THE TEAM-AKSHAYAPATRA FOUNDATION

The Akshaya Patra Foundation (TAPF) is an open, magnanimous, mainstream Trust, enlisted in
Bengaluru. The association's Executive Management Team comprises of people with explicit
aptitudes in fields of Management, Operations, Finance and Accountancy, Communications and
so forth. Their insight base, alongside the direction of the Unit Presidents, helps in the task of the
association in a proficient way and guarantees best utilization of assets. Now let’s have a look
into the management team of the AKSHAYAPATRA FOUNDATION:

CHIEF

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

CHIEF

FINANCIAL OFFICER

CHIEF

MARKETING OFFICER

HEAD- HEAD-QUALITY DIRECTOR-IT

COMMUNICATIONS IMPROVEMENT

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 CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Mr. Shridhar Venkat

Shridhar has more than 25 years of work involvement and has been related with driving
multinationals like Philips, ABB, Webex Communications (presently CISCO), and so forth.
Preceding joining Akshaya Patra he was Vice President – Sales, Webex Communications. He
joined Akshayapatra looking for existential reason throughout everyday life .He holds a
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and a Master's Degree in Management . He has been chosen in
the board of Distinguished Alumni Leaders by NMIMS. Shridhar is an Eisenhower Fellow for
Innovation and is an alum of the Advanced Management Program from Wharton Business
School . He is a beneficiary of Mother Teresa Social Leadership Scholarship . In Akshaya Patra,
he conveys to the table resilient individuals the executives and association aptitudes. He trusts
that it is imperative to mix minister soul and polished methodology to convey esteem.

CHIEF

FINANCIAL OFFICER

Mr. Ganesh. R

Ganesh is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) and a Public Accountant (CPA). He has more than 24
years of involvement with driving organizations (Indian and MNCs). Preceding Akshaya Patra
he worked with TVS (since March 2012). Before, he had worked with Mphasis (VP –
Controllership); ICICI Bank (Regional Head for Retail Assets Operations Group); S.B.
Billimoria and Co., Chartered Accountants (Audit Manager); SRF Finance Ltd (Finance
Manager). At Akshaya Patra he leads the back capacity by overseeing start to finish duty
regarding the fund work. He will likewise strategise and execute plans for supportability and
development of the association.

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 CHIEF

MARKETING OFFICER

Mr. Sundeep Talwar

Sundeep Talwar has a Post Graduate in Management from Duke and IIM-Ahmedabad, and is
likewise an affirmed Black-Belt in Six Sigma. He has more than 20 years of work involvement
in showcasing and correspondences with driving corporates, particularly from the Telecom
division. Past to joining Akshaya Patra he was the National Business Head (Mobility Operations)
with Aircel, before that he has worked in Senior Leadership Roles with brands like Airtel,
Motorola, Escotel and Essar, crosswise over India and in Africa. He has likewise gotten global
accreditation from BID Spain for building up the principal against infection application. He has
won a few honors like Excellence Award in Sales Motorola, Deployment of Airtel University
with Bharti, Standardization of client encounter (Project Bhartiyam) in Airtel, Best Circle
Operations Head with Aircel and some more. At Akshaya Patra he drives the Corporate Fund
Raising, Government Relations, Innovation and Volunteering groups, works together with the
Leadership group to strategise and execute plans for supportability and development, strategises
and executes gathering pledges activities that assistance in the maintainability of existing
kitchens and guarantees the accessibility of assets for up and coming kitchen extends, and
reinforces the association with corporates who are joining forces with Akshaya Patra and
contacts different corporates to assemble a banding together relationship.

HEAD

COMMUNICATIONS

Mr. Ajay

Mr. Ajay has over a time of rich involvement in Process and Product Engineering, Program
Management and Organizational Excellence. Ajay has worked in Technology organizations like

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Tejas Networks, American Power Conversion (presently Schneider Electric), Hical
Technologies. He has driven Technology Innovation and Transition extends in the fields of
Telecom, Automotive, Electronics, Space and different applications giving turnkey answers for
customers over the globe Ajay has widely utilized ideas of Six Sigma, Shainin DOE, DFM, DFA
and Reliability Engineering to accomplish extraordinary outcomes in his field of work. He has
additionally been instrumental in execution of Quality Systems and affirmation to International
Standards, for example, TS 16949, ISO 9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001. At Akshaya Patra
and its Sister associations, Ajay has effectively taken care of different Organizational
Transformation activities and Sustainability activities. As of now, Ajay is going the
Communications exercises of the association. Ajay has finished his Management Studies with
specialization in the regions of Operations and Marketing.

HEAD-

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Mr. Muralidhar Pundla

Muralidhar Pundla is an Engineering Graduate (B. Tech – Electronics and Communications) and
holds a Diploma in Software Engineering and Project Management. He carries with him over 20
years of involvement in OEM/EMS industry with organizations like Motorola, Flextronics,
Bloom Energy and so forth. He is a prepared Six Sigma Black Belt from Motorola University,
likewise a temporary Lead Auditor for ISO9001, ISO14001 Management Systems. He has
practical experience in building up Business Processes and Systems with broad learning and
hands on usage aptitude in Quality Management Systems like ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO 18001,
TL9000, TS16949 and Quality Initiatives like Six Sigma, Kaizen and Lean. At The Akshaya
Patra Foundation as General Manager – Quality and Continual Improvements, he is mindful and
supervises Food Quality and Safety Management Systems and drives Continuous Improvement
through Lean Six Sigma and Kaizen Initiatives over all Units.

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 DIRECTOR-

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Mr. Vijay Kumar

Vijay Kuma

Mr. Vijay Kumar is a post graduate in Software Programming. He has more than 38 years of
involvement in the business, of which 30 years were committed to the field of Information
Technology. Before Akshaya Patra he was related with The Himalaya Drug Company where he
has involvement of over 25 years. There he was instrumental in setting up the whole IT
framework. He has likewise demonstrated his capability in universal tasks by setting IT center
points and Data Centers crosswise over Dubai for Himalaya Drug. He has likewise taken off
SAP ERP in all the International Hubs. Adding to Vijay Kumar's perfection, he was additionally
instrumental in the usage of State of the Art Data Center, Complete Business Continuity Plan,
EMC Avamar Data reinforcement, MLPS and additionally giving web availability to 42 plants
and 35 distribution centers the nation over guaranteeing 24 hour ERP Connectivity. He has
likewise executed SAP R3, SAP PLM and SAP HCM and Microsoft Dynamics over the
association

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