering, he started his career with Philips India in Pune. In Philips, he set up Engineering Planning & Control cell besides getting hands-on experience in Quality Control & Tools Design. After his stint with Philips, he moved to Eicher group where he worked at various plant locations in areas of Supply Chain, Marketing & Sales, Auto-financing, Strategic Planning and Program Management Office for key initiatives.

Thereafter, he joined Grow Talent Company Ltd (GTCL), an HR consulting company as Chief People Officer, where he was certified for Coaching and Caliper interpretation. Subsequently he was engaged in setting up business school (SOIL) of GTCL.

Lately, Krishan has completed two year Advanced Post Graduate Diploma course in Renewable Energy offered by TERI, and Sustainability related on-line courses offered by reputed International Universities. He has also completed Sustainability Assessor Certification program of CII in Dec’16. More recently Krishan has become Marshall Goldsmith Certified Coach.

Since last 7 years, Krishan has coached middle/senior level leaders for performance improvement in companies such as HCL Technologies, Mondelez, Akzonobel, Avantor, Triburg, NAQUA, etc. His coachees benefit from his hands-on approach, his ability to empathize with them and a structured approach to their developmental roadmap. In addition to coaching, he has also assessed more than 1200 leaders for Leadership competencies as well as Functional Competencies (in Manufacturing, Quality, Project Management, Marketing & Sales) of client companies of EY, Deloitte, SHL (now part of Gartner), Talent Q (part of Korn Ferry), Right Management, Heidrick & Struggles, etc.

Krishan is an avid reader, a SUDOKU enthusiast and likes to travel. He is married and has a son and a daughter who are settled.

Vidya Tulsidharan

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HR professional with more than 2 decades of solid experience in formulating effective HR strategies, driving HR best practices and partnering in business expansion initiatives. Accomplished in transforming HR organization into cost efficient strategic entities and proficient in attaining business goals through innovative solutions.

Strong cross industry background in Manufacturing, Healthcare & Media sectors as an HR Generalist with leading organizations like Eicher Group, Fortis Healthcare with her last corporate role at Discovery Communications India heading HR function for India and South Asia region. Rich experience of managing employees across multiple locations in South Asia, Western Europe & Nordic region.

As a Coach, Vidya’s expertise lies in

• Senior Executive management
• Leadership development &
• Transition Coaching

Drawing from her experience in HR she supports key business leaders in learning and inculcating new behaviors to become more effective in their current and future roles. Help raise the leaders’ self-awareness in terms of their personal strengths and growth areas to align them to role challenges and future opportunities.

She is passionate to help equip individuals with skill set required to navigate challenging transitions to identify suitable future career path.

Apart from coaching, Vidya also has extensive experience as an assessor, trainer and HR domain consultant.

Qualification
Bachelors in Mathematical Statistics, Delhi University. Master’s degree in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies. ICS Certified Coach- Certification in Brain Based Coaching from Neuro Leadership Institute.

PS Chandrasekhar

Mr.Chandrasekhar brings with him over 45 years of professional experience as a Banker and a Lawyer.

Currently he is full time legal consultant and also serves as an Executive Director In the board of TripuraMultinational India Pvt. Ltd.

“As a company in its growth phase, 8 years after inception, we have learnt that legal compliance and transparency should be given utmost important and Mr.Chandrasekhar keeps us honest”

Apart from a conscientious legal expert, Mr.Chandrasekhar is an author and poet in his native language, Tamil.