Advisory
Board
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N.S.
Nagaraj has more than 15 years of engineering, research and
management experience in the software industry. He is the
co-founder of a start up firm - Sen-Sei Technologies (P) Ltd. Prior
to this, he worked for Infosys Technologies Ltd as Associate Vice
President and General Manager, Research where he led a R&D
group in the areas of Software Architecture, Business Process
Management, Knowledge Engineering and Performance engineering.
He has consulted many leading companies on Software Architecture and Technology. He has also led the design and development of a product suite for wireless network monitoring, optimization and management. Nagaraj constantly motivates Rang De and we are glad to have him as one of our mentors. |
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Harsh
Hiralal Thakkar is an IT Strategy Consultant within the Global
Consulting Practice team of TCS and is responsible for pre-sales
support, solution architecting of the offerings and leading and
executing consulting engagements on IT Strategy. Harsh completed
his Post Graduate Programme in Management from the Indian Institute
of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad. Harsh enjoys blogging, long-distance
running and social activities in his free time. He has completed
the Delhi Half-marathon (2008), Mumbai Half-marathon (2009),
Bangalore Open 10km (2009) and is planning to complete one
full-marathon soon. One of his stories was recently published in
the book ‘Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul’! He is involved in
various sustainable activities of Maitree – group within TCS that
engages in social activities to make a difference in the community.
He is also a certified 2nd Degree Reiki practitioner. Harsh has conducted several trainings on topics covering technical, motivational, PMP, ITIL & Business Strategy topics. He was invited for guest lecture at IMT, Ghaziabad (a top 10 B-school in India). |
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Mekin
Maheshwari has done his engineering from PESIT and has been working
in the internet space since 2002. He started his career with Yahoo
and is now working with Ugenie, a startup that has built a social
book platform (weRead). Ugenie has been acquired by a
self-publishing company known as Lulu.com. Some of Mekin's hobbies
include blogging. |
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Ram
Badrinathan is the General Manager Asia Pacific of PhoCusWright (a
travel research authority) and co-founder of Soulitudes (an
immersive travel company). After having worked in Hong Kong and US,
he returned to India with his wife and has been priveleged to
interact with eminent individuals doing remarkable work in
different fields ranging from arts, social entrepreneurship to
technology. Ram believes that the structure of the banking system
is flawed and doesnt take into account the needs and aspirations of
humanity. Ram feels that Rang De shows an alternative to banking
and is excited to be part of the journey. |
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Aishwarya works for Pramati Technologies in Hyderabad. He
graduated from Cochin University of Science & Technology. Since
college graduation he has developed a passion for social issues and
feels that citizens can play a meaningful role in tackling them. He
also feels that being a part of society, we should spread the
awareness about social issues to others in order to help them make
informed decisions and form informed opinions. He is still trying
to understand the dynamics of social development. Aishwarya
volunteers for Bhumi by teaching students at a school and
occasionally writes for the blog ThinkChange India. He is confident
of the significant role that micro-credit has to play in the social
development sector of India. He agrees with the founders of Rang De
that Rang De would have succeeded in its mission the day its
existence is not required - when the oft stated objective of
financial inclusion becomes a truth. |
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Chiropriya has worked in technology and management consulting for
4 years and has applied these skills to BoP solutions through micro
finance and enterprise development. She has also ran her own
pro-bono consulting firm called Sparsh and enjoyed working the most
with the ultra poor tribals in central and eastern India. She is
passionate about implementing business solutions to address poverty
and has even gave up her conventional education and career track to
pursue her interest in the BoP markets. Chiropriya will pursue her
MBA from Cornell University from 2009 August. |
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Himanshu is co-founder & CEO at Cheese Corporate Care, a Bangalore
based startup focused on UI design & usability. Prior to founding
Cheese with his friends from college, he worked with Intelliworks &
Talisma in sales, marketing, product management & program
management roles managing existing product lines and leading new
product development. His passion for technology & business stems
from his love of computers, an affair which started when he was in
class sixth, and his ability to apply structured thought to solve
problems. An avid squash player and a romantic movie buff, Himanshu
graduated with a B Tech from IIT Roorkee and is currently pursuing
PGSEM from IIM Bangalore. |
