Team Sneha

Board of trustees

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Keshav Elchitaya

B.Tech Mechanical, 1980 NITK

Keshav worked at Batliboi & Co. Ltd. from 1980 to 1995. He then co-founded Complus Systems Pvt. Ltd. in 1995, which specialized in offering electro-magnetic compatibility testing services and setting up EMC test Labs in India. He is closely involved in running a family education trust founded in 1997 that provides scholarships to over 25 students every year. Keshav along with the classmates was instrumental in the formation of SNEHA Trust and is a founder trustee.

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Shabadi Siddaram

B.Tech Metallurgy, 1980 NITK

Siddaram Shabadi is also a founder trustee. Siddaram worked in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai from 1980 to 82. He studied MMM (Masters in Marketing Management) from Jamnalal Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, and worked in Toshniwal from 1982 to 2007. He launched his entrepreneurial journey in 2007 and currently owns three companies, spanning India, USA, Singapore and Germany. His Indian venture is Anarghya Innovations.

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V A Ramakrishna

B.Tech Chemical, 1980 NITK

Ramki is a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He has over two decades of IT industry experience. During his 14 years in Sonata Software, he held positions in sales, marketing, account management and alliance management. He also set up Sonata’s first overseas operation in the USA and grew the East Coast operations. Ramki also held sales and marketing leadership positions in Benchmark Systems, Wipro and HCL, and CMC. Ramki is currently the CEO and co-founder of Learning Labs.

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B G Purushotham

B.Tech Mechanical, 1980 NITK

B G Purushotham had a stint with MICO for four years and later worked for NIIT for 18 years in operations, content development, marketing and franchisee development. While at NIIT, he worked in SE Asia and China. Puru led the bootstrapping phase of Zensar’s BPO operations in Pune and was president of Edurite, a division of Tutor Vista, Bangalore. His last job was with BASE, a test prep company out of Bangalore, which is a market leader in Karnataka. He comes with a deep understanding of the education market, learning, e-learning and challenges that students face during formative years. Puru is also a co-founder and director of Learning Labs Pvt. Ltd.

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N V Raghuramu

B.Tech Electrical, 1980 NITK

Raghuramu joined Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. as assistant engineer in 1981. He has 35 years of experience in the field of hydro power plants, retiring as superintendent engineer in 2018. A vivid writer, he has authored many books and articles in Kannada.

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Bharath. H R

B.Tech Mechanical, 2013 NITK

Bharath has previously worked with Godrej Agrovet Ltd and Tata Technologies Ltd, and is with Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Ltd since 2016. He has been a teaching volunteer and mentor for schoolchildren.

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Prabhakar Shettigar

B.Tech Mechanical, 1980 NITK

Prabhakar retired as the controller of operations of the Power Solutions Division of Ashok Leyland. He is currently the executive director of the Indian Society for Quality.

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Gurudutt Shenoy

B.Tech Mechanical, 1982 NITK

After his engineering, Gurudutt completed his PGDM from IIM, Calcutta. He has over 30 years of industry experience in India and overseas in business strategy, CXM, design thinking and business analytics. He has worked in various industries and with international brands such as Toyota, Ford, Kia, Wipro and Kennametal. He is currently CX and education mentor and partner at SetConnect Inc., a business analytics and data science education company.

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Vinod Karki

B.Tech Mechanical, 1980 NITK

Alongside being a trainee engineer with Tata Motors (Telco), Pune (1980-1982), Vinod completed a part time Diploma in Business Management. Between 1983 and 2018, he was with Sandvik Asia Pvt. Ltd., Pune, in the tooling business area, ‘Coromant’. He served in various capacities as engineer, manager and zonal sales head, before retiring as vice-president and part of the global team for machine tool support. He was a member of the company management committee for 10 years. He was also a founder trustee of SNEHA.