Mr. Babu Shankar
MD, GT Tech
Engineering graduate from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore in 1987 and Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Calcutta in 1989.
His 3 decades of experience with Corporates and Business Consulting cuts across various industries and spreads across Sales, Marketing, Service Delivery, Profit Centre responsibilities and Operations. His Business Consulting, involved Behavioral Assessment and Leadership Development Programs, Soft Skills training, KRA workshops and CEO/Executive mentoring for clients in diverse sectors like Manufacturing, Retail, Automobile dealerships, Telecom, Logistics and Education sector.
He presently manages GramTarang Technologies, a social outreach start-up incubated with in CUTM.
Mr. Venkat
Co-Founder & MD, GTIDS
Mr. Venkat is a co-founder and Managing Director at Gram Tarang Inclusive Development Services Pvt. Ltd, a certified Fintech Company active in the Financial Inclusion space from 2011. He holds B.Com degree from Osmania University and Management degree from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. Possess two years experience with Agribusiness Group at ICICI Bank and 15 months with Intellecap, a development consulting company. Started a microfinance consultancy & a microfinance company (NBFC) Gram Tarang Financial Services Pvt. Ltd and worked extensively in Andhra Pradesh & Orissa. Area of expertise includes Retail Banking, Ratings, Microfinance Institution Loan Portfolio Audits, Microfinance Institution Development, Business Planning, Financial Modeling & Investment Banking.
