Aug 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr · Hybrid

• One of the businesses selected for their first cohort. Supported by the IKEA Foundation and Visa Foundation, the Greenr Accelerator Program by TechnoServe offers a support system that truly understands the green startup journey... A one-of-a-kind accelerator for ‘Made in India’ startups.

Feb 2023 – Dec 2023 · 10 mos · India · Hybrid

• At the core of Unltd India Incubation Program are early-stage social entrepreneurs. They provide social entrepreneurs with opportunities to maximise their potential as leaders, accelerate the growth of their organisations and deliver high-impact.

May 2022 – Oct 2022 · 5 mos

• Land Accelerator South Asia is the world’s first accelerator program targeted specifically toward South Asian businesses that restore degraded forests and farmland. The program provides South Asian entrepreneurs with mentorship and networking opportunities, technical training and workshops to build their storytelling and pitching skills, and enhances skills for tracking environmental and social impact.

Aug 2021 – Apr 2022 · 8 mos

• The Acumen Fellowship is an intensive leadership development program for individuals who are building the solutions to tackle the toughest problems of our time. The Acumen Fellows Program will bring together exceptional leaders from across India who are daring to embrace the difficult journey of social change.

Jul 2021 – Oct 2021 · 3 mos

• The accelerator program focused specifically on mitigation and adaptation solutions and technologies that help build the climate resilience of smallholder farmers. “Adaptation” and “Mitigation” strategies in agriculture are often overlapping, and should ideally be complementary to each other, as one or the other alone is not sufficient to improve the overall resilience of smallholder farmers and also make agriculture sustainable in the long run.

Mar 2021 – Mar 2023 · 2 yrs · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Remote

• Ag-Water Cohort supported by HUF

Jan 2021 – Mar 2021 · 2 mos

• Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women is a global initiative that promotes economic growth by providing women entrepreneurs all around the world with business and management education, mentoring and networking, and access to capital.

Jul 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 8 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• Its my dream to create a venture that makes a difference. Here at myHarvest Farms, my team is working to build a greener and healthier world through sustainable farming.

Oct 2017 – Jun 2018 · 8 mos · Chennai

• One of the few chosen SLP Fellows from chennai batch of 2017-2018. The Startup Leadership Programme (SLP) is a highly selective, world-class training programme for outstanding founders, leaders, and innovators.

Nov 2016 – May 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos · Chennai Area, India

• myHarvest helps people grow their own greens & veggies in urban spaces like balcony or terrace. myHarvest also works with schools and provides hands on learning gardening sessions by creating school gardens. we want more people to reconnect to nature and also enjoy growing and eating fresh and healthy produce that is free from chemicals.. Our tagline says- "Grow your own, eat healthy"

Jul 2015 – Nov 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos · Chennai Area, India

• "Naturals" is India's No. 1 salon chain with more than 500 outlets pan India. As part of Naturals corporate team I've been initiating and implementing marketing campaigns, introducing new products & services, innovating new business models, working out strategies to bring in more customers as well retaining customers by ensuring customer delight,agency coordination, interacting with Franchise partners and smile providers, organizing & coordinating events in the beauty industry and handling PR. Also a core team of the "Mothers of India" event, where Naturals recognized and awarded mothers of Indian achievers and celebrities like Sachin, Rahman and Abhinav Bindra.
• Key activities:
• Launched 3 sub brands and Naturals Training academy..
• "Naturals@Home"- On demand beauty services provided by trained beauticians at "Naturals". Now Naturals allows customers to enjoy beauty services at their home anytime by scheduling appointments through Naturals@Home.
• "Naturals Sports Lounge"- a premium salon with "Sports theme". The salon interiors are designed such that each room is designed with all elements of sports like badminton, tennis, football, cricket and boxing. Sports personalities quotes adorn the walls. The salon provides special hair & beauty services and has stylish sportstar cuts.
• "NaturalsAyur"- an ayurveda based salon and wellness centre. This is a first of its kind centre where beauty and wellness services are provided under one roof. The centre provides authentic ayurveda wellness services in a contemporary ambience. It also a naturals unisex hair and beauty services.
• Naturals Training academy is a world class residential training centre for hair and beauty courses. The academy was launched at MARG Swarnabhoomi in ECR during May 2016.

