V.V. Ranganathan

Ranga is the Co-Founder & Chairman of Pinnacle Opportunities and Chairman & Co-Founder of Compassites. He is on the advisory and governing board of some prestigious foundations such as The Bharti Foundation (Airtel); was a Senior Partner with one of the big four professional accounting firms in the world. He served the firm in India for about 10 years in various capacities during which Ranga closely participated in the manifold growth of the Firm.  His own portfolio of clients included some of the very large and prestigious Fortune 500 companies. Ranga also served the global firm for several years in their overseas office.  He also worked in South Africa to co-found and be a senior partner of a closely held professional services firm which later became a member firm of Moores Rowland International.

Ranga has contributed significantly to the study and research on the subject of entrepreneurship. He has published extensively on the subject. Ranga is now associated with a number of social projects driven by social entrepreneurs.

C.N.Ram

Ram served as CIO of HDFC Bank since 1994. He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He also served as a director on the boards of a number of companies, including HDFC Bank affiliates SolutionNET India Private Ltd, Flexcel International Private Ltd, and Softcell Technologies Ltd.

R.Sujatha

Mrs. Sujatha is a passionate entrepreneur and pioneer of domestic BPO. She founded MMC Infotech, a domestic focused BPO company, 18 years ago and successfully built into a large organization. Based in Chennai, MMC boasts of a number of marquee financial institutions among its clients. She is also the key architect of the model Rural BPO center in Puttaparthi, known as SAISEVA.

Sudhakar Ram

Sudhakar is Chairman & Managing Director of Mastek, a global organization delivering strategic technology programs and platforms that enable their clients achieve business innovation and transformation. He is a silver medallist from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta (IIM-C ranks among the Top 5 management institutes in India). Before joining Mastek, he was the CIO of Rediffusion Dentsu Young & Rubicam.

G.Srinivasan

Srinivasan has over 25 years experience in Finance, Marketing and General Management across leading corporations. He advises clients in the areas of strategic finance, strategic planning advice for startups, Consulting, Venture Capital & Private Equity investments for corporates and Mergers & Acquisitions. Prior to joining Dawn Consulting, Srinivasan has worked at Wipro Finance as Vice President, Marketing, SRF in various corporate functions and at Wimco and Pressmetal Corp.

Murali Vullaganti

Murali is the CEO of RuralShores. He served as Strategy Advisor to a number of IT & ITES companies in India and overseas. Previously, as Managing Director of Xansa India, he was credited to grow Xansa offshore IT and BPO operations in India. Prior to Xansa, Murali worked as a Regional Director for EDS Asia Pacific. Having lived in the USA for 15 years and Asia Pacific (Singapore) for 5 years, Murali held several senior executive positions at large IT and BPO organizations globally. He is also a founding Director of Compassites Software, a technology ideation company, headquartered in Bangalore.