Role Players 2019

With over eighteen years of experience in the Banking & financial services industry, Office Automation and Agri sector, he specializes in the field of Business Strategy, Business Development & Partnership and Project Management. He has been recognized as one of the 50 Most Influential Rural Marketing Professionals in the country by the Rural Marketing Forum of CMO Asia in Feb 2016. He has been an invited speaker in many forums including Economic Times Rural Strategy Summit, Annual India Microfinance Summit etc. Currently, he is the Co-Founder, MD & CEO of payAgri Innovations Pvt Ltd – A Start-up Agri Fintech co. based in Chennai. He is also the Strategic Advisor for Namboothiris (NambudiriSons Agro Foods India Pvt Ltd) - a leading FMCG co based in Kerala, India. Also, an External Consultant to AFPS (Andhra Pradesh Food Processing Society),Dept of Industries & Commerce, Govt of Andhra Pradesh. Earlier, he was the Founding Member and Head- Business & Partnership for Samunnati Financial Services Pvt Ltd – An Agri Value Chain Finance Co. In the past, he has worked as the Head – Strategy & Alliances for IFMR Rural Channels and as the Head - Microbanking Project for Citibank. He is a Post Graduate in Management from Amrita School of Business and Project Management Professional from (PMI-USA