Apr 2015 – Jul 2015 · 3 mos

• Was one of the core members of the GMASA 2015 organizing committee.. Conceptualised and coordinated the 'Entrepreneur Zone' pitching event and 'Make in India Student App Fest'.. Successfully managed the first edition of GMASA with more than 500 participants from across the country.

Dec 2013 – Mar 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos · Madurai Area, India

• Was part of the core team at Nativelead Foundation, an organization that promotes entrepreneurship in tier II and III regions. Played a vital role in setting up process and organizing initiatives for identifying, engaging and mentoring startups in the region. Spent a lot of time with entrepreneurs and early stage companies and working on establishing the startup ecosystem. Was also involved in the activities of Native Angels Network (NAN) handling investor relationships.
• Handled workshops on entrepreneurship emphasizing on how to "Turn an idea into a business". Also taught "Business Model Canvas" proposed by Alexander Osterwalder to entreprenuers who have an idea and are figuring out a business model. Was a mentor to some of the startups. Represented Nativelead at various forums.
• Setup the mentoring process as part of the newly formed "Native Mentor Circle" which connects entrepreneurs and mentors.
• Was one of the organizers of pitching events at CII Startupreneurs and Action for India 2015. Organized several startup events in association with Microsoft, SAP, Unitus Seed Fund ,CII and Rotary.

Jul 2013 – Feb 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos · Chennai Area, India

• JollyEventz is a web platform that connects event planners and venue owners. People can search, find and book venues thereby saving hours spent roaming around the city enquiring more than 5 or 6 halls before making a decision. JollyEventz has a network of event managers who can help organise the event and make it a grand success.

Jan 2012 – Nov 2013 · 1 yr 10 mos · Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu, India

• One of the co-founders and a enthusiastic professional.
• “GeoVerge” is the brainchild of vibrant youngsters who believed geospatial technology will revolutionize the way we use and manipulate information. Founded in January 2012, GeoVerge provided IT and GIS based services & solutions with a touch of maps.
• The company was founded by passionate young alumni of College of Engineering, Guindy. Started at Virudhunagar (Near Madurai) and Chennai. We built GIS based applications for site selection, market analysis, management or information system and Decision Support System.
• My role was customer acquisition, business analysis, market study, marketing and client relationships.

Sep 2011 – Dec 2011 · 3 mos · Siruseri, Chennai

• After my stint with working in the Financial sector, I worked on a GIS based system for TARGET- the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart.
• I was a team leader at GIS team for TARGET. Worked on GIS modules to widen their business and also take strategic decisions. ESRI ArcGIS 10 Business Analyst, Python, .net and Oracle were used for the application.
• I worked on the stores site selection, customer profiling, Market analysis and competitor analysis modules. This was part of a new system to be used by TARGET for Integrated work management system.

Dec 2009 – Aug 2011 · 1 yr 8 mos · Siruseri, Chennai

• GIS project for Utilities:
• GIS based IT project titled R-APDRP (Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme) for Andhra Pradesh state & was initiated by the Central Government to reduce the Transmission loss and perform an energy audit. I was involved in client requirement analysis and analyzing scope of GIS.
• IT project for Banking and Financial Services:
• Developed Portfolio Management Portal with Sharepoint for Aditya Birla Money Universe, a leading financial organization
• Part of Requirement gathering team and prepared Business Requirement Document(BRD) for various functionalities
• Played an integral role in designing, planning features and user experience of the Aditya Birla Money Universe Project(ABMU). This includes aggregating customer accounts, implantation of single sign-on and financial analysis and budgeting.
• This portal acts as a one stop solution for managing all finance and investment related bills payment.

Jul 2007 – Jun 2008 · 11 mos · Anna University, Chennai

• Was incharge of organising a 10 day camp at Athangi Kavanur, a village near Avadi. Had to provide cultural activities for students as well as people from the village. Involved in tree planting activities and successfully conducted a dental and eye camp. Overall developed my personality skills, leadership skills and gained insight into the life of rural people. After this expereince I started a NGO "BUDS Foundation" along with friends and worked with the local people to solve their problems.