Management Team
Shridhar Venkat
Chief Executive Officer
Shridhar has over 25 years of work experience and has been associated with leading multinationals like Philips, ABB, Webex Communications (now CISCO), etc. Prior to joining Akshaya Patra he was Vice President – Sales, Webex Communications. He joined Akshayapatra in search of existential purpose in life .He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Management . He has been selected in the panel of Distinguished Alumni Leaders by NMIMS. Shridhar is an Eisenhower Fellow for Innovation and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program from Wharton Business School . He is a recipient of Mother Teresa Social Leadership Scholarship . In Akshaya Patra, he brings to the table strong people management and organization skills. He believes that it is important to blend missionary spirit and professionalism to deliver value .
Sundeep Talwar
Chief Marketing Officer
Sundeep Talwar has a Post Graduate in Management from Duke and IIM-Ahmedabad, and is also a certified Black-Belt in Six Sigma. He has over 20 years of work experience in marketing and communications with leading corporates, especially from the Telecom sector. Previous to joining Akshaya Patra he was the National Business Head (Mobility Operations) with Aircel, prior to that he has worked in Senior Leadership Roles with brands like Airtel, Motorola, Escotel and Essar, across India and in Africa. He has also received international accreditation from BID Spain for developing the first anti-virus application. He has won several accolades like Excellence Award in Sales Motorola, Deployment of Airtel University with Bharti, Standardisation of customer experience (Project Bhartiyam) in Airtel, Best Circle Operations Head with Aircel and many more. At Akshaya Patra he leads the Corporate Fund Raising, Government Relations, Innovation and Volunteering teams, collaborates with the Leadership team to strategise and execute plans for sustainability and growth, strategises and executes fund raising initiatives that help in the sustainability of existing kitchens and ensures the availability of funds for upcoming kitchen projects, and strengthens the relationship with corporates who are partnering with Akshaya Patra and reaches out to other corporates to build a partnering relationship.
Ganesh R
Chief Financial Officer
Ganesh is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) and a Public Accountant (CPA). He has over 24 years of experience with leading businesses (Indian & MNCs). Prior to Akshaya Patra he worked with TVS (since March 2012). In the past, he had worked with Mphasis (VP – Controllership); ICICI Bank (Regional Head for Retail Assets Operations Group); S.B. Billimoria & Co., Chartered Accountants (Audit Manager); SRF Finance Ltd (Finance Manager). At Akshaya Patra he spearheads the finance function by managing end to end responsibility for the finance function. He will also strategise and execute plans for sustainability and growth of the organisation.
Mr Mathan
National Director - Corporate Partnerships at The Akshaya Patra Foundation
Mr Mathan Varkey is a fine advertising professional who heard his inner calling and steered his way towards social service from a remarkable journey in the advertising world. He has worked with reputed advertising agencies such as Clarion, Enterprise, and Triton who had some of the most popular brands as their clientele - Procter & Gamble, Philips, Heinz, and Lakme to name a few.
In the social sector, Mr Mathan began his journey with GiveIndia, a crowdfunding platform for charitable organisations where he created the Employee Payroll Giving Programme. And, by the time he finished his tenure with GiveIndia, he had 40,000 employees listed from across 100+ corporates contributing every month for several NGOs and causes.