Mentors

Hemant Chandran

Program Mentorship: Accounts, Finance , Investment Management & Investment Banking

Accomplished MBA graduate with over 11 years of experience in Investment Banking & BIG 4 specializing in Product Control, Structured Finance, Financial Advisory Services, Real Estate Valuation & Securitization Analysis. Hands-on practice in quality control, process re-engineering, project management and stakeholder relationship / development across regions, training development and delivery, mentoring and team-building. Resourceful in handling transitions and organising blitz implementation of supervisory control framework to build high performance teams with niche skill sets. A results-oriented, decisive and transformational leader with a penchant for driving operational excellence.

Varadha

Program Mentorship: Renewable Energy & Energy Management

A renewable energy professional with over 5 years of experience in the field of testing, certification and advisory. Experience in testing and certification of wind turbines and inverters with major wind manufacturers like GE, Siemens, Vestas, Suzlon, etc. Technical advisory experience in renewable energy integration, power system planning and engineering for private and government institutions across India, South Asia and Middle East. Worked with research organizations such as CEA, SRPC, NIWE, SECI, FOWIND, GIZ, … to provide technical insights for policy development, product acceptance, resource assessments, asset management and reliability, feasibility and integration of renewable energy. Providing unbiased independent technical advisory to drive sustainable renewable energy integration.

Chandramouli

Program Mentorship : Marketing Analytics , Sales & Marketing and MBA

currently works in the field of sales and account management in the online advertising industry. He has experience in handling relationships with top websites of the world including BBC, ESPN, The Guardian, CNBC etc. He has been a key contributor from a strategy perspective for the development of Teads in South East Asia, Australia and Hong Kong. His key strengths include team management, inventory management & analysis, pricing and yield management and written communications.

Chandramouli has a Masters degree in Management from Strathclyde University and an under graduation degree in Engineering. During his masters, he was also the winner of Ray Jenkin’s project of the year award while graduating with a distinction as well.

Dr. Chandru Raman Chandrasekar

MB.,BS., MS Orth., MCh. Orth., Dip.Bioengg., MBA

Dr Chandrasekar trained in India and the UK as an orthopaedic surgeon, with a special interest in primary and revision joint replacement operations. Following a full time MBA and a diploma in Bio-engineering from Strathclyde University, he has been a leader and executive mentor in technology and strategic management consulting, with a focus on innovation-risk management. Since the last global financial crisis, he has been invested in platform technologies for sustainability. He has maintained a keen interest in guiding medical students through their career choices.

Since his own days as a medical student and trainee surgeon, he has been a pioneer in objective assessment of clinical competence and continuing medical education.

Pranav

Program Mentorship : Biomedical Engineering ,Mechanical Engineering & Biotechnology

“An Early Career Research Fellow in the field of Biological Engineering.

Backed with a Master’s in Immunology, PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Biomedical Engineering Research Group) and a 1st Post-doc in Chemical Engineering, I am currently pursuing my second Research Fellow position at the University of Birmingham.

Working as a cross-disciplinary researcher at the interface of Biology and Engineering for over 4 years now has equipped me with the ability to handle ambitious, cross-disciplinary projects that requires knowledge and application of Physical and Engineering principles to solve complex biological problems.”

Martina

IELTS Mentorship

Martina is born in Ireland and has been involved with training and coaching students and professionals to take competitive exams such as IELTS, TOEFL-IBT, SAT & GRE for the past 20 years or so. She was attached to a training centre in Kotturpuram called ‘Tops-The only place’ as a founder director. Post that, she continued training and coaching from her new place in Uthandi. She currently teaches students in IGCSE, AS & A Level English for the past four years and also HOD of the English department for the past three years.

Martina has facilitated employees in IT and IT related service companies on assessment in English language and communication skills; her area of focus is primarily on verbal and written communication to ensure that it meets the standards of their US and European clients.

Vetri

Programs Mentorship: Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Structural Engineering & BIM

A Master’s degree holder in “Construction Management” from Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 12 years in depth experience in civil / infrastructure project management in Government and Private sectors in India.
Specialises in development of project management systems, improving productivity through implementation of lean principles and BIM technologies in construction, maintenance of industry-¬‐leading Quality standards and structural audit of transport infrastructure. He has also been a part of building technology and construction management group of IIT Madras for various industrial consulting projects throughout his entire career.
He has imbibed necessary core competencies to steer home challenging construction projects within agreed cost/time-lines. Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to strike perfect coordination always proved handy in tackling demanding pressure situations. A team leader and a natural motivator always instilled confidence in team members to reach their best performance levels. Driven by confidence and his acquired technical /managerial expertise has made visible contribution to his organisation’s growth and profitability objectives.

