Executive Director - Corporate Partnerships

Nithi ventured into Education back in 1999 and established an Institute in Chennai offering the Heriot-Watt MBA in Chennai. Prior to that Nithi was Head of a Business School in Malaysia wherein he was responsible for managing undergraduate programs from UK and Australia.

Nithi has much experience in the education sector and has also supported students going for studies to the UK, assisted students on visa and part of the alumni team that presently offers Pre-departure sessions to students departing to Strathclyde to study. Nithi also runs a training company under the name of Radiant Vista Global Leadership with a set up in the United States and India and is also a Leadership training program trainer for a UK company that delivers training for Nokia worldwide.

Executive Director - University Alliances

Richard has 35 years of international experience in organizational transformation, business education, innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership development.

An expert in innovation, Richard leads deep behavior and business culture change through simple processes distilled from globally rigorous academic research.

Has led leadership and business faculty and global MBA impact strategies at such top tier institutions as Henley Business School, Open University Business School and Edinburgh Business School among many others.

Advisor

An MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and an M.Sc., in Tourism Management from the Scottish Hotel School, University of Strathclyde UK,Ashok Anantram was one of the earliest IIM graduates to enter the Indian hospitality industry. He joined India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) in 1970 and after a brief stint proceeded to the UK on a scholarship. On his return to India, he joined ITC Hotels Limited in 1975. Over 30 years in this organization, he held senior leadership positions in Sales & Marketing and was Vice President – Sales & Marketing. He was closely involved in decision making at the corporate level and saw the chain grow from a single hotel in 1975 to a very large multibrand professional hospitality group. He led a large team of Sales & Marketing professionals and handled all aspects of the function both with in India and overseas through the Group's association with Star wood.

During his stint at ITC hotels he also headed the Human Resource & Training functions for a brief period.

Ashok Anantram represented the company at several interactions with Government and Industry Associations on Tourism and Hospitality. He also held key positions in tourism industry bodies including Vice Chairman of the PATA Indian Chapter and Executive Committee member of the India Convention Promotion Bureau.

He has a passion for teaching and have been faculty at numerous programmes related to marketing and hospitality. He was a visiting faculty in the Department of Marketing, University of Strathclyde, UK and taught Sales & Marketing in their MBA programme for three years.

Following his retirement in 2003, he moved to Chennai and, worked for two years as President - Business Development at Apollo Hospitals Ltd.

Currently he is a Consultant- Sales & Marketing with leading Hotels & Resorts for the last seven years.

Advisor

Sarathbabu Elumalai is an Indian entrepreneur and an eminent social worker. He is the founder and CEO of FoodKing. He graduated in Chemical Engineering from BITS, Pilani and went on to complete his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.

A successful entrepreneur, his business venture, Foodking Catering Services limited is currently spread across 5 cities in India and covers Event Catering, Industrial Catering, and Institutional Catering. In 2010, Sarath started the Hunger-Free India, an initiative to feed poor people.

A recipient of several awards such as Pepsi-MTV Youth Icon, Example to Youth Award, RITZ Chennai Youth Icon, CNN-IBN Award for Young Indian Leader, Sarath is a living leader and inspiration for the youth of the country.

Sarath’s success story is a true example of how education and desire can help change one’s destiny despite the circumstances that they find themselves in. It was his hard work, astute entrepreneurship as well as the passion that helped him build a business to support his vision to provide better living standards to illiterate and semi-literate people through employment.