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 an 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 the 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 the Govt. of India, World Bank, UNDP and other International organizations, totalling 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 adorns two hats as an Electronics and Communications Engineer from College of Engineering, Chennai as well as a Post-Graduate in Management Studies from London School of Economics and Political Science.

She has a keen interest in social development and has interned with the United Nations Chief Executive Board in New York and a start-up, Wimbletech in the United Kingdom as the Financial and Community manager. At Hand in Hand India a non-profit organisation, she oversees communications and supports fundraising efforts. During a short stint with the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, she was the editor of a youth-led magazine Green and Grey.

Mr. Ramanath Dash had served as the Regional Director of Reserve Bank of India for the two states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and has extensive experience in the regulation and supervision of banks and Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), currency management, banking development and financial inclusion. During his stint in the Central Office of Reserve Bank of India at Mumbai, he was closely associated with policy formulation relating to Priority Sector Lending by banks, strengthening of Regional Rural Banks, and related areas. He was a member of the RBI Internal Group on Priority Sector Lending which submitted its report in March 2015. He was also a Member of Faculty, College of Agricultural Banking (CAB), Pune for close to six years, where he headed the Rural Banking Division. After superannuation from the Reserve Bank of India, he was Consultant to the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), Hyderabad. Mr. Dash studied in Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, and did M.Sc. from Utkal University. He is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance.

Mr. Venkatakrishnan is a banker with more than 36 years of experience. His banking exposure is spread across both corporate and retail spaces including public & private sector and overseas banking. His core strength and excellence are in sales, operations, and risk management.

He has headed a bank in West Africa and a Microfinance institution in India thus earning exposure to board functioning and regulatory compliances. He is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) besides holding a Post Graduate degree from Madras University and a bachelor’s degree from Karnataka University.