Sindhu Vudayagiri

Programs Mentorship: Chemical Engineering , Mres & Phd

A scientist with chemical engineering background and a 4+ years’ experience in polymer processing/characterization and 3 years’ experience in ice core research. Currently a postdoctoral researcher working with Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre (DHRTC). Worked as a core scientist for
1) Industrial project (Danfoss Polypower A/S),
2) EU research projects (Ice2Ice, EGRIP 2018) and
3) Danish government project (DHRTC).

Core Competencies:
– Polymer processing, design, mechanical testing and characterization.
– Silicones, Colloids and Surfactants.
– Rheology of materials.
– Industrial Unit Operations/ Processes (pilot scale to large scale).
– Inter-cultural and inter-continental research experience.

PhD (Chemical Engineering)
Technical University of Denmark (DTU), DK.

Sharanya

Programs Mentorship: Chemical Engineering , Mres & Analytics

After 8+ years of pursuing Product Development in Chemical Process Optimization Software at Aspen Technology Inc. USA, Saranya Harikrishnan, returned to India with a career mission to pursue Product Leadership, in the EdTech Segment. With the current role with Crimson Interactive (Enago), she works as Product Manager, shaping Strategy, Roadmap of AI/ML Product lines intended to provide manuscript assessment for Academic Researchers and Technical Writers. She also consults for the Product Development Team at Global Discovery Academy Schools, developing an In-house AI/ML based Mobile App, designed to improve social and emotional skills and competencies in School Students. Saranya’s expertise involves the design of systems, products and organizations that are relevant, compelling, customer-centric, and solve pain-points that have been thoroughly verified through design experiments, and valued through effective market-fit assessments.
She is a masters in Chemical engineering at University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY), USA.

Sajeeth

Programs Mentorship: Automobile Engineering & Motorsport Engineering

A mechanical engineer from PSG Tech with 15 years of experience in the automotive industry and academia.

Sajeeth is a subject matter expert and consultant specialising in Automotive Controls and Control Strategies. He has worked with OEMs in an advisory / training role developing automotive ECUs for BS6 compliance. He also works with BITS Pilani, teaching courses on IC Engines, Mechatronics, Electric Vehicles and Driver Assist Systems.

His core competency is spread across the automotive and electronics domain, which places him in a unique position to develop projects / teach in cutting edge Automotive, e-Mobility and Industry 4.0 domains.

Kathir

Programs Mentorship: MBA , Mres ,MSc Investment management , Data Science , AI & Big Data

Kathir has worked across different roles in Technology vertical – Consulting, Program Management, Sales and Business Development. With nearly decade of industry experience, Kathir has also worked with one of India’s largest telecom operator to set its agenda for growth for analytics practice. Kathir has a deep understanding of customer-focused consulting solutions and a track record of serving large enterprises with engagements in UK, USA, India and Malaysia. Kathir had a long stint with Cognizant Consulting before joining Radiant Vista as Director.

Kathir is qualified as an MBA graduate from Strathclyde Business School, Scotland UK and Computer Science engineer from Anna University Chennai. He is also an expert in Technical analysis of Financial Markets. He is the co-founder of three startups – ScotsGrad (India based education consulting), Radiant Vista (Malaysia based Technology and ScotsHunt ( UK based Management consulting).

Richard

Programs Mentorship: Management Programs , Entrepreneurship & Journalism

Richard Kemp is a world-class Entrepreneurship Development Expert who has worked on leadership development, innovation and capacity building programs with organizations as diverse as the Diwan of Royal Court, Henley Business School, The Open University, Greenpeace, Edinburgh Business School, Nottingham Trent University, Transparency International, FT Knowledge and many other multinational and SME organizations.

Richard’s background is in learning design, leadership development and executive education at every level. Richard has worked on bringing some of the largest MBA programs to the global market including the Heriot-Watt MBA.

Richard has 35 years of international experience in organizational transformation, business education, innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership development. An expert in innovation, Richard leads to deep behavior and business culture change through simple processes distilled from globally rigorous academic research.

Nithi

Nithi has also held the position of Business Development Manager for an Australian company with a primary role to advice companies on HR technology based solutions. Since 2010 Nithi became a full-time management consultant and leadership trainer for various organisations.
Nithi has trained several organisations; a few of them includes Nokia, Hexaware, Office Tiger, Congnizant Technology Solutions and Air Tel in India as well as in Australia, Philippines, UAE and China and India for Nokia. His area of training includes; Effective Team Building & Team Effectiveness, Attitudes, and Effective Communication, Talent Management, First-time Managers and Coaching for Leadership.
Nithi qualified as an Accountant (AIA, UK) in 1999 at Stamford College, Kuala Lumpur. In 1995, he graduated from Postgraduate Diploma in Business from Lancaster University and an MBA from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow in 1996.

Nithi is a certified trainer in Leadership by Korn Ferry International and a certified coach (ACC) from International Coaching Federation. Nithi is also a Lumina Spark (psychometric traits profiling) practitioner and more recently his company Radiant Vista has been appointed as a Business lead for Lumina in Malaysia