LEARNINGLABS - Key Persons


B G Purushotham

Job Titles:
  • Mechanical Engineer from NITK

B G Purushottam

Job Titles:
  • Head - Assessment Content Development
B G Purushotham is a Mechanical engineer from NITK. Puru had a stint with MICO for 2 years and worked for NIIT for 18 years in functions such as Operations, Content devp., marketing and franchisee devp. While at NIIT he worked in SE Asia and China. Puru led the bootstrapping phase of Zensar's BPO operations in Pune and was also President of Edurite.

B. Ramaswamy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
B. Ramaswamy was Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Sonata Software Ltd (www.sonatasoftware.com) which is a US$ 320M Software services and consulting company. He built Sonata Software from its inception as a division of an Indian conglomerate into an independent company and later took it public in India. With an intricate organic growth and overseas acquisitions BR transformed Sonata into a globally respected company. BR as he is fondly known is a Post Graduate from IIM Ahmedabad and is a resident of Bangalore.

Bindu Madhav

Job Titles:
  • Head - Employer Branding
  • Mechanical Engineer from NIT Durgapur
Bindu Madhav is a Mechanical engineer from NIT Durgapur and did his PGDM from IIMB. He has been in the marketing communication and advertising industry for over 20 years. Bindu believes that clients need a longish term orientation to brand building particularly when it comes to Talent Acquisition and engagement.

Hari Iyer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Electrical Engineer from MS University
Hari is an Electrical Engineer from MS University, Baroda and a PGDM from IIM Bangalore. In his stint with Sasken as Chief People Officer, Hari was instrumental in transforming and positioning people function as a key business driver. Hari was closely involved with the leadership team of Sasken as the most admired company for 3 years in a row. Hari is a sought after speaker in HR forums in India and he has taught at some of the well known B-schools including IIM Bangalore. Hari is now involved with a bunch of eclectic start ups in Bangalore.

Ms. Aparna Chandrashekar

Ms. Aparna Chandrashekar has a MA in English Literature & Linguistics from Bangalore University - University Gold Medalist. Aparna formerly was the Vice President HR - AXA BS - Leading French Insurance MNC (http://www.axa-businessservices.co.in). Aparna is a certified facilitator and has run large scale assessment projects.

Peri Shastry

Job Titles:
  • Chief Scientist
Dr. Sastry did his BE in Electrical engineering from Andhra University and has a Ph.D from BITS Pilani in Software engineering and ERP. In his distinguished career spanning over 30 years he has straddled the practitioner's world of the IT industry while being at CMC Ltd, Advanced Synergic systems, Mysore Kirloskar and Bharat Electronics.