Meet the visionaries that guide and drive our mission to change the face of employment for those in need.

Mr. Sankar is a retired Govt. of Tamil Nadu IAS officer belonging to the 1982 batch. He has a MBA from Southern Cross University, Australia. His 34 years of experience includes an array of general administrative posts in the Government, including the prestigious District Collector of Coimbatore. He has held Secretary, Principal Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary level postings in varied fields including Industries, Environment & Forests, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Municipal Administration & Water Supply for Govt.of Tamil Nadu.

One of his major feats includes the coordination of the massive Tsunami Rehabilitation Programme of the Government after the devastating disaster hit Tamil Nadu in 2004. As the Officer on Special Duty and Project Director, he spearheaded the rehabilitation and reconstruction projects sanctioned by Govt. of India, World Bank, UNDP and other international organizations, totaling USD 2 billion. He was invited by the World Bank to join as the Project Director for National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project at the National Disaster Management Authority, New Delhi and implemented the first phase of the project at a cost of INR 1500 crore in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. In addition, he has experience as the CMD of Corporations such as Tamil Nadu Power Finance and Infrastructure Development and Tamil Nadu Newsprints and Papers Ltd and Tamil Nadu Housing Board.

Ms. Sahaana Sankar carries two hats as an Electronics and Communications Engineer from College of Engineering, Guindy as well as a Post Graduate in Management Studies from London School of Economics and Political Science.

Passionate about the development sector, she is also Vice President at Hand in Hand India, a leading non-profit organization. In this capacity she directly handles the communication team. Committed to creating social impact, Ms Sahaana works on curating the digital and social media strategy, writing proposals and case studies for fund raising purposes and building brand equity for the NGO and its sister institutions.

Prior to her current experience, Ms Sahaana has held various leadership and editorial positions during her education. She has interned with the United Nations Chief Executive Board in New York for close to a year and has worked with a start-up, Wimbletech in the United Kingdom for a year as the Financial and Community manager. At a short stint with Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, she was the editor of a youth-led magazine Green and Grey.

Three decades of rich and diverse experience with well-honed expertise in the areas of Financial (retail assets and liabilities) & insurance products in SURU locations, Credit Proposals for corporate/ Non corporate entities, Credit Risk Management, Portfolio Quality Analysis, Asset/ Liability/ Liquidity management, team leadership and driving growth & revenue returns.

He has expertise in entire spectrum of Finance functions including SME & Corporate Finance and Micro Finance for a diverse range of bank’s products. He is also adept at managing Micro Finance for the development of infrastructure and business in rural areas.He has completed B.Sc (Agri) from Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, PG Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from Annamalai University, Tamilnadu and CAIIB from Indian Institute of Bankers, Mumbai.

Venkatakrishnan is a career banker with banking experience of more than 36 years. Banking exposure spread across both corporate and retail lending besides in public, private sector and overseas banking. 

His core strength and excellence has been in sales, operations and risk management.Headed a bank in West Africa and a micro finance institution in India thus giving exposure to Board functioning and regulatory compliances.

He is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) besides Post Graduating from Madras University and Bachelors from Karnatak University and lives in Bengaluru. 

He is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) besides Post Graduating from Madras University and Bachelors from Karnatak University and lives in Bengaluru.